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ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR
This management information circular and the accompanying materials require your immediate attention. If you are in doubt as to how to deal with these documents or the matters to which they refer, please consult your financial, legal, tax or other professional advisor.
Notice of Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders
Notice is hereby given that the annual general and special meeting (the "Meeting") of the holders of common shares of IM CANNABIS CORP. (the "Company") will be held virtually on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) for the following purposes:
(1) to receive the Company's consolidated audited financial statements as at and for the financial years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the auditors' report thereon, a copy of which is enclosed herewith if so requested or available on www.sedar.com;
(2) to fix the number of directors of the Company at five;
(3) to elect directors of the Company for the ensuing year;
(4) to appoint an auditor for the Company and to authorize the board of directors to fix their remuneration;
(5) to consider, and if deemed appropriate, approve, with or without variation, an ordinary resolution approving the Company's new stock option plan; and
(6) to transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
The specific details of the foregoing matters to be put before the Meeting are set forth in the management information circular ("Circular") accompanying this Notice of Meeting.
Shareholders are invited to virtually attend the Meeting. Registered shareholders who are unable to virtually attend the Meeting in person are requested to read the Circular and the form of proxy which accompanies this notice and to complete, sign, date and deliver the form of proxy, together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it was signed (or a notarially certified copy thereof) to the Company's transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc. ("Computershare"), 8th Floor, 100 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1. Non-registered shareholders who receive the Circular and form of proxy through an intermediary must deliver the voting form provided in accordance with the instructions given by such intermediary. To be effective, proxies must be received by Computershare not later than Monday, July 26, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time), or in the case of any adjournment of the Meeting not later than 48 hours prior to the Meeting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, or any adjournment thereof.
To mitigate risks to the health and safety of the Company's shareholders, management, directors, employees and other stakeholders during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company will follow provincial and federal government guidance and hold the Meeting in a virtual-only format.
Shareholders as of the close of business on June 7, 2021 (the "Record Date") will have an equal opportunity to participate at the Meeting by teleconference, regardless of geographic location.
Registered shareholders and proxyholders who have completed the Company's virtual meeting advance registration process will be able to attend the Meeting via teleconference and vote. Non-registered shareholders who appoint themselves as proxyholder through their intermediary will be permitted to attend the Meeting via teleconference and vote. Non-registered shareholders who have not duly appointed themselves as proxyholder will not be permitted to attend the Meeting. This procedure is in place to ensure that the Company and its transfer agent can verify the identity of any voting shareholder at the Meeting. The Company and its transfer agent do not have a record of the Company's non-registered shareholders and, as a result, will have no knowledge of their shareholdings or entitlement to vote unless they appoint themselves as proxyholder.
In order to streamline the Meeting process, the Company encourages shareholders to vote in advance of the Meeting using the voting instruction form or the form of proxy mailed to them with the Meeting materials and submitting them by no later than 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on July 26, 2021, the cut-off time for deposit of proxies prior to the Meeting.
Advance registration for the Meeting is required by emailing the following information to meeting@imcannabis.com: (a) the name of the registered shareholder in which common shares of the Company are held; (b) the proxy control number given in respect of such common shares of the Company (unless the person is registering as a proxyholder); and (c) an email address and/or telephone number at which a Company representative may contact such shareholder in order to provide the Meeting ID number and passcode, or request additional information, as necessary.
The teleconference number will only be provided to shareholders and proxyholders who complete the virtual meeting advance registration process using the instructions provided above.
It is the shareholders responsibility to ensure connectivity during the meeting and the Company encourages its shareholders to allow sufficient time to log in to the Meeting before it begins.
DATED the 23rd day of June, 2021.
By Order of the Board of Directors
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR
Management Information Circular
for the Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders
Solicitation of Proxies
This Management Information Circular (the "Circular") is furnished in connection with the solicitation, by or on behalf of the management of IM Cannabis Corp. (the "Company"), of proxies to be used at the Company's annual general and special meeting of the holders of common shares (the "Common Shares" or "Shares") to be held at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 (the "Meeting") or at any adjournment thereof. It is expected that the solicitation will be primarily by mail, but proxies may also be solicited personally, by advertisement or by telephone, by directors, officers or employees of the Company without special compensation, or by the Company's transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc. ("Computershare") at nominal cost. The cost of solicitation will be borne by the Company.
