Form DEFA14A CRH Medical Corp

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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CRH MEDICAL CORPORATION

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Rule 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

March 18, 2021

CRH MEDICAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(604) 633-1440

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name of former 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:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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As previously announced, on February 6, 2021, CRH Medical Corporation (“CRH” or the “Company”) entered into a definitive Arrangement Agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) with WELL Health Technologies Corp. (“WELL”), WELL Health Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of WELL (the “Purchaser”), and 1286392 B.C. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of WELL (“Finco,” and together with the Purchaser and WELL, the “WELL Parties”) with respect to the proposed acquisition by WELL (through its subsidiaries) of all the issued and outstanding shares of CRH at a price of US$4.00 per share, by way of a plan of arrangement (the “Plan of Arrangement”) under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “BCBCA,” and such transaction, the “Arrangement”). The Plan of Arrangement provides that, immediately prior to the transfer of CRH shares, Finco and the Purchaser will be amalgamated and continued as one corporation under the BCBCA. The entity formed upon such amalgamation is referred to herein as “Amalco.”

On March 18, 2021, CRH and the WELL Parties entered into Amending Agreement (the “Amending Agreement”), which amended the Arrangement Agreement to, among other things, (i) permit WELL to designate an alternative entity (in lieu of the Purchaser/Amalco) to be the acquiror of CRH, provided such entity is a wholly owned subsidiary of WELL (directly or indirectly), that the substitution of such alternate party does not, in the opinion of CRH acting reasonably, result in adverse consequences to CRH or any CRH securityholder, and that such alternate party is legally formed and CRH is notified of WELL’s intentions prior to the meeting of CRH securityholders being held to consider and vote on the Arrangement, (ii) change the order of certain steps in the Arrangement, and (iii) implement certain other tax-structuring related changes to the Plan of Arrangement, which do not impact the effect or tax consequences of the Arrangement for CRH securityholders. The Amending Agreement also amended the Arrangement Agreement to clarify that the requisite CRH securityholder approval for the Arrangement will include the “minority approval” required under Multilateral Instrument 61-101—Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions, as required under the interim order of the Supreme Court of British Columbia with respect to the Arrangement, dated as of March 10, 2021.

The foregoing description of the Amending Agreement is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amending Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

(d)    Exhibits

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements and information included or incorporated by reference in this document may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and “forward-looking information” within the meaning of Canadian securities laws (collectively, “forward-looking statements”). Forward looking statements include statements regarding the acquisition of the Company by WELL and the amalgamation of the Purchaser and Finco, as well as all other statements that are not statements of historical fact. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “plan,” “intend” or “project” or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology.

Forward-looking statements reflect current expectations of management regarding future events and performance as of the date of this document and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results to be materially different those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements should not be read as guarantees of future results, and there can be no assurance that the

results expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements will be achieved. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in forward-looking statements include: (i) the risk that the Company’s securityholders do not approve the proposed transaction; (ii) the risk that regulatory or other approvals required for the transaction may be delayed or not obtained, or are obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated; (iii) the possibility that certain other conditions to the consummation of the proposed transaction will not be satisfied or completed on a timely basis, or at all; (iv) the risk that the financing necessary for the consummation of the proposed transaction is unavailable at the closing; (v) the risk of disruption from the announcement, pendency and/or completion of the potential transaction, including potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships with customers, employees, suppliers or regulators, making it more difficult to maintain business and operational relationships; (vi) uncertainties related to developments in the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Company’s operations and the completion of the proposed transaction; and (vii) uncertainties related to general economic, financial, regulatory and political conditions, as well as potential changes in law and regulatory interpretations.

Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include, without limitation, the risks identified by the Company in its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and its Current Reports on Form 8-K, which are available on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml or on the Company’s website at www.crhmedcorp.com. The Company disclaims any intent or obligations to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, estimates or options, future events or results or otherwise, unless required to do so by law.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

The proposed transaction between the Company and WELL will be submitted to the Company’s securityholders for their consideration. In connection therewith, on March 19, 2021, the Company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a definitive proxy statement and management information circular for the Company’s securityholders (the “Proxy Statement”). The Company commenced mailing of the definitive Proxy Statements to its security holders on or about March 19, 2021, and may file other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. INVESTORS AND SECURITYHOLDERS ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS, WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. The definitive Proxy Statement and other relevant materials filed with the SEC (when they become available) may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov. Copies will also be available at no charge in the “Investors” section of the Company’s website, https://investors.crhsystem.com.

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, thereunto duly authorized.

