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OOOOO Entertainment Commerce Limited Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2021

Feb 4, 2021

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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EVERMOUNT VENTURES INC.

#700, 595 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1S8

NOTICE OF ANNUAL AND SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON February 19, 2021

AND

INFORMATION CIRCULAR

January 25, 2021

This document requires immediate attention. If you are in doubt as to how to deal with the documents or matters referred to in this Information Circular, you should immediately contact your advisor.

EVERMOUNT VENTURES INC.

700, 595 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1S8

NOTICE OF ANNUAL AND SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual and special general meeting (the “ Meeting ”) of Evermount Ventures Inc. (the “ Company ”) will be held at the offices of Boughton Law Corporation, located at 7[th] Floor – 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, on Friday, February 19, 2021, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. (Vancouver time) for the following purposes:

  1. to receive the audited financial statements of the Company for the financial years ended July 31, 2019 and 2020, together with the auditor’s report on those financial statements;

  2. to fix the number of directors for the ensuing year at four (4);

  3. to elect the directors;

  4. to appoint the auditor and to authorize the directors to fix the auditor’s remuneration;

  5. to consider and, if thought fit, to re-approve and amend the stock option plan as contemplated herein;

  6. to consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company, exclusive of non-arm’s length parties of the Company, approving of an amendment to the CPC Escrow Agreement whereby the escrow term will be reduced from 36 months to 18 months;

  7. to consider, and if thought fit, to affirm, ratify and approve a long-term performance incentive plan for the Company, as more particularly described in the accompanying management information circular;

  8. to consider, and if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, a special resolution of the shareholders of the Company to amend and restate the articles of the Company in order to, among other things, create a new class of subordinate voting shares (the " Subordinate Voting Shares ") and a new class of multiple voting shares (the " Multiple Voting Shares "), re-designate each outstanding common share of the Company as a Subordinate Voting Share and adopt an advance notice policy, all as more particularly described in the accompanying management information circular;

  9. to consider, and if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of the Company authorizing and approving the issuance of Multiple Voting Shares to Samuel Jones pursuant to the acquisition of Video Commerce Group Ltd. by the Company in connection with its proposed qualifying transaction, as more particularly described in the accompanying management information circular; and

  10. to transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

The accompanying management information circular (the “ Information Circular ”) provides additional information relating to the matters to be dealt with at the Meeting and is supplemental to, and expressly made a part of, this Notice of Meeting.

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The Company’s board of directors have fixed January 4, 2021 as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. Each registered shareholder at the close of business on that date is entitled to such notice and to vote at the Meeting in the circumstances set out in the accompanying Information Circular.

If you are a registered shareholder of the Company and unable to attend the Meeting in person, please complete, date and sign the accompanying form of proxy and deposit it with the Company’s transfer agent, Odyssey Trust Company (the “ Transfer Agent ”) at their offices located at 323 – 409 Granville St., Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2, Attention: Proxy Department, or by fax at 1-800-517-4553 not later than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays recognized in the Province of British Columbia) prior to the scheduled time of the Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Alternatively, the completed form of proxy may be delivered to the chairman of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

If you are a non-registered shareholder of the Company and received this Notice of Meeting and accompanying materials through a broker, a financial institution, a participant, a trustee or administrator of a self-administered retirement savings plan, retirement income fund, education savings plan or other similar self-administered savings or investment plan registered under the Income Tax Act (Canada), or a nominee of any of the foregoing that holds your securities on your behalf (an “ Intermediary ”), please complete and return the materials in accordance with the instructions provided to you by your Intermediary.

Dated at Vancouver, British Columbia this 25th day of January, 2021.

By Order of the Board of Directors of

EVERMOUNT VENTURES INC.

/s/ Joanne Yan

Joanne Yan Chief Executive Officer and Director

EVERMOUNT VENTURES INC.

700, 595 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1S8

INFORMATION CIRCULAR JANUARY 25, 2021

INTRODUCTION

This information circular (this “ Information Circular ”) accompanies the notice of annual and special general meeting of shareholders (the “ Notice ”) and is furnished to shareholders (the “ Shareholders ” and each a “ Shareholder ”) holding common shares (the “ Shares ” and each a “ Share ”) in the capital of Evermount Ventures Inc. (the “ Company ”) in connection with the solicitation by the management of the Company of proxies to be voted at the annual and special general meeting of Shareholders (the “ Meeting ”) to be held at 10:00 a.m. (Vancouver time) on Friday, February 19, 2021, at the offices of Boughton Law Corporation located at 7[th] Floor – 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof.

The date of this Information Circular is January 25, 2021. Unless otherwise stated, all amounts herein are in Canadian dollars.

PROXIES

Management Solicitation

The solicitation of proxies by management of the Company will be conducted by mail and may be supplemented by telephone or other personal contact to be made without special compensation by the directors, officers and employees of the Company. The Company does not reimburse Shareholders, nominees or agents for costs incurred in obtaining from their principals authorization to execute forms of proxy, except that the Company has requested brokers and nominees who hold stock in their respective names to furnish this proxy material to their customers, and the Company will reimburse such brokers and nominees for their related out of pocket expenses. No solicitation will be made by specifically engaged employees or soliciting agents. The cost of solicitation will be borne by the Company.

No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representation other than as contained in this Information Circular in connection with the solicitation of proxies. If given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Company. The delivery of this Information Circular shall not create, under any circumstances, any implication that there has been no change in the information set forth herein since the date of this Information Circular. This Information Circular does not constitute the solicitation of a proxy by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such solicitation is not authorized, or in which the person making such solicitation is not qualified to do so, or to anyone to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer of solicitation.

Appointment of Proxy

Registered Shareholders are entitled to vote at the Meeting. A Shareholder is entitled to one vote for each Share that such Shareholder holds on the record date of January 4, 2021 (the " Record Date ") on the resolutions to be voted upon at the Meeting, and any other matter to come before the Meeting.

The persons named as proxyholders (the “ Designated Persons ”) in the enclosed form of proxy are directors and/or officers of the Company.

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A SHAREHOLDER HAS THE RIGHT TO APPOINT A PERSON OR COMPANY (WHO NEED NOT BE A SHAREHOLDER) OTHER THAN THE DESIGNATED PERSONS NAMED IN THE ENCLOSED FORM OF PROXY TO ATTEND AND ACT FOR OR ON BEHALF OF THAT SHAREHOLDER AT THE MEETING.

A SHAREHOLDER MAY EXERCISE THIS RIGHT BY STRIKING OUT THE PRINTED NAMES OF THE DESIGNATED PERSONS AND INSERTING THE NAME OF SUCH OTHER PERSON AND, IF DESIRED, AN ALTERNATE TO SUCH PERSON, IN THE BLANK SPACE PROVIDED ON THE FORM OF PROXY. SUCH SHAREHOLDER SHOULD NOTIFY THE NOMINEE OF THE APPOINTMENT, OBTAIN THE NOMINEE’S CONSENT TO ACT AS PROXY AND SHOULD PROVIDE INSTRUCTION TO THE NOMINEE ON HOW THE SHAREHOLDER’S SHARES SHOULD BE VOTED. THE NOMINEE SHOULD BRING PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION TO THE MEETING.

In order to be voted, the completed form of proxy must be received by the Company’s registrar and transfer agent, Odyssey Trust Company (the “ Transfer Agent ”) in accordance with the instructions provided in the form of proxy at least 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays recognized in the Province of British Columbia) prior to the scheduled time of the Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Alternatively, the completed form of proxy may be delivered to the Chairman of the Meeting on the date of the Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

A proxy may not be valid unless it is dated and signed by the Shareholder who is giving it or by that Shareholder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized by that Shareholder in writing or, in the case of a corporation, dated and executed by a duly authorized officer or attorney-in-fact for the corporation. If a form of proxy is executed by an attorney-in-fact for an individual Shareholder or joint Shareholders, or by an officer or attorney-in-fact for a corporate Shareholder, the instrument so empowering the officer or attorney-in-fact, as the case may be, or a notarially certified copy thereof, must accompany the form of proxy.

Revocation of Proxies

A Shareholder who has given a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is exercised by an instrument in writing: (a) executed by that Shareholder or by that Shareholder’s attorney-in-fact, authorized in writing, or, where the Shareholder is a corporation, by a duly authorized officer of, or attorney-in-fact for, the corporation; and (b) delivered either: (i) to the Company at the address set forth above, at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the day of the Meeting or, if adjourned or postponed, any reconvening thereof, or (ii) to the Chairman of the Meeting prior to the vote on matters covered by the proxy on the day of the Meeting or, if adjourned or postponed, any reconvening thereof, or (iii) in any other manner provided by law.

Also, a proxy will automatically be revoked by either: (i) attendance at the Meeting and participation in a poll (ballot) by a Shareholder, or (ii) submission of a subsequent proxy in accordance with the foregoing procedures. A revocation of a proxy does not affect any matter on which a vote has been taken prior to any such revocation.

Voting of Shares and Proxies and Exercise of Discretion by Designated Persons

A Shareholder may indicate the manner in which the Designated Persons are to vote with respect to a matter to be voted upon at the Meeting by marking the appropriate space. If the instructions as to voting indicated in the proxy are certain, the Shares represented by the proxy will be voted or withheld from voting in accordance with the instructions given in the proxy. If the Shareholder specifies a choice in the proxy with respect to a matter to be acted upon, then the Shares represented will be voted or withheld from the vote on that matter accordingly. The Shares represented by a proxy will be voted or withheld from voting in accordance with the instructions of the Shareholder on any ballot that may be called for and if the Shareholder specifies a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the Shares will be voted accordingly.

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IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED IN THE PROXY WITH RESPECT TO A MATTER TO BE ACTED UPON, THE PROXY CONFERS DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO THAT MATTER UPON THE DESIGNATED PERSONS NAMED IN THE FORM OF PROXY. IT IS INTENDED THAT THE DESIGNATED PERSONS WILL VOTE THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THE PROXY IN FAVOUR OF EACH MATTER IDENTIFIED IN THE PROXY.

The enclosed form of proxy confers discretionary authority upon the persons named therein with respect to other matters which may properly come before the Meeting, including any amendments or variations to any matters identified in the Notice, and with respect to other matters which may properly come before the Meeting. At the date of this Information Circular, management of the Company is not aware of any such amendments, variations, or other matters to come before the Meeting.

In the case of abstentions from, or withholding of, the voting of the Shares on any matter, the Shares that are the subject of the abstention or withholding will be counted for determination of a quorum, but will not be counted as affirmative or negative on the matter to be voted upon.

NOTICE TO BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS

The information set out in this section is of significant importance to those Shareholders who do not hold Shares in their own name. Shareholders who do not hold their Shares in their own name (referred to in this Information Circular as “Beneficial Shareholders”) should note that only proxies deposited by Shareholders whose names appear on the records of the Company as the registered holders of Shares can be recognized and acted upon at the Meeting. If Shares are listed in an account statement provided by a broker, then in almost all cases those Shares will not be registered in the Beneficial Shareholder’s name on the records of the Company. Such Shares will more likely be registered under the names of the Beneficial Shareholder’s broker or an agent of that broker. In the United States, the vast majority of such Shares are registered under the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (which acts as depositary for many U.S. brokerage firms and custodian banks), and in Canada, under the name of CDS & Co. (the registration name for The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited, which acts as nominee for many Canadian brokerage firms). Beneficial Shareholders should ensure that instructions respecting the voting of their Shares are communicated to the appropriate person well in advance of the Meeting.

The Company does not have access to names of all of Beneficial Shareholders. Applicable regulatory policy requires intermediaries/brokers to seek voting instructions from Beneficial Shareholders in advance of Shareholders’ meetings. Every intermediary/broker has its own mailing procedures and provides its own return instructions to clients, which should be carefully followed by Beneficial Shareholders in order to ensure that their Shares are voted at the Meeting. The voting instruction form supplied to a Beneficial Shareholder by its broker (or the agent of the broker) is similar to the form of proxy provided to registered Shareholders by the Company. However, its purpose is limited to instructing the registered Shareholder (the broker or agent of the broker) how to vote on behalf of the Beneficial Shareholder. The majority of brokers now delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from clients to Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“ Broadridge ”) in the United States and in Canada. Broadridge typically prepares a special voting instruction form, mails this form to the Beneficial Shareholders and asks for appropriate instructions regarding the voting of Shares to be voted at the Meeting. Beneficial Shareholders are requested to complete and return the voting instruction forms to Broadridge by mail or facsimile. Alternatively, Beneficial Shareholders can call a toll-free number and access Broadridge’s dedicated voting website (each as noted on the voting instruction form) to deliver their voting instructions and to vote the Shares held by them. Broadridge then tabulates the results of all instructions received and provides appropriate instructions respecting the voting of Shares to be represented at the Meeting. A Beneficial Shareholder receiving a Broadridge voting instruction form cannot use that form as a proxy to vote Shares directly at the Meeting – the voting instruction form must be returned to Broadridge well in advance of the Meeting in order to have its Shares voted at the Meeting.

Although a Beneficial Shareholder may not be recognized directly at the Meeting for the purposes of voting Shares registered in the name of his broker (or agent of the broker), a Beneficial Shareholder may

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attend at the Meeting as proxyholder for the registered Shareholder and vote the Shares in that capacity. Beneficial Shareholders who wish to attend at the Meeting and indirectly vote their Shares as proxyholder for the registered Shareholder should enter their own names in the blank space on the instrument of proxy provided to them and return the same to their broker (or the broker’s agent) in accordance with the instructions provided by such broker (or agent), well in advance of the Meeting.

Alternatively, a Beneficial Shareholder may request in writing that his or her broker send to the Beneficial Shareholder a legal proxy which would enable the Beneficial Shareholder to attend at the Meeting and vote his or her Shares.

All references to Shareholders in this Information Circular are to registered Shareholders, unless specifically stated otherwise.

VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF VOTING SECURITIES

The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Shares without par value and an unlimited number of preferred shares without par value. As of the record date, determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “ Board ”) to be the close of business on the Record Date of January 4, 2021, a total of 9,118,036 Shares were issued and outstanding. No preferred shares were issued and outstanding. Each Share carries the right to one vote at the Meeting.

Only registered Shareholders as of the record date are entitled to receive notice of, and to attend and vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the Meeting.

To the knowledge of the directors or executive officers of the Company, no person or company beneficially owns, or controls or directs, directly or indirectly, Shares carrying 10% or more of the voting rights attached to the outstanding Shares of the Company.

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

The Articles of the Company provide for a Board of no fewer than three directors and no greater than a number as fixed or changed from time to time by majority approval of the Shareholders.

At the Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to pass an ordinary resolution to set the number of directors of the Company for the ensuing year at four (4). The number of directors will be approved if the affirmative vote of the majority of Shares present or represented by proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote are voted in favour of setting the number of directors at four (4).

Management recommends the approval of the resolution to set the number of directors of the Company at four (4).

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The directors of the Company are elected at each annual general meeting and hold office until the next annual general meeting or until their successors are elected or appointed, unless his or her office is earlier vacated in accordance with the articles of the Company or with the provisions of applicable legislation. In the absence of instructions to the contrary, the enclosed form of proxy will be voted for the nominees listed in the form of proxy, all of whom are presently members of the Board.

The current Board of the Company consists of Joanne Yan, Michael Woods and Jin Kuang.

Management of the Company proposes to nominate the persons named in the table below for election by the Shareholders as directors of the Company. Information concerning such persons, as furnished by the individual nominees, is as follows:

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Name,
Province,
Country of Residence,
and Position(s)
with the Company
Principal Occupation,
Business, or Employment
for Last Five Years
Periods during which
Nominee has Served
as a Director
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned, or
Controlled or
Directed,
Directly or
Indirectly(1)
Joanne Yan(2)
British Columbia, Canada
Chief Executive Officer
and Director
President of Joyco Consulting Services
Inc., a wholly-owned private company
providing business consulting services.
Since August 7, 2020 150,000(3)
Michael Woods(2)
British Columbia, Canada
Director
Principal lawyer of Woods & Company,
having a corporate & securities law
practice, since 2000.
Since August 7, 2020 100,000(4)
Jin Kuang(2)
British Columbia, Canada
Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary and Director
Chief Financial Officer of Gourmet Ocean
Products
Inc.
(TSXV:
GOP)
since
February 2014; Chief Financial Officer
and Controller of Benchmark Botanics Inc.
(CSE: BBT) from June 2018 to April 2020;
Chief Financial Officer of Axmin Inc.
(TSXV: AXM) from
October 2013
to
November 2018; Chief Financial Officer of
Sunshine Agri-Tech Inc. (TSXV: SAI) from
December 2009 to September of 2017.
Chief Financial Officer and director of
Yongsheng Capital Inc. (TSXV: YSC-H)
from November 2011 to May 2019.
Since April 16, 2012 150,000 (5)
Wenhong Jin
British Columbia, Canada
Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief
Financial
Officer
and
Secretary
of
Transcontinental
Gold
Corp.
(TSXV:TCGP)
since
July
2016
and
President of Wildsky Resources Inc.
(TSXV:WSK) sinceDecember 2017.
December 15, 2017 to
August 7, 2020
100,000 (6)

(1) The information as to the number of Shares (being the only voting securities of the Company) beneficially owned, or controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, is as of January 25, 2021, and has been furnished to the Company by the respective nominees individually.

(2) Member of the Audit Committee.

(3) Ms. Yan holds 150,000 Shares, all of which are subject to the CPC Escrow Agreement.

(4) Mr. Woods holds 100,000 Shares all of which are subject to the CPC Escrow Agreement.

(5) Ms. Kuang holds 150,000 Shares, all of which are subject to the CPC Escrow Agreement.

(6) Mr. Jin holds 100,000 Shares through his company, Geosite Consulting Inc.

The Company operates with a standing Audit Committee, currently consisting of all of the directors.

At the Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to pass an ordinary resolution to elect each of the nominees listed above as a director of the Company. An ordinary resolution is a resolution passed by the shareholders of the Company at a general meeting by a simple majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy.

Management recommends that shareholders vote in favour of electing each of the nominees listed above as a director of the Company.

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Management does not contemplate that any of its nominees will be unable to serve as directors. If any vacancies occur in the slate of nominees listed above before the Meeting, then the Designated Persons intend to exercise discretionary authority to vote the Shares represented by proxy for the election of any other persons as directors.

As disclosed in the Company's news release dated September 3, 2020, the Company has entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement dated September 1, 2020, with Video Commerce Group Ltd. and its shareholder and the transaction as outlined in the Share Exchange Agreement will constitute the Company's “Qualifying Transaction” (the " Qualifying Transaction ") pursuant to Policy 2.4 of TSX Venture Exchange (the “ Exchange ”). It is anticipated that upon completion of the Qualifying Transaction, Messrs. Woods and Jin and Ms. Kuang will resign as directors of the Company.

Cease Trade Orders

No proposed director of the Company is, as at the date of this Information Circular, or has been, within 10 years before the date of this Information Circular, a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of any company that:

  • (a) was subject to (i) a cease trade order; (ii) an order similar to a cease trade order; or (iii) an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, that was in effect for a period of more than 30 consecutive days that was issued while the proposed director was acting in the capacity as director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer; or

  • (b) was subject to (i) a cease trade order; (ii) an order similar to a cease trade order; or (iii) an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, that was in effect for a period of more than 30 consecutive days that was issued after the proposed director ceased to be a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer and which resulted from an event that occurred while that person was acting in the capacity as director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer.

Bankruptcies

No proposed director of the Company is, as at the date of this Information Circular, or has been within 10 years before the date of this Information Circular, a director or executive officer of any company that, while that person was acting in that capacity, or within a year of that person ceasing to act in that capacity, became bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or was subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets.

No proposed director of the Company has, within 10 years before the date of this Information Circular, become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or become subject to or instituted proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold the assets of the proposed director.

Penalties or Sanctions

No proposed director of the Company has been subject to:

  • (a) any penalties or sanctions imposed by a court relating to securities legislation or by a securities regulatory authority or has entered into a settlement agreement with a securities regulatory authority; or

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  • (b) any other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or regulatory body that would likely to be considered important to a reasonable shareholder in deciding whether to vote for a proposed director.

STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

General

For the purpose of this Statement of Executive Compensation:

compensation securities ” includes stock options, convertible securities, exchangeable securities and similar instruments including stock appreciation rights, deferred share units and restricted stock units granted or issued by the Company or one of its subsidiaries (if any) for services provided or to be provided, directly or indirectly to the Company or any of its subsidiaries (if any);

NEO ” or “ named executive officer ” means:

  • (a) each individual who served as chief executive officer (“ CEO ”) of the Company, or who performed functions similar to a CEO, during any part of the most recently completed financial year,

  • (b) each individual who served as chief financial officer (“ CFO ”) of the Company, or who performed functions similar to a CFO, during any part of the most recently completed financial year,

  • (c) the most highly compensated executive officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (if any) other than individuals identified in paragraphs (a) and (b) at the end of the most recently completed financial year whose total compensation was more than $150,000 for that financial year, and

  • (d) each individual who would be an NEO under paragraph (c) but for the fact that the individual was neither an executive officer of the Company or its subsidiaries, nor acting in a similar capacity, at the end of that financial year;

plan ” includes any plan, contract, authorization or arrangement, whether or not set out in any formal document, where cash, compensation securities or any other property may be received, whether for one or more persons; and

underlying securities ” means any securities issuable on conversion, exchange or exercise of compensation securities.

Director and Named Executive Officer Compensation, excluding Compensation Securities

The following table sets forth all direct and indirect compensation paid, payable, awarded, granted, given or otherwise provided, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any subsidiary thereof for each of the Company's three most recently completed financial years ended on July 31 to each NEO and each director of the Company, in any capacity, including, for greater certainty, all plan and non-plan compensation, direct and indirect pay, remuneration, economic or financial award, reward, benefit, gift or perquisite paid, payable, awarded, granted, given or otherwise provided to the NEO or director for services provided and for services to be provided, directly or indirectly, to the Company or any subsidiary thereof:

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Table of Compensation Excluding Compensation Securities Table of Compensation Excluding Compensation Securities Table of Compensation Excluding Compensation Securities Table of Compensation Excluding Compensation Securities Table of Compensation Excluding Compensation Securities
Name and
Position
Year Salary,
Consulting
Fee,
Retainer or
Commission
($)
Bonus
($)
Committee
or Meeting
Fees
($)
Value of
Perquisites
($)
Value of all
other
Compensation
($)
Total
Compensation
($)
Joanne Yan(1)
CEO and
Director
2020
2019
2018
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yingting
(Tony) Guo,
Secretary
2020
2019
2018
Nil
N/A
N/A
Nil
N/A
N/A
Nil
N/A
N/A
Nil
N/A
N/A
Nil
N/A
N/A
Nil
N/A
N/A
Jin Kuang(2)
CFO,
Secretary and
Director
2020
2019
2018
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Gee Ming
Chiang(1)
Former CEO
andDirector
2020
2019
2018
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil

(1) Joanne Yan were appointed as CEO on October 9, 2020.

(2) Jin Kuang was appointed as CFO, Secretary and a director on April 16, 2012.

Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities

The following table sets out all compensation securities granted or issued to each director and NEO by the Company or any subsidiary thereof in the year ended July 31, 2020 for services provided, or to be provided, directly or indirectly, to the Company or any subsidiary thereof:

Name and
Position
Type of
Compensation
Security
Number of
Compensation
Securities,
Number of
Underlying
Securities and
Percentage of
Class
Date of
Issue or
Grant
Issue,
Conversion
or Exercise
Price
($)
Closing
Price of
Security or
Underlying
Security on
Date of
Grant
Closing Price
of Security
or
Underlying
Security at
Year End
Expiry Date
Joanne Yan
CEO and
Director
Stock Options Nil N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Yingting (Tony)
Guo,
Secretary
Stock Options Nil N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jin Kuang
CFO, Secretary
andDirector
Stock Options Nil N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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Exercise of Compensation Securities by Directors and NEOs

No director or NEO exercised any compensation securities, being solely comprised of stock options, during the year ended July 31, 2020.

Stock Option Plans and Other Incentive Plans

The Company’s current stock option plan (the “ Plan ”) is a “rolling” stock option plan, whereby the aggregate number of Shares reserved for issuance, together with any other Shares reserved for issuance under any other plan or agreement of the Company, shall not exceed ten (10%) percent of the total number of issued Shares (calculated on a non-diluted basis) at the time an option is granted. The Plan provides that the Board may, from time to time, in its discretion, grant to directors, officers, employees, consultants and other personnel of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates, options to purchase shares of the Company. As at the record date, there are no options outstanding under the Plan. The Plan was last approved by the shareholders of the Company at the Annual General Meeting held on April 26, 2019.

A copy of the Plan is available for review on the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com and at the registered offices of the Company, at 7[th] Floor – 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7X 1S8 during normal business hours up to and including the date of the Meeting. See “Particulars of Matters To Be Acted Upon – Stock Option Plan ” for more information.

Employment, Consulting and Management Agreements

The Company does not have any employment, consulting or management agreements or arrangements with any of the Company’s current NEOs or directors.

Oversight and Description of Director and NEO Compensation

The Company’s compensation program is intended to attract, motivate, reward and retain the management talent needed to achieve the Company’s business objectives of improving overall corporate performance and creating long-term value for the Company’s shareholders. The compensation program is intended to reward executive officers on the basis of individual performance and achievement of corporate objectives, including the advancement of the exploration and development goals of the Company. The Company’s current compensation program is comprised of base salary or fees, short term incentives such as discretionary bonuses and long term incentives such as stock options.

The Board has not created or appointed a compensation committee given the Company’s current size and stage of development. All tasks related to developing and monitoring the Company’s approach to the compensation of the Company’s NEOs and directors are performed by the members of the Board. The compensation of the NEOs, directors and the Company’s employees or consultants, if any, is reviewed, recommended and approved by the Board without reference to any specific formula or criteria. NEOs that are also directors of the Company are involved in discussion relating to compensation, and disclose their interest in and abstain from voting on compensation decisions relating to them, as applicable, in accordance with the applicable corporate legislation .

Pension Plan Benefits

The Company has no pension, defined benefit or defined contribution plans in place.

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SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS

The following table sets forth details of all the Company’s equity compensation plans as of July 31, 2020. The Company’s equity compensation plan consists of the Plan:

Plan Category Number of securities
to be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights(1)
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
Number of securities
remaining available
for future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column
(a))
Equity compensation plans approved
bysecurityholders
Nil N.A 430,000
Equity
compensation
plans
not
approved
bysecurityholders
Nil N/A Nil
Total Nil N/A 430,000

(1) The Company does not have any warrants or rights outstanding under any equity compensation plans.

The Plan provides for the issuance of stock options to acquire up to 10% of the issued and outstanding common shares as of the date of granting of the options. Pursuant to the policies of the Exchange, a rolling stock option plan needs to be re-approved by the shareholders of the Company annually. A copy of the Plan is available for review on the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com and at the registered offices of the Company, at 7[th] Floor – 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7X 1S8 during normal business hours up to and including the date of the Meeting. See “Particulars of Matters To Be Acted Upon – Stock Option Plan ” for more information.

INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

No current or former director, executive officer, employee, or proposed nominee for election as a director, or associate of such person is, or at any time during the most recently completed financial year has been, indebted to the Company.

No indebtedness of a current or former director, executive officer, employee, or proposed nominee for election as a director, or associate of such person to another entity is, or at any time during the most recently completed financial year has been, the subject of a guarantee, support agreement, letter of credit or other similar arrangement or understanding provided by the Company.

INTEREST OF INFORMED PERSONS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS

Except as otherwise disclosed herein, no (a) director, proposed director or executive officer of the Company; (b) person or company who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, Shares or who exercises control or direction of Shares, or a combination of both carrying more than ten percent of the voting rights attached to the Shares outstanding (an “ Insider ”); (c) director or executive officer of an Insider; or (d) associate or affiliate of any of the directors, executive officers or Insiders, has had any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction since the commencement of the Company’s most recently completed financial year or in any proposed transaction which has materially affected or would materially affect the Company, except with an interest arising from the ownership of Shares where such person will receive no

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extra or special benefit or advantage not shared on a pro rata basis by all holders of the same class of Shares.

MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS

There are no management functions of the Company, which are, to any substantial degree, performed by a person other than the directors or executive officers of the Company.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Corporate governance refers to the policies and structure of the board of directors of a company, whose members are elected by and are accountable to the shareholders of the company. Corporate governance encourages establishing a reasonable degree of independence of the board of directors from executive management and the adoption of policies to ensure the board of directors recognize the principles of good management. The Board is committed to sound corporate governance practices, as such practices are both in the interests of shareholders and help to contribute to effective and efficient decision-making.

Board of Directors

The Board facilitates its exercise of independent supervision over management by carefully examining issues and consulting with outside counsel and other advisors in appropriate circumstances. The Board requires management to provide complete and accurate information with respect to the Company’s activities and to provide relevant information concerning the industry in which the Company operates in order to identify and manage risks. The Board also holds periodic meetings to discuss the operation of the Company.

Messrs. Michael Woods and Wenhong Jin are “independent” in that each of them is independent and free from any interest and any business or other relationship which could or could reasonably be perceived to, materially interfere with the director’s ability to act with the best interests of the Company, other than the interests and relationships arising as shareholders.

Joanne Yan and Jin Kuang are not “independent” because Ms. Yan is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Ms. Kuang is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

Directorships

The following directors are presently directors of other reporting issuers as set out below:

Name of
Director,
Officer or
Promoter
Name of
Reporting Issuer
Market
JoanneYan AlphancoVenture Corp. TSXV
Michael Woods Alphanco Venture Corp. TSXV
Wenhong Jin Transcontinental Gold Corp.
WildskyResources Inc.
TSXV
TSXV

Orientation and Continuing Education

The Board briefs all new directors with respect to the policies of the Board and other relevant corporate and business information. The Board does not provide any continuing education.

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Ethical Business Conduct

The Board has found that the fiduciary duties placed on individual directors by the Company’s governing corporate legislation and the common law and the restrictions placed by applicable corporate legislation on an individual director’s participation in decisions of the Board in which the director has an interest have been sufficient to ensure that the Board operates independently of management and in the best interests of the Company.

Nomination of Directors

The Board is responsible for identifying individuals qualified to become new Board members and recommending to the board new director nominees for the next annual meeting of Shareholders.

Compensation

As the Company is a CPC, the Company is prohibited from paying any kind of remuneration to directors until such time as it completes its Qualifying Transaction. Upon completion of its Qualifying Transaction, the Company anticipates that the Board will conduct reviews with regard to the compensation of the directors and Chief Executive Officer once a year. For additional information on the Company's proposed Qualifying Transaction, please see the Company's news release dated September 3, 2020, which is available on SEDAR.

Other Board Committees

The Board has no committees other than the audit committee (the “ Audit Committee ”).

