Form 8-K
8-K — Waste Connections, Inc.
Accession: 0001104659-26-087330
Filed: 2026-07-28
Period: 2026-07-27
CIK: 0001318220
SIC: 4953 (REFUSE SYSTEMS)
Item: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Regulation FD Disclosure
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d)
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 27, 2026
Waste Connections, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
Ontario, Canada
1-34370
98-1202763
(State or other jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)
6220 Hwy 7, Suite 600
Woodbridge
Ontario L4H 4G3
Canada
(Address of principal
executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code: (905) 532-7510
Not Applicable
(Former name
or address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section
12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name
of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares, no par value
WCN
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE Texas, Inc.
Toronto Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is
an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On July 27, 2026, Waste Connections, Inc.
(“Waste Connections” or the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”)
with CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc., and the several other underwriters named therein (collectively,
the “Underwriters”), relating to the public offering (the “Offering”) by Waste Connections of C$300 million aggregate
principal amount of its 4.200% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes”), and C$400 million aggregate principal amount of
its 4.550% Senior Notes due 2036 (together with the 2033 Notes, the “Notes”).
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations,
warranties and agreements by the Company and customary conditions to closing, obligations of the parties and termination provisions. Additionally,
the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”), or to contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to make because of any of
those liabilities.
The Offering has been registered under the Securities
Act, pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-282813), as supplemented by a prospectus
supplement, dated July 27, 2026, relating to the Notes (together with the accompanying base prospectus, dated October 24, 2024,
the “Prospectus Supplement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) of
the Securities Act on July 27, 2026. The Offering is being made on a private placement basis in Canada to purchasers in each province
of Canada under a Canadian offering memorandum, which includes the Prospectus Supplement.
As more fully described under the caption “Underwriting
(Conflicts of Interest)” in the Prospectus Supplement, from time to time, certain of the Underwriters and their affiliates have
engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with
the Company or its affiliates. They have received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions.
In addition, certain of the Underwriters or their affiliates serve various roles under the revolving credit facility provided for under
the Company’s credit agreement, and, as a result, such Underwriters or their affiliates will indirectly
receive a portion of the proceeds of the Offering.
The summary of the Underwriting Agreement in this
report does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which
is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.
On July 27, 2026, Waste Connections issued
a press release announcing the launch of the Offering. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated
herein by reference.
On July 27, 2026, Waste Connections issued
a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Safe Harbor and Forward-Looking Information
This document contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”), including
“forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. These forward-looking statements
are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance and reflect Waste Connections’ current beliefs and expectations
regarding future events, including the completion of the Offering. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the words
“may,” “might,” “believes,” “thinks,” “expects,” “estimate,” “continue,”
“intends” or other words of similar meaning. All of the forward-looking statements included in this document are made pursuant
to the safe harbor provisions of the PSLRA and applicable securities laws in Canada. Forward-looking statements involve risks, assumptions
and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from those indicated by the forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, risk factors detailed in the Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, which
are both a part of the Registration Statement, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2025, and those risk factors set forth from time to time in the Company’s other filings with the SEC and the securities commissions
or similar regulatory authorities in Canada. The closing of the Offering is subject to market conditions and a number of other conditions
and approvals. The final terms may vary as a result of such market and other conditions. There can be no assurance that the Offering will
be completed as described herein or at all. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of
the date of this document. Waste Connections undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements set forth in this document,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, unless required by applicable securities laws.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
Exhibit
Number
Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2026, by and among Waste Connections, Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc., and the several other underwriters named therein.
99.1
Press Release, dated July 27, 2026, announcing the launch of the Offering.
99.2
Press Release, dated July 27, 2026, announcing the pricing of the Offering.
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The cover page of Waste Connections, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K formatted in Inline XBRL.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: July 28, 2026
WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.
By:
/s/ Mary Anne Whitney
Mary Anne Whitney
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EX-1.1 — EXHIBIT 1.1
EX-1.1
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Exhibit 1.1
WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.
C$300,000,000 4.200% Senior Notes due 2033
C$400,000,000 4.550% Senior Notes due 2036
Underwriting Agreement
July 27, 2026
CIBC World Markets Inc.
Scotia Capital Inc.
TD Securities Inc.
And the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o CIBC World Markets Inc.
Brookfield Place, 161 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M5J 2S8
c/o Scotia Capital Inc.
40 Temperance Street, 4th Floor
Toronto, ON M5H 0B4
c/o TD Securities Inc.
222 Bay Street, 7th Floor
Toronto, ON M5K 1A2
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Waste Connections, Inc.,
a corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell
to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters” or the “Representatives”),
(i) C$300,000,000 principal amount of its 4.200% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes”) and (ii) C$400,000,000
principal amount of its 4.550% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Notes” and, together with the 2033 Notes, the “Securities”).
The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November 16, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”) between
the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended by a Supplemental
Indenture to be dated as of August 4, 2026 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture,
the “Indenture”).
The Company hereby confirms
its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:
1. Registration
Statement and Canadian Offering Memorandum. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities
Act”), a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-282813), including a base prospectus, relating to the Securities.
Such registration statement, as amended as of the date hereof, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A,
430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred
to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus”
means any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act relating to the offering of
the Securities and the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement, and the term “Prospectus” means the
prospectus supplement in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities
Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. Any reference in this underwriting agreement (this “Agreement”)
to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated
by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement
or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “amend,” “amendment”
or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus.
At or prior to 5:15pm P.M.,
New York City time, on July 27, 2026, the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”),
the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): (i) the Preliminary
Prospectus, dated as of July 27, 2026, and (ii) each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405
under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.
The Company has prepared
a preliminary Canadian offering memorandum dated July 27, 2026 relating to the Securities (the “Preliminary Canadian Offering
Memorandum”), which includes the prospectus dated October 24, 2024, and the preliminary prospectus supplement dated July 27,
2026. The Company agrees to prepare a Canadian Offering Memorandum dated July 27, 2026 relating to the Securities (the “Canadian
Offering Memorandum”), which will include the prospectus dated October 24, 2024 and the prospectus supplement dated July 27,
2026.
References to “Canadian
Securities Laws” shall mean all applicable securities laws in each of the provinces of Canada and the respective regulations
and rules under such laws together with applicable published rules, policy statements, blanket rulings and orders, instruments,
rulings and notices of the regulatory authorities in such provinces.
The Company intends to use
the proceeds of the offering of the Securities, together with cash on hand, to repay a portion of the CAD-denominated
borrowings outstanding under that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2024, by and among the Company, as
borrower, Bank of America, N.A., acting through its Canada Branch, as the global agent, the swing line lender, and a letter of credit
issuer, Bank of America, N.A., as the U.S. agent and a letter of credit issuer, and the lenders and other letter of credit issuers from
time to time party thereto, as amended by the first amendment to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2025.
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2. Purchase
and Sale of the Securities.
(a) The
Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the
basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally
and not jointly, to purchase from the Company (i) the respective principal amount of 2033 Notes set forth opposite such Underwriter’s
name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 99.468% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from August 4,
2026 to the Closing Date (as defined below) and (ii) the respective principal amount of 2036 Notes set forth opposite such Underwriter’s
name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 99.211% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from August 4,
2026 to the Closing Date. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities
to be purchased as provided herein.
(b) The
Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this
Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable and in accordance with this Agreement, and initially to offer the Securities
on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information; provided that, it is understood and agreed that the offering of the Securities
in Canada by the Underwriters as contemplated herein shall be made in Canada on a private placement basis in accordance with applicable
exemptions from the prospectus requirements of applicable Canadian Securities Laws. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters
may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities
purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
(c) Payment
for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP at 10:00 A.M., New York City
time, on August 4, 2026, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter,
as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein
as the “Closing Date.”
(d) Payment
for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Company to the
Representatives against electronic delivery to McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Canadian counsel for the Underwriters, of one or more global
notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection
with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made available electronically for inspection by the
Representatives not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date. Delivery of the Global Note
shall be made through the facilities of CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (“CDS”) for the account of the Underwriters.
The Representatives shall cause McCarthy Tétrault LLP to deposit the Global Note with CDS on the Closing Date.
(e) The
Company acknowledges and agrees that each Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty
to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of
the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither
the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting
or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible
for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no
responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Representatives or any Underwriter of the Company,
the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representatives
or such Underwriter, as the case may be, and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any other person.
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3. Representations
and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Registration
Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under
Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and
no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to
Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against
the Company or related to the offering of the Securities has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective
date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects
with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and
as of the date of each of the Prospectus, the Canadian Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the
Closing Date, the Prospectus and the Canadian Offering Memorandum will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to (i) that part of the
Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust
Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus and Canadian Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(b) Preliminary
Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary
Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and each of the Preliminary Prospectus
and the Preliminary Canadian Offering Memorandum did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Preliminary Canadian Offering Memorandum.
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(c) Time
of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect
to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus.
No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information, and no statement of material
fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.
(d) Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus. The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as
such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer
to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to
sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other
than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below), an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”)
other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134
under the Securities Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) each document listed on Annex A
hereto (which constitute part of the Time of Sale Information) and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications,
in each case approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies in all material
respects with the Securities Act and has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with
the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby). Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus
accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, or filed prior to the first use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, at the Time
of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided
that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(e) Incorporated
Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information,
when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such
documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale and at the Closing Date,
will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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(f) Financial
Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act and the applicable Canadian Securities Laws, as applicable, and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes
in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and
the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of
Sale Information present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein. The other financial information
included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been
derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly, in all material respects, the information
shown therein. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is
prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(g) No
Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference
in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the
share capital (other than (A) common shares purchased by the Company pursuant to its previously disclosed normal course issuer bid
and (B) the issuance of common shares upon exercise of share options and warrants or vesting of awards described as outstanding
in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind
declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of share capital, or any material adverse change, or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, results of
operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability
or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance
or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as
otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(h) Organization
and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification,
and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are
engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified, in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and
the Securities (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation,
association or other entity other than the entities listed on Schedule 2 hereto.
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(i) Due
Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture
(collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action
required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.
(j) The
Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and on the Closing Date will be duly executed and delivered by
the Company and, when the Supplemental Indenture has been duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties
thereto, the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability
Exceptions”); and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
(k) The
Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered
as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability
Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(l) Underwriting
Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(m) Descriptions
of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in
each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(n) No
Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its articles or by-laws or similar
organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute
such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any property or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; and (iii) in
violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(o) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the
issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, result in the termination, modification or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of
any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or
by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the articles or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the
Company or (iii) result in the violation by the Company of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of
any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any
such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(p) No
Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction
Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for (i) the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, (ii) the
qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, (iii) any required filings with the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority and (iv) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under
applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters. It is not necessary
in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Underwriters and the offer, resale and delivery of the Securities by
the Underwriters to subsequent purchasers, in each case in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, to file and obtain a receipt for
a prospectus with and from any Canadian Securities Commission to qualify such offer, sale or delivery of the Securities under Canadian
Securities Laws.
(q) Legal
Proceedings. Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are
no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings (“Actions”)
pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no such Actions are, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by any governmental or
regulatory authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or pending Actions that are required under the Securities
Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Time
of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no contracts or other documents or statutes or regulations that are required
under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus.
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(r) Independent
Accountants. Grant Thornton LLP, which has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent
registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted
by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act. There has
not been any reportable event (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations of the
Canadian Securities Administrators) with respect to Grant Thornton LLP, and any non-audit services provided to the Company and its subsidiaries
by Grant Thornton LLP have been approved by the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company.
