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Court File No. CV-17-587463-00CL ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE COMMERCIAL LIST B E T W E E N: THE CATALYST CAPITAL GROUP and CALLIDUS CAPITAL CORPORATION Plaintiffs - and - WEST FACE CAPITAL INC., GREGORY BOLAND, M5V ADVISORS INC. C.O.B. ANSON GROUP CANADA, ADMIRALTY ADVISORS LLC, FRIGATE VENTURES LP, ANSON INVESTMENTS LP, ANSON CAPITAL LP, ANSON INVESTMENTS MASTER FUND LP, AIMF GP, ANSON CATALYST MASTER FUND LP, ACF GP, MOEZ KASSAM, ADAM SPEARS, SUNNY PURI, CLARITYSPRING INC., NATHAN ANDERSON, BRUCE LANGSTAFF, ROB COPELAND, KEVIN BAUMANN, KEVIN BAUMANN, JEFFREY MCFARLANE, DARRYL LEVITT, RICHARD MOLYNEUX, GERALD DUHAMEL, GEORGE WESLEY VOORHEIS, BRUCE LIVESEY and JOHN DOES #4-10 Defendants WEST FACE CAPITAL INC. and GREGORY BOLAND Plaintiffs by Counterclaim - and – THE CATALYST CAPITAL GROUP INC., CALLIDUS CAPITAL CORPORATION, NEWTON GLASSMAN, GABRIEL DE ALBA, JAMES RILEY, VIRGINIA JAMIESON, EMMANUEL ROSEN, B.C. STRATEGY LTD. d/b/a BLACK CUBE, B.C. STRATEGY UK LTD. d/b/a BLACK CUBE, and INVOP LTD. d/b/a PSY GROUP INC. Defendants by Counterclaim Court File No. CV-18-593156-00CL B E T W E E N: THE CATALYST CAPITAL GROUP INC. and CALLIDUS CAPITAL CORPORATION Plaintiffs - and - DOW JONES AND COMPANY, ROB COPELAND, JACQUIE MCNISH and JEFFREY MCFARLANE Defendants MOTION RECORD (VOLUME III OF III) August 12, 2020 GOWLING WLG (CANADA) LLP Barristers & Solicitors 1 First Canadian Place 100 King Street West, Suite 1600 Toronto ON M5X 1G5 Tel: 416-862-7525 Fax: 416-862-7661 John E. Callaghan (LSO#29106K) [email protected] Benjamin Na (LSO#40958O) [email protected] Richard G. Dearden (LSO#19087H) [email protected] Matthew Karabus (LSO#61892D) [email protected] MOORE BARRISTERS Professional Corporation 393 University Avenue, Suite 1600, Toronto ON M5G 1E6 David C. Moore (LSO#16996U) [email protected] Tel: 416.581.1818 x.222 Fax: 416.581.1279 Lawyers for the Catalyst Defendants by Counterclaim TO: The Service List Court File No. CV-17-587463-00CL ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE COMMERCIAL LIST B E T W E E N: THE CATALYST CAPITAL GROUP and CALLIDUS CAPITAL CORPORATION Plaintiffs - and - WEST FACE CAPITAL INC., GREGORY BOLAND, M5V ADVISORS INC. C.O.B. ANSON GROUP CANADA, ADMIRALTY ADVISORS LLC, FRIGATE VENTURES LP, ANSON INVESTMENTS LP, ANSON CAPITAL LP, ANSON INVESTMENTS MASTER FUND LP, AIMF GP, ANSON CATALYST MASTER FUND LP, ACF GP, MOEZ KASSAM, ADAM SPEARS, SUNNY PURI, CLARITYSPRING INC., NATHAN ANDERSON, BRUCE LANGSTAFF, ROB COPELAND, KEVIN BAUMANN, KEVIN BAUMANN, JEFFREY MCFARLANE, DARRYL LEVITT, RICHARD MOLYNEUX, GERALD DUHAMEL, GEORGE WESLEY VOORHEIS, BRUCE LIVESEY and JOHN DOES #4-10 Defendants WEST FACE CAPITAL INC. and GREGORY BOLAND Plaintiffs by Counterclaim - and – THE CATALYST CAPITAL GROUP INC., CALLIDUS CAPITAL CORPORATION, NEWTON GLASSMAN, GABRIEL DE ALBA, JAMES RILEY, VIRGINIA JAMIESON, EMMANUEL ROSEN, B.C. STRATEGY LTD. d/b/a BLACK CUBE, B.C. STRATEGY UK LTD. d/b/a BLACK CUBE, and INVOP LTD. d/b/a PSY GROUP INC. Defendants by Counterclaim Court File No. CV-18-593156-00CL B E T W E E N: THE CATALYST CAPITAL GROUP INC. and