Form 20-F Canada Goose Holdings For: Mar 28
Exhibit 2.2
Description of Rights of Each Class of Securities Registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)
As of March 28, 2021, Canada Goose Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”, “we” or “our”) has one class of securities, subordinate voting shares, registered under the Exchange Act.
The following description of our subordinate voting shares is a summary and does not purport to be complete. It is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company’s Articles of Canada Goose Holdings Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to our Annual Report on Form 20-F (file no. 001-38027) filed with the SEC on June 6, 2017), and certain related sections of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “BCBCA”).
Authorized Share Capital
The authorized share capital of the Company consists of an unlimited number of subordinate voting shares without par value, an unlimited number of multiple voting shares without par value, and an unlimited number of preferred shares without par value, issuable in series. Our subordinate voting shares and multiple voting shares may be issued in registered form. As of March 28, 2021, there are no preferred shares outstanding.
The instrument of transfer in respect of any subordinate voting share and multiple voting 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. The provision in our Articles requiring the consent of the board of directors for any transfer of subordinate voting shares or multiple voting shares is not applicable for so long as we are a public company.
We have filed an undertaking with the Ontario Securities Commission pursuant to which we have agreed to provide reasonable prior notice to the Ontario Securities Commission in the event that we intend to issue a series of preferred shares that would restrict the rights of the subordinate voting shares, regardless of any existing restrictions on the subordinate voting shares due to the existence of the multiple voting shares.
Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares
Holders of our multiple voting shares are entitled to 10 votes per multiple voting share and holders of subordinate voting shares are entitled to one vote per subordinate voting share on all matters upon which holders of shares are entitled to vote. Subject to the prior rights of the holders of our preferred shares, the holders of our multiple voting shares and subordinate voting shares are entitled to receive dividends as and when declared by our board of directors, without preference or distinction among or between the subordinate voting shares and the multiple voting shares, provided that in the event of 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. Subject to the prior payment to the holders of our preferred shares, in the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up or other distribution of our assets among our shareholders, the holders of our multiple voting shares and subordinate voting shares are entitled to share pro rata in the distribution of the balance of our assets, without preference or distinction among or between the subordinate voting shares and the multiple voting shares. Holders of multiple voting shares and subordinate voting shares have no pre-emptive or conversion or exchange rights or other subscription rights, except that each outstanding multiple voting share may at any time, at the option of the holder, be converted into one subordinate voting share and our multiple voting shares will automatically convert into our subordinate voting shares upon certain transfers and other events, as described below under “—Conversion.” There are no redemption, retraction, purchase for cancellation or surrender provisions or sinking or purchase fund provisions applicable to our subordinate voting shares or multiple voting shares. There is no provision in our articles requiring holders of subordinate voting shares or multiple voting shares to contribute additional capital, or permitting or restricting the issuance of additional securities or any other material restrictions. The special rights or restrictions attached to the subordinate voting shares and multiple voting shares are subject to and may be adversely affected by, the rights attached to any series of preferred shares that we may designate in the future.
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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 Bain Group Permitted Holders will convert automatically into subordinate voting shares at such time as the Bain Group Permitted Holders that hold multiple voting shares no longer as a group beneficially own, directly or indirectly and in the aggregate, at least 15% of the issued and outstanding subordinate voting shares and multiple voting shares; and | ||||||||||
| • | all multiple voting shares held by the Reiss Group Permitted Holders will convert automatically into subordinate voting shares at such time that is the earlier to occur of the following: (i) the Reiss Group Permitted Holders that hold multiple voting shares no longer as a group beneficially own, directly or indirectly and in the aggregate, at least 15% of the issued and outstanding subordinate voting shares and multiple voting shares, and (ii) Dani Reiss is no longer serving as a director or in a senior management position at our Company. | ||||||||||
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, is controlled by, or is under common control with such specified Person;
“Bain Group Permitted Holders” means Brent (B.C.) Participation S.à r.l. and any of its Affiliates, and entities controlled, directly or indirectly, or managed by Bain Capital or an Affiliate of Bain Capital;
“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, mandatory 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 any of (i) the Bain Group Permitted Holders, and (ii) the Reiss Group Permitted Holders;
“Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, joint venture or limited liability company;
“Reiss Group Permitted Holders” means (i) Dani Reiss and any Members of the Immediate Family of Dani Reiss, and (ii) any Person controlled, directly or indirectly by one or more of the Persons referred to in clause (i) above; and
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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.
Preferred Shares
Under our articles, the preferred shares may be issued in one or more series. Accordingly, our board of directors is authorized, without shareholder approval but subject to the provisions of the BCBCA, to determine the maximum number of shares of each series, create an identifying name for each series and attach such special rights or restrictions, including dividend, liquidation and voting rights, as our board of directors may determine, and such special rights or restrictions, including dividend, liquidation and voting rights, may be superior to those of each of the subordinate voting shares and the multiple voting shares. The issuance of preferred shares, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of our Company and might adversely affect the market price of our subordinate voting shares and multiple voting shares and the voting and other rights of the holders of subordinate voting shares and multiple voting shares.
Certain Important Provisions of our Articles and the BCBCA
The following is a summary of certain important provisions of our Articles and certain related sections of the BCBCA. Please note that this is only a summary and is not intended to be exhaustive. This summary is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of our Articles and the BCBCA.
Issuance of Additional Multiple Voting Shares
The rules of the TSX generally prohibit us from issuing additional multiple voting shares, however there may be certain circumstances where additional multiple voting shares may be issued, including upon receiving shareholder approval. Notably, approval is not required in connection with a subdivision or consolidation on a pro rata basis as between the subordinate voting shares and the multiple voting shares.
Subdivision or Consolidation
No subdivision or consolidation of the subordinate voting shares or the multiple voting shares may 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.
Certain Amendments and Change of Control
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 our articles from time to time in effect, but subject to the provisions of our articles, holders of subordinate voting shares shall be entitled to vote separately as a class, in addition to any other vote of our shareholders that may be required, in respect of any alteration, repeal or amendment of our 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 our 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.
Pursuant to our articles, holders of subordinate voting shares and multiple voting shares will be treated equally and identically, on a per share basis, in certain change of control transactions that require approval of our shareholders
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under the BCBCA, unless different treatment of the shares of each such class is approved by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of our subordinate voting shares and multiple voting shares, each voting separately as a class.
Our articles do not otherwise contain any change of control limitations with respect to a merger, acquisition or corporate restructuring that involves us.
Take-Over Bid Protection
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 TSX 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, the holders of multiple voting shares have entered into a customary coattail agreement with us and a trustee (the “Coattail Agreement”). The Coattail Agreement contains provisions customary for dual-class, TSX-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 do 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 does not prevent the transfer of multiple voting shares to Permitted Holders, 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 by a holder of multiple voting shares party to the Coattail Agreement is conditional upon the transferee 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 our articles.
The Coattail Agreement contains provisions for 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 is conditional on us 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
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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 provides 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 TSX 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 limits the rights of any holders of subordinate voting shares under applicable law.
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Execution Version
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of April 8, 2021 is among CANADA GOOSE HOLDINGS INC., a corporation existing under the laws of British Columbia (“Holdings”), CANADA GOOSE INC., a corporation existing under the laws of Ontario (the “Borrower”), the subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on the signature pages hereto, the lenders listed on the signature pages hereto (the “Lenders”) and CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 2, 2016 (as amended pursuant to that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2017, as supplemented as set forth in that certain supplement to the Credit Agreement posted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders on SyndTrak on February 28, 2019 with respect to certain modifications to the Borrower’s financial reporting convention, as amended pursuant to that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2019, as amended pursuant to that certain Refinancing Amendment and Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2020, and as otherwise amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to, but not including, the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”; the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), among Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Amended Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Credit Agreement be amended as set forth herein so as to, among other things, (i) provide for Refinancing Term Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars (the “2021 Refinancing Term Loans”) having terms as set forth in this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement, which 2021 Refinancing Term Loans will be used to refinance (the “Existing Term Loan Refinancing”) in full all of the 2020 Refinancing Term Loans (including, without limitation, the 2020 New Term Loans) that are outstanding under the Credit Agreement immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment (the “Existing Term Loans”) and (ii) make other amendments to certain provisions of the Credit Agreement upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below;
WHEREAS, each Lender holding an Existing Term Loan immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment (“Existing Term Lenders”) that executes and delivers a consent and executed signature page to this Amendment in the form of the “Lender Consent and New Commitment” attached to the Election Notice Memorandum posted on LendAmend on March 3, 2021 (a “Lender Consent”) electing the “Consent and Cashless Settlement Option” or the “Consent and Assignment Settlement Option” (such consenting Lender, an “Exchanging Term Lender”) will be deemed (i) to have agreed to the terms of this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement, (ii) to have agreed to exchange (as further described in the Lender Consent) the aggregate amount of its Existing Term Loans (each, a “Exchanged Term Loan”) set forth in that certain Cashless Settlement of Existing Term Loans letter, dated as of April 8, 2021, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (the “Cashless Settlement Letter”) for 2021 Refinancing Term Loans and (iii) upon the Fifth Amendment Effective Date to have exchanged its Exchanged Term Loan for a 2021 Refinancing Term Loan in an equal principal amount to such Exchanged Term Loan, which will be effectuated either by exercising a cash-less exchange option or through a cash settlement option selected by such Lender in its Lender Consent (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1(a) below);
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WHEREAS, each Person that executes and delivers a signature page to this Amendment in the capacity of an “Additional Refinancing Term Lender” (each, an “Additional Refinancing Term Lender” and together with the Exchanging Term Lenders, the “2021 Refinancing Term Lenders”) will be deemed (i) to have agreed to the terms of this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement and (ii) to have committed to make, and confirms that it is prepared to provide, the 2021 Refinancing Term Loans to the Borrower on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, in an amount equal to its commitment to provide such 2021 Refinancing Term Loans as set forth on Schedule A hereto (such loans, the “Additional Refinancing Term Loans”; such commitments, the “Additional Refinancing Term Loan Commitments”, and together with the Allocated Amount (as defined in the Cashless Settlement Letter) in respect of each Exchanging Term Lender electing the cash settlement option, the “2021 Refinancing Term Loan Commitments”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, after giving effect to the making of the 2021 Refinancing Term Loans, the Existing Term Lenders and 2021 Refinancing Term Lenders shall constitute 100% of Lenders.
WHEREAS, the aggregate proceeds of the Additional Refinancing Term Loans will be used by the Borrower to repay in full the outstanding principal amount of the Existing Term Loans (other than the Exchanged Term Loans (as defined below));
WHEREAS, each Credit Party party hereto expects to realize substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of this Amendment becoming effective and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and agrees to reaffirm its obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement, the Security Documents, and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Exchange of Existing Term Loans; Agreement to Make 2021 Refinancing Term Loans. Subject only to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3 hereof, on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date:
(a)As of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Exchanging Term Lender agrees that an aggregate principal amount of its Exchanged Term Loans will be exchanged for 2021 Refinancing Term Loans either through a cashless rollover or a cash settlement by assignment, as selected in the Lender Consent delivered by such Exchanging Term Lender (and as such amount may be reduced by the Administrative Agent).
(b)As of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (1) each Exchanging Term Lender agrees that the aggregate principal amount of its Existing Term Loans not being exchanged either through a cashless rollover or a cash settlement by assignment, as selected in such Exchanging Term Lender’s Lender Consent (and as such amount not being exchanged may be increased by the Administrative Agent), equal to the amount notified to such Exchanging Term Lender by the Administrative Agent and all unpaid and accrued interest thereon up to but not including the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, will be repaid in full and (2) the Borrower agrees that the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Term Loans, including all unpaid and accrued interest thereon up to but not including the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, of each Lender holding Existing Term Loans that are not exchanged pursuant to Section 1(a)(i), will be repaid in full.
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(c)Each Additional Refinancing Term Lender severally agrees to make to the Borrower on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date one or more Additional Refinancing Term Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars in an aggregate amount equal to such Additional Refinancing Term Lender’s Additional Refinancing Term Loan Commitment, which Additional Refinancing Term Loans shall in the aggregate, together with the Exchanged Term Loans, be deemed to be incurred pursuant to a single borrowing and Class of 2021 Refinancing Term Loans.
(d)On the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower shall apply the aggregate proceeds of the Additional Refinancing Term Loans to prepay in full the principal amount of all Existing Term Loans (other than the Exchanged Term Loans). The commitments of the 2021 Refinancing Term Lenders are several and not joint and no such 2021 Refinancing Term Lender will be responsible for any other 2021 Refinancing Term Lender’s failure to make or acquire the 2021 Refinancing Term Loans, by exchange, cash settlement, cashless roll or otherwise.
(e)The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the 2021 Refinancing Term Loans, this Agreement shall constitute a “Refinancing Amendment” under the Credit Documents. The Borrower’s execution and delivery of this Agreement to the Administrative Agent shall constitute notice to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower requesting the 2021 Refinancing Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.14(h) of the Credit Agreement, and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall satisfy such notice requirement set forth in Section 2.14(h) of the Credit Agreement and any related notice requirement under Section 6 hereof in connection with the Existing Term Loan Refinancing.
Section 2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Subject only to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3 hereof, immediately upon giving effect to the Refinancing set forth in Section 1 above on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date:
(a)The Credit Agreement shall hereby be amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(b)Schedule 1.1(a) to the Credit Agreement is hereby restated in its entirety in the form of Schedule 1.1(a) attached to this Amendment.
