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JEWETT CAMERON TRADING CO LTD

For the period ended Aug 31, 2025. Filed Dec 1, 2025.

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FY2025 · Filed Dec 1, 2025

JCTC$2.94+3.2%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Item 11. Executive Compensation

Table No. 6 details compensation paid or accrued for fiscal 2025 and 2024 for the Company’s chief executive officer, each of the Company’s most highly compensated executive officers who were serving as executive officers at the end of the most recently completed financial year and whose total salary and bonus exceeds $100,000 per year.

Long-term Compensation
Annual Compensation · Awards · Payouts
Name and Principal Position · Fiscal Year · Salary · Bonus · Other Annual Comp. · Restricted Stock Awards · Securities Underlying Options/ SARS (#) · LTIP Payouts · All Other Comp. (1)
Chad Summers, Chief Executive Officer
2025$300,000$26,000$—$—$—$—$36,164
2024$300,000$17,133$—$30,000$—$—$22,500
Mitch Van Domelen, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
2025$191,667$26,000$—$—$—$—$23,000
2024$178,333$53,500$—$—$—$—$22,500
(1)“All Other Compensation” relates to the Company’s 401K contributions for each individual, and a car allowance for Chad Summers of $13,164 for fiscal 2025.

The Company has the same 401(k) Plan for executives as for all employees: it is a dollar-for-dollar match on 10% of eligible compensation, and a non-elective discretionary contribution based on the first $45,000 of eligible compensation.

Other than participation in the Company’s Restricted Share Plan and 401(k), no funds were set aside or accrued during fiscal 2025 or 2024 to provide pension, retirement or similar benefits for directors or executive officers.

Except for our Restricted Stock Plan and 401(k) Plan, we have no material stock option plan, bonus or profit sharing plans pursuant to which cash or non-cash compensation is or may be paid to our directors or executive officers. Officers received cash bonuses for fiscal 2025, which were determined and approved by the Board of Directors.

The Board approved a non-qualified Profit-Sharing plan for employees who did not receive any other form of commission or bonus. The plan is formula based proportionately balancing years of service and compensation. The Board has year-to-year responsibility to review the amount funded to the program and the overall program will be based on a percentage of operating or pre-tax profit.

Restricted Share Plan

The Company has a Restricted Share Plan which allows the Company to grant restricted shares as compensation to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company. The Restricted Shares are subject to restrictions, including the period under which the shares will be restricted and subject to forfeiture which is determined by the Board at the time of the grant. The recipient of Restricted Shares is entitled to all of the rights of a shareholder, including the right to vote such shares and the right to receive any dividends, except that the shares granted under the Plan are nontransferable during the Restricted Period.

The maximum number of Common Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan will not exceed 1% of the then issued and outstanding number of Common Shares at the time of the grant. During the year ended August 31, 2025, 13,317 common shares were issued under the Plan at an average price of $4.50 per share. 750 were granted to Officers and Directors without a Restricted Period under the Company’s S-8 Registration Statement. 12,567 common shares were granted to Officers and Employees and have a three-year Restricted Period. During the year ended August 31, 2024, 5,903 common shares were issued under the Plan at an average price of $5.43 per share. 575 were granted to Officers and Directors without a Restricted Period under the Company’s S-8 Registration Statement. 5,328 common shares were granted to Officers and Employees and have a three-year Restricted Period.

401(k) Plan

The Company has a 401(k) Plan which allows for a non-elective discretionary contribution based on the first $45,000 of eligible compensation. Beginning in fiscal 2019, the Company reduced the percentage amount of the discretionary contribution while adding a matching contribution, which is designed to encourage employees to participate with their own contributions. For the years ended August 31, 2025 and 2024 the 401(k) compensation expense was $230,595 and $117,319, respectively. The increase in the expense in fiscal 2025 from 2024 is due to the Board of Directors approving a lower discretionary contribution for fiscal 2024 than in fiscal 2025.

The contributions for Chad Summers for fiscal years 2025 and 2024 were $23,000 and $22,500, and the contributions for Mitch Van Domelen for fiscal 2025 and 2024 were $23,000 and $22,500. There are no un-funded liabilities.

Stock Options

The Company formerly had a stock option program under which stock options to purchase securities from the Company could be granted to directors and employees of the Company on terms and conditions acceptable to the regulatory authorities of Canada, notably the Ontario Securities Commission and the British Columbia Securities Commission.

During the year ended August 31, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the termination of the stock option program. No options were granted in fiscal 2025 or 2024, and the Company had no stock options outstanding as of August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024.

Long-Term Incentive Plan / Defined Benefit or Actuarial Plan

During fiscal 2025 the Company had no Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) and no LTIP awards were made. Also, during fiscal 2025 the Company had no Defined Benefit or Actuarial Plan.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

The Company’s Compensation Committee consists of 3 independent directors. None of the members of the Compensation Committee served as an officer or employee of the Company in the prior fiscal year.