Exhibit 2.1

AMENDING AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDING AGREEMENT is made as of March 18, 2021

AMONG:

WELL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES CORP., a corporation existing under the Laws of the Province of British Columbia (the “Parent”)

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WELL HEALTH ACQUISITION CORP., a corporation existing under the Laws of the Province of British Columbia (the “Purchaser”)

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1286392 B.C. LTD., a corporation existing under the under the Laws of the Province of British Columbia (“Finco”)

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CRH MEDICAL CORPORATION, a corporation existing under the Laws of the Province of British Columbia (“CRH,” and together with the Purchaser, Finco and the Parent, the “Parties” and each a “Party”)

WHEREAS the Parties entered into an arrangement agreement dated February 6, 2021 (the “Arrangement Agreement”);

AND WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.4 of the Arrangement Agreement and Section 6.1 of the Plan of Arrangement attached as Schedule “A” thereto, the Parties wish to amend the Arrangement Agreement by entering into this Amending Agreement;

AND WHEREAS capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Arrangement Agreement; and

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that, in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby conclusively acknowledged by each of the Parties, the Parties covenant and agree as follows:

This Amending Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal Laws of Canada applicable therein.

The Arrangement Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

In addition, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing Section 9.4, CRH and the WELL Parties agree that the Parent may designate an alternative entity to be the acquiror of CRH, provided such entity is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent (directly or indirectly) and that (a) the substitution of such alternate party does not, in the opinion of CRH acting reasonably, result in adverse consequences to CRH or any CRH Securityholder; and (b) such alternate party is legally formed and CRH is notified of the Parent’s intentions prior to the CRH Meeting.

The Plan of Arrangement attached as Schedule “A” to the Arrangement Agreement is hereby amended to reflect the amendments set out in the marked version attached as Exhibit “A” attached hereto.

The Parties hereby agree to take all steps and actions and execute and deliver all agreements, instruments and other documents as may be necessary and advisable to give effect to the foregoing.

The Parties acknowledge that except as otherwise expressly indicated herein, the Arrangement Agreement shall continue unamended and without novation and remain in full force and effect and, except as amended and supplemented by this Amending Agreement.

This Amending Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns in accordance with the Arrangement Agreement.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amending Agreement by facsimile transmission or by sending a scanned copy by electronic mail shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amending Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have executed this Amending Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

Signature Page to Amending Agreement

EXHIBIT A

(see attached)

SCHEDULE A

PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

UNDER SECTION 288 OF THE

BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT (BRITISH COLUMBIA)

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

In this Plan of Arrangement, unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

“2014 CRH RSU Plan” means the share unit plan, approved by the CRH Shareholders on June 19, 2014;

“2017 CRH RSU Plan” means the share unit plan, approved by the CRH Shareholders on June 8, 2017, as amended with amendments approved by CRH Shareholders on June 11, 2020;

“Amalco” means the entity formed on the amalgamation of Finco and Purchaser pursuant to Section 3.1(b) hereto;

“Amalco Shares” means the common shares in the capital of Amalco;

“Arrangement” means the arrangement of CRH under Section 288 of the BCBCA on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Plan of Arrangement, subject to any amendments or variations thereto made in accordance with Section 9.4 of the Arrangement Agreement or this Plan of Arrangement or made at the direction of the Court in the Final Order;

“Arrangement Agreement” means the arrangement agreement dated as of February 6, 2021 between the Purchaser and CRH, as amended, amended and restated or supplemented prior to the Effective Date;

“Arrangement Resolution” means the special resolution of the CRH Securityholders approving the Plan of Arrangement which is to be considered at the CRH Meeting;

“BCBCA” means the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) and the regulations made thereunder, as now in effect and as they may be promulgated or amended from time to time;

“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a statutory or civic holiday in Vancouver, British Columbia, or a federal holiday in the United States on which banks are required or authorized to close;

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“Contractor” means any consultant, dependent contractor, independent contractor or other service provider providing services to CRH or any of its Subsidiaries and who is not an Employee;

“Court” means the Supreme Court of British Columbia;

“CRH” means CRH Medical Corporation, a corporation existing under the BCBCA;

“CRH Meeting” means the special meeting of CRH Securityholders, including any adjournment or postponement thereof permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, to be called and held in accordance with the Interim Order to consider the Arrangement Resolution;

“CRH Option Plan” means the amended stock option plan of CRH, originally approved by CRH Shareholders on June 8, 2009;

“CRH Optionholder” means a holder of CRH Options;

“CRH Options” means the Vested CRH Options and Unvested CRH Options;

“CRH RSU Holder” means a holder of CRH RSUs;