(s) Title
to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights
to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and
its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those
that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries
or (ii) could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Cybersecurity.
(i)(x) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there has been no security
breach of or relating to any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, networks,
hardware, software or technology (collectively, “IT Systems”), resulting in the unauthorized use, access, misappropriation
or modification of the data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third-party data maintained by or on
behalf of them (collectively, “Customer Personal Data”) or other personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential
or regulated data in connection with their respective businesses and (y) the Company and its subsidiaries have not been notified
of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach to their IT Systems
resulting in such use, access, misappropriation or modification; except, as has not, in the case of this clause (i), resulted in any
material liability for the Company and its subsidiaries; (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator
or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems
and data, and to the protection of such IT Systems and data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification; (iii) the
Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures and safeguards to
maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of all
IT Systems and data (including all Customer Personal Data and other personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated
data) used in connection with their businesses, including backup and disaster recovery technology consistent in all material respects
with industry standards and practices; and (iv) the Company and its subsidiaries’ IT Systems are adequate for, and operate
and perform in all material respects as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries
as currently conducted, free and clear, to the Company’s knowledge, of all bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware
and other corruptants.
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(u) Intellectual
Property. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries own or have the right to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, domain names and other source indicators, copyrights
and copyrightable works, know-how, trade secrets, systems, procedures, proprietary or confidential information and all other worldwide
intellectual property, industrial property and proprietary rights (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) used in
or necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses; (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, the Company and its subsidiaries’
conduct of their respective businesses does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property of any person;
(iii) the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any written notice of any claim of infringement, misappropriation or violation
of the Intellectual Property of any other person, except, in each case, for any claim that would not reasonably be expected to be material
to the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ business; and (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property
of the Company and its subsidiaries is not being infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by any person in any material respect.
(v) Investment
Company Act. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds
thereof as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment
company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company
Act”).
(w) Taxes.
The Company and its subsidiaries have duly and on a timely basis filed all material tax returns required to be filed through the date
hereof pursuant to applicable law, paid all material taxes, assessments, re-assessments and other governmental charges (including any
penalties, interest and other fines related thereto) due and payable by them, and have properly withheld or collected and remitted all
material amounts required to be withheld or collected and remitted by them in respect of any governmental charges, except in each case
with respect to taxes, assessments, re-assessments or other governmental charges that are being contested in good faith and for which
adequate reserves have been established. The Company and its subsidiaries have made adequate provision for material taxes payable for
any completed fiscal period for which tax returns are not yet required and there are no agreements, waivers or other arrangements providing
for an extension of time with respect to the filing of any material tax return or payment of any material tax, governmental charge or
deficiency by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information
and the Prospectus, there are no material actions, suits, proceedings, investigations or claims threatened or pending against the Company
or any of its subsidiaries in respect of taxes, governmental charges or assessments or any matters under discussion with any governmental
authority relating to taxes, governmental charges or assessments asserted by any such authority.
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(x) Licenses
and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, sub-licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations
issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, provincial, state, local or foreign governmental
or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective
businesses as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except where the failure
to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in each
of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received
notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to
believe that any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where
such notice or failure to renew would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) No
Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge
of the Company, is threatened and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees
of any of the Company’s or any of the Company’s subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except
as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of cancellation
or termination with respect to any collective bargaining agreement to which it is a party, except in the normal course of the collective
bargaining process.
(z) Certain
Environmental Matters. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus: (i) the
Company and its subsidiaries (x) are in compliance with all, and have not violated any, applicable federal, provincial, state, local
and foreign laws (including common law), rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and other legally enforceable
requirements relating to pollution or the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic
substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (y) have received and
are in compliance with all, and have not violated any, permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required
of them under any Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential
liability or obligation under or relating to, or any actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation
or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge
of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities
associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above,
for any such matter as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except
as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (x) there is no proceeding that is pending, or that is
known by the Company or its subsidiaries to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws
in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceeding regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions
of $1,000,000 or more will be imposed, (y) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance
with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the capital expenditures,
earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (z) none of the Company or its subsidiaries anticipates
capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(aa) Compliance
with ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined
as any entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14)
of ERISA or any entity that would be regarded as a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b),(c),(m) or (o) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each, a “Plan”),
has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations,
including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA
or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative
exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA, no Plan has failed (whether or not waived), or is reasonably expected to fail, to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within
the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) applicable to such Plan; (iv) no Plan is, or is reasonably
expected to be, in “at risk status” (within the meaning of Section 303(i) of ERISA), and, except as disclosed in
the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, no Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning
of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA is in “endangered status” or “critical status” (within the meaning of
Sections 304 and 305 of ERISA); (v) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued
under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (vi) no “reportable event” (within the
meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur;
(vii) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, and nothing has occurred,
whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification; (viii) neither the Company nor any member
of the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions
to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan
(including a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (ix) none of the
following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (A) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions
required to be made to all Plans by the Company or its Controlled Group affiliates in the current fiscal year of the Company and its
Controlled Group affiliates compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Company’s and its Controlled Group affiliates’
most recently completed fiscal year; or (B) a material increase in the Company and its subsidiaries’ “accumulated post-retirement
benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715-60) compared to the amount of such obligations
in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year except in each case with respect to the events or conditions
set forth in (i) through (ix) hereof, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(bb) Canadian
Plans. With respect to the Canadian Plans, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such plans
and all applicable laws including any applicable Canadian pension legislation and regulations, (ii) to the extent required by law
or the terms of such plan, each has been funded in accordance with the plan terms and all applicable Canadian legislation and, to the
extent applicable, generally accepted actuarial principles and practices in Canada and (iii) each has been administered in accordance
with its terms and there are no outstanding defaults or violations by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any obligation required
to be performed by it in connection with any such plan, except, in the case of each of the immediately preceding sub-clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii), as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. For the purposes of the foregoing, “Canadian Plans” means all employee benefit,
fringe benefit, supplemental unemployment benefit, bonus, incentive, profit sharing, termination, change of control, pension, retirement,
savings, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation, medical, dental, disability, life insurance and similar plans, programmes
or arrangements that are subject to laws of any province or territory of Canada (or federal laws of Canada applicable therein), including,
where applicable, regulation in respect thereof, that relate to the current or former employees, officers or directors of the Company
and its subsidiaries and which are maintained, sponsored or funded by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or under which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries has any liability, other than benefit plans established pursuant to statute or any multi-employer pension
plan within the meaning of any applicable Canadian pension legislation (a “Canadian Multi-Employer Pension Plan”).
With respect to the Canadian Multi-Employer Pension Plans, the Company and its Subsidiaries have made all required contributions to such
plans in accordance with the applicable collective agreements, except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus
or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(cc) Disclosure
Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined
in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company
in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the Commission’s rules, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated
to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries
have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the
Exchange Act.
(dd) Accounting
Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined
in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) and as permitted under National Instrument 52-109 – Certification of Disclosure
in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings of the Canadian Securities Administrators that comply with the requirements of the Exchange
Act and Canadian Securities Laws and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal
financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting
Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information is prepared
in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the Company’s
internal controls.
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(ee) Canadian
Reporting Issuer. The Company is a “reporting issuer” (within the meaning of Canadian Securities Laws) in each of the
provinces of Canada, is not on the list of defaulting reporting issuers or noted in default on the list of reporting issuers maintained
by any Canadian Securities Commission in such jurisdictions and is not in default of any material requirement of Canadian Securities
Laws in any such jurisdiction.
(ff) Insurance.
The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including
business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as is generally maintained by
companies engaged in the same or a similar business to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements
or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that
it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable
cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.
(gg) No
Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any of their officers or directors nor, to the knowledge
of the Company, any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting
on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment
or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization
of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned
or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any
of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation
of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD
Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the
Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) or any other applicable anti-bribery
or anti-corruption laws of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business; or (iv) made, offered,
agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any
rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted,
maintained and enforced, and will continue to maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance
with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
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(hh) Compliance
with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance
with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting
Act of 1970, as amended, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) and the applicable money laundering
statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder
and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively,
the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(ii) No
Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any of their officers or directors nor, to the
knowledge of the Company, any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any agent, affiliate or other person associated with
or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or
enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or
“blocked person”), the Government of Canada, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s
Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority in any jurisdiction where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business (collectively,
“Sanctions”), nor is the Company, any of its subsidiaries organized, resident or operating in a country or territory
that is the subject or target of Sanctions (which are currently the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, so-called Luhansk
People’s Republic and Crimea regions of Ukraine, the non-government controlled areas of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions and
any other Covered Region of Ukraine identified pursuant to Executive Order 14065, Cuba, Iran, Syria (with respect to Syria only
until July 1, 2025) and North Korea (each, a “Sanctioned Country”)); and the Company will not directly or, to
its knowledge, indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available
such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or
business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund
or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that, to the Company’s
knowledge, will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, initial
purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. Since April 24, 2019, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly
engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction,
is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions, or with any Sanctioned Country.
(jj) Senior
Indebtedness. The Securities shall constitute senior (unsubordinated) indebtedness of the Company.
(kk) No
Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except for any restrictions under (i) any applicable corporate, limited partnership, limited liability
company, or other similar organizational law or (ii) any agreement between (or among) the Company (and/or any one or more of its
subsidiaries) and any one or more of its subsidiaries, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly,
under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any
other distribution on such subsidiary’s share capital or similar ownership interest, from repaying to the Company any loans or
advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company
or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus and that will be permitted by the Indenture.
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(ll) No
Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to
cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
(mm) Forward-Looking
Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the
Exchange Act) included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus has
been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(nn) Statistical
and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and
market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(oo) Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s
directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”),
including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(pp) Status
under the Securities Act. The Company is not an ineligible issuer and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined under
the Securities Act, in each case at the times specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.
(qq) No
Withholding Tax. Except, in each case, as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus, and subject to the limitations and qualifications stated in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, all payments
to be made by the Company on or by virtue of the execution, delivery or performance of the Transaction Documents and all interest, principal,
premium, if any, additional amounts, if any, and other payments under the Transaction Documents, under the current laws and regulations
of Canada and any political subdivision thereof having the power to tax (each, a “Canadian Taxing Jurisdiction”),
will not be subject to withholding taxes under the current laws and regulations of any Canadian Taxing Jurisdiction and are otherwise
payable free and clear of any other withholding tax in the Canadian Taxing Jurisdiction and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental
authorization in the Canadian Taxing Jurisdiction.
(rr) Stamp
Taxes. There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or other similar fees or charges (“Stamp Taxes”)
required to be paid by or on behalf of the Underwriters in Canada or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof on the execution
and delivery of the Transaction Documents or the offer or sale of the Securities in the manner contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
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(ss) Enforcement
of Foreign Judgments. Any final judgment for a fixed or determined sum of money rendered by any U.S. federal or New York state court
located in the State of New York having jurisdiction under its own laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company
based upon any of the Transaction Documents would be enforceable against the Company by the courts of a province or territory of Canada
and any court competent to hear an appeal therefrom (each, a “Canadian Court”), without reconsideration or reexamination
of the merits, provided that: (i) the action to enforce the judgment must be commenced within any applicable limitation period,
(ii) a Canadian Court will have the discretion to stay or decline to hear the enforcement action if there is another subsisting
judgment in any jurisdiction relating to the same cause of action as the judgment, (iii) the Canadian Court will render judgment
only in Canadian dollars and (iv) an action on the judgment may be affected by Enforceability Exceptions; and further subject to
the following defenses: (A) if the judgment was obtained by fraud or in a manner contrary to the principles of natural justice,
(B) if the judgment is for a claim which would be characterized as based on a foreign revenue, expropriatory, penal or other public
law (C) if the judgment is contrary to public policy or to an order made by the Attorney General of Canada under the Foreign
Extraterritorial Measures Act (Canada) or by the Competition Tribunal under the Competition Act (Canada) in respect of certain
judgments referred to in these statutes; or if the judgment has been satisfied or is void under New York law.