Assessments

The Board has no specific procedures for regularly assessing the effectiveness and contribution of the Board, its committees, if any, or individual directors. As the Board is relatively small, it is expected that a significant lack of performance on the part of a committee or individual director would become readily apparent, and could be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. With respect to the Board as a whole, the Board monitors its performance on an ongoing basis, and as part of that process considers the overall performance of the Company and input from its Shareholders.

AUDIT COMMITTEE DISCLOSURE

The Audit Committee Charter

The full text of the Company’s audit committee charter is disclosed at Schedule “A” to this Information Circular.

Composition of the Audit Committee

The Company’s Audit Committee is currently comprised of all three directors, being Joanne Yan, Michael Woods and Jin Kuang. Mr. Woods is independent, but Ms. Yan and Ms. Kuang are not independent as Ms. Yan is Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Ms. Kuang is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. All of the Audit Committee members are “financially literate”, as all have the industry experience necessary to understand and analyze financial statements of the Company, as well as the understanding of internal controls and procedures necessary for financial reporting. If each of the proposed nominee directors are elected at the Meeting, the Audit Committee will continue to be comprised of Joanne Yan, Michael Woods and Jin Kuang.

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Relevant Education and Experience

Joanne Yan

Ms. Yan has been active in the cross-border investment and mergers and acquisition space, and is familiar with the business culture and operations of North American and Chinse businesses. Ms. Yan has over twenty-five years of experience advising, directing and managing publicly listed companies in North America, Europe and China, with respect to such matters as market access, business negotiations, project and company financing, strategic planning, business development, and governance and compliance. Ms. Yan was a senior corporate executive and consultant in a number of public companies between 1997 - 2016. Ms. Yan has also been a director and chair of board committees with several publicly traded companies in Canada and the United States.

Jin Kuang

Ms. Kuang obtained her Bachelor’s degree (1992) and her Master’s degree in Business Administration (1995), both from Northeastern University in China. Ms. Kuang obtained her Certified General Accountant designation in British Columbia in 2006, as well as her Certified Public Accountant designation in the state of Washington in 2006. Previously, Ms. Kuang was a Senior Accountant/Tax Specialist with KPMG LLP in Vancouver (January 2006 – April 2009), and an Accountant with STS Partners LLP in Vancouver (2003�2005). Ms. Kuang has more than 15 years of extensive professional knowledge and experience in financial reporting, financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, financial analysis and tax both internationally and in Canada. Ms. Kuang has many years of experience acting as chief financial officer for several publicly listed companies, including those listed on the Exchange.

Michael Woods

Mr. Woods is a British Columbia lawyer who works as a sole practitioner specializing in securities law at his firm, Woods & Company, in West Vancouver and Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Woods has been practicing law for the past 30 years, most of which has involved acting for publicly listed companies. He has served on the boards of numerous companies listed on the Exchange.

Audit Committee Oversight

Since the commencement of the Company’s most recently completed financial year, the Board has not failed to adopt a recommendation of the audit committee to nominate or compensate an external auditor.

Reliance on Certain Exemptions

Since the commencement of the Company’s most recently completed financial year, the Company has not relied on the exemptions contained in sections 2.4 or 8 of National Instrument 52-110. Section 2.4 (De Minimis Non-audit Services) provides an exemption from the requirement that the audit committee must pre-approve all non-audit services to be provided by the auditor, where the total amount of fees related to the non-audit services are not expected to exceed 5% of the total fees payable to the auditor in the fiscal year in which the non-audit services were provided. Section 8 (Exemptions) permits a company to apply to a securities regulatory authority for an exemption from the requirements of National Instrument 52-110 in whole or in part.

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The audit committee has adopted specific policies and procedures for the engagement of non-audit services as set out in the audit committee charter of the Company. The full text of the Company’s audit committee charter is disclosed in Schedule “A” to this Information Circular.

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External Auditor Service Fees

The aggregate fees billed by the Company’s external auditor in the last two fiscal years, by category, are as follows:

Financial
Year Ended
July 31
Audit Fees Audit-Related
Fees
Tax Fees All Other Fees
2020 $7,900 nil nil nil
2019 $7,900 nil nil nil

Exemption

The Company is relying on the exemption provided by Section 6.1 of National Instrument 52-110 which provides that the Company, as a venture issuer, is not required to comply with Part 3 ( Composition of the Audit Committee ) and Part 5 ( Reporting Obligations ) of National Instrument 52-110.

PARTICULARS OF MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR

At the Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to pass an ordinary resolution to appoint Smythe LLP as auditor of the Company and to authorize the directors of the Company to fix the auditor’s remuneration. An ordinary resolution is a resolution passed by the shareholders of the Company at a general meeting by a simple majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy.

Smythe LLP, formerly Smythe Ratcliffe, was first appointed as the auditor of the Company on July 3, 2012.

Management of the Company recommends that shareholders vote in favour of appointing Smythe LLP as the auditor of the Company and authorizing the directors of the Company to fix the auditor’s remuneration.

Stock Option Plan

The Company has a stock option plan (the “ Plan ”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Schedule “B”. The Plan has been established to provide incentive to qualified parties to increase their proprietary interest in the Company and thereby encourage their continuing association with the Company. The Plan is administered by the Board. The Plan provides that options will be issued to directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company. The Plan provides that the number of Shares issuable under the Plan, together with all of the Company's other previously established or proposed share compensation arrangements, may not exceed 10% of the total number of issued and outstanding Shares as at the closing of the IPO. At such time as the Company completes its Qualifying Transaction, the Plan will revert to a 10% rolling plan which will allow the Company to reserve that number of Shares that does not exceed 10% of the issued and outstanding Shares at any given time. As at the information date of this Information Circular, no options are outstanding under the Plan.

At the Meeting, the Shareholders will be asked to pass the following ordinary resolution to approve the Plan:

“RESOLVED, AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION, THAT:

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  • The Company’s stock option plan (the “ Stock Option Plan ”), as more particularly described in the Company’s Information Circular dated January 25, 2020, is approved and confirmed, including the reserving for issuance under the Stock Option Plan at any time of a maximum of 10% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company, subject to any amendments that may be required by the TSX Venture Exchange;

  • The Company be authorized to abandon or terminate all or any part of the Stock Option Plan if the directors of the Company deems it appropriate and in the best interests of the Company to do so;

  • The Company be and is hereby authorized to grant options pursuant and subject to the terms and conditions of the Stock Option Plan;

  • The Company be and is hereby authorized to amend the Stock Option Plan as necessary or desirable to reflect any change in the capital structure of the Company in connection with the completion of the Qualifying Transaction, including to permit the reservation and issuance of Subordinate Voting Shares under the Stock Option Plan at any time of a maximum of 10% of the issued and outstanding Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares; and

  • Any one or more of the directors and officers of the Company be authorized and directed to perform all such acts, deeds and things and execute, under the seal of the Company or otherwise, all such documents and other writings, including treasury orders, stock exchange and securities commissions forms, as may be required to give effect to the true intent of this resolution.”

The foregoing amendment resolution to approve the Plan is necessary to reflect the new anticipated share structure of the Company on completion of the Company's proposed Qualifying Transaction with Video Commerce Group Ltd., as contemplated herein. See "Approval of Amended and Restated Articles" below for additional information.

An ordinary resolution is a resolution passed by the shareholders of the Company at a general meeting by a simple majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy.

Management of the Company recommends that shareholders vote in favour of approving the Company’s stock option plan.

Approval of Amendment to the Escrow Term of the Seed Shares

The Company is a capital pool company (a “ CPC ”) under Policy 2.4 Capital Pool Companies of the Exchange (the " CPC Policy ") and issued certain number common shares (the “ Seed Shares ”) to nonarm’s length parties to the Company at less than the price of the Company's IPO Shares (as such term is defined under the CPC Policy) and the Seed Shares are held in escrow subject to the CPC Escrow Agreement as required by the CPC Policy.

Effective January 1, 2021, the CPC Policy was amended to allow capital pool companies to amend any CPC Escrow Agreement to which the Company is a party to reduce the length of the escrow term from 36 months to 18 months being not less than such as permitted by section 10.2 of the amended CPC Policy.

Shareholders will be asked to consider and, if thought fit, to pass an ordinary resolution of disinterested company shareholders (i.e. the votes attached to the Company's common shares held by shareholders who are parties to the CPC Escrow Agreement and their Associates and Affiliates being excluded, and there are currently 1,000,000 shares held by these non-arm’s length parties) authorizing the Company to

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reduce the escrow term of the Seed Shares from 36 months to 18 months (the “ Escrow Term Amendment Resolution ”), as follows:

“Subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, as an ordinary resolution of disinterested shareholders, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

  1. the Company is hereby authorized to amend the existing CPC Escrow Agreement entered into by the Company dated October 26, 2012 governing 1,000,000 escrowed shares be amended by reducing the length of the escrow term from 36 months to 18 months from the date (“Date”) of the “Final QT Exchange Bulletin” (as defined in the new Capital Pool Policy of the TSX Venture Exchange) as follows:
Release Dates Percentage
to be
Released
Date of Final ExchangeBulletin 25%
Date 6monthsfollowingFinalQT ExchangeBulletin 25%
Date12 monthsfollowingFinalQT ExchangeBulletin 25%
Date18monthsfollowingFinalQT ExchangeBulletin 25%
Total 100%
  1. Any one or more directors or officers of the Company are authorized to sign such documents or carry out such acts as may be necessary to carry out the intent of these resolutions in respect of reduction of the length of the terms of the escrow provisions of the Seed Shares; and

  2. The directors of the Company are authorized not to proceed with the transactions contemplated by these resolutions in their sole discretion without any further shareholder approvals.”

The Escrow Term Amendment Resolution must be passed, with or without variation, by the shareholders of the Company at a meeting of the shareholders of the Company by a simple majority of votes cast in person or by proxy, other than non-arm's length parties (i.e. with the votes attached to the Company's common shares held by shareholders who are parties to the CPC Escrow Agreement and their Associates and Affiliates being excluded, and there are currently 1,000,000 shares held by these nonarm’s length parties).

Management of the Company recommends that shareholders vote in favour of the Escrow Term Amendment Resolution.

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The Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan

On closing of its Qualifying Transaction (" Closing "), the Company intends to adopt a long-term performance incentive plan (the " LTIP Plan "), which will be in addition to the Plan. The LTIP Plan has been approved by the Board and, pending approval of shareholders, shall be effective on Closing. The purpose of the LTIP Plan is to align the interests of those directors, employees and consultants designated by the Board as being eligible to participate in the LTIP Plan with those of the Company and its shareholders and to assist in attracting, retaining and motivating key employees by making a portion of the incentive compensation of participating employees directly dependent upon the achievement of key strategic, financial and operational objectives that are critical to ongoing growth and increasing the longterm value of the Company. In particular, the LTIP Plan is designed to promote the long-term success of the Company and the creation of shareholder value by: (a) encouraging the attraction and retention of directors, key employees and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries; (b) encouraging such directors, key employees and consultants to focus on critical long-term objectives; and (c) promoting greater alignment of the interests of such directors, key employees and consultants with the interests of the Company.

The following is a summary of the LTIP Plan and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the LTIP Plan, a current copy of which is attached as Schedule "C" to this Information Circular. A copy of the LTIP Plan will be available at the Meeting and is available upon written request from the Company's solicitors at 7[th] Floor – 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Notwithstanding that the resolution approving the LTIP Plan has been duly passed by the shareholders of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company may revoke the resolution at any time and determine to cancel the LTIP Plan without further approval of the shareholders of the Company.

Description of the LTIP Plan

The LTIP Plan is available to directors, key employees and consultants of the Company, as determined by the Board.

The aggregate number of Subordinate Voting Shares the Company proposes to be issuable under the LTIP Plan in respect of stock awards shall be 7,000,000 (being approximately 9.52% of the 73,559,018 shares expected to be outstanding on Closing (including both Subordinate Voting Shares (as defined below) and Multiple Voting Shares (as defined below). Notwithstanding, no awards may be issued under the LTIP Plan if, following such issuance, the total number of Subordinate Voting Shares reserved for issuance in respect of awards under the plan, together with any Subordinate Voting Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to stock awards under the Plan, exceed 20% of the aggregate issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares at such time.

So long as it is required by the rules and policies of the Exchange or such other exchange upon which the Subordinate Voting Shares may become listed for trading, (i) the total number of Subordinate Voting Shares issuable to any participant under the LTIP Plan, at any time, together with any other securitybased compensation arrangements of the Company, shall not exceed 5% of the aggregate issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares and (ii) the total number of Subordinate Voting Shares issuable to insiders within any one-year period, together with any Subordinate Voting Shares reserved for issuance to such participants under the Plan, shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares. For greater certainty, such 20% limit on the issuance to insiders as a group in any one-year period is permitted because the Company is seeking disinterested shareholder approval of the LTIP Plan at the Meeting. The total number of Subordinate Voting Shares issuable to non-executive directors under the LTIP Plan (excluding the Chairman of the Board, if any) shall not exceed 3% of the aggregate issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares. The total number of Subordinate Voting Shares issuable to consultants under the LTIP Plan, together with all other security based compensation plans shall not exceed 2% of the aggregate issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares in any twelve month period. Additionally, so long as it may be required by

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the Exchange, the maximum aggregate number of Subordinate Voting Shares issuable under the LTIP Plan in respect of deferred share units (" DSUs "), performance share units (" PSUs "), restricted share units (" RSUs ") and share appreciation rights (" SARs ") shall not collectively exceed 7,000,000. Except as otherwise provided in an applicable award agreement or as determined by the Board, neither awards nor any rights under any such awards shall be assignable or transferable other than pursuant to a will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

The LTIP Plan provides for the issuance of "restricted share units", "performance share units", "deferred share units" and "stock appreciation rights".

Restricted Share Units. The LTIP Plan provides that the Board may, from time to time, in its sole discretion, grant awards of RSUs to directors, key employees and consultants. Each RSU shall represent one Subordinate Voting Share on vesting. RSUs shall be subject to such restrictions as the Board may establish in the applicable award agreement. The typical restriction for RSUs is time based (i.e. vesting after a fixed period of time). All RSUs will vest and become payable by the issuance of Subordinate Voting Shares at the end of the applicable restriction period if all applicable restrictions have lapsed.

Restrictions on any RSUs shall lapse immediately and become fully vested to the participant upon a change of control. Upon the death of a participant, subject to the applicable award agreement, any RSUs that have not vested will be immediately forfeited and cancelled without payment, provided that any RSUs granted to such participant that had vested prior to the participant's death will accrue to the participant's estate in accordance with the LTIP Plan. If a participant's employment is terminated for cause, any RSUs granted to the participant will immediately terminate without payment and be cancelled as of the termination date. If a participant's employment is terminated without cause, is voluntarily terminated by the participant or termination is due to the participant's retirement or disability, any RSUs granted to the participant will, subject to the applicable award agreement, immediately terminate without payment and be cancelled as of the termination date, provided, however, that any RSUs granted to such participant that had vested prior to the participant's termination without cause, voluntary termination, retirement or disability will accrue to the participant in accordance with the LTIP Plan. In the case of directors, if a participant ceases to be a director for any reason, all RSUs granted to such participant will immediately terminate without payment and be cancelled, provided, however, that any RSUs granted to such participant that had vested prior to the participant ceasing to be a director will accrue to the participant in accordance with the LTIP Plan. Where a consultant's service to the Company terminates for any reason, subject to the applicable award agreement and any other contractual commitments between the participant and the Company, all RSUs granted to such participant will immediately terminate without payment and be cancelled, provided, however, that any RSUs granted to such participant that had vested prior to the termination of the participant's service to the Company will accrue to the participant in accordance with the LTIP Plan.

Performance Share Units. The LTIP Plan provides that the Board may, from time to time, in its sole discretion, grant awards of PSUs to key employees and consultants. Each PSU shall, contingent upon the attainment of the performance criteria within the applicable performance cycle, represent one Subordinate Voting Share, unless otherwise specified in the applicable award agreement. The performance criteria will be established by the Board which, without limitation, may include criteria based on the participant's individual performance and/or financial performance of the Company and its subsidiaries. Typical performance criteria could include gross revenues, EBITDA, or the attainment of a specified amount of financing. The applicable award agreement may provide the Board with the right to revise the performance criteria during a performance cycle or after it has ended, if unforeseen events occur, including, without limitation, changes in capitalization, equity restructuring, acquisitions or divestitures, if such events have a substantial effect on the financial results of the Company and make the application of the performance criteria unfair absent a revision.

All PSUs will vest and become payable to the extent that the performance criteria are satisfied in the sole determination of the Board. PSUs granted to a participant shall become fully vested and payable to such participant within 95 days after the last day of the performance cycle or upon a change of control. Upon the death of a participant, subject to the applicable award agreement, all PSUs granted to the participant

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which, prior to the participant's death, had not vested, will immediately be forfeited and cancelled without payment, provided, however, that the Board may determine, in its discretion, the number of the participant's PSUs that will vest based upon the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have been satisfied in that portion of the performance cycle that has lapsed. If a participant's employment is terminated for cause, any PSUs granted to the participant will immediately terminate without payment and be cancelled as of the termination date. If a participant's employment is terminated without cause, by voluntary termination, or if the participant's employment terminates due to retirement or disability, all PSUs granted to the participant which, prior to such termination without cause, voluntary termination, retirement or disability, had not vested, will immediately be forfeited and cancelled without payment, provided, however, that the Board may determine, in its discretion, the number of the participant's PSUs that will vest based upon the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have been satisfied in that portion of the performance cycle that has lapsed. Where a consultant's service to the Company terminates for any reason, subject to the applicable award agreement and any other contractual commitments between the participant and the Company, all PSUs granted to such participant will immediately be forfeited and cancelled without payment, provided, however, that the Board may determine, in its discretion, the number of the participant's PSUs that will vest based upon the extent to which the applicable performance criteria have been satisfied in that portion of the performance cycle that has lapsed.

Deferred Share Units. The LTIP Plan provides that the Board may, from time to time, in its sole discretion, grant awards of DSUs to directors in lieu of director fees (but not to key employees or consultants). Directors become participants effective as of the date each is first appointed or elected as a director and cease to be participants at the time they cease to be a director for any reason. The number of DSUs to be granted to a participant shall be calculated by dividing the amount of fees selected by the director by the market unit price on the grant date. The market unit price is defined in the LTIP Plan as the five-day weighted average closing price of the Subordinate Voting Shares on the immediately preceding five trading days prior to the grant date.

Each participant shall be entitled to receive, subsequent to the effective date that the participant ceases to be a director for any reason or any earlier vesting period(s) set forth in the applicable award agreement, either (a) that number of Subordinate Voting Shares equal to the number of DSUs granted to such participant, or (b) a cash payment in an amount equal to the market price of the DSUs granted to such participant on the trading day following the day that the participant ceases to be a director, net of applicable withholdings, and subject to adjustments if the value of a DSU is determined during applicable black-out periods. Upon the death of a participant, such participant's estate shall be entitled to receive, within 120 days, a cash payment or Subordinate Voting Shares that would otherwise have been payable upon such participant ceasing to be a director.

Stock Appreciation Rights . The LTIP Plan provides that the Board may, from time to time, in its discretion, grant awards of SARs to directors, key employees and consultants. SARs are awards that entitle the participant to receive an amount (the " SAR Amount ") equal to the excess, if any, of the current market price on the exercise date over the exercise price of the SAR (the " SAR Grant Price "), multiplied by the number of Subordinate Voting Shares in respect of which the SAR is being exercised. The current market price is defined in the LTIP Plan as the last closing price of the Subordinate Voting Shares on the immediately preceding trading day prior to the relevant exercise date. The SAR Amount is payable in Subordinate Voting Shares in an amount equal to the SAR Amount divided by the current market price, provided that the applicable award agreement may provide that the Company may alternatively satisfy the SAR Amount by paying to the participant cash in an amount equal to the SAR Amount. The number of SARs to be granted, the SAR Grant Price and the time(s) at which a SAR may be exercised shall be determined by the Board and set out in an award agreement, provided that the SAR Grant Price shall not be lower than the exercise price permitted by the Exchange and further provided that the term of any SAR shall not exceed ten years.

In the event of a change of control, each outstanding SAR issued to directors and key employees shall automatically become fully and immediately vested and exercisable, subject to the policies of the Exchange. Where, in the case of directors and key employees, a participant shall die while holding a

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SAR, any SAR held by such participant shall be exercisable by the person(s) to whom the rights of the participant under the SAR shall pass by will or the laws of descent and distribution for a period of 120 days or prior to the expiration of the exercise period in respect of the SAR, whichever is sooner, and then only to the extent that such participant was entitled to exercise the SAR at the date of death of such participant. Where the employment of a key employee is terminated for cause, no SAR held shall be exercisable from the termination date. In the event that the employment of a key employee is terminated without cause, by voluntary termination or due to retirement or, in the case of directors, the participant ceases to be a director for any reason, subject to the applicable award agreement, any SAR held shall remain exercisable in full for a period of 60 days after the termination or cessation date or prior to the expiration of the exercise period in respect of the SAR, whichever is sooner, and then only to the extent that such participant was entitled to exercise the SAR at such time. If a director or key employee becomes afflicted by a disability, all SARs granted to the participant will continue to vest in accordance with the terms of such SARs, provided that if, in the case of key employees, a participant's employment is terminated due to disability, or in the case of directors, the participant ceases to be a director as a result of disability, subject to the applicable award agreement, any SAR held by such participant shall remain exercisable for a period of 120 days after the termination or cessation date or prior to the expiration of the exercise period in respect of the SAR, whichever is sooner, and then only to the extent that such participant was entitled to exercise the SAR at such time. Where a consultant's service to the Company terminates for any reason, subject to the applicable award agreement and any other contractual commitments between the participant and the Company, no SAR held by such participant shall be exercisable from the date of termination of service.

Effect on Stock Option Plan

The LTIP Plan, if approved by shareholders at the Meeting, will not replace the Plan, which remains in full force and effect, unamended. Accordingly, on closing of the Qualifying Transaction, there will be two stock award plans in place, being the Plan and the LTIP Plan. The total number of Subordinate Voting Shares reserved for issuance in respect of awards under the LTIP Plan, together with any Subordinate Voting Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to stock options under the Plan, must not exceed 20% of the aggregate issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares at any time.

Approval of LTIP Plan

Exchange rules provide that any long-term incentive plan that, when taken together with all of the issuer's previously established and outstanding stock option plans or grants, may permit (i) the aggregate number of shares reserved for issuance under stock options or stock awards granted to Insiders (as defined in Exchange rules) (as a group) at any point in time exceeding 10% of the issued shares of the corporation or (ii) the grant to Insiders (as a group), within a twelve (12) month period, of an aggregate number of options or stock awards exceeding 10% of the issued shares of the corporation must be approved by such corporation's "disinterested shareholders". A corporation's disinterested shareholders are its shareholders that are neither Insiders nor associates (as defined in Exchange rules) of Insiders. Given that the LTIP Plan, when taken together with the Plan, permits the issuance of stock options and stock awards granted to Insiders in excess of 10% of the aggregate issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares, at the Meeting, the LTIP Resolution (defined below) must be approved by not less than a majority of the votes cast by the disinterested shareholders of the Company present in person, or represented by proxy. As of the Record Date, an aggregate of 300,000 Shares were held by Insiders and their associates to whom options may be granted under the LTIP Plan and will therefore be excluded from voting on the LTIP Resolution.

The Board is requesting that disinterested shareholders of the Company affirm, ratify and approve the LTIP Plan. Accordingly, at the Meeting, disinterested shareholders of the Company will be asked to consider, and if thought fit, to approve the following ordinary resolution (the " LTIP Resolution "):

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"BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, as an ordinary resolution, that:

  1. The Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan (the " LTIP Plan "), in the form attached as Schedule "C" to the management information circular of the Company dated as of January 25, 2021, including the reservation for issuance under the LTIP Plan of 7,000,000 Subordinate Voting Shares of the Company, be and is hereby affirmed, ratified and approved;

  2. The Board of Directors be and is hereby authorized on behalf of the Company to make any further amendments or modifications to the LTIP Plan as may be required or requested by regulatory authorities, including the TSX Venture Exchange, without further approval of the shareholders of the Company;

  3. Notwithstanding that this ordinary resolution has been duly passed by the shareholders of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company may revoke this resolution at any time and determine to cancel the LTIP Plan without further approval of the shareholders of the Company; and

  4. Any one officer or director of the Company be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to take all such further actions, execute and deliver such further instruments or documents in writing and do all such other acts and things as in such person's opinion may be necessary or desirable in the name and on behalf of the Company, under its corporate seal or otherwise, to give effect to, and carry out the intent of, the foregoing resolutions, which opinion shall be conclusively evidenced by the taking of such further actions, the execution and delivery of such instruments and documents and the doing of such other acts and things, and to the extent that any such actions were taken, or instruments and documents delivered prior to the date hereof, the taking of such actions and execution and delivery of such documents be, and are hereby approved."

The Board has determined that approval of the LTIP Plan is in the best interests of the Company. The Board therefore unanimously recommends that shareholders vote FOR the resolution affirming, ratifying and approving the LTIP Plan. Unless you give other instructions, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote FOR the resolution affirming, ratifying and approving the LTIP Plan.

The final adoption, if any, of the LTIP Plan by the Company is subject to completion of the Company's Qualifying Transaction.

Approval of Amended and Restated Articles

Pursuant to its Qualifying Transaction, the Company is seeking shareholder approval to amend and restate its articles by deleting its existing articles (the " Existing Articles ") in their entirety and substituting the articles attached hereto at Schedule "D" (the " MVS Articles ") therefor. The MVS Articles will provide for, among other things, (i) changes to the Company's share capital, including a dual-class voting structure for the shares of the Company and (ii) the implementation of an advance notice policy with respect to the election of directors.

It is a condition to the completion of the Qualifying Transaction (unless waived by Video Commerce Group Ltd.) that the Company adopt a dual-class voting structure. The Board has therefore determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to adopt a dual-class voting structure with multiple voting shares, which, as described in greater detail below, shall be issuable to Samuel Jones. Samuel Jones is the Chief Executive Officer of Video Commerce Group Ltd. and the expected Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the resulting issuer on completion of the Qualifying Transaction.

The following is a summary of the material terms of the MVS Articles, including the proposed changes to the share capital, including the creation of a new class of shares (the " Multiple Voting Shares ") which will have multiple voting rights on a 3:1 basis compared to the other class of shares (the " Subordinate Voting Shares "). This summary is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the MVS Articles, a current

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copy of which is attached as Schedule "D". Furthermore, the summary contained herein is incomplete, and shareholders should read the MVS Articles and the Existing Articles in full before making any voting decision.

Description of the Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares

Rank . The Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares will rank pari passu on the payment of dividends, return of capital and distribution of assets in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Dividends . The holders of Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares will be entitled to receive dividends on a pari passu basis out of the Company's assets legally available for the payment of dividends at such times and in such amount and form as the Board may from time to time determine, subject to any preferential rights of the holders of any outstanding preferred shares. In the event of the payment of a dividend in the form of shares, holders of Subordinate Voting Shares will receive Subordinate Voting Shares and holders of Multiple Voting Shares will receive Multiple Voting Shares unless otherwise determined by the Board.

Voting Rights . Each Subordinate Voting Share will be entitled to one vote per share and each proposed Multiple Voting Share will be entitled to three votes per share. After closing of the Qualifying Transaction, the Subordinate Voting Shares are estimated to represent 63.75% of the Company's total issued and outstanding shares and 36.95% of the voting power attached to all of the Company's shares.

Conversion . The Subordinate Voting Shares are not convertible into any other class of shares. Each outstanding Multiple Voting Share may at any time, at the option of the holder, be converted into one Subordinate Voting Share. Upon the first date that any Multiple Voting Share shall be held by a Person other than by a Permitted Holder (as defined below), the Permitted Holder which held such Multiple Voting Share until such date, without any further action, shall automatically be deemed to have exercised his, her or its rights to convert such Multiple Voting Share into a fully paid and non-assessable Subordinate Voting Share.

In addition, all Multiple Voting Shares held by the Permitted Holders will convert automatically, without any further action, into Subordinate Voting Shares at such time that the Permitted Holders that hold Multiple Voting Shares no longer, as a group beneficially own, directly or indirectly and in the aggregate, at least 2% of the issued and outstanding Shares on a non-diluted basis.

For the purposes of the foregoing:

" Affiliate " means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.

" Members of the Immediate Family " means with respect to any individual, each parent (whether by birth or adoption), spouse or child (including any step-child) or other descendants (whether by birth or adoption) of such individual, each spouse of any of the aforementioned Persons, each trust created solely for the benefit of such individual and/or one or more of the aforementioned Persons, and each legal representative of such individual or of any aforementioned Persons (including without limitation a tutor, curator, mandatary due to incapacity, custodian, guardian or testamentary executor), acting in such capacity under the authority of the law, an order from a competent tribunal, a will or a mandate in case of incapacity or similar instrument. For the purposes of this definition, a Person shall be considered the spouse of an individual if such Person is legally married to such individual, lives in a civil union with such individual or is the common law partner (as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) as amended from time to time) of such individual. A Person who was the spouse of an individual within the meaning of this paragraph immediately before the death of such individual shall continue to be considered a spouse of such individual after the death of such individual.

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" Permitted Holders " means (i) Samuel Jones and any Members of the Immediate Family of Samuel Jones, and (ii) any Person controlled, directly or indirectly by one or more of the Persons referred to in clause (i) above.

" Person " means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, joint venture or limited liability company.

A Person is " controlled " by another Person or other Persons if: (i) in the case of a company or other body corporate wherever or however incorporated: (A) securities entitled to vote in the election of directors carrying in the aggregate at least a majority of the votes for the election of directors and representing in the aggregate at least a majority of the participating (equity) securities are held, other than by way of security only directly or indirectly, by or solely for the benefit of the other Person or Persons; and (B) the votes carried in the aggregate by such securities are entitled, if exercised, to elect a majority of the board of directors of such company or other body corporate; or (ii) in the case of a Person that is not a company or other body corporate, at least a majority of the participating (equity) and voting interests of such Person are held, directly or indirectly, by or solely for the benefit of the other Person or Persons; and " controls ", " controlling " and " under common control with " shall be interpreted accordingly.

Single Class. Except as otherwise provided in the MVS Articles, Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares are equal in all respects and shall be treated as shares of a single class for all purposes under the Business Corporations Act , SBC 2002, c 57 (the " BCBCA ").

Meetings of Shareholders . Holders of Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares will be entitled to receive notice of any meeting of the Company's shareholders (" Shareholders ") and may attend and vote at such meetings, except those meetings where only the holders of shares of another class or of a particular series are entitled to vote. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each holder of Subordinate Voting Shares will be entitled to receive notice of and attend a meeting at which only holders of Multiple Voting Shares have the right to vote, provided, for greater certainty, that holders of Subordinate Voting Shares shall not be entitled to vote thereat.

A quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of Shareholders will be present if Shareholders who, together, hold not less than 5% of the votes attaching to the Company's outstanding voting shares entitled to vote at the meeting are present in person or represented by proxy, which aligns with the Company's Existing Articles.

Certain Class Votes. In connection with any Change of Control Transaction (as defined in the MVS Articles) requiring approval of the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares under the BCBCA, holders of Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares will be treated equally and identically, on a per share basis, unless different treatment of the shares of each such class is approved by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of outstanding Subordinate Voting Shares or their proxyholders in respect of a resolution approving such Change of Control Transaction (as defined in the MVS Articles) and by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of outstanding Multiple Voting Shares or their proxyholders in respect of a resolution approving such Change of Control Transaction (as defined in the MVS Articles), each voting separately as a class at a meeting of the holders of that class called and held for such purpose.

Pre-Emptive and Redemption Rights. Holders of Subordinate Voting Shares will have no pre-emptive or redemption rights. Holders of Multiple Voting Shares will have no pre-emptive or redemption rights under the Company's MVS Articles.

Liquidation Rights. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares, without preference or distinction, will be entitled to receive rateably all of the Company's assets remaining after payment of all debts and other liabilities, subject to any preferential rights of the holders of any outstanding preferred shares.

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Subdivision, Consolidation and Issuance of Rights . No subdivision or consolidation of the Subordinate Voting Shares or Multiple Voting Shares may occur unless the shares of both classes are concurrently subdivided or consolidated and in the same manner and proportion. No new rights to acquire additional shares or other securities or property of the Company will be issued to holders of Subordinate Voting Shares or Multiple Voting Shares unless the same rights are concurrently issued to the holders of shares of both classes.

Certain Amendments. In addition to any other voting right or power to which the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares shall be entitled by law or regulation or other provisions of the Company's articles from time to time in effect, but subject to the provisions of the MVS Articles, holders of Subordinate Voting Shares shall be entitled to vote separately as a class, in addition to any other vote of Shareholders that may be required, in respect of any alteration, repeal or amendment of the Company's articles which would adversely affect the rights or special rights of the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares or affect the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares differently, on a per share basis, including an amendment to the terms of the articles that provide that any Multiple Voting Shares sold or transferred to a Person that is not a Permitted Holder shall be automatically converted into Subordinate Voting Shares.

Issuance of Additional Multiple Voting Shares. As at closing of the Qualifying Transaction, Samuel Jones is expected to hold approximately 26,667,202 Multiple Voting Shares. The Company may not issue any additional Multiple Voting Shares without the prior approval of the Exchange.

Take-Over Bid . Under applicable securities laws in Canada, an offer to purchase Multiple Voting Shares would not necessarily require that an offer be made to purchase Subordinate Voting Shares. In accordance with the rules of the Exchange designed to ensure that, in the event of a take-over bid, the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares will be entitled to participate on an equal footing with holders of Multiple Voting Shares, Samuel Jones on closing of the Qualifying Transaction will enter into a customary coattail agreement with the Company and a trustee (the " Coattail Agreement "). The Coattail Agreement will contain provisions customary for dual class, Exchange-listed corporations designed to prevent transactions that otherwise would deprive the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares of rights under applicable securities laws in Canada to which they would have been entitled if the Multiple Voting Shares had been Subordinate Voting Shares.

The undertakings in the Coattail Agreement will not apply to prevent a sale by the holders of Multiple Voting Shares or their Permitted Holders of Multiple Voting Shares if concurrently an offer is made to purchase Subordinate Voting Shares that: (a) offers a price per Subordinate Voting Share at least as high as the highest price per share to be paid pursuant to the take-over bid for the Multiple Voting Shares; (b) provides that the percentage of outstanding Subordinate Voting Shares to be taken up (exclusive of shares owned immediately prior to the offer by the offeror or persons acting jointly or in concert with the offeror) is at least as high as the percentage of Multiple Voting Shares to be sold (exclusive of Multiple Voting Shares owned immediately prior to the offer by the offeror and persons acting jointly or in concert with the offeror); (c) has no condition attached other than the right not to take up and pay for Subordinate Voting Shares tendered if no shares are purchased pursuant to the offer for Multiple Voting Shares; and (d) is in all other material respects identical to the offer for Multiple Voting Shares.

In addition, the Coattail Agreement will not prevent the transfer of Multiple Voting Shares by any Shareholder to a Permitted Holder, provided such transfer is not or would not have been subject to the requirements to make a take-over bid (if the vendor or transferee were in Canada) or constitutes or would be exempt from certain requirements applicable to take-over bids under applicable securities laws in Canada. The conversion of Multiple Voting Shares into Subordinate Voting Shares, whether or not such Subordinate Voting Shares are subsequently sold, would not constitute a disposition of Multiple Voting Shares for the purposes of the Coattail Agreement.

Under the Coattail Agreement, any sale of Multiple Voting Shares (including a transfer to a pledgee as security) by a holder of Multiple Voting Shares party to the Coattail Agreement will be conditional upon

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the transferee or pledgee becoming a party to the Coattail Agreement, to the extent such transferred Multiple Voting Shares are not automatically converted into Subordinate Voting Shares in accordance with the MVS Articles.

The Coattail Agreement will contain provisions authorizing action by the trustee to enforce the rights under the Coattail Agreement on behalf of the holders of the Subordinate Voting Shares. The obligation of the trustee to take such action will be conditional on the Company or holders of the Subordinate Voting Shares providing such funds and indemnity as the trustee may reasonably require. No holder of Subordinate Voting Shares will have the right, other than through the trustee, to institute any action or proceeding or to exercise any other remedy to enforce any rights arising under the Coattail Agreement unless the trustee fails to act on a request authorized by holders of not less than 10% of the outstanding Subordinate Voting Shares and reasonable funds and indemnity have been provided to the trustee.

Other than in respect of non-material amendments and waivers that do not adversely affect the interests of holders of Subordinate Voting Shares, the Coattail Agreement will provide that, among other things, it may not be amended, and no provision thereof may be waived, unless, prior to giving effect to such amendment or waiver, the following have been obtained: (a) the consent of the Exchange and any other applicable securities regulatory authority in Canada; and (b) the approval of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by holders of Subordinate Voting Shares represented at a meeting duly called for the purpose of considering such amendment or waiver, excluding votes attached to Subordinate Voting Shares held by the holders of Multiple Voting Shares or their affiliates and related parties and any persons who have an agreement to purchase Multiple Voting Shares on terms which would constitute a sale or disposition for purposes of the Coattail Agreement, other than as permitted thereby.

No provision of the Coattail Agreement will limit the rights of any holders of Subordinate Voting Shares under applicable law.

Description of Preferred Shares

The preferred shares may at any time and from time to time be issued in one or more series. Subject to the provisions of the BCBCA and the MVS Articles, the Board may, by resolution, from time to time before the issue thereof determine the maximum number of shares of each series, create an identifying name for each series, attach special rights or restrictions to the preferred shares of each series including, without limitation, any right to receive dividends (which may be cumulative or non-cumulative and variable or fixed) or the means of determining such dividends, the dates of payment thereof, any terms or conditions of redemption or purchase, any conversion rights, any retraction rights, any rights on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and any sinking fund or other provisions, the whole to be subject to filing a Notice of Alteration to the Company's articles to create the series and altering the Company's articles to include the special rights or restrictions attached to the preferred shares of the series. Except as provided in any special rights or restrictions attaching to any series of preferred shares issued from time to time, the holders of preferred shares will not be entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at any meeting of Shareholders.

Preferred shares of each series, if and when issued, will, with respect to the payment of dividends, rank on a parity with the preferred shares of every other series and be entitled to preference over the Subordinate Voting Shares and the Multiple Voting Shares and any other of the Company's shares ranking junior to the preferred shares with respect to payment of dividends.

In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of preferred shares will be entitled to preference with respect to distribution of the Company's property or assets over the Subordinate Voting Shares and the Multiple Voting Shares and any other of the Company's shares ranking junior to the preferred shares with respect to the repayment of capital paid up on and the payment of unpaid dividends accrued on the preferred shares. The Company currently anticipates that there will be no pre-emptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights attaching to any series of preferred shares issued from time to time.

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Authorized Share Capital upon Closing of the Qualifying Transaction

Upon closing of the Qualifying Transaction, the Company's authorized share capital will consist of (i) an unlimited number of Subordinate Voting Shares, (ii) an unlimited number of Multiple Voting Shares and (iii) an unlimited number of preferred shares, issuable in series.

An aggregate of 46,891,816 Subordinate Voting Shares, 26,667,202 Multiple Voting Shares and no preferred shares are estimated to be issued and outstanding upon closing of the Qualifying Transaction. All of the issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares will, directly or indirectly, be held or controlled by the Permitted Holders (as defined herein).

Advance Notice Provisions

Certain advance notice provisions have been included with respect to the election of directors in the MVS Articles (the " Advance Notice Provisions "). The Existing Articles do not contain provisions with respect to advance notice. The Advance Notice Provisions are intended to: (i) facilitate orderly and efficient annual general meetings or, where the need arises, special meetings; (ii) ensure that all shareholders receive adequate notice of Board nominations and sufficient information with respect to all nominees; and (iii) allow shareholders to register an informed vote. Only persons who are nominated by shareholders in accordance with the Advance Notice Provisions will be eligible for election as directors at any annual meeting of shareholders, or at any special meeting of shareholders if one of the purposes for which the special meeting was called was the election of directors.

Under the Advance Notice Provisions, a shareholder wishing to nominate a director would be required to provide the Company with notice, in the prescribed form, within the prescribed time periods. These time periods include, (i) in the case of an annual meeting of shareholders (including annual and special meetings), not less than 30 days prior to the date of the annual meeting of shareholders; provided, that if the first public announcement of the date of the annual meeting of shareholders (the " Notice Date ") is less than 50 days before the meeting date, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the Notice Date; and (ii) in the case of a special meeting (which is not also an annual meeting) of shareholders called for any purpose which includes electing directors, not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the Notice Date, provided that, in either instance, if notice-and-access (as defined in National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer) is used for delivery of proxy related materials in respect of a meeting described above, and the Notice Date in respect of the meeting is not less than 50 days prior to the date of the applicable meeting, the notice must be received not later than the close of business on the 40th day before the applicable meeting.

Forum Selection

A forum selection provision has been included in the MVS Articles that provides that, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada and the appellate courts therefrom, will be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on the Company's behalf; (ii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of the Company's directors, officers, or other employees to us; (iii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the BCBCA or the Company's articles; or (iv) any action or proceeding asserting a claim otherwise related to the relationships among us, the Company's affiliates and their respective shareholders, directors and/or officers, but excluding claims related to the Company's business or such affiliates. The forum selection provision also provides that the Company's securityholders are deemed to have consented to personal jurisdiction in the Province of British Columbia and to service of process on their counsel in any foreign action initiated in violation of the foregoing provisions. The Existing Articles do not contain a forum selection provision.

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Shareholder Meetings

The MVS Articles permit the Board to hold a meeting of shareholders outside of British Columbia, at such time and place as they may determine. Under the Existing Articles the Company is limited to holding shareholder meetings within British Columbia unless shareholders approve the location or the location is approved by the registrar in writing before the meeting is held.

Also included in the MVS Articles, is the ability for the directors to determine that a meeting of shareholders shall be held entirely by means of telephonic, electronic or other communication facilities.

The MVS Articles state that if a meeting of shareholders called by the Company does not reach quorum within one-half hour from the time set for holding such meeting, the meeting will stand adjourned until the same day in the next week at the same time and place. If the succeeding meeting does not reach quorum, the persons being present at such succeeding meeting being, or representing by proxy, one or more shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting constitutes quorum. The Existing Articles do not modify quorum at the succeeding meeting.

Additionally, the MVS Articles state that the Chief Executive Officer will be chair of a shareholder meeting if the Chair of the Board is absent or unwilling to act, whereas the Existing Articles provide for the President to fill in for the Chair of the Board.

Providing Notice

The MVS Articles provide for an additional method of giving notice or providing a statement, report or other record to a shareholder. The MVS Articles also allow the Company to create and provide a record posted on or made available through a generally accessible electronic source and provide written notice by the existing methods as to the availability of such record.

The MVS Articles also provide that if, on to consecutive occasions, a notice, statement, report or other record is sent to a shareholder pursuant to notice provisions and on each of those occasions any such record is returned because the shareholder cannot be located, the Company shall not be required to send any further records to the shareholder until the shareholder informs the Company of his or her new address. The Existing Articles do not provide for this.

Number of Directors

The MVS Articles provide that the Company shall have a minimum of three directors and a maximum of 15 directors whereas the Company's Existing Articles do not have a maximum number of directors.

Pre-Closing Capital Changes

In connection with, and on or immediately prior to Closing of the Qualifying Transaction , the following preclosing capital changes will be implemented:

  • Our share capital will be amended such that it will be comprised of an unlimited number of Multiple Voting Shares, an unlimited number of Subordinate Voting Shares and an unlimited number of preferred shares, issuable in series, by creating a new class of Multiple Voting Shares and a new class of Subordinate Voting Shares and re-designating the Company's Shares as Subordinate Voting Shares; and

  • Options and other rights to acquire Shares under the Plan will become options or rights to acquire Subordinate Voting Shares.

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Approval of the MVS Articles

To be effective, the Articles Resolution (defined below) requires the affirmative vote of (i) not less than two-thirds of the votes cast by shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting; and (ii) not less than a majority of the votes cast by shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting, excluding the votes cast in respect of Shares held by Promoters, directors, officers or other Insiders (other than as may be approved by the Exchange) of the Company, as well as any proposed recipient of Multiple Voting Shares and their associates or affiliates, being Samuel Jones.

At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to pass the following resolution to adopt the MVS Articles for the Company in replacement of the Existing Articles (the " Articles Resolution "):

"BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED THAT:

  1. The Company's articles (the " Existing Articles ") be amended and restated by deleting the Existing Articles in their entirety and substituting the articles (the " MVS Articles ") attached as Schedule "D" to the management information circular of the Company dated as of January 25, 2021, such amendment not to take effect until the Notice of Articles of the Company is altered to reflect such alteration;

  2. The authorized share structure of the Company be altered by:

  3. a) Creating an unlimited number of shares of a new class of Multiple Voting Shares;

  4. b) Creating an unlimited number of shares of a new class of Subordinate Voting Shares;

  5. c) Re-designating each issued and outstanding common share without par value of the Company as a Subordinate Voting Share; and

  6. d) Creating and attaching to the Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares the special rights and restrictions set out in the MVS Articles;

  7. such alterations not to take effect until the Notice of Articles of the Company is altered to reflect such alterations;

  8. After giving effect to the foregoing, the authorized capital of the Company shall consist of an unlimited number of Multiple Voting Shares, an unlimited number of Subordinate Voting Shares and an unlimited number of preferred shares having the special rights and restrictions set forth in the MVS Articles;

  9. Upon and subject to the deposit of this resolution at the Company's records office, the Company alter its Notice of Articles and instruct its agents to file a Notice of Alteration to reflect and give effect to these resolutions, to be effective on and as of the date and time the Notice of Alteration is filed with the Registrar;

  10. Notwithstanding that this special resolution has been duly passed by the shareholders of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company be authorized, at any time in its absolute discretion, to determine whether or not to proceed with the foregoing resolutions without further approval, ratification or confirmation by the shareholders of the Company;

  11. Any one director or officer of the Company (the " Authorized Person ") be and is hereby authorized and directed to take all such further actions, execute and deliver such further agreements, instruments and documents in writing and do all such other acts and things, including amending the MVS Articles as necessary to comply with the requirements of the TSX Venture Exchange as in such person's opinion may be necessary or desirable, in the name and

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on behalf of the Company, under its corporate seal or otherwise, to give effect to, and carry out the intent of, the foregoing resolutions, which opinion shall be conclusively evidenced by the taking of such further actions, the execution and/or delivery of such further agreements, instruments and documents and the doing of such other acts and things and to the extent that any such agreements, instruments and documents and the doing of such other acts and things were executed or completed prior to the date hereof, such execution or completion thereof by any such Authorized Person be, and is hereby, approved, ratified and confirmed;

  1. The Authorized Person be and is hereby authorized and directed to take all such further actions to execute and deliver, under the Company's corporate seal or otherwise, all further agreements, instruments and documents in writing and do all such other acts and things as in such director's or officer's opinion may be necessary or desirable to give effect to, and carry out the intent of, the foregoing resolutions, which opinion shall be conclusively evidenced by the taking of such further actions, the execution and delivery of such further agreements, instruments and documents and the doing of such other acts and things."

The form of the Articles Resolution set forth above is subject to such amendments as management may impose at the Meeting but which do not materially affect the substance of the Articles Resolution, including any amendment that is required by the Exchange to comply with Exchange policies.

The Board has determined that approval of the MVS Articles is in the best interests of the Company. The Board therefore unanimously recommends that shareholders vote FOR the resolution to amend and restate the Company's articles. Unless you give other instructions, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote FOR the resolution to amend and restate the Company's articles.

The final adoption, if any, of the MVS Articles by the Company is subject to completion of the Company's Qualifying Transaction.

The Share Issuance Resolution

In accordance with Policy 3.5 – Restricted Shares of the TSX Venture Exchange Corporate Finance Manual, at the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to consider and, if deemed advisable, to approve, with or without variation, the issuance of Multiple Voting Shares to Samuel Jones in exchange for the ordinary shares of Video Commerce Group Ltd. held by him pursuant to the Qualifying Transaction (the " Share Issuance ") pursuant to a special resolution of Shareholders (the " Share Issuance Resolution "), the full text of which is set forth below.

Upon completion of the Qualifying Transaction, assuming approval of the Share Issuance Resolution, Samuel Jones is expected to hold approximately 26,667,202 Multiple Voting Shares, representing approximately 36.25% of the total issued and outstanding shares and approximately 63.05% of the voting power attached to all of the resulting issuer's issued and outstanding shares.

To be effective, the Share Issuance Resolution requires the affirmative vote of (i) not less than a majority of the votes cast by Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting; and (ii) not less than a majority of the votes cast by Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Meeting, excluding votes cast in respect of Shares held by Promoters, directors, officers or other Insiders of the Company, as well as any proposed recipient of Multiple Voting Shares and their associates or affiliates, being Samuel Jones.

" BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED THAT :

  1. The Company is hereby authorized to issue up to 26,667,202, or such higher number as may be approved by the TSX Venture Exchange, multiple voting shares in the capital of the Company (the " Multiple Voting Shares ") to Samuel Jones, or his designee pursuant to the Qualifying

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Transaction involving the Company and Video Commerce Group Ltd., as more particularly described in the management information circular of the Company dated January 25, 2021;

  1. Notwithstanding that this resolution has been duly passed by the holders of common shares of the Company, the directors of the Company are hereby authorized and empowered, if they decide not to proceed with the aforementioned resolution, to revoke this resolution at any time prior to the implementation of the share issuance, without further notice to, or approval of, the shareholders of the Company;

  2. Any one director or officer of the Company (the " Authorized Person ") be and is hereby authorized and directed to take all such further actions, execute and deliver such further agreements, instruments and documents in writing and do all such other acts and things as in such person's opinion may be necessary or desirable, in the name and on behalf of the Company, under its corporate seal or otherwise, to give effect to, and carry out the intent of, the foregoing resolutions, which opinion shall be conclusively evidenced by the taking of such further actions, the execution and/or delivery of such further agreements, instruments and documents and the doing of such other acts and things and to the extent that any such agreements, instruments and documents and the doing of such other acts and things were executed or completed prior to the date hereof, such execution or completion thereof by any such Authorized Person be, and is hereby, approved, ratified and confirmed; and

  3. The Authorized Person be and is hereby authorized and directed to take all such further actions to execute and deliver, under the Company's corporate seal or otherwise, all further agreements, instruments and documents in writing and do all such other acts and things as in such director's or officer's opinion may be necessary or desirable to give effect to, and carry out the intent of, the foregoing resolutions, which opinion shall be conclusively evidenced by the taking of such further actions, the execution and delivery of such further agreements, instruments and documents and the doing of such other acts and things."

The Board has determined that Share Issuance is in the best interests of the Company. The Board therefore unanimously recommends that shareholders vote FOR the Share Issuance Resolution. Unless you give other instructions, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote FOR the Share Issuance Resolution.

It is a condition precedent to the completion of the Company's Qualifying Transaction that the Articles Resolution approving the dual class voting structure and the Share Issuance Resolution approving the issuance of Multiple Voting Shares to Samuel Jones are approved. The Share Issuance, if any, is subject to completion of the Company's Qualifying Transaction.

INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS OR COMPANIES IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

Except as disclosed below and elsewhere in this Information Circular, no person who has been a director or executive officer of the Company at any time since the beginning of the Company’s last financial year, proposed nominee for election as a director of the Company, or associate or affiliates of any such directors, executive officers or nominees, has any material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of the Company’s securities or otherwise, in any matter to be acted upon at the Meeting other than the election of directors or the appointment of the auditor.

Directors, executive officers, proposed nominees for election as director of the Company may be interested in the approval of the Company’s stock option plan and LTIP Plan, pursuant to which they may be granted stock options or other stock awards. See “Stock Option Plan” and "Approval of LTIP Plan" under “Particulars of Matters to be Acted Upon”.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Additional information relating to the Company is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Shareholders may contact the Company by mail at its office at 700, 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1S8 to request copies of the Company’s financial statements and related management’s discussion and analysis. Financial information is provided in the Company’s comparative financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis for its most recently completed financial year.

APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The contents of this Information Circular have been approved and the delivery of it to each Shareholder entitled thereto and to the appropriate regulatory agencies has been authorized by the Board.

DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia this 25[th] day of January, 2021.

By Order of the Board of Directors

EVERMOUNT VENTURES INC.

/s/ Joanne Yan

Joanne Yan

Chief Executive Officer and Director

SCHEDULE “A”

EVERMOUNT VENTURES INC.

(the “ Company ”)

AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER

1. MANDATE

The audit committee will assist the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) in fulfilling its financial oversight responsibilities. The committee will review and consider, in consultation with the Company’s external auditors, the financial reporting process, the system of internal control over financial reporting and the audit process. In performing its duties, the audit committee will maintain effective working relationships with the Board, management and the external auditors. To effectively perform his or her role, each committee member must obtain an understanding of the principal responsibilities of committee membership as well as the Company’s business, operations and risks.

2. COMPOSITION

The Board will appoint, from among their membership, an audit committee after each annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company. The audit committee will consist of a minimum of three directors.

2.1 Independence

A majority of the members of the audit committee must be “independent” (as defined in Sec. 1.4 of National Instrument 52-110 (Audit Committees)) (“ NI 52-110 ”).

2.2 Expertise of Committee Members

A majority of the members of the audit committee must be “financially literate” (as defined in Sec. 1.6 of NI 52-110) or must become financially literate within a reasonable period of time after his or her appointment to the committee. At least one member of the committee must have accounting or related financial management expertise.

3. MEETINGS

The audit committee shall meet in accordance with a schedule established each year by the Board, and at other times that the audit committee may determine. The audit committee shall meet at least annually with the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and external auditors in separate executive sessions.

4. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The audit committee shall fulfill the following roles and discharge the following responsibilities:

4.1 External Audit

The audit committee shall be directly responsible for overseeing the work of the external auditors in preparing or issuing the auditor’s report, or performing other audit, review or attestation services, including the resolution of disagreements between management and the external auditors regarding financial reporting. In carrying out this duty, the audit committee shall:

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  • (a) recommend to the Board that the external auditor to be nominated for the purpose of preparing or issuing an auditor’s report or performing other audit, review or attestation services for the Company;

  • (b) review (by discussion and enquiry) the external auditors’ proposed audit scope and approach;

  • (c) review the performance of the external auditors and recommend to the Board the appointment or discharge of the external auditors;

  • (d) review and recommend to the Board the compensation to be paid to the external auditors;

  • (e) review and confirm the independence of the external auditors by reviewing the non-audit services provided and the external auditors’ assertion of their independence in accordance with professional standards; and

  • (f) review and approve the Company’s hiring policies regarding partners and employees, and former partners and employees, of the present and former external auditor of the Company.

4.2 Internal Control

The audit committee shall consider whether adequate controls are in place over annual and interim financial reporting as well as controls over assets, transactions and the creation of obligations, commitments and liabilities of the Company. In carrying out this duty, the audit committee shall:

  • (a) evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of management’s system of internal controls over the accounting and financial reporting system within the Company; and

  • (b) ensure that the external auditors discuss with the audit committee any event or matter which suggests the possibility of fraud, illegal acts or deficiencies in internal controls.

4.3 Financial Reporting

The audit committee shall review the financial statements and financial information of the Company prior to their release to the public. In carrying out this duty, the audit committee shall:

General

  • (a) review significant accounting and financial reporting issues, especially complex, unusual and related party transactions;

  • (b) review and ensure that the accounting principles selected by management in preparing financial statements are appropriate;

Annual Financial Statements

  • (c) review the draft annual financial statements and provide a recommendation to the Board with respect to the approval of the financial statements;

  • (d) meet with management and the external auditors to review the financial statements and the results of the audit, including any difficulties encountered;

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  • (e) review management’s discussion & analysis respecting the annual reporting period prior to its release to the public;

Interim Financial Statements

  • (f) review and approve the interim financial statements prior to their release to the public;

  • (g) review management’s discussion & analysis respecting the interim reporting period prior to its release to the public; and

Release of Financial Information

  • (h) where reasonably possible, review and approve all public disclosure containing financial information, including news releases, prior to release to the public. An audit committee must be satisfied that adequate procedures are in place for the review of the Company’s public disclosure of financial information extracted or derived from the Company’s financial statements, and must periodically assess the adequacy of those procedures.

4.4 Non-Audit Services

All non-audit services (being services other than services rendered for the audit and review of the financial statements or services that are normally provided by the external auditor in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements) which are proposed to be provided by the external auditors to the Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall be subject to the prior approval of the audit committee.

Delegation of Authority

  • (a) The audit committee may delegate to one or more independent members of the audit committee the authority to approve non-audit services, provided any non-audit services approved in this manner must be presented to the audit committee at its next scheduled meeting.

De-Minimis Non-Audit Services

  • (b) The audit committee may satisfy the requirement for the pre-approval of non-audit services if:

  • (i) the aggregate amount of all non-audit services that were not pre-approved is reasonably expected to constitute no more than five per cent of the total amount of fees paid by the Company and its subsidiaries to the external auditor during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; or

  • (ii) the services are brought to the attention of the audit committee and approved, prior to the completion of the audit, by the audit committee or by one or more of its members to whom authority to grant such approvals has been delegated.

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

  • (c) The audit committee may also satisfy the requirement for the pre-approval of non-audit services by adopting specific policies and procedures for the engagement of non-audit services, if:

  • (i) the pre-approval policies and procedures are detailed as to the particular service;

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  • (ii) the audit committee is informed of each non-audit service; and

  • (iii) the procedures do not include delegation of the audit committee's responsibilities to management.

4.5 Other Responsibilities

The audit committee shall:

  • (a) establish procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters;

  • (b) establish procedures for the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of the Company of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters;

  • (c) ensure that significant findings and recommendations made by management and the external auditor are received and discussed on a timely basis;

  • (d) review the policies and procedures in effect for considering officers’ expenses and perquisites;

  • (e) perform other oversight functions as requested by the Board; and

  • (f) review and update this Charter and receive approval of changes to this Charter from the Board.

4.6 Reporting Responsibilities

The audit committee shall regularly update the Board about committee activities and make appropriate recommendations.

5. RESOURCES AND AUTHORITY OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The audit committee shall have the resources and the authority appropriate to discharge its responsibilities, including the authority to

  • (a) engage independent counsel and other advisors as it determines necessary to carry out its duties;

  • (b) set and pay the compensation for any advisors employed by the audit committee; and

  • (c) communicate directly with the internal and external auditors.

6. GUIDANCE – ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The audit committee should consider undertaking the actions described in the following guidance, which is intended to provide the audit committee members with additional guidance on fulfilment of their roles and responsibilities on the committee:

6.1 Internal Control

  • (a) evaluate whether management is setting the goal of high standards by communicating the importance of internal control and ensuring that all individuals possess an understanding of their roles and responsibilities,

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  • (b) focus on the extent to which external auditors review computer systems and applications, the security of such systems and applications, and the contingency plan for processing financial information in the event of an IT systems breakdown, and

  • (c) gain an understanding of whether internal control recommendations made by external auditors have been implemented by management;

6.2 Financial Reporting

General

  • (a) review significant accounting and reporting issues, including recent professional and regulatory pronouncements, and understand their impact on the financial statements,

  • (b) ask management and the external auditors about significant risks and exposures and the plans to minimize such risks,

  • (c) understand industry best practices and the Company’s adoption of them;

Annual Financial Statements

  • (d) review the annual financial statements and determine whether they are complete and consistent with the information known to committee members, and assess whether the financial statements reflect appropriate accounting principles in light of the jurisdictions in which the Company reports or trades its shares;

  • (e) pay attention to complex and/or unusual transactions such as restructuring charges and derivative disclosures;

  • (f) focus on judgmental areas such as those involving valuation of assets and liabilities, including, for example, the accounting for and disclosure of loan losses; warranty, professional liability; litigation reserves; and other commitments and contingencies;

  • (g) consider management’s handling of proposed audit adjustments identified by the external auditors;

  • (h) ensure that the external auditors communicate all required matters to the committee;

Interim Financial Statements

  • (i) be briefed on how management develops and summarizes interim financial information, the extent to which the external auditors review interim financial information;

  • (j) meet with management and the auditors, either telephonically or in person, to review the interim financial statements;

  • (k) to gain insight into the fairness of the interim statements and disclosures, obtain explanations from management on whether:

  • (i) actual financial results for the quarter or interim period varied significantly from budgeted or projected results;

  • (ii) changes in financial ratios and relationships of various balance sheet and operating statement figures in the interim financials statements are consistent with changes in the Company’s operations and financing practices;

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  • (iii) generally accepted accounting principles have been consistently applied;

  • (iv) there are any actual or proposed changes in accounting or financial reporting practices;

  • (v) there are any significant or unusual events or transactions;

  • (vi) the Company’s financial and operating controls are functioning effectively;

  • (vii) the Company has complied with the terms of loan agreements, security indentures or other financial position or results dependent agreement; and

  • (viii) the interim financial statements contain adequate and appropriate disclosures;

6.3 Compliance with Laws and Regulations

  • (a) periodically obtain updates from management regarding compliance with this policy and industry “best practices”;

  • (b) be satisfied that all regulatory compliance matters have been considered in the preparation of the financial statements;

  • (c) review the findings of any examinations by securities regulatory authorities and stock exchanges; and

6.4 Other Responsibilities

  • (a) review, with the Company’s counsel, any legal matters that could have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

SCHEDULE “B”

EVERMOUNT VENTURES INC.