Appointment of Proxyholder
The person(s) designated by management of the Company in the enclosed form of proxy are directors or officers of the Company. Each shareholder has the right to appoint as proxyholder a person or company (who need not be a shareholder of the Company) other than the person(s) or company(ies) designated by management of the Company in the enclosed form of proxy to attend and act on the shareholder's behalf at the Meeting or at any adjournment thereof. Such right may be exercised by inserting the name of the person or company in the blank space provided in the enclosed form of proxy or by completing another form of proxy.
Registered shareholders who are unable to attend the Meeting in person are requested to read the Circular and the form of proxy which accompanies the Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Notice of Meeting") and to complete, sign, date and deliver the form of proxy, together with the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it was signed (or a notarially certified copy thereof) to the Company's transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc., 8th Floor, 100 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, or by fax at 1-866-249-7775 (North America) / 1-416-263-9524 (International), Attention: Proxy Department. Non-registered shareholders who receive the Circular and form of proxy through an intermediary must deliver the proxy in accordance with the instructions given by such intermediary. To be effective, proxies must be received by Computershare not later than Monday, July 26, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time), or in the case of any adjournment of the Meeting not later than 48 hours prior to the meeting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, or any adjournment thereof.
A shareholder who has given a form of proxy may revoke it as to any matter on which a vote has not already been held pursuant to its authority by an instrument in writing executed by the shareholder or by the shareholder's attorney duly authorized in writing or, if the shareholder is a corporation, by an officer or attorney thereof duly authorized and deposited at either the above mentioned office of Computershare by no later than 48 hours prior to the Meeting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, or with the Chairman of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registered shareholder attends personally at the Meeting, such shareholder may revoke the proxy and vote in person.
On any ballot that may be called for, the Common Shares represented by a properly executed proxy given in favour of the person(s) designated by management of the Company in the enclosed form of proxy will be voted or withheld from voting in accordance with the instructions given on the form of proxy, and if the shareholder specifies a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the Common Shares will be voted accordingly.
The enclosed form of proxy confers discretionary authority upon the persons named therein with respect to amendments or variations to matters identified in the accompanying Notice of Meeting and with respect to other matters which may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof. As of the date of this Circular, management of the Company is not aware of any such amendment, variation or other matter to come before the Meeting. However, if any amendments or variations to matters identified in the accompanying Notice of Meeting or any other matters which are not now known to management should properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof, the Common Shares represented by properly executed proxies given in favour of the person(s) designated by management of the Company in the enclosed form of proxy will be voted on such matters pursuant to such discretionary authority.
Advice to Beneficial Shareholders
The information set forth in this section is of importance to many shareholders, as a substantial number of shareholders do not hold Common Shares in their own name. In many cases, Common Shares beneficially owned by a holder (a "Beneficial Holder") are registered either (a) in the name of an intermediary that the Beneficial Holder deals with in respect of the Common Shares. Intermediaries include banks, trust companies, securities dealers or brokers and trustees or administrators of self-administered RRSPs, RRIFs, RESPs and similar plans, or (b) in the name of a depository (such as Clearing and Depository Services Inc. or "CDS"). Beneficial Holders should note that only proxies deposited by shareholders who are registered shareholders (that is, shareholders whose names appear on the records maintained by the registrar and transfer agent for the Common Shares as registered holders of Common Shares) will be recognized and acted upon at the Meeting. If Common Shares are listed in an account statement provided to a Beneficial Holder by a broker, those Common Shares will, in all likelihood, not be registered in the shareholder's name. Such Common Shares will more likely be registered under the name of the shareholder's broker or an agent of that broker. In Canada, the vast majority of such shares are registered under the name of CDS & Co. (the registration name for CDS, which acts as nominee for many Canadian brokerage firms). Common Shares held by brokers (or their agents or nominees) on behalf of a broker's client can only be voted at the direction of the Beneficial Holder. Without specific instructions, brokers and their agents and nominees are prohibited from voting shares for the broker's clients. Therefore, each Beneficial Holder should ensure that voting instructions are communicated to the appropriate person well in advance of the Meeting.
Existing regulatory policy requires brokers and other intermediaries to forward meeting materials to Beneficial Holders, unless the Beneficial Holder has waived the right to receive them, and seek voting instructions from Beneficial Holders in advance of shareholders' meetings. The various brokers and other intermediaries have their own mailing procedures and provide their own return instructions to clients, which should be carefully followed by Beneficial Holders in order to ensure that their Common Shares are voted at the Meeting.