Section 3. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof (the “Fifth Amendment Effective Date”) so long as each of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied, or waived by all of the 2021 Refinancing Term Lenders:
(a)Amendment. The Administrative Agent shall have received this Amendment executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower, Holdings, the Administrative Agent and the 2021 Refinancing Term Lenders.
(b)Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i)a certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary (or equivalent officer) on behalf of each Credit Party dated as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of each Organizational Document of such Credit
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Party and, with respect to the articles or certificate of incorporation or organization (or similar document) certified (to the extent applicable) as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization (or, if applicable, a certification that no change has been made to the applicable Organizational Documents since the Closing Date), (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the applicable governing body of such Credit Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which such person is a party and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect as of the date of such certificate, and (C) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each Authorized Officer executing any Credit Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Credit Party (together with a certificate of another officer or authorized person as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the officer or authorized person executing the certificate in this clause (i));
(ii)a certificate as to the good standing of each Credit Party (other than the UK Subsidiaries) as of a recent date, from such Secretary of State (or other applicable Governmental Authority) of its jurisdiction of organization; and
(iii)a certificate dated as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 3(c) and 3(d) of this Amendment.
(c)Representations and Warranties. As of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date (immediately after giving effect to this Amendment), the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 hereof are true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date; provided, that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof.
(d)No Defaults or Events of Default. No Default or Event of Default exists or would result from the making of the 2021 Refinancing Term Loans and the application of the proceeds therefrom (if any).
(e)Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received executed legal opinions from (i) Ropes & Gray LLP and (ii) Stikeman Elliott LLP, each as counsel to the Credit Parties, dated as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.
(f)Fees and Expenses. The Borrower shall have paid all costs and out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Agents in connection with this Amendment to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date (except as otherwise agreed by the Borrower) and to the extent required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to that certain Engagement Letter, dated as of March 2, 2021, by and among the Borrower, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC and the other Joint Lead Arrangers party thereto.
(g)Patriot Act, Know Your Customer Regulation. The Administrative Agent shall have received (at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date) all documentation and other information about each Credit Party as has been reasonably requested in writing at least ten (10)
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Business Days prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date by the Administrative Agent or the 2021 Refinancing Term Lenders that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the Patriot Act, and the requirements of 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230 (“Beneficial Ownership Regulation”), including without limitation, any certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
(h)Borrowing Notice. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a Notice of Borrowing with respect to the 2021 Refinancing Term Loans to be made on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date meeting the requirements set forth in Section 2.3 of the Amended Credit Agreement.
(i)Reaffirmations. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) an English law deed of confirmation, executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is a party to any English law governed Security Document and (ii) a reaffirmation agreement, executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is party to any Canadian-law governed Security Document.
(j)Solvency Certificate. On the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower (or other officer of the Borrower with similar responsibilities) to the effect that after giving effect to the making of the 2021 Refinancing Term Loans and transactions contemplated herein, the Borrower, together with the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, is Solvent.
(k)Accrued Interest. The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower, for and on behalf of each Lender holding Existing Term Loans, payment in cash of all accrued and unpaid interest on or prior to the Fifth Amendment Effective Date with respect to the Existing Term Loans of such Lender.
Section 4. Representations and Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, each of the Borrower and Holdings represent and warrant to each of the 2021 Refinancing Term Lenders and the Administrative Agent that, as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date and immediately after giving effect to the amendments to occur on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, as follows:
(a)This Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or other entity action of the Borrower, Holdings and the other Credit Parties, has been executed and delivered by each of the Borrower, Holdings and the other Credit Parties and constitutes (and, to the extent such Person is a party to the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement as amended hereby will constitute) its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against each of the Borrower, Holdings and the other Credit Parties in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(b)The representations and warranties of each Credit Party set forth in the Credit Documents are, immediately after giving effect to this Amendment on such date, true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such
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earlier date); provided, that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof.
(c)Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no event shall have occurred and be continuing that would constitute a Default or an Event of Default.
Section 5. Reference to and Effect on Credit Documents.
(a)Each 2021 Refinancing Term Lender acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this Agreement and the making of the 2021 Refinancing Term Loans, as the case may be, that such 2021 Refinancing Term Lender shall become a “Lender” and “Term Loan Lender” under, and for all purposes of, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of a Lender thereunder and under the applicable intercreditor agreements, as applicable, pursuant to Section 12.13 of the Amended Credit Agreement.
(b)Except as specifically amended herein, all Credit Documents shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.
(c)The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any of the Credit Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents or in any way limit, impair or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under the Credit Documents.
(d)The Borrower and the other parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, on and after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, this Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement.
(e)On and after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Amended Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Credit Documents to “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, and this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement shall be read together and construed as a single instrument.
(f)Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party to a further consent to, or a further waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document in similar or different circumstances.
(g)On and after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, (i) the 2021 Refinancing Term Loan Commitments shall constitute “Term Loan Commitments”, “Refinancing Term Loan Commitments” and “Commitments”, in each case, under and as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement, (ii) the 2021 Refinancing Term Loans shall constitute “Term Loans”, “Refinancing Term Loans” and “Loans”, in each case, under and as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement and (iii) the 2021 Refinancing Term
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Lenders shall each constitute an “Term Loan Lender”, “Refinancing Term Lender” and a “Lender”, in each case, under and as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement.
Section 6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any signature to this Amendment may be delivered by facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf) or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 or the New York Electronic Signature and Records Act or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing also applies to any amendment, extension or renewal of this agreement. Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants to the other parties that it has the corporate capacity and authority to execute this Amendment through electronic means.
Section 7. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 8. Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment.
Section 9. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 10. Reaffirmation. Each of the Credit Parties party to the Guarantees, the Security Documents and the other Credit Documents, in each case as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, hereby (i) reaffirms each Lien granted by such Credit Party to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and reaffirms the guaranties made pursuant to the Guarantees, (ii) acknowledges and agrees that the grants of security interests by and the guaranties of the Credit Parties contained in the Guarantees, the Security Documents and the other applicable Credit Documents are, and shall remain, in full force and effect after giving effect to this Amendment, (iii) the security created by the Security Documents governed by English law or to which the English Guarantors are party shall continue to secure its Secured Obligations (as defined in the Security Documents) under the Credit Documents after giving effect to this Agreement, (iv) that the obligations of the English Guarantors under the Guarantees, the Security Documents and the other Credit Documents would continue notwithstanding the proposed amendments which are expressly contemplated by the Credit Agreement (and fall within the original contemplation and purview of the parties thereto and the other applicable Credit Documents) and (v) acknowledges and agrees that the security created by the Security Documents governed by Canadian law or to which any Canadian Credit Party is a party shall continue to secure its Obligations (as defined in such Security Documents) under the Credit Documents after giving effect to this Agreement and the proposed amendments which are expressly contemplated herein and by the Credit Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents fall within the original purview of the Obligations (as defined in such Security Documents and stated therein as being secured thereby). This Amendment shall not constitute a modification of the Credit Agreement, except as specified under Section 2 hereto, or a course of dealing with any Agent or any Lender at variance with the
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Amended Credit Agreement such as to require further notice by any Agent or any Lender to require strict compliance with the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents in the future, except as expressly set forth herein. The Agents and the Lenders reserve all rights, privileges and remedies under the Credit Documents. Nothing in this Amendment is intended, or shall be construed, to constitute a novation or an accord and satisfaction of any of the Obligations or to modify, affect or impair the perfection, priority or continuation of the security interests in, security titles to or other Liens on any Collateral for the Obligations or otherwise constitute or be considered as a new or re-granting of security with respect to the English Guarantors.
Section 11. Entire Agreement. The terms and provisions hereof, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire understanding and agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous amendments or understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof, whether express or implied, oral or written.
Section 12. Recordation of 2021 Refinancing Term Loans. Upon execution and delivery hereof, and the funding of the 2021 Refinancing Term Loans, the Administrative Agent will record in the Register the 2021 Refinancing Term Loans made by the 2021 Refinancing Term Lenders as “Term Loans”.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
CANADA GOOSE HOLDINGS INC.
By: /s/ Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Name: Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Name: Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By: /s/ David Forrest
Name: David Forrest
Name: David Forrest
Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel
CANADA GOOSE INC.
By: /s/ Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Name: Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Name: Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Title: Chief Financial Officer
By: /s/ David Forrest
Name: David Forrest
Name: David Forrest
Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel
[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment]
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CANADA GOOSE US, INC.
By: /s/ Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Name: Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Name: Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Title: Authorized Signatory
CANADA GOOSE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
By: /s/ Jean-Marc Huët
Name: Jean-Marc Huët
Name: Jean-Marc Huët
Title: Director
CANADA GOOSE SERVICES LIMITED
By: /s/ Jean-Marc Huët Name: Jean-Marc Huët
Title: Director
CANADA GOOSE UK RETAIL LIMITED
By: /s/ Jean-Marc Huët Name: Jean-Marc Huët
Title: Director
[Signature Page to Fifth Amendment]
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BAFFIN LIMITED
By: /s/ Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Name: Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Name: Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Title: Director and President
BAFFIN US, INC.
By: /s/ Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Name: Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Name: Jonathan Stuart Sinclair
Title: Director, President and Treasurer
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and a 2021 Refinancing Term Lender
By: /s/ Judith E. Smith
Name: Judith E. Smith
Title: Authorized Signatory
Name: Judith E. Smith
Title: Authorized Signatory
By: /s/ Brady Bingham
Name: Brady Bingham
Title: Authorized Signatory
Name: Brady Bingham
Title: Authorized Signatory
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SCHEDULE A
On file with the Administrative Agent.
Schedule A
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SCHEDULE 1.1(a)
On file with the Administrative Agent.
Schedule 1.1(a)
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Exhibit A
(Attached)
Exhibit A
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CANADA GOOSE HOLDINGS INC.
OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
March 13, 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Article 1 INTERPRETATION | |||||||||||
| Section 1.1 | Definitions | ||||||||||
| Section 1.2 | Interpretation | ||||||||||
| Article 2 PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN; GRANTING OF AWARDS | |||||||||||
| Section 2.1 | Purpose of the Plan | ||||||||||
| Section 2.2 | Implementation and Administration of the Plan | ||||||||||
| Section 2.3 | Participation in this Plan | ||||||||||
| Section 2.4 | Shares Subject to the Plan | ||||||||||
| Section 2.5 | Limits with Respect to Insiders and Individual Limits | ||||||||||
| Section 2.6 | Granting of Awards | ||||||||||
| Article 3 UNVESTED SHARES | |||||||||||
| Section 3.1 | Nature of Unvested Shares | ||||||||||
| Section 3.2 | Unvested Share Awards | ||||||||||
| Section 3.3 | Payment to Participant | ||||||||||
| Section 3.4 | Unvested Share Agreements | ||||||||||
| Article 4 OPTIONS | |||||||||||
| Section 4.1 | Nature of Options | ||||||||||
| Section 4.2 | Option Awards | ||||||||||
| Section 4.3 | Option Price | ||||||||||
| Section 4.4 | Option Term | ||||||||||
| Section 4.5 | Exercise of Options | ||||||||||
| Section 4.6 | Method of Exercise and Payment of Purchase Price | ||||||||||
| Section 4.7 | Option Agreements | ||||||||||
| Article 5 RESTRICTED SHARE UNITS | |||||||||||
| Section 5.1 | Nature of RSUs. | ||||||||||
| Section 5.2 | RSU Awards | ||||||||||
| Section 5.3 | Restriction Period | ||||||||||
| Section 5.4 | RSU Vesting Determination Date | ||||||||||
| Section 5.5 | Settlement of RSUs. | ||||||||||
| Section 5.6 | Determination of Amounts | ||||||||||
| Section 5.7 | RSU Agreements | ||||||||||
| Section 5.8 | Award of Dividend Equivalents | ||||||||||
| Article 6 SHARE APPRECIATION RIGHTS | |||||||||||
| Section 6.1 | Nature of SARs. | ||||||||||
| Section 6.2 | SAR Awards | ||||||||||
| Section 6.3 | SAR Price | ||||||||||
| Section 6.4 | SAR Term | ||||||||||
| Section 6.5 | Exercise of SARs. | ||||||||||
| Section 6.6 | Method of Exercise | ||||||||||
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| Section 6.7 | SAR Agreements | ||||||||||
| Article 7 GENERAL CONDITIONS | |||||||||||
| Section 7.1 | General Conditions Applicable to Awards | ||||||||||
| Section 7.2 | General Conditions Applicable to Options and SARs. | ||||||||||
| Section 7.3 | General Conditions Applicable to RSUs. | ||||||||||
| Section 7.4 | General Conditions Applicable to Unvested Shares | ||||||||||
| Article 8 COMPLIANCE WITH U.S. TAX LAWS | |||||||||||
| Section 8.1 | Compliance with Section 162(m) and Other Limits | ||||||||||
| Section 8.2 | Performance Based Exception Under Section 162(m) | ||||||||||
| Section 8.3 | Incentive Stock Options | ||||||||||
| Section 8.4 | Section 409A | ||||||||||
| Article 9 ADJUSTMENTS AND AMENDMENTS | |||||||||||
| Section 9.1 | Adjustment to Shares Subject to Outstanding Awards | ||||||||||
| Section 9.2 | Change of Control | ||||||||||
| Section 9.3 | Amendment or Discontinuance of the Plan | ||||||||||
| Article 10 MISCELLANEOUS | |||||||||||
| Section 10.1 | Use of an Administrative Agent and Trustee | ||||||||||
| Section 10.2 | Tax Withholding | ||||||||||
| Section 10.3 | Clawback | ||||||||||
| Section 10.4 | Securities Law Compliance | ||||||||||
| Section 10.5 | Reorganization of the Corporation | ||||||||||
| Section 10.6 | Quotation of Shares | ||||||||||
| Section 10.7 | No Fractional Shares | ||||||||||
| Section 10.8 | Governing Laws | ||||||||||
| Section 10.9 | Severability | ||||||||||
| Section 10.10 | Effective Date of the Plan | ||||||||||
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CANADA GOOSE HOLDINGS INC.
OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
Canada Goose Holdings Inc. (the “Corporation”) hereby establishes an omnibus incentive plan for certain qualified directors, executive officers, employees or consultants of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1 Definitions.
Where used herein or in any amendments hereto or in any communication required or permitted to be given hereunder, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires:
“Account” means an account maintained for each Participant on the books of the Corporation which will be credited with Awards in accordance with the terms of this Plan;
“Affiliates” has the meaning ascribed thereto in National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions;
“Associate”, where used to indicate a relationship with a Participant, means (i) any domestic partner of that Participant and (ii) the spouse of that Participant and that Participant’s children, as well as that Participant’s relatives and that Participant’s spouse’s relatives, if they share that Participant’s residence;
“Award” means any of an Option, a SAR, an Unvested Share or an RSU granted to a Participant pursuant to the terms of the Plan;
“Black-Out Period” means a period of time when pursuant to any policies of the Corporation (including the Corporation’s insider trading policy), any securities of the Corporation may not be traded by certain Persons designated by the Corporation;
“Board” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2(1) hereof;
“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday, when banks are generally open for business in Toronto, Ontario and New York, New York, for the transaction of banking business;
“Cash Equivalent” means the amount of money equal to the Market Value multiplied by the number of vested RSUs in the Participant’s Account, net of any applicable taxes in accordance with Section 10.2, on the RSU Settlement Date;
“Cause” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.2(1) hereof;
“Change of Control” means, unless the Board determines otherwise, the happening, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any of the following events:
(i)any transaction (other than a transaction described in clause (ii) below) pursuant to which any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert acquires the direct or indirect beneficial ownership of securities of the Corporation representing 50% or more of the aggregate voting power of all of the Corporation’s then issued and outstanding securities entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Corporation, other than any such acquisition that occurs (A) upon the exercise or settlement of options or other securities granted by the Corporation under any of the Corporation’s equity incentive plans; or (B) as a result of the conversion of the Multiple Voting Shares in the capital of the Corporation into Shares;
(ii)there is consummated an arrangement, amalgamation, merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving (directly or indirectly) the Corporation and, immediately after the consummation of such arrangement, amalgamation, merger, consolidation or similar transaction, the shareholders of the Corporation immediately prior thereto do not beneficially own, directly or indirectly, either (A) outstanding voting securities representing more than 50% of the combined outstanding voting power of the surviving or resulting entity in such amalgamation,
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merger, consolidation or similar transaction or (B) more than 50% of the combined outstanding voting power of the parent of the surviving or resulting entity in such arrangement, amalgamation merger, consolidation or similar transaction, in each case in substantially the same proportions as their beneficial ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction;
(iii)the sale, lease, exchange, license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets to a Person other than a Person that was an Affiliate of the Corporation at the time of such sale, lease, exchange, license or other disposition, other than a sale, lease, exchange, license or other disposition to an entity, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are beneficially owned by shareholders of the Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their beneficial ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such sale, lease, exchange, license or other disposition;
(iv)the passing of a resolution by the Board or shareholders of the Corporation to substantially liquidate the assets of the Corporation or wind up the Corporation’s business or significantly rearrange its affairs in one or more transactions or series of transactions or the commencement of proceedings for such a liquidation, winding-up or re-arrangement (except where such re-arrangement is part of a bona fide reorganization of the Corporation in circumstances where the business of the Corporation is continued and the shareholdings remain substantially the same following the re-arrangement); or
(v)individuals who, on the Effective Date, are members of the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board; provided, however, that if the appointment or election (or nomination for election) of any new Board member was approved or recommended by a majority vote of the members of the Incumbent Board then still in office, such new member will, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board;
provided, however, that any payment considered to be nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A, to the extent applicable, that is payable upon a Change of Control of the Corporation or other similar event, to avoid the imposition of an additional tax, interest or penalty under Section 409A, no amount will be payable unless such Change of Control constitutes a “change in control event” within the meaning of Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) of the Treasury Regulations;
“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
“Corporation” means Canada Goose Holdings Inc., a corporation existing under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), as amended from time to time;
“Delay Period” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.4(3) hereof;
“Dividend Equivalent” means a cash credit equivalent in value to a dividend paid on a Share credited to a Participant’s Account;
“Eligibility Date” the effective date on which a Participant becomes eligible to receive long-term disability benefits (provided that, for greater certainty, such effective date shall be confirmed in writing to the Corporation by the insurance company providing such long-term disability benefits);
“Eligible Participants” means any director, executive officer, employee or consultant of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;
“Employment Agreement” means, with respect to any Participant, any written employment agreement between the Corporation or a Subsidiary and such Participant;
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
“Exercise Notice” means a notice in writing signed by a Participant and stating the Participant’s intention to exercise a particular Award, if applicable;
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“Grant Agreement” means an agreement evidencing the grant to a Participant of an Award, including an Unvested Share Agreement, an Option Agreement, a SAR Agreement, an RSU Agreement or an Employment Agreement;
“Incentive Stock Option” means, in the case of a Participant who is a U.S. Resident, any Option granted under and in accordance with the terms of Section 8.3 hereof, that meets the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto and is designated by the Board in the applicable Grant Agreement as an Incentive Stock Option;
“Insider” means a “reporting insider” as defined in National Instrument 55-104 – Insider Reporting Requirements and Exemptions and includes Associates and affiliates (as such term is defined in Part 1 of the TSX Company Manual) of such “reporting insider”;
“Legacy Option Plan” means the Canada Goose Holdings Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan dated March 13, 2017, including any amendments or supplements thereto made after the effective date thereof;
“Market Value” means at any date when the Market Value of Shares is to be determined, (i) if the Shares are listed on the TSX, the VWAP on the TSX for the five (5) trading days immediately preceding such date; (ii) if the Shares are not listed on the TSX, then as calculated in paragraph (i) by reference to the price on any other stock exchange on which the Shares are listed (if more than one, then using the exchange on which a majority of Shares are listed); or (iii) if the Shares are not listed on any stock exchange, the value as is determined solely by the Board, acting reasonably and in good faith and, in the case of a Participant who is a U.S. Resident, in accordance with Section 409A, and such determination shall be conclusive and binding on all Persons;
“Multiple Voting Shares” means the multiple voting shares in the capital of the Corporation;
“Nonstatutory Stock Option” means, in the case of a Participant who is a U.S. Resident, any Option which is not an Incentive Stock Option;
“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange;
“Option” means an option granted by the Corporation to a Participant entitling such Participant to acquire a designated number of Shares from treasury at the Option Price, but subject to the provisions hereof;
“Option Agreement” means a written agreement between the Corporation and a Participant evidencing the grant of Options and the terms and conditions thereof, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A;
“Option Price” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.2 hereof;
“Option Term” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.4 hereof;
“Participants” means Eligible Participants that are granted Awards under the Plan;
“Performance Based Exception” means, in the case of a Participant who is a U.S. Resident, the performance-based exception from the tax deductibility limitations of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code (including, to the extent applicable, the special provision for options thereunder);
“Performance Criteria” means specified criteria, other than the mere continuation of employment or the mere passage of time, the satisfaction of which is a condition for the grant, exercisability, vesting or full enjoyment of an Award. A Performance Criterion and any targets with respect thereto need not be based upon an increase, a positive or improved result or avoidance of loss. For purposes of Awards that are intended to qualify for the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162 (m), a Performance Criterion will mean an objectively determinable measure or objectively determinable measures of performance relating to any or any combination of the following (measured either absolutely or by reference to an index or indices and determined either on a consolidated basis or, as the context permits, on a divisional, subsidiary, line of business, project or geographical basis or in combinations thereof): sales; net sales; sales by location or store type; revenues; assets; expenses; earnings before or after deduction for all or any portion of interest, taxes, depreciation, and/or amortization, whether or not on a continuing operations or an aggregate or per share basis; return on equity, investment, capital, capital employed or assets; one or more operating
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ratios; borrowing levels, leverage ratios or credit rating; market share; capital expenditures; cash flow; operating efficiencies; operating income; net income; share price; shareholder return; sales of particular products or services; customer acquisition or retention; buyer contribution; acquisitions and divestitures (in whole or in part); joint ventures and strategic alliances; spin-offs, split-ups and the like; reorganizations; or recapitalizations, restructurings, financings (issuance of debt or equity) or refinancings. To the extent consistent with the requirements for satisfying the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m), the Board may provide in the case of any Award intended to qualify for such exception that one or more of the Performance Criteria applicable to such Award will be adjusted in an objectively determinable manner to reflect events (for example, but without limitation, acquisitions or dispositions) occurring during the performance period that affect the applicable Performance Criterion or Criteria;
“Performance Period” means the period determined by the Board at the time any Award is granted or at any time thereafter during which any Performance Criteria and any other vesting conditions specified by the Board with respect to such Award are to be measured;
“Person” means an individual, corporation, company, cooperative, partnership, trust, unincorporated association, entity with juridical personality or governmental authority or body, and pronouns which refer to a Person shall have a similarly extended meaning;
“Plan” means this Canada Goose Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, including any amendments or supplements hereto made after the effective date hereof;
“Restriction Period” means the period determined by the Board pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof;
“RSU” means a right awarded to a Participant to receive a payment in the form of Shares, cash equivalent or a combination thereof as provided in Article 5 hereof and subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan;
“RSU Agreement” means a written agreement between the Corporation and a Participant evidencing the grant of RSUs and the terms and conditions thereof;
“RSU Settlement Date” has the meaning determined in Section 5.5(1);
“RSU Vesting Determination Date” has the meaning described thereto in Section 5.4 hereof;
“SAR” means a right to receive a payment, in cash or in Shares, equal to the appreciation in the Corporation’s Shares over a specified period, as set forth in the respective SAR Agreement;
“SAR Agreement” means a written agreement between the Corporation and a Participant evidencing the grant of SARs and the terms and conditions thereof;
“SAR Price” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.2 hereof;
“SAR Term” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.4 hereof;
“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder; “Section 162(m)” means Section 162(m) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder;
“Shares” means the subordinate voting shares in the share capital of the Corporation;
“Share Compensation Arrangement” means 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, directors, officers, Insiders, or consultants of the Corporation or a Subsidiary including a share purchase from treasury by a full-time employee, director, officer, Insider, or consultant which is financially assisted by the Corporation or a Subsidiary by way of a loan, guarantee or otherwise;
“Stock Exchange” means the TSX or the NYSE or, if the Shares are not listed or posted for trading on any of such stock exchanges at a particular date, any other stock exchange on which the maj ority of the trading volume and value of the Shares are listed or posted for trading;
“Subsidiary” means a corporation, company or partnership that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation;
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“Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) and its regulations thereunder, as amended from time to time;
“Termination Date” means (i) in the event of a Participant’s resignation, the date on which such Participant ceases to be a director, executive officer, employee or consultant of the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries and (ii) in the event of the termination of the Participant’s employment, or position as director, executive or officer of the Corporation or a Subsidiary, or consultant providing ongoing services to the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, the effective date of the termination as specified in the notice of termination provided to the Participant by the Corporation or the Subsidiary, as the case may be;
“Treasury Regulations” means the tax regulations promulgated by the United States Internal Revenue Service under the Code; “TSX” means the Toronto Stock Exchange;
“U.S. Resident” means any individual who is treated as a resident of the United States for United States federal tax purposes;
“Unvested Share” means a Share granted to a Participant with such restrictions and vesting conditions upon such Shares as may be determined by the Board at the time of the grant and granted in accordance with Article 3 hereof;
“Unvested Share Agreement” means a written agreement between the Corporation or a Subsidiary and a Participant evidencing the grant of Unvested Shares and the terms and conditions thereof;
“Vested Awards” has the meaning described thereto in Section 7.2(5) hereof; and
“VWAP” means the volume weighted average trading price of the Shares, calculated by dividing the total value by the total volume of Shares traded for the relevant period.
Section 1.2 Interpretation.
(1)Whenever the Board is to exercise discretion or authority in the administration of the terms and conditions of this Plan, the term “discretion” or “authority” means the sole and absolute discretion of the Board.
(2)The provision of a table of contents, the division of this Plan into Articles, Sections and other subdivisions and the insertion of headings are for convenient reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Plan.
(3)In this Plan, words importing the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa and words importing any gender include any other gender.
(4)The words “including”, “includes” and “include” and any derivatives of such words mean “including (or includes or include) without limitation”. As used herein, the expressions “Article”, “Section” and other subdivision followed by a number, mean and refer to the specified Article, Section or other subdivision of this Plan, respectively.
(5)Unless otherwise specified in the Participant’s Grant Agreement, all references to money amounts are to Canadian currency.
(6)For purposes of this Plan, the legal representatives of a Participant shall only include the administrator, the executor or the liquidator of the Participant’s estate or will.
(7)If any action may be taken within, or any right or obligation is to expire at the end of, a period of days under this Plan, then the first day of the period is not counted, but the day of its expiry is counted.
ARTICLE 2
PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN; GRANTING OF AWARDS
PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN; GRANTING OF AWARDS
Section 2.1 Purpose of the Plan.