“CRH RSUs” means the outstanding share units granted under the CRH RSU Plans;

“CRH RSU Plans” means the 2017 CRH RSU Plan and the 2014 CRH RSU Plan;

“CRH Securityholders” means the holders of one or more CRH Shares, CRH Options or CRH RSUs;

“CRH Shareholders” means the holders of CRH Shares;

“CRH Shares” means the common shares in the capital of CRH, as constituted from time to time;

“Depositary” means Computershare Trust Company of Canada;

“Dissent Rights” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(a);

“Dissenting Shareholder” means a registered holder of CRH Shares who dissents in respect of the Arrangement in strict compliance with the Dissent Rights and who is ultimately entitled to be paid fair value for their CRH Shares;

“Dissenting Shares” means CRH Shares held by a Dissenting Shareholder who has demanded and perfected Dissent Rights in respect of the CRH Shares in accordance with the Interim Order and who, as of the Effective Time has not effectively withdrawn or lost such Dissent Rights;

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“Effective Date” means the date that CRH and the Purchaser agree in writing to be the date upon which the Arrangement becomes effective;

“Effective Time” means with respect to: (i) the step described in Section 3.1(a), the time that the Subscription Receipts are converted into the Finco Shares pursuant to the Finco Subscription Receipt Agreement, (ii) with respect to the step described in Section 3.1(b), the time that the amalgamation application in respect of the step described in Section 3.1(b) is filed with the Registrar, and (iii) with respect to all other circumstances, the time on the Effective Date as CRH and the Purchaser agree to in writing;

“Employee” means an individual who is employed by CRH as of the Effective Date whether on a full-time or part-time basis;

“Exchange Ratio” means 0.652;

“Final Order” means the final order of the Court made pursuant to Section 291 of the BCBCA, in a form acceptable to both CRH and the Purchaser, each acting reasonably, after a hearing considering, amongst other things, the procedural and substantive fairness of the terms and conditions of the Arrangement, approving the Arrangement, as such order may be amended by the Court at any time prior to the Effective Date or, if appealed, then, unless such appeal is withdrawn or denied, as affirmed or as amended on appeal (provided that any such amendment is acceptable to both CRH and the Purchaser, each acting reasonably);

“Final Proscription Date” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.4;

“Finco” means 1286392 B.C. Ltd., a corporation existing under the BCBCA;

“Finco Shares” means the common shares of Finco, as constituted from time to time;

“Finco Subscription Agreements” means the subscription agreements of Finco for the purchase of the Subscription Receipts by certain arm’s length third party investors;

“Finco Subscription Receipt Agreement” means the subscription receipt agreement dated • between Finco and the Subscription Receipt Agent providing for the terms and conditions of the Subscription Receipts;

“Former CRH Optionholders” means, at and following the Effective Time, the registered holders of CRH Options immediately prior to the Effective Time;

“Former CRH RSU Holders” means, at and following the Effective Time, the registered holders of CRH RSUs immediately prior to the Effective Time;

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“Former CRH Shareholders” means, at and following the Effective Time, the registered holders of CRH Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time;

“Interim Order” means the interim order of the Court pursuant to Section 291 of the BCBCA, in a form acceptable to both CRH and the Purchaser, each acting reasonably, providing for, among other things, the calling and holding of the CRH Meeting as provided for in this Agreement, as the same may be amended by the Court with the consent of both CRH and the Purchaser, each acting reasonably;

“Law” or “Laws” means all laws (including common law), by-laws, statutes, rules, regulations, principles of law and equity, orders, rulings, ordinances, judgements, injunctions, determinations, awards, decrees, directives, policies, ordinances, codes, executive orders or other requirements, whether domestic or foreign, and the terms and conditions of any Permit of or from any Governmental Authority or self-regulatory authority (including the TSX and the NYSE American) and expressly includes all Health Care Laws and FDA Laws, and the term “applicable” with respect to such Laws and in a context that refers to a Party, means such Laws as are applicable to such Party and/or its Subsidiaries or their business, undertaking, property or securities and emanate from a Person having jurisdiction over the Party and/or its Subsidiaries or its or their business, undertaking, property or securities;

“Letter of Transmittal” means the letter of transmittal to be forwarded by CRH to Former CRH Shareholders together with the CRH Circular or such other equivalent form of letter of transmittal acceptable to the Purchaser acting reasonably;

“Liens” means any hypothecs, mortgages, pledges, assignments, liens, charges, security interests, encumbrances and adverse rights or claims, other third party interest or encumbrance of any kind, whether contingent or absolute, and any agreement, option, right or privilege (whether by Law, contract or otherwise) capable of becoming any of the foregoing;