The voting instruction form supplied to such Beneficial Holders by their broker (or the agent of the broker) is substantially similar to the form of proxy provided directly to registered shareholders by the Company. However, its purpose is limited to instructing the registered shareholder (i.e., the broker or agent of the broker) on how to vote on behalf of the Beneficial Holder. The vast majority of brokers now delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from clients to Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. ("Broadridge") in Canada. Broadridge typically prepares a machine-readable voting instruction form, mails those forms to Beneficial Holders and asks Beneficial Holders to return the forms to Broadridge, or otherwise communicate voting instructions to Broadridge (by way of the Internet or telephone, for example). Broadridge then tabulates the results of all instructions received and provides appropriate instructions respecting the voting of shares to be represented at the Meeting. A Beneficial Holder who receives a Broadridge voting instruction form cannot use that form to vote Common Shares directly at the Meeting. The voting instruction forms must be returned to Broadridge (or instructions respecting the voting of Common Shares must otherwise be communicated to Broadridge) well in advance of the Meeting in order to have the Common Shares voted. If you have any questions respecting the voting of Common Shares held through a broker or other intermediary, please contact that broker or other intermediary for assistance.
Although a Beneficial Holder may not be recognized directly at the Meeting for the purposes of voting Common Shares registered in the name of his or her broker, CDS & Co. or another intermediary, the Beneficial Holder may attend the Meeting as proxyholder and vote the Common Shares in that capacity. Beneficial Holders who wish to attend the Meeting and indirectly vote their Common Shares as proxyholder, should enter their own names in the blank space on the voting instruction form provided to them and return the same to their broker (or the broker's agent) in accordance with the instructions provided by such broker.
Beneficial Holders fall into two categories - those who object to their identity being known to the issuers of securities which they own ("OBOs") and those who do not object to their identity being made known to the issuers of the securities which they own ("NOBOs"). Subject to the provisions of National Instrument 54-101, issuers may request and obtain a list of their NOBOs from intermediaries directly or via their transfer agent and may obtain and use the NOBO list for the distribution of proxy-related materials to such NOBOs. If you are a NOBO and the Company or Computershare has sent the meeting materials directly to you, your name, address and information about your holdings of Common Shares have been obtained in accordance with applicable securities regulatory requirements from the intermediary holding the Common Shares on your behalf. The Company's OBOs can expect to be contacted by their respective intermediaries. The Company does not intend to pay for intermediaries to deliver the meeting materials to OBOs.
All references to shareholders in this Circular and the accompanying form of proxy and Notice of Meeting are to registered shareholders unless specifically stated otherwise.
As at the close of business on June 7, 2021, the Company had 57,067,651 Common Shares outstanding, each carrying the right to one vote per share. Except as otherwise noted in this Circular, a simple majority of the votes cast at the Meeting, whether in person, by proxy or otherwise, will constitute approval of any matter submitted to a vote. All shareholders have the right to vote for directors. The persons named in the accompanying form of proxy will vote the Common Shares in respect of which they are appointed in accordance with the direction of the shareholder appointing them. In the absence of such direction, those Common Shares will be voted in favour of ("FOR") all resolutions.
The board of directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors" or the "Board") has fixed June 7, 2021 as the record date (the "Record Date") for the purpose of determining holders of Common Shares entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting. Any holder of Common Shares of record at the close of business on the Record Date is entitled to vote the Common Shares registered in such shareholder's name at that date on each matter to be acted upon at the Meeting.
Principal Shareholders
To the knowledge of the directors and executive officers of the Company, as at the date of this Circular, no person beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or exercised control or direction over 10% or more of the voting rights attached to the outstanding Common Shares of the Company except as stated below.
Name Aggregate Number of Common Shares Percentage of Outstanding Common Shares
Oren Shuster 9,139,742 16.02%
Rafael Gabay 8,095,325 14.19%
MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON AT MEETING
1. Financial Statements
The consolidated audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 of the Company together with the auditors' report thereon have been delivered to the holders of Common Shares or are enclosed herewith. No formal action will be taken at the Meeting to approve the financial statements. If any holder of Common Shares has questions respecting the financial statements, the questions may be brought forward at the Meeting.
2. Fixing the Number of Directors
The Company is required to have a minimum of three directors. At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to fix the number of directors of the Company at five.
