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Pursuant to the New CPC Policy, in order for the Company to align certain of its policies with the New CPC Policy it is required to obtain the approval of disinterested shareholders of the Company. As a result, the Company will be seeking such approval from its shareholders via written consent for the following matters: (i) to amend the Company's Stock Option Plan (the"Option Plan") to, among other things, become a "10% rolling" plan prior to the Company completing a Qualifying Transaction ("QT"); (ii) to remove the consequences of failing to complete a QT within 24 months of the Company's date of listing on the Exchange (the "Listing Date"); and (iii) to amend the escrow release conditions and certain other provisions of the Company's Escrow Agreement (the "Escrow Agreement"). These proposed amendments are described in further detail below.
Amendments to the Option Plan
The amendments to the Option Plan, will (i) allow the total number of common shares of the Company (the "Shares") reserved for issuance as options not to exceed 10% of the Shares issued and outstanding as at the date of grant, rather than at the closing date of the initial public offering ("IPO"), for options issued prior to the QT; (ii) allow the number of Shares reserved for issuance as options to any individual director or senior officer not to exceed 5% of the Shares outstanding as at the date of grant, rather than at the closing date of the IPO, for options issued prior to the QT; (iii) allow the number of Shares reserved for issuance as option to Consultants, as defined in the Option Plan, not to exceed 2% of the Shares outstanding as at the date of grant, rather than at the closing date of the IPO, for options issued prior to the QT; and (iv) require, prior to the granting of options, the optionee to first enter into an escrow agreement agreeing to deposit the options, and the Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of such options, into escrow as described in the escrow agreement.
Removal of the Consequences of Failing to Complete a QT within 24 Months of the Listing Date
Currently, under the Exchange's Policy 2.4 – Capital Pool Companies (as at
Amendments to the Escrow Agreement
The Company will to ask disinterested shareholders to approve the Company amending the Escrow Agreement in order to allow the Company's escrowed securities to be subject to an 18 month escrow release schedule as detailed in the New CPC Policy, rather than the current 36 month escrow release schedule in the Former Policy.
Other Changes
Under the New CPC Policy, the Company is permitted to implement certain other changes from the Former Policy without obtaining shareholder approval. As a result, the Company wishes to have theoption to take advantage of all the changes under the New CPC Policy that do not require shareholder approval, which became effective on
(i) increasing the maximum aggregate gross proceeds to the treasury that the Company can raise from the issuance of Shares in the IPO, seed shares and private placement to the new maximum of
$10,000,000 , rather than$5,000,000 which was the limit under the Former Policy;(ii) removing the restriction which provided that no more than the lesser of 30% of the gross proceeds from the sale of securities issued by the Company and
$210,000 may be used for purposes other than identifying and evaluating assets or businesses and obtaining shareholder approval for a proposed QT, and implementing the restrictions on the permitted use of proceeds and prohibited payments under the New CPC Policy, under which reasonable general and administrative expenses not exceeding$3,000 per month are permitted;(iii) removing the restriction on the Company issuing new agent's options in connection with a private placement;
(iv) removing the restriction such that now one person has the ability to act as the chief executive officer, chief financial officer and corporate secretary of the Company at the same time.
The proposed changes will not impact the Company’s proposed transaction with
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Phone: 604-650-6162
E-Mail: hughrogersinc@gmail.com
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