No board of director member and none of our executive officers have a relationship that would constitute an interlocking relationship with executive officers and directors of another entity.

Employment Contracts

Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements

In November 2025, the Company adopted an Executive Severance and Change in Control Policy (the “Policy”). The purpose of this Policy is to provide fair and consistent severance protection to key executives of the Company in the event of certain terminations of employment, including those occurring in connection with a Change in Control of the Company. This Policy applies to the CEO and CFO of the Company.

The Policy provides severance if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause, or the Executive resigns for Good Reason outside a Change in Control period, upon which the Executive shall receive a minimum of 9 months salary plus one week/year of employment not to exceed 12 months in the aggregate, payable in regular payroll installments, a pro-rated annual bonus for the year of termination, continued medical and dental coverage under COBRA for the calculated severance period, and acceleration of the vesting of equity awards.

In the event the Executive’s employment is terminated without Cause or the Executive resigns for Good Reason within 12 months after a Change in Control, the Executive shall receive a minimum of 9 months salary plus one week /year of employment not to exceed 12 months in the aggregate payable in a lump sum in cash as soon as possible following termination, a pro-rated annual bonus for the year of termination, continued medical and dental coverage under COBRA for a 12 month period, and acceleration of the vesting of equity awards.

For purposes of the Policy, the following definitions apply:

•“Cause” includes gross misconduct, willful neglect of duties, fraud, dishonesty, conviction of a felony or crime of moral turpitude, violation of material Company policy including insubordination
•“Good Reason” means a material reduction in duties, compensation, or authority, or relocation more than 50 miles from the executive’s current work location, without the executive’s consent. The Executive must provide written notice within 30 days of the event and allow 30 days for the Company to cure.
•“Voluntary termination” includes greater than 2 days “no show/no contact” for work, walking off the job, verbal or written notice to a supervisor that the executive is quitting.
•“Change in Control “shall be deemed to have occurred if:
othere is a consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation; or there is any other merger or consolidation if, after such merger or consolidation shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation hold less than 50% of the voting stock of the surviving entity;
othere is a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in one or a series of transactions or there is a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
oany individual or entity or group acting in concert and affiliates thereof, acquires, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the outstanding shares of voting stock of the Company; provided that this subsection shall not apply to an underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities; or
othere is a change in control of the Board of Directors as a result of accepting new investors with board rights or a change by more than 50% of the Board as a result of the vote of shareholders at a shareholders’ meeting held for the purpose of voting for directors.

The Compensation Committee is responsible for administration of the Policy, interpreting and enforcing its terms in its sole discretion. The Board of Directors may amend or terminate this Policy at any time; however, no change will reduce benefits for an Executive whose termination has already occurred or is pending.

Director Compensation

The Company began compensating directors at the rate of $1,000 per month as of January 1, 2019. Directors are also entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may award special remuneration to any director undertaking any special services on behalf of the Company other than services ordinarily required of a director.

During fiscal 2025 the following cash payments were paid to directors for their service as directors: Charles Hopewell $18,000 (2024 - $18,000); Chad Summers $Nil (2024 - $Nil); Geoff Guilfoy $12,000 (2024 - $12,000); Mike Henningsen $12,000 (2024 - $12,000); Sarah Johnson $12,000 (2024 -$12,000); Chris Karlin $7,000 (2024 - $12,000); Michelle Walker $12,000 (2024 - $12,000); Subriana Pierce $12,000 (2024 - $8,000); and Ian Wendler $12,000 (2024 - $8,000).

In November 2020, the Board of Directors approved additional compensation for Directors other than Named Executive Officer members under the Company’s Restricted Share Plan. Directors will be granted 25 common shares for each fiscal quarter of service, with the amount earned during the year to be distributed by the end of the first fiscal quarter of the following fiscal year. Upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee, the Board has not revised non-employee director compensation for fiscal 2026, which remains as follows:

Member of the Board of Directors$12,000 Annual Retainer ($1,000 per month)
Chair of the Board of Directors$18,000 Annual Retainer ($1,500 per month)
Restricted Shares upon Initial Election25 Shares/Quarter
Restricted Shares upon Re-election25 Shares/Quarter

In fiscal 2025, the Company issued 750 common shares (2024 – 575 common shares) to directors under the Restricted Share Plan. The value of the shares issued was $3,375 (2024 - $3,122).

Executive Officer Compensation

The Company’s Compensation Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Board of Directors on compensation and benefits for executive officers. As in prior years all judgments regarding executive compensation for fiscal 2025 and 2024 were based primarily upon our assessment of each executive officer’s performance and contribution towards enhancing long-term shareowner value. The Compensation Committee relies upon judgment and not upon rigid guidelines or solely upon formulas or short-term changes in our stock price in determining the amount and mix of compensation for each executive officer.

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