The purpose of the Plan is to permit the Corporation to grant Awards to Eligible Participants, subject to certain conditions as hereinafter set forth, for the following purposes:
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(a)to increase the interest in the Corporation’s welfare of those Eligible Participants, who share responsibility for the management, growth and protection of the business of the Corporation or a Subsidiary;
(b)to provide an incentive to such Eligible Participants to continue their services for the Corporation or a Subsidiary and to encourage such Eligible Participants whose skills, performance and loyalty to the objectives and interests of the Corporation or a Subsidiary are necessary or essential to its success, image, reputation or activities;
(c)to reward Participants for their performance of services while working for the Corporation or a Subsidiary; and
(d)to provide a means through which the Corporation or a Subsidiary may attract and retain able Persons to enter its employment or service.
Section 2.2 Implementation and Administration of the Plan.
(1)The Plan shall be administered and interpreted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) or, if the Board by resolution so decides, by a committee or plan administrator appointed by the Board. If such committee or plan administrator is appointed for this purpose, all references to the “Board” herein will be deemed references to such committee or plan administrator. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional Share Compensation Arrangements or other compensation arrangements, subject to any required approval.
(2)Subject to Article 9 hereof and any applicable rules of a Stock Exchange, the Board may, from time to time, as it may deem expedient, adopt, amend and rescind rules and regulations or vary the terms of this Plan and/or any Award hereunder for carrying out the provisions and purposes of the Plan and/or to address tax or other requirements of any applicable non-Canadian jurisdiction.
(3)Subject to the provisions herein, the Board is authorized, in its sole discretion, to make such determinations under, and such interpretations of, and take such steps and actions in connection with, the proper administration and operations of the Plan as it may deem necessary or advisable. The Board may delegate to officers or managers of the Corporation, or committees thereof, the authority, subject to such terms as the Board shall determine, to perform such functions, in whole or in part, to the extent that such delegation will not result in the loss of an exemption under Rule 16b-3(d)(1) for Awards granted to Participants subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Corporation and will not cause Awards intended to qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) to fail to so qualify. Any such delegation by the Board may be revoked at any time at the Board’s sole discretion. The interpretation, administration, construction and application of the Plan and any provisions hereof made by the Board, or by any officer, manager, committee or any other Person to which the Board delegated authority to perform such functions, shall be final and binding on the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and all Eligible Participants.
(4)No member of the Board or any Person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Board hereunder shall be liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith in the administration, interpretation, construction or application of the Plan or any Award granted hereunder. Members of the Board or and any person acting at the direction or on behalf of the Board, shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by the Corporation with respect to any such action or determination.
(5)The Plan shall not in any way fetter, limit, obligate, restrict or constraint the Board with regard to the allotment or issuance of any Shares or any other securities, including Multiple Voting Shares, in the capital of the Corporation. For greater clarity, the Corporation shall not by virtue of this Plan be in any way restricted from declaring and paying stock dividends, repurchasing Shares or Multiple Voting Shares, or varying or amending its share capital or corporate structure.
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Section 2.3 Participation in this Plan.
(1)The Corporation makes no representation or warranty as to the future market value of the Shares or with respect to any income tax matters affecting any Participant resulting from the grant of an Award or the exercise of an Option or a SAR or transactions in the Shares. With respect to any fluctuations in the market price of the Shares, neither the Corporation, nor any of its directors, officers, employees, shareholders or agents shall be liable for anything done or omitted to be done by such Person or any other Person with respect to the price, time, quantity or other conditions and circumstances of the issuance of Shares hereunder, or in any other manner related to the Plan. For greater certainty, no amount will be paid to, or in respect of, a Participant under the Plan or pursuant to any other arrangement, and no additional Awards will be granted to such Participant to compensate for a downward fluctuation in the price of the Shares, nor will any other form of benefit be conferred upon, or in respect of, a Participant for such purpose. The Corporation and its Subsidiaries do not assume responsibility for the income or other tax consequences resulting to any Participant and each Participant is advised to consult with his or her own tax advisors.
(2)Participants (and their legal representatives) shall have no legal or equitable right, claim, or interest in any specific property or asset of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries. No asset of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries shall be held in any way as collateral security for the fulfillment of the obligations of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries under this Plan. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, this Plan shall be unfunded. To the extent any Participant or his or her estate holds any rights by virtue of a grant of Awards under this Plan, such rights (unless otherwise determined by the Board) shall be no greater than the rights of an unsecured creditor of the Corporation.
(3)Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Corporation shall not offer financial assistance to any Participant in regards to the exercise of any Award granted under this Plan.
Section 2.4 Shares Subject to the Plan.
(1)Subject to adjustment pursuant to Article 9 hereof, the securities that may be acquired by Participants under this Plan shall consist of authorized but unissued Shares.
(2)The maximum number of Shares reserved for issuance, in the aggregate, under this Plan shall be equal to 4,600,340 Shares, plus any Shares underlying Options granted under the Legacy Option Plan that, after the effective date of the Plan, expire or are forfeited. No Award that can be settled in Shares issued from treasury may be granted if such grant would have the effect of causing the total number of Shares subject to such Award to exceed the above-noted total numbers of Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the settlement of Awards. For greater certainty, Section 2.4 shall not limit the Corporation’s ability to issue Awards that are payable other than in Shares issued from treasury.
(3)The Corporation shall, at all times during the term of this Plan, ensure that the number of Shares it is authorized to issue is sufficient to satisfy the requirement of this Plan and the Legacy Option Plan; provided that awards will no longer be granted under the Legacy Option Plan.
(4)If the Corporation issues Shares from treasury, such Shares will be issued in consideration for the past services of the Participant to the Corporation and the entitlement of the Participant under this Plan shall be satisfied in full by such issuance of Shares. The Board may cause Shares used to satisfy for the settlement of RSUs granted under the Plan to be purchased instead on the open market.
(5)If an outstanding Award (or portion thereof) expires or is forfeited, surrendered, cancelled or otherwise terminated for any reason without having been exercised or settled in full, or if Shares acquired pursuant to an Award subject to forfeiture are forfeited, the Shares covered by such Award, if any, will again be available for issuance under the Plan. Shares will not be deemed to have been issued pursuant to the Plan with respect to any portion of an Award that is settled in cash, but Shares purchased on the open market will be deemed to have been issued pursuant to the Plan for the purpose of the Share reserve set forth in Section 2.4(2).
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Section 2.5 Limits with Respect to Insiders and Individual Limits.
(1)The maximum number of Shares issuable to Eligible Participants who are Insiders, at any time, under this Plan, the Legacy Option Plan and any other proposed or established Share Compensation Arrangement, shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Shares and Multiple Voting Shares issued and outstanding from time to time (calculated on a non-diluted basis).
(2)The maximum number of Shares issued to Eligible Participants who are Insiders, within any one year period, under this Plan, the Legacy Option Plan and any other proposed or established Share Compensation Arrangement, shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Shares and Multiple Voting Shares issued and outstanding from time to time (calculated on a non-diluted basis).
(3)Any Award granted pursuant to the Plan, or securities issued under the Legacy Option Plan and any other Share Compensation Arrangement, prior to a Participant becoming an Insider, shall be excluded from the purposes of the limits set out in Section 2.5 (1) and Section 2.5(2).
(4)The following additional limits apply to Awards of the specified type granted, or in the case of cash Awards, payable to any Participant in any one fiscal year:
(a)Options: 200,000 Shares;
(b)SARs: 200,000 Shares;
(c)Awards other than Options, SARs or cash Awards: 200,000 Shares;
(d)Cash Awards with a Performance Period of up to one year: $500,000; and
(e)Cash Awards with a Performance Period of longer than one year: $1,000,000; and
in applying the foregoing limits, (i) all Awards of the specified type granted to the same person in the same fiscal year are aggregated and made subject to one limit; (ii) the limits applicable to Options and SARs refer to the number of Shares underlying those Awards; (iii) the Share limit under clause (c) refers to the maximum number of Shares that may be delivered, or the value of which could be paid in cash or other property, under an Award or Awards of the type specified in clause (c) assuming a maximum payout; (iv) Awards other than cash Awards that are settled in cash count against the applicable Share limit under clause (a), (b) or (c) and not against the dollar limit under clauses (d) or (e); and (v) the dollar limit under clauses (c) and (e) refers to the maximum dollar amount payable under a cash Award assuming a maximum payout. If an Award denominated in Shares is cancelled, to the extent such Award was either (a) an Option or SAR, or (b) was otherwise intended to satisfy the Performance Based Exception, the Shares subject to the cancelled Award continue to count against the maximum number of Shares which may be granted to a Participant who is a U.S. Resident in any fiscal year. All Shares specified in this Section 2.5(4) shall be adjusted to the extent necessary to reflect adjustments to Shares required by Article 9.
(5)The Board may establish compensation for non-employee directors from time to time, subject to the limitations in the Plan. The Board will from time to time determine the terms, conditions and amounts of all such non-employee director compensation in its discretion and pursuant to the exercise of its business judgment, taking into account such factors, circumstances and considerations as it shall deem relevant from time to time, provided that the maximum aggregate grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with IFRS 2, of Awards granted to any non-employee director for service as a director pursuant to the Plan during any fiscal year, together with any other fees or compensation paid to such director outside of the Plan for services as a director may not exceed $500,000 (or, in the fiscal year of any director’s initial service, $750,000).
Section 2.6 Granting of Awards.
(1)Any Award granted under the Plan shall be subject to the requirement that, if at any time counsel to the Corporation shall determine that the listing, registration or qualification of the Shares subject to such Award, if applicable, upon any
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securities exchange or under any law or regulation of any jurisdiction, or the consent or approval of any securities exchange or any governmental or regulatory body, is necessary as a condition of, or in connection with, the grant of such Awards or exercise of any Option or SAR or the issuance or purchase of Shares thereunder, if applicable, such Award may not be accepted or exercised in whole or in part unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained on conditions acceptable to the Board. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Corporation to apply for or to obtain such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval.
(2)The Corporation may require, as a condition to the exercise of an Award or the delivery of Shares under an Award, such representations or agreements as counsel for the Corporation may consider appropriate to avoid violation of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any applicable state or non-U.S. securities law. Any Shares required to be issued to Participants under the Plan will be evidenced in such manner as the Board may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or delivery of share certificates. In the event that the Board determines that share certificates will be issued to Participants under the Plan, the Board may require that certificates evidencing Shares issued under the Plan bear an appropriate legend reflecting any restriction on transfer applicable to such Shares, and the Corporation may hold the share certificates pending lapse of the applicable restrictions.
ARTICLE 3
UNVESTED SHARES
UNVESTED SHARES
Section 3.1 Nature of Unvested Shares.
An Unvested Share is a Share with such restrictions and vesting and other conditions placed upon the Share as the Board may determine at the time of grant.
Section 3.2 Unvested Share Awards.
Subject to the provisions herein set forth and any shareholder or regulatory approval which may be required, the Board shall, from time to time by resolution, in its sole discretion, (i) designate the Eligible Participants who may receive Unvested Shares under the Plan, (ii) fix the number of Unvested Shares, if any, to be granted to each Eligible Participant and the date or dates on which such Unvested Shares shall be granted, and (iii) determine the restrictions and vesting and other conditions applicable to such Unvested Shares (including, a restriction on or prohibition against the right to receive any dividend or other right or property with respect thereto), which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in such installments or otherwise as the Board determines, the whole subject to the terms and conditions prescribed in this Plan.
Section 3.3 Payment to Participant.
(1)The Corporation shall, as soon as possible after the grant of the Unvested Shares, cause the transfer agent and registrar of the Shares either to:
(a)deliver to the Participant a certificate in the name of the Participant representing in the aggregate such number of Shares as the Participant shall then be entitled to receive; or
(b)in the case of Unvested Shares issued in uncertificated form, cause the issuance of the aggregate number of Unvested Shares as the Participant shall then be entitled to receive to be evidenced by a book position on the register of the shareholders of the Corporation maintained by the transfer agent and registrar of the Shares.
(2)Each certificate representing Unvested Shares shall bear the following legend, as amended to reflect the restrictions and/or vesting conditions placed upon the Shares as the Board may determine at the time of grant:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CORPORATION’S OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN DATED MARCH 13, 2017 AND AN UNVESTED SHARE
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AGREEMENT DATED l. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNTIL l.
(3)Unless the Board shall otherwise determine,
(a)uncertificated Unvested Shares shall be accompanied by a notation on the records of the Corporation or the transfer agent to the effect that they are subject to forfeiture until such Unvested Shares are vested as provided in Section 3.3(4) below; and
(b)certificated Unvested Shares shall remain in the possession of the Corporation until such Unvested Shares have vested as provided in Section 3.3(4) below, and the Participant shall be required, as a condition of the grant of such Unvested Shares, to deliver to the Corporation such instruments of transfer as the Board may prescribe.
(4)The Board, at the time of grant, shall specify the date or dates and/or the restrictions and vesting conditions on which the nontransferability of the Unvested Shares and the Corporation’s right of repurchase or forfeiture shall lapse. Subsequent to such date, or dates and/or the attainment of the restrictions and vesting conditions, the Unvested Shares on for which all restrictions have lapsed shall no longer be Unvested Shares and shall be deemed “vested”.
Section 3.4 Unvested Share Agreements.
The terms of the Unvested Shares shall be evidenced by Unvested Share Agreement or included in an Employment Agreement, in such form not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Board may from time to time determine. The Unvested Share Agreement shall contain such terms that may be considered necessary in order that the Unvested Shares will comply with any provisions respecting restricted securities in the income tax or other laws in force in any country or jurisdiction of which a Participant may from time to time be a resident or citizen or the rules of any regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Corporation, including applicable securities laws.
ARTICLE 4
OPTIONS
Section 4.1 Nature of Options.
