EX-99.2 3 d457163dex992.htm EX-99.2 EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 

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CRESCENT POINT ENERGY CORP. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 2023 PROXY STATEMENT TSX CPG    |    NYSE CPG Bringing Energy To Our World – The Right Way ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS Your vote is important – please read the enclosed information about the business of the meeting and to learn more about our company. MAY 18    |    2023    


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at the Annual Meeting Our information circular provides important context on Fixing the number of directors the items you will be voting on at the annual meeting. Please read the entire document before voting. Electing directors MAY 18 2023 |    10:00 a.m. MT Appointing auditors Calgary TELUS Convention Centre 120-9th Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta Advisory vote on executive compensation    


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OUR RPOSE passionately in the our purpose statement: Bringing Energy To Our World – The Right Way to satisfy energy demand with the ethical and responsibly developed while keeping environmental, social e (“ESG”) standards top of mind. our purpose by delivering consistent excellence and through active engagement. also represented by our people, what the communities we operate in and to each of our relationships. Crescent Point Energy Corp.    |    2023    |    Information Circular – Proxy Statement i    


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PRINCIPLES FOR SUCCESS Our business decisions are guided by our key pillars of enhancing balance sheet strength and sustainability. Balance Sheet Strength 2022 Sustainability Highlights Generated significant excess Increased scalability by further cash flow of ~$1.2B optimizing asset portfolio with additions in Kaybob Duvernay which Achieved near-term underpins corporate 10-year plan leverage targets mid-year Continued investment in ~$850MM of net debt long-term and environmental reduction in 2022, exiting projects, including decline mitigation the year with net debt to adjusted funds flow of ~0.5x Achieved previous 2025 target to reduce scope 1 emissions by 50% Renewed and extended well ahead of schedule and established credit facility which remains new emissions and freshwater use primarily undrawn reduction targets Updated and enhanced Replaced 113% of annual production on return of capital framework that a 2P basis, primarily driven by organic aligns shareholder returns, reserve additions in Kaybob Duvernay balance sheet strength and reinvestment in the business Achieved best safety score on record, driven by continued commitment to safe operations Crescent Point Energy Corp.    |    2023    |    Information Circular – Proxy Statement ii


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2023 BOARD OF DIRECTOR Mike Jackson 1 2 NOMINEES More than 30 years in corporate and investment banking holding several senior management roles with Scotiabank. Barbara Munroe Jennifer F. Koury 2 4 Chair of the Board Extensive business leadership and More than 30 years of legal experience governance background. Former executive and industry diversification. Former EVP with BHP Billiton and Enerplus. with WestJet Airlines. Craig Bryksa 3 François Langlois 1 3 5 President & Chief Executive Officer More than 35 years of domestic & international Over 20 years of oil and gas experience, oil and gas experience. Former SVP, including over 15 years at Crescent Point Exploration and Production with Suncor Energy. in several senior management roles. James E. Craddock 2 4 5 Myron M. Stadnyk 3 4 5 Seasoned upstream executive with over Over 35 years of business, industry, leadership 30 years of experience. Former Chairman and governance experience. Former President and CEO of Rosetta Resources. and CEO of ARC Resources. Mindy Wight 1 4 John P. Dielwart 3 5 Over 40 years of experience in the oil Over 15 years of tax and financial experience. and gas sector. Founding member of Currently the Chief Executive Officer of ARC Resources. Nch’kaý Development Corporation. 1 2 3 4 5 Audit CG & Nominating ES&S HR & Compensation Reserves Committee Committee Committee Committee Committee Financial risk Board Stakeholder Culture and Operational management renewal engagement engagement excellence Cybersecurity Diversity Environment Compensation    alignment Financial information Governance Safe operations Human capital management Crescent Point Energy Corp.    |    2023    |    Information Circular – Proxy Statement iii    


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SHAREHOLDER RETURNS BASE DIVIDENDS + Focus on returns with nearly SHARE REPURCHASES & SPECIAL DIVIDENDS $500MILLION = delivered to shareholders in TOTAL RETURN 2022 through dividends and OF CAPITAL share repurchases totaling over 5% of the float ESG HIGHLIGHTS Diverse director nominees with comprehensive skill sets & experiences Governance % % Prudent management of financial & non-financial risks 33 56 Tied 30% of our short-term incentive scorecard of director of director nominees to performance against ESG metrics Strong nominees are have CEO/CFO/COO women experience Emissions Target Water Target 1 Water Target 2 New target to reduce our Reduce surface Develop a strategic scope 1 & 2 emissions freshwater use water management 38% to achieve a combined 50% in our southeast plan for major Stewardship emissions intensity of Saskatchewan operating areas 0.020 tCO e/boe completions by by the year 2 2030 50% by 2025 • Safely decommissioned 240 inactive wells as part of our target to reduce inactive well count by 30% by 2031 Environmental • Dedicated funding of 3-5% of annual maintenance capital to support environmental stewardship initiatives • Proactive asset integrity program with continued success in spill prevention Sustainable Employee • Achieved a new 7-year low in Serious Incident Frequency Engagement Score (“SIF”) and Total Recordable Injury Frequency (“TRIF”) Impact demonstrating the company’s strong safety culture • Donated $2.2 MM supporting more than 450 charitable Social 87 organizations and community groups • Enhanced Indigenous engagement Crescent Point Energy Corp.    |    2023    |    Information Circular – Proxy Statement iv


    

A MESSAGE

to Shareholders

To Our Valued Shareholders,

On behalf of our management team and Board of Directors, we are pleased to report another strong year at Crescent Point. We encourage you to review the enclosed information and vote your shares as we value your input. We also invite you to attend our upcoming Annual General Meeting of shareholders where you will have an opportunity to engage with our Board of Directors and executive team.

Year in Review

As a result of our ongoing capital discipline and operational execution, 2022 was an exceptional year for both our company and our shareholders. In particular, we strengthened our balance sheet, enhanced our portfolio and improved our long-term sustainability while also delivering significant returns to our shareholders. We are proud to highlight some of our notable accomplishments that have contributed to our success.

Balance Sheet Strength

As part of our key pillars, we are committed to maintaining a resilient balance sheet, thereby ensuring we have the flexibility to successfully run our business throughout the commodity cycle. Following our disciplined capital allocation framework is central to achieving this objective and guides every financial decision we make. The high net-backs we achieve, among the highest in the industry, helped us generate $1.2 billion of excess cash flow in 2022.

Throughout the year, we prudently allocated funds towards our balance sheet and by year-end we had reduced our total net debt by approximately $850 million, exiting the year with an attractive net debt to adjusted funds flow ratio of 0.5 times. By continuing to improve our balance sheet, we were able to significantly increase our base dividend and return of capital offering to shareholders. Our strong financial position also enabled us to further optimize our asset portfolio and solidify our 10-year plan.

Long-term Sustainability

In 2022 and early 2023, we added high-return assets with scalability to our portfolio, assets that generate significant free cash flow with strong market access. These acquisitions were focused in our core Kaybob Duvernay play and added significant future development locations, which are expected to grow our production in the play to 60,000 boe/d by 2027. We are pleased to report that, by the end of the first quarter of 2023, our Kaybob Duvernay asset had already generated approximately $900 million of asset level free cash flow, resulting in an impressive two-year payback on our original acquisition in the play. In 2022, we also disposed of certain non-core legacy assets that carried higher operating costs and GHG emissions profiles. Through our disciplined A&D strategy, we have continued to build a streamlined portfolio of high-return assets that are expected to generate enhanced returns and per-share metrics over the long term.

ESG remained a top priority for the Board and our management team throughout 2022. We continued to ensure effective corporate governance of ESG matters while creating positive social impact and being responsible stewards of our natural environment. During the past year, we added Mindy Wight to our Board. Ms. Wight brings significant experience and new perspectives to our Board from her work with Indigenous communities across western Canada.

 

 

 

    

 

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We also continued to advance our risk management practices through regular reporting to the Board and its committees and by implementing robust internal programs to further mitigate critical risks, including health and safety. In fact, as a result of our proactive approach to safety, we achieved our safest year on record in 2022 for both TRIF and SIF. We also remained active and engaged with the communities where we operate, including celebrating the 10-year anniversary of our partnership with STARS air ambulance. During the year, we contributed more than $2 million and 2,000 volunteer hours to support over 450 local charitable organizations.

Our biggest ESG accomplishment in 2022 was meeting our target to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 50%, three years ahead of schedule. Given our success, we set our sights higher, setting new targets to further reduce our scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity to reach a combined intensity of 0.02 tCO2e/boe by the year 2030. We also set targets to reduce our freshwater use and look forward to reporting on our progress in meeting these targets in the years to come. Altogether, 2022 was a year of great achievements for the company and confirmation that our diligence in managing the sustainability of our operations is positioning the organization for continued success.

Shareholder Returns

For our shareholders, our success is your success. This has perhaps never been more evident than during the past year. As our excess cash flows grew in 2022 and we achieved our near-term debt target, we announced our updated return of capital framework to shareholders. Under our new framework we target returning up to 50% of our discretionary excess cash flow to shareholders through share repurchases and/or special dividends, in addition to our base dividend.

In 2022, we repurchased over 31 million shares for total consideration of $294.2 million and declared over $35 million in special dividends. In addition to these returns, we also increased our base dividend by over 122% to reach our current quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share, or $0.40 annually. We believe our return of capital framework provides investors with an attractive mix of returns through a combination of base and special dividends and share repurchases, while continuing to benefit from debt-adjusted per share growth and further net debt reduction. As we continue to strengthen our balance sheet and sustainability, we look forward to enhancing our return of capital to further reward our shareholders.

In closing, and on behalf of our entire management team and Board of Directors, thank you for your continued engagement and support. We achieved great things in 2022 and we’re very excited about the path ahead as we continue to execute our strategy to build shareholder value.

Please join us at our upcoming Annual General Meeting of Shareholders which will be held on Thursday May 18, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. MT.

We look forward to seeing you there,

 

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BARBARA

MUNROE

 

Chair of

the Board

  

CRAIG

BRYKSA

 

President & Chief

Executive Officer

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Executive Summary   

 

 

Executive Summary

     i  

A Message to Shareholders

        

A Message to Shareholders

     v  

Shareholder and Voting Information

        

Notice of Meeting

     2  

Meeting and Voting Information

     4  

Matters to be Acted Upon

        

Fixing Number of Directors

     8  

Election of Directors

     8  

Appointment of Auditors

     8  

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

     8  

Board and Governance Highlights

        

Board and Governance Highlights

     10  

Director Nominees and Compensation

        

Director Nominee Qualifications and Skills

     12  

Director Tenure and Board Renewal

     13  

Director Nominee Biographies

     15  

Director Orientation and Education

     20  

Director Compensation Plan Description

     22  

Director Compensation Tables

     24  

Board and Committee Structure

        

Board Mandate

     28  

Board Committees

     29  

Corporate Governance Practices

        

Commitment to Diversity

     35  

Key Policies

     36  

Environmental, Social and Governance

     38  

Executive Compensation

        

2022 Corporate Performance

     46  

Executive Compensation Governance

     48  

Approach to Executive Compensation

     51  

CEO Awarded and Realized Compensation

     56  

2022 Compensation

     58  

NEO Biographies

     66  

NEO Compensation Tables

     70  

Termination and Change of Control Benefit

     73  

Other Information

        

Other Information

     75  

Appendix A: Board of Directors Mandate

     79  

Appendix B: Deferred Share Unit Plan

     81  

Appendix C: Restricted Share Bonus Plan

     82  

Appendix D: Stock Option Plan

     85  

Appendix E: Performance Share Unit Plan

     88  

Appendix F: PSU Peer Group

     90  

 

ESG Highlights

  

We demonstrate our purpose of “Bringing Energy To Our World –

The Right Way” through our ESG practices.

 

 

Our ESG efforts are reflected throughout this information circular.

 

Key highlights include:

 

Our Purpose and Principles for Success

     i-ii  

ESG Highlights

     iv  

Message to Shareholders

     v-vi  

Director Nominee Qualifications and Skills

     12  

Director Orientation and Education

     20  

ES&S Committee

     32  

Commitment to Diversity

     35  

ESG Matters

     38  

2022 Corporate Performance

     46  

2022 STIP Achievement

     61  
 

 

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NOTICE OF OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2023

You are entitled to vote by proxy.

You are invited to our 2023 annual general meeting:

When   

Thursday, May 18, 2023

10:00 a.m. MT

Where   

Calgary TELUS Convention Centre

Macleod C-D

120-9th Avenue SE

Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0P3

Your vote matters    If you held Crescent Point common shares on April 6, 2023, you are entitled to receive notice of, attend and vote at this meeting.

The business of the meeting is to:

 

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receive and consider the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, together with the auditor’s report;

 

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fix the number of directors to be elected at the meeting at nine;

 

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elect directors for the coming year or until their successors are duly elected or appointed;

 

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appoint the auditors for the coming year and to authorize the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration for 2023;

 

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adopt an advisory resolution accepting our approach to executive compensation; and

 

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transact other business as may properly be brought forward.

You can access our 2022 financial statements, other documents and information online:

 

www.crescentpointenergy.com    www.sedar.com (SEDAR)    www.sec.gov/edgar (EDGAR)

 

By order of the Board of Directors,
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Craig Bryksa
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Calgary, Alberta
April 6, 2023

 

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ABOUT THE TERMS IN THIS DOCUMENT

 

   

A&D means acquisition and disposition.

 

   

annual meeting, meeting and AGM refer to the 2023 annual meeting of our shareholders.

 

   

Board means the Board of Directors of Crescent Point.

 

   

CG&N Committee refers to Crescent Point’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

 

   

common shares means Crescent Point’s common shares.

 

   

directors means the duly elected or appointed directors of Crescent Point.

 

   

DSUs means Deferred Share Units granted pursuant to the company’s Deferred Share Unit Plan (“DSU Plan”).

 

   

ESG means Environmental, Social and Governance.

 

   

ES&S Committee refers to Crescent Point’s Environment, Safety and Sustainability Committee.

 

   

executives means those members of Crescent Point’s management who hold the position of Vice-President or higher.

 

   

G&A refers to General and Administrative.

 

   

HRCC refers to Crescent Point’s Human Resources and Compensation Committee.

 

   

information circular refers to this Information Circular – Proxy Statement.

 

   

LTI refers to Long-term Incentive.

 

   

LTIP refers to Long-term Incentive Plan.

 

   

management means the senior members of Crescent Point’s staff, including executives.

 

   

NEO means a “named executive officer” as such term is defined in Form 51-102F6 – Statement of Executive Compensation.

 

   

performance share units, or PSUs, mean performance shares granted pursuant to the company’s Performance Share Unit Plan (“PSU Plan”).

 

   

restricted share units, or RSUs, mean restricted shares granted pursuant to the company’s Restricted Share Bonus Plan (“RSBP”).

 

   

shareholders means holders of Crescent Point common shares.

 

   

STI refers to Short-term Incentive.

 

   

STIP refers to Short-term Incentive Plan.

 

   

TCFD refers to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

 

   

TSX means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

 

   

VWAP means the Volume-Weighted Average Price of shares over a specific period.

 

   

we, us, our, company and Crescent Point mean Crescent Point Energy Corp. and, where applicable, its subsidiaries and other entities controlled, directly or indirectly, by Crescent Point.

 

   

you and your refer to the shareholder.

 

   

All dollar amounts are in Canadian dollars, unless indicated otherwise.

 

   

Information is as of March 14, 2023, unless indicated otherwise.

 

   

The fair value or market value of common shares is calculated using the one-day volume-weighted average common share price on the TSX, unless indicated otherwise.

 

   

For additional information see ‘Specified Financial Measures’ and ‘Forward-Looking Statements and Reserves Data’ on pages 76 and 77 of this information circular.

 

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MEETING AND VOTING INFORMATION

Solicitation of Proxies

This information circular is supplied in connection with the solicitation of proxies by Crescent Point’s management for use at our AGM to be held on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. MT at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, 120-9th Avenue SE, Macleod C-D for the purposes as described in the ‘Notice of Our Annual General Meeting’ section on page 2 of this information circular.

Instruments of proxy or voting instructions must be received by Crescent Point, or its agents, not less than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) before our meeting.

Registered shareholders may submit their vote by:

 

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  Computershare Trust Company of Canada
 

Attention: Proxy Department

8th floor, 100 University Avenue

  Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1
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  Go to www.investorvote.com and enter the 15-digit control number printed on your form of proxy and follow the instructions on the web page to vote your shares.
  LOGO   Phone:
  Call 1-866-732-8683 (toll-free in North America) and enter the 15-digit control number printed on your form of proxy. Follow the instructions provided by the interactive voice recognition system to vote your shares.
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  Register with a Computershare representative when you arrive at the meeting. If you intend to vote at the meeting, do not fill out your form of proxy as you will be casting your vote at the meeting.

The deadline for deposit of proxies may be waived or extended by the Chair of the meeting at the Chair’s discretion, without notice.

The costs incurred in the preparation and mailing of this information circular and related materials will be borne by Crescent Point. In addition to solicitation by mail, proxies may be solicited by personal meetings, telephone or other means of communication and by directors, officers and employees of Crescent Point, who will not be specifically compensated for such solicitations.

We have engaged Kingsdale Advisors (“Kingsdale”) to provide proxy solicitation services and will pay fees of approximately $53,000 to Kingsdale for its services and additional out-of-pocket expenses. We may also reimburse brokers and other persons holding shares in their name or in the name of nominees for the costs incurred when sending proxy material to their principals in order to obtain their proxies. You can contact Kingsdale by email at contactus@kingsdaleadvisors.com or by telephone at 1-888-518-6559 (toll-free in North America) or at 1-416-867-2272 (collect call for shareholders outside North America).

Record Date

Our Board has fixed the record date for the meeting as the close of business on April 6, 2023. If you held one or more common shares on that date, you are entitled to receive notice of, attend and vote at the meeting. Each outstanding common share on that date is entitled to one vote.

 

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Voting by Proxy

Voting by proxy is the easiest way to vote. It means you are giving someone else (i.e., your proxyholder) the authority to attend the meeting and vote for you according to your instructions. It is your right to appoint a person or company of your choosing to represent you at the meeting and vote accordingly. Craig Bryksa, President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), or failing him, Ken Lamont, Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), each (with full power of substitution) have agreed to act as Crescent Point proxyholders to vote your shares at the meeting according to your instructions.

The persons named in the enclosed proxy will have discretionary authority with respect to any amendments or variations of the matters of business to be acted on at the meeting or any other matters properly brought before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, in each instance, to the extent permitted by law, whether or not the amendment, variation or other matter that comes before the meeting is routine and whether or not the amendment, variation or other matter that comes before the meeting is contested.

If you do not name a different proxyholder when you sign your form, you are authorizing Mr. Bryksa or Mr. Lamont to act as your proxyholder to vote for you at the meeting according to your instructions.

Voting recommendations:

 

   

FOR fixing the number of directors to be elected at the annual meeting at nine;

 

   

FOR the election of the persons nominated to serve as directors;

 

   

FOR the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors; and

 

   

FOR the advisory resolution to accept Crescent Point’s approach to executive compensation.

Notice to Beneficial Holders of Common Shares

You are a beneficial holder if your shares are held in the name of a nominee. That is, your certificate was deposited with a bank, trust company, securities broker, trustee or other institution. Only proxies deposited by registered shareholders of Crescent Point can be recognized and acted upon at the meeting. If you are a beneficial shareholder, your package includes a voting instruction form that outlines how to vote. Common shares held by brokers or their nominees can only be voted upon with the instructions of the beneficial shareholder. Without specific instructions, the Canadian broker/nominees are prohibited from voting common shares for their clients. When a broker is unable to vote on a proposal because it is non-routine and the owner of the common shares does not provide voting instructions, a “broker non-vote” occurs. Broker non-votes have no effect on the vote on such a proposal because they are not considered present and entitled to vote. Beneficial shareholders cannot be recognized at the meeting for the purposes of voting the common shares in person or by way of proxy except as outlined below.

Your broker is required by law to receive voting instructions from you before voting your shares. Every broker has their own mailing procedures and instructions for returning the completed voting instruction form, so be sure to follow the instructions provided on the form. Most brokers delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from their clients to Broadridge Investor Communications Corporation (“Broadridge”). Broadridge mails the proxy materials and voting instruction form to beneficial shareholders, at our expense. The voting instruction form will name the same Crescent Point representatives listed above in the section ‘Voting by Proxy’ to act as Crescent Point proxyholders.

Additionally, we may use Broadridge’s QuickVoteTM service to assist beneficial shareholders with voting their shares. Beneficial shareholders may be contacted by Kingsdale to obtain voting instructions directly over the telephone. Broadridge then tabulates the results of all the instructions received and provides the appropriate instructions respecting the shares to be represented at the meeting.