“Option Consideration” means, in respect of each Vested CRH Option, a cash amount equal to the amount, if any, by which (i) the Share Consideration exceeds (ii) the exercise price payable under such Vested CRH Option by the holder thereof to acquire the CRH Share underlying such Vested CRH Option;

“Parent” means WELL Health Technologies Corp., a corporation existing under the BCBCA;

“Parent Shares” means the common shares of the Parent, as constituted from time to time;

“Parent LTIP” means the omnibus equity plan of the Parent approved by shareholders of the parent on September 30, 2020;

“Parties” means CRH and the Purchaser, and “Party” means either of them;

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“Payout RSUs” means the CRH RSUs held by each Employee, Contractor or director of CRH that will not be employed immediately after the Effective Time and the CRH RSUs issued pursuant to the 2014 CRH RSU Plan;

“Person” includes an individual, partnership, association, body corporate, trustee, executor, administrator, legal representative, government (including any Governmental Authority) or any other entity, whether or not having legal status;

“Purchaser” means WELL Health Acquisition Corp., a corporation existing under the BCBCA;

“Purchaser Shares” means the common shares of the Purchaser, as constituted from time to time;

“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed pursuant to Section 400 of the BCBCA;

“Replacement Options” means the options to purchase Parent Shares to be issued by Parent pursuant to the Parent LTIP in exchange for each of the outstanding Unvested CRH Options at the Effective Time pursuant to Section 3.1(cd) hereto;

“Replacement Option In-The Money Amount” in respect of a Replacement Option means the amount, if any, by which the total fair market value (determined immediately after the Effective Time) of the Parent Shares that a holder is entitled to acquire on exercise of the Replacement Option at and from the Effective Time exceeds the amount payable to acquire such shares;

“Replacement RSUs” means the restricted stock units to be issued by Parent pursuant to the Parent LTIP in exchange for each of the outstanding Rollover RSUs at the Effective Time pursuant to Section 3.1(de) hereto;

“Rollover RSUs” means the CRH RSUs held by each Employee, Contractor or director of CRH that remains employed immediately after the Effective Time;

“RSU Consideration” means, in respect of each CRH RSU, US$4.00 in cash per CRH RSU;

“Share Consideration” means the consideration to be received by the CRH Shareholders pursuant to this Plan of Arrangement as consideration for each CRH Share, consisting of US$4.00 in cash per CRH Share;

“Subscription Receipt Agent” means Computershare Trust Company of Canada;

“Subscription Receipts” means the subscription receipts of Finco that have been issued pursuant to the Finco Subscription Receipt Agreement;

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“Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) and the regulations made thereunder, as now in effect and as they may be promulgated or amended from time to time;

“Unvested CRH Options” means the outstanding options to purchase CRH Shares granted under the CRH Option Plan that have not vested on or prior to the Effective Date;

“Unvested CRH Option In-The Money Amount” in respect of a CRH Option means the amount, if any, by which the total fair market value (determined immediately before the Effective Time) of the CRH Shares that a holder is entitled to acquire on exercise of the Unvested CRH Option, if vested, immediately before the Effective Time exceeds the amount payable to acquire such shares; and

“Vested CRH Options” means the outstanding options to purchase CRH Shares granted under the CRH Option Plan that have vested on or prior to the Effective Date.

In addition, words and phrases used herein and defined in the BCBCA and not otherwise defined herein or in the Arrangement Agreement shall have the same meaning herein as in the BCBCA unless the context otherwise requires.

The division of this Plan of Arrangement into articles, sections, paragraphs and subparagraphs and the insertion of headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Plan of Arrangement. The terms “this Plan of Arrangement”, “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto”, “hereunder” and similar expressions refer to this Plan of Arrangement and not to any particular article, section or other portion hereof and include any instrument supplementary or ancillary hereto.

In this Plan of Arrangement, unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, words importing the use of either gender shall include both genders and neuter and the word person and words importing persons shall include a natural person, firm, trust, partnership, association, corporation, joint venture or government (including any governmental agency, political subdivision or instrumentality thereof) and any other entity or group of persons of any kind or nature whatsoever.

If the date on which any action is required to be taken hereunder is not a Business Day, such action shall be required to be taken on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day.

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Any reference in this Plan of Arrangement to a statute includes all regulations made thereunder, all amendments to such statute or regulation in force from time to time and any statute or regulation that supplements or supersedes such statute or regulation.

Unless otherwise stated, all references herein to amounts of money are expressed in lawful currency of Canada.