STOCK OPTION PLAN

This stock option plan has been adopted by the directors of Evermount Ventures Inc. in connection with its initial public offering and listing of its common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange pursuant to the CPC program of the TSX Venture Exchange as governed by their Policy 2.4. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, while the Company remains a CPC, the terms of this stock option plan and the terms of all options granted pursuant to this stock option plan shall include all terms, conditions and restrictions provided by Policy 2.4 as if such terms, conditions and restrictions were reproduced herein. While the Company is a CPC, Policy 2.4 shall prevail in the event of any inconsistency between Policy 2.4 and this stock option plan.

PART 1 INTERPRETATION

  • 1.01 Definitions. In this Plan the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, namely:

  • (a) “Associate” means, where used to indicate a relationship with any person:

    • (i) a partner, other than a limited partner, of that person;

    • (ii) a trust or estate in which that person has a substantial beneficial interest or for which that person serves as trustee or in a similar capacity;

    • (iii) a company in respect of which that person beneficially owns or controls, directly or indirectly, voting securities carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all outstanding voting securities of the company; or

    • (iv) a relative, including the spouse or child, of that person or a relative of that person’s spouse, where the relative has the same home as that person;

and for the purpose of this definition, “spouse” includes an individual who is living with another individual in a marriage-like relationship.

  • (b) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or, if applicable, the Committee.

  • (c) “CPC” or “Capital Pool Company” has the meaning set out in the policies of the Exchange.

  • (d) “Committee” means a committee of the Board appointed in accordance with this Plan or, if no such committee is appointed, the Board itself.

  • (e) “Company” means Evermount Ventures Inc.

  • (f) “Consultant” means, in relation to the Company, an individual (or a company whollyowned by an individual) who:

  • (i) provides ongoing consulting services to the Company or an affiliate of the Company under a written contract;

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  • (ii) possesses technical, business or management expertise of value to the Company or an affiliate of the Company;

  • (iii) spends a significant amount of time and attention on the business and affairs of the Company or an affiliate of the Company; and

  • (iv) has a relationship with the Company or an affiliate of the Company that enables the individual to be knowledgeable about the business and affairs of the Company.

  • (g)

  • “Director” means any director of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries.

  • (h) “Discounted Market Price” means the Market Price less the discount set forth below, subject to a minimum price of $0.10:

Closing Price
up to $0.50
$0.51 to $2.00
above $2.00
Discount
25%
20%
15%
  • (i) “Disinterested Shareholder Approval” means that the proposal must be approved by a majority of the votes cast at the shareholders’ meeting other than votes attaching to securities beneficially owned by Insiders and their Associates to whom shares may be issued pursuant to this Plan and, for purposes of this Plan, holders of non-voting and subordinate voting securities (if any) will be given full voting rights on a resolution which requires disinterested shareholder approval.

  • (j) “Employee” means:

  • (i) an individual who is considered an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under the Income Tax Act (i.e. for whom deductions (income tax, UIC and CPP) must be made at source);

  • (ii) an individual who is a full-time (i.e. 35 - 40 hours per week) dependent contractor, that is one who works full-time for the Company or any of its subsidiaries providing services normally provided by an employee and is subject to the same control and direction by the Company or its subsidiary over the detail and methods of work as an employee of the Company or its subsidiary, but for whom income tax deductions are not made at source; or

  • (iii) a part-time dependent contractor, that is an individual who works for the Company or any of its subsidiaries on a continuing and regular basis for a minimum amount of time per week providing services normally provided by an employee and is subject to the same control and direction by the Company or its subsidiary over the details and methods of work as an employee of the Company or its subsidiary, but for whom income tax deductions are not made at source;

and includes Management Company Employees and Consultants.

  • (k) “Exchange” means the TSX Venture Exchange.

  • (l) “Insider” means:

  • (i) a director or senior officer of the Company;

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  - (ii) a director or senior officer of a person that is itself an insider or subsidiary of the Company; or

  - (iii) a person that beneficially owns or controls, directly or indirectly, voting securities carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all outstanding voting securities of the Company; or

  - (iv) the Company itself if it holds any of its own securities.
  • (m) “Management Company Employee” means an individual employed by a person providing management services to the Company, which are required for the ongoing successful operation of the business enterprise of the Company, but excluding a person engaged in investor relations activities.

  • (n) “Market Price” means, subject to the exceptions prescribed by the Exchange from time to time, the last closing price of the Company’s shares before the issuance of the required news release disclosing the grant of options (but, if the policies of the Exchange provide an exception to such news release, then the last closing price of the Company’s shares before the grant of options).

  • (o) “Officer” means any senior officer of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries as defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia).

  • (p) “Plan” means this stock option plan as from time to time amended.

  • (q) “Qualifying Transaction” has the meaning set out in the policies of the Exchange.

  • (r) “Resulting Issuer” has the meaning set out in the policies of the Exchange.

  • (s) “Shares” means common shares without par value in the capital of the Company.

  • (t) “Tier 1 Issuer” and “Tier 2 Issuer” have the meanings prescribed by the TSX Venture Exchange.

  • 1.02 Gender. Throughout this Plan, words importing the masculine gender shall be interpreted as including the female gender.

PART 2 PURPOSE OF PLAN

  • 2.01 Purpose. The purpose of this Plan is to attract and retain Employees, Officers, Directors and Consultants and to motivate them to advance the interests of the Company by affording them the opportunity to acquire an equity interest in the Company through options granted under this Plan to purchase Shares. The Plan is expected to benefit the Company’s shareholders by enabling the Company to attract and retain personnel of the highest caliber by offering to them an opportunity to share in any increase in the value of the Shares to which they have contributed. The Company represents that Employees, Consultants or Management Company Employees who are granted options will be bona fide Employees, Consultants or Management Company Employees at the time of grant.

PART 3 GRANTING OR AMENDING OF OPTIONS

  • 3.01 Administration. This Plan shall be administered by the Board or, if the Board so elects, by a committee (consisting of not less than three (3) of its members) appointed by the Board. Any

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Committee shall administer the Plan on behalf of the Board in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, consistent with this Plan. Once appointed, the Committee shall continue to serve until otherwise directed by the Board. From time to time, the Board may increase the size of the Committee and appoint additional members, remove members (with or without cause) and either appoint new members in their place or decrease the size of the Committee, fill vacancies however caused, or remove all members of the Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and, subject to the limitations in this Part 3, all actions of the Committee shall require the affirmative vote of members who constitute a majority of such quorum. Members of the Committee may vote on any matters affecting the administration of the Plan or the grant of options pursuant to the Plan, except that no such member shall act upon the granting of an option to himself (but any such member may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Committee during which action is taken with respect to granting options to him).

  • 3.02 Committee’s Recommendations. The Board may accept all or any part of the recommendations of the Committee or may refer all or any part thereof back to the Committee for further consideration and recommendation. Such recommendations may include, but not be limited to, the following:

  • (a) resolution of questions arising in respect of the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan;

  • (b) reconciliation of any inconsistency or defect in the Plan in such manner and to such extent as shall reasonably be deemed necessary or advisable to carry out the purpose of the Plan;

  • (c) determination of the Consultants, Employees, Officers and Directors (or their whollyowned corporations) to whom, and when, options should be granted, as well as the number of Shares subject to each option;

  • (d) determination of the terms and conditions of the option agreement to be entered into with any optionee, consistent with this Plan; and

  • (e) determination of the duration and purpose of leaves of absence from employment which may be granted to optionees without constituting a termination of employment for purposes of the Plan.

  • 3.03 Grant by Resolution. The Board, on its own initiative or, if a Committee of the Board shall have been appointed for the purpose of administering this Plan, upon the recommendation of such Committee, may by resolution designate those Consultants, Employees, Officers and Directors to whom options should be granted (unless the Committee has been authorized by the Board to pass such resolution in which case they may do as so authorized).

  • 3.04 Terms of Options. The resolution of the Board, or the Committee if applicable, shall specify the number of Shares that should be placed under option to each optionee, the price per Share to be paid upon exercise of the options, and the period during which such options may be exercised, such period not to exceed 10 years.

  • 3.05 Written Agreements. Every option granted under this Plan shall be evidenced by a written agreement between the Company and the optionee and, where not expressly set out in the agreement, the provisions of such agreement shall conform to and be governed by this Plan. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the agreement and this Plan, the terms of this Plan shall govern.

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  • 3.06 Regulatory Approvals. The Board shall obtain all necessary regulatory approvals, which may be required under applicable securities laws or the rules or policies of the Exchange. The Board shall also take reasonable steps to ensure that no options granted under the Plan, or the exercise thereof, shall violate the securities laws of the jurisdiction in which any optionee resides.

  • 3.07 Amendment of Options. Options may also be amended under this Plan, whether granted under this Plan or otherwise, and the terms of this Plan shall apply mutatis mutandis.

PART 4

CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE GRANTING AND EXERCISING OF OPTIONS

  • 4.01 Exercise Price. The exercise price of an option granted under this Plan shall not be less than the Discounted Market Price, provided that:

  • (a) while the Company is a CPC, the exercise price cannot be less than the greater of the per Share price paid by the public investors for Shares under the Company’s initial public offering and the Discounted Market Price;

  • (b) if options are granted within 90 days of a distribution by a prospectus, the minimum exercise price of those options will be the greater of the Discounted Market Price and the per share price paid by the public investors for Shares acquired under the distribution;

  • (c) the 90 day period begins on the date a final receipt is issued for the prospectus;

  • (d) for unit offerings, the minimum option exercise price will be the “base” (or imputed) price of the shares included in the unit; and

  • (e) for all other financings, the minimum exercise price will be the average price paid by the public investors.

  • 4.02 Expiry Date. Each option shall, unless sooner terminated, expire on a date to be determined by the Board which will not exceed 10 years.

  • 4.03 Different Exercise Periods, Prices and Number. The Board may, in its absolute discretion, upon granting options under this Plan, specify different time periods following the dates of granting the options during which the optionees may exercise their options to purchase Shares and may designate different exercise prices and numbers of Shares in respect of which each optionee may exercise his option during each respective time period.

  • 4.04 Number of Shares. The number of Shares reserved for issuance to any one person pursuant to options granted under this Plan, together with any Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to options granted to that person during the previous 12 months in the case that the Company is a Tier 2 Issuer, shall not exceed 5% of the issued and outstanding Shares at the time of granting of the options, provided that the aggregate number of options granted to each of the following categories of optionee:

  • (a) Consultants; and

  • (b) persons employed in investor relations activities on behalf of the Company (provided that while the Company is a CPC, it must not grant any options to such persons employed in investor relations activities);

must not exceed 2% of the outstanding Shares at the time of grant unless the Exchange permits otherwise.

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  • 4.05 Death of Optionee. If an optionee dies prior to the expiry of his option, his legal representatives may, by the earlier of:

  • (a) one year from the date of the optionee’s death (or such lesser period as may be specified by the Board at the time of granting the option); and

  • (b) the expiry date of the option;

exercise any portion of such option.

  • 4.06 Expiry on Termination or Cessation. If an optionee ceases to be a Consultant, Director, Officer or Employee for any reason other than death, his option shall terminate within a reasonable time as specified by the Board at the time of granting the option, such period to not exceed a period of one year from the date of termination, and all rights to purchase Shares under such option shall cease and expire and be of no further force or effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, options granted to any optionee of the Company while the Company is a Capital Pool Company, where the optionee does not continue as a Director, Officer, Consultant or Employee of the Resulting Issuer, have a maximum term of the later of 12 months after completion of the Qualifying Transaction and 90 days after the optionee ceases to become a Director, Officer, Consultant or Employee of the Resulting Issuer, following which all rights to purchase Shares under such option shall cease and expire and be of no further force or effect.

  • 4.07 Leave of Absence. Employment shall be deemed to continue intact during any sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed 90 days or, if longer, for so long as the optionee’s right to reemployment is guaranteed either by statute or by contract. If the period of such leave exceeds 90 days and the optionee’s reemployment is not so guaranteed, then his employment shall be deemed to have terminated on the ninety-first day of such leave.

  • 4.08 Assignment. No option granted under this Plan or any right thereunder or in respect thereof shall be transferable or assignable otherwise than by will or pursuant to the laws of succession except that, if permitted by the rules and policies of the Exchange, an optionee shall have the right to assign any option granted to him hereunder to a trust or similar legal entity established by such optionee.

  • 4.09 Notice. Options shall be exercised only in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreements under which they are respectively granted and shall be exercisable only by notice in writing to the Company at its principal place of business.

  • 4.10 Payment. Subject to any vesting requirements described in each individual option agreement, options may be exercised in whole or in part at any time prior to their lapse or termination. The exercise price of all options must be paid in cash. Shares purchased by an optionee on exercise of an option shall be paid for in full at the time of their purchase (i.e. concurrently with the giving of the requisite notice).

  • 4.11 Share Certificate. As soon as practicable after due exercise of an option, the Company shall issue a share certificate evidencing the Shares with respect to which the option has been exercised. Until the issuance of such share certificate, no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder shall exist with respect to such Shares, notwithstanding the exercise of the option. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the share certificate is issued, except as provided in Part 6 hereof.

  • 4.12 Vesting. Subject to the discretion of the Board, the options granted to an optionee under this Plan shall fully vest on the date of grant of such options. In accordance with the policies of the Exchange, and subject to their approval to the contrary, options issued to Consultants providing

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investor relations services must vest (and not otherwise be exercisable) in stages over a minimum of 12 months with no more than 1/4 of the options vesting in any 3 month period.

  • 4.13 Hold Period. In addition to any resale restrictions under applicable legislation, all options granted hereunder and all Shares issued on the exercise of such options will, if applicable under the policies of the Exchange, be subject to a four month TSX Venture Exchange hold period from the date the options are granted, and the stock option agreements and the certificates representing such Shares will bear the following legend:

  • “Without prior written approval of the Exchange and compliance with all applicable securities legislation, the securities represented by this certificate may not be sold, transferred, hypothecated or otherwise traded on or through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange or otherwise in Canada or to or for the benefit of a Canadian resident until [insert date].”

  • 4.14 Individuals. Options may be granted only to an individual or to a company that is wholly-owned by an individual who is eligible for an option grant. Only individuals who are Directors, Officers, Consultants, Employees or Management Company Employees may be granted stock options. If the optionee is a company, it must agree not to effect or permit any transfer of ownership or option of shares of the company nor to issue further shares of any class in the company to any other individual or entity as long as the incentive stock option remains outstanding, except with the written consent of the Exchange.

PART 5 RESERVE OF SHARES FOR OPTIONS

  • 5.01 Maximum Number of Shares Reserved Under Plan. Subject to adjustment as provided in PART 6, while the Company is a CPC the aggregate number of Shares which may be subject to issuance pursuant to options granted under this Plan shall not exceed 10% of the issued and outstanding Shares of the Company as at the closing of its initial public offering, and after the completion of the Company’s Qualifying Transaction the maximum number of Shares reserved under the Plan shall be up to 10% of the issued and outstanding Shares of the Company at any time any options are granted. The aggregate number of shares to be delivered upon the exercise of all options granted under this Plan shall not exceed the maximum number of shares permitted under the rule of any stock exchange on which Shares are then listed or other regulatory body having jurisdiction. In addition, all options granted outside of this Plan, which are in existence on the effective date of this Plan, shall be counted as if granted under this Plan. The terms of this Plan shall not otherwise govern such pre-existing options.

  • 5.02 Sufficient Authorized Shares to be Reserved. Whenever the Articles of the Company limit the number of authorized Shares, a sufficient number of Shares shall be reserved by the Board to satisfy the exercise of options granted under this Plan or otherwise. Shares that were the subject of options that have lapsed or terminated shall thereupon no longer be in reserve and may once again be subject to an option granted under this Plan.

  • 5.03 Disinterested Shareholder Approval. Unless Disinterested Shareholder Approval is obtained, under no circumstances shall this Plan, together with all of the Company’s other previously established or proposed stock options, stock option plans, employee stock purchase plans or any other compensation or incentive mechanisms involving the issuance or potential issuance of Shares, result in or allow at any time:

  • (a) the number of Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to options granted to Insiders exceeding 10% of the outstanding Shares at the time of granting the options;

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  • (b) the issuance to Insiders, within a one year period, of a number of Shares exceeding 10% of the outstanding Shares at the time of granting the options; or

  • (c) except in the case of a Tier 1 Issuer (or equivalent), the issuance to any one Insider and such Insider’s Associates, within a one year period, of a number of Shares exceeding 5% of the outstanding Shares at the time of granting the options; or

  • (d) any reduction in the exercise price of options granted to any person who is an Insider at the time of the proposed reduction.

PART 6 CHANGES IN SHARES

  • 6.01 Share Consolidation or Subdivision. In the event that the Shares are at any time subdivided or consolidated, the number of Shares reserved for option and the price payable for any Shares that are then subject to option shall be adjusted accordingly.

  • 6.02 Stock Dividend. In the event that the Shares are at any time changed as a result of the declaration of a stock dividend thereon, the number of Shares reserved for option and the price payable for any Shares that are then subject to option may be adjusted by the Board to such extent as they deem proper in their absolute discretion.

  • 6.03 Reorganization. Subject to any required action by its shareholders, if the Company shall be a party to an reorganization, merger, dissolution or sale or lease of all or substantially all of its assets, whether or not the Company is the surviving entity, the option shall be adjusted so as to apply to the securities to which the holder of the number of shares of capital stock of the Company subject to the option would have been entitled by reason of such reorganization, merger or sale or lease of all or substantially all of its assets, provided however that the Company may satisfy any obligations to an optionee hereunder by paying to the said optionee in cash the difference between the exercise price of all unexercised options granted hereunder and the fair market value of the securities to which the optionee would be entitled upon exercise of all unexercised options, regardless of whether all conditions of exercise relating to continuous employment have been satisfied. Adjustments under this paragraph or any determinations as to the fair market value of any securities shall be made by the Board, or any committee thereof specifically designated by the Board to be responsible therefor, and any reasonable determination made by the said Board or committee thereof shall be binding and conclusive.

  • 6.04 Rights Offering. If at any time the Company grants to the holders of its capital stock rights to subscribe for and purchase pro rata additional securities of the Company or of any other corporation or entity, there shall be no adjustments made to the number of shares or other securities subject to the option in consequence thereof and the said stock option of the optionee shall remain unaffected.

PART 7 EXCHANGE’S RULES AND POLICIES APPLY

  • 7.01 Exchange’s Rules and Policies Apply. This Plan and the granting and exercise of any options hereunder are also subject to such other terms and conditions as are set out from time to time in the rules and policies on stock options of the Exchange and any securities commission having jurisdiction and such rules and policies shall be deemed to be incorporated into and become a part of this Plan. In the event of an inconsistency between the provisions of such rules and policies and of this Plan, the provisions of such rules and policies shall govern.

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PART 8 AMENDMENT OF PLAN

  • 8.01 Board May Amend. Subject to Part 5 the Board may, by resolution, amend or terminate this Plan, but no such amendment or termination shall, except with the written consent of the optionees concerned, affect the terms and conditions of options previously granted under this Plan which have not then been exercised or terminated.

  • 8.02 Exchange Approval. Any amendment to this Plan or options granted pursuant to this Plan shall not become effective until accepted for filing by the Exchange.

PART 9 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  • 9.01 Tax Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amount payable to an optionee, either under this Plan or otherwise, such amount as it reasonably believes is necessary to enable the Company to comply with the applicable requirements of any federal, provincial, local or foreign law, or any administrative policy of any applicable tax authority, relating to the withholding of tax or any other required deductions with respect to options (“ Withholding Obligations ”). The Company may also satisfy any liability for any such Withholding Obligations, on such terms and conditions as the Company may determine in its discretion, by:

  • (a) requiring an optionee, as a condition to the exercise of any options, to make such arrangements as the Company may require so that the Company can satisfy such Withholding Obligations including, without limitation, requiring the Optionee to remit to the Company in advance, or reimburse the Company for, any such Withholding Obligations; or

  • (b) selling on the optionee’s behalf, or requiring the optionee to sell, any Shares acquired by the optionee under the Plan, or retaining any amount which would otherwise be payable to the optionee in connection with any such sale.

  • 9.02 Other Plans Not Affected. This Plan shall not in any way affect the policies or decisions of the Board in relation to the remuneration of Directors, Officers and Employees.

  • 9.03 Effective Date of Plan. This Plan shall become effective upon receipt of shareholder approval. However, options may be granted under this Plan prior thereto. Any option granted prior thereto may not be exercised prior to such date.

  • 9.04 Use of Proceeds. Proceeds from the sale of Shares pursuant to the options granted and exercised under the Plan shall constitute general funds of the Company and shall be used for general corporate purposes.

  • 9.05 Headings. The headings used in this Plan are for convenience of reference only and shall not in any way affect or be used in interpreting any of the provisions of this Plan.

  • 9.06 No Obligation to Exercise. Optionees shall be under no obligation to exercise options granted under this Plan.

  • 9.07 Termination of Plan. This Plan shall only terminate pursuant to a resolution of the Board or the Company’s shareholders.

SCHEDULE “C”

LONG TERM PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN

OOOOO SOCIAL COMMERCE LTD.

(the " Company ")

LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN

The Company wishes to establish this long-term performance incentive plan (" Plan "). The purpose of this Plan is to promote the long-term success of the Company and the creation of shareholder value by: (a) encouraging the attraction and retention of Directors, Key Employees and Consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (b) encouraging such Directors, Key Employees and Consultants to focus on critical long-term objectives; and (c) promoting greater alignment of the interests of such Directors, Key Employees and Consultants with the interests of the Company.

To this end, this Plan provides for the grant of Restricted Share Units, Performance Share Units, Deferred Share Units and Stock Appreciation Rights to Directors, Key Employees and Consultants of the Company as further described in this Plan.

This Plan is a "fixed number" plan, permitting the issuance of up to 7,000,000 Shares in respect of Awards granted hereunder.

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

As used in this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

  • (a) " 2012 Plan " means the Company's share based compensation plan dated July 3, 2012, as may be amended or restated;

  • (b) " Associate " has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Securities Act;

  • (c) " Award " means any award of Restricted Share Units, Performance Share Units, Deferred Share Units or SARs granted under this Plan;

  • (d) " Award Agreement " means any written agreement, contract, or other instrument or document, including an electronic communication, as may from time to time be designated by the Company as evidencing any Award granted under this Plan;

  • (e) " Board " means the board of directors of the Company;

  • (f) " Change of Control " means the acquisition by any person or by any person and a joint actor, whether directly or indirectly, of voting securities (as such terms are interpreted in the Securities Act) of the Company, which, when added to all other voting securities of the Company at the time held by such person or by such person and a person "acting jointly or in concert" with another person, as that phrase is interpreted in National Instrument 62-103, totals for the first time not less than fifty (50%) percent of the outstanding voting securities of the Company or the votes attached to those securities are sufficient, if exercised, to elect a majority of the Board;

  • (g) " Committee " means such committee of the Board performing functions in respect of compensation as may be determined by the Board from time to time;

  • (h) " Company " means OOOOO Social Commerce Ltd., a company existing under the Business Corporations Act , SBC 2002, c 57, and any of its successors or assigns;

  • (i) " Consultant " means a Person (other than a Key Employee or Director) that:

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  • (i) is engaged to provide, on an ongoing bona fide basis, consulting, technical, management or other services to the Company or an affiliate of the Company, other than services provided in relation to a distribution (as defined in the Securities Act);

  • (ii) provides the services under a written contract between the Company or an affiliate of the Company and the Person, as the case may be;

  • (iii) in the reasonable opinion of the Company, spends or will spend a significant amount of time on the affairs and business of the Company or an affiliate of the Company; and

  • (iv) has a relationship with the Company or an affiliate of the Company that enables the Person to be knowledgeable about the business and affairs of the Company,

  • (j) " Current Market Price " means the closing price of the Shares on the last Trading Day on which trading in the Shares took place immediately prior to the relevant exercise date;

  • (k) " Deferred Share Unit " means a right to receive on a deferred basis a payment in either Shares or cash as provided in Section 5(c) hereof and subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement;

  • (l) " Determination Date " means a date determined by the Board in its sole discretion but not later than 90 days after the expiry of a Performance Cycle;

  • (m)

  • " Director " means a member of the Board;

  • (n) " Disability " means any medical condition which qualifies a Participant for benefits under a longterm disability plan of the Company or Subsidiary;

  • (o) " Disinterested Shareholder Approval " means approval by a majority of the votes cast by all the Company's shareholders at a duly constituted meeting of shareholders, excluding votes attached to Shares beneficially owned by Insiders to whom Awards may be granted under this Plan and Associates of such Insiders;

  • (p)

  • " Effective Date " has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8;

  • (q) " Election Form " means the form to be completed by a Director specifying the amount of Fees he or she wishes to receive in Deferred Share Units under this Plan;

  • (r)

  • " Eligible Person " means Directors, Key Employees and Consultants;

  • (s) " Exchange " means the TSX Venture Exchange, or such other exchange upon which the Shares of the Company may become listed for trading;

  • (t) " Fees " means the annual board retainer, chair fees, meeting attendance fees or any other fees payable to a Director by the Company;

  • (u) " Grant Date " means, for any Award, the date specified by the Board as the grant date at the time it grants the Award or, if no such date is specified, the date upon which the Award was actually granted;

  • (v)

  • " Insider " means any insider, as that term is defined in the Securities Act;

  • (w) " Insider Participant " means a Participant who is an (i) Insider of the Company or of a Subsidiary, and (ii) Associate of any person who is an Insider by virtue of (i);

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  • (x) " Investor Relations Activities " means any activities, by or on behalf of the Company or a shareholder of the Company, that promote or reasonably could be expected to promote the purchase or sale of securities of the Company, but does not include:

  • (i) the dissemination of information provided, or records prepared, in the ordinary course of business of the Company

    • A. to promote the sale of products or services of the Company, or

    • B. to raise public awareness of the Company,

that cannot reasonably be considered to promote the purchase or sale of securities of the Company;

  • (ii) activities or communications necessary to comply with the requirements of:

    • A. applicable securities laws;

    • B. Exchange requirements or the by-laws, rules or other regulatory instruments of any other self-regulatory body or exchange having jurisdiction over the Company;

  • (iii) communications by a publisher of, or writer for, a newspaper, magazine or business or financial publication, that is of general and regular paid circulation, distributed only to subscribers to it for value or to purchasers of it, if:

    • A. the communication is only through the newspaper, magazine or publication, and

    • B. the publisher or writer receives no commission or other consideration other than for acting in the capacity of publisher or writer; or

  • (iv) activities or communications that may be otherwise specified by the Exchange

  • (y) " Key Employees " means employees, including officers, whether Directors or not, and including both full-time and part-time employees of the Company or any Subsidiary who, by the nature of their positions or jobs are, in the opinion of the Board, in a position to contribute to the success of the Company;

  • (z) " Market Unit Price " means the value of a Share determined by reference to the five-day volume weighted average closing price of a Share on the immediately preceding five (5) Trading Days on which trading in the Shares took place;

  • (aa) " Multiple Voting Shares " means the multiple voting shares in the capital of the Company, as the same may be amended, modified, redesignated or replaced from time to time;

  • (bb) " Participant " means any Eligible Person to whom Awards under this Plan are granted;

  • (cc) " Participant's Account " means a notional account maintained for each Participant's participation in this Plan which will show any Restricted Share Units, Performance Share Units, Deferred Share Units or SARs credited to a Participant from time to time;

  • (dd) " Performance-Based Award " means, collectively, Performance Share Units and Restricted Share Units;

  • (ee) " Performance Criteria " means criteria established by the Board which, without limitation, may include criteria based on the Participant's personal performance and/or financial performance of

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the Company and its Subsidiaries, and that are to be used to determine the vesting of the Performance Share Units;

  • (ff) " Performance Cycle " means the applicable performance cycle of the Performance Share Units as may be specified by the Board in the applicable Award Agreement;

  • (gg) " Performance Share Unit " means a right awarded to a Participant to receive a payment in Shares as provided in Section 5(b) hereof and subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement;

  • (hh) " Person " means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or governmental authority or body;

  • (ii) " Restriction Period " means the time period between the Grant Date and the Vesting Date of an Award of Restricted Share Units specified by the Board in the applicable Award Agreement, which period shall be no less than 12 months, provided the Board may, in its discretion, permit earlier vesting, no sooner than quarterly, of the Restricted Share Units;

  • (jj) " Restricted Share Unit " means a right awarded to a Participant to receive a payment in Shares as provided in Section 5(a) hereof and subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement;

  • (kk) " Retirement " means retirement from active employment with the Company or a Subsidiary with the consent of an officer of the Company or the Subsidiary;

  • (ll) " SAR " has the meaning set out in Section 5(e)(i);

  • (mm) " SAR Amount " has the meaning set out in Section 5(e)(iii);

  • (nn) " SAR Grant Price " has the meaning set out in Section 5(e)(ii);

  • (oo) " Securities Act " means the Securities Act , RSBC 1996, c 418, as amended, from time to time;

  • (pp) " Security-Based Compensation Arrangement " shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the rules and policies of the Exchange, or in the event that such term is not defined in the rules and policies of the Exchange, shall mean a stock option, stock option plan, employee stock purchase plan, long-term incentive plan or any other compensation or incentive mechanism involving the issuance or potential issuance of Shares to one or more full-time employees, officers, Insiders, service providers or Consultants of the Company or a Subsidiary, including a share purchase from treasury by a full-time employee, officer, Insider, service provider or Consultant which is financially assisted by the Company or a Subsidiary by way of loan, guarantee or otherwise;

  • (qq) " Shares " means the Subordinate Voting Shares of the Company, as the same may be amended, modified, re-designated or replaced from time to time;

  • (rr) " Subordinate Voting Shares " means the subordinate voting shares in the capital of the Company;

  • (ss) " Subsidiary " means a corporation, company or partnership that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company;

  • (tt) " Termination Date " means, as applicable: (i) in the event of a Participant's Retirement, voluntary termination or termination of employment as a result of a Disability, the date on which such Participant ceases to be an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary; and (ii) in the event of termination of the Participant's employment by the Company or a Subsidiary, the date on which such Participant is advised by the Company or a Subsidiary, in writing or verbally, that his or her services are no longer required;

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  • (uu) " Trading Day " means any date on which the Exchange is open for trading; and

  • (vv) " Vesting Date " means in respect of any Award, the date when the Award is fully vested in accordance with the provisions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION

  • (a) BOARD TO ADMINISTER PLAN. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Plan shall be administered by the Board and the Board shall have full authority to administer this Plan, including the authority to interpret and construe any provision of this Plan and to adopt, amend and rescind such rules and regulations for administering this Plan as the Board may deem necessary in order to comply with the requirements of this Plan.

  • (b) DELEGATION TO COMMITTEE. All of the powers exercisable hereunder by the Board may, to the extent permitted by applicable law and as determined by resolution of the Board, be delegated to and exercised by the Committee or such other committee as the Board may determine.