If you are a beneficial shareholder and wish to vote at the meeting you must appoint yourself as proxyholder by inserting your own name in the space provided on the form of proxy or voting instruction form sent to you by your intermediary, and follow all of the applicable instructions provided by your intermediary. By doing so, you are instructing your intermediary to appoint you as proxyholder. Non-registered shareholders who have not appointed themselves as proxyholder (and registered as instructed below) cannot vote during the meeting. This is because we and our transfer agent, Computershare, do not maintain the records for non-registered shareholders and we have no knowledge of your shareholdings or entitlement to vote unless you appoint yourself as proxyholder.

 

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For shareholders that would like help with voting, please contact Kingsdale Advisors by email at contactus@kingsdaleadvisors.com or by telephone at 1-888-518-6559 (toll-free in North America) or at 1-416-867-2272 (collect call for shareholders outside North America).

Notice to Holders of Common Shares in the United States

If you are a non-registered shareholder located in the United States (“US”) and wish to vote at the meeting or, if permitted, appoint a third party as your proxyholder, then you must obtain a valid legal proxy from your intermediary. Follow the instructions from your intermediary included with the legal proxy form and the voting information form sent to you, or contact your intermediary to request a legal proxy form or a legal proxy if you have not received one. After obtaining a valid legal proxy from your intermediary, you must then submit such legal proxy to Computershare. Requests for registration from non-registered shareholders located in the US that wish to vote at the meeting or, if permitted, appoint a third party as their proxyholder must be sent by email or by courier to: uslegalproxy@computershare.com (if by email), or Computershare, Attention: Proxy Dept., 8th Floor, 100 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5J 2Y1, Canada (if by courier), and in both cases, must be labeled “Legal Proxy” and received no later than the voting deadline of 10:00 a.m. MT on May 16, 2023.

Our solicitation of proxies is not subject to the requirements of Section 14(a) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “US Exchange Act”), by virtue of an exemption applicable to proxy solicitations by “foreign private issuers” as defined in Rule 3b-4 under the US Exchange Act. Accordingly, this information circular has been prepared in accordance with the applicable disclosure requirements in Canada. Residents of the US should be aware that requirements are different than those of the US-applicable proxy statements under the US Exchange Act.

It may be difficult for you to enforce your rights and any claim you may have arising under US federal securities laws, since we are located outside the US and some or all of our officers and directors are residents of a country other than the US. You may not be able to sue or effect service of process upon a non-US entity or its officers or directors in a non-US court for violations of US securities laws. It may be difficult to compel a non-US entity and its affiliates to subject themselves to a US court’s judgment or to enforce a judgment obtained from a US court against the issuer.

This document does not address any income tax consequences of the disposition of Crescent Point shares by shareholders. Shareholders in a jurisdiction outside of Canada should be aware that the disposition of shares by them may have tax consequences both in those jurisdictions and in Canada, and are urged to consult their tax advisors with respect to their particular circumstances and the tax considerations applicable to them.

Financial statements included or incorporated by reference herein have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, and are subject to auditing and auditor independence standards in Canada. Consequences for Crescent Point’s shareholders who are resident in, or citizens of, the US may not be described fully in this information circular.

Revocability of Proxy

A submitted proxy may be revoked at any time prior to it being exercised. If you have followed the process for attending the meeting in person and are a registered shareholder you may revoke the proxy and vote in person instead. In addition to revocation in any other manner permitted by law, a proxy may be revoked by an instrument in writing executed by yourself (or your attorney authorized in writing) or, in the case of a shareholder that is a corporation, under the corporate seal or by a duly authorized officer or attorney. The revocation of proxy can be deposited either at Crescent Point’s head office (Suite 2000, 585 8 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2P 1G1) at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the day of the meeting at which the proxy is to be used, or with the Chair of the meeting on the day of the meeting, at which point the submitted proxy is revoked.

Notice-and-Access

We have elected to use the Notice-and-Access Provisions under National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer (the “Notice-and-Access Provisions”) for the annual meeting in respect of mailings to beneficial shareholders of common shares, but not in respect of mailings to registered holders of our common shares (i.e., a shareholder whose name appears on our records). The Notice-and-Access Provisions are a set of rules developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators that reduce the

 

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volume of materials which are mailed to shareholders by allowing a reporting issuer to post online an information circular in respect of a meeting of its shareholders and related materials.

More specifically, we have elected to use procedures known as ‘stratification’ in relation to our use of the Notice-and-Access Provisions. As a result, registered shareholders will receive a paper copy of the Notice of Annual Meeting, this information circular and a form of proxy, whereas beneficial shareholders will receive a notice containing information prescribed by the Notice-and-Access Provisions and a voting instruction form. In addition, a paper copy of the Notice of Annual Meeting, this information circular and a voting direction will be mailed to those shareholders who do not hold their common shares in their own name but who have previously requested to receive paper copies of these materials. Furthermore, a paper copy of the financial information in respect of our most recently completed financial year was mailed to those registered and beneficial shareholders who previously requested to receive such information.

We will be delivering proxy-related materials to non-objecting beneficial shareholders directly with the assistance of Broadridge. We intend to pay for intermediaries to deliver proxy-related materials to objecting beneficial shareholders.

Common Shares and Principal Holders Thereof

Crescent Point is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares. As at March 14, 2023, 547,081,637 common shares were issued and outstanding. To the best of the knowledge of the Board, there is no person or corporation that beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, or exercises control or direction over common shares carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to the issued and outstanding common shares that may be voted at the meeting. None of Crescent Point’s issued share capital consists of non-voting shares.

As of March 14, 2023, our directors and officers owned, directly or indirectly, 2,544,101 common shares, or 0.47% of the outstanding common shares, having a market value of approximately $22.4 million, 1,754,286 DSUs, having a market value of $15.4 million and 1,505,160 RSUs, having a market value of approximately $13.2 million. In addition to their current ownership, officers are also aligned with common shareholders as a significant portion of their compensation is linked to share price performance. Directors and officers are subject to a share ownership requirement policy. All directors and officers meet or exceed their ownership requirements. For more information see the ‘Director Ownership Requirements’ and ‘Executive Ownership Requirements’ sections on page 25 and 72 of this information circular.

Quorum for the Meeting

We must have a quorum for the meeting to proceed. Quorum constitutes two people present, in person, at the meeting, who are entitled to vote at the meeting and represent at least 25% of the issued and outstanding Crescent Point common shares. The two people are entitled to vote in their own right, by proxy, or as a duly authorized representative of a shareholder. For the purpose of the quorum requirements, a person attending the meeting by electronic means, telephone or other communication facility that permits all participants to hear each other or otherwise communicate with each other during the meeting, shall be deemed to be present at the meeting.

Approval Requirements

All of the matters to be considered at the meeting, except for the election of directors, are ordinary resolutions requiring approval by more than 50% of the votes cast in respect of the resolution by or on behalf of shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting. The election of directors is conducted on a “for” and “withhold” basis and pursuant to our majority voting policy.

Report on Voting Results

Crescent Point will publicly disclose the results, including voting percentages, of all votes held at the meeting. In addition, the applicable voting results for the election of the directors of the company at our 2022 AGM are disclosed in the ‘Director Nominee Biographies’ section on page 15 of this information circular.

 

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MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON AT THE MEETING

 

1.

Fixing Number of Directors

We propose that the number of directors of Crescent Point to be elected at the AGM to hold office until the next meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected or appointed, subject to the Articles and By-Laws of Crescent Point, be set at nine. There are presently 10 directors, and each director, except for Mr. Goldthorpe, will stand for re-election to office at the meeting.

We recommend that you vote FOR fixing the number of directors to be elected at the meeting at nine.

Unless otherwise directed, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote the common shares represented thereby FOR setting the number of directors to be elected at the meeting at nine.

 

2.

Election of Directors

The articles of Crescent Point presently provide for a minimum of one director and a maximum of 11 directors. There are currently 10 directors. Shareholders are entitled to elect members to the Board by vote at a meeting of shareholders.

The nine nominees proposed for election as directors of Crescent Point are as follows:

Barbara Munroe (Chair)

Craig Bryksa

James E. Craddock

John P. Dielwart

Mike Jackson

Jennifer F. Koury

François Langlois

Myron M. Stadnyk

Mindy Wight

Voting for the election of directors will be conducted on an individual, not a slate, basis.

We recommend that you vote FOR the election of each of the foregoing nominees as directors.

Unless otherwise directed, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote the common shares represented thereby FOR the election of each of these nominees unless the shareholder specifies authority to do so is withheld.

 

3.

Appointment of Auditors

Shareholders will be asked to pass an ordinary resolution to re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our auditors, to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders at a remuneration to be determined by the Board. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have acted as the auditors of Crescent Point and its predecessors since 2001.

We recommend that you vote FOR the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditors of Crescent Point to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders at a remuneration to be determined by the Board.

Unless otherwise directed, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote FOR the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of Crescent Point.

 

4.

Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

Our Board believes that shareholders should have the opportunity to fully understand the philosophy and objectives that guide the executive compensation decisions made by the HRCC and the Board. Executive compensation is a key component of our corporate governance and it is our intention that this shareholder advisory vote will continue to form an integral part of the Board’s shareholder engagement process around executive compensation.

 

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We received strong support for our ‘say on pay’ vote in the 2022 AGM, with approximately 96% of votes in favour of our 2021 approach to executive compensation. Nevertheless, we have continued to implement compensation plan improvements in 2022. We remain committed to actively soliciting shareholder feedback on our approach to compensation and ensuring our executive compensation design links pay outcomes to the execution of our business strategy and creation of shareholder value.

In 2022, we made the following changes to our compensation design:

 

 

Discontinued granting Stock Options in favour of RSUs and PSUs to better align compensation with organizational performance and sustained shareholder value creation.

 

 

Updated CEO LTI pay mix, increasing the PSU portion of his LTI from 50% to 60% in order to further increase pay for performance.

 

 

Updated minimum share ownership policy to increase CEO ownership requirement from three-times annual salary to five-times annual salary.

 

 

Amended valuation under the minimum share ownership policy for officers and directors to remove the option of pricing LTI awards based on the grant date value. Such valuation is now based solely on the current market value of common shares.

For more information, see the ‘Executive Compensation Discussion and Analysis’ section on page 45 of this information circular.

As this is an advisory vote, the results will not be binding on the Board. Although the Board, and specifically the HRCC, will not be obligated to take any compensation actions or make any adjustments to executive compensation plans as a result of the vote, we place a great deal of importance on our shareholders’ views and we commit to take further action as deemed appropriate. We will disclose the results of the shareholder advisory vote as a part of our report on voting results for the meeting.

Form of Resolution Adopting Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

At the meeting, shareholders will be asked to adopt the following by ordinary resolution:

“BE IT RESOLVED THAT, on an advisory basis and not to diminish the role and responsibilities of the company’s Board, the shareholders accept the company’s approach to executive compensation disclosed in the information circular of the company dated April 6, 2023.”

We recommend that you vote FOR the advisory vote on executive compensation.

Unless otherwise directed, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote the common shares represented thereby FOR the resolution as set out above.

 

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 BOARD AND GOVERNANCE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

  Board Composition and Policies    Page

  Independent directors (eight or 89% – all except the CEO)

   12

  Board is 100% refreshed since 2016

   13

  Every meeting has an in-camera session with independent directors

   14

  Share ownership requirements for directors

   25

  Director orientation and continuing education

   20

  Formal Board evaluation process

   21

  Majority Voting Policy

   14
  Shareholder Rights     

  Annual election of directors

   8  

  Directors elected individually (not by slate)

   8  
  Governance     

  Separate Board Chair and CEO

   12

  Fully independent Audit, Corporate Governance & Nominating, Human Resources and Compensation, and Reserves Committees

   29

  Board succession planning

   31

  CEO evaluation and management succession planning

   33

  Commitment to diversity

   35

  Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

   36

  Anti-Corruption and Prevention of Bribery Policy

   36

  Anti-Hedging Policy

   36

  Whistleblowing Policy

   38
  Compensation     

  Annual advisory vote on executive compensation

   8  

  Director participation restrictions

   22

  Solicit feedback from third-party consultants and shareholders

   53

  Executive incentive compensation Clawback Policy

   49
  Environmental, Social and Governance Matters     

  Safety Culture – Our commitment to safe operations

   40

  Stakeholder Engagement – Outreach to stakeholders

   42

  Community Engagement – Positively impacting our communities

   42

  Employee Engagement – Annual survey to solicit feedback and effect positive change

   43

  Environmental Stewardship – Responsibly enhancing environmental performance

   40

  Indigenous Relations Guiding Principles

   43

  Human Rights Policy

   37

In addition to complying with the corporate governance guidelines applicable to all public companies in Canada set forth in National Policy 58-201 – Corporate Governance Guidelines and National Instrument 58-101 – Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices, we are required to comply with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules adopted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to that Act, as well as the governance rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), in each case, as applicable to foreign private issuers like Crescent Point, and as modified by the Multijurisdictional Disclosure System for eligible Canadian companies. Crescent Point may choose to opt out of certain NYSE corporate governance practices and follow home practice rules instead, but we are required to disclose the significant differences between our corporate governance practices and the requirements applicable to US issuers. These significant differences are disclosed on our website www.crescentpointenergy.com. Except as disclosed on our website, we are in compliance with the NYSE corporate governance standards in all significant respects.

 

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 DIRECTOR NOMINEES AND COMPENSATION

 

Detailed information on our director nominees, compensation and other important information can be found on the following pages:

 

  Topic    Page Number  

  Director Nominee Biographies

     15  

  Director Orientation and Education

     20  

  Director Compensation Plan Description

     22  

  Director Compensation Tables

     24  

Director Nominations

The CG&N Committee is responsible for recommending candidates for nomination to the Board and for assessing each director’s competencies and skills. The process includes identifying the current and future skills and experience required to optimize Board effectiveness. Outside executive recruiting firms are engaged to assist with the identification, assessment and recruitment of candidates. Candidates are assessed against criteria approved by the Board and the qualities and skills of the current Board, with the strongest candidates approached to determine their level of interest. The most qualified people are recommended to the Board for consideration. Potential candidates are interviewed by all members of the CG&N Committee, and recommended nominees are also interviewed by all other members of the Board. In addition, consistent with our Diversity Policy, candidates with a diverse background are considered when identifying new candidates. This identification process includes consideration of the following factors applicable to each candidate: skills; knowledge; regional and industry experience; education; gender; age; independence; ethnicity; and other differentiating factors relevant to Board effectiveness. The most appropriate candidates are presented to our shareholders as director nominees at our AGM. See the ‘Board and Committee Structure’ section on page 28 of this information circular for more information.

The CG&N Committee has determined that the director nominees, consisting of nine nominees, ensure the Board is both effective and possesses the appropriate expertise to effectively oversee the management of the business.

From time to time, shareholders may identify qualified director candidates and may nominate a candidate by submitting the person’s name, background, qualifications and experience to our Corporate Secretary. Crescent Point’s by-laws require that a shareholder give us advance notice of, and details about, any proposal to nominate directors for election to the Board when nominations are not made by requesting a meeting or by making a shareholder proposal through the procedures set out in the Alberta Business Corporations Act. If the nomination is to be presented at an AGM, the notice must be given within 30 to 65 days in advance of the meeting. If the AGM is to be held within 50 days after we announce the meeting date, the notice must be given within 10 days of the announcement. If the nomination is to be presented at a special meeting of shareholders (which is not also an annual meeting) in which one of the items of business is the election of directors, then the notice must be given within 15 days of the meeting announcement. All nominations received will be forwarded to the CG&N Committee Chair, who will present them to the CG&N Committee for consideration.

In addition to director candidates, the CG&N Committee also ensures we have a diverse pool of strong candidates for senior management positions, and that we develop our people and attract and retain key talent for our long-term success. The CEO regularly discusses organizational structure optimization options with management to gain learning and efficiency opportunities as well as fill successor gaps. At least annually, the CEO and the Board discuss potential candidates for, at minimum, the CEO, the CFO and the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) positions.

 

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Director Nominee Qualifications and Skills

The CG&N Committee ensures that the Board includes members with relevant experience and expertise to ensure the Board is able to effectively fulfill its mandate. As part of our ongoing Board renewal process, the Committee prepares the following matrix to assist in identifying the skills of existing Board members and the qualifications the Board may seek in potential candidates to ensure the Board is effective and maintains diversity of thought. Collectively, our directors have the requisite skills and experience to ensure the Board is effective.

Our director nominees bring vast experience in areas critical to our success. The below matrix outlines the name, age, residence, meeting attendance, committee membership and individual voting results of the 2022 AGM for each of the nine individuals nominated for election as our directors. The matrix further summarizes the expertise that each director nominee brings to our Board. For further details regarding their principal occupation, experience, qualifications and other public board memberships, please refer to the ‘Director Nominee Biographies’ section on page 15 of this information circular.

 

     Munroe(1)
(Chair)
    Bryksa         Craddock     Dielwart         Jackson     Koury         Langlois     Stadnyk         Wight(2)  

    Independence

                  

Independent

     Y       N       Y       Y       Y       Y       Y       Y       Y  

    Demographics

                  

Director since

     2016       2018       2019       2019       2016       2019       2018       2020       2022  

Age

     59       46       64       70       61       63       63       60       41  

Self-identified equity group(3)

     W                                       W                       W, I  

Location(4)

     AB       AB       US       AB       AB       AB       AB       AB       BC  

    Board Membership

                  

Committees(5)

    
Board
Chair
 
 
    ES&S      
CG, HR
& RE
 
 
   

ES&S &

RE

 

 

   
AU &
CG
 
 
   

CG &

HR

 

 

   

AU
ES&S &
RE
 
 
 
   

ES&S,
HR &
RE
 
 
 
    AU & HR  

Attendance %

     100%       100%       100%       100%       100%       100%       100%       100%       100%  

Ownership guideline met

     Yes       Yes       Yes       Yes       Yes       Yes       Yes       Yes       On track  

Voting results

     98.2%       98.9%       95.3%       85.3%       98.2%       97.8%       98.5%       98.9%       98.5%  

Other public boards

     1             2(6)       1             1             2        

    Skills

                  

Energy Industry Knowledge

                  

Deep understanding of the energy industry, including exploration, production and marketing aspects of the business.

                                                      

Environmental, Health and Safety

                  

Energy industry experience related to workplace health and safety, stakeholder communications, social responsibility and the environment.

                                                          

Climate

                  

Experience in considering climate change matters, including risk assessment, reporting frameworks, adaptation, policy and GHG reduction implementation.

                                                                

Finance / Accounting

                  

Experience in financial reporting, accounting and corporate finance at the management or executive level; ability to critically assess, analyze and interpret financial statements and projections and use them to guide strategic business decisions.

                                                          

Governance

                  

Deep understanding of corporate governance gained through experience as a senior executive officer or board member of a public or private organization.

                                                      

Human Resources / Compensation

                  

Experience related to human resources, compensation, talent management, diversity, equity and inclusion and succession planning at the management or executive level.

                                                      

 

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      Munroe(1)
(Chair)
    Bryksa       Craddock   Dielwart       Jackson   Koury       Langlois   Stadnyk       Wight(2)

Risk Management

                  

Deep understanding of the various risks faced by organizations, including legal and regulatory, and experience identifying, evaluating and mitigating those risks at the management or executive level.

                        

Senior Leadership

                  

Experience leading an organization, major business segment or functional area of the business.

                      

Strategic Management

                  

Experience related to planning and executing on strategy at the management or executive level.

                      

Notes:

(1) 

Ms. Munroe serves on each committee in an ex officio capacity, effective January 1, 2020.

(2) 

Ms. Wight was elected a director at Crescent Point’s 2022 annual general meeting on May 19, 2022. As per Crescent Point’s minimum share ownership policy, Ms. Wight has five years from her election date to meet her share ownership requirement.

(3) 

Directors have the opportunity to voluntarily self-identify under four designated equity groups: women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minority. W refers to women equity group; I refers to Indigenous Peoples equity group. No directors identified as belonging to persons with disabilities equity group or visible minority equity group. Any self-identification is strictly voluntary.

(4) 

Captures where the director nominee resides. AB refers to Alberta; BC refers to British Columbia; and US refers to the United States.

(5) 

Captures Crescent Point committee memberships as at March 14, 2023. AU refers to the Audit Committee; CG refers to the CG&N Committee; HR refers to the HRCC; and RE refers to the Reserves Committee.