(tt) Valid
Choice of Law. The choice of laws of the State of New York as the governing law of the Transaction Documents is a valid choice of
law under the laws of each province and territory of Canada and will be honored by Canadian Courts.
(uu) Exchange
Controls. No exchange control authorization or any other authorization, approval, consent or license of any governmental or regulatory
authority or Canadian Court is required for the payment of any amounts payable under the Transaction Documents and, except, in each case,
as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, may be paid in Canadian dollars
that may be converted into another currency and freely transferred out of Canada, without the necessity of obtaining any governmental
authorization in Canada or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
(vv) Indemnification
and Contribution. The indemnification and contribution provisions set forth in Section 7 hereof do not contravene applicable
Canadian law.
(ww) No
Requirement to File or Record. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are in proper legal form under the laws of Canada
for the enforcement thereof in Canada against the Company, and to ensure the legality, enforcement or admissibility into evidence of
this Agreement and any other Transaction Document in Canada it is not necessary for this Agreement or any such Transaction Document,
as the case may be, to be filed or recorded with any Canadian Court or other authority in Canada or that any tax or fee be paid in Canada
on or in respect of this Agreement or such Transaction Document, as the case may be, or any other document, other than court costs (including,
without limitation, filing fees). This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are in proper legal form under the laws of the State
of New York for the enforcement thereof in the State of New York against the Company, and it is not necessary in order to ensure the
legality, validity, enforcement or admissibility into evidence of this Agreement and any other Transaction Document in the State of New
York that this Agreement or any such Transaction Document, as the case may be, be filed or recorded with any court or other authority
in the State of New York or that any tax or fee be paid in the State of New York on or in respect of this Agreement or such Transaction
Document, as the case may be, or any other document, other than court costs, including (without limitation) filing fees.
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(xx) No
Canadian Domicile. None of the holders of the Securities, the Underwriters or the Trustee who are not otherwise resident in Canada
and who do not carry on business in Canada will be deemed resident, domiciled, carrying on business or subject to taxation in Canada
on an overall worldwide income basis solely by virtue of the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of the Transaction Documents
or the issuance or sale of the Securities or by virtue of the ownership or transfer of Securities or the receipt of payments pursuant
to any of the Transaction Documents.
(yy) Residence.
The Company is not a “non-resident” within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
4. Further
Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) Required
Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and
Rule 430 Information under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Pricing Term Sheet referred
to in Annex B hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and the Company will file within the applicable
time periods specified by the Exchange Act all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the
Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and
the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to
the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement
in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fees for this offering within
the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in
any event prior to the Closing Date. Subject to the Underwriters’ compliance with Section 5(i), the Company will complete
all necessary filings on Form 45-106F1 Report of Exempt Distribution (“Form 45-106F1”) with applicable Canadian
securities regulatory authorities in connection with the private placement of the Securities to purchasers in Canada (“Canadian
Purchasers”) and, where applicable, will file or deliver to the Canadian securities regulatory authorities, a copy of the Canadian
Offering Memorandum, in each case within the time required under applicable Canadian Securities Laws and will pay all fees associated
therewith.
(b) Delivery
of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representatives, two signed copies of the Registration Statement
as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and documents incorporated
by reference therein; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and
each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery
Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated
by reference therein), Canadian Offering Memorandum and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request.
As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public
offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law
to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Securities
by any Underwriter or dealer.
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(c) Amendments
or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
Canadian Offering Memorandum, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file
any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object.
(d) Notice
to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any
amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment
to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment
to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating
to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the
Commission or any other governmental or regulatory authority of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Canadian Offering Memorandum, any Time of Sale
Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to
Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which
the Prospectus, the Canadian Offering Memorandum, any of the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended
or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of
the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under
the Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of
the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company
will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement,
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Canadian Offering Memorandum, any of the Time of Sale
Information, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Canadian Offering Memorandum, or suspending any such qualification
of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
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(e) Time
of Sale Information. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result
of which any of the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company
will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission
(to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or
supplements to the Time of Sale Information (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as
may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented (including such documents
to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so
that any of the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.
(f) Ongoing
Compliance. If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which
the Prospectus or the Canadian Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when
the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus or the
Canadian Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and,
subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers
as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or the Canadian Offering Memorandum (or any document
to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus or
the Canadian Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein will
not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus or the Canadian Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser,
be misleading or so that the Prospectus or the Canadian Offering Memorandum will comply with law.
(g) Blue
Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of
such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required
for distribution of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation
or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file
any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction
if it is not otherwise so subject.
(h) Clear
Market. During the period from the date hereof through and including the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written
consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the
Company and that have a tenor of more than one year; provided that this covenant shall not prevent the Company from consummating
any intercompany financing transactions with or among its subsidiaries.
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(i) Earning
Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning
statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated
thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective
date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement, provided that (i) such delivery requirements to
the Company’s security holders shall be deemed met by the Company’s compliance with its reporting requirements pursuant to
the Exchange Act if such compliance satisfies the conditions of Rule 158 thereof and (ii) such delivery requirements to the
Representatives shall be deemed met by the Company if the related reports are available on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering
Analysis and Retrieval System.
(j) Use
of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in each of the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds”.
(k) CDS.
The Company will arrange for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through CDS.
(l) No
Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to
cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
(m) Record
Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(n) Tax
Gross-Up. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters to make all payments under this Agreement without withholding or deduction
for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or governmental charges whatsoever imposed by any taxing jurisdiction, unless
the Company is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, the Company shall pay such additional
amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received by the Underwriters after such withholding or deduction will equal
the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction had been made, except that no such additional amounts shall
be paid to the extent that such taxes, duties or charges (i) would not have been imposed (or would have been imposed at a reduced
rate) but for any past, present or future connection of an Underwriter with the taxing jurisdiction other than the mere entering into
of this Agreement or receipt of payments or performance of obligations hereunder, (ii) would not have been imposed (or would have
been imposed at a reduced rate) but for the failure of an Underwriter to comply with any reasonable certification, identification or
other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the taxing jurisdiction of such Underwriter,
if such compliance is timely requested by the Company or (iii) are imposed in respect of services of an Underwriter, other than
those performed outside of Canada in the ordinary course of the business carried on by such Underwriter that included the performance
of such services for a fee. The Company further agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any Stamp Taxes, including
any interest and penalties, on the creation, issue and sale of the Securities, and on the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement
of the Transaction Documents.
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5. Certain
Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees with the Company that:
(a) it
has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus,”
as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission
by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than
(i) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a result of use by such Underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such
free writing prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A
or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show) or (iii) any
free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus
referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Underwriters may use the Pricing Term Sheet referred to in Annex B hereto without the consent of the Company.
(b) the
sale and delivery of any Securities to any Canadian Purchaser by such Underwriter shall be made only in accordance with the condition
that such Underwriter is of the reasonable belief that such Canadian Purchaser:
(i) is an “accredited investor” as defined in Section 73.3
of the Securities Act (Ontario) (the “Ontario Act”) or in Section 1.1
of National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions (“NI 45-106”);
(ii) is not a person created or being used solely to purchase or hold
securities as an accredited investor as described in paragraph (m) of the definition
of “accredited investor” in Section 1.1 of NI 45-106;
(iii) is not an individual unless such Canadian Purchaser is a “permitted
client” as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements,
Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations; and
(iv) is purchasing as principal (or deemed to be purchasing as principal
under Canadian Securities Laws); and
such Underwriter will use reasonable
commercial efforts to obtain and retain relevant information and documentation to evidence the steps taken to confirm the status of each
Canadian Purchaser as an “accredited investor” as defined in Section 1.1 of NI 45-106 or Section 73.3 of the Ontario
Act and such Canadian Purchaser meets the criteria of any other terms and conditions of the “accredited investor exemption”
as defined in NI 45-106 in accordance with its usual document retention policies and procedures in compliance with applicable laws, and
will provide to the Company forthwith upon written request all such information or documentation as the Company may reasonably request
in good faith and solely for the purpose of verifying compliance with the exemption, correcting any required filings and responding to
regulatory inquiries with respect thereto;
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(c) if
such Underwriter involves any members of any banking, selling or other group in the distribution of Securities, such Underwriter will
use commercially reasonable efforts to cause agreements and acknowledgements substantially the same as the agreements and acknowledgements
contained in the foregoing subparagraph (b) and the subsequent subparagraphs (d), (g) and (i) to be contained in an agreement
with each of the members of such group in favor of the Company and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the members
of such group to comply with Canadian Securities Laws;
(d) it,
and any affiliate of an Underwriter that offers or sells Securities in Canada, has not provided and will not provide to any Canadian
Purchaser any document or other material that would constitute an “offering memorandum” within the meaning of Canadian Securities
Laws (other than the Preliminary Canadian Offering Memorandum and the Canadian Offering Memorandum) with respect to the private placement
of the Securities in Canada;
(e) it,
and any affiliate of an Underwriter that offers or sells Securities in Canada, (A) is duly registered as an “investment dealer”
or “exempt market dealer” as defined under Canadian Securities Laws and is in material compliance with the terms and conditions
of such registration, or is otherwise exempt from the dealer registration requirements of Canadian Securities Laws, in each case, in
the applicable Canadian provinces where it has offered or sold, or will offer or sell, the Securities to Canadian Purchasers; and (B) has
offered and will offer for sale and sell the Securities only to such persons and in such manner that, pursuant to applicable Canadian
Securities Laws, no prospectus (as defined under applicable Canadian Securities Laws) need be delivered or filed with any securities
regulatory authority in Canada;
(f) it,
and any affiliate of an Underwriter that offers or sells Securities in Canada, will comply in all material respects with all relevant
Canadian Securities Laws concerning any resale of the Securities;
(g) all
offers and sales of the Securities by such Underwriter, and any affiliate of an Underwriter that offers or sells Securities in Canada,
will not be made through or accompanied by any advertisement of the Securities by such Underwriter or affiliate, including, without limitation,
in printed media of general and regular paid circulation, radio, television, or telecommunications, including electronic display or any
other form of advertising or as part of a general solicitation by such Underwriter or affiliate in Canada;
(h) it,
and any affiliate of an Underwriter that offers or sells Securities in Canada, has not made and will not make any written or oral representations
to any Canadian Purchaser: (A) that any person will resell or repurchase the Securities purchased by such Canadian Purchaser; (B) that
the Securities will be freely tradeable by the Canadian Purchaser without any restrictions or hold periods; (C) that any person
will refund the purchase price of the Securities; or (D) as to the future price or value of the Securities; and
(i) it
will (A) provide to the Company promptly following the Closing Date all information related to the sale and offering of the Securities
to Canadian Purchasers in order to allow the Company to complete the filing of any applicable Form 45-106F1 with the applicable
Canadian securities regulatory authorities within the time required by NI 45-106 and acknowledges, authorizes and consents to the delivery
or filing, as applicable, by the Company of the report on Form 45-106F1 under NI 45-106 (and any equivalent report required under
Canadian Securities Laws) with the applicable Canadian securities regulators; and (B) give prompt notice to the Company when the
distribution of the Securities has been completed and, to the extent applicable, provide any further information to the Company, upon
written request, that is required for the purpose of calculating fees payable to the applicable Canadian securities regulators in connection
with the distribution of the Securities and to allow the Company to complete the Form 45-106F1.