In the absence of a contrary instruction, the person(s) designated by management of the Company in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote FOR the fixing of the number of directors of the Company at five.
3. Election of Directors
Under the articles of the Company, directors of the Company are elected annually. Each director will hold office until the next annual general meeting or until the successor of such director is duly elected or appointed, unless such office is earlier vacated in accordance with the articles.
In the absence of a contrary instruction, the person(s) designated by management of the Company in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote FOR the election as directors of the proposed nominees whose names are set forth below. Management does not contemplate that any of the proposed nominees will be unable to serve as a director, but if that should occur for any reason prior to the Meeting, the Common Shares represented by properly executed proxies given in favour of such nominee(s) may be voted by the person(s) designated by management of the Company in the enclosed form of proxy, in their discretion, in favour of another nominee.
The following table sets forth information with respect to each person proposed to be nominated for election as a director, including the number of Common Shares of the Company beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or over which control or direction was exercised, by such person or the person's associates or affiliates as at the date of this Circular. The information as to Common Shares beneficially owned or over which control or direction is exercised, not being within the knowledge of the Company, has been furnished by the respective proposed nominees individually.
Nominee Name and Place of Residence Present and Principal Occupation, Business or Employment for Previous 5 years Became Director Number of Common Shares beneficially owned, controlled or directed
Oren Shuster (3) Ra'anana, Israel CEO of the Company since October 11, 2019; CEO of I.M.C. Holdings Ltd. since 2018; Co-CEO of Ewave Group Ltd. since 1999. October 11, 2019 9,139,742
Marc Lustig (3) West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Executive Chairman of the Company since December 2020; Director of Pharmacielo Ltd. since November 2020; Director of Cresco Labs Inc. since June 2020; Director of Trichome Financial Corp. since October 2019; Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CannaRoyalty Corp. (dba Origin House) from 2016 to 2020. October 11, 2019 871,008
Vivian Bercovici ( 1 ) (2) (3) Toronto, Ontario, Canada Independent consultant and columnist; Managing Director, Israel and Europe of Nuuvera Inc. from March 2017 to March 2018; Canadian Ambassador to Israel from January 2014 to June 2016. March 16, 2020 12,482
Haleli Barath (1)(2) Tel Aviv, Israel Partner of BFP & Co. since 2009. February 22, 2021 166,682
Brian Schinderle (1 ) (2) Illinois, USA Founder and Manager of Solidum Capital since 2017; Executive Vice President of Finance of GHG Management (dba Grassroots Cannabis) from 2018 to 2020; Portfolio Manager of Balyasny Asset Management from 2009 to 2017. February 22, 2021 Nil
(1) Member of the Audit Committee.
(2) Member of Compensation Committee.
(3) Member of the Governance and Nomination Committee.
Biographies of Proposed New Directors
Mr. Schinderle is the Founder and Managing Partner of Solidum Capital Advisors LLC ("Solidum"). Solidum invests its own capital and works in a merchant banking and advisory capacity with a select group of companies in the cannabis sector. In addition, from 2018 to 2020, Mr. Schinderle served as Executive Vice President of Finance of GR Companies Inc. (dba Grassroots Cannabis) ("Grassroots"), focusing on finance, strategy, capital markets, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions. In July 2020, Grassroots merged with Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) in a transaction valued at approximately US$850 million. Prior to forming Solidum in 2017, Mr. Schinderle spent over 20 years in investment management, primarily investing in fixed income and equity assets via hedge funds, private equity and discretely managed funds. Mr. Schinderle currently serves on the advisory boards of Altitude Investments Inc. and AIM PLC, as well as the Board of Directors of Bazelet Americas, LLC.
Ms. Barath is the Co-founder and Senior Partner at BFP & Co., an Israel-based law firm. Ms. Barath has over 20 years' experience advising Israeli and international corporations on a wide range of sophisticated cross-border and domestic transactions. Ms. Barath advises Fortune 500 international corporations, funds and prominent early-stage start-ups and growth companies in Israel on a range of sectors including enterprise software, cybersecurity, fintech, biotech, cannabis and digital health and is an active partner in their development and growth. Ms. Barath is also the Co-founder and General Partner of Cerca Partners, a venture capital firm that invests in Israeli technology companies. Ms. Barath holds an LLB degree from the Hebrew University in Israel, is a member of the Israeli bar and lectures at universities and various business forums on topics ranging from corporate and business law to technology and regulatory matters.