(6) 

Although Mr. Craddock has not yet been elected as director, Callon Petroleum Company (“Callon”) has nominated Mr. Craddock to stand for election at Callon’s annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for April 26, 2023. Please refer the ‘Director Biographies” section of this information circular for details on Mr. Craddock’s other public boards.

Independence and Alignment with Shareholders

All directors, except for Mr. Bryksa, President and CEO, are independent as determined in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws and NYSE requirements. To assist, the Board uses a detailed annual questionnaire in determine director independence.

In addition, each director standing for re-election meets such director’s share ownership requirement under the company’s minimum share ownership policy. Directors have five years from their initial election or appointment date to comply with our minimum share ownership requirements. Where an individual is appointed to Chair of the Board, they will be afforded an additional three years from the effective date of the appointment to reach the new minimum share ownership requirements applicable to the Chair. Where the requirements are amended by the Board, the impacted individuals will be afforded an additional two years from the effective date of the amendment to reach the new minimum share ownership requirements.

The company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics contains robust conflict of interest provisions, including the obligation of directors and officers to report conflicts and potential conflicts of interest to the Board and the CFO. The company’s Corporate Sourcing and Procurement Policy and Procedure also includes detailed policies and procedures to address conflicts or potential conflicts of interest between the company, its suppliers and potential suppliers.

Director Tenure and Board Renewal

The Board recognizes the importance of providing strong oversight and direction to guide the company’s business strategy and overall performance. The Board’s commitment to best practices regarding director tenure and Board renewal are key components to such oversight and direction.

As such, the Board has adopted a retirement policy under which a director must tender resignation after serving a maximum of 10 years from the date the director was first elected or appointed to the Board. The Board reserves the right to, having regard to specific skill and expertise of the director, the needs of the Board, and the best interests of the company, waive the term limit, subject to a maximum term of 15 years. Crescent Point believes that this policy maintains continuity of leadership while simultaneously ensuring Board renewal.

To encourage fresh perspectives in oversight, the Board has completed a 100% renewal of Board members since 2016, most recently with the election of Ms. Wight to the Board in 2022. To ensure the Board has an appropriate mix of directors, the Board targets a balance between directors with a history and knowledge of the company and those with new ideas and different experiences that are appropriate for Crescent Point’s size and complexity.

 

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Throughout the renewal process, the Board has focused on:

 

   

replacing and adding new director skill sets including: CEO experience, Canadian and US capital markets experience, legal and corporate governance expertise, knowledge of mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, and financial, human resources and operational expertise;

 

   

increasing diversity on our Board including: lowering average tenure, increasing international experience, broader industry experience, and increasing gender diversity and diversity beyond gender; and

 

   

ensuring our Board has significant energy industry knowledge and experience.

See the ‘Commitment to Diversity’ section on page 35 of this information circular for more information how the Board considers diversity through the renewal process.

Attendance and Sessions without Management

Crescent Point’s director nominees attended 100% of Board and committee meetings in 2022. Each Board, Audit Committee, CG&N Committee, ES&S Committee, HRCC and Reserves Committee meeting is either held entirely without members of management present or includes an in-camera session without management present. A majority of the number of directors appointed constitutes a quorum at any meeting of directors. Notwithstanding any vacancy among the directors, a quorum of directors may exercise all the powers of the directors and no business may be transacted by the Board at a meeting of its members unless a quorum is present.

Individual Voting and Majority Voting Policy

Director nominees are voted for on an individual, not a slate, basis. In addition, the Board has adopted a “majority voting” policy that meets the requirements of the TSX and requires any director nominee who receives a greater number of votes “withheld” than votes “for” such director to submit the nominee’s resignation for consideration promptly after the AGM. The Board will review the results of the vote and determine whether to accept the resignation within 90 days. Absent exceptional circumstances, the Board will accept the resignation, which resignation will be effective upon acceptance. A press release, provided to the TSX in advance, will be promptly issued disclosing the Board’s decision, including, if applicable, the reason for not accepting the resignation. The policy does not apply in circumstances involving contested director elections. A director who tenders a resignation pursuant to this policy will not participate in any Board or committee meetings at which the resignation is considered.

 

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Director Nominee Biographies

 

BARBARA MUNROE               CHAIR/INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR  
LOGO  

Ms. Barbara Munroe was admitted to the Law Society of Alberta in 1991 and brings over 30 years of legal experience and industry diversification to the Board. Prior to retiring in March 2019, Ms. Munroe served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Services and General Counsel for WestJet Airlines, a position she held since November 2016. Ms. Munroe joined WestJet in November 2011 as Vice President & General Counsel and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Corporate Services & General Counsel in June 2015. She was the Assistant General Counsel, Upstream at Imperial Oil Ltd. from 2008 to 2011, and the Senior Vice President, Legal/IP & General Counsel, Corporate Secretary for SMART Technologies Inc. from 2000 to 2008. Prior to that, Ms. Munroe practiced at a national law firm.

 

Ms. Munroe holds the ICD.D designation and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (“ICD”). She holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Finance degree and a Bachelor of Law degree both from the University of Calgary.

 

Ms. Munroe additionally serves as a director of ENMAX Corporation and Willow Biosciences Inc., as well as a trustee of the Alberta Cancer Foundation.

 

Ms. Munroe serves on each committee in an ex officio capacity, effective January 1, 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

Calgary, AB, Canada   Board & Committee Membership    Position              2022 Attendance  
Age: 59   Board of Directors    Chair        15 of 15       100%      
Director Since: 2016                                  
2022 Voting Results   Securities Held at December 31, 2022(1)                 Units     Value  

 

LOGO

  Common Shares           54,959     $ 526,507  
  RSUs           75,144     $ 719,880  
  DSUs                            240,898     $ 2,307,803  
  Total           $ 3,554,190  
  Share Ownership Requirement(1)(2)                              
  Multiple of retainer owned             10.8x  
  Meets ownership requirement             Yes  
  Other Public Boards                              
 

Willow Biosciences Inc.: Governance and Compensation Committee (Chair)

 

 

       
         
CRAIG BRYKSA           NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR  
LOGO  

Mr. Craig Bryksa is responsible for Crescent Point’s overall leadership, vision and purpose, and in conjunction with our Board, develops the company’s strategic initiatives and business plan. Mr. Bryksa’s responsibilities include overall accountability for operating our business while managing risk and creating long-term sustainable value for our shareholders.

 

Mr. Bryksa was promoted to interim President and Chief Executive Officer on May 29, 2018, and his role was made permanent on September 5, 2018. Prior to his promotion, he was Vice President, Engineering West. Mr. Bryksa has held a number of senior management roles with Crescent Point since joining the company in 2006 as an Exploitation Engineer. Through these roles, Mr. Bryksa had directly overseen the development and operations of each of Crescent Point’s core assets.

 

Mr. Bryksa has significant experience as a professional engineer in the oil and gas industry, working for companies such as Enerplus Resources Fund and McDaniel & Associates Consultants. Mr. Bryksa is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Regina. Mr. Bryksa is the current Chair of the Board of Governors at the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (“CAPP”).

 

 

 

Calgary, AB, Canada   Board & Committee Membership    Position              2022 Attendance  
Age: 46   Board of Directors    Member        15 of 15       100%      
Director Since: 2018   ES&S    Member              5 of 5       100%      
2022 Voting Results   Securities Held at December 31, 2022(1)
                Units     Value  

 

LOGO

  Common Shares           713,581     $ 6,836,106  
  RSUs           415,400     $ 3,979,532  
  DSUs               $  
  Total           $ 10,815,638  
  Share Ownership Requirement(1)(3)                              
  Multiple of salary owned             18.8x  
  Meets ownership requirement             Yes  
  Other Public Boards                              
 

None

 

 

       

 

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JAMES E. CRADDOCK           INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR  

 

LOGO

 

Mr. James E. Craddock is a seasoned upstream executive who possesses broad-based technical knowledge with over 30 years of experience. He served on Noble Energy Inc.’s board of directors since its merger with Rosetta Resources Inc. from 2015 until 2020 and served as the Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President of Rosetta from 2013 to 2015. Previously, he was the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer for BPI Industries Inc. and held several positions of increasing responsibility over a 20-year career at Burlington Resources Inc.

 

Mr. Craddock holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University. Mr. Craddock serves on the Board of Amplify Energy Corp. and previously served on the boards of Templar Energy and the Texas Railroad Commission’s Eagle Ford Shale Task Force.

 

 

 

Whitney, TX, USA   Board & Committee Membership    Position              2022 Attendance  
Age: 64   Board of Directors    Member        15 of 15       100%      
Director Since: 2019   CG&N    Chair                             5 of 5       100%      
    HRCC    Member        5 of 5       100%      
    Reserves    Member              2 of 2       100%      
2022 Voting Results   Securities Held at December 31, 2022(1)           Units     Value  

 

LOGO

  Common Shares               $  
  RSUs               $  
  DSUs                   179,301     $ 1,717,704  
  Total           $     1,717,704  
  Share Ownership Requirement(1)(2)                              
  Multiple of retainer owned             8.9x  
  Meets ownership requirement             Yes  
  Other Public Boards                              
 

Amplify Energy Corp.: Nominating and Governance Committee

Callon Petroleum Company(4)

 

 

       
         
JOHN P. DIELWART           INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR  

 

LOGO

 

Mr. John P. Dielwart brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to Crescent Point’s Board, developed through his varied 40-year career in the oil and gas sector. Most notably, Mr. Dielwart is a founding member of ARC Resources Ltd., holding the position of Chief Executive Officer from 2001 to 2013. He is also partner in ARC Financial Corp., sitting on its Investment Commitee. Prior to joining ARC Resources Ltd. in 1996, Mr. Dielwart spent 12 years with a major Calgary-based oil and natural gas engineering consulting firm, as Senior Vice-President and a director, where he gained extensive technical knowledge of oil and natural gas properties in Western Canada.

 

Mr. Dielwart has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering with Distinction from the University of Calgary. He is a professional engineer, holds the ICD.D designation granted by the ICD and has served two, three-year terms as a Governor of CAPP, including 18 months as Chair. Mr. Dielwart is also Chair of the Board of TransAlta Corporation.

 

 

Calgary, AB, Canada   Board & Committee Membership    Position              2022 Attendance  
Age: 70   Board of Directors    Member        15 of 15       100%      
Director Since: 2019   ES&S    Chair        5 of 5       100%      
    Reserves    Member              2 of 2       100%      
2022 Voting Results   Securities Held at December 31, 2022(1)           Units     Value  

 

LOGO

  Common Shares           175,000     $ 1,676,500  
  RSUs               $  
  DSUs           253,097     $ 2,424,669  
  Total           $         4,101,169  
  Share Ownership Requirement(1)(2)                              
  Multiple of retainer owned             21.2x  
  Meets ownership requirement             Yes  
  Other Public Boards                              
 

TransAlta Corporation: Board Chair

 

 

       

 

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MIKE JACKSON    INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

 

 

LOGO

 

Mr. Mike Jackson worked in the banking industry from 1984 to 2016 and brings more than 30 years of financial experience in corporate and investment banking. Most recently, he was Managing Director - Investment Banking, Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, with a focus on the oil and gas industry from 2008 until his retirement in 2016. Previously, Mr. Jackson held several senior management roles at Scotiabank, including Managing Director, Oil & Gas Industry Head & Calgary Office Head from 1999 to 2007 and Vice President & Office Head, Corporate Banking Calgary from 1997 to 1999.

 

Mr. Jackson holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Business Administration, both from Dalhousie University. Additionally, Mr. Jackson completed the Executive Management Program at Queen’s University and holds the ICD.D designation granted by the ICD.

 

 

 

Calgary, AB, Canada   Board & Committee Membership    Position              2022 Attendance  
Age: 61   Board of Directors    Member        15 of 15       100%      
Director Since: 2016   Audit    Chair        4 of 4       100%      
    CG&N    Member        5 of 5       100%      
2022 Voting Results   Securities Held at December 31, 2022(1)           Units     Value  
    Common Shares                                77,498     $ 742,431  
LOGO   RSUs           16,482     $ 157,898  
  DSUs                   209,234     $ 2,004,462  
  Total           $         2,904,791  
  Share Ownership Requirement(1)(2)                         
  Multiple of retainer owned             15.1x  
  Meets ownership requirement             Yes  
  Other Public Boards                              
 

None

 

                             
         
JENNIFER F. KOURY    INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

 

 

LOGO

 

Ms. Jennifer F. Koury has over 35 years of professional experience, holding various senior executive positions with BHP Billiton from 2011 to 2017. Part of her responsibilities included the development of BHP Billiton’s total rewards program for executives and employees of the Petroleum World-Wide Business. Previously, she was Vice President of Corporate Services for Enerplus Corp. from 2006 to 2011 and also held senior management positions with Imperial Oil/ Exxon Mobil.

 

Ms. Koury holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta and the ICD.D designation granted by the ICD. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the board for the Calgary Zoo, director for Bird Construction Inc. and director for Board Ready Women.

 

 

Calgary, AB, Canada   Board & Committee Membership    Position              2022 Attendance  
Age: 63   Board of Directors    Member        15 of 15       100%      
Director Since: 2019   CG&N    Member        5 of 5       100%      
    HRCC    Chair              5 of 5       100%      
2022 Voting Results   Securities Held at December 31, 2022(1)           Units     Value  

 

LOGO

  Common Shares           10,000     $ 95,800  
  RSUs               $  
  DSUs           206,994     $ 1,983,003  
  Total           $         2,078,803  
  Share Ownership Requirement(1)(2)                              
  Multiple of retainer owned             10.8x  
  Meets ownership requirement             Yes  
  Other Public Boards                              
  Bird Construction Inc.: Human Resources and Governance Committee; Health, Safety and Environment Committee

 

 

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FRANÇOIS LANGLOIS    INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

 

 

LOGO

 

Mr. François Langlois is an oil and gas executive who brings more than 35 years of domestic and international experience to the Crescent Point Board. Most recently, Mr. Langlois was the Senior Vice President, Exploration & Production with Suncor Energy Inc., where he was responsible for the financial and operating performance of the group from 2011 until his retirement in 2016. Previously, he was Vice President, Unconventional Gas from 2009 to 2010 and held various roles with Petro-Canada from 1982 to 2009, including Vice President, Western Canada Production & North American Exploration.

 

Mr. Langlois holds a Bachelor of Geological Engineering from Laval University (Quebec City) and the ICD.D designation granted by the ICD.

 

 

 

Calgary, AB, Canada   Board & Committee Membership    Position              2022 Attendance  
Age: 63   Board of Directors    Member                         15 of 15       100%      
Director Since: 2018   Audit    Member        4 of 4       100%      
    ES&S    Member        5 of 5       100%      
    Reserves    Chair              2 of 2       100%      
2022 Voting Results   Securities Held at December 31, 2022(1)           Units     Value  

 

LOGO

  Common Shares           1,539     $ 14,744  
  RSUs               $  
  DSUs                   283,562     $         2,716,524  
  Total           $ 2,731,268  
  Share Ownership Requirement(1)(2)                              
  Multiple of retainer owned             14.2x  
  Meets ownership requirement             Yes  
  Other Public Boards                              
 

None

 

 

       
         
MYRON M. STADNYK    INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

 

 

LOGO

 

Mr. Myron M. Stadnyk has over 35 years of oil and gas experience and is the former President and CEO of ARC Resources Ltd., retiring in 2020. Mr. Stadnyk was the first operations employee at ARC after the company’s initial public offering to progress to COO (2005), President (2009) and CEO (2013). Previously, Mr. Stadnyk worked with a major oil and gas company in both domestic and international operations.

 

Mr. Stadnyk holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program and holds an ICD.D designation granted by the ICD. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and served as a Governor for CAPP for over 10 years. Mr. Stadnyk serves on the board for PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. and Vermilion Energy Inc., and serves on the Board of Trustees for the University of Saskatchewan Engineering Advancement Trust.

 

 

 

Calgary, AB, Canada   Board & Committee Membership    Position              2022 Attendance  
Age: 60   Board of Directors    Member        15 of 15       100%      
Director Since: 2020   ES&S    Member        5 of 5       100%      
    HRCC    Member        5 of 5       100%      
    Reserves    Member              2 of 2       100%      
2022 Voting Results   Securities Held at December 31, 2022(1)           Units     Value  

 

LOGO

  Common Shares           62,000     $ 593,960  
  RSUs               $  
  DSUs           116,878     $ 1,119,691  
  Total           $ 1,713,651  
  Share Ownership Requirement(1)(2)                              
  Multiple of retainer owned             8.9x  
  Meets ownership requirement             Yes  
  Other Public Boards                              
  PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.: Governance and Compensation Committee (Chair); Reserves Committee Vermilion Energy Inc.: Health, Safety and Environment Committee; Reserves Committee

 

 

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MINDY WIGHT    INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

 

 

LOGO

 

Ms. Mindy Wight brings over 15 years of tax and financial expertise in her current role of Chief Executive Officer for Nch’kaý Development Corporation. Previously, she held the role of Chief Financial Officer, as well as treasurer of the Board of Directors.

 

Prior to joining Nch’kaý Development Corporation in November 2021, Ms. Wight held progressive tax roles at MNP LLP from 2016 to 2021 and most recently was a Partner and National Leader of Indigenous Tax Services for the firm. Ms. Wight has also worked for two of the Big Four accounting firms, the Chartered Accounting School of Business and the Canada Revenue Agency since graduating from the University of Northern British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, Accounting in 2007. Ms. Wight also possesses Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant, and Certified Aboriginal Financial Manager designations.

 

Ms. Wight has previously held board positions as the Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee for the Nch’kaý Development Corporation and was an advisory committee member of the Budget and Financial Committee to the Squamish Nation.

 

 

 

 

Prince George, BC,   Board & Committee Membership(5)    Position              2022 Attendance  
Canada   Board of Directors    Member        11 of 11       100%      
Age: 41   Audit    Member        2 of 2       100%      
Director Since: 2022   HRCC    Member        3 of 3       100%      
2022 Voting Results   Securities Held at December 31, 2022(1)           Units     Value  
    Common Shares               $  
LOGO   RSUs               $  
  DSUs                       20,516     $ 196,543  
  Total           $         196,543  
  Share Ownership Requirement(1)(2)(6)                         
  Multiple of retainer owned             1.0x  
  Meets ownership requirement             On track  
  Other Public Boards                              
 

None

 

                             

Notes:

(1) 

Includes holdings by associates and affiliates of directors.

(2) 

Non-employee directors are required to own, within five years of the initial election, appointment to the Board Chair or appointment to the Board, at least three times their annual retainer in common shares, RSUs and DSUs. Common share, RSU and DSU value is calculated by taking outstanding units multiplied by the market value. Ownership is reflected at December 31, 2022 and is based on a market value of $9.58, the one-day VWAP on December 30, 2022, the last trading day of 2022. For further details please refer to ‘Director Ownership Requirements’ on page 25 of this information circular.

(3)

Mr. Bryksa does not have a share ownership requirement related to his role as a director. His ownership requirement relates to his position as President and CEO, please refer to the ‘Executive Ownership Requirements’’ on page 72 of this information circular for additional details.

(4) 

Although Mr. Craddock has not yet been elected as director, Callon Petroleum Company (“Callon”) has nominated Mr. Craddock to stand for election at Callon’s annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for April 26, 2023.

(5) 

Ms. Wight was elected to the Board at Crescent Point’s 2022 annual general meeting on May 19, 2022. Ms. Wight was appointed as a member of the Audit Committee and HRCC upon her election to the Board.

(6) 

As per Crescent Point’s minimum share ownership policy, Ms. Wight has five years from her election date to meet her share ownership requirement.

 

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Director Orientation and Education

Orientation

The company provides orientation and training to new directors. We tailor our orientation program to each director’s individual needs and areas of expertise, ensuring they also receive detailed information on Crescent Point’s strategy, operations and governance practices. A typical orientation includes the provision of a comprehensive handbook of responsibilities and corporate information, as well as one-on-one meetings with key executives to fully inform new directors about our current business operations, financial model, compensation and culture. We also provide governance documents and information on the duties and obligations of directors, the role of the Board and its committees and the contributions expected of each director as part of our orientation process. All directors are provided with regular learning opportunities through quarterly management presentations, field tours, mentoring (on request), internal courses provided by technical experts and access to weekly executive meetings to gain insight into daily operations. All directors are also provided with membership to the ICD.

Continuing Education

Each director is responsible for keeping informed on both the company and developments in the industry. Executives and/or other members of Crescent Point’s leadership team assist the directors in their efforts by providing regular updates on technical advancements, new resource plays, regulatory changes, governance developments, ESG trends and economic developments facing our business. Our CEO, other executives and other members of the management team also regularly communicate with members of the Board on developments in the business, progress toward achieving established goals, and other relevant topics. In addition, external parties are utilized to provide market intelligence and other expert advice. These presentations, meetings and discussions serve to increase the Board’s knowledge of the industry, the company and our business, and assist the Board in the execution of its duties.