An Option is an option granted by the Corporation to a Participant entitling such Participant to acquire a designated number of Shares from treasury at the Option Price, but subject to the provisions hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, no Dividend Equivalents shall be granted in connection with an Option.
Section 4.2 Option Awards.
Subject to the provisions set forth in this Plan and any shareholder or regulatory approval which may be required, the Board shall, from time to time by resolution, in its sole discretion, (i) designate the Eligible Participants who may receive Options under the Plan, (ii) fix the number of Options, if any, to be granted to each Eligible Participant and the date or dates on which such Options shall be granted, (iii) determine the price per Share to be payable upon the exercise of each such Option (the “Option Price”) and the relevant vesting provisions (including Performance Criteria, if applicable) and the Option Term, the whole subject to the terms and conditions prescribed in this Plan or in any Option Agreement, and any applicable rules of a Stock Exchange.
Section 4.3 Option Price.
The Option Price for Shares that are the subject of any Option shall be determined and approved by the Board when such Option is granted, but shall not be less than the Market Value of such Shares at the time of the grant.
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Section 4.4 Option Term.
(1)The Board shall determine, at the time of granting the particular Option, the period during which the Option is exercisable, which shall not be more than ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted (“Option Term”). Unless otherwise determined by the Board, all unexercised Options shall be cancelled at the expiry of such Options.
(2)Should the expiration date for an Option fall within a Black-Out Period or within nine (9) Business Days following the expiration of a Black-Out Period, such expiration date shall be automatically extended without any further act or formality to that date which is the tenth (10th) Business Day after the end of the Black-Out Period, such tenth (10th) Business Day to be considered the expiration date for such Option for all purposes under the Plan. Notwithstanding Section 9.3 hereof, the ten (10) Business Day-period referred to in this Section 4.4(2) may not be extended by the Board.
Section 4.5 Exercise of Options.
Prior to its expiration or earlier termination in accordance with the Plan, each Option shall be exercisable at such time or times and/or pursuant to the achievement of such Performance Criteria and/or other vesting conditions as the Board at the time of granting the particular Option, may determine in its sole discretion. For greater certainty, any exercise of Options by a Participant shall be made in accordance with the Corporation’s insider trading policy.
Section 4.6 Method of Exercise and Payment of Purchase Price.
(1)Subject to the provisions of the Plan, an Option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable (from time to time as provided in Section 4.5 hereof) by the Participant (or by the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant) by delivering a fully completed Exercise Notice to the Corporation at its registered office to the attention of the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation (or the individual that the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation may from time to time designate) or give notice in such other manner as the Corporation may from time to time designate, which notice shall specify the number of Shares in respect of which the Option is being exercised and shall be accompanied by full payment, by cash, certified cheque, bank draft or any other form of payment deemed acceptable by the Board of the purchase price for the number of Shares specified therein and, if required by Section 10.2, the amount necessary to satisfy any taxes.
(2)Upon the exercise, the Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after such exercise but no later than ten (10) Business Days following such exercise, forthwith cause the transfer agent and registrar of the Shares either to:
(a)deliver to the Participant (or to the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant) a certificate in the name of the Participant representing in the aggregate such number of Shares as the Participant (or to the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant) shall have then paid for and as are specified in such Exercise Notice; or
(b)in the case of Shares issued in uncertificated form, cause the issuance of the aggregate number of Shares as the Participant (or the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant) shall have then paid for and as are specified in such Exercise Notice to be evidenced by a book position on the register of the shareholders of the Corporation to be maintained by the transfer agent and registrar of the Shares.
Section 4.7 Option Agreements.
Options shall be evidenced by an Option Agreement or included in an Employment Agreement, in such form not inconsistent with the Plan as the Board may from time to time determine. The Option Agreement shall contain such terms that may be considered necessary in order that the Option will comply with any provisions respecting options in the income
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tax or other laws in force in any country or jurisdiction of which the Participant may from time to time be a resident or citizen or the rules of any regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Corporation.
ARTICLE 5
RESTRICTED SHARE UNITS
RESTRICTED SHARE UNITS
Section 5.1 Nature of RSUs.
An RSU is an Award that, upon settlement, entitles the recipient Participant to acquire Shares at such purchase price (which may be zero) as determined by the Board, or to receive the Cash Equivalent or a combination thereof, as the case may be, pursuant and subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Board may determine at the time of grant, unless such RSU expires prior to being settled. Conditions may, without limitation, be based on continuing employment (or other service relationship) and/or achievement of Performance Criteria.
Section 5.2 RSU Awards.
(1)Subject to the provisions herein set forth and any shareholder or regulatory approval which may be required, the Board shall, from time to time by resolution, in its sole discretion, (i) designate the Eligible Participants who may receive RSUs under the Plan, (ii) fix the number of RSUs, if any, to be granted to each Eligible Participant and the date or dates on which such RSUs shall be granted, (iii) determine the relevant conditions and vesting provisions (including the applicable Performance Period and Performance Criteria, if any) and the Restriction Period of such RSUs, and (iv) any other terms and conditions applicable to the granted RSUs, which need not be identical and which, without limitation, may include non-competition provisions, the whole subject to the terms and conditions prescribed in this Plan and in any RSU Agreement.
(2)In making such determination, the Board shall consider the timing of crediting RSUs to the Participant’s Account and the vesting requirements applicable to such RSUs to ensure that the crediting of the RSUs to the Participant’s Account and the vesting requirements are not considered a “salary deferral arrangement” for purposes of the Tax Act and any applicable provincial legislation.
(3)Subject to the vesting and other conditions and provisions herein set forth and in the RSU Agreement, each RSU awarded to a Participant shall entitle the Participant to receive one Share, the Cash Equivalent or a combination thereof as soon as possible upon confirmation by the Board that the vesting conditions (including the Performance Criteria, if any) have been met and no later than the last day of the Restriction Period.
Section 5.3 Restriction Period.
The applicable restriction period in respect of a particular RSU shall be determined by the Board but in all cases shall end no later than December 31 of the calendar year which is three (3) years after the calendar year in which the performance of services, for which RSU is granted, occurred (“Restriction Period”). Unless otherwise determined by the Board, all unvested RSUs shall be cancelled on the RSU Vesting Determination Date (as such term is defined in Section 5.4) and, in any event, no later than the last day of the Restriction Period.
Section 5.4 RSU Vesting Determination Date.
The vesting determination date means the date on which the Board determines if the Performance Criteria and/or other vesting conditions with respect to an RSU have been met (the “RSU Vesting Determination Date”), and as a result,
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establishes the number of RSUs that become vested, if any. For greater certainty, the RSU Vesting Determination Date must fall after the end of the Performance Period, if any, but no later than the last day of the Restriction Period.
Section 5.5 Settlement of RSUs.
(1)Except as otherwise provided in the RSU Agreement, all of the vested RSUs covered by a particular grant may be settled within five (5) Business Days following their RSU Vesting Determination Date but no later than the end of the Restriction Period (the “RSU Settlement Date”).
(2)Settlement of RSUs shall take place promptly following the RSU Settlement Date, and no later than the end of the Restriction Period, and take the form determined by the Board, in its sole discretion. Settlement of RSUs shall take place through:
(a)in the case of settlement of RSUs for their Cash Equivalent, delivery of a cheque to the Participant representing the Cash Equivalent;
(b)in the case of settlement of RSUs for Shares:
(i)delivery to the Participant (or to the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant) of a certificate in the name of the Participant representing in the aggregate such number of Shares as the Participant (or to the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant) shall be entitled to receive (unless the Participant intends to simultaneously dispose of any such Shares); or
(ii)in the case of Shares issued in uncertificated form, issuance of the aggregate number of Shares as the Participant (or the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant) shall be entitled to receive to be evidenced by a book position on the register of the shareholders of the Corporation to be maintained by the transfer agent and registrar of the Shares; or
(c)in the case of settlement of the RSUs for a combination of Shares and the Cash Equivalent, a combination of (a) and (b) above.
Section 5.6 Determination of Amounts.
(1)For purposes of determining the Cash Equivalent of RSUs to be made pursuant to Section 5.5, such calculation will be made on the RSU Settlement Date based on the Market Value on the RSU Settlement Date multiplied by the number of vested RSUs in the Participant’s Account to settle in cash.
(2)For the purposes of determining the number of Shares to be issued or delivered to a Participant upon settlement of RSUs pursuant to Section 5.5, such calculation will be made on the RSU Settlement Date based on the whole number of Shares equal to the whole number of vested RSUs then recorded in the Participant’s Account to settle in Shares.
Section 5.7 RSU Agreements.
RSUs shall be evidenced by an RSU Agreement or included in an Employment Agreement, in such form not inconsistent with the Plan as the Board may from time to time determine. The RSU Agreement shall contain such terms that may be considered necessary in order that the RSU will comply with any provisions respecting restricted share units in the income tax or other laws in force in any country or jurisdiction of which the Participant may from time to time be a resident or citizen or the rules of any regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Corporation.
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Section 5.8 Award of Dividend Equivalents.
Dividend Equivalents may, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, be awarded in respect of unvested RSUs in a Participant’s Account on the same basis as cash dividends declared and paid on Shares as if the Participant was a shareholder of record of Shares on the relevant record date. Dividend Equivalents, if any, will be credited to the Participant’s Account in additional RSUs, the number of which shall be equal to a fraction where the numerator is the product of (i) the number of RSUs in such Participant’s Account on the date that dividends are paid multiplied by (ii) the dividend paid per Share and the denominator of which is the Market Value of one Share calculated on the date that dividends are paid. Any additional RSUs credited to a Participant’s Account as a Dividend Equivalent pursuant to this Section 5.8 shall have an RSU vesting Determination Date which is the same as the RSU vesting Determination Date for the RSUs in respect of which such additional RSUs are credited.
In the event that the Participant’s applicable RSUs do not vest, all Dividend Equivalents, if any, associated with such RSUs will be forfeited by the Participant and returned to the Corporation’s account.
ARTICLE 6
SHARE APPRECIATION RIGHTS
SHARE APPRECIATION RIGHTS
Section 6.1 Nature of SARs.
A SAR is an Award entitling the recipient to receive Shares having a value equal to the excess of the Market Value of the Shares on the date of exercise over the SAR Price, which price shall not be less than 100% of the Market Value of the Share on the date of grant multiplied by the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR shall have been exercised. For the avoidance of doubt, no Dividend Equivalents shall be granted in connection with a SAR.
Section 6.2 SAR Awards.
Subject to the provisions herein set forth and any shareholder or regulatory approval which may be required, the Board shall, from time to time by resolution, in its sole discretion, (i) designate the Eligible Participants who may receive SAR Awards under the Plan, (ii) fix the number of SAR Awards to be granted to each Eligible Participant and the date or dates on which such SAR Awards shall be granted, and (iii) determine the price per Share to be payable upon the vesting of each such SAR (the “SAR Price”) and the relevant conditions and vesting provisions (including the applicable Performance Period and Performance Criteria, if any) and the SAR Term, the whole subject to the terms and conditions prescribed in this Plan and in any SAR Agreement.
Section 6.3 SAR Price.
The SAR Price for the Shares that are the subject of any SAR shall be fixed by the Board when such SAR is granted, but shall not be less than the Market Value of such Shares at the time of the grant.
Section 6.4 SAR Term.
(1)The Board shall determine, at the time of granting the particular SAR, the period during which the SAR is exercisable, which shall not be more than ten (10) years from the date the SAR is granted (“SAR Term”) and the vesting schedule of such SAR, which will be detailed in the respective SAR Agreement. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, all unexercised SARs shall be cancelled at the expiry of such SAR.
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(2)Should the expiration date for a SAR fall within a Black-Out Period or within nine (9) Business Days following the expiration of a Black-Out Period, such expiration date shall be automatically extended without any further act or formality to that date which is the tenth (10th) Business Day after the end of the Black-Out Period, such tenth (10th) Business Day to be considered the expiration date for such SAR for all purposes under the Plan. Notwithstanding Section 9.3 hereof, the ten (10) Business Day-period referred to in this Section 6.4 may not be extended by the Board.
Section 6.5 Exercise of SARs.
Prior to its expiration or earlier termination in accordance with the Plan, each SAR shall be exercisable at such time or times and/or pursuant to the achievement of such Performance Criteria and/or other vesting conditions as the Board at the time of granting the particular SAR, may determine in its sole discretion. For greater certainty, any exercise of SARs by a Participant shall be made in accordance with the Corporation’s insider trading policy.
Section 6.6 Method of Exercise.
(1)Subject to the provisions of the Plan, a SAR granted under the Plan shall be exercisable (from time to time as provided in Section 6.5 hereof) by the Participant (or by the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant) by delivering a fully completed Exercise Notice to the Corporation at its registered office to the attention of the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation (or to the individual that the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation may from time to time designate) or give notice in such other manner as the Corporation may from time to time designate, no less than three (3) Business Days in advance of the effective date of the proposed exercise, which notice shall specify the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is being exercised and the effective date of the proposed exercise.
(2)The exercise of a SAR with respect to any number of Shares shall entitle the Participant to receive, from the Corporation, a number of Shares having an aggregate Market Value equal to the excess of the Market Value of a Share on the effective date of such exercise over the per share SAR Price.