Corporate Cease Trade Orders or Bankruptcies
No person proposed to be nominated for election as a director at the Meeting is or has been, within the preceding ten years, a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of any company (including the Company) that:
(a) was the subject of a cease trade or similar order, or an order that denied such company access to any exemptions under applicable securities legislation that was issued while the proposed director was acting in the capacity as director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer, or
(b) was the subject of a cease trade or similar order, or an order that denied such company access to any exemptions under applicable securities legislation that was issued after the proposed director ceased to be a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer and which resulted from an event that occurred while that person was acting in the capacity as director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer.
No person proposed to be nominated for election as a director at the Meeting is or has been, within the preceding ten years, a director or executive officer of any company (including the Company) that, while that person was acting in that capacity, or within a year of that person ceasing to act in that capacity, became bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or was subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets.
No person proposed to be nominated for election as a director at the Meeting is or has, within the preceding ten years, become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or has become subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold the assets of such person.
Penalties and Sanctions
No proposed director of the Company has been subject to any: (a) penalties or sanctions imposed by a court relating to securities legislation or by a securities regulatory authority or has entered into a settlement agreement with a securities regulatory authority; or (b) other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or regulatory body that would likely be considered important to a reasonable securityholder in deciding whether to vote for a proposed director.
4. Appointment of Independent Auditors
Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global ("Kost") are the current auditors of the Company. Kost were first appointed as auditors on January 16, 2020. At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to vote for the appointment of Kost, as the Company's auditors, to hold office until the next annual general meeting of the shareholders, at a remuneration to be fixed by the Board of Directors.
In the absence of a contrary instruction, the person(s) designated by management of the Company in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote FOR the appointment of Kost as the auditors of the Company, at a remuneration to be determined by the Board of Directors.
5. Approval of the New Stock Option Plan
At the Meeting, holders of Common Shares ("Shareholders") will be asked to consider and, if deemed advisable, authorize and approve a new stock option plan (the "New Stock Option Plan") proposed by the Company. The New Stock Option Plan is intended to supplement the restricted share unit plan (the "RSU Plan" and together with the New Stock Option Plan and the current stock option plan (the "Predecessor Option Plan"), the "Securities Based Compensation Arrangements"), provided that the aggregate issuances under all the Securities Based Compensation Arrangements do not exceed 10% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares on a non-diluted basis on each date of grant.
As of the Record Date, there are 5,014,690 options of the Company (the "Options") outstanding under the Predecessor Option Plan, representing 8.8% of the outstanding Common Shares. Assuming the New Stock Option Plan is approved, an aggregate of 143,613 Options will be available for grant under the New Stock Option Plan (after taking into account the outstanding restricted share units (the "RSUs") and existing Options under the Predecessor Option Plan). The Options outstanding as of the date of this Circular, have a term as set out in each Option agreement. If the New Stock Option Plan is approved by Shareholders, the Predecessor Option Plan will continue to exist but only for the purpose of governing the terms of all outstanding Options that have already been issued under the Predecessor Option Plan before the adoption of the New Stock Option Plan. If the New Stock Option Plan is not approved by Shareholders, then the Predecessor Option Plan will continue to exist and Options will continue to be granted thereunder.
The purpose of the New Stock Option Plan is to provide the Company with the advantages of the incentive inherent in equity ownership on the part of directors, executive officers, employees and consultants (collectively, the "Eligible Persons") who are responsible for the continued success of the Company; to create in those Eligible Persons a proprietary interest in, and a greater concern for, the welfare and success of the Company; to encourage Eligible Persons to remain with the Company and any subsidiaries; and to attract new employees, directors, officers and consultants.
The New Stock Option Plan will be administered by the Board, and the Board may delegate its powers, rights and obligations to a committee. The Company's compensation committee (the "Compensation Committee") will be responsible for determining which directors, officers, employees and consultants shall be granted Options.
The Board will have the authority to grant Options to Eligible Persons and subject to the policies of the Canadian stock exchange upon which the Common Shares principally trade, will determine the terms and conditions applicable to the exercise of those Options including the number of Shares issuable under each Option, the exercise price, the expiry date, vesting conditions, if any, the nature and duration of the restrictions, if any, to be imposed on the sale or other disposition of Common Shares acquired on exercise of the Option, and the events, if any, that give rise to a termination or expiry of the Option participant's rights under the Option, and the period in which such termination or expiry can occur. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum term of any Option granted under the New Stock Option Plan will be ten years. Cashless exercises will be permitted under the New Stock Option Plan.