When new directors join the Board, they are provided with materials and an introductory orientation that describes the Board’s role, its committees and directors, as well as the business and operations of the company in detail. Crescent Point also promotes continuing education of our directors through our corporate membership in the ICD, an organization that fosters excellence in directors to strengthen the governance and performance of Canadian businesses.

Below is a table outlining the continuing education activities our nominee directors engaged in during 2022.

 

Month

 

 

Topic

 

  

Prepared/Hosted By

 

  

Attendance(1)

 

January  

 

National Bank Financial Energy Conference Panel:

Conventional Oil: The Portfolio Approach

 

  

 

National Bank Financial

 

  

 

Bryksa

 

 

 

Reserves Overview

 

  

 

McDaniel & Associates

 

  

 

Entire Board

 

 

 

CIBC Western Institutional Investor Conference

 

  

 

CIBC

 

  

 

Bryksa

 

  Shareholder Activism on the Rise: What Boards Need to Know   

 

Kingsdale/Deloitte/Board Ready Women

 

   Munroe
February  

 

What’s New in Twenty-two in the Global Energy Sector

  

 

Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

  

 

Jackson, Koury & Langlois

 

March  

 

What all Directors Need to Prepare for the Transition to Net Zero

 

  

 

ICD

 

  

 

Koury

 

 

 

Board Resolutions Series: The Energy Equation

 

  

 

Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

 

  

 

Koury

 

 

 

Singular Research Marketing Presentation

 

  

 

Singular Research Marketing

 

  

 

Bryksa

 

April  

 

Scotia CAPP Energy Conference

 

  

 

 

Scotiabank

 

  

 

Bryksa & Jackson

 

 

 

Women in Leadership: Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader

 

  

 

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

 

  

 

Munroe

 

 

 

The Energy Equation

 

  

 

Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

 

  

 

Langlois

 

May  

 

ICD National Directors Conference

 

  

 

ICD

 

  

 

Koury

 

 

 

ESG Strategy

 

  

 

Crescent Point Energy

 

  

 

Entire Board

 

 

 

Market Update

 

  

 

Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

 

  

 

Entire Board

 

 

 

ICD Enterprise Risk Oversight for Directors

 

  

 

ICD

 

  

 

Jackson

 

 

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Month

 

 

Topic

 

  

Prepared/Hosted By

 

  

Attendance(1)

 

June  

 

Equipped for Uncertainty: Executive Pay Programs and Governance to Offset a Riskier Future

 

  

 

Willis Towers Watson

 

  

 

Koury

 

 

 

Audit Committee Certificate

 

  

 

CPA Canada

 

  

 

Wight

 

September  

 

Trends in Governance and CEO Succession

 

  

 

Korn Ferry

 

  

Munroe

 

 

 

Market Update

 

  

 

TD Securities

 

  

 

Entire Board

 

 

 

Energy Transition

 

 

  

 

Dr. Steven Koonin

 

  

 

Entire Board

 

 

 

Energy Conference

 

  

 

Peters & Co.

 

  

 

Bryksa

 

 

 

ICD.D Designation

 

  

 

ICD

 

  

 

Stadnyk

 

November  

 

Ethics at our Core

 

  

 

CPA BC

 

  

 

Wight

 

 

 

Canadian Tax Foundation Annual Conference

 

  

 

Canadian Tax Foundation

 

  

 

Wight

 

December  

 

Corporate Oversight in the Energy Transition

 

  

 

ICD

 

  

 

Koury

 

 

 

International and Canadian Sustainability Reporting Developments

 

  

 

CPA Canada

 

  

 

Wight

 

Note:

(1) 

“Entire Board” refers to all individuals that held Board positions at the time of the event.

Board and Individual Director Assessments

The CG&N Committee undertakes a formal evaluation process of the Board, individual directors and committees, including peer reviews, on an annual basis to identify areas where effectiveness may be enhanced. The evaluation process is handled by either the Chair of the CG&N Committee, the Chair of the Board, or an independent facilitator or consultant, and incorporates feedback from individual directors and certain members of management.

In 2022, Board members met one-on-one with the Chair of the CG&N Committee and the Chair of the Board to discuss personal performance and overall Board effectiveness. This formal process involved a combination of written questionnaires and in-person conversations.

 

LOGO

 

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Director Compensation Plan Description

Compensation Philosophy

The Board is responsible for developing the company’s director compensation philosophy and has delegated the review and administration of the directors’ compensation program to the CG&N Committee. Our director compensation plan is designed to attract and retain well-qualified directors that posses the appropriate skills and experience to effectively oversee the management of the business.

Our non-employee director compensation plan includes a mix of cash and share-based compensation (both RSUs and DSUs). The value of RSUs is realized upon vest, and the value of DSUs is realized when the director ceases to be a director. We believe this compensation structure promotes strong director engagement in an unbiased environment, fosters Board diversity by allowing directors some choice to suit their personal financial circumstances, enables ownership in the company through RSU grants and aligns with shareholder interests without emphasizing short-term common share price performance. Non-employee directors do not participate in our incentive/performance-based compensation components (e.g., STIP or PSU Plan) because they set the goals and achievement levels for operating performance measures. In addition, non-employee directors do not participate in the Stock Option Plan, from which options ceased being granted effective 2022.

Director Compensation Benchmarking

The CG&N Committee reviews non-employee director compensation periodically to ensure our approach is near the median of the competitive market and takes into account good governance and best practice trends. Effective January 2022, our Board fees were changed to offer a flat quarterly rate to our US resident directors in recognition of foreign exchange impacts on their compensation. In October 2022, the CG&N Committee retained an external consultant, Meridian Compensation Partners Inc. (“Meridian”), to conduct a thorough review of director compensation. No further changes were made to director compensation in 2022.

The CG&N Committee benchmarks director compensation against the same peer group the HRCC and Board use to benchmark executive compensation. Further details on the executive peer group can be found on page 54 of this information circular.

Compensation Plan

The non-employee director compensation plan consists of Board retainers as well as retainers for Committee Chairs and members, paid in the form of cash and share-based compensation. In 2022, non-employee directors were paid Board and committee retainers based on membership during the year. A breakdown of compensation earned in 2022 can be found in the ‘Director Compensation Table’ on page 24.

The following table outlines the 2022 compensation structure for non-employee directors:

 

  Component    Membership   

Cash

Compensation

($)

  

Share-based

Compensation

($)

  

Total(1)

($)

  Board

  Retainers

  

Chair

 

Director

  

165,000

 

50,000

  

165,000

 

143,000

  

330,000

 

193,000

  Committee

  Chair

  Retainers

  

Audit

 

Human Resources & Compensation

 

Corporate Governance and Nominating

 

Environment, Safety and Sustainability

 

Reserves

  

20,000

 

16,000

 

16,000

 

12,000

 

12,000

           

  Committee

  Member

  Retainers

  

Audit

 

Human Resources & Compensation

 

Corporate Governance and Nominating

 

Environment, Safety and Sustainability

 

Reserves

  

10,000

 

8,000

 

8,000

 

6,000

 

6,000

           
  Fees    Director - whose principal residence is in the US    5,000/quarter            

Note:

  (1) 

All directors are also reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred to attend meetings of the Board or a committee of the Board.

 

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Cash Compensation

Cash compensation is paid on a quarterly basis. Directors are also entitled to be reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket costs, including travel and accommodation, relating to their attendance at any directors’ meeting.

Non-employee directors may, subject to the limits set forth below, elect to receive all, or a portion of, their cash compensation in the form of DSUs. Elections must be made prior to the start of the year in which the compensation will be earned, unless the director is elected or appointed part way through a year, in which case they must make the election within 30 days of being elected or appointed.

Share-based Compensation

Non-employee directors can, subject to the limits set forth below, elect to receive their share-based compensation in the form of RSUs or DSUs. Share-based compensation is granted bi-annually. Any election must be made in the year prior in which the compensation will be earned, unless they are elected or appointed part way through a year, in which case they must make the election within 30 days of being elected or appointed.

 

i.

Restricted Share Units

Under the terms of the RSBP, any non-employee director of the company may be granted RSUs up to a maximum annual value of $150,000. The number of RSUs granted to directors under the RSBP is determined by dividing the dollar amount of the grant by the five-day VWAP for the trading days immediately preceding the grant date. The RSUs vest in thirds over three years and, upon vesting, can be redeemed by the holder for cash or common shares at the sole election of the Board. While an RSU is outstanding, an amount accrues in respect of each RSU equal to the aggregate amount paid by Crescent Point in dividends per common share, which amount is paid in cash when such RSUs vest.

See ‘Appendix C: Restricted Share Bonus Plan’ on page 82 of this information circular for details of the RSBP.

 

ii.

Deferred Share Units

Each DSU represents a notional share of Crescent Point, and the number of DSUs granted is determined by dividing the dollar amount of the grant by the five-day VWAP for the trading days immediately preceding the grant date. While a DSU is outstanding, an amount accrues, in the form of additional DSUs, equal to the aggregate amount paid by Crescent Point in dividends per common share. When a director holding DSUs ceases to be a director of the company, the director is paid the current cash equivalent of the market price per common share as calculated in accordance with the DSU plan.

While our DSU plan allows for executive participation, no executive has received compensation in the form of DSUs since inception of the plan.

See ‘Appendix B: Deferred Share Unit Plan’ on page 81 of this information circular for details of the DSU plan.

 

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Director Compensation Tables

Director Compensation Table

The following table provides a summary of compensation earned by Crescent Point’s non-employee directors during 2022.

 

     Annual Cash Based Retainer
Earned
     Fees
Earned
     Share-based                    Portion Taken As  
            Committee      Committee             Retainer      All Other                              
  Name(1)   

Board

($)

    

Chair

($)

    

Member

($)

    

Travel

($)

    

Earned

($)

    

Compensation

($)

    

Total

($)

    

Cash

($)

    

RSUs(2)

($)

    

DSUs(2)

($)

 

  Barbara Munroe

     165,000                             165,000               330,000        82,500        150,000        97,500  

  Laura A. Cillis(3)

     25,000               9,000               71,500               105,500        34,000               71,500  

  James E. Craddock

     50,000        16,000        14,000        20,000        143,000               243,000        100,000               143,000  

  John P. Dielwart

     50,000        12,000        6,000               143,000               211,000                      211,000  

  Ted Goldthorpe(4)

     50,000               18,000        20,000        143,000               231,000        88,000               143,000  

  Mike Jackson

     50,000        20,000        8,000               143,000               221,000        78,000        143,000         

  Jennifer F. Koury

     50,000        16,000        8,000               143,000               217,000        74,000               143,000  

  François Langlois

     50,000        12,000        16,000               143,000               221,000                      221,000  

  Myron M. Stadnyk

     50,000               20,000               143,000               213,000        50,000               163,000  

  Mindy Wight(5)

     37,500               13,500               143,000               194,000                      194,000  

Notes:

(1) 

Mr. Bryksa does not receive compensation for his role as a director.

(2) 

RSU and DSU amounts reflect the equity value received under each award type based on the director’s election of their cash and share-based retainers.

(3) 

Ms. Cillis retired from her role as director effective May 19, 2022. Ms. Cillis’ compensation ceased on her retirement date.

(4)

Mr. Goldthorpe will retire from the Board at the annual meeting.

(5)

Ms. Wight was elected to the Board at Crescent Point’s 2022 annual general meeting on May 19, 2022. Ms. Wight received compensation upon her election and appointment to Board committees.

Share-based Awards – Value Vested or Earned During the Year

The share-based awards value vested table below reflects the value of vested RSUs, vested DSUs and related dividend equivalent amounts earned in the year.

Under the RSBP, while an RSU is outstanding, an amount accrues in respect of the RSU equal to the aggregate amount paid by Crescent Point in dividends per common share during the period (“Dividend Amounts”), which are paid in cash when such RSUs vest. Under the DSU Plan, dividend equivalent amounts are earned on outstanding DSUs and are satisfied through the grant of additional DSUs, which additional grants are valued using the closing price on the applicable dividend record date.

 

     Stock Option-based      Share-based Awards – Value Vested
During the Year
     Non-equity Incentive Plan  
     Awards – Value Vested      Compensation – Value  
     During the Year(1)      RSUs(2)      DSUs(3)(4)      Earned During the Year  
  Name    ($)      ($)      ($)      ($)  

  Barbara Munroe

            449,236        156,279         

  Laura A. Cillis(5)

            505,239        72,386         

  James E. Craddock

                   185,362         

  John P. Dielwart

                   270,905         

  Ted Goldthorpe(6)

                   199,389         

  Mike Jackson

                   52,317         

  Jennifer F. Koury

                   192,286         

  François Langlois

                   288,389         

  Myron M. Stadnyk

                   189,430         

  Mindy Wight(7)

                   195,963         

Notes:

(1) 

Non-employee directors are not eligible to receive option-based awards.

(2) 

RSU amounts reflect RSUs vested within the year and are valued based on the share price at the time of vesting. Amounts also include RSU dividend amounts that were vested and paid out as cash.

 

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(3) 

DSUs vest immediately, but are not eligible for payout until the individual ceases to be a director of Crescent Point.

(4) 

DSU amounts include cash and share-based compensation amounts granted for the year based on the director’s election. Amounts also include dividend reinvestment amounts that were earned in relation to any outstanding DSU awards.

(5) 

Ms. Cillis retired from her role as director effective May 19, 2022.

(6) 

Mr. Goldthorpe will retire from the Board at the annual meeting.

(7) 

Ms. Wight was elected to the Board at Crescent Point’s 2022 annual general meeting on May 19, 2022.

Outstanding Share-based Awards and Stock Option-based Awards

The following table summarizes the units and estimated future payout value of all outstanding share-based awards that were previously granted to non-executive directors and remain outstanding at December 31, 2022.

 

     Stock Option-based Awards(1)      Share-based Awards  
     Number of                           Number of shares or
units of shares that
have not vested or
paid out
        
     securities                    Value of         
     underlying      Stock             unexercised      Market or payout  
     unexercised      Option      Stock      in-the-money      value of share-based  
     Stock      exercise      Option      Stock      awards that have not  
     Options      price      expiration      options      RSUs      DSUs(2)      vested or paid out(3)  
  Name    (#)      ($)      date      ($)      (#)      (#)      ($)  

  Barbara Munroe

                                 75,144        240,898        3,050,779  

  Laura A. Cillis(4)

                                 55,157               547,419  

  James E. Craddock

                                        179,301        1,717,704  

  John P. Dielwart

                                        253,097        2,424,669  

  Ted Goldthorpe(5)

                                        235,400        2,255,132  

  Mike Jackson

                                 16,482        209,234        2,165,364  

  Jennifer F. Koury

                                        206,994        1,983,003  

  François Langlois

                                        283,562        2,716,524  

  Myron M. Stadnyk

                                        116,878        1,119,691  

  Mindy Wight(6)

                                        20,516        196,543  

Notes:

(1) 

Non-employee directors are not eligible to receive option-based awards.

(2) 

Includes all outstanding DSUs, including dividend reinvestment units that have accumulated to December 31, 2022. DSUs vest immediately, but are not eligible for payout until the individual ceases to be a director of Crescent Point.

(3) 

Market or Payout value of share-based awards that have not vested represents outstanding RSU and DSU value. DSU value is calculated by taking outstanding units as at December 31, 2022, multiplied by the market value of $9.58, the one-day VWAP on December 30, 2022, the last trading day of 2022. RSU value is calculated by taking outstanding units as at December 31, 2022, multiplied by the market value of $9.58, the one-day VWAP on December 30, 2022, plus accumulated dividend amounts to December 31, 2022.

(4) 

Ms. Cillis retired from her role as director effective May 19, 2022.

(5) 

Mr. Goldthorpe will retire from the Board at the annual meeting.

(6) 

Ms. Wight was elected to the Board at Crescent Point’s 2022 annual general meeting on May 19, 2022.

Director Ownership Requirements

The Board believes that aligning the interests of our directors with the interests of shareholders promotes sound corporate governance and demonstrates a commitment to the long-term success of Crescent Point. Directors are required to own at least three times their total annual cash and share-based retainer ($990,000 for the Board Chair and $579,000 for Board members) in common shares, RSUs and DSUs (the “Minimum Share Ownership Guideline”). Directors have five years from their initial election or appointment to the Board, or five years from the effective date of the minimum share ownership policy, whichever is later, to achieve the required level of ownership. Where an individual is appointed Board Chair, the new Chair will be afforded an additional three years from the effective date of the appointment to reach the Minimum Share Ownership Guideline. Where the minimum share ownership policy is amended to change the required level of ownership by the Board, the impacted directors will be afforded an additional two years from the effective date of the amendment to reach the applicable requirements. As at December 31, 2022, the Board members held a total market value of securities of $21.4 million using a market value of $9.58 per share. Each director met or exceeded the ownership requirement as at December 31, 2022, as detailed in the following table.

 

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            Total Units Outstanding(1)      At-Risk Investment      Share Ownership Guideline  
  Name   

Director

since

    

Common

Shares

(#)

    

RSUs

(#)

    

DSUs

(#)

    

Total

ownership

value(2)

($)

    

Total
Ownership as

a multiple of

annual

retainer

    

Share

ownership

guideline

($)

    

Multiple

of

retainer

    

Meets

guideline

 

  Barbara Munroe

     2016        54,959        75,144        240,898        3,554,190        10.8x        990,000        3x        Yes  

  James E. Craddock

     2019                      179,301        1,717,704        8.9x        579,000        3x        Yes  

  John P. Dielwart

     2019        175,000               253,097        4,101,169        21.2x        579,000        3x        Yes  

  Ted Goldthorpe(3)

     2017        15,000               235,400        2,398,832        12.4x        579,000        3x        Yes  

  Mike Jackson

     2016        77,498        16,482        209,234        2,904,791        15.1x        579,000        3x        Yes  

  Jennifer F. Koury

     2019        10,000               206,994        2,078,803        10.8x        579,000        3x        Yes  

  François Langlois

     2018        1,539               283,562        2,731,268        14.2x        579,000        3x        Yes  

  Myron M. Stadnyk

     2020        62,000               116,878        1,713,651        8.9x        579,000        3x        Yes  

  Mindy Wight(4)

     2022                      20,516        196,543        1.0x        579,000        3x        On track  

Notes:

(1) 

Includes holdings by associates and affiliates of the director.

(2) 

Total ownership value is calculated by taking outstanding common shares, RSU and DSUs, multiplied by the market value. Ownership is reflected as at December 31, 2022 and is based on a market value of $9.58, the one-day VWAP on December 30, 2022, the last trading day of 2022.

(3) 

Mr. Goldthorpe will retire from the Board at the annual meeting.

(4) 

Ms. Wight was elected to the Board at Crescent Point’s 2022 annual general meeting on May 19, 2022. Ms. Wight has five years from her election date to meet her share ownership guideline.

Retirement Vesting Program

Directors are eligible to participate in the retirement vesting program whereby unvested RSUs will continue to vest on their normal schedule upon the director’s retirement from the Board. New RSUs are not granted post-retirement. Subject to certain exceptions, to be eligible, directors are required to provide notice of their retirement to the Chair of the Board and the Chair of the CG&N Committee no less than one fiscal quarter prior to their retirement from the Crescent Point Board, and must continue to fulfill and ensure successful handover of regular Board and Committee responsibilities.

No Pension Plan

We do not have a pension plan, nor does the company provide other forms of retirement compensation for our directors.

Bankruptcies and Cease Trade Orders

Except as noted below, no proposed director:

 

   

is at the date of this information circular, or has been, within 10 years before the date of this information circular, a director or executive officer of any company that, while that person was acting in that capacity,

 

   

was the subject of a cease trade or similar order or an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, for a period of more than 30 consecutive days;

 

   

was subject to an event that resulted, after the director or executive officer ceased to be a director or executive officer, in the company being the subject of a cease trade or similar order or an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, for a period of more than 30 consecutive days;

 

   

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, or

 

   

has, within the 10 years before the date of this information circular, become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or 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 the proposed director.

 

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Mr. Dielwart was a director of Denbury Resources Inc. (“Denbury”) when it entered into Chapter 11 proceedings in the US on July 30, 2020. Denbury subsequently emerged from Chapter 11 proceedings on September 18, 2020 and Mr. Dielwart resigned as a director of Denbury at that time.