(3)Upon the exercise, the Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after such exercise but no later than ten (10) Business Days following such exercise, forthwith cause the transfer agent and registrar of the Shares to either:
(a)deliver to the Participant (or to the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant) a certificate in the name of the Participant representing in the aggregate such number of Shares as the Participant (or to the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant) shall be entitled to receive (unless the Participant intends to simultaneously dispose of any such Shares); or
(b)in the case of Shares issued in uncertificated form, cause the issuance of the aggregate number of Shares as the Participant (or the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant) shall be entitled to receive to be evidenced by a book position on the register of the shareholders of the Corporation to be maintained by the transfer agent and registrar of the Shares.
Section 6.7 SAR Agreements.
SARs shall be evidenced by a SAR Agreement or included in an Employment Agreement, in such form not inconsistent with the Plan as the Board may from time to time determine. The SAR Agreement shall contain such terms that may be considered necessary in order that the SAR will comply with any provisions respecting stock appreciation rights in the income tax or other laws in force in any country or jurisdiction of which the Participant may from time to time be a resident or citizen or the rules of any regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Corporation.
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ARTICLE 7
GENERAL CONDITIONS
GENERAL CONDITIONS
Section 7.1 General Conditions Applicable to Awards.
Each Award, as applicable, shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1)Vesting Period. Each Award granted hereunder shall vest in accordance with the terms of the Grant Agreement entered into in respect of such Award. The Board has the right to accelerate the date upon which any Award becomes exercisable notwithstanding the vesting schedule set forth for such Award, regardless of any adverse or potentially adverse tax consequence resulting from such acceleration.
(2)Employment. Notwithstanding any express or implied term of this Plan to the contrary, the granting of an Award pursuant to the Plan shall in no way be construed as a guarantee by the Corporation or a Subsidiary to the Participant of employment or another service relationship with the Corporation or a Subsidiary. The granting of an Award to a Participant shall not impose upon the Corporation or a Subsidiary any obligation to retain the Participant in its employ or service in any capacity. Nothing contained in this Plan or in any Award granted under this Plan shall interfere in any way with the rights of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates in connection with the employment, retention or termination of any such Participant. The loss of existing or potential profit in Shares underlying Awards granted under this Plan shall not constitute an element of damages in the event of termination of a Participant’s employment or service in any office or otherwise.
(3)Grant of Awards. Eligibility to participate in this Plan does not confer upon any Eligible Participant any right to be granted Awards pursuant to this Plan. Granting Awards to any Eligible Participant does not confer upon any Eligible Participant the right to receive nor preclude such Eligible Participant from receiving any additional Awards at any time. The extent to which any Eligible Participant is entitled to be granted Awards pursuant to this Plan will be determined in the sole discretion of the Board. Participation in the Plan shall be entirely voluntary and any decision not to participate shall not affect an Eligible Participant’s relationship or employment with the Corporation or any Subsidiary.
(4)Rights as a Shareholder. Neither the Participant nor such Participant’s personal representatives or legatees shall have any rights whatsoever as shareholder in respect of any Shares covered by such Participant’s Awards by reason of the grant of such Award until such Award has been duly exercised, as applicable, and settled and Shares have been issued in respect thereof. Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such Shares have been issued.
(5)Conformity to Plan. In the event that an Award is granted or a Grant Agreement is executed which does not conform in all particulars with the provisions of the Plan, or purports to grant Awards on terms different from those set out in the Plan, the Award or the grant of such Award shall not be in any way void or invalidated, but the Award so granted will be adjusted to become, in all respects, in conformity with the Plan.
(6)Transferrable Awards. Except as specifically provided in a Grant Agreement approved by the Board, each Award granted under the Plan is personal to the Participant and shall not be assignable or transferable by the Participant, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or by the laws of succession of the domicile of the deceased Participant. No Award granted hereunder shall be pledged, hypothecated, charged, transferred, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of on pain of nullity.
(7)Participant’s Entitlement. Except as otherwise provided in this Plan or unless the Board permits otherwise, upon any Subsidiary of the Corporation ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Corporation, Awards previously granted under this Plan that, at the time of such change, are held by a Person who is a director, executive officer, employee or consultant of such Subsidiary of the Corporation and not of the Corporation itself, whether or not then exercisable, shall automatically terminate on the date of such change.
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Section 7.2 General Conditions Applicable to Options and SARs.
Each Option or SAR, as applicable, shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1)Termination for Cause. Upon a Participant ceasing to be an Eligible Participant for Cause, any vested or unvested Option or SAR granted to such Participant shall terminate automatically and become void immediately. For the purposes of the Plan, the determination by the Corporation that the Participant was discharged for Cause shall be binding on the Participant. “Cause” shall include, among other things, gross misconduct, theft, fraud, breach of confidentiality or breach of the Corporation’s codes of conduct and any other reason determined by the Corporation to be cause for termination.
(2)Termination not for Cause. Upon a Participant ceasing to be an Eligible Participant as a result of his or her employment or service relationship with the Corporation or a Subsidiary being terminated without Cause, (i) any unvested Option or SAR granted to such Participant shall terminate and become void immediately and (ii) any vested Option or SAR granted to such Participant may be exercised by such Participant as the rights to exercise accrue. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, such Option or SAR shall only be exercisable within the earlier of thirty (30) days after the Termination Date, or the expiry date of the Award set forth in the Grant Agreement.
(3)Resignation. Upon a Participant ceasing to be an Eligible Participant as a result of his or her resignation from the Corporation or a Subsidiary, (i) each unvested Option or SAR granted to such Participant shall terminate and become void immediately upon resignation and (ii) each exercisable Option or SAR granted to such Participant will cease to be exercisable on the earlier of the thirty (30) days following the Termination Date and the expiry date of the Award set forth in the Grant Agreement.
(4)Permanent Disability/Retirement. Upon a Participant ceasing to be an Eligible Participant by reason of retirement or permanent disability, (i) any unvested Option or SAR shall terminate and become void immediately, and (ii) any vested Option or SAR shall remain exercisable for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of retirement or the date on which the Participant ceases his or her employment or service relationship with the Corporation or any Subsidiary by reason of permanent disability, but not later than the expiry date of the Award set forth in the Grant Agreement, and thereafter any such Option or SAR shall expire.
(5)Death. Upon a Participant ceasing to be an Eligible Participant by reason of death, any vested Option or SAR granted to such Participant may be exercised by the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant for that number of Shares only which such Participant was entitled to acquire under the respective Options or SARs (the “Vested Awards”) hereof on the date of such Participant’s death. Such Vested Awards shall only be exercisable within one (1) year after the Participant’s death or prior to the expiration of the original term of the Options or SARs whichever occurs earlier. Subj ect to the terms of the applicable Grant Agreement, any Options or SAR that would have vested within twelve (12) months following such Participant’s death shall be deemed to have vested on such date, and all other Options or SARs will be cancelled on the date of such Participant’s death.
(6)Leave of Absence. Upon a Participant electing a voluntary leave of absence of more than twelve (12) months, including maternity and paternity leaves, the Board may determine, at its sole discretion but subject to applicable laws, that such Participant’s participation in the Plan shall be terminated, provided that all vested Options or SARs in the Participant’s Account shall remain outstanding and in effect until the applicable exercise date, or an earlier date determined by the Board at its sole discretion.
Section 7.3 General Conditions Applicable to RSUs.
Each RSU shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1)Termination for Cause and Resignation. Upon a Participant ceasing to be an Eligible Participant for Cause or as a result of his or her resignation from the Corporation or a Subsidiary, the Participant’s participation in the Plan shall be
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terminated immediately, all RSUs credited to such Participant’s Account that have not vested shall be forfeited and cancelled, and the Participant’s rights to Shares or Cash Equivalent or a combination thereof that relate to such Participant’s unvested RSUs shall be forfeited and cancelled on the Termination Date.
(2)Death, Leave of Absence or Cessation of Employment or Service Relationship. Except as otherwise determined by the Board from time to time, at its sole discretion, upon a Participant electing a voluntary leave of absence of more than twelve (12) months, including maternity and paternity leaves, or upon a Participant ceasing to be Eligible Participant as a result of (i) death, (ii) retirement, (iii) his or her employment or service relationship with the Corporation or a Subsidiary being terminated by the Corporation or a Subsidiary for reasons other than for Cause, (iv) his or her employment or service relationship with the Corporation or a Subsidiary being terminated by reason of injury or disability or (v) becoming eligible to receive long-term disability benefits, the Participant’s participation in the Plan shall be terminated immediately (provided that, for the Participant becoming eligible to receive long-term disability benefits, such termination shall occur on the Eligibility Date), provided that all unvested RSUs in the Participant’s Account as of such date relating to a Restriction Period in progress shall remain outstanding and in effect until the applicable RSU Vesting Determination Date, and
(a)If, on the RSU Vesting Determination Date, the Board determines that the vesting conditions were not met for such RSUs, then all unvested RSUs credited to such Participant’s Account shall be forfeited and cancelled and the Participant’s rights to Shares or Cash Equivalent or a combination thereof that relate to such unvested RSUs shall be forfeited and cancelled; and
(b)If, on the RSU Vesting Determination Date, the Board determines that the vesting conditions were met for such RSUs, the Participant shall be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 5.5 that number of Shares or Cash Equivalent or a combination thereof equal to the number of RSUs outstanding in the Participant’s Account in respect of such Restriction Period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of completed months of service of the Participant with the Corporation or a Subsidiary during the applicable Restriction Period as of the date of the Participant’s death, retirement, termination or Eligibility Date and the denominator of which shall be equal to the total number of months included in the applicable Restriction Period (which calculation shall be made on the applicable RSU Vesting Determination Date) and the Corporation shall distribute such number of Shares or Cash Equivalent or a combination thereof to the Participant or the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant, as soon as practicable thereafter, but no later than the end of the Restriction Period, the Corporation shall debit the corresponding number of RSUs from the Account of such Participant’s or such deceased Participants’, as the case may be, and the Participant’s rights to all other Shares or Cash Equivalent or a combination thereof that relate to such Participant’s RSUs shall be forfeited and cancelled;
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, upon a Participant ceasing to be an Eligible Participant by reason of retirement, this Section 7.3(2) shall not apply to a Participant in the event such Participant, directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever, alone, through or in connection with any Person, carries on or becomes employed by, engaged in or otherwise commercially involved in, any activity or business in the apparel industry including the outerwear and luxury segments of such industry prior to the applicable RSU Vesting Determination Date. In such event, Section 7.3(1) shall apply to such Participant. Except as expressly provided for in an RSU Agreement, none of the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.3(2), shall apply to a U.S. Resident.
(3)General. For greater certainty, where (i) a Participant’s employment or service relationship with the Corporation or a Subsidiary is terminated pursuant to Section 7.3(1) or Section 7.3(2) hereof or (ii) a Participant elects for a voluntary leave of absence pursuant to Section 7.3(2) hereof following the satisfaction of all vesting conditions in respect of particular RSUs but before receipt of the corresponding distribution or payment in respect of such RSUs, the Participant shall remain entitled to such distribution or payment.
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Section 7.4 General Conditions Applicable to Unvested Shares.
Upon a Participant ceasing to be an Eligible Participant for any reason, any Unvested Shares that have not vested at such time shall automatically and without any requirement of notice to such Participant, or other action by or on behalf of the Corporation, be deemed to have been reacquired by the Corporation from such Participant, and thereafter shall cease to represent any ownership in the Corporation by the Participant or rights of the Participant as a shareholder of the Corporation. Following such deemed reacquisition, the Participant shall surrender any certificates representing Unvested Shares in such Participant’s possession to the Corporation upon request without consideration.
ARTICLE 8
COMPLIANCE WITH U.S. TAX LAWS
COMPLIANCE WITH U.S. TAX LAWS
Section 8.1 Compliance with Section 162(m) and Other Limits.
(1)To the extent the Board determines that compliance with the Performance Based Exception is desirable with respect to an Award to a Participant who is a U.S. Resident, Section 8.1 and Section 8.2 shall apply and the Board shall establish the Performance Criteria within the time period required under Section 162(m) and the grant, vesting or payment, as the case may be, of the Award will be conditioned upon the satisfaction of the Performance Criteria as certified by the Board. The preceding sentence will not apply to an Award eligible (as determined by the Board) for exemption from the limitations of Section 162(m) by reason of the post-initial public offering transition relief in Section 1.162-27(f) of the Treasury Regulations. The Board may, subject to the terms of the Plan, amend a previously granted performance Award or take any other action that disqualifies such Award from the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m).
(2)In the event that changes are made to Section 162(m) to permit flexibility with respect to any Awards available under the Plan, the Board may, subject to this Section 8.1, make any adjustments to such Awards as it deems appropriate.
(3)The Board shall designate the Participants who are U.S. Residents to be granted Awards intended to satisfy the Performance Based Exception. For Awards with a Performance Period based on a year, or a period lasting longer than a year, such designation shall occur within the first ninety (90) days of such year or Performance Period, as applicable. For Awards with a Performance Period lasting less than a year, such designation shall occur on or prior to the date that is no later than twenty-five percent (25%) through the duration of the relevant Performance Period. The opportunity to be granted an Award intended to satisfy the Performance Based Exception shall be evidenced by a Grant Agreement in such form as the Board may approve.
(4)With respect to Awards intended to satisfy the Performance Based Exception, the Board shall establish Performance Criteria for the applicable Performance Period (which may be the same or different for some or all Eligible Participants who are U.S. Residents) and may establish the threshold, target and/or maximum incentive opportunity or vesting provisions for each Participant for the attainment of specified threshold, target and/or maximum Performance Criteria. Performance Criteria, incentive opportunities and vesting provisions shall be set forth in the applicable Grant Agreement, and may be weighted for different factors and measures as the Board may determine.