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No Underwriter will be liable to the Company
under this Section 5 with respect to a default, non-compliance, breach or violation by any other Underwriter.
6. Conditions
of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein
is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration
Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding
for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before
or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission
under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities
Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been
complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
(b) Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and
on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.
(c) No
Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no
downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded to the Securities or any other debt securities or preferred shares issued or guaranteed
by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is
defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has
under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or of any other debt securities
or preferred shares issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications
of a possible upgrading).
(d) No
Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall
exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto)
and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated
by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
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(e) Officer’s
Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company
who has specific knowledge of the Company’s financial matters and is satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming that
such officer has carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge
of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(a) and 3(c) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming
that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied
with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and
(iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.
(f) Comfort
Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, Grant Thornton LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at
the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’
“comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or
incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; provided that
the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing
Date.
(g) Opinion
and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the
Representatives, at the request of the Company, its written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex C hereto.
(h) Opinion
of Canadian Counsel. Bennett Jones LLP, Canadian counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request
of the Company, its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex D hereto.
(i) Opinion
and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion
and 10b-5 statement, addressed to the Underwriters, of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect
to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as
they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(j) Opinion
of Canadian Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion, addressed
to the Underwriters, of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Canadian counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives
may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable
them to pass upon such matters.
(k) No
Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted,
adopted or issued by any federal, provincial, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date,
prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued
that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.
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(l) Good
Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the
Company in writing or any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authority of such jurisdiction.
(m) CDS.
The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through CDS.
(n) Indenture
and Securities. The Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and the Trustee,
and the Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and duly authenticated by
the Trustee.
(o) Additional
Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and
documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates
and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they
are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification
and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification
of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and
each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal
fees and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and
expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Preliminary
Canadian Offering Memorandum, the Canadian Offering Memorandum, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including any electronic road show,
or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar
as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing
by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.
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(b) Indemnification
of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and
officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above,
but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred) that arise
out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity
with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the Preliminary Canadian Offering
Memorandum, the Canadian Offering Memorandum, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including any electronic road show, or any Time of
Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the following paragraphs in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus: first paragraph in the section entitled “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)—Commissions
and Discounts,” “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)—Price Stabilization and Short Positions” and second paragraph
in the section entitled “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)—Other Relationships.”
(c) Notice
and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be
brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above,
such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought
(the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not
relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially
prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the
failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise
than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and
it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified
Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel
related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel,
but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person
and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable
time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person;
or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the
Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing
interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related
proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel)
for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate
firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing
by CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc. and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors and
officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company.
The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled
with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person
from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time
an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel
as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its
written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request
and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date
of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have
been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified
Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter
of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or
on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
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(d) Contribution.
If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu
of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided
by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be
in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities
and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth
in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company
on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission.
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(e) Limitation
on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7
were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid
or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above
shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified
Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such
Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7
are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive
Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may
otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness
of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first written above.
9. Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially
limited on any of the Toronto Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of any securities
issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general
moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by U.S. or Canadian federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there
shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within
or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable
to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time
of Sale Information, the Prospectus and the Canadian Offering Memorandum.
10. Defaulting
Underwriter.
(a) If,
on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder,
the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to
the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting
Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within
which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons
become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company
may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the
Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus
or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter”
includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that,
pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
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(b) If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting
Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains
unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right
to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder
plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase
hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting
Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains
unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right
described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters.
Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that
the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions
of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing
contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter
for damages caused by its default.
11. Payment
of Expenses.
(a) Whether
or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to pay or
cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the
costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any stamp, transfer or similar taxes
payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Preliminary Canadian Offering Memorandum, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of
Sale Information, the Prospectus and the Canadian Offering Memorandum (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and
the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees
and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters,
including the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment
of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution
of a Blue Sky Memorandum; (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of
the Trustee and any paying agent (including related reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses
and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, and the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by CDS; (ix) all fees and expenses in respect of the filing
of the Form 45-106F1 and any levies imposed by the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization; and (x) all expenses incurred
by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors.
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(b) If
(i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities
for delivery to the Underwriters or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this
Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses
of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
12. Persons
Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates of each Underwriter referred
to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter
shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
13. Survival.
The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained
in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered
pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of
any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.
14. Certain
Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate”
has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day
other than a day on which commercial banks are not open for business in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and (c) the term “subsidiary”
has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
15. Compliance
with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26,
2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the
Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow
the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
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16. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority
of the Representatives. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and
TD Securities Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities
Inc. shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted
and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o CIBC World
Markets Inc., Brookfield Place, 161 Bay Street, Toronto, ON M5J 2S8 (phone: 416-594-8515); c/o Scotia Capital Inc., 40 Temperance Street,
4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5H 0B4 (phone: 416-863-7776); and c/o TD Securities Inc., 222 Bay Street, 7th Floor, Toronto, ON M5K 1A2 (phone:
416-982-2243). Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 3 Waterway Square Place, Suite 110, The Woodlands, Texas 77380 (fax:
832-442-2290).
(c) Governing
Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, but without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.
(d) Submission
to Jurisdiction. The Company hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough
of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby. The Company waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in
such courts. The Company agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive
and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which the Company is subject by a suit upon such
judgment. The Company irrevocably appoints Corporation Service Company, located at 80 State Street, Albany, New York 12207-2543, as its
authorized agent in the state of New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of
process upon such authorized agent, and written notice of such service to the Company by the person serving the same to the address provided
in this Section 16, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding.
The Company hereby represents and warrants that such authorized agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as such authorized
agent for service of process. The Company further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation
and appointment of such authorized agent in full force and effect for a period of seven years from the date of this Agreement.
(e) Waiver
of Immunity. To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from jurisdiction
of any court of (i) Canada, or any political subdivision thereof, (ii) the United States or the State of New York, (iii) any
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or assets or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior
to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution, set-off or otherwise) with respect to themselves or their respective property
and assets or this Agreement, the Company hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
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(f) Waiver
of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating
to this Agreement.
(g) Judgment
Currency. The Company agrees to indemnify each Underwriter, its directors, officers, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls
such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any loss
incurred by such Underwriter as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due hereunder and such judgment
or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the “judgment currency”) other than U.S. dollars and as a result
of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the U.S. dollar amount is converted into the judgment currency for
the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange at which such indemnified person is able to purchase U.S. dollars
with the amount of the judgment currency actually received by the indemnified person. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate
and independent obligation of the Company and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid.
The term “rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of,
or conversion into, the relevant currency.
(h) Counterparts.
This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each
of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The words “executed,”
“execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating
to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries
or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually
executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto
consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
(i) Amendments
or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall
in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(j) Headings.
The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation
of, this Agreement.
(k) Recognition
of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding
under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under
this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this
Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the
event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under
a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to
be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement
were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
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For purposes of this Section 16(k):
“BHC Act Affiliate”
has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
“Covered Entity”
means any of the following:
(i) a “covered
entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a “covered
bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a “covered
FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right”
has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1,
as applicable.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regime”
means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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If the foregoing is in accordance
with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours,
WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.
By:
/s/ Mary Anne Whitney
Name:
Mary Anne Whitney
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
Accepted: As of the date first written above
CIBC
WORLD MARKETS INC.
By:
/s/ Brian Pong
Name:
Brian Pong
Title:
Managing Director
SCOTIA
CAPITAL INC.
By:
/s/ Jenna Dicks
Name:
Jenna Dicks
Title:
Managing Director
TD
SECURITIES INC.
By:
/s/ Abeed Ramji
Name:
Abeed Ramji
Title:
Managing Director
J.P.
MORGAN SECURITIES CANADA INC.
By:
/s/ Farah Abdul Baki
Name:
Farah Abdul Baki
Title:
Managing Director
MERRILL
LYNCH CANADA INC.
By:
/s/ Jamie Hancock
Name:
Jamie Hancock
Title:
Managing Director
MIZUHO
SECURITIES CANADA INC.
By:
/s/ Robert Fahrbach
Name:
Robert Fahrbach
Title:
Managing Director
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
Schedule 1
Underwriter
Principal
Amount of 2033
Notes
Principal
Amount of
2036 Notes
CIBC World Markets Inc.
C$ 63,000,000
C$ 84,000,000
Scotia Capital Inc.
63,000,000
84,000,000
TD Securities Inc.
63,000,000
84,000,000
J.P. Morgan Securities Canada Inc.
40,500,000
54,000,000
Merrill Lynch Canada Inc.
40,500,000
54,000,000
Mizuho Securities Canada Inc.
30,000,000
40,000,000
Total
C$ 300,000,000
C$ 400,000,000
Schedule 2
SUBSIDIARIES
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
10100
HOLDINGS, LLC
Colorado
115
W MAIN HOLDINGS, LLC
Colorado
1280
N. MAIN ST., LLC
California
1836
WATER VENTURES LLC
Delaware
Texas
1895548
ONTARIO LIMITED
Ontario
19th &
Lower Buckeye, LLC
Delaware
Arizona
2201898
ALBERTA ULC
Alberta
2361975
ALBERTA LTD.
Alberta
2362047
ALBERTA ULC
Alberta
2362055
ALBERTA ULC
Alberta
2585303
ALBERTA LTD.
Alberta
2585319
ALBERTA LTD.
Alberta
2596557
ONTARIO LTD.
Ontario
2900
DEDE ROAD, LLC
Maryland
371
BRIAN HOLDINGS, LLC
Colorado
9164-9608
QUEBEC INC.
Quebec
9199-5290
QUEBEC INC.
Quebec
A.C.M.S., INC.
Florida
A.J.
BLOSENSKI, INC.
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
ACE
SOLID WASTE, INC.
Minnesota
ADVANCED
SYSTEMS PORTABLE RESTROOMS, INC.
Oregon
AIRBORNE
DISPOSAL, LLC
Tennessee
AJB
CBD LLC
Delaware
ALASKA
WASTE MAT-SU, LLC
Alaska
ALASKA
WASTE-DENALI, LLC
Alaska
ALASKA
WASTE-DUTCH HARBOR, LLC
Alaska
ALASKA
WASTE-INTERIOR, LLC
Alaska
ALASKA
WASTE-JUNEAU, LLC
Alaska
ALASKA
WASTE-KENAI PENINSULA, LLC
Alaska
ALASKA
WASTE-KETCHIKAN, LLC
Alaska
ALASKA
WASTE-NOME, LLC
Alaska
ALASKA
WASTE-SITKA, LLC
Alaska
AMADOR
VALLEY INDUSTRIES, LLC
California
AMERICAN
DISPOSAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Virginia
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
AMERICAN
DISPOSAL COMPANY, INC.
Washington
AMERICAN
DISPOSAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES, INC.
Virginia
AMERICAN
DISPOSAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
Georgia
Virginia
AMERICAN
DISPOSAL RECYCLING SERVICES, INC.