  • (c) INTERPRETATION. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made or approved by the Board in good faith shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding on the Participants and the Company.

  • (d) NO LIABILITY. No Director shall be personally liable for any action taken or determination or interpretation made or approved in good faith in connection with this Plan and the Directors shall, in addition to their rights as Directors, be fully protected, indemnified and held harmless by the Company with respect to any such action taken or determination or interpretation made. The appropriate officers of the Company are hereby authorized and empowered to do all things and execute and deliver all instruments, undertakings and applications and writings as they, in their absolute discretion, consider necessary for the implementation of this Plan and of the rules and regulations established for administering this Plan. All costs incurred in connection with this Plan shall be for the account of the Company.

SECTION 4. SHARES AVAILABLE FOR AWARDS

  • (a) LIMITATIONS ON SHARES AVAILABLE FOR ISSUANCE.

  • (i) The aggregate number of Shares issuable under this Plan in respect of Awards shall not exceed 7,000,000;

  • (ii) So long as it may be required by the rules and policies of the Exchange:

    • A. the total number of Shares issuable to any Participant under this Plan, at any time, together with Shares reserved for issuance to such Participant under all of the Company's other Security-Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed five (5%) percent of the aggregate issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares; and

    • B. the total number of Shares issuable to all Insider Participants within any oneyear period and at any time under this Plan, together with Shares reserved for issuance to such Participants under all of the Company's other Security-Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed twenty (20%) percent of the aggregate issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares;

  • (iii) The total number of Shares issuable to non-executive Directors under this Plan (excluding, for this purpose, the Chairman of the Board, if any) shall not exceed three

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(3%) percent of the aggregate issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares;

  • (iv) The total number of Shares issuable to any Consultant under this Plan, together with all other security based compensation plans shall not exceed two (2%) percent of the aggregate issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares in any twelve-month period;

  • (v) Persons performing Investor Relations Activities shall not be permitted to receive Awards of RSUs, PSUs, DSUs or SARs hereunder;

  • (vi) So long as it may be required by the Exchange, the maximum aggregate number of Shares issuable under this Plan in respect of Deferred Share Units, Performance Share Units, Restricted Share Units and SARs shall not exceed 7,000,000.

  • (b) ACCOUNTING FOR AWARDS. For purposes of this Section 4:

  • (i) If an Award is denominated in Shares, the number of Shares covered by such Award, or to which such Award relates, shall be counted on the Grant Date of such Award against the aggregate number of Shares available for granting Awards under this Plan; and

  • (ii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Shares related to Awards which terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of such Shares, or are exchanged with the Board's permission, prior to the issuance of Shares, for Awards not involving Shares, shall be available again for granting Awards under this Plan.

  • (c) ANTI-DILUTION. If the number of outstanding Shares is increased or decreased as a result of a stock split, consolidation or recapitalization and not as a result of the issuance of Shares for additional consideration or by way of stock dividend, the Board may make appropriate adjustments to the number and price (or other basis upon which an Award is measured) of Restricted Share Units, Performance Share Units, Deferred Share Units and/or SARs credited to a Participant. Any determinations by the Board as to the required adjustments shall be made in its sole discretion and all such adjustments shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes under this Plan.

  • (d) Notwithstanding the maximum number of Shares in respect of Awards issuable hereunder as set forth in Section 4(a)(i), no Awards may be issued hereunder if, following such issuance, the total number of Shares reserved for issuance in respect of Awards hereunder, together with Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to stock awards under any other incentive plan of the Company, including the 2012 Plan, exceed 20% of the aggregate issued and outstanding Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares at such time.

SECTION 5. AWARDS

  • (a)

RESTRICTED SHARE UNITS

  • (i) ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION. Subject to the provisions of this Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, the Board may, from time to time, grant Awards of Restricted Share Units to Directors, Key Employees and Consultants provided that such Directors, Key Employees and Consultants are determined by the Board to be bona fide Directors, Key Employees or Consultants, as the case may be, at the time of such grant. Restricted Share Units granted to a Participant shall be credited, as of the Grant Date, to the Participant's Account. The number of Restricted Share Units to be credited to each Participant shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion in accordance with this Plan. Each Restricted Share Unit shall, contingent upon the lapse of

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any restrictions, represent one (1) Share. The number of Restricted Share Units granted pursuant to an Award and the Restriction Period in respect of such Restricted Share Units shall be specified in the applicable Award Agreement.

  • (ii) RESTRICTIONS. Restricted Share Units shall be subject to such restrictions as the Board, in its sole discretion, may establish in the applicable Award Agreement, which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times and on such terms, conditions and satisfaction of objectives as the Board may, in its discretion, determine at the time an Award is granted.

  • (iii) VESTING. All Restricted Share Units will vest and become payable by the issuance of Shares at the end of the Restriction Period if all applicable restrictions have lapsed, as such restrictions may be specified in the Award Agreement.

  • (iv) CHANGE OF CONTROL. In the event of a Change of Control, all restrictions upon any Restricted Share Units shall lapse immediately and all such Restricted Share Units shall become fully vested in the Participant and will accrue to the Participant in accordance with Section 5(a)(x) hereof.

  • (v) DEATH. Other than as may be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, upon the death of a Participant, any Restricted Share Units granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant's death, have not vested, will be immediately and automatically forfeited and cancelled without further action and without any cost or payment, and the Participant or his or her estate, as the case may be, shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever. Any Restricted Share Units granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant's death, had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement will accrue to the Participant's estate in accordance with Section 5(a)(x) hereof.

(vi) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

  • A. Where, in the case of a Key Employee, a Participant's employment is terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary for cause, all Restricted Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan will immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date.

  • B. Where, in the case of a Key Employee, a Participant's employment terminates by reason of termination by the Company or a Subsidiary without cause, by voluntary termination or due to Retirement by the Participant, all Restricted Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan that have not vested will, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date, provided, however, that any Restricted Share Units granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant's termination without cause, voluntary termination or Retirement, had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement will accrue to the Participant in accordance with Section 5(a)(x) hereof.

  • C. Upon termination of a Participant's employment with the Company or a Subsidiary, the Participant's eligibility to receive further grants of Awards of Restricted Share Units under this Plan shall cease as of the Termination Date.

  • (vii) DISABILITY. Where, in the case of a Key Employee, a Participant becomes afflicted by a Disability, all Restricted Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan will

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continue to vest in accordance with the terms of such Restricted Share Units, provided, however, that no Restricted Share Units may be redeemed during a leave of absence. Where a Key Employee's employment is terminated due to Disability, all Restricted Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan that have not vested will, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date, provided, however, that any Restricted Share Units granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant's termination due to Disability, had vested pursuant to terms of the applicable Award Agreement will accrue to the Participant in accordance with Section 5(a)(x) hereof.

  • (viii) CESSATION OF DIRECTORSHIP. Where, in the case of Directors, a Participant ceases to be a Director for any reason, any Restricted Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan that have not yet vested will, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the date the Participant ceases to be a Director, provided, however, that any Restricted Share Units granted to such Participant which, prior to the Participant ceasing to be a Director for any reason, had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement will accrue to the Participant in accordance with Section 5(a)(x) hereof.

  • (ix) TERMINATION OF SERVICE. Where, in the case of Consultants, a Participant's service to the Company terminates for any reason, subject to the applicable Award Agreement and any other contractual commitments between the Participant and the Company, any Restricted Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan that have not yet vested will be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the date of termination of service, provided, however, that any Restricted Share Units granted to such Participant which, prior to the termination of the Participant's service to the Company for any reason, had vested pursuant to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement will accrue to the Participant in accordance with Section 5(a)(x) hereof.

  • (x) PAYMENT OF AWARD. As soon as practicable after each Vesting Date of an Award of Restricted Share Units, the Company shall issue from treasury to the Participant, or if Section 5(a)(v) applies, to the Participant's estate, a number of Shares equal to the number of Restricted Share Units credited to the Participant's Account that become payable on the Vesting Date. As of the Vesting Date, the Restricted Share Units in respect of which such Shares are issued shall be cancelled and no further payments shall be made to the Participant under this Plan in relation to such Restricted Share Units.

  • (b) PERFORMANCE SHARE UNITS

  • (i) ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION. Subject to the provisions of this Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, the Board may, from time to time, grant Awards of Performance Share Units to Key Employees and Consultants, provided that such Key Employees and Consultants are determined by the Board to be bona fide Key Employees or Consultants, as the case may be, at the time of such grant. Performance Share Units granted to a Participant shall be credited, as of the Grant Date, to the Participant's Account. The number of Performance Share Units to be credited to each Participant shall be determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, in accordance with this Plan. Each Performance Share Unit shall, contingent upon the attainment of the Performance Criteria within the Performance Cycle, represent one (1) Share, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Award Agreement. The number of Performance Share Units granted pursuant to an Award, the Performance Criteria which must be satisfied in order for the Performance Share Units to vest and the Performance Cycle in respect of such Performance Share Units shall be specified in the applicable Award Agreement.

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  • (ii) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. The Board will select, settle and determine the Performance Criteria (including without limitation the attainment thereof), for purposes of the vesting of the Performance Share Units, in its sole discretion. An Award Agreement may provide the Board with the right, during a Performance Cycle or after it has ended, to revise the Performance Criteria and the Award amounts if unforeseen events (including, without limitation, changes in capitalization, an equity restructuring, an acquisition or a divestiture) occur which have a substantial effect on the financial results and which in the sole judgment of the Board make the application of the Performance Criteria unfair unless a revision is made. Notices will be provided by the Company to applicable regulatory authorities or stock exchanges as may be required with respect to the foregoing.

  • (iii) VESTING. All Performance Share Units will vest and become payable to the extent that the Performance Criteria set forth in the Award Agreement are satisfied for the Performance Cycle, the determination of which satisfaction shall be made by the Board on the Determination Date.

  • (iv) CHANGE OF CONTROL. In the event of a Change of Control, all Performance Share Units granted to a Participant shall become fully vested in such Participant (without regard to the attainment of any Performance Criteria) and shall become payable to the Participant in accordance with Section 5(b)(ix) hereof.

  • (v) DEATH. Other than as may be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement and below, upon the death of a Participant, all Performance Share Units granted to the Participant which, prior to the Participant's death, have not vested, will immediately and automatically be forfeited and cancelled without further action and without any cost or payment, and the Participant or his or her estate, as the case may be, shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever, provided, however, the Board may determine, in its sole discretion, the number of the Participant's Performance Share Units that will vest based on the extent to which the applicable Performance Criteria set forth in the Award Agreement have been satisfied in that portion of the Performance Cycle that has lapsed. The Performance Share Units that the Board determines to have vested shall become payable in accordance with Section 5(b)(ix) hereof.

  • (vi) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

  • A. Where, in the case of Key Employees, a Participant's employment is terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary for cause, all Performance Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan will immediately terminate without payment, be forfeited and cancelled and shall be of no further force or effect as of the Termination Date.

  • B. Where, in the case of Key Employees, other than as may be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement and below, a Participant's employment is terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary without cause, by voluntary termination or due to Retirement, all Performance Share Units granted to the Participant which, prior to the Participant's termination without cause, by voluntary termination or due to Retirement, have not vested, will immediately and automatically be forfeited and cancelled without further action and without any cost or payment, and the Participant shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever as of the Termination Date, provided, however, the Board may determine, in its sole discretion, the number of the Participant's Performance Share Units that will vest based on the extent to which the applicable Performance Criteria set forth in the Award Agreement have been satisfied in that portion of the Performance Cycle that has lapsed. The

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Performance Share Units that the Board determines to have vested shall become payable in accordance with Section 5(b)(ix) hereof.

  • C. In the case of Key Employees, upon termination of a Participant's employment with the Company or a Subsidiary, the Participant's eligibility to receive further grants of Awards of Performance Share Units under this Plan shall cease as of the Termination Date.

  • (vii) DISABILITY. Where a Participant becomes afflicted by a Disability, all Performance Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan will continue to vest in accordance with the terms of such Performance Share Units, provided, however, that no Performance Share Units may be redeemed during a leave of absence. Where a Participant's employment is terminated due to Disability, all Performance Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan that have not vested will, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately and automatically be forfeited and cancelled without further action and without any cost or payment, and the Participant shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever as of the Termination Date, provided, however, that the Board may determine, in its sole discretion, the number of the Participant's Performance Share Units that will vest based on the extent to which the applicable Performance Criteria set forth in the Award Agreement have been satisfied in that portion of the Performance Cycle that has lapsed. The Performance Share Units that the Board determines to have vested shall become payable in accordance with Section 5(b)(ix) hereof.

  • (viii) TERMINATION OF SERVICE. Where, in the case of Consultants, a Participant's service to the Company terminates for any reason, subject to the applicable Award Agreement and any other contractual commitments between the Participant and the Company, all Performance Share Units granted to the Participant under this Plan that have not vested will, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise and subject to the provisions below, immediately and automatically be forfeited and cancelled without further action and without any cost or payment, and the Participant shall have no right, title or interest therein whatsoever as of the Termination Date, provided, however, that the Board may determine, in its sole discretion, the number of the Participant's Performance Share Units that will vest based on the extent to which the applicable Performance Criteria set forth in the Award Agreement have been satisfied in that portion of the Performance Cycle that has lapsed. The Performance Share Units that the Board determines to have vested shall become payable in accordance with Section 5(b)(ix) hereof.

  • (ix) PAYMENT OF AWARD. Payment to Participants in respect of vested Performance Share Units shall be made after the Determination Date for the applicable Award and in any case within ninety-five (95) days after the last day of the Performance Cycle to which such Award relates. Such payments shall be made entirely in Shares, unless otherwise provided for in the applicable Award Agreement. The Company shall issue from treasury to the Participant, or if Section 5(b)(v) applies, to the Participant's estate, a number of Shares equal to the number of Performance Share Units that have vested. As of the Vesting Date, the Performance Share Units in respect of which such Shares are issued shall be cancelled and no further payments shall be made to the Participant under this Plan in relation to such Performance Share Units.

(c) DEFERRED SHARE UNITS

  • (i) ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION. Subject to the provisions of this Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, the Board may, from time to time, grant Awards of Deferred Share Units to Directors in lieu of Fees. Directors become Participants effective as of the date each is first appointed or elected as a Director and

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cease to be Participants at the time they cease to be a Director for any reason. Deferred Share Units granted to a Participant in accordance with Section 5(c) hereof shall be credited, as of the Grant Date, to the Participant's Account.

  • (ii) ELECTION. Each Director may elect to receive any or all of his or her Fees in Deferred Share Units under this Plan. Elections by Participants regarding the amount of their Fees that they wish to receive in Deferred Share Units shall be made no later than 90 days after this Plan is adopted by the Board, and thereafter no later than July 31 of any given year with respect to Fees for the following year. Any Director who becomes a Participant during a fiscal year and wishes to receive an amount of his or her Fees for the remainder of that year in Deferred Share Units must make his or her election within 60 days of becoming a Director.

  • (iii) CALCULATION. The number of Deferred Share Units to be credited to the Participant's Account shall be calculated by dividing the amount of Fees selected by a Director in the applicable Election Form by the Market Unit Price on the Grant Date (or such other price as required under Exchange policies) which shall be the 10th business day following each financial quarter end. If, as a result of the foregoing calculation, a Participant shall become entitled to a fractional Deferred Share Unit, the Participant shall only be credited with a full number of Deferred Share Units (rounded down) and no payment or other adjustment will be made with respect to the fractional Deferred Share Unit.

  • (iv) PAYMENT OF AWARD. Each Participant shall be entitled to receive, after the effective date that the Participant ceases to be a Director for any reason or any earlier vesting period(s) as may be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, on a day designated by the Participant and communicated to the Company by the Participant in writing at least 15 days prior to the designated day (or such earlier date as the Participant and the Company may agree, which date shall be no later than the end of the calendar year following the year in which the Participant ceases to be a Director or any earlier period on which the DSUs vested, as the case may be) and if no such notice is given, then on the first anniversary of the effective date that the Participant ceases to be a Director or any earlier period on which the DSUs vested, as the case may be, at the sole discretion of the Board, either:

    • A. that number of Shares equal to the number of Deferred Share Units credited to the Participant's Account, such Shares to be issued from treasury of the Company; or

    • B. a cash payment in an amount equal to the Market Unit Price on the next Trading Day after the Participant ceases to be a Director of the Deferred Share Units credited to a Participant's Account, net of applicable withholdings.

  • (v) EXCEPTION. In the event that the value of a Deferred Share Unit would be determined with reference to a period commencing at a fiscal quarter-end of the Company and ending prior to the public disclosure of interim financial statements for the quarter (or annual financial statements in the case of the fourth quarter), the cash payment of the value of the Units will be made to the Participant with reference to the five (5) Trading Days immediately following the public disclosure of the interim financial statements for that quarter (or annual financial statements in the case of the fourth quarter).

  • (vi) DEATH. Upon death of a Participant, the Participant's estate shall be entitled to receive, within 120 days after the Participant's death and at the sole discretion of the Board, a cash payment or Shares that would have otherwise been payable in accordance with Section 5(c)(iv) hereof to the Participant upon such Participant ceasing to be Director.

  • (d) [Reserved.]

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(e) STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

  • (i) ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION. Subject to the provisions of this Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Board may determine, the Board may, from time to time, in its discretion, grant awards of stock appreciation rights (" SARs ") to Directors, Key Employees, and Consultants, provided that such Directors, Key Employees and Consultants are determined by the Board to be bona fide Directors, Key Employees or Consultants, as the case may be, at the time of such grant. SARs granted to a Participant shall be credited, as of the Grant Date, to the Participant's account. The number of SARs to be credited to each Participant shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion in accordance with this Plan

  • (ii) SAR GRANT PRICE. The exercise price of the SAR (the " SAR Grant Price ") shall be determined by the Board at the time the SAR is granted. In no event shall the SAR Grant Price be lower than the lowest exercise price permitted by the Exchange. The Board shall not reprice the SAR Grant Price of any SARs previously granted under this Plan, except in accordance with the rules and policies of the Exchange.

(iii) PAYMENT.

  • A. Subject to the provisions hereof, a SAR is the right to receive a payment in Shares equal to the excess, if any, of:

  • i. the Current Market Price immediately prior to the date such SAR is exercised; over

  • ii. the SAR Grant Price,

multiplied by the number of Shares in respect of which the SAR is being exercised (less any amount required to be withheld for taxes by applicable law) (the " SAR Amount ").

  • B. For greater clarity, the actual number of Shares to be granted to the Participant pursuant to Paragraph A shall be equal to the aggregate SAR Amount divided by the Current Market Price.

  • C. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the sole discretion of the Board, the Award Agreement may provide that the Company may elect to satisfy the exercise of a SAR (in whole or in part) by paying to the Participant cash in an amount equal to the SAR Amount in lieu of Shares.

  • (iv) TERMS OF SARS GRANTED ON A STAND-ALONE BASIS. SARs shall be granted on such terms as shall be determined by the Board and set out in the Award Agreement (including any terms pertaining to vesting and settlement), provided the term of any SAR granted under this Plan shall not exceed ten years.

  • (v) EXERCISE. The exercise of any SAR will be contingent upon receipt by the Company of a written notice of exercise in the manner and in the form set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, which written notice shall specify the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is being exercised. If the Participant is to receive Shares, certificates for such Shares shall be issued and delivered to the Participant within a reasonable time following the receipt of such notice. Neither the Participant nor his legal representatives, legatees or distributees will be, or will be deemed to be, a holder of any Shares unless and

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until the certificates for the Shares issuable pursuant to SARs under this Plan are issued to such Participant under the terms of this Plan.

  • (vi) CHANGE OF CONTROL. In the event of a Change of Control, each outstanding SAR issued to Directors and Key Employees, to the extent that it shall not otherwise have become vested and exercisable, and subject to the applicable Award Agreement, shall automatically become fully and immediately vested and exercisable, without regard to any otherwise applicable vesting requirement, but subject to the policies of the Exchange.

  • (vii) DEATH. Where, in the case of Directors and Key Employees, a Participant shall die while holding a SAR, any SAR held by such Participant at the date of death shall be exercisable in whole or in part only by the person or persons to whom the rights of the Participant under the SAR shall pass by the will of the Participant or the laws of descent and distribution for a period of 120 days after the date of death of the Participant or prior to the expiration of the exercise period in respect of the SAR, whichever is sooner, and then only to the extent that such Participant was entitled to exercise the SAR at the date of death of such Participant.

  • (viii) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

  • A. Where, in the case of Key Employees, a Participant's employment is terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary for cause, no SAR held by such Participant shall be exercisable from the Termination Date.

  • B. Where, in the case of Key Employees, a Participant's employment is terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary without cause, by voluntary termination by the Participant or due to Retirement, subject to the applicable Award Agreement, any SAR held by such Participant at such time shall remain exercisable in full at any time, and in part from time to time, for a period of 60 days after the Termination Date or prior to the expiration of the exercise period in respect of the SAR, whichever is sooner, and then only to the extent that such Participant was entitled to exercise the SAR at the Termination Date.

  • C. Where, in the case of Key Employees, a Participant becomes afflicted by a Disability, all SARs granted to the Participant under this Plan will continue to vest in accordance with the terms of such SARs. Where, in the case of Key Employees, a Participant's employment is terminated due to Disability, subject to the applicable Award Agreement, any SAR held by such Participant shall remain exercisable for a period of 120 days after the Termination Date or prior to the expiration of the exercise period in respect of the SAR, whichever is sooner, and then only to the extent that such Participant was entitled to exercise the SAR at the Termination Date.

  • (ix) CESSATION OF DIRECTORSHIP. Where, in the case of Directors, a Participant ceases to be a Director for any reason, subject to the applicable Award Agreement and the provisions below, any SAR held by such Participant at such time shall remain exercisable in full at any time, and in part from time to time, for a period of 60 days after the date the Participant ceases to a be a director or prior to the expiration of the exercise period in respect of the SAR, whichever is sooner, and then only to the extent that such Participant was entitled to exercise the SAR at the date the Participant ceased to be a director. Where, in the case of Directors, a Participant becomes afflicted by a Disability, all SARs granted to the Participant under this Plan will continue to vest in accordance with the terms of such SARs, provided that if a Participant ceases to be a Director due to Disability, subject to the applicable Award Agreement, any SAR held by such Participant shall remain exercisable for a period of 120 days after the Participant ceases to be a Director or prior to the expiration of the exercise period in respect of the SAR, whichever

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is sooner, and then only to the extent that such Participant was entitled to exercise the SAR at the date the Participant ceased to be a director.

  • (x) TERMINATION OF SERVICE. Where, in the case of Consultants, a Participant's service to the Company terminates for any reason, subject to the applicable Award Agreement and any other contractual commitments between the Participant and the Company, no SAR held by such Participant shall be exercisable from the date of termination of service.

  • (f)

GENERAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS

  • (i) FORFEITURE EVENTS. The Board will specify in an Award Agreement at the time of the Award that the Participant's rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events shall include, but shall not be limited to, termination of employment for cause, violation of material Company policies, fraud, breach of noncompetition, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company.

  • (ii) AWARDS MAY BE GRANTED SEPARATELY OR TOGETHER. Without limiting Section (5)(e), Awards may, in the discretion of the Board, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in substitution for any other Award or any award granted under any other Security-Based Compensation Arrangement of the Company or any Subsidiary. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards, or in addition to or in tandem with awards granted under any other Security-Based Compensation Arrangement of the Company or any Subsidiary, may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards.

  • (iii) NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDS. Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement or determined by the Board in its sole discretion, no Award and no right under any such Award, shall be assignable, alienable, saleable, or transferable by a Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. No Award and no right under any such Award, may be pledged, alienated, attached, or otherwise encumbered, and any purported pledge, alienation, attachment, or encumbrance thereof shall be void and unenforceable against the Company.

  • (iv) CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS UPON SECURITIES SUBJECT TO AWARDS. The Board may provide that the Shares issued under an Award shall be subject to such further agreements, restrictions, conditions or limitations as the Board in its sole discretion may specify, including without limitation, conditions on vesting or transferability and forfeiture or repurchase provisions or provisions on payment of taxes arising in connection with an Award. Without limiting the foregoing, such restrictions may address the timing and manner of any resales by the Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any Shares issued under an Award, including without limitation: (A) restrictions under an insider trading policy or pursuant to applicable law; (B) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by Participant and holders of other Security-Based Compensation Arrangements; (C) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers; and (D) provisions requiring Shares to be sold on the open market or to the Company in order to satisfy tax withholding or other obligations.

  • (v) SHARE CERTIFICATES. All Shares delivered under this Plan pursuant to any Award shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Board may deem advisable under this Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of any

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securities commission, the Exchange, and any applicable securities legislation, regulations, rules, policies or orders, and the Board may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

  • (vi) CONFORMITY TO PLAN. In the event that an Award is granted which does not conform in all particulars with the provisions of this Plan, or purports to grant an Award on terms different from those set out in this Plan, the Award shall not be in any way void or invalidated, but the Award shall be adjusted by the Board to become, in all respects, in conformity with this Plan.

  • (g) GENERAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS

  • (i) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; ADJUSTMENT OF GOALS. At the time that a Performance-Based Award is first issued, the Board, in the Award Agreement or in another written document, may specify whether performance will be evaluated including or excluding the effect of any of the following events that occur during the Performance Cycle or Restriction Period, as the case may be: (A) judgments entered or settlements reached in litigation; (B) the write down of assets; (C) the impact of any reorganization or restructuring; (D) the impact of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, regulatory actions or other laws affecting reported results; (E) extraordinary non-recurring items as may be described in the Company's management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for the applicable financial year; (F) the impact of any mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs or other divestitures; and (G) foreign exchange gains and losses.

  • (ii) ADJUSTMENT OF PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS. The Board shall have the sole discretion to adjust the determinations of the degree of attainment of the preestablished Performance Criteria or restrictions, as the case may be, as may be set out in the applicable Award Agreement governing the relevant Performance-Based Award. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Board may not make any adjustment or take any other action with respect to any Performance-Based Award that will increase the amount payable under any such Award. The Board shall retain the sole discretion to adjust Performance-Based Awards downward or to otherwise reduce the amount payable with respect to any Performance-Based Award.

SECTION 6. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

  • (a) AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION OF THIS PLAN. The Board may at any time or from time to time, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of shareholders of the Company, amend, suspend, terminate or discontinue this Plan and may amend the terms and conditions of any Awards granted hereunder, subject to (a) any required approval of any applicable regulatory authority or the Exchange, and (b) any approval of shareholders of the Company as required by the rules of the Exchange or applicable law, provided that shareholder approval shall not be required for the following amendments and the Board may make any changes which may include but are not limited to:

  • (i) amendments of a "housekeeping nature";

  • (ii) any amendment for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, error or omission in this Plan or to correct or supplement any provision of this Plan that is inconsistent with any other provision of this Plan;

  • (iii) an amendment which is necessary to comply with applicable law or the requirements of the Exchange;

  • (iv) amendments respecting administration of this Plan;

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If this Plan is terminated, prior Awards shall remain outstanding and in effect in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions.

  • (b) AMENDMENTS TO AWARDS. Subject to prior Exchange approval, and if required by the Exchange, shareholder approval, the Board may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate, any Awards theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively. No such amendment or alteration shall be made which would impair the rights of any Participant, without such Participant's consent, under any Award theretofore granted, provided that no such consent shall be required with respect to any amendment or alteration if the Board determines in its sole discretion that such amendment or alteration either (i) is required or advisable in order for the Company, this Plan or the Award to satisfy or conform to any law or regulation or to meet the requirements of any accounting standard, or (ii) is not reasonably likely to significantly diminish the benefits provided under such Award.

SECTION 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  • (a) NO RIGHTS TO AWARDS. No Director, Key Employee, Consultant or other Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award under this Plan, or, having been selected to receive an Award under this Plan, to be selected to receive a future Award, and further there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Directors, Key Employees, Consultant or holders or beneficiaries of Awards under this Plan. The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each recipient.

  • (b) WITHHOLDING. The Company shall be authorized to withhold from any Award granted or any payment due or transfer made under any Award or under this Plan the amount (in cash, Shares, other securities, or other Awards) of withholding taxes due in respect of an Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under such Award or under this Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy statutory withholding obligations for the payment of such taxes. Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, whenever cash is to be paid on the redemption, exercise or vesting of an Award, the Company shall have the right to deduct from all cash payments made to a Participant any taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payments. Whenever Shares are to be delivered on the redemption, exercise or vesting of an Award, the Company shall have the right to deduct from any other amounts payable to the Participant any taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such delivery of Shares, or if any payment due to the Participant is not sufficient to satisfy the withholding obligation, to require the Participant to remit to the Company in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy any taxes required by law to be withheld. At the sole discretion of the Board, a Participant may be permitted to satisfy the foregoing requirement by:

  • (i) electing to have the Company withhold from delivery Shares having a value equal to the amount of tax required to be withheld, or

  • (ii) delivering (on a form prescribed by the Company) an irrevocable direction to a securities broker approved by the Company to sell all or a portion of the Shares and to deliver to the Company from the sales proceeds an amount sufficient to pay the required withholding taxes.

  • (c) NO LIMIT ON OTHER SECURITY-BASED COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS. Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Company or a Subsidiary from adopting or continuing in effect other Security-Based Compensation Arrangements, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

  • (d) NO RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT. The grant of an Award shall not constitute an employment contract nor be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the

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Company. Further, the Company may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment, free from any liability, or any claim under this Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in this Plan or in any Award Agreement.

  • (e) NO RIGHT AS SHAREHOLDER. Neither the Participant nor any representatives of a Participant's estate shall have any rights whatsoever as shareholders in respect of any Shares covered by such Participant's Award, until the date of issuance of a share certificate to such Participant or representatives of a Participant's estate for such Shares.

  • (f) GOVERNING LAW. This Plan and all of the rights and obligations arising herefrom shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

  • (g) SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify this Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Board, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Board, materially altering the intent of this Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person, or Award, and the remainder of this Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

  • (h) NO TRUST OR FUND CREATED. Neither this Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and a Participant or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured creditor of the Company.

  • (i) NO FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to this Plan or any Award, and the Board shall determine whether cash, or other securities shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares, or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be cancelled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated.

  • (j) HEADINGS. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of this Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of this Plan or any provision thereof.

  • (k) NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY. The Company makes no representation or warranty as to the value of any Award granted pursuant to this Plan or as to the future value of any Shares issued pursuant to any Award.

  • (l) NO REPRESENTATIONS OR COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO TAX QUALIFICATION. Although the Company may, in its discretion, endeavor to (i) qualify an Award for favourable Canadian tax treatment or (ii) avoid adverse tax treatment, the Company makes no representation to that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to maintain favorable or avoid unfavorable tax treatment. The Company shall be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the potential negative tax impact on holders of Awards under this Plan.