(5)Prior to the payment of cash or delivery of Shares in connection with any Award that is intended to satisfy the Performance Based Exception, the Board shall determine and certify in writing the degree of attainment of Performance Criteria. The Board reserves the discretion to reduce (but not below zero) the amount of an individual’s payment or Share entitlement below the amount that might otherwise be due based on the degree of attainment of Performance
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Criteria. The determination of the Board to reduce (or not to pay) an individual shall not affect the maximum amount payable to any other individual. No amount shall be payable in respect of an Award intended to qualify for the Performance Based Exception unless at least the established Performance Criteria (if any) is attained.
(6)Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 8.1, to the extent the Board determines that compliance with the Performance Based Exception is desirable with respect to an Award, then (a) to the extent the Board administers the Plan, the Plan shall be administered by only those directors of the Corporation who are “Independent” and (b) no Participant shall receive any payment under the Plan unless the Board has certified, by resolution or other appropriate action in writing, that the Performance Criteria and any other material terms previously established by the Board or set forth in the Plan, have been satisfied to the extent necessary to qualify as “qualified performance based compensation” under Section 162(m). For purposes of qualifying any Award hereunder as exempt from Section 162(m), “Independent”, when referring to the members of the Board shall mean meeting the requirements to qualify as an “outside director” under Section 1. 1 62-27(e)(3) of the Treasury Regulations.
Section 8.2 Performance Based Exception Under Section 162(m).
(1)Subject to Section 8.2(4), unless and until the Board proposes for a stockholders vote and stockholders approve a change in the general Performance Criteria, for Awards (other than Options and SARs) designed to qualify for the Performance Based Exception, the objective Performance Criteria shall be based upon one or more of the performance measures set forth in the definition of “Performance Criteria” set forth in Section 1.1.
(2)For Awards intended to comply with the Performance Based Exception, the Board shall set the Performance Criteria within the time period prescribed by Section 162(m). The levels of performance required with respect to Performance Criteria may be expressed in absolute or relative levels and may be based upon a set increase, set positive result, maintenance of the status quo, set decrease or set negative result. Performance Criteria may differ for Awards to different Participants. The Board shall specify the weighting (which may be the same or different for multiple objectives) to be given to each Performance Criteria for purposes of determining the final amount payable with respect to any such Award. Any one or more of the Performance Criteria may apply to the Participant, a department, unit, division or function within the Corporation or any one or more Affiliates or the Corporation as a whole; and may apply either alone or relative to the performance of other businesses or individuals (including industry or general market indices).
(3)The Board shall have the discretion to adjust the determinations of the degree of attainment of the pre-established Performance Criteria; provided that Awards which are designed to qualify for the Performance Based Exception may not (unless the Board determines to amend the Award so that it no longer qualified for the Performance Based Exception) be adjusted upward (the Board shall retain the discretion to adjust such Awards downward). To the extent consistent with the requirements for satisfying the Performance Based Exception under Section 162(m), the Board, or a committee of the Board that satisfies the requirements of Section 1.162-27(e)(3) of the Treasury Regulations, may provide in the case of any Award intended to qualify for such exception that one or more of the Performance Criteria applicable to an Award will be adjusted in an objectively determinable manner to reflect event (such as, the impact of charges for restructurings, discontinued operations, mergers, acquisitions, extraordinary items, and other unusual or non-recurring items, and the cumulative effects of tax or accounting changes, each as defined by generally accepted accounting principles) occurring during the Performance Period of such Award that affect the applicable Performance Criteria. The Board may not, unless the Board determines to amend the Award so that it no longer qualifies for the Performance Based Exception, delegate any responsibility with respect to Awards intended to qualify for the Performance Based Exception; provided, however, that the Board may delegate such responsibility to a committee of the Board that satisfies the requirements of Section 1.162-27(e)(3). All determinations by the Board or such committee as to the achievement of the Performance Criteria shall be in writing prior to payment of the Award.
(4)In the event that applicable laws, rules or regulations change to permit the Board discretion to alter the governing Performance Criteria without obtaining stockholder approval of such changes, and still qualify for the Performance Based Exception, the Board shall have sole discretion to make such changes without obtaining stockholder approval.
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Section 8.3 Incentive Stock Options.
Each Option granted to a U.S. Resident shall be designated in the Grant Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. Any Option designated as an Incentive Stock Option: (a) shall be granted only to a Participant who is an employee of the Corporation or Subsidiary; (b) in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns shares of the Corporation representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of shares of the Corporation or any parent or subsidiary, shall be granted with an Option Price that is not less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Market Value of a Share on the date of grant; (c) shall not have an aggregate Market Value (determined for each Incentive Stock Option at the date of grant) of Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under the Plan and any other employee stock option plan of the Corporation or any parent or subsidiary), determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, that exceeds $100,000; and (d) shall have a term not exceeding ten (10) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Grant Agreement and, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns shares of the Corporation representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of shares of the Corporation or any parent or subsidiary, the term of the Incentive Stock Option shall be five (5) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Grant Agreement. No Incentive Stock Options may be granted under the Plan after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the earlier of the effective date of the Plan or the date the Plan was approved by the Board.
Section 8.4 Section 409A.
(1)Without limiting the generality of this Section 8.4, each Award will contain such terms as the Board determines, and will be construed and administered, such that the Award either qualifies for an exemption from the requirements of Section 409A or satisfies such requirements.
(2)Notwithstanding Section 8.1 and Section 8.2 of this Plan or any other provision of this Plan or any Grant Agreement to the contrary, the Board may unilaterally amend, modify or terminate the Plan or any outstanding Award, including but not limited to changing the form of the Award, if the Board determines that such amendment, modification or termination is necessary or advisable to avoid the imposition of an additional tax, interest or penalty under Section 409A.
(3)If a Participant is deemed on the date of the Participant’s termination of employment or other service relationship with the Corporation or a Subsidiary to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of that term under Section 409A(a)(2)(B), then, with regard to any payment that is considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A, to the extent applicable, payable on account of a “separation from service”, such payment will be made or provided on the date that is the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six-month period measured from the date of such “separation from service” and (ii) the date of the Participant’s death (the “Delay Period”). Upon the expiration of the Delay Period, all payments delayed pursuant to this Section 8.4(3) (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single lump sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) will be paid on the first Business Day following the expiration of the Delay Period in a lump sum and any remaining payments due under the Award will be paid in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them in the applicable Grant Agreement.
(4)For purposes of Section 409A, each payment made under this Plan will be treated as a separate payment.
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ARTICLE 9
ADJUSTMENTS AND AMENDMENTS
ADJUSTMENTS AND AMENDMENTS
Section 9.1 Adjustment to Shares Subject to Outstanding Awards.
At any time after the grant of an Award to a Participant and prior to the expiration of the term of such Award or the forfeiture or cancellation of such Award, in the event of (i) any subdivision of the Shares into a greater number of Shares, (ii) any consolidation of Shares into a lesser number of Shares, (iii) any reclassification, reorganization or other change affecting the Shares, (iv) any merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another corporation, or (iv) any distribution to all holders of Shares or other securities in the capital of the Corporation, of cash, evidences of indebtedness or other assets of the Corporation (excluding an ordinary course dividend in cash or shares, but including for greater certainty shares or equity interests in a subsidiary or business unit of the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries or cash proceeds of the disposition of such a subsidiary or business unit) or any transaction or change having a similar effect, then the Board shall in its sole discretion, subject to the required approval of any Stock Exchange, determine the appropriate adjustments or substitutions to be made in such circumstances in order to maintain the economic rights of the Participant in respect of such Award in connection with such occurrence or change, including, without limitation:
(a)adjustments to the exercise price of such Award without any change in the total price applicable to the unexercised portion of the Award;
(b)adjustments to the number of Shares to which the Participant is entitled upon exercise of such Award;
(c)adjustments permitting the immediate exercise of any outstanding Awards that are not otherwise exercisable; or
(d)adjustments to the number of kind of Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan.
Section 9.2 Change of Control.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, in the event of a potential Change of Control, the Board shall have the power, in its sole discretion, to modify the terms of this Plan and/or the Awards (including, for greater certainty, to cause the vesting of all unvested Awards) to assist the Participants to tender into a take-over bid or participating in any other transaction leading to a Change of Control. For greater certainty, in the event of a take-over bid or any other transaction leading to a Change of Control, the Board shall have the power, in its sole discretion, to (i) provide that any or all Awards shall thereupon terminate, provided that any such outstanding Awards that have vested shall remain exercisable until consummation of such Change of Control, and (ii) permit Participants to conditionally exercise their Options and SARs, such conditional exercise to be conditional upon the take-up by such offeror of the Shares or other securities tendered to such take-over bid in accordance with the terms of such take-over bid (or the effectiveness of such other transaction leading to a Change of Control). If, however, the potential Change of Control referred to in this Section 9.2 is not completed within the time specified therein (as the same may be extended), then notwithstanding this Section 9.2 or the definition of “Change of Control”: (i) any conditional exercise of vested Options and/or SARs shall be deemed to be null, void and of no effect, and such conditionally exercised Awards shall for all purposes be deemed not to have been exercised, (ii) Shares which were issued pursuant to exercise of Options and/or SARs which vested pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall be returned by the Participant to the Corporation and reinstated as authorized but unissued Shares, and (iii) the original terms applicable to Awards which vested pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall be reinstated.
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Section 9.3 Amendment or Discontinuance of the Plan.
(1)The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time, or from time to time amend or revise the terms of the Plan or any granted Award without the consent of the Participants provided that such suspension, termination, amendment or revision shall:
(a)not adversely alter or impair the rights of any Participant, without the consent of such Participant except as permitted by the provisions of the Plan;
(b)be in compliance with applicable law and with the prior approval, if required, of the shareholders of the Corporation, the TSX, the NYSE or any other regulatory body having authority over the Corporation; and
(c)be subject to shareholder approval, where required by law or the requirements of the TSX and the NYSE, provided that the Board may, from time to time, in its absolute discretion and without approval of the shareholders of the Corporation make the following amendments to this Plan:
(i)any amendment to the vesting provision, if applicable, or assignability provisions of the Awards;
(ii)any amendment to the expiration date of an Award that does not extend the terms of the Award past the original date of expiration of such Award;
(iii)any amendment regarding the effect of termination of a Participant’s employment or engagement;
(iv)any amendment which accelerates the date on which any Option or SAR may be exercised under the Plan;
(v)any amendment to the definition of an Eligible Participant under the Plan;
(vi)any amendment necessary to comply with applicable law or the requirements of the TSX, the NYSE or any other regulatory body;
(vii)any amendment of a “housekeeping” nature, including to clarify the meaning of an existing provision of the Plan, correct or supplement any provision of the Plan that is inconsistent with any other provision of the Plan, correct any grammatical or typographical errors or amend the definitions in the Plan;
(viii)any amendment regarding the administration of the Plan;
(ix)any amendment to add provisions permitting the grant of Awards settled otherwise than with Shares issued from treasury, a form of financial assistance or clawback, and any amendment to a provision permitting the grant of Awards settled otherwise than with Shares issued from treasury, a form of financial assistance or clawback which is adopted; and
(x)any other amendment that does not require the approval of the shareholders of the Corporation under Section 9.3 (2).
(2)Notwithstanding Section 9.3(1), the Board shall be required to obtain shareholder approval to make the following amendments:
(a)any increase to the maximum number of Shares issuable under the Plan, except in the event of an adjustment pursuant to Article 9;
(b)except in the case of an adjustment pursuant to Article 9, any amendment which reduces the exercise price of an Option or SAR or any cancellation of an Option or SAR and replacement of such Option or SAR with an Option or SAR with a lower exercise price, to the extent such reduction or replacement benefits an Insider;
(c)any amendment which extends the expiry date of any Award, or the Restriction Period of any RSU beyond the original expiry date or Restriction Period to the extent such amendment benefits an Insider;
(d)any amendment which increases the maximum number of Shares that may be (i) issuable to Insiders at any time; or (ii) issued to Insiders under the Plan and any other proposed or established Share Compensation Arrangement in a one-year period, except in case of an adjustment pursuant to Article 9; and
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(e)any amendment to the amendment provisions of the Plan;
provided that Shares held directly or indirectly by Insiders benefiting from the amendments shall be excluded when obtaining such shareholder approval.
(3)The Board may, by resolution, advance the date on which any Award may be exercised or payable or, subject to applicable regulatory provisions, including any rules of a Stock Exchange or shareholder approval requirements of Section 409A, extend the expiration date of any Award, in the manner to be set forth in such resolution provided that the period during which an Option or a SAR is exercisable or RSU is outstanding does not exceed ten (10) years from the date such Option or SAR is granted in the case of Options and SARs and three (3) years after the calendar year in which the award is granted in the case of RSUs. The Board shall not, in the event of any such advancement or extension, be under any obligation to advance or extend the date on or by which any Option or SAR may be exercised or RSU may be outstanding by any other Participant.
ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1 Use of an Administrative Agent and Trustee.
The Board may in its sole discretion appoint from time to time one or more entities to act as administrative agent or trustee to administer the Awards granted under the Plan and to act as trustee to hold and administer the assets that may be held in respect of Awards granted under the Plan, the whole in accordance with the terms and conditions determined by the Board in its sole discretion. The Corporation and the administrative agent will maintain records showing the number of Awards granted to each Participant under the Plan.
Section 10.2 Tax Withholding.