The total number of Common Shares that may be reserved for issuance to all directors and executive officers as a group under the New Stock Option Plan and any other Security Based Compensation Arrangements, in aggregate, will not exceed, at any time, or within any 12-month period, 10% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares, on a non-diluted basis, as at the date of grant of any Options under the New Stock Option Plan.
The total number of Common Shares that may be reserved for issuance and granted to any one Executive (as defined in the New Stock Option Plan) under the New Stock Option Plan and all other Securities Based Compensation Arrangements, in aggregate, will not exceed at any time, or within a 12-month period, 5% of the issued and outstanding Shares, on a non-diluted basis, as at the date of grant of any Options under the New Stock Option Plan.
The total number of Common Shares that may be reserved for issuance and granted to persons engaging in investor relations activities under the New Stock Option Plan and all other Securities Based Compensation Arrangements, in aggregate, will not exceed at any time, or within a 12-month period, 1% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares, on a non-diluted basis, as at the date of grant of any Options under the New Stock Option Plan.
Similar to the Predecessor Option Plan, annual shareholder approval will not required for the New Stock Option Plan. The Board may terminate the New Stock Option Plan at any time in its absolute discretion, without shareholder approval. If New Stock Option Plan is terminated, no further Options will be granted but the Options then outstanding will continue in full force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the New Stock Option Plan, until the time they are exercised or terminated or expire under the terms of the New Stock Option Plan and the applicable Option agreement. For the full text of the New Stock Option Plan, see Schedule "A".
At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to pass an ordinary resolution approving, with or without variation, the New Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan Resolution") in the following form.
"BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED as an ordinary resolution that:
1. the new stock option plan of the Company as described in the management information circular dated July 28, 2021 be and is hereby authorized and approved; and
2. any one director or officer of the Company is authorized and directed, on behalf of the Company, to take all necessary steps and proceedings and to execute, deliver and file any and all declarations, agreements, documents and other instruments and do all such other acts and things (whether under corporate seal of the Company or otherwise) that may be necessary or desirable to give effect to this ordinary resolution."
The foregoing ordinary resolution must be approved by a simple majority of the votes cast at the Meeting by the holders of Common Shares voting in person or by proxy and by a majority of disinterested shareholders represented at the Meeting in person or by proxy. To the knowledge of the Company, a total of 18,326,417 Common Shares (being approximately 32.11% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares) are held by shareholders who are considered interested by virtue of being insiders of the Company and who hold Options or may be granted Options.
The Board of Directors believes the passing of the above resolution is in the best interests of the Company and recommends that the holders of Common Shares and disinterested shareholders vote FOR the resolution. Unless otherwise directed, it is the intention of the persons designated in the enclosed form of proxy to vote FOR the Option Plan Resolution.
It is not known that any other matters will come before the Meeting other than as set forth above and in the Notice of Meeting accompanying this Information Circular, but if such should occur, the management designees intend to vote on them in accordance with their best judgement, exercising discretionary authority with respect to amendments or variations of matters identified in the Notice of Meeting and other matters which may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Under applicable securities legislation, the Company is required to disclose certain financial and other information relating to the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and each of the three most highly compensated executive officers of the Company, including any of its subsidiaries, as at the date of this Circular whose total compensation was more than $150,000 for the financial year of the Company ended December 31, 2020, other than the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (collectively the "Named Executive Officers"), and for the directors of the Company.
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
The Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Circular sets out the objectives of the Company's executive compensation arrangements, the Company's executive compensation philosophy and the application of this philosophy to the Company's executive compensation arrangements.
When determining the compensation arrangements for the Named Executive Officers, the Board considers the objectives of: (i) retaining an executive critical to the success of the Company and the enhancement of shareholder value; (ii) providing fair and competitive compensation; (iii) balancing the interests of management and shareholders of the Company; and (iv) rewarding performance, both on an individual basis and with respect to the business in general.
In determining the compensation level for each executive, the Board looks at factors such as the relative complexity of the executive's role within the organization, the executive's performance and potential for future advancement, the compensation paid by other companies in the same industry as the Company, and pay equity considerations.
Elements of Compensation
The compensation paid to executive officers in any year consists of three (3) primary components:
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