Virginia
AMERICAN
DISPOSAL ROLL-OFF SERVICES, INC.
Virginia
AMERICAN
DISPOSAL SERVICES OF COLORADO, INC.
Colorado
AMERICAN
DISPOSAL SERVICES OF MARYLAND, INC.
Virginia
Maryland
AMERICAN
DISPOSAL SERVICES, INC.
Virginia
AMERICAN
RECYCLING CENTER, INC.
Virginia
AMERICAN
RECYCLING MANAGEMENT, INC.
New
York
AMJ
DEMOLITION, LLC
New
Jersey
ANDERSON
COUNTY LANDFILL, INC.
Delaware
South
Carolina
ANDERSON
REGIONAL LANDFILL, LLC
Delaware
South
Carolina
AQUIFER
MIDLAND, LLC
Texas
AQUIFER
MIDLAND PROPERTY, LLC
Texas
arkansas
reclamation company, llc
Arkansas
ARROWHEAD
EMPLOYMENT COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY LLC
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Jersey
ARROWHEAD
EMPLOYMENT COMPANY, LLC
Delaware
ARROWHEAD
ENVIRONMENTAL HOLDCO, INC.
Delaware
ARROWHEAD
ENVIRONMENTAL HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
ARROWHEAD
ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
Delaware
Alabama
New Jersey
ARROWHEAD
ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERS, LLC
Delaware
Alabama
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
ASTRO
ACQUISITIONCO, INC.
Delaware
ATLANTIC
COAST RECYCLING, LLC
Delaware
New
Jersey
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
ATLANTIC
COAST RECYCLING HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
New
Jersey
ATLANTIC
COAST RECYCLING OF OCEAN COUNTY, LLC
Delaware
New
Jersey
AULC
HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
Austin
Landfill Holdings, Inc.
Delaware
Minnesota
B &
J GARBAGE CO.
Oregon
BAY
AREA PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
California
BAY
DISPOSAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
North
Carolina
Virginia
BAY
DISPOSAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
North
Carolina
Virginia
BAY
DISPOSAL, LLC
Virginia
North
Carolina
BESTRANS, INC.
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
BETHLEHEM
LANDFILL COMPANY
Delaware
Pennsylvania
BITUMINOUS
RESOURCES, INC.
Kentucky
BLOSSOM
PRAIRIE LANDFILL, INC.
Texas
BLUE
COMPACTOR SERVICES, LLC
Minnesota
BLUE
DIAMOND DISPOSAL, INC.
New
Jersey
BLUE
RIDGE LANDFILL COMPANY
Pennsylvania
BLYTHE
RECYCLING AND DEMOLITION SITE HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
New
Jersey
Pennsylvania
BORDEN
WASTE AWAY SERVICE, LLC
Indiana
Michigan
BRANDYWINE
ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
New
Jersey
BROADACRE
LANDFILL, INC.
Colorado
BULLDOG
ACQUISITION, LLC
Delaware
Illinois
BULLDOG
WEST END HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
BUTLER
COUNTY LANDFILL, INC.
Nebraska
C&S
GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
Nevada
California
C&S
WASTE SOLUTIONS OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
California
C&S
WASTE SOLUTIONS OF LASSEN COUNTY, LLC
California
C&S
WASTE SOLUTIONS OF NEVADA, INC.
Nevada
CALPET,
LLC
Wyoming
CAMINO
REAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER, INC.
New
Mexico
CANBY
DISPOSAL COMPANY
Oregon
CANBY
TRANSFER & RECYCLING, INC.
Oregon
CAPITAL
REGION LANDFILLS, INC.
New
York
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
CAROLINA
LANDFILL, LLC
South
Carolina
CAROLINA
PROCESSING & RECYCLING, LLC
South
Carolina
CAROLINA
WASTE & RECYCLING LLC
South
Carolina
Florida
Carpenter
Waste Holdings, LLC
New
York
CART-AWAY,
LLC
New
York
CENTRAL
ALABAMA, LLC
Alabama
CGL
HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
Utah
CHAMBERS
DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
North
Carolina
CHAMP
LANDFILL COMPANY, LLC
Missouri
CHEROKEE
SANITARY LANDFILL COMPANY
Arkansas
CHICAGO
GRADE LANDFILL & RECYCLING LLC
California
CHICAGO
GRADE LANDFILL HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
California
CHICAGO
GRADE LANDFILL, INC.
California
CHIQUITA
CANYON, INC.
Delaware
California
CHIQUITA
CANYON, LLC
Delaware
California
CITY
WASTE, LLC
Tennessee
CLEARLAKE
WASTE SOLUTIONS, INC.
California
Clifton
Organics, LLC
New
York
CLOVER
FLAT LAND FILL INC.
California
COLD
CANYON LAND FILL, INC.
California
COLUMBIA
RESOURCE CO., L.P.
Washington
COLUMBIA
RIVER DISPOSAL, INC.
Washington
COMMERCIAL
ROLLOFF COMPANY, LLC
Arizona
COMMERCIAL
WASTE COMPANY, LLC
Arizona
COMMUNITY
REFUSE DISPOSAL INC.
Nebraska
Complexe
Enviro Connexions LTÉE
Canada
Quebec
CONSHOHOCKEN
EQUIPMENT SERVICES, LLC
Pennsylvania
CONSHOHOCKEN
RECYCLING & RAIL TRANSFER LLC
Delaware
Pennsylvania
CONSHOHOCKEN
RECYCLING CENTER, LLC
Pennsylvania
CORRAL
DE PIEDRA LAND COMPANY
California
COTTONWOOD
PROPERTIES, LLC
Indiana
County
Waste - Canaan B3 Transfer Station, LLC
New
York
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
County
Waste -- Ulster, LLC
New
York
Pennsylvania
COUNTY
WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICE, INC.
New
York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Vermont
COUNTY
WASTE TRANSFER CORP.
New
York
CRI
HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
New
Mexico
Texas
CRM
SITE SERVICES, LLC
Colorado
CUPOLA
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, LLC
Delaware
CURRY
TRANSFER & RECYCLING, INC.
Oregon
California
CWR
HOLDINGS, LLC
South
Carolina
CYPRESS
CREEK LANDFILL, LLC
Delaware
Alabama
D.
M. DISPOSAL CO., INC.
Washington
DEINES
SERVICE CO.
Oregon
DELTA
WASTE SERVICES, L.P.
Texas
DELTA
WASTE, L.L.C.
Texas
DENVER
REGIONAL LANDFILL, INC.
Colorado
DICK’S
SANITATION SERVICE, INC.
Minnesota
DNCS
PROPERTIES, llc
Arizona
New
Mexico
DRAGON
DISPOSAL, LLC
Arizona
DRY
CREEK LANDFILL, INC.
Oregon
California
DURHAM
REGIONAL LANDFILL, INC.
Delaware
DURHAM
REGIONAL LANDFILL, LLC
Arizona
E.L.
HARVEY & SONS INC.
Massachusetts
New
Hampshire
Eagle
ford reclamation company, llc
Texas
ECOSORT,
L.L.C.
Oregon
ECO-STORAGE
INVESTMENTS, LLC
Delaware
Nebraska
EL
PASO DISPOSAL, LP
Texas
New
Mexico
ELKO
SANITATION COMPANY
Nevada
EMPIRE
DISPOSAL, INC.
Washington
Idaho
ENTECH
ALASKA LLC
Alaska
ENTREPRISE
SANITAIRE F.A. LTEE
Canada
Quebec
ENVIRONMENTAL
TRUST COMPANY
Tennessee
EVERGREEN
DISPOSAL, INC.
Montana
F.W.
DISPOSAL, L.L.C.
Missouri
FINLEY-BUTTES
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Oregon
Idaho
FINNEY
COUNTY LANDFILL, INC.
Delaware
Kansas
FITCHBURG
HARVEY HOLDINGS, LLC
Massachusetts
FLORIDA
EXPRESS ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC
Florida
FLORIDA
RECYCLING PROCESSOR, LLC
Florida
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
FLORIDA
WASTE HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
Florida
Fort
Ann Transfer Station, LLC
New
York
FRONT
RANGE LANDFILL, INC.
Delaware
Colorado
FW
DISPOSAL SOUTH, LLC
Missouri
G &
P DEVELOPMENT, INC.
Nebraska
Garden
City Sanitation Property Holdings, LLC
Delaware
California
GARDEN
CITY SANITATION, INC.
California
GENESIS
RAILROAD REAL ESTATE, LLC
Pennsylvania
GGCOF
STONEHILL BLOCKER I, LLC
Delaware
GHW
RECYCLE, INC.
Delaware
GILL
HAULING, INC.
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
GLENN
WEINBERGER TOPSOIL, INC.
Arizona
GMW
ENTERPRISES, INC.
Arizona
GOLD
RIVER HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
GRANVILLE
TRANSFER STATION, LLC
Vermont
New
York
GREAT
WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICES LLC
Florida
Green
Waste Solutions of Alaska, LLC
Alaska
GREENWICH
TRANSFER STATION, LLC
Vermont
New
York
GROOT
INDUSTRIES, INC.
Delaware
Illinois
GROOT
recycling & waste services, INC.
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
GROOT, INC.
Illinois
GROVELAND
TRANSFER AND RECYCLING, INC.
Florida
GUMWOOD
PROPERTIES, LLC
Indiana
Hampton
Roads Recovery Center, LLC
Virginia
HARDIN
SANITATION, INC.
Idaho
HAROLD
LEMAY ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED
Washington
Oregon
HARVEY
HOLDINGS, LLC
Massachusetts
HARVEY
RECYCLING OF FITCHBURG, LLC
Massachusetts
HERMOSA
PIPELINE, LLC
Texas
HICKORY
17, LLC
Indiana
HIGH
DESERT SOLID WASTE FACILITY, INC.
New
Mexico
HIMCO
WASTE-AWAY SERVICE, LLC
Indiana
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
HONEYWAGON
ORGANICS, LLC
Colorado
HOODVIEW
DISPOSAL & RECYCLING, INC.
Oregon
HOWLING
COYOTE, LLC
Alabama
Connecticut
Florida
Massachusetts
New Jersey
HUDSON
VALLEY WASTE HOLDING, INC.
Delaware
New
York
IMG
HOLDING, LLC
Florida
INTEGRA
CERTIFIED DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION, LLC
Indiana
INTERMOUNTAIN
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
Colorado
INTERMOUNTAIN
WASTE & RECYCLING, LLC
Colorado
IOWA
WASTE SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
Iowa
IOWA
WASTE SERVICES, LLC
Delaware
Iowa
IRON
POINT ASSURANCE INC.
Barbados
ISLAND
DISPOSAL, INC.
Washington
J &
J ACQUIRECO, LLC
Delaware
J &
J SERVICES HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
J &
J SERVICES, INC.
Tennessee
J
BAR J LAND, INC.
Nebraska
JACKSON
COUNTY RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP, LLC
Oregon
JACKSON
TRANSFER STATION, LLC
Vermont
New
York
K.
B. RECYCLING, INC.
Oregon
KAHUT
CITY SANITARY SERVICE, INC.
Oregon
KAHUT
COMPANIES HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
Oregon
KAHUT
INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
Oregon
KAHUT
WASTE SERVICES, LLC
Oregon
KINGSBURY
TRANSFER STATION, LLC
Vermont
New
York
L.P.
GILL, INC.
Nebraska
Iowa
LAKE
COUNTY WASTE SOLUTIONS, INC.