  • (m) CONFLICT WITH AWARD AGREEMENT. In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the provisions of this Plan and an Award Agreement, the provisions of this Plan shall govern for all purposes.

  • (n) COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares under this Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or stock exchanges on which the Company is listed as may be required. The Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver evidence of title for Shares issued under this Plan prior to:

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  • (i) obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and

  • (ii) completion of any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any applicable national or foreign law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable or at a time when any such registration or qualification is not current, has been suspended or otherwise has ceased to be effective.

The inability or impracticability of the Company to obtain or maintain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company's counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

SECTION 8.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PLAN

This Plan shall become effective (the " Effective Date ") following approval by the Board upon the closing date of the qualifying transaction of the Company, provided that the Plan is ratified, affirmed and approved by the requisite majority of shareholders of the Company in accordance with, and to the extent required by, the policies of the Exchange, including disinterested shareholder approval, at the meeting of shareholders of the Company at which the motion to approve the Plan is presented.

SECTION 9.

TERM OF THIS PLAN

This Plan shall terminate automatically 10 years after the Effective Date, provided that this Plan may be terminated on any earlier date as provided in Section 6 hereof, or if any approvals required by the Exchange are not obtained on the terms and conditions required thereby, including as contemplated by Section 8.

SCHEDULE “D”

MVS ARTICLES

ARTICLES

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OOOOO SOCIAL COMMERCE LTD.

BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT

BRITISH COLUMBIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1 INTERPRETATION

1.1 Definitions....................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Business Corporations Act and Interpretation Act Definitions Applicable........................................2

PART 2 SHARES AND SHARE CERTIFICATES

2.1 Authorized Share Structure........................................................................................................................2
2.2 Form of Share Certificate...........................................................................................................................2
2.3 Shareholder Entitled to Certificate or Acknowledgment.......................................................................2
2.4 Delivery by Mail..........................................................................................................................................2
2.5 Replacement of Worn Out or Defaced Certificate or Acknowledgement...........................................3
2.6 Replacement of Lost, Destroyed or Wrongfully Taken Certificate.....................................................3
2.7 Recovery of New Share Certificate..........................................................................................................3
2.8 Splitting Share Certificates........................................................................................................................3
2.9 Certificate Fee..............................................................................................................................................3
2.10 Recognition of Trusts..................................................................................................................................4
PART 3
ISSUE OF SHARES
3.1 Directors Authorized...................................................................................................................................4
3.2 Commissions and Discounts......................................................................................................................4
3.3 Brokerage.....................................................................................................................................................4
3.4 Conditions of Issue......................................................................................................................................4
3.5 Share Purchase Warrants and Rights........................................................................................................5

PART 4

SHARE REGISTERS

4.1 Central Securities Register.........................................................................................................................5
4.2 Appointment of Agent................................................................................................................................5
4.3 Closing Register..........................................................................................................................................5

PART 5

SHARE TRANSFERS

5.1 Registering Transfers..................................................................................................................................5
5.2 Waivers of Requirements for Transfer.....................................................................................................6
5.3 Form of Instrument of Transfer.................................................................................................................6
5.4 Transferor Remains Shareholder...............................................................................................................6
5.5 Signing of Instrument of Transfer.............................................................................................................6
5.6 Enquiry as to Title Not Required..............................................................................................................6
5.7 Transfer Fee.................................................................................................................................................7

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PART 6 TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

6.1 Legal Personal Representative Recognized on Death............................................................................7
6.2 Rights of Legal Personal Representative.................................................................................................7
PART 7
ACQUISITION OF COMPANY'S SHARES
7.1 Company Authorized to Purchase or Otherwise Acquire Shares.........................................................7
7.2 No Purchase, Redemption or Other Acquisition When Insolvent........................................................7
7.3 Sale and Voting of Purchased, Redeemed or Otherwise Acquired Shares.........................................7
PART 8
BORROWING POWERS
8.1 Borrowing Powers.......................................................................................................................................8
PART 9
ALTERATIONS
9.1 Alteration of Authorized Share Structure................................................................................................8
9.2 Special Rights or Restrictions................................................................................................................. ...9
9.3 No Interference with Class or Series Rights without Consent........................................................... ...9
9.4 Change of Name....................................................................................................................................... ...9
9.5 Other Alterations...................................................................................................................................... ...9
PART 10
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
10.1 Annual General Meetings........................................................................................................................10
10.2 Resolution Instead of Annual General Meeting...................................................................................10
10.3 Calling of Meetings of Shareholders.....................................................................................................10
10.4 Notice for Meetings of Shareholders.....................................................................................................10
10.5 Record Date for Notice and Voting.......................................................................................................10
10.6 Failure to Give Notice and Waiver of Notice.......................................................................................10
10.7 Notice of Special Business at Meetings of Shareholders....................................................................11
10.8 Class Meetings and Series Meetings of Shareholders.........................................................................11
10.9 Electronic Meetings.................................................................................................................................11
10.10 Advance Notice Provisions.....................................................................................................................11

PART 11

PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

11.1 Special Business.......................................................................................................................................15
11.2 Special Majority.......................................................................................................................................16
11.3 Quorum......................................................................................................................................................16
11.4 One Shareholder May Constitute Quorum...........................................................................................16
11.5 Persons Entitled to Attend Meeting.......................................................................................................16
11.6 Requirement of Quorum..........................................................................................................................16
11.7 Lack of Quorum........................................................................................................................................16
11.8 Lack of Quorum at Succeeding Meeting..............................................................................................16

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11.9 Chair...........................................................................................................................................................17
11.10 Selection of Alternate Chair...................................................................................................................17
11.11 Adjournments...........................................................................................................................................17
11.12 Notice of Adjourned Meeting.................................................................................................................17
11.13 Electronic Voting.....................................................................................................................................17
11.14 Decisions by Show of Hands or Poll.....................................................................................................17
11.15 Declaration of Result...............................................................................................................................18
11.16 Motion Need Not be Seconded..............................................................................................................18
11.17 Casting Vote.............................................................................................................................................18
11.18 Manner of Taking Poll............................................................................................................................18
11.19 Demand for Poll on Adjournment.........................................................................................................18
11.20 Chair Must Resolve Dispute...................................................................................................................18
11.21 Casting of Votes.......................................................................................................................................19
11.22 No Demand for Poll on Election of Chair............................................................................................19
11.23 Demand for Poll Not to Prevent Continuance of Meeting.................................................................19
11.24 Retention of Ballots and Proxies............................................................................................................19
PART 12
VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS
12.1 Number of Votes by Shareholder or by Shares....................................................................................19
12.2 Votes of Persons in Representative Capacity.......................................................................................19
12.3 Votes by Joint Holders............................................................................................................................19
12.4 Legal Personal Representatives as Joint Shareholders........................................................................20
12.5 Representative of a Corporate Shareholder..........................................................................................20
12.6 When Proxy Holder Need Not Be Shareholder...................................................................................20
12.7 When Proxy Provisions Do Not Apply to the Company....................................................................21
12.8 Appointment of Proxy Holders..............................................................................................................21
12.9 Alternate Proxy Holders..........................................................................................................................21
12.10 Deposit of Proxy.......................................................................................................................................21
12.11 Validity of Proxy Vote............................................................................................................................22
12.12 Form of Proxy...........................................................................................................................................22
12.13 Revocation of Proxy................................................................................................................................22
12.14 Revocation of Proxy Must Be Signed...................................................................................................23
12.15 Chair May Determine Validity of Proxy..............................................................................................23
12.16 Production of Evidence of Authority to Vote......................................................................................23

PART 13 DIRECTORS

13.1 Number of Directors................................................................................................................................23
13.2 Change in Number of Directors.............................................................................................................23
13.3 Directors' Acts Valid Despite Vacancy.................................................................................................24
13.4 Qualifications of Directors......................................................................................................................24
13.5 Remuneration of Directors......................................................................................................................24
13.6 Reimbursement of Expenses of Directors.............................................................................................24
13.7 Special Remuneration for Directors......................................................................................................24

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PART 14

ELECTION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

14.1 Election at Annual General Meeting.....................................................................................................24
14.2 Consent to be a Director..........................................................................................................................24
14.3 Failure to Elect or Appoint Directors....................................................................................................25
14.4 Directors May Fill Casual Vacancies....................................................................................................25
14.5 Remaining Directors' Power to Act.......................................................................................................25
14.6 Shareholders May Fill Vacancies...........................................................................................................25
14.7 Additional Directors.................................................................................................................................25
14.8 Ceasing to be a Director..........................................................................................................................26
14.9 Removal of Director by Shareholders...................................................................................................26
14.10 Removal of Director by Directors.........................................................................................................26
PART 15
POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
15.1 Powers of Management...........................................................................................................................26
15.2 Appointment of Attorney of Company.................................................................................................26
PART 16
INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
16.1 Director Holding Other Office in the Company..................................................................................27
16.2 No Disqualification..................................................................................................................................27
16.3 Director or Officer in Other Corporations............................................................................................27
PART 17
PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
17.1 Meetings of Directors..............................................................................................................................27
17.2 Voting at Meetings...................................................................................................................................27
17.3 Chair of Meetings.....................................................................................................................................27
17.4 Meetings by Telephone or Other Communications Medium.............................................................28
17.5 Calling of Meetings..................................................................................................................................28
17.6 Notice of Meetings...................................................................................................................................28
17.7 When Notice Not Required.....................................................................................................................28
17.8 Meeting Valid Despite Failure to Give Notice.....................................................................................28
17.9 Waiver of Notice of Meetings................................................................................................................29
17.10 Quorum......................................................................................................................................................29
17.11 Validity of Acts Where Appointment Defective.................................................................................29
17.12 Consent Resolutions in Writing.............................................................................................................29

PART 18 BOARD COMMITTEES

18.1 Appointment and Powers of Committees.............................................................................................29
18.2 Obligations of Committees.....................................................................................................................30
18.3 Powers of Board.......................................................................................................................................30
18.4 Committee Meetings................................................................................................................................30

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PART 19 OFFICERS

19.1 Directors May Appoint Officers............................................................................................................31
19.2 Functions, Duties and Powers of Officers............................................................................................31
19.3 Qualifications............................................................................................................................................31
19.4 Remuneration and Terms of Appointment...........................................................................................31
PART 20
INDEMNIFICATION
20.1 Definitions.................................................................................................................................................31
20.2 Mandatory Indemnification of Directors and Officers........................................................................32
20.3 Deemed Contract......................................................................................................................................32
20.4 Permitted Indemnification.......................................................................................................................32
20.5 Non-Compliance with_Business Corporations Act_..............................................................................32
20.6 Company May Purchase Insurance........................................................................................................32

PART 21

DIVIDENDS

21.1 Payment of Dividends Subject to Special Rights................................................................................33
21.2 Declaration of Dividends........................................................................................................................33
21.3 No Notice Required.................................................................................................................................33
21.4 Record Date...............................................................................................................................................33
21.5 Manner of Paying Dividend....................................................................................................................33
21.6 When Dividend Payable..........................................................................................................................33
21.7 Dividends to be Paid in Accordance with Number of Shares............................................................33
21.8 Receipt by Joint Shareholders................................................................................................................33
21.9 Dividend Bears No Interest.....................................................................................................................33
21.10 Fractional Dividends................................................................................................................................34
21.11 Payment of Dividends.............................................................................................................................34
21.12 Capitalization of Retained Earnings or Surplus...................................................................................34
21.13 Unclaimed Dividends..............................................................................................................................34

PART 22

ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND AUDITOR

22.1 Recording of Financial Affairs...............................................................................................................34
22.2 Inspection of Accounting Records.........................................................................................................34
22.3 Remuneration of Auditor........................................................................................................................35
PART 23
NOTICES
23.1 Method of Giving Notice........................................................................................................................35
23.2 Deemed Receipt........................................................................................................................................36
23.3 Certificate of Sending..............................................................................................................................36
23.4 Notice to Joint Shareholders...................................................................................................................36
23.5 Notice to Legal Personal Representatives and Trustees.....................................................................36
23.6 Undelivered Notices.................................................................................................................................36

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PART 24 SEAL

24.1 Who May Attest Seal...............................................................................................................................37
24.2 Sealing Copies..........................................................................................................................................37
24.3 Mechanical Reproduction of Seal..........................................................................................................37
PART 25
PROHIBITIONS
25.1 Definitions.................................................................................................................................................37
25.2 Application................................................................................................................................................38
25.3 Consent Required for Transfer of Shares or Transfer Restricted Securities....................................38
PART 26
FORUM SELECTION
26.1 Forum for Adjudication of Certain Disputes........................................................................................38
PART 27
SPECIAL RIGHTS OR RESTRICTIONS
27.1 Definitions.................................................................................................................................................38
27.2 Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares....................................................................40
27.3 Preferred Shares........................................................................................................................................42

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Incorporation Number BC0938067

ARTICLES

OF

OOOOO SOCIAL COMMERCE LTD.

(the "Company")

PART 1 INTERPRETATION

1.1 Definitions

In these Articles (the " Articles "), unless the context otherwise requires:

  • (1) " appropriate person " has the meaning assigned in the Securities Transfer Act ;

  • (2) " board of directors ", " directors " and " board " mean the directors of the Company for the time being;

  • (3) " Business Corporations Act " means the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) from time to time in force and all amendments thereto and includes all regulations and amendments thereto made pursuant to that Act;

  • (4) " Interpretation Act " means the Interpretation Act (British Columbia) from time to time in force and all amendments thereto and includes all regulations and amendments thereto made pursuant to that Act;

  • (5) " legal personal representative " means the personal or other legal representative of a shareholder;

  • (6) " protected purchaser " has the meaning assigned in the Securities Transfer Act ;

  • (7) " registered address " of a shareholder means the shareholder's address as recorded in the central securities register;

  • (8) " seal " means the seal of the Company, if any;

  • (9) " Securities Act " means the Securities Act (British Columbia) from time to time in force and all amendments thereto and includes all regulations and amendments thereto made pursuant to that Act;

  • (10) " securities legislation " means statutes concerning the regulation of securities markets and trading in securities and the regulations, rules, forms and schedules under those statutes, all as amended from time to time, and the blanket rulings and orders, as amended from time to time, issued by the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities appointed under or pursuant to those statutes or pursuant to the requirements of any stock exchange on which the Subordinate Voting Shares are listed; " Canadian securities legislation " means the securities legislation in any province or territory of Canada and includes the Securities Act ;

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and " U.S. securities legislation " means the securities legislation in the federal jurisdiction of the United States and in any state of the United States and includes the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

  • (11) " Securities Transfer Act " means the Securities Transfer Act (British Columbia) from time to time in force and all amendments thereto and includes all regulations and amendments thereto made pursuant to that Act.

1.2 Business Corporations Act and Interpretation Act Definitions Applicable

The definitions in the Business Corporations Act and the definitions and rules of construction in the Interpretation Act , with the necessary changes, so far as applicable, and unless the context requires otherwise, apply to these Articles as if they were an enactment. If there is a conflict between a definition in the Business Corporations Act and a definition or rule in the Interpretation Act relating to a term used in these Articles, the definition in the Business Corporations Act will prevail in relation to the use of the term in these Articles. If there is a conflict or inconsistency between these Articles and the Business Corporations Act , the Business Corporations Act will prevail.

PART 2 SHARES AND SHARE CERTIFICATES

2.1 Authorized Share Structure

The authorized share structure of the Company consists of shares of the class or classes and series, if any, described in the Notice of Articles of the Company.

2.2 Form of Share Certificate

Each share certificate issued by the Company must comply with, and be signed as required by, the Business Corporations Act .

2.3 Shareholder Entitled to Certificate or Acknowledgment

Unless the shares of which the shareholder is the registered owner are uncertificated shares within the meaning of the Business Corporations Act , each shareholder is entitled, without charge, to (a) one share certificate representing the shares of each class or series of shares registered in the shareholder's name or (b) a non-transferable written acknowledgment of the shareholder's right to obtain such a share certificate, provided that in respect of a share held jointly by several persons, the Company is not bound to issue more than one share certificate or acknowledgment and delivery of a share certificate or an acknowledgment to one of several joint shareholders or to a duly authorized agent of one of the joint shareholders will be sufficient delivery to all.

2.4 Delivery by Mail

Any share certificate or non-transferable written acknowledgment of a shareholder's right to obtain a share certificate may be sent to the shareholder by mail at the shareholder's registered address and neither the Company nor any director, officer or agent of the Company (including the Company's legal counsel or transfer agent) is liable for any loss to the shareholder because the share certificate or acknowledgement is lost in the mail or stolen.

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2.5 Replacement of Worn Out or Defaced Certificate or Acknowledgement

If the Company is satisfied that a share certificate or a non-transferable written acknowledgment of the shareholder's right to obtain a share certificate is worn out or defaced, it must, on production to it of the share certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be, and on such other terms, if any, as it thinks fit:

  • (1) order the share certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be, to be cancelled; and

  • (2) issue a replacement share certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be.

2.6 Replacement of Lost, Destroyed or Wrongfully Taken Certificate

If a person entitled to a share certificate claims that the share certificate has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company must issue a new share certificate, if that person:

  • (1) so requests before the Company has notice that the share certificate has been acquired by a protected purchaser;

  • (2) provides the Company with an indemnity bond sufficient in the Company's judgement to protect the Company from any loss that the Company may suffer by issuing a new certificate; and

  • (3) satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the Company.

A person entitled to a share certificate may not assert against the Company a claim for a new share certificate where a share certificate has been lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken if that person fails to notify the Company of that fact within a reasonable time after that person has notice of it and the Company registers a transfer of the shares represented by the certificate before receiving a notice of the loss, apparent destruction or wrongful taking of the share certificate.

2.7 Recovery of New Share Certificate

If, after the issue of a new share certificate, a protected purchaser of the original share certificate presents the original share certificate for the registration of transfer, then in addition to any rights under any indemnity bond, the Company may recover the new share certificate from a person to whom it was issued or any person taking under that person other than a protected purchaser.

2.8 Splitting Share Certificates

If a shareholder surrenders a share certificate to the Company with a written request that the Company issue in the shareholder's name two or more share certificates, each representing a specified number of shares and in the aggregate representing the same number of shares as represented by the share certificate so surrendered, the Company must cancel the surrendered share certificate and issue replacement share certificates in accordance with that request.

2.9 Certificate Fee

There must be paid to the Company, in relation to the issue of any share certificate under Articles 2.5, 2.6 or 2.8, the amount, if any and which must not exceed the amount prescribed under the Business Corporations Act , determined by the directors.

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2.10 Recognition of Trusts

Except as required by law or statute or these Articles, no person will be recognized by the Company as holding any share upon any trust, and the Company is not bound by or compelled in any way to recognize (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or fraction of a share or (except as required by law or statute or these Articles or as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction) any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the shareholder.

PART 3 ISSUE OF SHARES

3.1 Directors Authorized

Subject to the Business Corporations Act and the rights, if any, of the holders of issued shares of the Company, the Company may issue, allot, sell or otherwise dispose of the unissued shares, and issued shares held by the Company, at the times, to the persons, including directors, in the manner, on the terms and conditions and for the issue prices (including any premium at which shares with par value may be issued) that the directors may determine. The issue price for a share with par value must be equal to or greater than the par value of the share.

3.2 Commissions and Discounts

The Company may at any time pay a reasonable commission or allow a reasonable discount to any person in consideration of that person purchasing or agreeing to purchase shares of the Company from the Company or any other person or procuring or agreeing to procure purchasers for shares of the Company.

3.3 Brokerage

The Company may pay such brokerage fee or other consideration as may be lawful for or in connection with the sale or placement of its securities.

3.4 Conditions of Issue

Except as provided for by the Business Corporations Act , no share may be issued until it is fully paid. A share is fully paid when:

  • (1) consideration is provided to the Company for the issue of the share by one or more of the following:

  • (a) past services performed for the Company;

  • (b) property;

  • (c) money; and

  • (2) the value of the consideration received by the Company equals or exceeds the issue price set for the share under Article 3.1.

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3.5 Share Purchase Warrants and Rights

Subject to the Business Corporations Act , the Company may issue share purchase warrants, options and rights upon such terms and conditions as the directors determine, which share purchase warrants, options and rights may be issued alone or in conjunction with debentures, debenture stock, bonds, shares or any other securities issued or created by the Company from time to time.

PART 4 SHARE REGISTERS

4.1 Central Securities Register

As required by and subject to the Business Corporations Act , the Company must maintain a central securities register, which may be kept in electronic form.

4.2 Appointment of Agent

The directors may, subject to the Business Corporations Act , appoint an agent to maintain the central securities register. The directors may also appoint one or more agents, including the agent which keeps the central securities register, as transfer agent for its shares or any class or series of its shares, as the case may be, and the same or another agent as registrar for its shares or such class or series of its shares, as the case may be. The directors may terminate such appointment of any agent at any time and may appoint another agent in its place. If the Company has appointed a transfer agent, references in Articles 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, and 5.7 to the Company include its transfer agent.

4.3 Closing Register

The Company must not at any time close its central securities register.

PART 5 SHARE TRANSFERS

5.1 Registering Transfers

The Company must register a transfer of a share of the Company if either:

  • (1) the Company or the transfer agent or registrar for the class or series of share to be transferred has received:

  • (a) in the case where the Company has issued a share certificate in respect of the share to be transferred, that share certificate and a written instrument of transfer (which may be on a separate document or endorsed on the share certificate) made by the shareholder or other appropriate person or by an agent who has actual authority to act on behalf of that person;

  • (b) in the case of a share that is not represented by a share certificate (including an uncertificated share within the meaning of the Business Corporations Act and including the case where the Company has issued a non-transferable written acknowledgement of the shareholder's right to obtain a share certificate in respect of the share to be transferred), a written instrument of transfer, made by the shareholder

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or other appropriate person or by an agent who has actual authority to act on behalf of that person; and

  • (c) such other evidence, if any, as the Company or the transfer agent or registrar for the class or series of share to be transferred may require to prove the title of the transferor or the transferor's right to transfer the share, that the written instrument of transfer is genuine and authorized and that the transfer is rightful or to a protected purchaser; or

  • (2) all the preconditions for a transfer of a share under the Securities Transfer Act have been met and the Company is required under the Securities Transfer Act to register the transfer.

5.2 Waivers of Requirements for Transfer

The Company may waive any of the requirements set out in Article 5.1(1) and any of the preconditions referred to in Article 5.1(2).

5.3 Form of Instrument of Transfer

The instrument of transfer in respect of any share of the Company must be either in the form, if any, on the back of the Company's share certificates or in any other form that may be approved by the Company or the transfer agent for the class or series of shares to be transferred.

5.4 Transferor Remains Shareholder

Except to the extent that the Business Corporations Act otherwise provides, the transferor of shares is deemed to remain the holder of the shares until the name of the transferee is entered in a securities register of the Company in respect of the transfer.

5.5 Signing of Instrument of Transfer

If a shareholder or other appropriate person or an agent who has actual authority to act on behalf of that person, signs an instrument of transfer in respect of shares registered in the name of the shareholder, the signed instrument of transfer constitutes a complete and sufficient authority to the Company and its directors, officers and agents to register the number of shares specified in the instrument of transfer or specified in any other manner, or, if no number is specified but share certificates are deposited with the instrument of transfer, all the shares represented by such share certificates:

  • (1) in the name of the person named as transferee in that instrument of transfer; or

  • (2) if no person is named as transferee in that instrument of transfer, in the name of the person on whose behalf the instrument is deposited for the purpose of having the transfer registered.

5.6 Enquiry as to Title Not Required

Neither the Company nor any director, officer or agent of the Company is bound to inquire into the title of the person named in the instrument of transfer as transferee or, if no person is named as transferee in the instrument of transfer, of the person on whose behalf the instrument is deposited for the purpose of having the transfer registered or is liable for any claim related to registering the transfer by the shareholder or by any intermediate owner or holder of the shares, of any interest in the shares, of any share certificate representing such shares or of any written acknowledgment of a right to obtain a share certificate for such shares.

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5.7 Transfer Fee

Subject to the applicable rules of any stock exchange on which the shares of the Company may be listed, there must be paid to the Company, in relation to the registration of any transfer, the amount, if any, determined by the directors.

PART 6 TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

6.1 Legal Personal Representative Recognized on Death

In the case of the death of a shareholder, the legal personal representative of the shareholder, or in the case of shares registered in the shareholder's name and the name of another person in joint tenancy, the surviving joint holder, will be the only person recognized by the Company as having any title to the shareholder's interest in the shares. Before recognizing a person as a legal personal representative of a shareholder, the directors may require the original grant of probate or letters of administration or a court certified copy of them or the original or a court certified or authenticated copy of the grant of representation, will, order or other instrument or other evidence of the death under which title to the shares or securities is claimed to vest.

6.2 Rights of Legal Personal Representative

The legal personal representative of a shareholder has the rights, privileges and obligations that attach to the shares held by the shareholder, including the right to transfer the shares in accordance with these Articles and applicable securities legislation, if appropriate evidence of appointment or incumbency within the meaning of the Securities Transfer Act has been deposited with the Company. This Article 6.2 does not apply in the case of the death of a shareholder with respect to shares registered in the shareholder's name and the name of another person in joint tenancy.

PART 7 ACQUISITION OF COMPANY'S SHARES

7.1 Company Authorized to Purchase or Otherwise Acquire Shares

Subject to Article 7.2, the special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series of shares, the Business Corporations Act and applicable securities legislation, the Company may, if authorized by the directors, purchase or otherwise acquire any of its shares at the price and upon the terms determined by the directors.

7.2 No Purchase, Redemption or Other Acquisition When Insolvent

The Company must not make a payment or provide any other consideration to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its shares if there are reasonable grounds for believing that:

  • (1) the Company is insolvent; or

  • (2) making the payment or providing the consideration would render the Company insolvent.

  • 7.3 Sale and Voting of Purchased, Redeemed or Otherwise Acquired Shares

If the Company retains a share redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by it, the Company may sell or otherwise dispose of the share, but, while such share is held by the Company, it:

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  • (1) is not entitled to vote the share at a meeting of its shareholders;

  • (2) must not pay a dividend in respect of the share; and

  • (3) must not make any other distribution in respect of the share.

PART 8 BORROWING POWERS

8.1 Borrowing Powers

The Company, if authorized by the directors, may:

  • (1) borrow money in the manner and amount, on the security, from the sources and on the terms and conditions that the directors consider appropriate;

  • (2) issue bonds, debentures and other debt obligations either outright or as security for any liability or obligation of the Company or any other person and at such discounts or premiums and on such other terms as the directors consider appropriate;

  • (3) guarantee the repayment of money by any other person or the performance of any obligation of any other person, provided that any director or authorized officer of the Company may authorize the Company to guarantee the performance of an obligation of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; and

  • (4) mortgage, charge, whether by way of specific or floating charge, grant a security interest in, or give other security on, the whole or any part of the present and future assets and undertaking of the Company.

PART 9 ALTERATIONS

9.1 Alteration of Authorized Share Structure

Subject to Articles 9.2 and 9.3, the special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series of shares and the Business Corporations Act , the Company may:

  • (1) by ordinary resolution:

  • (a) create one or more classes or series of shares or, if none of the shares of a class or series of shares are allotted or issued, eliminate that class or series of shares;

  • (b) increase, reduce or eliminate the maximum number of shares that the Company is authorized to issue out of any class or series of shares or establish a maximum number of shares that the Company is authorized to issue out of any class or series of shares for which no maximum is established;

  • (c) if the Company is authorized to issue shares of a class of shares with par value:

    • (i) decrease the par value of those shares; or

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  • (ii) if none of the shares of that class of shares are allotted or issued, increase the par value of those shares;

  • (d) change all or any of its unissued, or fully paid issued, shares with par value into shares without par value or any of its unissued shares without par value into shares with par value;

  • (e) alter the identifying name of any of its shares; or

  • (f) otherwise alter its shares or authorized share structure when required or permitted to do so by the Business Corporations Act ;

and, if applicable, alter its Notice of Articles and Articles accordingly; or

  • (2) by resolution of the directors, subdivide or consolidate all or any of its unissued, or fully paid issued, shares and if applicable, alter its Notice of Articles and, if applicable, its Articles accordingly.

9.2 Special Rights or Restrictions

Subject to the special rights or restrictions attached to any class or series of shares and the Business Corporations Act , the Company may by ordinary resolution:

  • (1) create special rights or restrictions for, and attach those special rights or restrictions to, the shares of any class or series of shares, whether or not any or all of those shares have been issued; or

  • (2) vary or delete any special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series of shares, whether or not any or all of those shares have been issued;

and alter its Articles and Notice of Articles accordingly.

9.3 No Interference with Class or Series Rights without Consent

A right or special right attached to issued shares must not be prejudiced or interfered with under the Business Corporations Act , the Notice of Articles or these Articles unless the holders of shares of the class or series of shares to which the right or special right is attached consent by a special separate resolution of the holders of such class or series of shares.

9.4 Change of Name

The Company may by directors' resolution or ordinary resolution authorize an alteration to its Notice of Articles in order to change its name.

9.5 Other Alterations

If the Business Corporations Act does not specify the type of resolution and these Articles do not specify another type of resolution, the Company may by ordinary resolution alter these Articles.

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PART 10 MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

10.1 Annual General Meetings

Unless an annual general meeting is deferred or waived in accordance with the Business Corporations Act , the Company must hold an annual general meeting at least once in each calendar year and not more than 15 months after the last annual reference date at such time and place as may be determined by the directors.

10.2 Resolution Instead of Annual General Meeting

If all the shareholders who are entitled to vote at an annual general meeting consent by a unanimous resolution to all of the business that is required to be transacted at that annual general meeting, the annual general meeting is deemed to have been held on the date of the unanimous resolution. The shareholders must, in any unanimous resolution passed under this Article 10.2, select as the Company's annual reference date a date that would be appropriate for the holding of the applicable annual general meeting.

10.3 Calling of Meetings of Shareholders

The directors may, at any time, call a meeting of shareholders, to be held at such time and place inside or outside of British Columbia, as may be determined by the directors.

10.4 Notice for Meetings of Shareholders

The Company must send notice of the date, time and location of any meeting of shareholders (including, without limitation, any notice specifying the intention to propose a resolution as an exceptional resolution, a special resolution or a special separate resolution, and any notice to consider approving an amalgamation into a foreign jurisdiction, an arrangement or the adoption of an amalgamation agreement, and any notice of a general meeting, class meeting or series meeting), in the manner provided in these Articles, or in such other manner, if any, as may be prescribed by ordinary resolution (whether previous notice of the resolution has been given or not), to each shareholder entitled to attend the meeting, to each director and to the auditor of the Company, unless these Articles otherwise provide, at least the following number of days before the meeting:

  • (1) if and for so long as the Company is a public company, 21 days, provided that, so long as the Subordinate Voting Shares are listed on any stock exchange, 25 days, unless otherwise approved by such stock exchange;

  • (2) otherwise, 10 days.

10.5 Record Date for Notice and Voting

The directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of shareholders.