Director and Officer Liability Insurance

Crescent Point has a corporate liability insurance policy for our directors and officers through a syndicate of insurers. The policy provides coverage from June 1, 2022 to June 1, 2023. We plan to renew this policy in normal course on or before June 1, 2023.

 

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 BOARD AND COMMITTEE STRUCTURE

 

Board Mandate

The fundamental responsibility of our Board is to appoint a competent executive team and to oversee the management of the business, with a view to driving long-term shareholder value and ensuring the company conducts its business in an ethical and legal manner via an appropriate system of corporate governance and internal control. The Board works diligently to uphold this responsibility by:

 

   

approving our strategic plan, our annual capital and operating budgets, our approach to ESG practices, and reviewing operating, financial and other corporate plans, strategies and objectives;

 

   

evaluating overall corporate performance and the performance of the CEO;

 

   

determining, evaluating and setting compensation for executive officers;

 

   

approving the annual goals and objectives of the CEO;

 

   

in conjunction with the CEO, developing a clear written mandate for the CEO;

 

   

conducting succession planning for Board, CEO and executive positions;

 

   

adopting policies regarding corporate governance and codes of conduct;

 

   

overseeing our principal risk oversight, monitoring and management systems and procedures;

 

   

reviewing processes and procedures for communicating appropriate financial and operational information to shareholders and the public; and

 

   

evaluating the overall effectiveness of the Board and its committees.

The Board fulfills its responsibilities through a minimum of five regularly scheduled meetings per year and additional meetings scheduled as required. During Board meetings, management ensures the Board and its committees are kept well informed about all key drivers of our business and how those may potentially impact Crescent Point. This includes providing information related to matters of strategic planning, business risk monitoring and management, ESG, succession planning, communications policy and integrity of internal controls and management information systems.

The Board, in part, performs its mandated responsibilities through the activities of its five Committees: Audit; CG&N; ES&S; HRCC; and Reserves. The Board and its committees have access to senior management on a regular basis. At each regularly scheduled Board meeting, the Board meets with multiple levels of management, who are invited to attend and provide information on specific areas of the business, which affords the Board exposure to management below the executive officer level.

Directors are expected to be prepared for and attend all Board and respective committee meetings. If their absence is unavoidable, the absent director is expected to be briefed by the Chair, the CEO or the Corporate Secretary. Crescent Point’s directors are highly engaged, with 100% director nominee attendance at Board and committee meetings in 2022. Quorum for Board meetings is a majority of the Board members.

At every meeting, the Board and each committee holds in-camera sessions which are not attended by Mr. Bryksa or any other member of management.

 

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Board Committees

During each regularly scheduled Board meeting and each Audit, CG&N, ES&S, HRCC and Reserves meeting, members hold an in-camera session without management. Terms of reference for each committee, which define its mandate, composition, frequency of meetings and other relevant matters, as well as formal position descriptions for committee Chairs, have been approved and adopted by the Board. These documents are available on our website at www.crescentpointenergy.com and an overview of each committee’s mandate is outlined below. In addition, see ‘Appendix A: Board of Directors’ Mandate’ on page 79 of this information circular for the full text of the mandate of our Board.

The following table outlines the Board Committee Chairs and membership as at March 14, 2023. The Board Chair serves on each committee in an ex officio capacity.

 

  Name      Audit           CG&N           ES&S           HRCC           Reserves

  Craig Bryksa

                                                

  Barbara Munroe

                                                                      

  James E. Craddock

                Chair                             

  John P. Dielwart

                           Chair                    

  Ted Goldthorpe(1)

                                              

  Mike Jackson

     Chair                                          

  Jennifer F. Koury

                                    Chair           

  François Langlois

                                             Chair

  Myron M. Stadnyk

                                            

  Mindy Wight

                                              

  Meetings in 2022

     4          5          5          5          2

Note:

(1) 

Mr. Goldthorpe is not standing for re-election and will retire from the Board at the annual meeting.

 

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  Audit Committee        
            Chair      Members    Independence of Members
            Mike Jackson      Ted Goldthorpe    4 / 4
     François Langlois   
     Mindy Wight   

  The Audit Committee’s mandate includes, but is not limited to, assisting the Board with the following:

 

  Financial & related information

 

    Provide oversight of the integrity of the company’s accounting policies, financial statements and related information, including, but not limited to:

 

    consolidated financial statements;

 

    internal controls;

 

    procedures for financial reporting; and

 

    processes for monitoring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements with respect to reporting financial information.

  External auditors

 

    Oversee the audit efforts of Crescent Point’s external auditors, including, but not limited to, reviewing the independence, qualifications and performance of the external auditor.

Financial risk management program

 

  Oversee Crescent Point’s financial risk management program, including, but not limited to:

 

    providing regular reports to the Board on the results of our risk assessment;

 

    assessing the effectiveness of our controls to manage these risks; and

 

    overseeing cybersecurity risks facing the organization.

Processes and policies

 

  Oversee Crescent Point’s supply chain management process and procedures; and

 

  Review the enterprise risk management policy, processes and framework, and the assessment of the enterprise risk management effectiveness by internal audit.
 

 

 

The Audit Committee meets at least four times annually, or more frequently as circumstances warrant. All members of the Committee are independent and financially literate, as required by National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committees. The Audit Committee has developed official terms of reference that have been approved by the Board. A copy of the Audit Committee terms of reference is scheduled to, and additional disclosure pursuant to National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committees is provided in the Audit Committee section of, our Annual Information Form dated March 1, 2023.

The SEC and NYSE rules require that each member of a company’s audit committee be independent. All members of the Audit Committee are “independent”, as that term is defined by the SEC. The SEC further requires a company like Crescent Point, that files reports under the US Exchange Act, as amended, to disclose annually whether its Board has determined that there is at least one “audit committee financial expert” on its audit committee, and if so, the name of the audit committee financial expert. Messrs. Jackson and Goldthorpe and Ms. Wight have each been determined by the Board to be an “audit committee financial expert” as that term is defined by the SEC. Further information relating to each nominee’s background and skills is available under their profiles included in the ‘Director Nominee Biographies’ section on page 15 of this information circular.

The Audit Committee’s objective is to have direct and open communications with management, the other committee Chairs, the external auditors, other key committee advisors and relevant employees throughout the year. The Audit Committee holds regular separate in-camera sessions with internal and external auditors. The Audit Committee has the authority to conduct any review or investigation appropriate for fulfilling its responsibilities.

As part of its risk oversight mandate, the Audit Committee receives quarterly updates from management on Crescent Point’s cybersecurity dashboard. This dashboard includes updates on status, incidents, external trends and threats, which overlays on the company’s cybersecurity roadmap. Additionally, the company has an information security training and compliance program that is reviewed and updated regularly.

It is not the duty of the Audit Committee to plan or conduct audits or to determine whether the financial statements of Crescent Point are complete, accurate and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. This is the responsibility of management and the external auditors, on whom the members of the Audit Committee are entitled to rely upon in good faith.

For additional disclosure pursuant to National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committee, please refer to the Audit Committee section of our Annual Information Form dated March 1, 2023.

 

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  Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee   
            Chair      Members    Independence of Members
            James Craddock      Ted Goldthorpe    4 / 4
     Mike Jackson   
     Jennifer Koury   

The CG&N Committee has responsibility for reviewing corporate governance practices, overseeing Board/ committee nominations and making recommendations to the Board, as appropriate. The CG&N Committee meets at least four times annually, or more frequently as circumstances warrant. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting the Board with the following:

 

 

Corporate governance practices

 

    Review and assess our governance practices and the performance of our corporate governance systems, and recommend changes to the Board for consideration;

 

    Review Crescent Point’s Articles and By-Laws and recommend any changes to the Board for consideration;

 

    Review and make recommendations regarding the mandate and any position descriptions of the Board and its committees on a periodic basis;

 

    Review and recommend to the Board for approval the corporate governance disclosure statements required by applicable securities legislation in respect of Crescent Point;

 

    Review succession planning for Board and senior management (excluding the CEO position);

 

    Review and approve any related party transactions prior to the transaction occurring; and

 

    Oversee the Corporation’s anti-corruption and prevention of bribery, lobbying, political contribution and community investment policies and procedures.

Board/committee nomination & effectiveness

 

  Recommend suitable candidates for nomination for election as directors, considering:

 

    the competencies and skills the Board should possess; and

 

    the targets and objectives of our Diversity Policy.

 

  Review the recommendations of management, if any, with respect to committee membership;

 

  Make recommendations to the Board for each committee, including the appointment of Chairs to the committees;

 

  Ensure processes are in place to evaluate and assess the effectiveness of the Board, the committees of the Board and the contribution of individual members on a periodic basis;

 

  Review and make recommendations with respect to the orientation and education program for new Board and committee members; and

 

  Oversee the continued development of existing members of the Board.
 

 

Related Party Transactions

In addition, the mandate governing the CG&N Committee obligates the CG&N Committee to review and approve any related party transactions prior to the transaction occurring. The CG&N Committee also maintains oversight over related party transactions following such approval. For this purpose, related parties include, but are not limited to: (i) key management personnel, such as the company’s directors, executive team and their immediate family members; (ii) individuals and their immediate family members who exercise significant influence over the company; (iii) entities where the individuals, including their immediate family members, noted above have substantial voting power or are able to exercise significant influence; and (iv) entities directly controlled by the company. Related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between the company (or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates) and a related party that result in the company directly or indirectly (a) purchasing or acquiring assets from the related party or selling assets to the related party; (b) jointly acquiring assets with a related party from a third party where the consideration paid by the company to the third party is proportionately higher than the consideration paid by the related party; (c) leases assets to or from the related party; (d) acquires the related party; (e) issues a security to a related party or amends the terms of a security of the company held by the related party; (f) engages in lending or borrowing related transactions with the related party, including the provision of guarantees.

There were no material conflicts of interest or related party transactions reported by the CG&N Committee or the Board in 2022.

Succession planning for the CEO is the responsibility of the Board, in concert with the CG&N Committee.

 

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  Environment, Safety and Sustainability Committee   
            Chair      Members    Independence of Members
            John Dielwart      Craig Bryksa    3 / 4
     François Langlois   
     Myron Stadnyk   

The ES&S Committee is responsible for regularly reviewing our policies, standards and practices with respect to corporate responsibility, including ESG (including climate), occupational health, security and overall business conduct, ethics and related activities, and reporting findings to the Board as appropriate. The ES&S Committee meets at least twice annually, or more frequently as circumstances warrant. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting the Board with the following:

 

 

Policies, management systems and programs

 

    Review the appropriateness of and update our ESG, occupational health policies, security policies, and management systems and programs, and report to the Board with appropriate recommendations;

 

    Ensure the necessary tools are in place to measure our ESG, occupational health and security performance and compliance with applicable regulatory standards; and

 

    Review the ESG, occupational health and security performance and any non-compliance situations, whenever relevant, and recommend the required corrective measures.

Risk management procedures

 

  Periodically update, distribute and review the appropriateness of these risk management procedures and emergency response measures, and make appropriate recommendations;

 

  Immediately communicate to the Board any incident giving rise to significant ESG, occupational health and security risks, and otherwise analyze all relevant ESG matters brought to its attention; and

 

  Ensure risk management procedures and emergency response measures are in place.
 

 

 

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  Human Resources and Compensation Committee   
            Chair      Members    Independence of Members
            Jennifer Koury      James Craddock    4 / 4
     Myron Stadnyk   
     Mindy Wight   

The HRCC’s mandate includes, but is not limited to, assisting the Board with the following:

 

 

  Compensation Strategy & Policy

 

    Review compensation, philosophy, structure and policies that impact the organization.

  Performance Assessment

 

    Assist in the assessment of the performance of the CEO, which assessment is led by the Chair of the Board, in conjunction with the HRCC Chair; and

 

    Evaluate the performance of the NEOs in fulfilling their responsibilities and meeting corporate objectives.

  Succession Planning & Development

 

    Review succession plans for senior management (excluding the CEO); and

 

    Assess progress of professional development for executives and key senior employees.

Executive Compensation

 

  Assess the form and aggregate amount of compensation for officers and other employees.

Governance

 

  Ensure the company discharges its public disclosure obligations relating to compensation matters;

 

  Review executive succession, compensation and development;

 

  Review the results and outcomes of advisory votes of shareholders;

 

  Hold meetings as warranted with respect to officer appointments or other compensation-related matters; and

 

  Oversee culture, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion and human capital management.
 

 

The HRCC meets at least four times annually, or more frequently as circumstances warrant.

Succession planning for executive positions (other than the CEO) is the responsibility of the Board in concert with the HRCC. Management provides the HRCC with information about succession plans for such executive positions, which includes an assessment of internal staff development and progression, and identifies potential succession gaps. Selected candidates are provided with support to help them acquire skills that will aid in their further development, thereby strengthening the succession pipeline. The HRCC holds regular in-camera sessions with the VP, Human Resources and Corporate Services.

The following is a summary of the skills and experience of each member of the HRCC, including any education or experience that enables each member of the Committee to make decisions on the suitability of Crescent Point’s compensation policies and practices that are consistent with a reasonable assessment of our risk profile.

 

  Human Resources and Compensation Committee Members – Relevant Education and Experience

Jennifer F. Koury (Chair)

   Has over 35 years of professional experience, including significant involvement in human relations and compensation design. Ms. Koury has relevant experience in the development of total rewards program for executives and employees. She holds the ICD.D designation granted by the ICD. Since her appointment to the HRCC, she has attended numerous seminars on matters related to compensation committees.

James Craddock

   Is a seasoned upstream executive and director who possesses broad-based technical and operational knowledge with over 30 years of experience. Mr. Craddock was previously the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Rosetta Resources Inc., from 2013 to 2015 until its merger with Noble Energy Inc., whereupon Mr. Craddock served on Noble’s Board of Directors from 2015 until the company was acquired by Chevron in 2020. Through his executive and director roles, Mr. Craddock has had significant experience with matters related to his role on the HRCC. Since his appointment to the HRCC, he has attended numerous seminars on matters related to compensation committees.

Myron M. Stadnyk

   Has over 35 years of oil and gas experience and is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of ARC Resources Ltd., retiring in 2020. Mr. Stadnyk holds the ICD.D designation granted by the ICD. Since his appointment to the HRCC, he has attended numerous seminars on matters related to compensation committees.

Mindy Wight

   Has over 15 years of tax and financial expertise in her current role of Chief Executive Officer for the Nch’kaý Development Corporation. She previously held the role of Chief Financial Officer, as well as treasurer of Nch’kaý Development Corporation’s Board of Directors. Through her executive leadership roles, Ms. Wight has had significant exposure to and experience with matters related to her role on the HRCC.

 

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  Reserves Committee      
            Chair        Members    Independence of Members
            François Langlois        James Craddock    4 / 4
       John Dielwart   
       Myron Stadnyk   

The Reserves Committee is responsible for meeting with the independent engineering firms commissioned to conduct the reserves evaluation on our oil and natural gas assets, and for reviewing the results of the evaluation with each of the independent engineers and management. The Reserves Committee meets at least twice annually, or more frequently as circumstances warrant. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting the Board with the following:

 

 

  Appointment of independent engineers

 

    Review management’s recommendations for the appointment of independent engineers and make recommendations to the Board; and

 

    Determine the scope of the annual review of the petroleum and natural gas reserves by the independent engineers, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

  Review and analysis

 

    Review the reserves data and report of the independent engineers, including the scope and methodology of the evaluations; and

 

    Review any problems experienced by the independent engineers in preparing the reserve evaluation (including any restrictions imposed by management or significant issues on which there was a disagreement with management).

Procedures and reporting

 

  Review procedures for providing petroleum and natural gas reserves data to the independent engineers; and

 

  Review the independent engineering reports and consider the principal assumptions upon which such reports are based.

Public disclosure

 

  Ensure the company’s public disclosure of its petroleum and natural gas reserve is completed in compliance with regulatory requirements.
 

 

 

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 OTHER CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES

 

  You can find detailed information on some of our other corporate practices and policies on the following pages:

 

  Topic    Page Number  

  Commitment to Diversity

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  Key Policies

     36  

  Environmental, Social and Governance Matters

     38  

Commitment to Diversity

Crescent Point values the beneficial impact that diversity and inclusion has on decision-making and leadership within the company. Our People Strategy speaks to our efforts to enhance diversity of skill sets, experiences, gender and individual attributes to ensure a broad range of perspectives are being considered and included in our business practices. This diversity of viewpoints adds to the richness of our culture and helps better inform our corporate direction and strategy.

Over the past years, the company has achieved strong diversity representation, with 30% of current directors and 33% of the nominee directors being women, including the Board Chair. When contemplating additions to the Board, the Board considers the following factors in assessing diversity: skills, knowledge, regional and industry experience, education, gender, age, independence, ethnicity and other differentiating factors relevant to Board and executive effectiveness.

The Board’s Diversity Policy governs the selection of Board nominees and requires the Board to consider diversity factors in the appointment of all new directors, with the option to engage an outside executive search firm to assist with the candidate search. This policy also requires the CG&N Committee to include diverse candidates in any list of potential individuals being considered for positions on the Board.

Compliance with the Diversity Policy

The CG&N Committee is responsible for monitoring the company’s compliance with its Diversity Policy, including through an annual review and assessment of the effectiveness of the policy in promoting a diverse Board. Under the Diversity Policy, the CG&N Committee is also charged with reporting to the Board the annual and cumulative progress towards achieving the objectives of the Diversity Policy. The CG&N Committee is also responsible for ensuring all candidates are being fairly considered. The Committee considers diversity by taking into account: skills; knowledge; regional and industry experience; gender and expression; age; independence; ethnicity; and other differentiating factors relevant to board effectiveness.

In 2022, each of our directors was able to voluntarily self-identify under one of the four employment equity groups: women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities. Thirty percent of our current Board directors, and 33% of our director nominees identify as women and one, or 11%, of our director nominees identify as belonging to the Indigenous Peoples equity group.

 

Policy Regarding the Representation of Women on the Board   

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Our Diversity Policy outlines the Board’s commitment to an identification and nomination process that seeks to improve gender diversity across the organization. Our CEO is a member of the 30% Club of Canada which seeks to achieve better gender balance at the Board and senior management levels, with a focus on building a strong foundation of business leaders committed to meaningful, sustainable gender balance in business leadership.

 

On an annual basis, the CG&N Committee measures the diversity of the Board and reports to the Board with respect to the company’s annual and cumulative progress in achieving the objectives of the policy.

Our Diversity Policy includes a target that stipulates that at least 30% of the independent members of the Board be women. To measure the effectiveness of this policy, the Committee, among other things:

 

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reviews the number of women considered or brought forward for both Board and executive officer positions;

   

considers the skills, knowledge, experience and character of any such women candidates; and

   

ensures that women candidates are fairly considered relative to other candidates.

Considering the Representation of Women in Executive Positions

Crescent Point is committed to building an inclusive organization that harnesses diverse thinking to innovate and grow. Through our People Strategy, we are enhancing our talent programming through an inclusive design lens where diverse points of view and talent are supported, including when making executive officer appointments.

The Board has not adopted a fixed target of women in executive positions, preferring to rely on the inclusive design lens of our people strategy. The executive team includes two women, which make up approximately 17% of the company’s executives; additionally, 13% of the officers of the company are women.

 

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Key Policies

Anti-Corruption and Prevention of Bribery Policy

Our Anti-Corruption and Prevention of Bribery policy supports our commitment to the strict anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws which govern the operations of the company in both the US and Canada. This policy supplements the standards of conduct expected from every director, officer, employee, consultant and contractor (collectively, “Worker”) under Crescent Point’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics policy.

To ensure compliance with anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws, no Worker shall directly or indirectly give, offer or agree to give or offer any form of advantage or benefit to a foreign or domestic public official to obtain an advantage in the course of business.

Anti-Hedging Policy

Our Anti-Hedging policy prohibits our executives and directors from purchasing financial instruments that are designed to hedge or offset a decrease in market value of equity securities granted as compensation, or held directly or indirectly by the executive officer or director.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

An important element of governance is ensuring appropriate policies and procedures are in place to mitigate risk. To this end, we have a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”) for our directors and employees, a copy of which is available on our website. The Code includes detailed market typical provisions covering, among other things: (i) oversight of public disclosure obligations; (ii) worker compliance with laws; (iii) conflicts of interest; (iv) confidentiality of company information; (v) entertainment, gifts and favours; (vi) anti-corruptions and anti-bribery; (vii) competition and anti-trust; (viii) environment and safety; and (ix) disclosure obligations.