California
LAKESHORE
DISPOSAL, INC.
Idaho
LANDFILL
L.L.C.
Illinois
LAUREL
RIDGE LANDFILL, L.L.C.
Delaware
Kentucky
LAYNE
SWD, LLC
Delaware
Texas
LAYNE
WATER MIDSTREAM, LLC
Delaware
Texas
LAYNE
WATER MIDSTREAM RESOURCES, LLC
Delaware
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
LEALCO, INC.
Texas
LES
ENTREPRISES RAYLOBEC INC.
Quebec
LEWIS
CLARK RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL, LLC
Delaware
Pennsylvania
LIGHTNING
BUTTE ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC
Minnesota
Wyoming
LITTLE
RIVER RECYCLING REALTY, INC.
Massachusetts
LITTLE
RIVER RECYCLING, INC.
Massachusetts
LIVERMORE
SANITATION, INC.
California
LONE
STAR DISPOSAL (TEXAS), L.L.C.
Texas
LONE
STAR DISPOSAL, L.P.
Texas
LORAAS
DISPOSAL NORTH LTD.
Saskatchewan
louisiana
reclamation company, l.l.c.
Louisiana
LOUISIANA
REGIONAL LANDFILL COMPANY
Delaware
Louisiana
MADERA
DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, INC.
California
MAINLY
SANITATION BUSINESS, LLC
Delaware
MAMMOTH
DISPOSAL COMPANY
California
MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL NATIONAL, INC.
Washington
Oregon
MASON
COUNTY GARBAGE CO., INC.
Washington
MBO,
LLC
Delaware
Louisiana
MDSI
OF LA, INC.
California
MEL
DEINES SANITARY SERVICE INC.
Oregon
MENDOCINO
LEASING COMPANY, INC.
California
MERIDIAN
HILL COMPOSTING, INC.
Washington
METROPOLITAN
TRANSFER STATION, INC.
New
York
MILLENNIUM
WASTE INCORPORATED
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
MILPITAS
SANITATION, INC.
California
MISSION
COUNTRY DISPOSAL
California
Moring/Gills
Environmental Services, LLC
Illinois
MORRO
BAY GARBAGE SERVICE
California
MOUNTAIN
ROLL-OFFS, INC.
Colorado
MOUNTAIN
VIEW WASTE SYSTEMS, LLC
Colorado
MOUNTAIN
WASTE - DENVER, LLC
Colorado
MOUNTAIN
WASTE & RECYCLING, INC.
Colorado
MRL
PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
Arizona
Texas
MTG
DISPOSAL, LLC
Massachusetts
Rhode
Island
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
MURREY’S
DISPOSAL COMPANY, INC.
Washington
MUSIC
CITY PICK-A-PART
Tennessee
(no state filing required or made)
MUSIC
CITY PICK-A-PART HOLDINGS I, LLC
Delaware
Tennessee
MUSIC
CITY PICK-A-PART HOLDINGS II, LLC
Delaware
Tennessee
NAUSET
DISPOSAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
Massachusetts
NEBRASKA
ECOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.
Nebraska
NEVADA
SITE SERVICES
Nevada
NOBLES
COUNTY LANDFILL, INC.
Minnesota
NORTHBOROUGH
HARVEY HOLDINGS, LLC
Massachusetts
NORTHWEST
CONTAINER SERVICES, INC.
Oregon
Washington
NWCS
CONTAINER, INC.
Delaware
California
Oregon
Washington
OKLAHOMA
CITY WASTE DISPOSAL, INC.
Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA
LANDFILL HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
Oklahoma
OREGON
ENVIRONMENTAL INDUSTRIES, LLC
Oregon
OSAGE
LANDFILL, INC.
Oklahoma
PACIFIC
RECYCLING SOLUTIONS, INC.
California
PACIFIC
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL, INC.
Washington
PAHRUMP
VALLEY DISPOSAL, INC.
Nevada
California
PALADIN
COMMODITIES, INC.
Delaware
California
Oregon
Washington
PENDLETON
PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
Oregon
PENDLETON
SANITARY SERVICE, INC.
Oregon
PENINSULA
SANITATION SERVICE, INC.
Washington
PENN
WASTE INC.
Pennsylvania
PENN
WASTE PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
Pennsylvania
PERRY
COUNTY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.
Alabama
PERRY
COUNTY RAILROAD, LLC
Alabama
Connecticut
Florida
New Jersey
PIERCE
COUNTY RECYCLING, COMPOSTING AND DISPOSAL, LLC
Washington
PINE
CONE RECYCLING, LLC
Indiana
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
PIONEER
RECYCLING SERVICES, LLC
Delaware
Oregon
Washington
POST
OAK CLEAN GREEN, INC.
Texas
POTRERO
HILLS LANDFILL, INC.
California
PRATT &
CO., INC.
Massachusetts
PREFERRED
SEPTIC & DISPOSAL, INC.
California
PREMIER
WASTE SOLUTIONS, LLC
Nebraska
PSI
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
Indiana
Idaho
PSI
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Indiana
Idaho
QUACKENBUSH
MOUNTAIN RESOURCE RECOVERY & COMPOST FACILITY, LLC
California
QUAD
COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
Mississippi
Tennessee
R.A.
BROWNRIGG INVESTMENTS, INC.
Oregon
R.J.C.
TRUCKING CO.
Oregon
R360
ANTELOPE DRAW, LLC
Delaware
New
Mexico
R360
ARTESIA, LLC
Delaware
New
Mexico
R360
ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS CANADA INC.
British
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
R360
ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
Texas
North Dakota
R360
ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS OF LOUISIANA, LLC
Delaware
Louisiana
R360
ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC
Delaware
Mississippi
R360
ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS OF TEXAS, LLC
Delaware
Texas
R360
ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
Delaware
Texas
R360
ES Holdings, Inc.
Delaware
R360
HITCHCOCK, LLC
Delaware
Texas
R360
OKLAHOMA, LLC
Delaware
Oklahoma
R360
PERMIAN BASIN, LLC
New
Mexico
Texas
R360
RED BLUFF, LLC
Texas
R360
SHUTE CREEK, LLC
Delaware
Wyoming
R360
SILO, LLC
Delaware
Wyoming
R360
WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC
Delaware
Texas
RAILROAD
AVENUE DISPOSAL, LLC
Delaware
Mississippi
RAM
WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
Colorado
RECYCLE
MINNESOTA L. L. C.
Minnesota
RECYCLING
WORKS, LLC
Indiana
RED
CARPET LANDFILL, INC.
Oklahoma
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
REDROCK
LEASING, INC.
Nevada
California
REDWOOD
WASTE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Delaware
California
REGAL
RECYCLING CO. INC.
New
York
RENSSELAER
REGION LANDFILLS, INC.
Delaware
New
York
RH
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Washington
rich
valley, LLC
Minnesota
RIDGE
(CHATHAM) HOLDINGS G.P. INC.
Canada
Ontario
Manitoba
RIDGE
(CHATHAM) HOLDINGS LP
Manitoba
Ontario
RIP, INC.
Florida
RIPTIDE
MIDSTREAM, LLC
Delaware
Texas
ROAD
RUNNER WASTE SERVICE, INC.
New
Mexico
ROBERT
WRIGHT DISPOSAL, INC.
New
York
Rochelle
Waste Disposal, L.L.C.
Illinois
Rock
River Environmental Services, Inc.
Illinois
Rock
River Environmental Solutions, LLC
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Iowa
ROGUE
COMPOST, LLC
Oregon
Rogue
Disposal & Recycling, Inc.
Oregon
Rogue
Green Fuels LLC
Oregon
Rogue
Klamath Transfer LLC
Oregon
Rogue
Materials Recovery, LLC
Oregon
Rogue
Rail & Transload LLC
Oregon
Rogue
Rock LLC
Oregon
Rogue
Shred, LLC
Oregon
Rogue
Transfer & Recycling, LLC
Oregon
Rogue
Waste Disposal Holdings, Inc.
Delaware
Oregon
ROGUE
WASTE SYSTEMS, LLC
Oregon
Rogue
WASTE, Inc.
Oregon
ROLL-OFF
EXPRESS, INC.
Maryland
ROYAL
WASTE HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
ROYAL
WASTE PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
New
York
ROYAL
WASTE SERVICES, INC.
Delaware
New
York
RRD
Holding Company
Illinois
Wisconsin
S.A.
Dunn & Company, LLC
New
York
SAN
LUIS GARBAGE COMPANY
California
SANFORD
RECYCLING AND TRANSFER, INC.
Florida
SANIPAC, INC.
Oregon
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
SANITATION
SOLUTIONS PROPERTIES, LLC
Texas
SANITATION
SOLUTIONS, INC.
Texas
Oklahoma
SANTA
MARIA TRANSFER STATION, INC.
California
SCOTT
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANY
Tennessee
Kentucky
SCOTT
WASTE SERVICES, LLC
Kentucky
SEABREEZE
RECOVERY, INC.
Delaware
Texas
SECTION 18,
LLC
Minnesota
Wyoming
SEDALIA
LAND COMPANY
Colorado
SENECA
MEADOWS, INC.
New
York
New
Jersey
SERVICES
ENVIRONNEMENTAUX RICHELIEU INC.
Quebec
shale
gas services, llc
Arkansas
Sierra
Holding Group, LLC
New
York
Sierra
Processing, LLC
New
York
SILVER
SPRINGS ORGANICS L.L.C.
Washington
SJ
RECLAMATION, inC.
Delaware
SKB
Environmental cloquet landfill, inc.
Minnesota
SKB
ENVIRONMENTAL, inC.
Minnesota
Wisconsin
SLD
LANDFILL, INC.
Delaware
Florida
SOLID
WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
California
SOUTH
COUNTY SANITARY SERVICE, INC.
California
SOUTH
LAKE REFUSE COMPANY, LLC
California
SOUTH
PINE ASSOCIATES, LLC
Florida
SOUTHSIDE
MATERIALS RECYCLING FACILITY, LLC
Florida
SOUTHWEST
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Nevada
SSL
OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
Delaware
Oregon
Steamboat
Creek Terminals, Inc.
Virginia
STONEHILL
CROATIA, LLC
Delaware
Texas
STONEHILL
DAWSON, LLC
Delaware
Texas
STONEHILL
HOWARD, LLC
Delaware
Texas
STONEHILL
INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
STONEHILL
MARTIN, LLC
Delaware
Colorado
Texas
STONEHILL
MARTIN INTERMEDIATE, LLC
Delaware
Texas
STONEHILL
MARTIN TOPCO, LLC
Delaware
Texas
STONEHILL
PIPELINE, LLC
Delaware
Texas
STUTZMAN
REFUSE DISPOSAL INC.
Kansas
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
SUMTER
RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL, INC.
Florida
SUN
COUNTRY MATERIALS, LLC
Delaware
Florida
TABLE
ROCK HOLDINGS, LLC
Oregon
TACOMA
RECYCLING COMPANY, INC.
Washington
TAFT
RECYCLING, INC.
Florida
TANNER
ROAD FACILITY, L.P.
Texas
TEAM
WASTE SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
Mississippi
Tennessee
TENNESSEE
WASTE MOVERS, INC.
Delaware
Tennessee
TEXAS
REGIONAL LANDFILL COMPANY LP
Texas
THIRD
STREET PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC
Florida
THUNDER
BUTTE ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC
Minnesota
Wyoming
TIMBER
RIDGE LANDFILL COMPANY
Missouri
TIMBERLINE
DISPOSAL, L.L.C.