10.6 Failure to Give Notice and Waiver of Notice

The accidental omission to send notice of any meeting of shareholders to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any of the persons entitled to notice does not invalidate any proceedings at that meeting.

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Any person entitled to notice of a meeting of shareholders may, in writing or otherwise, waive that entitlement or agree to reduce the period of that notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting of shareholders is a waiver of entitlement to notice of the meeting unless that person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called.

10.7 Notice of Special Business at Meetings of Shareholders

If a meeting of shareholders is to consider special business within the meaning of Article 11.1, the notice of meeting must:

  • (1) state the general nature of the special business; and

  • (2) if the special business includes considering, approving, ratifying, adopting or authorizing any document or the signing of or giving of effect to any document, have attached to it a copy of the document or state that a copy of the document will be available for inspection by shareholders:

  • (a) at the Company's records office, or at such other reasonably accessible location in British Columbia as is specified in the notice; and

  • (b) during statutory business hours on any one or more specified days before the day set for the holding of the meeting.

10.8 Class Meetings and Series Meetings of Shareholders

Unless otherwise specified in these Articles, the provisions of these Articles relating to a meeting of shareholders will apply, with the necessary changes and so far as they are applicable, to a class meeting or series meeting of shareholders holding a particular class or series of shares.

10.9 Electronic Meetings

The directors may determine that a meeting of shareholders shall be held entirely by means of telephonic, electronic or other communication facilities that permit all participants to communicate with each other during the meeting. A meeting of shareholders may also be held at which some, but not necessarily all, persons entitled to attend may participate by means of such communications facilities, if the directors determine to make them available. A person participating in a meeting by such means is deemed to be present at the meeting.

10.10 Advance Notice Provisions

(1) Nomination of Directors

Subject only to the Business Corporations Act and these Articles, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set out in this Article 10.10 shall be eligible for election as directors to the board of directors of the Company. Nominations of persons for election to the board may only be made at an annual meeting of shareholders, or at a special meeting of shareholders called for any purpose at which the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting, as follows:

  • (a) by or at the direction of the board or an authorized officer of the Company, including pursuant to a notice of meeting;

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  • (b) by or at the direction or request of one or more shareholders pursuant to a valid proposal made in accordance with the provisions of the Business Corporations Act or a valid requisition of shareholders made in accordance with the provisions of the Business Corporations Act ; or

  • (c) by any person entitled to vote at such meeting (a " Nominating Shareholder "), who:

  • (i) is, at the close of business on the date of giving notice provided for in this Article 10.10 and on the record date for notice of such meeting, either entered in the securities register of the Company as a holder of one or more shares carrying the right to vote at such meeting or who beneficially owns shares that are entitled to be voted at such meeting and provides evidence of such beneficial ownership to the Company; and

  • (ii) has given timely notice in proper written form as set forth in this Article 10.10.

(2) Exclusive Means

For the avoidance of doubt, this Article 10.10 shall be the exclusive means for any person to bring nominations for election to the board before any annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Company.

(3) Timely Notice

In order for a nomination made by a Nominating Shareholder to be timely notice (a " Timely Notice "), the Nominating Shareholder's notice must be received by the corporate secretary of the Company at the principal executive offices or registered office of the Company:

  • (a) in the case of an annual meeting of shareholders (including an annual and special meeting), not later than 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on the 30th day before the date of the meeting; provided, however, if the first public announcement made by the Company of the date of the meeting (each such date being the " Notice Date ") is less than 50 days before the meeting date, notice by the Nominating Shareholder may be given not later than the close of business on the 10[th] day following the Notice Date; and

  • (b) in the case of a special meeting (which is not also an annual meeting) of shareholders called for any purpose which includes the election of directors to the board, not later than the close of business on the 15[th] day following the Notice Date;

provided that, in either instance, if notice-and-access (as defined in National Instrument 54-101 - Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer ) is used for delivery of proxy related materials in respect of a meeting described in Article 10.10(3)(a) or 10.10(3)(b), and the Notice Date in respect of the meeting is not less than 50 days before the date of the applicable meeting, the notice must be received not later than the close of business on the 40th day before the date of the applicable meeting.

(4) Proper Form of Notice

To be in proper written form, a Nominating Shareholder's notice to the corporate secretary must comply with all the provisions of this Article 10.10 and disclose or include, as applicable:

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  • (a) as to each person whom the Nominating Shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (a " Proposed Nominee "):

  • (i) the name, age, business and residential address of the Proposed Nominee;

  • (ii) the principal occupation/business or employment of the Proposed Nominee, both presently and for the past five years;

  • (iii) the number of securities of each class of securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned, or controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, by the Proposed Nominee, as of the record date for the meeting of shareholders (if such date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice;

  • (iv) full particulars of any relationships, agreements, arrangements or understandings (including financial, compensation or indemnity related) between the Proposed Nominee and the Nominating Shareholder, or any affiliates or associates of, or any person or entity acting jointly or in concert with, the Proposed Nominee or the Nominating Shareholder;

  • (v) any other information that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident proxy circular or other filings required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Business Corporations Act or applicable securities legislation; and

  • (vi) a written consent of each Proposed Nominee to being named as nominee and certifying that such Proposed Nominee is not disqualified from acting as director under the provisions of subsection 124(2) of the Business Corporations Act ; and

  • (b) as to each Nominating Shareholder giving the notice , and each beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made :

  • (i) their name, business and residential address;

  • (ii) the number of securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned, or controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, by the Nominating Shareholder or any other person with whom the Nominating Shareholder is acting jointly or in concert with respect to the Company or any of its securities, as of the record date for the meeting of shareholders (if such date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice;

  • (iii) their interests in, or rights or obligations associated with, any agreement, arrangement or understanding, the purpose or effect of which is to alter, directly or indirectly, the person's economic interest in a security of the Company or the person's economic exposure to the Company;

  • (iv) any relationships, agreements or arrangements, including financial, compensation and indemnity related relationships, agreements or arrangements, between the Nominating Shareholder or any affiliates or

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associates of, or any person or entity acting jointly or in concert with, the Nominating Shareholder and any Proposed Nominee;

  • (v) full particulars of any proxy, contract, relationship arrangement, agreement or understanding pursuant to which such person, or any of its affiliates or associates, or any person acting jointly or in concert with such person, has any interests, rights or obligations relating to the voting of any securities of the Company or the nomination of directors to the board;

  • (vi) a representation that the Nominating Shareholder is a holder of record of securities of the Company, or a beneficial owner, entitled to vote at such meeting, and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such nomination;

  • (vii) a representation as to whether such person intends to deliver a proxy circular and/or form of proxy to any shareholder of the Company in connection with such nomination or otherwise solicit proxies or votes from shareholders of the Company in support of such nomination; and

  • (viii) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be included in a dissident proxy circular or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Business Corporations Act or as required by applicable securities legislation.

Reference to " Nominating Shareholder " in this section 10.10(4) shall be deemed to refer to each shareholder that nominated or seeks to nominate a person for election as director in the case of a nomination proposal where more than one shareholder is involved in making the nomination proposal.

(5) Currency of Nominee Information

All information to be provided in a Timely Notice pursuant to this Article 10.10 shall be provided as of the date of such notice. The Nominating Shareholder shall provide the Company with an update to such information forthwith so that it is true and correct in all material respects as of the date that is 10 business days before the date of the meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

(6) Delivery of Information

Notwithstanding Part 23 of these Articles, any notice, or other document or information required to be given to the corporate secretary pursuant to this Article 10.10 may only be given by personal delivery or courier (but not by fax or email) to the corporate secretary at the address of the principal executive offices or registered office of the Company and shall be deemed to have been given and made on the date of delivery if it is a business day and the delivery was made prior to 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) and otherwise on the next business day.

(7) Defective Nomination Determination

The chair of any meeting of shareholders of the Company shall have the power to determine whether any proposed nomination is made in accordance with the provisions of this Article 10.10, and if any proposed nomination is not in compliance with such provisions, must as soon as practicable following

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receipt of such nomination and prior to the meeting declare that such defective nomination shall not be considered at any meeting of shareholders.

(8) Failure to Appear

Despite any other provision of this Article 10.10, if the Nominating Shareholder (or a qualified representative of the Nominating Shareholder) does not appear at the meeting of shareholders of the Company to present the nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nomination may have been received by the Company.

(9) Waiver

The board may, in its sole discretion, waive any requirement in this Article 10.10.

(10) Definitions

For the purposes of this Article 10.10, " public announcement " means disclosure in a press release disseminated by the Company through a national news service in Canada, or in a document filed by the Company for public access under its profile on the System of Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com.

PART 11 PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

11.1 Special Business

At a meeting of shareholders, the following business is special business:

  • (1) at a meeting of shareholders that is not an annual general meeting, all business is special business except business relating to the conduct of or voting at the meeting;

  • (2) at an annual general meeting, all business is special business except for the following:

  • (a) business relating to the conduct of or voting at the meeting;

  • (b) consideration of any financial statements of the Company presented to the meeting;

  • (c) consideration of any reports of the directors or auditor;

  • (d) the setting or changing of the number of directors;

  • (e) the election or appointment of directors;

  • (f) the appointment of an auditor;

  • (g) the setting of the remuneration of an auditor;

  • (h) business arising out of a report of the directors not requiring the passing of a special resolution or an exceptional resolution; and

  • (i) any non-binding advisory vote.

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11.2 Special Majority

The majority of votes required for the Company to pass a special resolution at a general meeting of shareholders is two-thirds of the votes cast on the resolution.

11.3 Quorum

Subject to the special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series of shares and to Article 11.4, a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of shareholders is present if shareholder(s) who, in the aggregate, hold at least 5% of the voting rights attached to issued shares entitled to be voted at the meeting are present in person or represented by proxy, irrespective of the number of persons actually present at the meeting.

11.4 One Shareholder May Constitute Quorum

If there is only one shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders:

  • (1) the quorum is one person who is, or who represents by proxy, that shareholder, and

  • (2) that shareholder, present in person or by proxy, may constitute the meeting.

11.5 Persons Entitled to Attend Meeting

In addition to those persons who are entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders, the only other persons entitled to be present at the meeting are the directors, the officers, any lawyer for the Company, the auditor of the Company, any persons invited to be present at the meeting by the directors or by the chair of the meeting and any persons entitled or required under the Business Corporations Act or these Articles to be present at the meeting; but if any of those persons does attend the meeting, that person is not to be counted in the quorum and is not entitled to vote at the meeting unless that person is a shareholder or proxy holder entitled to vote at the meeting.

11.6 Requirement of Quorum

No business, other than the election of a chair of the meeting and the adjournment of the meeting, may be transacted at any meeting of shareholders unless a quorum of shareholders entitled to vote is present at the commencement of the meeting, but such quorum need not be present throughout the meeting.

11.7 Lack of Quorum

If, within one-half hour from the time set for the holding of a meeting of shareholders, a quorum is not present:

  • (1) in the case of a meeting requisitioned by shareholders, the meeting is dissolved, and

  • (2) in the case of any other meeting of shareholders, the meeting stands adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place.

11.8 Lack of Quorum at Succeeding Meeting

If, at the meeting to which the meeting referred to in Article 11.7(2) was adjourned, a quorum is not present within one-half hour from the time set for the holding of the meeting, the person or persons

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present and being, or representing by proxy, one or more shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the meeting constitute a quorum.

11.9 Chair

The chair of the board, if any, or if the chair of the board is absent or unwilling to act as chair of the meeting, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, if any, will preside as chair at each meeting of shareholders.

11.10 Selection of Alternate Chair

If, at any meeting of shareholders, there is no chair of the board or Chief Executive Officer present within 15 minutes after the time set for holding the meeting, or if the chair of the board is and the Chief Executive Officer are unwilling to act as chair of the meeting, or if the chair of the board and the Chief Executive Officer have advised the corporate secretary, if any, or any director present at the meeting, that they will not be present at the meeting, the directors present must choose one of their number to be chair of the meeting or if all of the directors present decline to take the chair or fail to so choose or if no director is present, the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting who are present in person or by proxy may choose any person present at the meeting to chair the meeting.

11.11 Adjournments

The chair of a meeting of shareholders may, and if so directed by the meeting must, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business may be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

11.12 Notice of Adjourned Meeting

It is not necessary to give any notice of an adjourned meeting of shareholders or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting of shareholders except that, when a meeting is adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given as in the case of the original meeting.

11.13 Electronic Voting

Any vote at a meeting of shareholders may be held entirely or partially by means of telephonic, electronic or other communications facilities, if the directors determine to make them available, whether or not persons entitled to attend participate in the meeting by means of communications facilities.

11.14 Decisions by Show of Hands or Poll

Subject to the Business Corporations Act :

  • (1) for so long as any Multiple Voting Shares are outstanding every motion put to a vote at a meeting of shareholders will be decided by a poll; and

  • (2) if no Multiple Voting Shares are outstanding, every motion put to a vote at a meeting of shareholders will be decided on a show of hands or the functional equivalent of a show of hands by means of electronic, telephonic or other communications facility, unless a poll, before or on the declaration of the result of the vote by show of hands or the functional

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equivalent of a show of hands, is directed by the chair or demanded by any shareholder entitled to vote who is present in person or by proxy.

11.15 Declaration of Result

The chair of a meeting of shareholders must declare to the meeting the decision on every question in accordance with the result of the show of hands (or its functional equivalent) or the poll, as the case may be, and that decision must be entered in the minutes of the meeting. A declaration of the chair that a resolution is carried by the necessary majority or is defeated is, unless a poll is directed by the chair or demanded under Article 11.14, conclusive evidence without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution.

11.16 Motion Need Not be Seconded

No motion proposed at a meeting of shareholders need be seconded unless the chair of the meeting rules otherwise, and the chair of any meeting of shareholders is entitled to propose or second a motion.

11.17 Casting Vote

In the case of an equality of votes, the chair of a meeting of shareholders does not, either on a show of hands or on a poll, have a second or casting vote in addition to the vote or votes to which the chair may be entitled as a shareholder.

11.18 Manner of Taking Poll

Subject to Article 11.19, if a poll is duly demanded at a meeting of shareholders:

  • (1) the poll must be taken:

  • (a) at the meeting, or within seven days after the date of the meeting, as the chair of the meeting directs; and

  • (b) in the manner, at the time and at the place that the chair of the meeting directs;

  • (2) the result of the poll is deemed to be the decision of the meeting at which the poll is demanded; and

  • (3) the demand for the poll may be withdrawn by the person who demanded it.

11.19 Demand for Poll on Adjournment

A poll demanded at a meeting of shareholders on a question of adjournment must be taken immediately at the meeting.

11.20 Chair Must Resolve Dispute

In the case of any dispute as to the admission or rejection of a vote given on a poll, the chair of the meeting must determine the dispute, and his or her determination made in good faith is final and conclusive.

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11.21 Casting of Votes

On a poll, a shareholder entitled to more than one vote need not cast all the votes in the same way.

11.22 No Demand for Poll on Election of Chair

No poll may be demanded in respect of the vote by which a chair of a meeting of shareholders is elected.

11.23 Demand for Poll Not to Prevent Continuance of Meeting

The demand for a poll at a meeting of shareholders does not, unless the chair of the meeting so rules, prevent the continuation of the meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which a poll has been demanded.

11.24 Retention of Ballots and Proxies

The Company or its agent must, for at least three months after a meeting of shareholders, keep each ballot cast on a poll and each proxy voted at the meeting, and, during that period, make them available for inspection during normal business hours by any shareholder or proxyholder entitled to vote at the meeting. At the end of such three month period, the Company or its agent may destroy such ballots and proxies.

PART 12 VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS

12.1 Number of Votes by Shareholder or by Shares

Subject to Article 27.2 and any other special rights or restrictions attached to any shares and to the restrictions imposed on joint shareholders under Article 12.3:

  • (1) on a vote by show of hands, every person present who is a shareholder or proxy holder and entitled to vote on the matter has one vote; and

  • (2) on a poll, every shareholder entitled to vote on the matter is entitled, in respect of each share entitled to be voted on the matter and held by that shareholder, to that number of votes provided by the Articles or the Business Corporations Act and may exercise that vote either in person or by proxy.

12.2 Votes of Persons in Representative Capacity

A person who is not a shareholder may vote at a meeting of shareholders, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, and may appoint a proxy holder to act at the meeting, if, before doing so, the person satisfies the chair of the meeting, or the directors, that the person is a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy for a shareholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting.

12.3 Votes by Joint Holders

If there are joint shareholders registered in respect of any share:

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  • (1) any one of the joint shareholders may vote at any meeting of shareholders, personally or by proxy, in respect of the share as if that joint shareholder were solely entitled to it; or

  • (2) if more than one of the joint shareholders is present at any meeting of shareholders, personally or by proxy, and more than one of them votes in respect of that share, then only the vote of the joint shareholder present whose name stands first on the central securities register in respect of the share will be counted.

12.4 Legal Personal Representatives as Joint Shareholders

Two or more legal personal representatives of a shareholder in whose sole name any share is registered are, for the purposes of Article 12.3, deemed to be joint shareholders registered in respect of that share.

12.5 Representative of a Corporate Shareholder

If a corporation that is not a subsidiary of the Company is a shareholder, that corporation may appoint a person to act as its representative at any meeting of shareholders of the Company, and:

  • (1) for that purpose, the instrument appointing a representative must be received:

  • (a) at the registered office of the Company or at any other place specified, in the notice calling the meeting, for the receipt of proxies, at least the number of business days specified in the notice for the receipt of proxies, or if no number of days is specified, two business days before the day set for the holding of the meeting or any adjourned or postponed meeting; or

  • (b) at the meeting or any adjourned or postponed meeting, by the chair of the meeting or adjourned or postponed meeting or by a person designated by the chair of the meeting or adjourned or postponed meeting;

  • (2) if a representative is appointed under this Article 12.5:

  • (a) the representative is entitled to exercise in respect of and at that meeting the same rights on behalf of the corporation that the representative represents as that corporation could exercise if it were a shareholder who is an individual, including, without limitation, the right to appoint a proxy holder; and

  • (b) the representative, if present at the meeting, is to be counted for the purpose of forming a quorum and is deemed to be a shareholder present in person at the meeting.

Evidence of the appointment of any such representative may be sent to the Company or its transfer agent by written instrument or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages.

12.6 When Proxy Holder Need Not Be Shareholder

A person must not be appointed as a proxy holder unless the person is a shareholder, although a person who is not a shareholder may be appointed as a proxy holder if:

  • (1) the person appointing the proxy holder is a corporation or a representative of a corporation appointed under Article 12.5;

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  • (2) the Company has at the time of the meeting for which the proxy holder is to be appointed only one shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting;

  • (3) the shareholders present in person or by proxy at and entitled to vote at the meeting for which the proxy holder is to be appointed, by a resolution on which the proxy holder is not entitled to vote but in respect of which the proxy holder is to be counted in the quorum, permit the proxy holder to attend and vote at the meeting; or

  • (4) the Company is a public company.

12.7 When Proxy Provisions Do Not Apply to the Company

If and for so long as the Company is a public company, Articles 12.8 to 12.16 apply only insofar as they are not inconsistent with any Canadian securities legislation applicable to the Company, any U.S. securities legislation applicable to the Company or any rules of an exchange on which securities of the Company are listed.

12.8 Appointment of Proxy Holders

Every shareholder of the Company, including a corporation that is a shareholder but not a subsidiary of the Company, entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders may, by proxy, appoint one or more proxy holders to attend and act at the meeting in the manner, to the extent and with the powers conferred by the proxy. The instructing of proxy holders may be carried out by means of telephonic, electronic or other communications facility in addition to or in substitution for instructing proxy holders by mail.

12.9 Alternate Proxy Holders

A shareholder may appoint one or more alternate proxy holders to act in the place of an absent proxy holder.

12.10 Deposit of Proxy

A proxy for a meeting of shareholders must:

  • (1) be received at the registered office of the Company or at any other place specified, in the notice calling the meeting, for the receipt of proxies, at least the number of business days specified in the notice, or if no number of days is specified, two business days before the day set for the holding of the meeting or any adjourned meeting;

  • (2) unless the notice provides otherwise, be received, at the meeting or any adjourned meeting, by the chair of the meeting or adjourned meeting or by a person designated by the chair of the meeting or adjourned meeting; or

  • (3) be received in any other manner determined by the board or the chair of the meeting.

A proxy may be sent to the Company by written instrument or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages or by using such available internet or telephone voting services as may be approved by the directors.

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12.11 Validity of Proxy Vote

A vote given in accordance with the terms of a proxy is valid notwithstanding the death or incapacity of the shareholder giving the proxy and despite the revocation of the proxy or the revocation of the authority under which the proxy is given, unless notice in writing of that death, incapacity or revocation is received:

  • (1) at the registered office of the Company, at any time up to and including the last business day before the day set for the holding of the meeting or any adjourned meeting at which the proxy is to be used; or

  • (2) at the meeting or any adjourned meeting, by the chair of the meeting or adjourned meeting, before any vote in respect of which the proxy has been given has been taken.

12.12 Form of Proxy

A proxy, whether for a specified meeting or otherwise, must be either in the following form or in any other form approved by the directors or the chair of the meeting:

[name of company]

(the " Company ")

The undersigned, being a shareholder of the Company, hereby appoints [name] or, failing that person, [name] , as proxy holder for the undersigned to attend, act and vote for and on behalf of the undersigned at the meeting of shareholders of the Company to be held on [month, day, year] and at any adjournment of that meeting.

Number of shares in respect of which this proxy is given (if no number is specified, then this proxy is given in respect of all shares registered in the name of the undersigned):


____ Signed [month, day, year] ____ [Signature of shareholder] ____ [Name of shareholder - printed]

12.13 Revocation of Proxy

Subject to Article 12.4, every proxy may be revoked by an instrument in writing that is received:

  • (1) at the registered office of the Company at any time up to and including the last business day before the day set for the holding of the meeting or any adjourned meeting at which the proxy is to be used; or

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  • (2) at the meeting or any adjourned meeting, by the chair of the meeting or adjourned meeting, before any vote in respect of which the proxy has been given has been taken.

12.14 Revocation of Proxy Must Be Signed

An instrument referred to in Article 12.3 must be signed as follows:

  • (1) if the shareholder for whom the proxy holder is appointed is an individual, the instrument must be signed by the shareholder or his or her legal personal representative or trustee in bankruptcy;

  • (2) if the shareholder for whom the proxy holder is appointed is a corporation, the instrument must be signed by the corporation or by a representative appointed for the corporation under Article 12.5.

12.15 Chair May Determine Validity of Proxy.

The chair of any meeting of shareholders may determine whether or not a proxy deposited for use at the meeting, which may not strictly comply with the requirements of this Part 12 as to form, execution, accompanying documentation, time of filing or otherwise, shall be valid for use at the meeting, and any such determination made in good faith shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the meeting.

12.16 Production of Evidence of Authority to Vote

The board or the chair of any meeting of shareholders may, but need not, at any time (including before, at or subsequent to the meeting) inquire into the authority of any person to vote at the meeting and may, but need not, demand from that person production of evidence for the purposes of determining a person's share ownership as at the relevant record date and the authority to vote.

PART 13 DIRECTORS

13.1 Number of Directors

The Company shall have a minimum of three and a maximum of 15 directors. The number of directors is the number within the minimum and maximum determined by the directors from time to time. If the number of directors has not been determined as provided in this section, the number of directors is the number of directors holding office immediately following the most recent election or appointment of directors, whether at an annual or special general meeting of the shareholders, or by the directors pursuant to Article 14.7.

13.2 Change in Number of Directors

If the number of directors is set under Article 13.1:

  • (1) the shareholders may elect the directors needed to fill any vacancies in the board of directors up to that number; or

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(2) the directors, subject to Article 14.7, may appoint directors to fill those vacancies. No

decrease in the number of directors will shorten the term of an incumbent director.

13.3 Directors' Acts Valid Despite Vacancy

An act or proceeding of the directors is not invalid merely because fewer than the number of directors set or otherwise required under these Articles is in office.

13.4 Qualifications of Directors

A director is not required to hold a share of the Company as qualification for his or her office but must be qualified as required by the Business Corporations Act to become, act or continue to act as a director.

13.5 Remuneration of Directors

The directors are entitled to the remuneration for acting as directors, if any, as the directors may from time to time determine.

13.6 Reimbursement of Expenses of Directors

The Company must reimburse each director for the reasonable expenses that he or she may incur in and about the business of the Company.

13.7 Special Remuneration for Directors

If any director performs any professional or other services for the Company that in the opinion of the directors are outside the ordinary duties of, or not in his or her capacity as, a director, or if any director is otherwise specially occupied in or about the Company's business, he or she may be paid remuneration fixed by the directors and such remuneration may be either in addition to, or in substitution for, any other remuneration that he or she may be entitled to receive.

PART 14 ELECTION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

14.1 Election at Annual General Meeting

At every annual general meeting and in every unanimous resolution contemplated by Article 10.2:

  • (1) the shareholders entitled to vote at the annual general meeting for the election of directors must elect, or in the unanimous resolution appoint, a board of directors consisting of the number of directors for the time being set by the directors under these Articles; and

  • (2) all the directors cease to hold office immediately before the election or appointment of directors under paragraph (1), but are eligible for re-election or re-appointment, subject to being nominated in accordance with Article 10.10.

14.2 Consent to be a Director

No election, appointment or designation of an individual as a director is valid unless:

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  • (1) that individual consents to be a director in the manner provided for in the Business Corporations Act ; or

  • (2) that individual is elected or appointed at a meeting at which the individual is present and the individual does not refuse, at the meeting, to be a director.

14.3 Failure to Elect or Appoint Directors

If:

  • (1) the Company fails to hold an annual general meeting, and all the shareholders who are entitled to vote at an annual general meeting fail to pass the unanimous resolution contemplated by Article 10.2, on or before the date by which the annual general meeting is required to be held under the Business Corporations Act ; or

  • (2) the shareholders fail, at the annual general meeting or in the unanimous resolution contemplated by Article 10.2, to elect or appoint any directors;

then each director then in office continues to hold office until the earlier of:

  • (3) when his or her successor is elected or appointed; and

  • (4) when he or she otherwise ceases to hold office under the Business Corporations Act or these Articles.

14.4 Directors May Fill Casual Vacancies

Any casual vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the directors.

14.5 Remaining Directors' Power to Act

The directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the board of directors, but if the Company has fewer directors in office than the number set pursuant to these Articles as the quorum of directors, the directors may only act for the purpose of appointing directors up to that number or of calling a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of filling any vacancies on the board of directors or, subject to the Business Corporations Act , for any other purpose.

14.6 Shareholders May Fill Vacancies

If the Company has no directors or fewer directors in office than the number set pursuant to these Articles as the quorum of directors, the shareholders may elect or appoint directors to fill any vacancies on the board of directors.

14.7 Additional Directors

Notwithstanding Article 13.2, between annual general meetings or unanimous resolutions contemplated by Article 10.2, the directors may appoint one or more additional directors, but the number of additional directors appointed under this Article 14.7 must not at any time exceed one - third of the number of the current directors who were elected or appointed as directors other than under this Article 14.7.

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Any director so appointed ceases to hold office immediately before the next election or appointment of directors under Article 14.1(1), but is eligible for re-election or re-appointment, subject to being nominated in accordance with Article 10.10.

14.8 Ceasing to be a Director

A director ceases to be a director when:

  • (1) the term of office of the director expires;

  • (2) the director dies;

  • (3) the director resigns as a director by notice in writing provided to the Company or a lawyer for the Company; or

  • (4) the director is removed from office pursuant to Articles 14.9 or 14.10.

14.9 Removal of Director by Shareholders

The Company may remove any director before the expiration of his or her term of office by ordinary resolution. In that event, the shareholders may elect, or appoint by ordinary resolution, a director to fill the resulting vacancy. If the shareholders do not elect or appoint a director to fill the resulting vacancy contemporaneously with the removal, then the directors may appoint or the shareholders may elect, or appoint by ordinary resolution, a director to fill that vacancy.

14.10 Removal of Director by Directors

The directors may remove any director before the expiration of his or her term of office if the director is convicted of an indictable offence, or if the director ceases to be qualified to act as a director of a company in accordance with the Business Corporations Act and does not promptly resign, and the directors may appoint a director to fill the resulting vacancy.

PART 15 POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS

15.1 Powers of Management

The directors must, subject to the Business Corporations Act and these Articles, manage or supervise the management of the business and affairs of the Company and have the authority to exercise all such powers of the Company as are not, by the Business Corporations Act or by these Articles, required to be exercised by the shareholders of the Company.

15.2 Appointment of Attorney of Company

The directors may from time to time, by power of attorney or other instrument, under seal if so required by law, appoint any person to be the attorney of the Company for such purposes, and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the directors under these Articles and excepting the power to fill vacancies in the board of directors, to remove a director, to change the membership of, or fill vacancies in, any committee of the directors, to appoint or remove officers appointed by the directors and to declare dividends) and for such period, and with such remuneration and subject to such conditions as the directors may think fit. Any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection or convenience of persons dealing with such

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attorney as the directors think fit. Any such attorney may be authorized by the directors to subdelegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in him or her.

PART 16 INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

16.1 Director Holding Other Office in the Company

A director may hold any office or place of profit with the Company, other than the office of auditor of the Company, in addition to his or her office of director for the period and on the terms (as to remuneration or otherwise) that the directors may determine.

16.2 No Disqualification

No director or intended director is disqualified by his or her office from contracting with the Company either with regard to the holding of any office or place of profit the director holds with the Company or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, and no contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which a director is in any way interested is liable to be voided for that reason.

16.3 Director or Officer in Other Corporations

A director or officer may be or become a director, officer or employee of, or otherwise interested in, any person in which the Company may be interested as a shareholder or otherwise, and, subject to the Business Corporations Act , the director or officer is not accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him or her as director, officer or employee of, or from his or her interest in, such other person.

PART 17 PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

17.1 Meetings of Directors

The directors may meet together for the conduct of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit, and meetings of the directors held at regular intervals may be held at the place, at the time and on the notice, if any, as the directors may from time to time determine.

17.2 Voting at Meetings

Questions arising at any meeting of directors are to be decided by a majority of votes and, in the case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting does not have a second or casting vote.

17.3 Chair of Meetings

The following individual is entitled to preside as chair at a meeting of directors:

  • (1) the chair of the board, if any; or

  • (2) any other director chosen by the directors if:

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  • (a) the chair of the board is not present at the meeting within 15 minutes after the time set for holding the meeting;

  • (b) the chair of the board is not willing to chair the meeting; or

  • (c) the chair of the board has advised the corporate secretary, if any, or any other director, that he or she will not be present at the meeting.