The Board monitors compliance with the Code, ensuring its visibility. The Board relies on the integrity of directors, executive officers and employees to comply with the Code. The directors will act where any breach of the Code is brought to their attention. Each director, executive officer and employee must review and sign off annually to confirm they understand the Code and have complied with it. The Board has not granted any waiver of the Code and no material change reports have been filed since the beginning of our most recently completed financial year that pertain to any conduct of a director or executive officer which would constitute a departure from the Code. When considering transactions and agreements in which a director or executive officer has a material interest,

 

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independent Board members will review and approve, or an independent committee of the Board will be formally constituted to consider, such transactions. The company’s Corporate Sourcing and Procurement Policy and Procedure also includes detailed policies and procedures to address conflicts or potential conflicts of interest between the company and its suppliers and potential suppliers.

Disclosure Policy

Crescent Point has established a Disclosure Committee to review and confirm the accuracy of the data and information contained in the documents we use to communicate to the public. The Disclosure Committee oversees and ensures compliance with our Disclosure policy governing the timely dissemination of all material information. Shareholder communications are undertaken through a variety of means, including through the issuance of press releases, annual and quarterly results, our Annual Information Form, our sustainability report and by providing information via our website, which contains the aforementioned documents and corporate presentations, as well as dividend information and other details considered helpful to investors. The Disclosure Committee conducts a formal review and confirmation process prior to any such disclosure being released, and supplements and supports the review and approval processes completed by the Board and the CG&N Committee. The Disclosure Committee is comprised of senior representatives (including officers) from each of the following departments: accounting; corporate development; engineering and operations (including drilling and completions, ES&S, regulatory and reserves); exploration and geosciences; finance; investor relations; land; legal; and marketing.

Environmental, Health and Safety Policy

The health and safety of our employees, consultants, visitors, the public, as well as the protection of the environment is of the utmost importance to Crescent Point. We endeavour to conduct our operations in a manner that will minimize both adverse environmental effects and consequences or emergency situations by:

 

   

complying with all applicable government regulations and standards;

   

operating in a manner consistent with industry codes, practices and guidelines;

   

ensuring prompt and effective response and repair to emergency situations and environmental incidents;

   

providing training to ensure compliance with our operations management system;

   

careful planning, good judgment and prudent monitoring of business activities;

   

communicating openly with all stakeholders regarding our activities; and

   

amending our policies and procedures, as may be required from time to time.

Health, safety and environmental protection at Crescent Point is everyone’s responsibility. We are accountable for creating and maintaining a safe workplace, where health and environmental performance has equal value and priority.

Human Rights Policy

Respect for human rights is integral to how we do business. Our commitment to respecting human rights includes alignment with the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the International Labour Organization Declaration on Fundamental Principals and Rights at Work. According to these principles, governments have the primary responsibility to protect human rights, and our responsibility is to respect human rights and conduct our business accordingly.

In alignment with our values, and as outlined in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Crescent Point upholds the following commitments:

 

   

prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, sex, language, religion or other minority status;

   

prohibit all forms of slavery and child labour;

   

safe working conditions for all Workers in accordance with applicable laws and industry best practices; and

   

promote a respectful workplace.

We recognize that protecting human rights must be an ongoing effort and commit to routinely evaluate our practices and our approach in consideration of changing circumstances and an evolving policy environment.

 

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Respectful Workplace Policy

Crescent Point is committed to providing and maintaining a psychologically healthy and safe workplace that is free of harassment and violence. Workplace harassment and workplace violence of any form will not be tolerated from any person in the workplace. The company’s commitment to a workplace free of harassment and violence is reflected at every level, and the company will not tolerate harassing or violent behaviour against a customer, contractor, consultant or visitor. The Respectful Workplace Policy applies to all Workers, and all other locations where activities are conducted. All new Workers are required to complete respectful workplace training as part of their onboarding experience and, at minimum, every three years thereafter. All Workers completed respectful workplace training in 2021 and are scheduled to complete the training again in 2024.

Whistleblowing Policy

Our Whistleblowing Policy allows employees and consultants to anonymously report concerns regarding financial controls and audit matters, fraud and/or theft, harassment, workplace violence, substance abuse, conflicts of interest, discrimination and safety concerns. The Whistleblowing Policy sets out procedures to address the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints and concerns received, and outlines measures taken to protect the confidentiality and anonymity of any submissions. The Whistleblowing Policy is posted on our website and individuals may report concerns to an independent third party via a toll-free telephone number, website or anonymous email.

Environmental, Social and Governance Matters

Crescent Point is committed to “Bringing Energy To Our World – The Right Way”. This commitment stands as our purpose statement and helps inform decision-making across every aspect of our business. It evokes our dedication to fostering positive outcomes for all our stakeholders and shows our devotion to environmental stewardship. These principles are held throughout the organization and integrated into how we responsibly develop, operate and retire our assets.

In 2022, we continued to reinforce our oversight of environmental, social and corporate governance matters to enhance our performance, strengthen our stakeholder relationships and ensure robust governance mechanisms are in place to manage risk. During the year, we released our fourth annual Sustainability Report following Sustainability Accounting Standards Board guidelines as well as updated disclosure with respect to the TCFD. These reports have helped provide further transparency regarding how we approach ESG risks and opportunities, outline our governing policies and practices, including those related to climate and have given our stakeholders greater insight into how we conduct our business.

ESG Oversight

Our Board is committed to ensuring strong governance practices are in place to effectively manage ESG risks and opportunities. The Board sets the tone for our company and is actively engaged with management to establish targets, monitor performance and provide strategic direction on key ESG matters. While we view ESG performance and disclosure as a responsibility of the Board as a whole, we have also established clear accountabilities at the Committee level to help manage discrete aspects of our ESG performance. Each Committee reports progress updates and recommendations to the Board for consideration on a quarterly basis. Our annual disclosures, as well as our targets and ambitions, are reviewed and approved at the Board level with input from the various Committees, management and company subject-matter experts. To continue our progress, we have also formed an internal ESG Committee which brings together relevant groups and expertise to discuss ESG trends, best practices and opportunities to enhance our performance and disclosure in this regard.

 

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Prudent Risk Management

Producing the energy the world needs exposes us to certain inherent risks that have the potential to impact our business and our stakeholders. We firmly believe that managing these risks proactively leads to stronger overall performance and enhanced outcomes for our stakeholders. As such, we thoroughly examine all material issues that could potentially affect our operations to develop risk mitigation strategies and position the company to capitalize on areas of opportunity. In practice, this includes initiatives such as our emission reduction projects, existing asset optimization, enhanced oil recovery and other initiatives to seize opportunities in the transition to a lower carbon economy. These proactive approaches to key risks and opportunities give us greater cost protection and help us capitalize on emerging opportunities. At Crescent Point, our risk management approach is engrained throughout our business strategy and operations.

 

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Safe Operations

At Crescent Point, our greatest responsibility is ensuring the safety and well-being of our employees, contractors and community partners. Our commitment to safe operations, both in the field and office, helps ensure the ongoing health and safety of all our stakeholders. We strongly believe that all tasks can and must be completed safely. Our staff have the right and responsibility to refuse unsafe working conditions to the extent they are ever encountered and we actively encourage all those involved in our operations to take ownership of their individual safety and that of their co-workers. Our proactive approach to safe operations follows our risk management framework. We strive to identify potential hazards, develop avoidance strategies to lower the probability of safety incidents occurring and implement protocols to lessen the potential severity of any residual risks. This approach, coupled with a shared sense of ownership for safety performance, helps to ensure that everyone goes home safely each and every day.

Safety Performance

 

Our relentless focus on safe operations continues to yield strong results. Our key performance indicators of Lost Time Incident Frequency (“LTIF”) and Serious Incident Frequency (“SIF”) demonstrate our track record of performance improvement. The continued progress we have achieved is a direct result of our engagement with employees and contractors to convey our expectations around safety and ensure everyone we work with shares our values of promoting a safe and healthy working environment.

 

Our regularly scheduled safety meetings and field operation stand-downs emphasize our commitment to safety and foster a shared sense of ownership for safety performance. In 2022, we held contractor safety symposiums in our core operating areas to reaffirm our expectations of those working on our sites. Management also undertook analysis of past safety incidents to develop a proactive approach to mitigate winter safety incidents through a new targeted campaign and the production of an internal safety awareness video to be shared at safety stand-downs and contractor meetings in 2023.

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Environmental Stewardship

At Crescent Point, we take pride in the way we operate our business. Our pride in purpose extends throughout our development planning and is a guiding principle in our capital allocation. We consider environmental impacts in our decision-making and take steps to avoid, prevent and mitigate the potential impacts that our operations may have on the environment. Our approach to responsible resource development takes into account how our activities will affect the air, land and water, and we take steps to actively manage those impacts across our operations.

Air

Taking action to combat the risks of climate change is a priority for both the company and our stakeholders. We are pleased to report that we achieved our scope 1 emissions target to reduce emissions intensity by 50%, including a 70% decrease in methane emissions, based on a 2017 baseline, in 2022, well ahead of our 2025 target. As a result of our progress to-date and our dedication to continuous improvement, we are now committing to a more ambitious and longer-term target to reduce our scope 1 and scope 2 emissions intensity by 38%, from our 2020 baseline by the year 2030. This will allow us to achieve a combined emissions intensity of 0.020 tonnes CO2e per barrel equivalent. Throughout the past year, our teams worked diligently towards these targets to enhance our environmental performance and mitigate carbon compliance costs. We look forward to updating on our progress in greater detail in our upcoming Sustainability Report.

 

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Based on our 2020 baseline.

Water

Water is a key component of our operations throughout the development life cycle of our assets. We use water to drill and complete our wells and to enhance production through our waterflood programs. In doing so, we take a prudent approach to the sourcing, transportation, use, recycling and disposal of the water we use.

For each of our operating areas, we consider water sourcing in our development plans, including the availability of freshwater and alternative water sources. To avoid potential impacts, we strive to minimize our use of surface freshwater in areas of higher water scarcity, instead seeking to use alternative water sources such as deep and/or saline aquifers or municipal grey water. Over the last five years, we have made significant progress in reducing the use of freshwater in our southeast Saskatchewan operations by sourcing non-fresh water from the Belly River formation and Mannville reservoir. Additionally, by using produced water in our waterflood operations, we have increased the amount of water we recycle, thereby reducing both the need to withdraw additional freshwater and also reducing our disposal volumes. Driven by the success of these initiatives, we have developed two corporate water targets to build upon the strength of our existing water management and performance.

 

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Based on our 2020 baseline.

Land

Crescent Point is committed to reducing its environmental footprint and mitigating the potential impacts of its operations on local ecologies. We take into consideration landscape factors at the earliest stages of our development planning and work to include protections for surrounding wildlife and native species in such planning. Canadian and US oil and gas operations are highly regulated to minimize the potential impact on biodiversity, ecosystems and surrounding land. We strive to meet or exceed all applicable environmental regulations and guidelines where we operate. These regulations provide guidance on a variety of concerns including, but not limited to, environmental protection, bodies of water and wetlands, historical resources, species at risk and migratory birds. Prior to development, we assess all of our operating sites for biodiversity risks and focus our efforts on avoiding, mitigating and monitoring any impacts on the land and wildlife throughout the development life cycle of a site.

Similarly, our proactive approach to asset retirement helps ensure local landscapes are returned to their pre-disturbance state. Once our assets have reached the end of their useful life, we develop detailed remediation and

 

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reclamation plans to safely decommission our wells and facilities and ensure the continued protection of surrounding communities and wildlife. As part of our commitment to proactively addressing our end-of-life obligations, we are pleased to report the significant progress we have made towards achieving our previously announced target of reducing our corporate inactive well count by 30% by 2031. In 2022, we safely decommissioned 240 wells, bringing our total for the last three years to more than 1,000 wells. By taking care of our assets, from initial production to retirement, we ensure we develop our resources the right way.

Asset Integrity

Our asset integrity program is a key pillar we use to protect the air, land and water. We recognize that our responsibility to ensure the safe transportation of our products extends beyond our lease lines and we have taken proactive steps to mitigate the risk of spills while also ensuring we are prepared should an incident occur. Our work involves completing detailed analysis of all our valves, tanks, flow lines, pipelines and facility infrastructure and using this analysis to develop risk indicators that guide our approach. By prioritizing our efforts based on risk, we can mitigate both the potential and magnitude of an incident. This approach also better positions us to react in real-time should an incident occur. Through our early investment in remote well monitoring, shut-off valve controls and spill response equipment and technology, we have gained valuable insight into how to improve our operations and have increased the ability of our field teams to assist in developing preventative measures to reduce asset integrity risk.

Stakeholder Engagement

As a company, we understand the importance of being a responsible energy producer and living up to the standards and expectations of our stakeholders. By actively engaging with shareholders, communities, regulators, landowners, employees and Indigenous communities, we are better able to inform how we conduct our operations and focus our efforts on achieving mutually beneficial outcomes. Our ongoing engagement also helps us overcome challenges and enables us to continue to foster positive relationships and impacts across our stakeholder network.

We recently conducted an updated materiality assessment to determine which issues were of highest priority to our stakeholders and our business. Senior leadership reviewed the results of the assessment and used these results to inform our ESG-related initiatives and disclosures. We intend to undertake another materiality assessment in 2024 to assess our progress in managing our stakeholder priorities and determine if their priorities have changed.

Engaging with Shareholders

Throughout the past year, we worked hard to engage with our shareholders and provide them with greater insight into our business. We promoted our strong governance practices through an ESG roadshow led by our Board Chair, Ms. Munroe, and Chair of the CG&N Committee, Mr. Craddock. We also increased our shareholder engagement through the timely issuance of press releases addressing our strategy, quarterly performance and our response to market conditions. These outreach initiatives highlight our commitment to engage shareholders in our business and promote our value proposition to current and prospective shareholders.

In 2022, management actively enhanced its engagement with shareholders to gain their feedback and perspectives. We conducted approximately 95 investor meetings, attended 12 conferences, held approximately 75 meetings with analysts and hosted four conference calls. Through these outreach activities, we gathered valuable feedback from shareholders and fostered greater investor confidence in the outlook of our business.

For additional information such as conference call replays, investor presentations, financial reports, annual information forms, Board mandates, committee charters and shareholder meeting voting results, please visit the company’s website. Paper copies are also available upon request.

The Investor Relations team can be contacted directly at 1-855-767-6923, investor@crescentpointenergy.com or by mail at Suite 2000, 585 8 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 1G1.

Engaging with Community Partners

Our community investment program is just one way we create a long-lasting, positive impact in the communities where we operate. Our dedicated funding of education, health, safety and environment, and community infrastructure ensures that our communities thrive. Since inception, Crescent Point has committed approximately $39 million and countless volunteer hours to various organizations across our operating areas.

 

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2022 Community Investment Highlights:

 

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$0.4 Million of the Alberta Cancer Foundation commitment was donated in 2022

Engaging with Indigenous Groups

Crescent Point recognizes the importance of creating long-term, respectful relationships with Indigenous Peoples that are built on trust and mutual understanding. We accomplish this through proactive and transparent communication by both our Land and Indigenous Relations employees who actively seek out engagement with Indigenous groups to inform, guide and support our operations. We recognize that Indigenous Peoples often have profound connections to the land and that these connections form part of their physical, spiritual, cultural and economic well-being. We value the input and engagement of our Indigenous communities in sharing traditional knowledge relating to our operating areas, identifying cultural and environmentally sensitive areas and working together to develop opportunities for economic and social progress.

As a company, we are committed to ensuring that Indigenous perspectives, knowledge and traditions are considered throughout our resource development project stages wherever the company’s operations may impact Indigenous communities and traditional territories. The company strives to build positive relationships through meaningful consultation, equitable access to employment and education and ensuring that Indigenous communities benefit from our resource development activities. This includes our commitment to working closely with Indigenous communities to identify opportunities for Indigenous-owned businesses, as well as suppliers and contractors.

In 2022, Crescent Point developed Indigenous Relations Guiding Principles which outline our commitment to build and maintain positive relationships through meaningful consultation, equitable access to employment and education, and ensuring Indigenous communities benefit from resource development. These guiding principles outline our basic commitments as we strive to create and maintain long-term, respectful relationships with Indigenous Peoples, built on trust, respect and mutual understanding:

 

   

support the social, economic and environmental well-being of our Indigenous partners;

   

utilize local traditional knowledge in our development planning;

   

utilize local Indigenous skilled labour, suppliers and services where possible;

   

protect and avoid areas of cultural and/or environmental significance; and

   

foster a corporate culture of awareness and understanding of Indigenous perspectives.

Engaging with Employees

“Bringing Energy To Our World – The Right Way” means more than just producing energy. It also means harnessing the energy of our workforce to drive innovation and ingenuity in support of continual improvement. Without the passion and expertise of our employees, we would not be able to maximize the potential of our resource base to deliver the responsible energy the world needs.

Our people drive our success; with this, it is critical to understand what motivates and retains them. We continue to utilize a proactive approach to understanding the employee experience by gaining regular feedback from our employees. In 2022, we laid the foundation for defining Crescent Point’s employee experience through a facilitated leadership workshop, implemented a stay interview program seeking critical feedback from many of our high-performing and high-potential employees and conducted an engagement pulse check survey focused on the

 

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key elements of sustainable engagement. We achieved a voluntary participation rate of 93% and an industry leading sustainable engagement score of 87%.

 

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Supporting the mental health and well-being of our employees and contractors remains a top priority for Crescent Point. In 2022, the company launched a ‘Mental Health Matters’ campaign to ensure employees, their dependants, and individuals working on Crescent Point sites, have quick and easy access to dedicated mental health resources in their local community.

Management also worked to enhance our culture that is built on the principles of collaboration, agility, results and ethics to strengthen teams and build upon our success. In support of Crescent Point’s people strategy and culture of recognition, Crescent Point recognized 21 employees in our CEO Awards Program for their extraordinary contributions in 2022 to Crescent Point or the communities in which we operate.

As a company, we recognize that the strength of our decision-making lies in considering differing perspectives and experiences. In 2022, we continued to advance our people strategy which outlines our approach to inclusion and diversity and sets out initiatives to promote these values throughout the organization. In support of our commitment to enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization, all hiring leaders were required to take unconscious bias training prior to participating in the recruitment process. We also broadened our campus recruitment strategy to include new target universities. Through these initiatives, we have secured top talent from across the country and added to our pipeline of early career energy professionals. We continue to seek opportunities with universities across Canada to promote our company and the energy industry with prospective talent.

In 2022, we continued to build out succession plans for our executive team, including by having over 75 of our Managers and Team Leads participate in the Korn Ferry Leadership Development Program. We are using our learnings from this process to guide development and career conversations between each leader and their manager. Additionally, we provided Insights Discovery training to numerous teams across the company, in support of increasing team effectiveness and cohesion.

Engaging with Suppliers and Contractors

At Crescent Point, we take a full cycle view of our operations and understand that strong engagement with suppliers and contractors is essential to our overall success. We have a robust vendor pre-qualification program and Corporate Sourcing and Procurement Policy and Procedure that are designed to provide insight into the operating practices, values and commitments of our suppliers and contractors. To ensure our operations have a positive impact across our value chain, we regularly engage with our suppliers and contractors to understand their perspectives and convey our expectations in relation to safety, inclusion and diversity, and responsible business practices. We believe that this engagement helps align our supply chain to our values and reinforces our commitment to creating lasting benefits.

Through our active outreach with contractors and service companies we have made clear our commitment to safe and responsible operations. We have promoted our proactive approach to risk management and encouraged our suppliers and contractors to join our efforts in identifying hazards, managing potential exposures and uncovering positive safety observations to prevent incidents. Our routine safety stand-downs within our field operations help prioritize safety above all else and drive engagement from those working on our behalf. We do all of this because we know our responsibilities extend beyond our own employee base and include all aspects of our business. Leading by example, we set a high standard of excellence and ensure the continued health and safety of our stakeholders.

 

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 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

 

This Executive Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) describes our 2022 corporate performance, governance practices, compensation philosophy, annual compensation process, scorecard results, compensation decisions resulting from performance achievements and Named Executive Officer (“NEO”) compensation for the year ended December 31, 2022. You can find detailed information on the following pages:

 

 Topic    Page Number  

 2022 Corporate Performance

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 Executive Compensation Governance

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 Approach to Executive Compensation

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 CEO Awarded and Realized Compensation

     56  

 2022 Compensation

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 NEO Biographies

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 NEO Compensation Tables

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 Termination and Change of Control Benefit

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2022 Corporate Performance

When determining executive compensation levels, the HRCC and Board consider incentive plan achievement levels, the company’s overall performance and the individual performance of each executive.