Colorado
TRANSFER
STATION SOLUTIONS, LLC
Texas
TRI
COUNTY SCRAP METALS, LLC
California
TROJAN
RECYCLING PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
Massachusetts
TROJAN
RECYCLING, INC.
Massachusetts
TWM
LAND HOLDINGS, LLC
Mississippi
UKIAH
WASTE SOLUTIONS, INC.
California
UNITED
AMERICAN RECYCLING SERVICES, LLC
Florida
UNITED
RAIL TRANSPORTATION CORP., LLC
Delaware
New
Jersey
UPPER
VALLEY DISPOSAL HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
California
UPPER
VALLEY DISPOSAL SERVICE
California
UPPER
VALLEY RECYCLING, INC.
California
US
LIQUIDS OF LA., L.P.
Delaware
Louisiana
Texas
VAIL
HONEYWAGON ENTERPRISES, LLC
Colorado
VISTA
CORPORATION
California
WARM
ASSOCIATES II, LLC
Rhode
Island
Massachusetts
WASCO
COUNTY LANDFILL, INC.
Delaware
Oregon
WASTE-AWAY
GROUP, LLC
Indiana
WASTE
AWAY GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
Indiana
WASTE-AWAY
TRANSPORT, LLC
Indiana
WASTE
CONNECTIONS BAYOU, INC.
Delaware
Louisiana
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
WASTE
CONNECTIONS BROKERAGE SERVICES, LLC
Delaware
New
York
WASTE
CONNECTIONS HOLDINGS LTD.
Ontario
WASTE
CONNECTIONS LONE STAR, INC.
Texas
Oklahoma
WASTE
CONNECTIONS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
Delaware
Texas
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF ALABAMA, INC.
Delaware
Alabama
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF ALASKA, INC.
Delaware
Alaska
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF ALBUQUERQUE, LLC
Arizona
New
Mexico
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF ARIZONA, INC.
Delaware
Arizona
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF ARKANSAS, INC.
Arkansas
Missouri
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
California
Waste
Connections of Canada Inc.
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Quebec
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF COLORADO, INC.
Delaware
Colorado
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF EL PASO, LP
Texas
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF FLORIDA, INC.
Delaware
Florida
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF GEORGIA, INC.
Delaware
Georgia
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF IDAHO, INC.
Indiana
Idaho
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF ILLINOIS, INC.
Delaware
Illinois
Iowa
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF IOWA, INC.
Iowa
Minnesota
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF KANSAS, INC.
Delaware
Kansas
Oklahoma
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF KENTUCKY, INC.
Delaware
Indiana
Kentucky
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF LOUISIANA, INC.
Delaware
Louisiana
Mississippi
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF MARYLAND, INC.
Delaware
Maryland
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC.
Delaware
Massachusetts
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF MINNESOTA, INC.
Minnesota
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI DISPOSAL SERVICES, LLC
Mississippi
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.
Delaware
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF MISSOURI, INC.
Missouri
Illinois
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF MONTANA, INC.
Delaware
Montana
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF NEBRASKA, INC.
Delaware
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Colorado
Wyoming
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF NEVADA, INC.
Delaware
Nevada
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
Delaware
New
Jersey
Pennsylvania
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF NEW MEXICO, INC.
Delaware
New
Mexico
Arizona
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF NEW YORK, INC.
Delaware
New
Jersey
New York
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
Delaware
North
Carolina
South Carolina
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA, INC.
Delaware
North
Dakota
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF OKLAHOMA, INC.
Oklahoma
Kansas
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF OREGON, INC.
Oregon
Idaho
Washington
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF OSCEOLA COUNTY, LLC
Florida
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF RHODE ISLAND, INC.
Delaware
Rhode
Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
Delaware
South
Carolina
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC.
South
Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF TENNESSEE, INC.
Delaware
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Georgia
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF TEXAS, LLC
Delaware
Texas
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF UTAH, INC.
Delaware
Utah
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF WASHINGTON, INC.
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
WASTE
CONNECTIONS OF WYOMING, INC.
Delaware
Wyoming
WASTE
CONNECTIONS PALMETTO, INC.
Delaware
South
Carolina
WASTE
CONNECTIONS US HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
Texas
WASTE
CONNECTIONS US, INC.
Delaware
California
Texas
WASTE
CONTROL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC
Delaware
Washington
WASTE
CONTROL RECYCLING, INC.
Washington
WASTE
CONTROL, INC.
Washington
WASTE
DISPOSAL, L.L.C.
Kansas
WASTE
INNOVATIONS, LLC
Arizona
WASTE
MASTERS SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
WASTE
MASTERS SOLUTIONS, LLC
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
WASTE
REDUCTION SERVICES, L.L.C.
Oregon
WASTE
SERVICES OF N.E. MISSISSIPPI, INC.
Mississippi
WASTE
SOLUTIONS GROUP OF SAN BENITO, LLC
Delaware
California
WATERWAY
TRAILS INC., a Texas captive insurance company
Texas
WAYS
LANE LLC
Pennsylvania
WC
INDUSTRIALS, INC.
Delaware
WCI
AUSTIN LANDFILL, LLC
Minnesota
WCI
CROSSINGS ULC
British
Columbia
Alberta
WCI
GLOBAL HOLDINGS ULC
British
Columbia
Alberta
WCI
NORTH INVESTMENTS, GP
Alberta
WCI
SOUTH INVESTMENTS, LP
Delaware
WCI
VENTURE I, LLC
Delaware
WCI
VENTURE II, LLC
Delaware
WCI
VENTURE III, LLC
Delaware
WCI
VENTURE IV, LLC
Delaware
COMPANY
STATE/
PROVINCE/
COUNTRY OF
FORMATION
QUALIFIED
IN
WCI-WHITE
OAKS LANDFILL, INC.
Delaware
Louisiana
WCN
DE LP CORPORATION
Delaware
WCN
HOLDINGS, INC.
British
Columbia
Ontario
WCN
TX GP CORPORATION
Delaware
Texas
WEEKS
ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC
Texas
WEST
BANK ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
Indiana
Wyoming
WEST
COAST RECYCLING AND TRANSFER, INC.
Oregon
WEST
LINN REFUSE & RECYCLING, INC.
Oregon
WESTBOROUGH
HARVEY HOLDINGS, LLC
Massachusetts
WHITEHALL
CORPORATION
California
WHITEHALL
TRANSFER STATION, LLC
Vermont
New
York
Winnebago
Landfill Company, LLC
Illinois
Winnebago
Reclamation Service, Inc.
Illinois
WYOMING
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
Indiana
Wyoming
YAKIMA
WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
Washington
Annex A
Time of Sale Information
· Pricing
Term Sheet, dated July 27, 2026, substantially in the form of Annex B.
Annex B
WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.
Pricing Term Sheet
Free Writing Prospectus
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-282813
Dated July 27, 2026
WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.
Pricing Term Sheet
2033
Notes
2036
Notes
Issuer:
Waste Connections, Inc.
Title
of Securities:
4.200% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes”)
4.550% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Notes” and, together with the 2033 Notes, the
“Notes”)
Principal
Amount:
C$300,000,000
C$400,000,000
Maturity
Date:
September 4, 2033
September
4, 2036
Coupon:
4.200%
4.550%
Public
Offering Price:
99.838% of face amount
99.611% of face amount
Yield
to Maturity:
4.226%
4.598%
Benchmark
Bond:
CAN 2.75%
due June 1, 2033
CAN 3.25% due June 1, 2036
Benchmark
Price and Yield:
C$96.31 and 3.358%
C$97.41 and 3.564%
Re-Offer
Spread:
+85 bps versus the Government of Canada Curve (“GoC
Curve”).
+86.8 bps
versus the Benchmark Bond, which includes a curve adjustment of 1.8 bps.
+102 bps versus the Government of Canada Curve (“GoC
Curve”).
+103.4 bps
versus the Benchmark Bond, which includes a curve adjustment of 1.4 bps.
GoC
Curve:
CAN 2.75% due June 1, 2033 and CAN 3.25% due December 1, 2033
CAN 3.25% due June 1, 2036 and CAN 5.00% due June 1, 2037
Interest
Payment Dates:
March 4 and September 4, commencing March 4, 2027. The
first payment of interest shall be a long first coupon in the amount of C$2.45671233 per C$100.
If not a business
day in Toronto then payment of interest will be made on the next business day with no adjustment
(Following Business Day Convention).
March 4 and September 4, commencing March 4, 2027. The
first payment of interest shall be a long first coupon in the amount of C$2.661438356 per C$100.
If not a business
day in Toronto then payment of interest will be made on the next business day with no adjustment
(Following Business Day Convention).
Day
Count Fraction:
Actual/365 (fixed) when calculating interest accruals during any partial interest period
and 30/360 when calculating amounts due on any other Interest Payment Date (also known as the Actual/Actual Canadian Compound Method)
Optional Redemption:
Make-Whole
Call:
Redeemable at any time prior to July 4, 2033 (two months
prior to their maturity date) (the “2033 Notes Par Call Date”) at a redemption price
equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and
(ii) the Canada Yield Price, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon
to, but excluding, the redemption date.
“Canada
Yield Price” means, in respect of any Notes being redeemed, the price, in respect of
the principal amount of the Notes, calculated by the issuer as of the third business day
prior to the day notice of redemption is given in respect of such Notes, equal to the sum
of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of interest (not including any
portion of the payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) and principal on
the Notes to be redeemed from the redemption date to the 2033 Notes Par Call Date using as
a discount rate the sum of the Government of Canada Yield on such business day plus 21 basis
points.
Redeemable at any time prior to June 4, 2036 (three months
prior to their maturity date) (the “2036 Notes Par Call Date”) at a redemption price
equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and
(ii) the Canada Yield Price, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon
to, but excluding, the redemption date.
“Canada
Yield Price” means, in respect of any Notes being redeemed, the price, in respect of
the principal amount of the Notes, calculated by the issuer as of the third business day
prior to the day notice of redemption is given in respect of such Notes, equal to the sum
of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of interest (not including any
portion of the payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) and principal on
the Notes to be redeemed from the redemption date to the 2036 Notes Par Call Date using as
a discount rate the sum of the Government of Canada Yield on such business day plus 25.5
basis points.
“Government of Canada Yield” means, on any date, the bid-side yield to maturity
on such date as determined by the arithmetic average (rounded to three decimal places) of the yields quoted at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time)
by any two investment dealers in Canada selected by the issuer, assuming semi-annual compounding and calculated in accordance with generally
accepted financial practice, which a non-callable Government of Canada bond would carry if issued in Canadian dollars in Canada at 100%
of its principal amount on such date with a term to maturity that most closely approximates the remaining term to the 2033 Notes Par
Call Date.
“Government of Canada Yield” means, on any date, the bid-side yield to maturity
on such date as determined by the arithmetic average (rounded to three decimal places) of the yields quoted at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time)
by any two investment dealers in Canada selected by the issuer, assuming semi-annual compounding and calculated in accordance with generally
accepted financial practice, which a non-callable Government of Canada bond would carry if issued in Canadian dollars in Canada at 100%
of its principal amount on such date with a term to maturity that most closely approximates the remaining term to the 2036 Notes Par
Call Date.
Par
Call:
Redeemable at any time on or after the 2033 Notes Par Call Date in an amount equal to the principal
amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.
Redeemable at any time on or after the 2036 Notes Par Call Date in an amount equal to the principal
amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.