17.4 Meetings by Telephone or Other Communications Medium

A director may participate in a meeting of the directors or of any committee of the directors:

  • (1) in person;

  • (2) by telephone; or

  • (3) with the consent of all directors who wish to participate in the meeting, by other communications medium;

if all directors participating in the meeting, whether in person, or by telephone or other communications medium, are able to communicate with each other. A director who participates in a meeting in a manner contemplated by this Article 17.4 is deemed for all purposes of the Business Corporations Act and these Articles to be present at the meeting and to have agreed to participate in that manner.

17.5 Calling of Meetings

A director may, and the corporate secretary or an assistant corporate secretary of the Company, if any, on the request of a director must, call a meeting of the directors at any time.

17.6 Notice of Meetings

Other than for meetings held at regular intervals as determined by the directors pursuant to Article 17.1 or as provided in Article 17.7, reasonable notice of each meeting of the directors, specifying the place, day and time of that meeting must be given to each of the directors by any method set out in Article 23.1 or orally or by telephone conversation with a director.

17.7 When Notice Not Required

It is not necessary to give notice of a meeting of the directors to a director if:

  • (1) the meeting is to be held immediately following a meeting of shareholders at which that director was elected or appointed, or is the meeting of the directors at which that director is appointed; or

  • (2) the director has waived notice of the meeting.

17.8 Meeting Valid Despite Failure to Give Notice

The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting of directors to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any director, does not invalidate any proceedings at that meeting.

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17.9 Waiver of Notice of Meetings

Any director may send to the Company a document signed by him or her waiving notice of any past, present or future meeting or meetings of the directors and may at any time withdraw that waiver with respect to meetings held after that withdrawal. After sending a waiver with respect to all future meetings and until that waiver is withdrawn, no notice of any meeting of the directors need be given to that director, and all meetings of the directors so held are deemed not to be improperly called or constituted by reason of notice not having been given to such director.

Attendance of a director at a meeting of the directors is a waiver of notice of the meeting, unless that director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called.

17.10 Quorum

The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the directors is a majority of the number of directors in office or such greater number as the directors may determine from time to time.

17.11 Validity of Acts Where Appointment Defective

Subject to the Business Corporations Act , an act of a director or officer is not invalid merely because of an irregularity in the election or appointment or a defect in the qualification of that director or officer.

17.12 Consent Resolutions in Writing

A resolution of the directors or of any committee of the directors may be passed without a meeting:

  • (1) in all cases, if each of the directors entitled to vote on the resolution consents to it in writing; or

  • (2) in the case of a resolution to approve a contract or transaction in respect of which a director has disclosed that he or she has or may have a disclosable interest, if each of the other directors who have not made such a disclosure consents in writing to the resolution.

A consent in writing under this Article 17.12 may be by any written instrument, e-mail or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages in which the consent of the director is evidenced, whether or not the signature of the director is included in the record. A consent in writing may be in two or more counterparts which together are deemed to constitute one consent in writing. A resolution of the directors or of any committee of the directors passed in accordance with this Article 17.12 is effective on the date stated in the consent in writing or on the latest date stated on any counterpart and is deemed to be a proceeding at a meeting of the directors or of the committee of the directors and to be as valid and effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the directors or of the committee of the directors that satisfies all the requirements of the Business Corporations Act and all the requirements of these Articles relating to meetings of the directors or of a committee of the directors.

PART 18 BOARD COMMITTEES

18.1 Appointment and Powers of Committees

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The directors may, by resolution:

  • (1) appoint one or more committees consisting of the director or directors that they consider appropriate;

  • (2) delegate to a committee appointed under paragraph (1) any of the directors' powers, except:

  • (a) the power to fill vacancies in the board of directors;

  • (b) the power to remove a director or appoint additional directors;

  • (c) the power to set the number of directors;

  • (d) the power to create a committee of directors, create or modify the terms of reference for a committee of the directors, or change the membership of, or fill vacancies in, any committee of the directors;

  • (e) the power to appoint or remove officers appointed by the directors; and

  • (3) make any delegation permitted by paragraph (2) subject to the conditions set out in the resolution or any subsequent directors' resolution.

18.2 Obligations of Committees

Any committee appointed under Article 18.1, in the exercise of the powers delegated to it, must:

  • (1) conform to any rules that may from time to time be imposed on it by the directors; and

  • (2) report every act or thing done in exercise of those powers at such times as the directors may require.

18.3 Powers of Board

The directors may, at any time, with respect to a committee appointed under Article 18.1:

  • (1) revoke or alter the authority given to the committee, or override a decision made by the committee, except as to acts done before such revocation, alteration or overriding;

  • (2) terminate the appointment of, or change the membership of, the committee; and

  • (3) fill vacancies in the committee.

18.4 Committee Meetings

Subject to Article 18.2(1) and unless the directors otherwise provide in the resolution appointing the committee or in any subsequent resolution, with respect to a committee appointed under Article 18.1:

  • (1) the committee may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper;

  • (2) the committee may elect a chair of its meetings but, if no chair of a meeting is elected, or if at a meeting the chair of the meeting is not present within 15 minutes after the time set for holding the meeting, the directors present who are members of the committee may choose one of their number to chair the meeting;

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  • (3) a majority of the members of the committee constitutes a quorum of the committee; and

  • (4) questions arising at any meeting of the committee are determined by a majority of votes of the members present, and in the case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting does not have a second or casting vote.

PART 19 OFFICERS

19.1 Directors May Appoint Officers

The directors may, from time to time, appoint such officers, if any, as the directors determine and the directors may, at any time, terminate any such appointment.

19.2 Functions, Duties and Powers of Officers

The directors may, for each officer:

  • (1) determine the functions and duties of the officer;

  • (2) delegate to the officer any of the powers exercisable by the directors on such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as the directors think fit; and

  • (3) revoke, withdraw, alter or vary all or any of the functions, duties and powers of the officer.

19.3 Qualifications

No officer may be appointed unless that officer is qualified in accordance with the Business Corporations Act . One person may hold more than one position as an officer of the Company. Any person appointed as the chair of the board or as a managing director must be a director. Any other officer need not be a director.

19.4 Remuneration and Terms of Appointment

All appointments of officers are to be made on the terms and conditions and at the remuneration (whether by way of salary, fee, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) that the directors think fit and are subject to termination at the pleasure of the directors, and an officer may in addition to such remuneration be entitled to receive, after he or she ceases to hold such office or leaves the employment of the Company, a pension or gratuity.

PART 20 INDEMNIFICATION

20.1 Definitions

In this Part 20:

  • (1) " eligible penalty " means a judgment, penalty or fine awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in settlement of, an eligible proceeding;

  • (2) " eligible proceeding " means a legal proceeding or investigative action, whether current, threatened, pending or completed, in which a director or former director or an officer or

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former officer of the Company (each, an " eligible party ") or any of the heirs and legal personal representatives of the eligible party, by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director or officer of the Company:

  • (a) is or may be joined as a party; or

  • (b) is or may be liable for or in respect of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding;

  • (3) " expenses " has the meaning set out in the Business Corporations Act ;

  • (4) " officer " means an officer appointed by the board of directors.

20.2 Mandatory Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Subject to the Business Corporations Act , the Company must indemnify an eligible party and his or her heirs and legal personal representatives against all eligible penalties to which such person is or may be liable, and the Company must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in respect of that proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the Business Corporations Act .

20.3 Deemed Contract

Each director and officer is deemed to have contracted with the Company on the terms of the indemnity contained in Article 20.2.

20.4 Permitted Indemnification

Subject to any restrictions in the Business Corporations Act , the Company may indemnify any person, including directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives of the Company.

20.5 Non-Compliance with Business Corporations Act

The failure of a director or officer of the Company to comply with the Business Corporations Act or these Articles does not invalidate any indemnity to which he or she is entitled under this Part 20.

20.6 Company May Purchase Insurance

The Company may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person (or his or her heirs or legal personal representatives) who:

  • (1) is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company;

  • (2) is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation at a time when the corporation is or was an affiliate of the Company;

  • (3) at the request of the Company, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity;

  • (4) at the request of the Company, holds or held a position equivalent to that of a director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity;

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against any liability incurred by him or her as such director, officer, employee or agent or person who holds or held such equivalent position.

PART 21 DIVIDENDS

21.1 Payment of Dividends Subject to Special Rights

The provisions of this Part 21 are subject to the rights, if any, of shareholders holding shares with special rights as to dividends.

21.2 Declaration of Dividends

Subject to the Business Corporations Act , the directors may from time to time declare and authorize payment of such dividends as they may consider appropriate.

21.3 No Notice Required

The directors need not give notice to any shareholder of any declaration under Article 21.2.

21.4 Record Date

The directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend. The record date must not precede the date on which the dividend is to be paid by more than two months. If no record date is set, the record date is 5 p.m. on the date on which the directors pass the resolution declaring the dividend.

21.5 Manner of Paying Dividend

A resolution declaring a dividend may direct payment of the dividend wholly or partly in money or by the distribution of specific assets or of fully paid shares or of bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company or any other corporation, or in any one or more of those ways.

21.6 When Dividend Payable

Any dividend may be made payable on such date as is fixed by the directors.

21.7 Dividends to be Paid in Accordance with Number of Shares

All dividends on shares of any class or series of shares must be declared and paid according to the number of such shares held.

21.8 Receipt by Joint Shareholders

If several persons are joint shareholders of any share, any one of them may give an effective receipt for any dividend, bonus or other money payable in respect of the share.

21.9 Dividend Bears No Interest

No dividend bears interest against the Company.

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21.10 Fractional Dividends

If a dividend to which a shareholder is entitled includes a fraction of the smallest monetary unit of the currency of the dividend, that fraction may be disregarded in making payment of the dividend and that payment represents full payment of the dividend.

21.11 Payment of Dividends

Any dividend or other distribution payable in money in respect of shares may be paid;

  • (1) by cheque, made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent, and mailed to the registered address of the shareholder, or in the case of joint shareholders, to the registered address of the joint shareholder who is first named on the central securities register, or to the person and to the address the shareholder or joint shareholders may direct in writing; or

  • (2) by electronic transfer, if so authorized by the shareholder.

The mailing of such cheque or the forwarding by electronic transfer will, to the extent of the sum represented by the cheque (plus the amount of the tax required by law to be deducted), discharge all liability for the dividend unless such cheque is not paid on presentation or the amount of tax so deducted is not paid to the appropriate taxing authority.

21.12 Capitalization of Retained Earnings or Surplus

Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, the directors may from time to time capitalize any retained earnings or surplus of the Company and may from time to time issue, as fully paid, shares or any bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company as a dividend representing the retained earnings or surplus so capitalized or any part thereof.

21.13 Unclaimed Dividends

Any dividend unclaimed after a period of three years from the date on which the same has been declared to be payable shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company. The Company shall not be liable to any person in respect of any dividend which is forfeited to the Company or delivered to any public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

PART 22 ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND AUDITOR

22.1 Recording of Financial Affairs

The directors must cause adequate accounting records to be kept to record properly the financial affairs and condition of the Company and to comply with the Business Corporations Act .

22.2 Inspection of Accounting Records

Unless the directors determine otherwise, or unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution, no shareholder of the Company is entitled to inspect or obtain a copy of any accounting records of the Company.

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22.3 Remuneration of Auditor

The directors may set the remuneration of the auditor of the Company.

PART 23 NOTICES

23.1 Method of Giving Notice

Unless the Business Corporations Act or these Articles provide otherwise, a notice, statement, report or other record required or permitted by the Business Corporations Act or these Articles to be sent by or to a person may be sent by any one of the following methods:

  • (1) mail addressed to the person at the applicable address for that person as follows:

  • (a) for a record mailed to a shareholder, the shareholder's registered address;

  • (b) for a record mailed to a director or officer, the prescribed address for mailing shown for the director or officer in the records kept by the Company or the mailing address provided by the recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;

  • (c) in any other case, the mailing address of the intended recipient;

  • (2) delivery at the applicable address for that person as follows, addressed to the person:

  • (a) for a record delivered to a shareholder, the shareholder's registered address;

  • (b) for a record delivered to a director or officer, the prescribed address for delivery shown for the director or officer in the records kept by the Company or the delivery address provided by the recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;

  • (c) in any other case, the delivery address of the intended recipient;

  • (3) unless the intended recipient is the Company or the auditor of the Company, sending the record by fax to the fax number provided by the intended recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;

  • (4) unless the intended recipient is the auditor of the Company, sending the record by e-mail to the e-mail address provided by the intended recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;

  • (5) physical delivery to the intended recipient;

  • (6) creating and providing a record posted on or made available through a general accessible electronic source and providing written notice by any of the foregoing methods as to the availability of such record; or

  • (7) as otherwise permitted by applicable securities legislation.

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23.2 Deemed Receipt

A notice, statement, report or other record that is:

  • (1) mailed to a person by ordinary mail to the applicable address for that person referred to in Article 23.1 is deemed to be received by the person to whom it was mailed on the day, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted, following the date of mailing;

  • (2) faxed to a person to the fax number provided by that person referred to in Article 23.1 is deemed to be received by the person to whom it was faxed on the day it was faxed;

  • (3) e-mailed to a person to the e-mail address provided by that person referred to in Article 23.1 is deemed to be received by the person to whom it was e-mailed on the day it was e-mailed; and

  • (4) delivered in accordance with Section 23.1(6), is deemed to be received by the person on the day such written notice is sent.

23.3 Certificate of Sending

A certificate signed by the corporate secretary, if any, or other officer of the Company or of any other corporation acting in that capacity on behalf of the Company stating that a notice, statement, report or other record was sent in accordance with Article 23.1 is conclusive evidence of that fact.

23.4 Notice to Joint Shareholders

A notice, statement, report or other record may be provided by the Company to the joint shareholders of a share by providing such record to the joint shareholder first named in the central securities register in respect of the share.

23.5 Notice to Legal Personal Representatives and Trustees

A notice, statement, report or other record may be provided by the Company to the persons entitled to a share in consequence of the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of a shareholder by:

  • (1) mailing the record, addressed to them:

  • (a) by name, by the title of the legal personal representative of the deceased or incapacitated shareholder, by the title of trustee of the bankrupt shareholder or by any similar description; and

  • (b) at the address, if any, supplied to the Company for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled; or

  • (2) if an address referred to in paragraph (1)(b) has not been supplied to the Company, by giving the notice in a manner in which it might have been given if the death, bankruptcy or incapacity had not occurred.

23.6 Undelivered Notices

If, on two consecutive occasions, a notice, statement, report or other record is sent to a shareholder pursuant to Article 23.1 and on each of those occasions any such record is returned because the

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shareholder cannot be located, the Company shall not be required to send any further records to the shareholder until the shareholder informs the Company in writing of his or her new address.

PART 24 SEAL

24.1 Who May Attest Seal

Except as provided in Articles 24.1(2) and 24.1(3), the Company's seal, if any, must not be impressed on any record except when that impression is attested by the signatures of:

  • (1) any two directors;

  • (2) any officer, together with any director;

  • (3) if the Company only has one director, that director; or

  • (4) any one or more directors or officers or persons as may be determined by the directors.

24.2 Sealing Copies

For the purpose of certifying under seal a certificate of incumbency of the directors or officers of the Company or a true copy of any resolution or other document, despite Article 24.1, the impression of the seal may be attested by the signature of any director or officer or the signature of any other person as may be determined by the directors.

24.3 Mechanical Reproduction of Seal

The directors may authorize the seal to be impressed by third parties on share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company as they may determine appropriate from time to time. To enable the seal to be impressed on any share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company, whether in definitive or interim form, on which facsimiles of any of the signatures of the directors or officers of the Company are, in accordance with the Business Corporations Act or these Articles, printed or otherwise mechanically reproduced, there may be delivered to the person employed to engrave, lithograph or print such definitive or interim share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities one or more unmounted dies reproducing the seal and such persons as are authorized under Article 24.1 to attest the Company's seal may in writing authorize such person to cause the seal to be impressed on such definitive or interim share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities by the use of such dies. Share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities to which the seal has been so impressed are for all purposes deemed to be under and to bear the seal impressed on them.

PART 25 PROHIBITIONS

25.1 Definitions

In this Part 25:

  • (1) " security " has the meaning assigned in the Securities Act ;

  • (2) " transfer restricted security " means

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  • (a) a share of the Company;

  • (b) a security of the Company convertible into shares of the Company;

  • (c) any other security of the Company which must be subject to restrictions on transfer in order for the Company to satisfy the requirement for restrictions on transfer under the " private issuer " exemption of Canadian securities legislation or under any other exemption from prospectus or registration requirements of Canadian securities legislation similar in scope and purpose to the " private issuer " exemption.

25.2 Application

Article 25.3 does not apply to the Company if and for so long as it is a public company.

25.3 Consent Required for Transfer of Shares or Transfer Restricted Securities

No share or other transfer restricted security may be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of without the consent of the directors and the directors are not required to give any reason for refusing to consent to any such sale, transfer or other disposition.

PART 26 FORUM SELECTION

26.1 Forum for Adjudication of Certain Disputes

Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada and the appellate Courts therefrom, shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company; (ii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, or other employee of the Company to the Company; (iii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Business Corporations Act or these Articles (as either may be amended from time to time); or (iv) any action or proceeding asserting a claim otherwise related to the relationships among the Company, its affiliates and their respective shareholders, directors and/or officers, but this paragraph (iv) does not include claims related to the business carried on by the Company or such affiliates. If any action or proceeding the subject matter of which is within the scope of the preceding sentence is filed in a Court other than a Court located within the Province of British Columbia (a " Foreign Action ") in the name of any securityholder, such securityholder shall be deemed to have consented to (i) the personal jurisdiction of the provincial and federal Courts located within the Province of British Columbia in connection with any action or proceeding brought in any such Court to enforce the preceding sentence and (ii) having service of process made upon such securityholder in any such action or proceeding by service upon such securityholder's counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such securityholder.

PART 27 SPECIAL RIGHTS OR RESTRICTIONS

27.1 Definitions

In this Part 27, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

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" Affiliate " means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.

" Change of Control Transaction " means an amalgamation, arrangement, recapitalization, business combination or similar transaction of the Company, other than an amalgamation, arrangement, recapitalization, business combination or similar transaction that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the continuing entity or its parent) more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company, the continuing entity or its parent and more than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of outstanding shares of the Company, the continuing entity or its parent, in each case as outstanding immediately after such transaction, and the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the transaction own voting securities of the Company, the continuing entity or its parent immediately following the transaction in substantially the same proportions (vis a vis each other) as such shareholders owned the voting securities of the Company immediately prior to the transaction.

" Coattail Agreement " means an agreement for the purpose of ensuring that the holders, from time to time, of the Subordinate Voting Shares will not be deprived of any rights under applicable take-over bid legislation to which they would have been entitled in the event of a take-over bid for the Multiple Voting Shares if the Multiple Voting Shares had been Subordinate Voting Shares, as may be required pursuant to applicable Canadian securities legislation;

" Members of the Immediate Family " means with respect to any individual, each parent (whether by birth or adoption), spouse or child (including any step- child) or other descendants (whether by birth or adoption) of such individual, each spouse of any of the aforementioned Persons, each trust created solely for the benefit of such individual and/or one or more of the aforementioned Persons, and each legal representative of such individual or of any aforementioned Persons (including without limitation a tutor, curator, mandatary due to incapacity, custodian, guardian or testamentary executor), acting in such capacity under the authority of the law, an order from a competent tribunal, a will or a mandate in case of incapacity or similar instrument. For the purposes of this definition, a Person shall be considered the spouse of an individual if such Person is legally married to such individual, lives in a civil union with such individual or is the common law partner (as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) as amended from time to time) of such individual. A Person who was the spouse of an individual within the meaning of this paragraph immediately before the death of such individual shall continue to be considered a spouse of such individual after the death of such individual.

" Permitted Holders" means (i) Samuel Jones and any Members of the Immediate Family of Samuel Jones, and (ii) any Person controlled, directly or indirectly by one or more of the Persons referred to in clause (i) above.

" Person " means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, joint venture or limited liability company.

" Shares " means Multiple Voting Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares.

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For purposes of this Part 27, a Person is " controlled " by another Person or other Persons if: (i) in the case of a company or other body corporate wherever or however incorporated: (A) securities entitled to vote in the election of directors carrying in the aggregate at least a majority of the votes for the election of directors and representing in the aggregate at least a majority of the participating (equity) securities are held, other than by way of security only directly or indirectly, by or solely for the benefit of the other Person or Persons; and (B) the votes carried in the aggregate by such securities are entitled, if exercised, to elect a majority of the board of directors of such company or other body corporate; or (ii) in the case of a Person that is not a company or other body corporate, at least a majority of the participating (equity) and voting interests of such Person are held, directly or indirectly, by or solely for the benefit of the other Person or Persons; and " controls ", " controlling " and " under common control with " shall be interpreted accordingly.

27.2 Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares

The special rights or restrictions attached to the Subordinate Voting Shares and the Multiple Voting Shares shall be as follows:

(1) Dividends; Rights on Liquidation, Dissolution, or Winding-Up

The Subordinate Voting Shares and the Multiple Voting Shares shall be subject to and subordinate to the special rights or restrictions attached to the Preferred Shares and the shares of any other class ranking senior to the Subordinate Voting Shares and the Multiple Voting Shares and shall rank pari passu , share for share, as to the right to receive dividends and any amount payable on any distribution of assets constituting a return of capital and to receive the remaining property and assets of the Company on the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, or any other distribution of assets of the Company among its shareholders for the purposes of winding up its affairs. For the avoidance of doubt, holders of Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares shall, subject always to the rights of the holders of Preferred Shares and the shares of any other class ranking senior to the Subordinate Voting Shares and the Multiple Voting Shares, be entitled to receive (i) such dividends and any amount payable on any distribution of assets constituting a return of capital as the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine, and (ii) in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding -up of the Company, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, or any other distribution of assets of the Company among its shareholders for the purposes of winding up its affairs, the remaining property and assets of the Company, in the case of (i) and (ii) an identical amount per share, at the same time and in the same form (whether in cash, in specie or otherwise) as if such shares were of one class only; provided, however, that in the event of the payment of a dividend in the form of shares, holders of Subordinate Voting Shares shall receive Subordinate Voting Shares and holders of Multiple Voting Shares shall receive Multiple Voting Shares, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.

(2) Meetings and Voting Rights

Each holder of Multiple Voting Shares and each holder of Subordinate Voting Shares shall be entitled to receive notice of and to attend all meetings of shareholders of the Company, except meetings at which only holders of another class or of a particular series shall have the right to vote. At each such meeting, each Multiple Voting Share shall entitle the holder thereof to three (3) votes and each Subordinate Voting Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one (1) vote. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each holder of Subordinate Voting Shares shall be entitled to receive notice of and to attend a meeting at which only holders of Multiple Voting Shares have the right to vote, provided, for greater certainty, the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares shall not be entitled to vote thereat.

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(3) Subdivision or Consolidation

No subdivision or consolidation of the Subordinate Voting Shares or the Multiple Voting Shares shall be carried out unless, at the same time, the Multiple Voting Shares or the Subordinate Voting Shares, as the case may be, are subdivided or consolidated in the same manner and on the same basis so as to preserve the relative economic and voting interests of the two classes. (4) Conversion

The Subordinate Voting Shares cannot be converted into any other class of shares. Each outstanding Multiple Voting Share may at any time, at the option of the holder, be converted into one fully paid and non-assessable Subordinate Voting Share, in the following manner:

  • (a) The conversion right which provision is made in subsection 27.2(4) shall be exercised by notice in writing given to the transfer agent of the Company, if one exists, and if not, to the Company at its registered office, accompanied by a certificate or certificates representing the Multiple Voting Shares in respect of which the holder desires to exercise such conversion right or the equivalent in any noncertificated inventory system (such as, for example, a Direct Registration System) administered by any applicable depository or transfer agent of the Company. Such notice shall be signed by the holder of the Multiple Voting Shares in respect of which such conversion right is being exercised, or by the duly authorized representative thereof, and shall specify the number of Multiple Voting Shares which such holder desires to have converted. On any conversion of Multiple Voting Shares, the Subordinate Voting Shares resulting therefrom shall be registered in the name of the registered holder of the Multiple Voting Shares converted or, subject to payment by the registered holder of any stock transfer or applicable taxes and compliance with any other reasonable requirements of the Company in respect of such transfer, in such name or names as such registered holder may direct in writing.

  • (b) Upon receipt of such notice and certificate or certificates and, as applicable, compliance with such other requirements, the Company shall, at its expense, effective as of the date of such receipt and, as applicable, compliance, remove or cause the removal of such holder from the register of holders in respect of the Multiple Voting Shares for which the conversion right is being exercised, add the holder (or any person or persons in whose name or names such converting holder shall have directed the resulting Subordinate Voting Shares to be registered) to the securities register of holders in respect of the resulting Subordinate Voting Shares, cancel or cause the cancellation of the certificate or certificates representing such Multiple Voting Shares and issue or cause to be issued a certificate or certificates, or the equivalent in any non-certificated inventory system (such as, for example, a Direct Registration System) administered by any applicable depository or transfer agent of the Company, representing the Subordinate Voting Shares issued upon the conversion of such Multiple Voting Shares. If less than all of the Multiple Voting Shares represented by any certificate are to be converted, the holder shall be entitled to receive a new certificate representing the Multiple Voting Shares represented by the original certificate which are not to be converted.

  • (c) A Multiple Voting Share that is converted into Subordinate Voting Shares as provided for in this subsection 27.2(4) will automatically be cancelled.

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(5) Automatic Conversion

  • (a) Upon the first date that any Multiple Voting Share shall be held other than by a Permitted Holder, the Permitted Holder which held such Multiple Voting Share until such date, without any further action, shall automatically be deemed to have exercised his, her or its rights under subsection 27.2(4) to convert such Multiple Voting Share into one fully paid and non-assessable Subordinate Voting Share.

  • (b) In addition, all Multiple Voting Shares held by the Permitted Holders will convert automatically, without any further action, into Subordinate Voting Shares at such time that the Permitted Holders that hold Multiple Voting Shares no longer, as a group beneficially own, directly or indirectly and in the aggregate, at least 2% of the issued and outstanding Shares on a non-diluted basis.

  • (c) A Multiple Voting Share that is converted into Subordinate Voting Shares as provided for in subsection 27.2(5)(a) or 27.2(5)(b) will automatically be cancelled.

  • (d) Any Permitted Holder that holds Multiple Voting Shares shall be required to become a party to the Coattail Agreement between the Company, its trustee and holders of Multiple Voting Shares.

(6) Single Class

Except as otherwise provided in these Articles, Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares are equal in all respects and shall be treated as shares of a single class for all purposes under the Business Corporations Act .

(7) Certain Class Votes

In connection with any Change of Control Transaction requiring approval of the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares under the Business Corporations Act , holders of Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares shall be treated equally and identically, on a per share basis, unless different treatment of the shares of each such class is approved by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of outstanding Subordinate Voting Shares or their proxyholders in respect of a resolution approving such Change of Control Transaction and by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of outstanding Multiple Voting Shares or their proxyholders in respect of a resolution approving such Change of Control Transaction, each voting separately as a class at a meeting of the holders of that class called and held for such purpose.

(8) Certain Amendments

In addition to any other voting right or power to which the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares shall be entitled by law or regulation or other provisions of these Articles, but subject to the provisions of these Articles, holders of Subordinate Voting Shares shall be entitled to vote as a separate class, in addition to any other vote of shareholders that may be required, in respect of any alteration, repeal or amendment of these Articles which would adversely affect the rights or special rights of the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares or affect the holders of Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares differently, on a per share basis, including an amendment to the terms of these Articles that provides that any Multiple Voting Shares sold or transferred to a Person that is not a Permitted Holder shall be automatically converted into Subordinate Voting Shares, and such alteration, repeal or

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amendment shall not be effective unless a resolution in respect thereof is approved by a majority of the votes cast by holders of outstanding shares of such class or their proxyholders.

27.3 Preferred Shares

The special rights or restrictions attached to the Preferred Shares shall be as follows:

  • (1) Issuable in Series

  • (a) The Preferred Shares may at any time and from time to time be issued in one or more series.

(b) Subject to Article 9.3 and the Business Corporations Act , the board may from time to time, by directors' resolution, if none of the Preferred Shares of any particular series are issued, alter these Articles and authorize the alteration of the Notice of Articles of the Company, as the case may be, to do one or more of the following:

  • (i) determine the maximum number of shares of any of those series of Preferred Shares that the Company is authorized to issue, determine that there is no such maximum number, or alter any determination made under this paragraph (i) or otherwise in relation to a maximum number of those shares;

  • (ii) create an identifying name by which the shares of any of those series of Preferred Shares may be identified, or alter any identifying name created for those shares; and

  • (iii) attach special rights or restrictions to the shares of any of those series of Preferred Shares or alter any special rights or restrictions attached to those shares, including, but without limiting or restricting the generality of the foregoing, special rights or restrictions with respect to:

  • (A) the rate, amount, method of calculation and payment of any dividends, whether cumulative, partly cumulative or non-cumulative, and whether such rate, amount, method of calculation or payment is subject to change or adjustment in the future;

  • (B) any rights upon a dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company or upon any other return of capital or distribution of the assets of the Company among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs;

  • (C) any rights of redemption, retraction or purchase for cancellation and the prices and terms and conditions of any such rights;

  • (D) any rights of conversion, exchange or reclassification and the terms and conditions of any such rights;

  • (E) any voting rights and restrictions;

  • (F) the terms and conditions of any share purchase plan or sinking fund;

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  • (G) restrictions respecting payment of dividends on, or the return of capital, repurchase or redemption of, any other shares of the Company; and

  • (H) any other special rights or restrictions, not inconsistent with these share provisions, attaching to such series of Preferred Shares.

  • (c) No special rights or restrictions attached to any series of Preferred Shares will confer upon the shares of that series a priority over the shares of any other series of Preferred Shares in respect of dividends or a return of capital in the event of the dissolution of the Company or on the occurrence of any other event that entitles the shareholders holding the shares of all series of the Preferred Shares to a return of capital. The Preferred Shares of each series will, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets or return of capital in the event of dissolution or on the occurrence of any other event that entitles the shareholders holding the shares of all series of the Preferred Shares to a return of capital, rank on a parity with the shares of every other series.

(2) Class Rights or Restrictions

  • (a) Holders of Preferred Shares will be entitled to preference with respect to payment of dividends over the Multiple Voting Shares, the Subordinate Voting Shares and any other shares ranking junior to the Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends.

  • (b) In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of the assets of the Company among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, the holders of the Preferred Shares will be entitled to preference over the Multiple Voting Shares, the Subordinate Voting Shares and any other shares ranking junior to the Preferred Shares with respect to the repayment of capital paid up on and the payment of unpaid dividends accrued on the Preferred Shares.

  • (c) The Preferred Shares may also be given such other preferences over the Multiple Voting Shares, the Subordinate Voting Shares and any other shares ranking junior to the Preferred Shares as may be fixed by directors' resolution as to the respective series authorized to be issued.

Dated February ●, 2021

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