In 2022, Crescent Point’s management team continued to execute on their commitment to the company’s key strategic pillars of balance sheet strength and sustainability. Through continued operational execution and capital discipline, Crescent Point generated significant excess cash flow of approximately $1.2 billion in 2022. This led to the company achieving its near-term debt target and delivering many subsequent value-enhancing successes, such as significantly increasing the return of capital to shareholders and further optimizing the company’s asset portfolio. These decisions strengthened the company’s sustainability and future long-term outlook.

A detailed summary of our key achievements during the year appears below.

Strategy

 

   

Increased scale and drilling inventory through two strategic asset acquisitions in the Kaybob Duvernay significantly growing the company’s drilling inventory in the play.

 

   

Updated our return of capital framework in third quarter 2022 to return up to 50 percent of discretionary excess free cash flow to shareholders in addition to base dividend.

 

   

Increased quarterly base dividend by 122 percent to $0.10/share and repurchased just over 31 million shares for approximately $294 million.

 

   

Achieved emissions reduction target ahead of schedule and established new emissions and freshwater use targets.

 

   

Updated the company’s five-year outlook which reflects disciplined production volume growth, significant excess cash flow generation and continued balance sheet strengthening.

 

   

Divested non-core Saskatchewan assets.

 

   

Increased NAV per share by 30 to 35 percent across all categories and replaced 113 percent of 2022 production on a 2P basis.

Balance Sheet Strength and Disciplined Capital Allocation

 

   

Demonstrated operational execution and capital discipline to generate approximately $1.2 billion of excess cash flow for the year.

 

   

Reduced net debt by over $850 million, reaching near-term debt target in second quarter.

 

   

Exited 2022 with net debt to adjusted funds flow of approximately 0.5, demonstrating a continued focus on strengthening the company’s balance sheet.

 

   

Renewed credit facilities totaling $2.4 billion and extended maturity to November 2026.

 

   

Maintained a strong financial position with significant liquidity.

Note: Excess cash flow, net debt and net debt to adjusted funds flow are specified financial measures – refer to ‘Specified Financial Measures’ on page 76.

Operational Execution

 

   

Successfully executed 2022 capital development program.

 

   

Leveraged supply chain capabilities and identified internal efficiencies to partially mitigate inflationary pressures.

 

   

Lowered drilling days in Kaybob Duvernay to between 11 to 13 days per well, a reduction of over 40 percent since entering the play in 2021. In addition, the company enhanced efficiencies in North Dakota, lowering drilling days by 15 percent since 2021.

 

   

Trialed the drilling of multi-lateral, open-hole horizontal wells in Viewfield Bakken, with initial results exceeding expectations, leading to the potential expansion of economic locations identified in the play.

 

   

Achieved a production decline rate of approximately 20 percent in Viewfield Bakken, driven by the continued advancement of decline mitigation programs, including the conversion of approximately 105 net wells to injection wells.

 

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Environment, Social and Governance Performance

 

   

Continued strong safety performance driven by a strong safety culture that increased emphasis on proactive leading safety indicators and low serious injury frequency across the company, resulting in our best safety score on record.

 

   

Released the company’s annual Sustainability Report and climate risk reporting in line with TCFD guidelines and set new emissions and water targets.

 

   

Achieved scope 1 emissions intensity reduction target of 50 percent well ahead of original 2025 target. This led to setting a new, more ambitious target to reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions by 38 percent, relative to the Company’s 2020 baseline. Furthermore, Crescent Point established two new water targets to build upon existing strong water management performance, including a 50 percent reduction in surface freshwater use in southeast Saskatchewan by 2025.

 

   

Remained on track to reduce inactive well inventory by 30 percent by 2031.

 

   

Continued our commitment to responsible ESG practices, resulting in Morgan Stanley Capital International (“MSCI”) increasing the company’s ESG Ratings assessment for the second consecutive year to “AA”.

Stakeholder Engagement

 

   

Discussed various topics including corporate strategy, capital allocation, asset portfolio, financial results and the industry outlook at almost 100 investor meetings, 12 investor conferences, approximately 75 meetings with analysts and four conference calls for the investment community.

 

   

Completed a governance roadshow led by both the company’s Board Chair, Ms. Munroe, and the Chair of the CG&N Committee, Mr. Craddock, as part of the company’s ongoing shareholder outreach. Shareholders representing, in aggregate, approximately 25 percent of issued and outstanding common shares were targeted.

 

   

Volunteered more than 2,000 hours in 2022 to support local organizations and donated approximately $2.2 million to local charitable organizations and community groups in Canada and the United States.

Indigenous Engagement

 

   

Formalized an Indigenous Relations policy to guide engagement with Indigenous communities and identify areas of opportunity.

 

   

Strong Indigenous engagement in field operations and procurement that led to strategic-level agreements with Indigenous partners.

 

   

Dedicated scholarship funding to support Indigenous students in secondary and post-secondary education and skills training.

Employee Engagement

 

   

Continued strong sustainable employee engagement, with a score of 87 percent.

 

   

CEO Awards program recognized outstanding contributions to Crescent Point’s culture from field and office staff.

 

   

Held four company-wide town halls for employees, including dedicated question and answer sessions to inform and engage employees.

See the ‘Short-Term Incentive Plan’ and ‘Long-Term Incentives’ sections on pages 58 and 62 of this information circular for details on our scorecard metrics and evaluation.

 

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Executive Compensation Governance

Executive compensation is a key component of our corporate governance practice. The HRCC ensures our executive compensation plan is based on sound decision-making processes, is competitive, pays for performance, drives shareholder value creation and attracts, retains and motivates talent. We remain committed to actively soliciting shareholder feedback on our approach to compensation and ensuring our executive compensation design links pay outcomes to the execution of our business strategy and creation of shareholder value.

 

  Our Plan Includes and Incorporates:

Pay for Performance

 

 

Pay for performance – 86% of CEO compensation and 77% of other NEO compensation, on average, is performance based.

 

 

Strategically aligned incentive metrics and goals that include embedded ESG metrics.

 

 

Benchmarking of compensation and corporate performance to a peer group comprised of size appropriate and industry relevant peers; our peer selection criteria are reviewed annually.

 

 

Comprehensive annual compensation review process.

 

 

Benefits and perquisites are market competitive and represent a small part of compensation.

Aligned with Shareholder Interests

 

 

Shareholder feedback is proactively sought annually.

 

 

Officer share ownership requirements.

 

 

Shareholder approval required for material RSBP or Stock Option Plan amendments.

 

 

Board discretion over all compensation matters.

 

 

Independent advice from external consultants.

Adherence to Leading Governance Practice

 

 

Clawback policy applies to all executives and all incentive compensation awarded.

 

 

Anti-hedging policy prohibits hedging share-based compensation.

 

 

Executive employment agreements aligned with the market norm.

 

 

Double-trigger provisions applicable in the event of a change of control.

 

  Our Plan Does Not Offer:

 

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Compensation for dividends on PSUs and RSUs prior to vest.

 

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Tax gross-ups.

 

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Compensation Risk Management

Our compensation framework includes a number of practices and policies designed to prevent inappropriate or excessive risk-taking as described below:

Practices

Benchmarking: We use industry data to understand market practices and assess the competitiveness and appropriateness of our compensation plan.

Financial oversight: We encourage joint committee membership on the Audit and HRCC to ensure that, in assessing compensation, the members of the HRCC have an understanding of the risks associated with our business.

 

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Focus on long-term performance: The proportion and nature of our share-based compensation incentivizes our team to create long-term shareholder value. Annual awards of equity, with overlapping vesting periods, ensure that management has exposure to the long-term risks of their decisions.

Formal review and decision-making process: We follow a consistent annual compensation review process that includes regular and, where required or beneficial, ad-hoc HRCC meetings. All elements of executive compensation are reviewed by the HRCC and approved by the Board. The Audit Committee oversees the integrity of financial performance results that influence incentive pay. The HRCC reviews and recommends to the Board for approval the final assessment of non-financial performance used in determining final incentive compensation payments under the STI and PSU plans.

Independent advice: We use external advisors, including compensation consultants and other experts, as required.

Policies

Anti-corruption and prevention of bribery policy: We prohibit our employees from directly or indirectly giving, offering or agreeing to give or offer any form of advantage or benefit to a foreign or domestic official to obtain an advantage in the course of business.

Anti-hedging policy: We prohibit our officers and directors from participating in speculative activity intended to offset a decrease in the market value of our common shares.

Clawback policy: Crescent Point can recover compensation in certain circumstances, including but not limited to, where fraud, willful misconduct or breach of fiduciary duty have occurred.

Discretion: The Board retains the ability to amend the compensation plan and/or to adjust awards to ensure alignment with individual and corporate performance, shareholder experience and the level of risk taken to achieve results.

Enterprise Risk Management: ‘Managing Risk’ is a key component of our business strategy, and we have strong risk management policies that protect all facets of our business, including compensation.

The HRCC and Board have reviewed our executive compensation framework for risk and have not identified any policies, practices, plans or conditions that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our business.

Clawback Policy

Our Clawback Policy is designed to encourage long-term sustainable performance and discourage our employees and directors from taking unnecessary or inappropriate risks or engage in behaviour that would adversely affect Crescent Point or its business. The following table summarizes the behaviours that trigger the Policy and available remedies in the event the Policy is triggered.

 

  Trigger for Clawback    Applicable Compensation    Applicable Population

Compensation subject to recovery under any law, government regulation, order or stock exchange listing requirement(1).

   Any deductions and clawback (recovery) as may be required to be made pursuant to law, government regulation, order, stock exchange listing requirement or any policy of Crescent Point adopted pursuant thereto.    All employees and directors.

Board determines, acting reasonably, that an employee or director has engaged in conduct that is sufficiently detrimental(2) to Crescent Point (either during or after employment with, or service to, Crescent Point).

   Board may terminate any incentive compensation payable to the employee or director that has not yet vested or that has not yet been paid. This compensation includes salary, bonuses, PSUs, RSUs and Stock Option grants.    All employees and directors.

Notes:

(1) 

The types of behaviour caught by this provision include, but are not limited to, misconduct by an executive that contributes to Crescent Point having to restate all or a significant portion of its financial statements or the disclosure of material inaccurate financial information.

(2) 

Detrimental conduct includes, but is not limited to: participating in transactions involving the company and its clients which were underway, contemplated or under consideration at the time of termination; solicitation of clients or employees; disclosing confidential information; making inappropriate or defamatory comments about Crescent Point; or breaching any material provisions of Crescent Point’s internal policies, including its Code. Other types of behaviour that could reasonably be expected to be considered “sufficiently detrimental” include fraud, willful misconduct and breach of fiduciary duty.

 

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Retirement Vesting Program

Under the company’s Retirement Vesting Program, executives are eligible to participate in the Program if, at the time of providing Retirement Notice, the executive: (i) in the case of the CEO or the COO, the executive is 50 years of age or older, with a combined age and years of services exceeding 65; or (ii), in the case of the other executives (being CFO or others holding the title of Senior Vice President or Vice President), the executive is 55 years of age or older, with a combined age and years of services exceeding 65. To participate in the Retirement Vesting Program, executives must: (i) provide at least six months’ advance notice of retirement in the case of CEO, CFO and COO and at least three months advance notice in the case of other executives; and (ii) agree to standard confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation restrictions for one year post-retirement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board reserves the authority and discretion to, at any time, amend, suspend or terminate the Retirement Vesting Program, including the terms and conditions for eligibility.

Under the program qualifying retiring executives are eligible for the following benefits:

 

   
 RSUs    Outstanding RSUs will continue to vest in accordance with their original terms and be governed under the terms of the RSBP Plan.
 PSUs    All outstanding PSUs will continue to vest on the normal vesting schedule following the retirement date and be governed under the terms of the PSU Plan.
 Stock Options    Stock Options will continue to vest and will expire in accordance with their original terms and be governed by the Stock Option Plan.

Burn Rate

The Board is committed to actively managing its burn rate and subsequent dilution. The following table shows the trend in our burn rate over each of the past three years along with the average burn rate over this time. Burn rate is measured as the number of RSUs or Options granted during the applicable fiscal year as a percentage of the weighted average number of securities outstanding for the applicable fiscal year.

 

      2020      2021      2022      Average  

 RSUs Granted

     4,614,158        1,230,133        710,819        2,185,037  

 Burn rate - RSBP

     0.9%        0.2%        0.1%        0.4%  
      2020      2021      2022      Average  

 Stock Options Granted(1)

     3,345,412        534,264        0        1,293,225  

 Burn rate - Stock Options

     0.6%        0.1%        0.0%        0.2%  

 

Note:

(1)  Options ceased being granted under our Stock Option plan effective January 1, 2022.

 

   

 

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Approach to Executive Compensation

The following section describes our approach to executive compensation including our philosophy, our review process, our approach to market benchmarking, the components of our compensation program and how the Board exercises discretion in compensation matters.

Compensation Philosophy

The foundation of our compensation design is to align pay with performance. Our compensation programs are designed to link executive compensation outcomes with the execution of our business strategy and to align our approach with shareholder interests. To achieve this balance, our compensation plan is designed to meet the following objectives:

 

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Annual Compensation Review Process

Our annual compensation review process involves our management, the HRCC and external compensation advisors, as needed, with ultimate decision-making resting with the Board. Our annual compensation review process follows these steps:

 

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Establish corporate performance metrics and goals

 

 

In the first quarter of each year, management recommends to the HRCC for its review and further recommendation to the Board for approval:

 

 

•   Corporate STIP scorecard detailing metrics and performance targets for the year;

 

 

•   CEO goals and objectives for the year; and

 

 

•   PSU scorecard metrics for the applicable three-year term, including the relative total shareholder return (“TSR”) performance peer group.

  Review market competitiveness, plan design and governance practices
 

 

During the second and third quarter, the HRCC:

 

 

•   Establishes and recommends to the Board for approval an executive compensation peer group used to evaluate the market competitiveness of compensation decisions and outcomes;

 

 

•   Conducts a market competitiveness review of total compensation; and

 

 

•   Reviews the compensation plan design and governance practices, taking into consideration shareholder feedback.

 

Develop recommendations

 

 

In the fourth quarter, based on its review, management makes recommendations to the HRCC for consideration. The HRCC approves and makes recommendations to the Board for approval, including:

 

 

•   Compensation plan design and/or governance changes;

 

 

•   Changes to annual target compensation, pay mix and/or LTI mix; and

 

 

•   Testing proposed changes under various scenarios.

 

Determine compensation

 

 

In the fourth quarter, the CEO makes recommendations to the HRCC on each component of NEO compensation, except his own, considering the NEO’s role, experience, performance and peer market data. The HRCC recommends to the Board, CEO and NEO compensation decisions, including salary, individual STIP outcomes and annual LTI awards.

 

Assess corporate performance

 

 

On a quarterly basis, management reviews the corporate STIP scorecard with the HRCC to discuss and align on progress relative to annual goals and expectations. Following the end of each performance year, management analyzes corporate STIP achievement and PSU metric achievement against the approved goals and targets and presents the results to the HRCC for review and recommendation to the Board for approval. In its review, the HRCC:

 

 

•   Reviews management’s analysis, considers market conditions, and internal and external factors; and

 

 

•   Approves and recommends to the Board for approval the STIP and PSU achievement multipliers.

 

Finalize total compensation

 

 

The HRCC presents its recommendations to the Board for approval. Final approval rests with the Board, and the Board may apply informed judgment to make adjustments where it deems appropriate as compensation outcomes are finalized.

Management

Management regularly monitors governance and industry trends, conducts market analysis and benchmarking, proposes amendments to compensation plans and practices, sets corporate goals and metrics that align with our corporate strategy, sets and evaluates individual executive goals and makes compensation recommendations to the HRCC for consideration and approval.

Human Resources and Compensation Committee

The HRCC oversees compensation philosophy, policies and practices for all executive and employees, and considers any related risks. It also stays informed on industry compensation practices and ensures the company follows sound compensation governance practices, including engaging with shareholders on compensation

 

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matters when appropriate. The HRCC acts in an advisory capacity to the Board by reviewing management proposals prior to making recommendations to the Board for approvals relating to CEO and NEO compensation, share ownership requirements, equity incentive plan adoption and terms and conditions, and the aggregate employee compensation budget. The Board is responsible for CEO performance evaluation; such evaluation is led by the Chair of the Board in conjunction with the Chair of the HRCC. The HRCC oversees and advises the Board on succession planning, approves employment contracts reflecting Board approved terms, reviews share ownership requirements, reviews compensation levels and components, and approves termination settlements, where such settlement payments are in line with the terms of existing employment agreements and the company’s incentive plan terms.

Board

The Board, based on recommendations from the HRCC, is responsible for approving CEO and NEO compensation and approving the compensation philosophy of Crescent Point. The Board also oversees the risks associated with our compensation policies and practices. The Board is also responsible for regularly monitoring the CEO’s performance against predetermined corporate objectives.

Shareholder Engagement on Executive Compensation

We value the opinion of our shareholders. Each year, we seek feedback from shareholders on executive compensation, strategy and other key corporate governance topics. Through our annual engagement process, which is led by the Board Chair and involves various directors, we targeted shareholders representing, in aggregate, over 25% of Crescent Point’s issued and outstanding shares. We value the insights gained through this process, and feedback from these meetings has been incorporated throughout our compensation and governance practices. We are committed to continuing this annual dialogue with our shareholders.

External Compensation Consultants

In 2022, Crescent Point shifted from engaging separate Board and management compensation consultants to utilizing a single, independent compensation consultant reporting to the Board. Following a request for proposal and a comprehensive review of potential consultants, Meridian was retained as the compensation consultant, serving both the Board and management of Crescent Point. Meridian provides peer and industry guidance, on director, executive and employee compensation, including plan design, benchmarking and peer group selection. Meridian provides feedback on pay practices, polices and market trends, and advises on investor views on executive and board compensation from the perspective of shareholders and other influential stakeholders.

The fees paid to Hugessen Consulting Inc. (“Hugessen”) noted below are for the 2022 year and relate to advice on meeting content, executive compensation benchmarking and disclosure review. Hugessen concluded its consulting services with the HRCC in 2022.

Crescent Point also participated in and used the results of the Mercer Total Compensation Survey, administered by Mercer (Canada) Limited, and utilized Towers Watson Canada Inc. related to the execution of our employee pulse surveys in 2021 and 2022.

A summary of compensation consultant fees paid in 2021 and 2022 is outlined below:

 

 Executive Compensation Related Fees    2021
($)
    

2022

($)

 

 Hugessen Consulting Inc.

     74,863        18,031  

 Meridian Compensation Partners, Inc.

     30,569                78,954  

 All Other Fees

                 

 Mercer (Canada) Limited, Towers Watson Canada Inc.

     61,440        42,656  

Benchmarking

We benchmark our compensation and corporate performance against our industry peers. Each year, management and the HRCC analyze the relevant characteristics of our industry peers to identify separate peer groups for benchmarking executive compensation and for evaluating corporate performance. The approach the HRCC and management followed to select the 2022 peer groups is outlined below.

 

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Executive Compensation Peer Group

We review our executive compensation peer group annually and use it to benchmark target compensation, pay mix and plan features to ensure we offer a market competitive pay package for executives. Target compensation is measured against size-appropriate energy industry companies with which we compete for executive talent. The HRCC uses the following systematic and objective approach to establish the executive compensation peer group:

 

   

evaluate North American publicly traded energy companies with a preference to exploration and production (“E&P”) companies;

 

   

higher consideration for peers of our current peers and proxy advisor identified peers;

 

   

include companies with which we compete for executive talent, which expands the peer group to include some non-E&P companies; and

 

   

position Crescent Point around the middle of the peer group in terms of market capitalization, revenue and production. Percentile rankings are included in the chart below (55th, 52nd and 68th percentile, respectively).

 

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Applying this approach to select the peer group resulted in a group comprised of the following 13 companies. These peers are comparable to the company in size (e.g., market capitalization, revenue and/or production) and includes companies with which we compete for CEO and executive talent. Through this annual process, we added Murphy Oil Corp. and PDC Energy Inc. to the peer group selected for 2022, as compared to 2021, and removed Parkland Corp. as it no longer met our revenue criteria.

 

2022 Executive Compensation Peer Group

ARC Resources Ltd.

   Parex Resources Inc.

Baytex Energy Corp.

   PDC Energy Inc.

Enerplus Corp.

   PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.

Gibson Energy Inc.

   Tourmaline Oil Corp.

Keyera Corp.

   Vermilion Energy Inc.

MEG Energy Corp.

   Whitecap Resources Inc.

Murphy Oil Corp.

