TerrAscend Corp.
For the period ended Apr 28, 2025. Filed Apr 28, 2025.
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Apr 28, 2025 · Filed Apr 28, 2025
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Stock Option Plan
The purpose of the Stock Option Plan is to (i) provide the Corporation with the advantages of the incentive inherent in equity ownership in the Corporation by employees, directors and consultants of the Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as “Participants” and each a “Participant”); (ii) create in such persons a proprietary interest in, and a greater concern for, the welfare and success of the Corporation; (iii) encourage such persons to remain with the Corporation and its subsidiaries; and (iv) attract employees, directors and consultants of the highest caliber by offering them an opportunity to share in any increase in value of the Common Shares resulting from their efforts.
The following is a summary of the Stock Option Plan and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Stock Option Plan, which is attached as Schedule “B” of this Circular, which is available under the Corporation’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
The Corporation currently has in place a rolling 15% Stock Option Plan, pursuant to which approximately 16,120,919 Options were outstanding as of December 31, 2024. The Board is responsible for administering the Stock Option Plan.
The Stock Option Plan currently provides that the number of Common Shares that may be reserved for issuance upon the exercise of Options to purchase Common Shares (and together with any other share compensation arrangement of the Corporation, including the RSU Plan) may not exceed (in the aggregate) 15% of the outstanding Common Shares on each date on which the Option or other award, as applicable, is granted (the “Grant Date”) on a non-diluted basis, provided that the number of Common Shares reserved under the Stock Option Plan for issuance upon the exercise of incentive stock options may not exceed 10,000,000 Common Shares. The Corporation is required, at all times during the term of the Stock Option Plan, to reserve and keep available the number of Common Shares necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Stock Option Plan.
The number of Common Shares reserved for issuance to any one person under an Option granted pursuant to the Stock Option Plan, when combined with the number of Common Shares reserved for issuance under all awards granted within the one-year period prior to the Grant Date under all other share compensation plans, including the Stock Option Plan and the RSU Plan, may not exceed (in the aggregate) 5% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares at the Grant Date on a non-diluted basis (excluding Common Shares issued to that person within the previous one-year period pursuant to the exercise of Options), unless the Corporation has obtained disinterested shareholder approval. The number of Common Shares reserved for issuance under an award granted pursuant to the Stock Option Plan to any (i) consultant, or (ii) party providing investor relations services, when combined with the number of Common Shares reserved for issuance under all Options granted within the one-year period prior to the Grant Date to (i) all consultants, or (ii) all parties providing investor relations services, respectively, may not exceed (in the aggregate) 2% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares on the Grant Date on a non-diluted basis (excluding Common Shares issued to consultants or parties providing investor relations services within the previous one-year period pursuant to the exercise of Options).
Unless disinterested shareholder approval is obtained, the number of Common Shares that may be reserved for issuance to insiders pursuant to the grant of Options under the Stock Option Plan and under any other share compensation arrangement, including the RSU Plan, may not exceed, in the aggregate, 10% of the outstanding Common Shares on a non-diluted basis at any point in time.
Unless disinterested shareholder approval is obtained, an Option may only be granted to an insider under the Stock Option Plan if the number of Common Shares issued to insiders within the one-year period before the Grant Date by the Corporation to insiders under all other share compensation plans, including the Stock Option Plan and the RSU Plan, does not exceed, in the aggregate, 10% of the outstanding Common Shares on the Grant Date on a non-diluted basis.
The annual burn rate of each arrangement for 2024, as calculated in accordance with Section 613(p) of the TSX Company Manual, is approximately 1.15% for Options. The following table summarizes the annual burn rate for 2022, 2023, and 2024:
| Annual Burn Rate By Year | |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.89% |
| 2023 | 0.78% |
| 2024 | 1.15% |
Options to purchase Common Shares granted under the Stock Option Plan will have an exercise price not less than the “fair market value” of a Common Share on the Grant Date, being the five day volume weighted average price of the Common Shares based on the Grant Date of the Option. The exercise price, term and vesting of Options to purchase
Common Shares shall otherwise be as approved by the Board. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, Options to purchase Common Shares typically vest and become exercisable at a rate of 25% on each of the first four anniversary dates from the date of grant.
In the event that a Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person (as such term is defined in the Stock Option Plan): (i) any unvested portion of any Option held by that Participant will immediately expire as of the Termination Date (as such term is defined in the Stock Option Plan); and (ii) any vested portion of any Option held by that Participant will expire on the earlier of the Option Expiry Date (as such term is defined in the Stock Option Plan) set by the Board and: (a) in the case of termination of employment by the Corporation or an affiliate of the Corporation without cause, or the failure by the Corporation or an affiliate of the Corporation to renew a contract for services at the end of its term, the date which is 90 days (or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option (as such term is defined in the Stock Option Plan), three months) after the Termination Date, (b) in the case of voluntary resignation of employment from the Corporation or an affiliate of the Corporation, the date which is 90 days (or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, three months) after the Termination Date, (c) in the case of the death of the Participant, the date which is one year after the death, (d) in the case of the disability or retirement of the Participant, the date which is 180 days (or, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, three months, subject to certain exceptions) after the Termination Date, and (e) in all other cases, the Termination Date.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Options and all benefits and rights accruing to Participants in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Stock Option Plan are not directly or indirectly transferable and cannot be assigned, charged, pledged or hypothecated, or otherwise alienated, by a Participant, whether voluntarily, involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise. On a Participant’s death, vested Options, benefits and rights may pass by the Participant’s will or the laws of descent or distribution to the legal representative of the Participant’s estate or any other person who acquires the Participant’s vested Options by way of bequest or inheritance.
Common Shares which have been issued on the exercise of an Option will again be available for grants under the Stock Option Plan, and will be considered to be part of the pool of Common Shares available for Options to purchase Common Shares under the Stock Option Plan. Any Common Share subject to an Option granted under the Stock Option Plan that expires or terminates without having been exercised shall again be available for a grant of Options under the Stock Option Plan. The term of the Options to purchase Common Shares granted under the Stock Option Plan shall not exceed ten years from the date of grant.
Subject to certain limitations, the Board may amend, suspend or discontinue the Stock Option Plan or any Option at any time in its discretion, in good faith, acting reasonably, without obtaining the approval of the shareholders of the Corporation or Participants, provided, however, that no amendment, suspension or discontinuance of the Stock Option Plan or of any Option may (i) materially and adversely affect any Option previously granted under the Stock Option Plan without the consent of the Participant; or (ii) contravene the requirements (if any) of the stock exchange or over-the-counter market on which the Common Shares are then listed or posted for trading or quoted, as the case may be (including, without limitation, the requirement that disinterested shareholder approval will be required to be obtained in certain circumstances) or any securities commission or regulatory body to which the Stock Option Plan or the Corporation is subject to. Termination of the Stock Option Plan will not affect the ability of the Board to exercise the powers granted to it under the Stock Option Plan with respect to Options granted under the Stock Option Plan prior to the date of such termination.
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