CALLIDUS CAPITAL CORPORATION Plaintiffs - and - DOW JONES AND COMPANY, ROB COPELAND, JACQUIE MCNISH and JEFFREY MCFARLANE Defendants INDEX TAB DOCUMENT PAGE Volume I of III Affidavit of James A. Riley sworn May 29, 2020 1 2 (Conspiracy Action) 1. Exhibit 1 - Debenture Agreement and Clarification 166 Memorandum 2. Exhibit 2 - IIROC Notice Feb 3 2012 209 3. Exhibit 3 - McMillan Report dated October, 2019 247 4. Exhibit 4 - Article by Paul Simon dated March 30, 2016 412 5. Exhibit 5 - Article by Rick Wayman dated April 19, 2016 417 Exhibit 6 - The Economist article dated November 10, 6. 422 2015 7. Exhibit 7 - Article by Larry Smith dated June 16, 2015 426 Exhibit 8 - TSX Trading Records from November, 2014 to 8. 438 November, 2019 9. Exhibit 9 - Callidus Statement dated August 9, 2017 471 Exhibit 10 - The Wall Street Journal Article dated August 10. 474 9, 2017 Exhibit 11 - Text messages from Rob Copeland to Nathan 11. 478 Anderson dated August 9, 2017 Exhibit 12 - Article from The Wall Street Journal website 12. 480 dated August 9, 2017 13. Exhibit 13 - Intra-day Trading Chart of August 9, 2017 484 Exhibit 14 - Tweet by Rob Copeland dated August 9, 14. 508 2017 Exhibit 15 - Text messages from Rob Copeland to Nathan 15. 510 Anderson dated August 9, 2017 Exhibit 16 - The Wall Street Journal Updated Article dated 16. 512 August 9, 2017 Exhibit 17 - Front Page of the Wall Street Journal on 17. 517 August 10, 2017 Exhibit 18 - The Wall Street Journal, Business & Finance 18. 519 section dated August 10, 2017 Exhibit 19 - Memorandum Opinion and Order dated 19. 522 September 7, 2016 Exhibit 20 - Receivership Order dated October 29, 2013; 20. Summary Judgment Decision ddated May 31, 2016; the 547 Court of Appeal Decision dated July 28, 2017 Exhibit 21 - Decision of the U.S. District Court dated 21. 567 March 30, 2017 Exhibit 22 - Order of the U.S. District Court dated June 22. 610 21, 2017 23. Exhibit 23 - Settlement Agreement dated August 30, 2017 627 Exhibit 24 - Statement of Defence of Kevin Baumann 24. 636 dated June 29, 2015 Exhibit 25 - Amended Statement of Claim dated March 25. 645 29, 2019 26. Exhibit 26 - Order dated April 12, 2018 664 27. Exhibit 27 - Order dated February 14, 2020 670 Exhibit 28 - Excerpt of post by Jerome Hass published on 28. 676 December 30, 2014 Exhibit 29 - Article from the National Post dated 29. 678 December 10, 2007 Exhibit 30 - Memorandum from Andrew Levy to Pete 30. 684 Marketos, Esq. dated August 14, 2015 Exhibit 31 - Fresh as Amended Statement of Claim dated 31. 692 November 22, 2016 Exhibit 32 - Articles reporting on the convistion of 32. 771 Jonathan Daws and on the short attack of Terra Tech Exhibit 33 - Article from the Hindenburg Research website 33. 778 published March 2, 2020 Exhibit 34 - Vcard of Bruce Livesey and a LinkedIn profile 34. 793 search of Mosaic (i20 Research Inc.) Exhibit 35 - Corporate Profile Report of i20 Research and 35. 799 excerpts from i20 Research website 36. Exhibit 36 - Excerpt from the Forensic Restitution website 811 37. Exhibit 37 - Decision dated December 31, 2018 815 Exhibit 38 - Email from Vincent Hanna to Newton 38. 