(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, all distributions, delivery of Shares or payments to a Participant (or to the liquidator, executor or administrator, as the case may be, of the estate of the Participant) under the Plan shall be made net of applicable taxes and source deductions. If the event giving rise to the withholding obligation involves an issuance or delivery of Shares, then, the withholding obligation may be satisfied by (a) having the Participant elect to have the appropriate number of such Shares sold by the Corporation, the Corporation’s transfer agent and registrar or any trustee appointed by the Corporation pursuant to Section 10.1 hereof, on behalf of and as agent for the Participant as soon as permissible and practicable, with the proceeds of such sale being delivered to the Corporation, which will in turn remit such amounts to the appropriate governmental authorities, or (b) any other mechanism as may be required or appropriate to conform with local tax and other rules.
(2)Notwithstanding Section 10.2(1), the applicable tax withholdings may be waived where a Participant other than a U.S. Resident directs in writing that a payment be made directly to the Participant’s registered retirement savings plan in circumstances to which subsection 100(3) of the regulations made under the Tax Act apply.
Section 10.3 Clawback.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Plan, any Award which is subject to recovery under any law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement, will be subject to such deductions and clawback as may be required to be made pursuant to such law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement (or any policy adopted by the Corporation pursuant to any such law, government regulation or stock exchange listing requirement). Without limiting the
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generality of the foregoing, the Board may provide in any case that outstanding Awards (whether or not vested or exercisable) and the proceeds from the exercise or disposition of Awards or Shares acquired under Awards will be subject to forfeiture and disgorgement to the Corporation, with interest and other related earnings, if the Participant to whom the Award was granted violates (i) a non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality or other restrictive covenant by which he or she is bound, or (ii) any policy adopted by the Corporation applicable to the Participant that provides for forfeiture or disgorgement with respect to incentive compensation that includes Awards under the Plan. In addition, the Board may require forfeiture and disgorgement to the Corporation of outstanding Awards and the proceeds from the exercise or disposition of Awards or Shares acquired under Awards, with interest and other related earnings, to the extent required by law or applicable stock exchange listing standards, including, without limitation, Section 1 0D of the Exchange Act, and any related policy adopted by the Corporation. Each Participant, by accepting or being deemed to have accepted an Award under the Plan, agrees to cooperate fully with the Board, and to cause any and all permitted transferees of the Participant to cooperate fully with the Board, to effectuate any forfeiture or disgorgement required hereunder. Neither the Board nor the Corporation nor any other person, other than the Participant and his or her permitted transferees, if any, will be responsible for any adverse tax or other consequences to a Participant or his or her permitted transferees, if any, that may arise in connection with this Section 10.3.
Section 10.4 Securities Law Compliance.
(1)The Plan (including any amendments to it), the terms of the grant of any Award under the Plan, the grant of any Award and exercise of any Option or SAR, and the Corporation’s obligation to sell and deliver Shares in respect of any Awards, shall be subject to all applicable federal, provincial, state and foreign laws, rules and regulations, the rules and regulations of applicable Stock Exchanges and to such approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may, as determined by the Corporation, be required. The Corporation shall not be obliged by any provision of the Plan or the grant of any Award hereunder to issue, sell or deliver Shares in violation of such laws, rules and regulations or any condition of such approvals.
(2)No Awards shall be granted, and no Shares shall be issued, sold or delivered hereunder, where such grant, issue, sale or delivery would require registration of the Plan or of the Shares under the securities laws of any foreign jurisdiction (other than Canada and the United States) or the filing of any prospectus for the qualification of same thereunder, and any purported grant of any Award or purported issue or sale of Shares hereunder in violation of this provision shall be void.
(3)The Corporation shall have no obligation to issue any Shares pursuant to this Plan unless upon official notice of issuance such Shares shall have been duly listed with a Stock Exchange. Shares issued, sold or delivered to Participants under the Plan may be subject to limitations on sale or resale under applicable securities laws.
(4)If Shares cannot be issued to a Participant upon the exercise of an Option or a SAR due to legal or regulatory restrictions, the obligation of the Corporation to issue such Shares shall terminate and any funds paid to the Corporation in connection with the exercise of such Option or SAR will be returned to the applicable Participant as soon as practicable.
Section 10.5 Reorganization of the Corporation.
The existence of any Awards shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Corporation or its shareholders to make or authorize any adjustment, reclassification, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Corporation’s capital structure or its business, or any amalgamation, combination, merger or consolidation involving the Corporation or to create or issue any bonds, debentures, shares or other securities of the Corporation or the rights and conditions attaching thereto or to affect the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar nature or otherwise.
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Section 10.6 Quotation of Shares.
So long as the Shares are listed on one or more Stock Exchanges, the Corporation must apply to such Stock Exchange or Stock Exchanges for the listing or quotation, as applicable, of the Shares underlying the Awards granted under the Plan, however, the Corporation cannot guarantee that such Shares will be listed or quoted on any Stock Exchange.
Section 10.7 No Fractional Shares.
No fractional Shares shall be issued upon the exercise of any Option or SAR granted under the Plan and, accordingly, if a Participant would become entitled to a fractional Share upon the exercise of such Option or SAR, or from an adjustment permitted by the terms of this Plan, such Participant shall only have the right to purchase the next lowest whole number of Shares, and no payment or other adjustment will be made with respect to the fractional interest so disregarded.
Section 10.8 Governing Laws.
The Plan and all matters to which reference is made herein shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein.
Section 10.9 Severability.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of the Plan shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision and any invalid or unenforceable provision shall be severed from the Plan.
Section 10.10 Effective Date of the Plan
The Plan was approved by the Board and shall take effect on March 13, 2017.
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EXHIBIT A
CANADA GOOSE HOLDINGS INC.
FORM OF OPTION AGREEMENT
This option agreement (this “Option Agreement”) evidences an award of Options granted by Canada Goose Holdings Inc. (the “Corporation”) to the undersigned (the “Participant”) pursuant to and subject to the terms and conditions of the Canada Goose Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which is incorporated herein by reference and forms an integral part of this Option Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to them in the Plan. Certain provisions of the Plan are reproduced or summarized herein for your convenience; however, this Option Agreement is not comprehensive.
Section 1.1 Grant of Options
(1)The Corporation confirms that the Participant has been granted Options under the Plan on the following basis, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan:
Date of Grant
Number of Options
Option Price (C$)
Vesting Schedule (including Performance Criteria) Option Term
Type of Options (U.S. Participant)
(2)Attached hereto and forming an integral part of this Option Agreement as Schedule A is a Form of Election to Exercise that the Participant may use to exercise any of his or her Options in accordance with the Plan at any time and from time to time prior to the expiry of the Option Term of such Options, subject to any vesting or other applicable conditions. Such notice shall be delivered at the Corporation’s registered office to the attention of the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation or any other individual that the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation may from time to time designate.
(3)If the Participant has executed and become a party to a non-competition or a non-solicitation agreement with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, the Participant’s rights hereunder shall be subject to the restrictive covenants and other provisions contained in that agreement. Where the Participant is determined by the Board in its sole and absolute discretion to have breached any such restrictive covenant, all outstanding Options shall terminate and be forfeited immediately; provided, however, that the foregoing will not limit the application of the provisions contained in the Plan and in this Option Agreement.
(4)Any exercise of Options by the Participant shall be made in accordance with the Corporation’s insider trading policy. Should the expiry date of any Option Term fall within a Black-Out Period or within nine (9) Business Days following the expiration of a Black-Out Period, such expiry date shall be automatically extended without any further act or formality to that date which is the tenth (10th) Business Day after the end of the Black-Out Period, such tenth (1 0th) Business Day to be considered the expiry date for such Options for all purposes under the Plan.
Section 1.2 Transferrable Option
Each Option granted under the Plan is personal to the Participant and shall not be assignable or transferable by the Participant, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or by the laws of succession of the domicile of the deceased Participant. No Option granted hereunder shall be pledged, hypothecated, charged, transferred, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of on pain of nullity.
Section 1.3 Acknowledgments
By accepting this Option Agreement, the Participant represents, warrants and acknowledges that (i) he or she has read and understands the Plan and agrees to the terms and conditions thereof and of this Option Agreement; (ii) his or her
participation in the trade and acceptance of the Options is voluntary; (iii) he or she has not been induced to participate in the Plan by expectation of engagement, appointment, employment, continued engagement, continued appointment or continued employment, as applicable, with the Corporation or its Affiliates; and (iv) neither the Participant nor the Participant’s personal representatives or legatees shall have any rights whatsoever as shareholder in respect of any Shares covered by the Participant’s Options by reason of the grant of such Options until such Options has been duly exercised and Shares have been issued in respect thereof. By accepting this Option Agreement, the Participant agrees that the Plan, this Option Agreement as well as any notice, document or instrument relating thereto be drawn up in English only. Par l’acceptation de ce contrat, le participant reconnait avoir convenu que le régime incitatif de la société, ce contrat, ainsi que tout autre avis, acte ou document s ’y rattachant soient rédigés en anglais seulement.
Section 1.4 Governing Law
This Option Agreement and all matters to which reference is made herein shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein.
Section 1.5 Counterparts
This Option Agreement may be executed and delivered in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile, email or other electronic means), each of which is deemed to be an original, and such counterparts together constitute one and the same agreement.
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Accepted and agreed to this day of _________, 20___
| Corporation: | CANADA GOOSE HOLDINGS INC. | |||||||
| By: | ||||||||
| Name: | ||||||||
| Title: | ||||||||
| Participant: | ||||||||
| Signature of Participant | ||||||||
| Name of Participant (Please Print) | ||||||||
| Address: | ||||||||
SCHEDULE A
FORM OF ELECTION TO EXERCISE OPTIONS
FORM OF ELECTION TO EXERCISE OPTIONS
TO: CANADA GOOSE HOLDINGS INC. (the “Corporation”)
I, the undersigned option holder, hereby irrevocably elect to exercise Options granted by the Corporation to me pursuant to an Option Agreement dated _________, 20__ under Canada Goose Holdings Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), for the number of Shares set forth below. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to them in the Plan.
I hereby elect to surrender my Options, in whole or in part, in accordance with Sections 4.6 of the Plan:
| Number of Shares to be Acquired: | ||||||||
| Option Price (per Share): | $ | |||||||
| Aggregate Option Price: | $ | |||||||
| Amount Enclosed: | $ | |||||||
and hereby tender a certified cheque, bank draft or other form of payment confirmed as acceptable by the Corporation for such aggregate exercise price, and, if applicable, all source deductions, and direct such Shares to be registered in the name of:
I hereby agree to file or cause the Corporation to file on my behalf, on a timely basis, all insider reports and other reports that I may be required to file under applicable securities laws. I understand that this request to exercise my Options is irrevocable.
DATED this __ day of______, 20__.
| Signature of Option holder | ||
| Name of Option holder (Please Print) | ||
Exhibit 8.1
SUBSIDIARIES OF CANADA GOOSE HOLDINGS, INC.
Entity | Jurisdiction | |||||||
| Canada Goose Inc. | Ontario | |||||||
| Canada Goose International Holdings Limited | United Kingdom | |||||||
| Canada Goose US, Inc. | Delaware | |||||||
| Canada Goose International AG | Zug (Switzerland) | |||||||
| Canada Goose Services Limited | United Kingdom | |||||||
| Canada Goose UK Retail Limited | United Kingdom | |||||||
| Canada Goose France Retail SAS | France | |||||||
| Canada Goose Italy Retail S.r.l | Italy | |||||||
| Canada Goose Germany Retail GmbH | Germany | |||||||
| Canada Goose Asia Holdings Limited | Hong Kong | |||||||
| CG (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. | Jing’an, Shanghai | |||||||
| Canada Goose HK Limited | Hong Kong | |||||||
| Baffin Limited | Ontario | |||||||
| Baffin US, Inc. | Delaware | |||||||
97800087_1
Exhibit 12.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Dani Reiss, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Canada Goose Holdings Inc.; | ||||
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | ||||
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | ||||
| 4. | The company’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have: | ||||
| a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | |||||||
| b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |||||||
| c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | |||||||
| d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and | |||||||
| 5. | The company’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): | ||||
| a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | |||||||
| b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting. | |||||||
Date: May 13, 2021
| By: | /s/ Dani Reiss | |||||||
| Dani Reiss | ||||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
Exhibit 12.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Jonathan Sinclair, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Canada Goose Holdings Inc.; | ||||
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; | ||||
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; | ||||
| 4. | The company’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have: | ||||
| a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; | |||||||
| b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; | |||||||
| c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and | |||||||
| d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and | |||||||
| 5. | The company’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): | ||||
| a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and | |||||||
| b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting. | |||||||
Date: May 13, 2021
| By: | /s/ Jonathan Sinclair | |||||||
| Jonathan Sinclair | ||||||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
Exhibit 13.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with this annual report on Form 20-F of Canada Goose Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended March 28, 2021 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Dani Reiss, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
| (i) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and | |||||||
| (ii) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. | |||||||
Date: May 13, 2021
| By: | /s/ Dani Reiss | |||||||
| Dani Reiss | ||||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||||
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Form 20-F or as a separate disclosure document.
Exhibit 13.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with this annual report on Form 20-F of Canada Goose Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended March 28, 2021 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Jonathan Sinclair, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
| (i) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and | |||||||
| (ii) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. | |||||||
Date: May 13, 2021
| By: | /s/ Jonathan Sinclair | |||||||
| Jonathan Sinclair | ||||||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||||
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Form 20-F or as a separate disclosure document.
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-216812 on Form S-8 and Registration Statement No. 333-225757 on Form F-3 of our reports dated May 12, 2021, relating to the financial statements of Canada Goose Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 20-F of the Company for the 52 weeks ended March 28, 2021.
/s/ Deloitte LLP
Chartered Professional Accountants
Licensed Public Accountants
Toronto, Canada
May 13, 2021
