JPMorgan - KASE

Where You Can Find More Information
We were incorporated under the laws of the province of Alberta, Canada in 1986, as a subsidiary
of Brana Oil & Gas Ltd., formerly a public oil and gas company listed on the Alberta Stock
Exchange. In 1987, Brana Oil & Gas spun off Hurricane to its shareholders. In 1987, its common
shares were listed on the Alberta Stock Exchange, which is now the Canadian Venture Exchange.
Our Class A Common shares, or common shares, are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and
the New York Stock Exchange and trade under the symbol “HHL” and on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange under the symbol “HHCA”. Our corporate headquarters are located at Suite 1460,
SunLife Plaza, North Tower, 140 - 4 th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3N3, and our
phone number is (403) 221-8435.
We are currently subject to the periodic reporting and other informational requirements of the
Exchange Act. The reports and other information that we filed with the Commission can be
inspected and copied at prescribed rates at the public reference facilities maintained by the
Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. You
may obtain information on the operation of the public reference facilities by calling the
Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330.
As long as the notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, we will maintain copies of
such materials at the specified office of the paying agent in Luxembourg where they will be
made available upon request. You can also obtain copies of such materials from us upon request.
We have agreed that, whether or not we are required to do so by the rules and regulations of
the Commission, for so long as any of the notes remain outstanding, we will furnish to the
trustee for your benefit as a holder of the notes and will, if permitted, file with the Commission:
Š all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a
filing with the Commission on Forms 20-F (or Form 40-F) and IO-Q if we were required to
file such forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations” and, with respect to audited information only, a report thereon
by our certified independent accountants; and
Š all reports on Form 6-K (or any successor form) that would be required to be filed with the
Commission if we were required to file such reports.
The Issuer and the Guarantors
Hurricane Finance B.V.
Hurricane Finance B.V., the issuer of the notes, is a private company with limited liability
incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands with its registered office and principal
administrative office at Schouwburgplein 30-34, 3012 CL Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The issuer
was incorporated in the Netherlands on April 6, 2001 and registered with the chamber of
commerce and industry for Rotterdam with number 34154318. Article 2.1 sub e of the articles of
association of the issuer (as lastly amended on August 6, 2002) permits it, inter alia, to lend and
borrow funds. So long as the notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of
the Luxembourg Stock Exchange shall so require, copies of the statutory documents of the issuer
will be available for inspection at the office of the paying agent in Luxembourg. The outstanding
share capital of the issuer consists of 200 ordinary shares (authorized share capital of Euro
100,000 and issued and fully paid-up share capital of Euro 20,000, divided into 200 ordinary
shares of Euro 100 nominal value each). Other than the notes, it is not intended that the issuer
will issue any additional securities. The issuer has no direct or indirect subsidiaries. See the
organizational chart on page 9 of this offering memorandum for a description of the issuer in
relation to other members of the Hurricane group.
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