Time shall be of the essence in every matter or action contemplated hereunder. All times expressed herein are local time in Vancouver, British Columbia unless otherwise stipulated herein.

ARTICLE 2

ARRANGEMENT AGREEMENT

This Plan of Arrangement is made pursuant to, and is subject to the provisions of, the Arrangement Agreement, except in respect of the sequence of the steps comprising the Arrangement, which shall occur in the order set forth herein.

At the Effective Time, this Plan of Arrangement will become effective and shall be binding on: (i) CRH; (ii) the Purchaser; (iii) Finco; (iv) the Parent; (v) all registered and beneficial holders of CRH Shares (including Dissenting Shareholders); (iv) all holders of CRH Options and CRH RSUs; (v) all holders of Subscription Receipts; (vi) all registered and beneficial holders of Finco Shares; (vii) the registrar and transfer agent of CRH; (viii) the Depositary; (ix) the Subscription Receipt Agent; and (x) all other Persons at and after the Effective Time without any further act or formality required on the part of any Person.

ARTICLE 3

ARRANGEMENT

At the Effective Time, except as otherwise noted herein, the following shall occur and shall be deemed to occur sequentially, in the following order:

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Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Parties agree that this Plan of Arrangement will be carried out with the intention that all Replacement Options and Replacement RSUs issued on completion of this Plan of Arrangement will be issued in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by section 3(a)(10) thereof.

ARTICLE 4

DISSENT RIGHTS

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ARTICLE 5

CERTIFICATES AND PAYMENTS

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a cheque representing the net cash payment, if any, payable to such former holder in accordance with the provisions hereof.

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If any certificate that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented one or more outstanding CRH Shares that were exchanged for the Share Consideration in accordance with Section 3.1 hereof shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder claiming such certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Depositary shall deliver in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the Share Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive in accordance with Section 3.1 hereof. When authorizing such delivery of Share Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, the holder to whom such Share Consideration is to be delivered shall, as a condition precedent to the delivery of such Share Consideration, give a bond satisfactory to the Purchaser and the Depositary in such amount as the Purchaser and the Depositary may direct, or otherwise indemnify the Purchaser and the Depositary in a manner satisfactory to the Purchaser and the Depositary, against any claim that may be made against the Purchaser or the Depositary with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed and shall otherwise take such actions as may be required by the articles and notice of articles of the Purchaser.

The Parent, the Purchaser, Amalco, CRH and the Depositary shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable to any Person hereunder and from all dividends, interest or other amounts payable to any Person such amounts as the Parent, the Purchaser, Amalco, CRH or the Depositary is required to deduct and withhold therefrom under any provision of applicable Laws in respect of Taxes. To the extent that such amounts are so deducted, withheld and remitted, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid, provided that such withheld amounts are actually remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority.

To the extent that a Former CRH Shareholder shall not have complied with the provisions of Section 5.1 or Section 5.2 hereof on or before the date that is six (6) years after the Effective Date (the “Final Proscription Date”), then the Share Consideration that such Former CRH Shareholder was entitled to receive shall be automatically cancelled without any repayment of

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capital in respect thereof and the Share Consideration to which such Former CRH Shareholder was entitled shall be delivered to the Purchaser by the Depositary.

Any exchange or transfer of securities pursuant to this Plan of Arrangement shall be free and clear of any Liens, charges, security interests, encumbrances, mortgages, hypothecs, restrictions, adverse claims or other claims of third parties of any kind.

From and after the Effective Time: (i) this Plan of Arrangement shall take precedence and priority over any and all CRH Shares, CRH Options, CRH RSUs and Subscription Receipts issued prior to the Effective Time, (ii) the rights and obligations of the registered holders of CRH Shares, CRH Options, CRH RSUs and Subscription Receipts, the Purchaser, the Depositary and any transfer agent or other depositary therefor in relation thereto, shall be solely as provided for in this Plan of Arrangement and (iii) all actions, causes of action, claims or proceedings (actual or contingent and whether or not previously asserted) based on or in any way relating to any CRH Shares, CRH Options, CRH RSUs and Subscription Receipts shall be deemed to have been settled, compromised, released and determined without liability except as set forth herein.

ARTICLE 6

AMENDMENTS

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ARTICLE 7

FURTHER ASSURANCES

Notwithstanding that the transactions and events set out herein shall occur and be deemed to occur in the order set out in this Plan of Arrangement without any further act or formality, each of the parties to the Arrangement Agreement shall make, do and execute, or cause to be made, done and executed, all such further acts, deeds, agreements, transfers, assurances, instruments or documents as may reasonably be required by any of them in order further to document or evidence any of the transactions or events set out therein.