835 Glassman dated August 11, 2017 Exhibit 39 - Transcript of the Examination of Andrew Levy 39. 837 held on August 30, 2017 Exhibit 40 - Tweet by Marc Cohodes dated September 40. 871 27, 2017 and tweet by AI Shorts dated August 10, 2017 Exhibit 41 - Tweets by Marc Cohodes about Callidus and 41. 876 Catalyst Exhibit 42 - Tweet by William Struth dated September 28, 42. 880 2017 Exhibit 43 - Article by Beth E. Flaming dated November 3, 43. 955 2015 Exhibit 44 - Article on Wolf Pack Activism dated February 44. 961 9, 2015 Exhibit 45 - The Yale Law Journal Article - Unpacking 45. 964 Wolf Packs Exhibit 46 - Text messages between M. Kassam and B. 46. 976 Langstaff Exhibit 47 - Letter from B. Langstaff to B. Jealous dated 47. 979 June 26, 2018 Exhibit 48 - Decision of Justice Lederer dated November 48. 985 10, 2014 49. Exhibit 49 - 1017 50. Exhibit 50 - 1024 Exhibit 51 - 51. 1026 Exhibit 52 - 52. 1085 Exhibit 53 - 53. 1118 Exhibit 54 - 54. 1120 Exhibit 55 - 55. 1122 Exhibit 56 - Note from B. Livesey regarding G. Boland 56. 1124 Interview Exhibit 57 - 57. 1137 Exhibit 58 - Report published by Veritas dated April 16, 58. 1148 2015 Exhibit 59 - Article by Ben Dummett and Elena Cherney 59. 1174 dated May 11, 2015 Exhibit 60 - 60. 1180 Exhibit 61 - Drafts of Voorheis' analysis of shorting 61. 1184 Callidus of February 10 and 11, and March 2, 2015 62. Exhibit 62 - Voorheis portfolio records 1230 Exhibit 63 - The Globe and Mail Article by David Milstead 63. 1253 dated July 5, 2017 Exhibit 64 - Email from M. Makar to W. Voorheis dated 64. 1258 July 9, 2015 Exhibit 65 - Email correspondence between K. Baumann 65. 1260 and Y. Zhu Exhibit 66 - Email from T. Griffin to B. Langstaff dated 66. 1265 November 24, 2015 Exhibit 67 - Email correspondence between P. Panet and 67. 1381 R. Simard Exhibit 68 - Email correspondence between B. Langstaff 68. 1416 and G. Boland dated December 11, 2015 Exhibit 69 - Email correspondence between J. McFarlane 69. 1419 and G. Boland Exhibit 70 - Email correspondence between G. Boland 70. 1458 and B. Langstaff dated March 8, 2016 Exhibit 71 - Email from B. Langstaff to Undisclosed 71. 1461 Recipients dated December 9, 2015 Exhibit 72 - Email from G. Boland to J. McFarlane dated 72. 1464 April 1, 2016 Exhibit 73 - Emails from B. Langstaff to Undisclosed 73. 1467 Recipients Exhibit 74 - Examples of email exchanges between B. 74. 1476 Langstaff and West Face regarding XTG and Bluberi Exhibit 75 - Transcript from the examination of Richard 75. 1489 Jaross held on August 30, 2017 76. Exhibit 76 - Email from J. McFarlane attaching the memo 1504 Exhibit 77 - Email correspondence between the 77. 1509 guarantors and the Boies Schiller law firm Exhibit 78 - Email from P. Egan to D. Levitt et al. dated 78. 1710 January 24, 2017 Exhibit 79 - Email from M. Milne-Smith to D. Levitt dated 79. 1712 November 30, 2016 Exhibit 80 - Text messages between B. Langstaff and M. 80. 1715 Kassam dated May 16, 2016 Exhibit 81 - Email from D. Levitt to guarantors dated 81. 1718 September 27, 2016 Exhibit 82 - Email correspondence between D. Levitt and 82. M. Hutchinson from late November, 2016 to early 1721 December, 2016 Exhibit 83 - Email exchanges among the guarantors and 83.