Settlement
Date:
T+5; August 4, 2026. Delivery of the Notes is expected to be made against payment for
the Notes on August 4, 2026, which will be the fifth business day following the date hereof (this settlement cycle being referred to
as “T+5”). Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market generally
are required to settle in one business day, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who
wish to trade the Notes on any date prior to one business day before delivery will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Notes
initially will settle in T+5, to specify alternate settlement arrangements at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement
and should consult their own advisers.
Settlement/Form:
CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc./Book-Entry (Global Debenture)
Use
of Proceeds:
Waste Connections, Inc. intends to use the net proceeds of this offering, together with cash on
hand, to repay a portion of the CAD-denominated borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility.
Form
of Distribution in Canada:
The distribution of the Notes is being made on a private placement basis to purchasers in each of
the provinces of Canada (the “Offering Jurisdictions”) under a Canadian offering memorandum dated July 27, 2026 (the “Canadian
Offering Memorandum”), which will include the base prospectus dated October 24, 2024, and a preliminary prospectus supplement,
dated July 27, 2026. The distribution will be made in reliance on statutory exemptions from the prospectus requirements of Canadian securities
laws applicable in each of the Offering Jurisdictions and, in particular, the Notes will only be sold in the Offering Jurisdictions pursuant
to the “accredited investor exemption” (as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions (“NI
45-106”) or as contemplated by Section 73.3 of the Securities Act (Ontario)) to purchasers that are “accredited investors”
(as such term is defined in NI 45-106 or Section 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), as applicable), who purchase the Notes
as principal (or are deemed to be purchasing as principal) and that are not individuals unless they are also “permitted clients”
(as such term is defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations).
Form
of Distribution in the United States:
The distribution of the Notes is being made pursuant to registration with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Resale
Restrictions:
Resale of the Notes in Canada must be made in accordance
with applicable Canadian securities laws which may require resales to be made in accordance with
prospectus and dealer registration requirements or exemptions from the prospectus and dealer registration
requirements. Canadian purchasers are advised to seek legal advice prior to any resale of the Notes,
both within and outside of Canada.
Unless otherwise
permitted under Canadian securities legislation, a holder of Notes must not trade the Notes
before the date that is four months and a day after the distribution date of the Notes.
Denominations:
C$2,000 and integral multiples of C$1,000 in excess thereof.
Governing
Law:
New York
CUSIP:
94106BAL5
94106BAM3
ISIN:
CA94106BAL59
CA94106BAM33
Ratings
(Moody’s/S&P/Fitch)*:
A3 (Stable) / BBB+ (Stable) / A- (Stable)
Joint
Book-Running Managers:
CIBC World Markets Inc.
Scotia Capital Inc.
TD Securities Inc.
Co-Managers:
J.P. Morgan Securities Canada Inc.
Merrill Lynch Canada Inc.
Mizuho Securities Canada Inc.
*Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation
to buy, sell or hold securities and may be revised or withdrawn at any time.
The foregoing description is a summary of
certain material provisions of the Notes. Prospective purchasers should review the registration statement (including a base prospectus),
dated October 24, 2024, and a preliminary prospectus supplement, dated July 27, 2026 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”)
or the preliminary Canadian offering memorandum dated July 27, 2026, which includes the registration statement and the Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement.
The issuer has filed a registration statement
(including a base prospectus), dated October 24, 2024, and the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, with the SEC for the offering to which
this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the base prospectus in that registration statement and the Preliminary
Prospectus Supplement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.
You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter
or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling CIBC World Markets Inc.
collect at (416) 594-8515, TD Securities Inc. collect at (416) 982-2243 or Scotia Capital Inc. collect at (416) 863-7776.
This Pricing Term Sheet is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or in Canada, the Canadian Offering Memorandum. The information in this
Pricing Term Sheet supplements the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement
to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
Annex C
Form of Opinion and 10b-5 of Latham &
Watkins LLP
Annex D
Form of Opinion of Bennett Jones LLP
EX-99.1 — EXHIBIT 99.1
EX-99.1
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Exhibit 99.1
Waste Connections Announces Senior Notes Offering
TORONTO, ONTARIO, July 27, 2026 –
Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) (“Waste Connections” or the “Company”) announced today that it plans
to proceed, subject to market and other conditions, to offer two series of Canadian dollar-denominated senior notes due 2033 and 2036,
respectively (the “Notes”), in an underwritten public offering in the U.S. and by way of private placement in each of the
provinces of Canada (the “Offering”). The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company. Waste Connections intends
to use the net proceeds from the Offering, together with cash on hand, to repay a portion of the Canadian dollar-denominated borrowings
outstanding under its revolving credit facility provided under its credit agreement.
CIBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank, and TD Securities
are acting as joint book-running managers and underwriters for the Offering. The Offering will be made in the United States pursuant to
an effective shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 24,
2024 (the “Registration Statement”), and on a private placement basis in Canada to purchasers in each province of Canada under
a Canadian offering memorandum (the “Canadian Offering Memorandum”), which includes the Registration Statement. Copies of
the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus for the Offering and, in Canada, the Canadian Offering Memorandum,
may be obtained by contacting CIBC World Markets Inc., 161 Bay Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, ON M5J 2S8, Attention: Debt Capital Markets,
at cibcdebtsyndication@cibc.com or by telephone at 416-594-8515, Scotia Capital Inc., 40 Temperance Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5H
0B4, Attention: Debt Capital Markets, at dcmtoronto@scotiabank.com or by telephone at 416-863-7776, or TD Securities Inc., 222 Bay Street,
7th Floor, Toronto, ON M5K 1A2, Attention: Debt Capital Markets, at tdcan-syndicate@tdsecurities.com or by telephone at 416-982-2243.
Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus for the Offering will also be available on the SEC’s
website at http://www.sec.gov.
This press release does not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities, nor will there be any offer, solicitation or sale of
the Notes or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Waste Connections
Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste
services company that provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal services, including by rail, along with resource
recovery primarily through recycling and renewable fuels generation. The Company serves approximately nine million residential, commercial
and industrial customers in mostly exclusive and secondary markets across 46 states in the U.S. and six provinces in Canada. Waste Connections
also provides non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several basins across the U.S. and Canada, as
well as intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest. Waste Connections views its
sustainability efforts as integral to its business, with initiatives consistent with its objective of long-term value creation and focused
on reducing emissions, increasing resource recovery of both recyclable commodities and clean energy fuels, reducing reliance on off-site
disposal for landfill leachate, further improving safety and enhancing employee engagement.
Safe Harbor and Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”),
including “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. These forward-looking statements
are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance and reflect Waste Connections’ current beliefs and expectations
regarding future events, including the potential Offering and the Company’s use of proceeds. These forward-looking statements are
often identified by the words “may,” “might,” “believes,” “thinks,” “expects,”
“estimate,” “continue,” “intends” or other words of similar meaning. All of the forward-looking statements
included in this press release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the PSLRA and applicable securities laws in Canada.
Forward-looking statements involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but
are not limited to, statements about the timing and other elements of the Offering. Important factors that could cause actual results
to differ, possibly materially, from those indicated by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, risk factors detailed
in the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, which are both a part of the Registration Statement, the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, and those risk factors set forth from
time to time in the Company’s other filings with the SEC and the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in Canada.
You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Waste Connections
undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements set forth in this press release, whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise, unless required by applicable securities laws.
CONTACT:
Mary Anne Whitney / (832) 442-2253
Joe Box / (832) 442-2153
maryannew@wasteconnections.com
joe.box@wasteconnections.com
EX-99.2 — EXHIBIT 99.2
EX-99.2
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Exhibit 99.2
WASTE CONNECTIONS ANNOUNCES PRICING OF C$700 MILLION
OF SENIOR NOTES
TORONTO, ONTARIO, July 27, 2026
– Following the previous announcement of the launch of a senior notes offering, Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN)
(“Waste Connections” or the “Company”) announced today that it has priced an underwritten public offering in
the U.S. and by way of private placement in each of the provinces of Canada (the “Offering”) of (i) C$300 million
aggregate principal amount of its 4.200% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes”) at a price to the public of 99.838% of
their face value, and (ii) C$400 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.550% Senior Notes due 2036 at a price to the
public of 99.611% of their face value (together with the 2033 Notes, the
“Notes”). The Offering is expected to close on August 4, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Net
proceeds to Waste Connections from the Offering are expected to be approximately C$691.9
million, after deducting underwriting fees and estimated Offering expenses, and are expected to be used, together with cash on hand,
to repay a portion of the Canadian dollar-denominated borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility provided under its
credit agreement.
CIBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank, and TD Securities
are acting as joint book-running managers and underwriters for the Offering along with the several other underwriters named in the underwriting
agreement. The Offering is being made in the United States pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 24, 2024 (the “Registration Statement”) and on a private placement
basis in Canada to purchasers in each province of Canada under a Canadian offering memorandum (the “Canadian Offering Memorandum”),
which includes the Registration Statement. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus for the Offering and,
in Canada, the Canadian Offering Memorandum, may be obtained by contacting CIBC World Markets Inc., 161 Bay Street, 5th Floor, Toronto,
ON M5J 2S8, Attention: Debt Capital Markets, at cibcdebtsyndication@cibc.com or by telephone at 416-594-8515, Scotia Capital Inc., 40
Temperance Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5H 0B4, Attention: Debt Capital Markets, at dcmtoronto@scotiabank.com or by telephone at 416-863-7776,
or TD Securities Inc., 222 Bay Street, 7th Floor, Toronto, ON M5K 1A2, Attention: Debt Capital Markets, at tdcan-syndicate@tdsecurities.com
or by telephone at 416-982-2243. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus for the Offering will also be
available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
This press release does not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities, nor will there be any offer, solicitation or sale of
the Notes or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Waste Connections
Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste
services company that provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal services, including by rail, along with resource
recovery primarily through recycling and renewable fuels generation. The Company serves approximately nine million residential, commercial
and industrial customers in mostly exclusive and secondary markets across 46 states in the U.S. and six provinces in Canada. Waste Connections
also provides non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several basins across the U.S. and Canada, as
well as intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest. Waste Connections views its
sustainability efforts as integral to its business, with initiatives consistent with its objective of long-term value creation and focused
on reducing emissions, increasing resource recovery of both recyclable commodities and clean energy fuels, reducing reliance on off-site
disposal for landfill leachate, further improving safety and enhancing employee engagement.
Safe Harbor and Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”), including “forward-looking
information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. These forward-looking statements are neither historical
facts nor assurances of future performance and reflect Waste Connections’ current beliefs and expectations regarding future events,
including the potential Offering and the Company’s use of proceeds. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the
words “may,” “might,” “believes,” “thinks,” “expects,” “estimate,”
“continue,” “intends” or other words of similar meaning. All of the forward-looking statements included in this
press release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the PSLRA and applicable securities laws in Canada. Forward-looking statements
involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements
about the timing and other elements of the Offering. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially,
from those indicated by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, risk factors detailed in the preliminary prospectus
supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, which are both a part of the Registration Statement, the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, and those risk factors set forth from time to time in the Company’s
other filings with the SEC and the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in Canada. You should not place undue reliance
on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Waste Connections undertakes no obligation to update
the forward-looking statements set forth in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, unless
required by applicable securities laws.
CONTACT:
Mary Anne Whitney / (832) 442-2253
Joe Box / (832) 442-2153
maryannew@wasteconnections.com
joe.box@wasteconnections.com
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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.
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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.
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Boolean flag that is true when the Form 8-K filing is intended to satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant as written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.
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