    

PSU Peer Group

We select a PSU peer group to evaluate our relative TSR performance. In establishing the PSU peer group, the HRCC selects companies whose share price performance is strongly correlated with Crescent Point share price performance. Companies with well-correlated share price movements have prices that react similarly to macro-level capital market events. As a result, TSR performance compared to a well-correlated peer company is more likely to reflect company-specific factors, not broader capital market events. Based on this method, the following criteria were used to select the 2022 PSU peers:

 

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North American publicly listed energy sector companies (excluding services, infrastructure and drilling companies);

 

   

market capitalization within a targeted range, based on 6-month trailing average;

 

   

three-year minimum correlation score; and

 

   

minimum liquids weighting requirement.

Through this approach we selected a large group of industry peers and minimized the impact of anomalies. Using this approach, the PSU peer group for our 2022 PSU grants is comprised of 41 Canadian and US exploration and production companies or integrated oil and gas companies, including 11 of our 13 executive compensation peers. See ‘Appendix F: PSU Peer Group’ on page 90 of this information circular for a complete list of our PSU peer companies.

Compensation Components

We include a variety of components in the pay mix for our NEOs to meet the objectives of our compensation philosophy.

The following fixed and variable components make up the total compensation package for our NEOs.

 

  Type

  Component(1)    Objective    Time frame    Description

  Fixed

  (not at-risk)

  Salary    Market competitive fixed compensation for performing day-to-day responsibilities    Ongoing   

 

•  Fixed compensation based on role, skills and responsibility

•  Benchmarked against peer market data

•  Reviewed annually

 

  Variable

  (at-risk)

  STIP    Reward based on annual corporate and individual performance    1 Year   

 

•  Annual cash award

•  Based on STIP scorecard and individual achievement

•  Payout range 0 - 200% of target

 

  RSUs   

 

Align compensation with medium-term corporate performance and shareholder interest

 

   3 Years   

•  Annual grant

•  Vest in thirds over three years (ratable vesting)

•  May be settled in cash or shares

  PSUs    Align compensation with long-term corporate performance and shareholder interest    3 Years   

 

•  Annual grant

•  Vests after three years (cliff vesting)

•  Realized value is based on common share price at time of vest, accrued dividends and corporate performance over the three-year performance period, measured by the corporate performance multiplier (0 - 2.0x)

 

  Other

  Compensation

 

Benefits

  

Market competitive

benefits

       

 

•  Extended health and dental, group life, accidental death and dismemberment, critical illness and disability insurance

•  Non-taxable health spending account and taxable personal wellness spending account

•  Retirement savings plan of up to 10% of salary (3% plus matching up to an additional 7%)

•  Executive medical

•  Limited perquisites (e.g., parking)

•  We do not have a pension plan

 

Note:

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Stock Options were discontinued as part of employee and executive compensation effective 2022. Outstanding options under the program will continue to vest based on the terms of the original grants.

Board Discretion

The Board retains discretion over all compensation matters. This includes when to exercise discretion to ensure executive compensation levels are consistent with our compensation philosophy, to properly reflect corporate performance and market conditions and to align with the shareholder experience.

 

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CEO Awarded and Realized Compensation

Crescent Point is committed to ensuring strong governance practices are applied when compensation decisions are made. Annually, an evaluation is completed on our CEO awarded and realized compensation, relative to our current peer group, ensuring compensation decisions are aligned with corporate performance.

As peer results from the 2022 fiscal year for our 2022 peer group are not yet available, they have been excluded from our analysis.

Awarded Compensation

When making compensation decisions, the Board considers compensation award value compared to TSR performance and executive compensation peer companies. The below graph compares Crescent Point’s CEO three-year average awarded compensation for 2020, 2021 and 2022 with our peers’ CEO average three-year awarded compensation reported for 2019, 2020 and 2021. Awarded compensation includes the value of salary and STIP awarded for the year, plus the value of long-term incentives granted in the year. Crescent Point’s positioning illustrates alignment between CEO awarded pay and TSR performance over the 2019 to 2021 time frame.

 

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US peer data is reflected in US dollars; no exchange rate has been applied.

 

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Realized Compensation

The Board is committed to maintaining a strong link between executive compensation and corporate performance. Looking back on compensation outcomes compared to TSR performance and executive compensation peer companies is one way the Board reviews the effectiveness of its compensation decisions. Due to the significant impact share price has on realized compensation, the graph below compares Crescent Point’s CEO three-year average realized compensation with our peers’ CEO three-year average realized compensation over the same period of 2019, 2020 and 2021. Realized compensation includes the value of salary and STIP awarded for the year, plus the value of long-term incentives vested in the year. TSR performance time frame is aligned with the compensation period of 2019, 2020 and 2021.

 

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US peer data is reflected in US dollars; no exchange rate has been applied.

 

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2022 Compensation

The HRCC and Board are committed to ensuring our compensation programs fully align with our pay for performance philosophy. We achieve this by having our total target compensation reflect our business strategy, and deliver rewards based on corporate performance and shareholder experience. In 2022, the HRCC and Board continued to enhance our compensation practices by strengthening the alignment between corporate performance and pay.

Named Executive Officers

The following sections describe the executive compensation decisions approved by the Board during 2022 for our Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”) who, as at December 31, 2022, were:

Mr. Craig Bryksa, President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Ken Lamont, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Ryan Gritzfeldt, Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Mark Eade, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Mr. Garret Holt, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development

See the ‘NEO Compensation Tables’ section on page 70 of this information circular for further information on our 2022 NEO compensation.

Compensation Program Improvements

The HRCC is committed to ensuring executive compensation aligns with performance, business strategy and our stakeholders’ interests, including our shareholders. Each year, the HRCC reviews, and where necessary, revises the company’s compensation design to ensure the design supports these objectives. The Board approved the following changes to our NEO compensation plan design in 2022:

 

        Discontinued granting Stock Options in favour of RSUs and PSUs to better align compensation with organizational performance and sustained shareholder value creation.
        Updated CEO LTI pay mix, increasing the PSU portion of his LTI from 50% to 60% in order to further increase pay for performance.
        Updated minimum share ownership policy to increase CEO ownership requirement from three-times annual salary to five-times annual salary.
        Amended valuation under the minimum share ownership policy for officers and directors to remove the option of pricing LTI awards based on the grant date value. Such valuation is now based solely on the current market value of common shares.

Total Direct Compensation

The HRCC benchmarks each element of NEO pay, total direct compensation and pay mix against the executive compensation peer group. Pay at-risk comprised 86% of CEO pay, and 77% of NEO pay on average for 2022. Our pay for performance philosophy ensures a significant portion of pay is linked to corporate, individual and share price performance.

Salary

Salaries are reviewed annually, and any changes are determined considering the executive’s role, responsibilities, experience, performance and peer group market data.

Short-Term Incentive Plan

The STIP is an annual cash award designed to motivate and reward employees for achieving strategically aligned metrics and goals set early in the year.

 

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STIP Process

The HRCC, Board and management complete an annual goal setting process where goals are aligned with the achievement of the corporate strategy for the year. Individual objectives, in support of corporate goals, are also set at the beginning of the year. Management reviews progress towards goals quarterly with the HRCC and Board. At the end of the year, the HRCC and management review Crescent Point’s performance against the predetermined goals to determine annual corporate and individual performance. The HRCC then recommends final achievement results to the Board for approval.

 

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Key Features

 

   

Target opportunity as a percentage of base salary is benchmarked relative to the 50th percentile of the executive compensation peer group.

 

   

Two components: corporate and individual, each evaluated between 0 - 200% of target.

 

   

Corporate performance is measured against threshold, target and maximum performance goals.

 

   

Corporate weighting is increased with level of position.

The STIP target, payout range and weightings for the CEO and other NEOs are as follows:

 

    

STIP Target

    (% of Salary)    

 

Range of

  Opportunity  

  Weighting
  Executive       Corporate             Individual      

  Craig Bryksa

   125%   0 - 200%

of target

  80%   20%

  Ken Lamont

   100%   70%   30%

  Ryan Gritzfeldt

   100%   70%   30%

  Mark Eade

   80%   70%   30%

  Garret Holt

   80%   70%   30%

 

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Final STIP payout is calculated using the following formula:

 

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STIP Scorecard

The STIP scorecard is designed to evaluate annual corporate performance against the achievement of a combination of financial, operational, health & safety, environment, stakeholder relations, people and culture, and strategy goals. Each quantitative goal has a threshold, target and maximum performance requirement identified at the beginning of the annual performance period. Achievement must be above threshold to trigger payout for each goal.

The STIP scorecard provides a 0 - 200% range of evaluation. The 2022 STIP scorecard supports our key pillars of sustainability and balance sheet strength, while incorporating dedicated ESG targets.

Highlights of the 2022 STIP scorecard design include:

 

   Continued significant weighting of financial and operational goals at 55%.
   Continued significant weighting of ESG goals at 30%, including Health & Safety (10%), Environment (10%) and Stakeholder Relations, People and Culture (10%).
   Continued People, Culture and Stakeholder Relations goals to enhance our focus on fostering positive relationships and engagement with Indigenous Peoples and our various stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, lenders, government and regulatory bodies, suppliers and contractors and the communities in which we operate.
   Continued strategic weighting (15%) to support the execution of short-term strategic initiatives, including the development and advancement of our portfolio strategy.

 

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STIP Achievement

The Board determined that the company’s 2022 corporate performance was above target, approving a corporate achievement multiplier of 133% based on the 2022 corporate scorecard metrics. The following table outlines the 2022 STIP scorecard and final achievements, as approved by the Board.

 

            Threshold      Target       Maximum              Payout  
 STIP Category      Weight        (50%)          (100%)          (200%)      Result          Level(1)      

 Financial & Operational

     55.0%                    61.4%  
 

Operating and G&A Costs(2)

     10.0%        $16.40        $15.90        $15.25        $16.36        5.4%  
 

Production(3)

     15.0%        129,000        132,000        135,000        132,282        15.8%  
 

CAPEX (excluding land and G&A)

     10.0%        $1,000.0        $950.0        $900.0        $956.1        9.4%  
 

Deleverage balance sheet / debt target ($M)

     10.0%        $1,555.0        $1,355.0        $1,155.0        $1,149.4        20.0%  
 

PDP F&D(4)

     10.0%        $22.00        $20.00        $17.00        $19.82        10.7%  

 Environmental, Social and Governance

     30.0%                    41.9%  

Health & Safety

     10.0%                    17.4%  
 

SIF (Serious Incident or Fatality Frequency)

     2.0%        0.19        0.12        0.09        0.08        4.0%  
 

LTIF (Lost Time Incident Frequency)

     2.0%        0.14        0.08        0.06        0.08        2.0%  
 

Incident investigations & remediation

     2.0%        85.0%        90.0%        100.0%        97.8%        3.4%  
 

Motor vehicle incidents

     2.0%        0.31        0.27        0.20        0.16        4.0%  
 

Safety observation frequency

     2.0%        47.0        55.0        69.0        72.1        4.0%  
             

Environment

     10.0%                    9.2%  
 

Reduce spill count, >5m3

     2.5%        32        28        21        28        2.5%  
 

Reduce total volume of reportable spills (m3)

     2.5%        1,102        958        719        960        2.4%  
 

CO2 equivalent emissions intensity reduction

     2.5%        4%        8%        12%        4%        1.2%  
 

Pipeline failure frequency

     2.5%        3.0        2.6        1.9        2.4        3.0%  
             

People, Culture and Stakeholder Relations

     10.0%                    15.3%  

Assessment of management’s active role in driving business results and progressing the strategy through the fostering of positive relationships and engagement with investors, lenders, suppliers, community stakeholders and employees.

 

 Strategic

     15.0%                    30.0%  

Assessment of management’s role in the execution of short-term strategic initiatives and advancement of our portfolio strategy.

 

 STIP achievement level                                                   133.0%  

Notes:

(1) 

Values may not add due to rounding.

(2) 

Operating and G&A costs reflects costs per barrel of oil equivalent (“boe”).

(3)

Production achievement is calculated on the annual average boe per day.

(4) 

PDP F&D is the Proved Developed Producing Finding and Development Costs. PDP F&D is a ratio calculated by dividing identified capital expenditures by the reserves additions in the proved developed producing reserves category. PDP F&D is a Specified Financial Measure, for more information please refer to ‘Specialized Financial Measures’ on page 76 of this information circular.

Crescent Point’s focus on balance sheet strength through operational excellence in 2022 resulted in increased excess cash flow and contributed significantly to achieving our near-term debt target ahead of schedule in the second quarter of 2022. We continued our commitment to disciplined capital allocation in 2022, but faced adverse impacts on our operating and G&A costs and capital expenditures from excessive inflationary pressures, in 2022.

Crescent Point’s continued exceptional safety performance was again a key highlight of our 2022 successes as we achieved our best safety scores on record for the company. Our achieved seven-year low SIF rate at 0.08 can be attributed to our organizational commitment to healthy and safe work environments. Our regularly scheduled safety meetings and field operation stand-downs foster a shared sense of ownership for safety performance.

All the quantifiable and measurable goals in the People, Culture and Stakeholder Relations category achieved between target and maximum results in 2022, reflecting our strong commitment and focus in these areas. Measurable priorities in 2022 included enhanced presence in US investment market; leadership training and development; employee training and education; Indigenous inclusion within our procurement process; employee engagement; community support through volunteering; materials management efficiencies; and internal policy adherence.

 

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The Strategic metric performance considers management’s success in advancing the corporate strategy; improving our portfolio with transactions that enhance our balance sheet strength and sustainability; advancing people, ESG & digital strategies; updating and communicating our fulsome return of capital framework; advancing scenario planning pertaining to emissions, water use and energy transition; and developing and operationalizing a balanced capital investment scorecard.

For further details on our performance through 2022, please refer to the ‘2022 Corporate Performance’ section on page 46 of this information circular.

Long-term Incentives

Our LTI program is designed to align the interests of our executive team with those of our shareholders. By adopting a combination of LTI plan types, we balance long-term performance evaluation with relative and absolute share price performance. Our LTI program consists of two share-based compensation components: PSUs and RSUs. The LTI award value for each NEO is established considering the officer’s role, experience, performance, peer market data and internal equity. Weighting between components is reviewed and determined annually based on the company’s desired mix for each NEO.

Our annual LTI awards follow a structured cadence whereby the vesting of past awards coincides with the grant of new awards. The symmetry between the grant and vest practices for each share-based compensation component ensures the grant and vest market prices are aligned. PSUs are granted at the beginning of the three-year performance period. RSUs are granted following the end of the first quarter. Previous grants are taken into account when considering new grants.

The following table summarizes the current types of LTI awards we provide to our NEOs and key features of each plan.

 

      Performance Share Units    Restricted Share Units

 Purpose

   Align compensation with long-term corporate performance and shareholder interest    Align compensation with medium-term corporate performance and shareholder interest

 LTI mix(1)

  

60% for CEO

50% for Other Executives

  

40% for CEO

50% for Other Executives

 Grant frequency

   Annual, beginning of 3-year performance period    Annual, end of first quarter

 Grant methodology

   Award value divided by five-day VWAP at time of grant    Award value divided by five-day VWAP at time of grant

 Term

   3 years    3 years

 Dividends

   Paid in cash following vest    Paid in cash following vest

 Vesting

  

3-year cliff

100%

  

3-year ratable

1/3 each year

 Payout

   Cash    Cash or Shares at discretion of the Board

 Vest price

   Five-day VWAP at time of vest    Five-day VWAP or share price at time of vest

 Share reserve(1)

   Not applicable    11,210,550

 Change of control

   Outstanding PSUs and RSUs vest in the event of a double-trigger change of control

Notes:

(1)

Reflects LTI mix for the year ending December 31, 2022.

(2)

The RSU reserve balances reflect the common shares reserved for issuance under the plans as at December 31, 2022.

For more information on our current LTI components see ‘Appendix C: Restricted Share Bonus Plan’ on page 82 and ‘Appendix E: Performance Share Unit Plan’ on page 88 of this information circular.

Performance Share Units

PSUs align pay with corporate performance over the long term. The performance metrics and relative TSR peer group for each PSU grant are approved by the Board at the beginning of the performance period.

 

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The following table summarizes the PSU scorecards for the past three years:

 

     Grant year  
 Metric            2020                      2021                      2022  

 Relative TSR

     50%        50%        50%          

 2P Funds Flow Organic Recycle Ratio

     25%        20%        25%  

 Strategic and Portfolio/Value Creation

     25%        30%        25%  

The Strategic and Portfolio metric was updated to Value Creation in 2021. Value Creation evaluates management’s performance in advancing the company’s long-term value proposition.

The performance metrics and levels for PSUs granted in 2022 are:

 

  PSU Metrics with 3-year Performance Period    Weight   Threshold    Target          Max      

  Total Shareholder Return relative to PSU peer group (Relative TSR)(1)

   50%   P25    P50    P75

•  Relative TSR is a measure of the performance of our share price, with dividends, in relation to our peers over the three-year period

                  

  2P Funds Flow Organic Recycle Ratio

   25%   1.1x    1.3x    2.0x

•  Measures efficiency of our capital program and profitability of our assets

                  

  Value Creation

   25%        

•  Measures value creation achieved over the three-year performance period

                  

Note:

(1)

Refer to the ‘PSU Peer Group’ section on page 54 of this information circular for our approach to selecting 2022 relative TSR performance peers for percentile rank evaluation. A list of our 2022 PSU performance peers can be found in ‘Appendix F: PSU Peer Group’ on page 90 of this information circular.

When PSUs vest, performance against target is assessed and approved by the Board. Performance can result in a multiplier between zero to two times target, depending on the level of achievement. The PSU payout multiplier ensures meaningful participation in the upside when performance is superior and below target to zero value if the company underperforms over the three-year performance period.

2P Funds Flow Organic Recycle Ratio measures the efficiency of our capital program and profitability of our assets. It is calculated as adjusted funds flow netback divided by Organic Finding and Development (“Organic F&D”) costs. Organic F&D measures our ability to add reserves prior to A&D activity and the impact of benchmark pricing revisions. The performance required to achieve target and maximum payout under this metric was increased on the 2022 PSU scorecard to maintain alignment with company goals and drive continuous improvement under this metric.

Additional information for 2P Funds Flow Organic Recycle Ratio and adjusted funds flow netback per boe can be found in the ‘Specified Financial Measures’ on page 76 of this information circular.

2022 PSU initiatives were centred on our strategic pillars of balance sheet strength and sustainability. Achievement was evaluated against long-term objectives related to Shareholder Value Creation and Returns, Operational Excellence, People and Culture, Safety and Environment, Innovation and Technology, and Portfolio.

PSU Achievement

The Board evaluated and approved a 1.35x payout multiple based on the following achievement for the three-year performance period for the PSUs that vested on December 31, 2022.

 

  PSU Metric    Weight      Achievement(1)      Weighted Payout
Multiple
 

  Relative TSR(2)

     50%        P41        0.37  

  2P Funds Flow Organic Recycle Ratio

     25%        1.86        0.48  

  Strategic and Portfolio

     25%        2.00        0.50  
  Aggregate Payout Multiple                        1.35  

 

Notes:

(1)  Metric result: Relative TSR: 41st percentile.

(2)  The TSR is calculated for the three-years ending December 31, 2022.

 

   

   

 

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The value of vested PSUs is calculated using the following formula:

 

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Restricted Share Units

RSUs provide retention value, create an ownership culture and promote alignment of management interests with shareholders. RSUs are full value notional grants of units that track the common share price and dividends over the vesting period. RSUs vest in thirds over three years.

Common Share Performance

Crescent Point’s common shares compared favourably to many key benchmarks in 2022. For the year ended December 31, 2022, Crescent Point’s TSR was +48%, which was in line with the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index (+54%), and outperformed the S&P/TSX Equal Weight Oil & Gas Index (+34%) and the S&P/TSX Composite Index (-6%). During the same period, West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”) benchmark pricing increased 17%.

Throughout 2022, Crescent Point continued to focus on its balance sheet strength and sustainability. Disciplined capital allocation and operational excellence resulted in significant excess cash flow generation, material debt reduction and an increase in capital returned to shareholders. The company also enhanced its portfolio by further consolidating in its core Kaybob Duvernay play and by selling non-core assets. For further detail on these and other corporate achievements, please refer to the ‘2022 Corporate Performance’ section on page 46 of this information circular.

 

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Five-year Common Share Performance and Trend in Executive Compensation

The following graph illustrates changes in total shareholder return from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2022, assuming an initial $100 investment in common shares on December 31, 2017, with all dividends reinvested, compared to the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index, Composite Index, Equal Weight Oil & Gas Index, and Oil and Gas E&P Index. The five-year trend in NEO total compensation reflects the new management team appointed in 2018, illustrates the compensation realignment resulting from the improvements made to our compensation plan design in recent years and correlates with the movements in shareholder returns over the period.

 

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Note:

(1) 

Mr. Bryksa was promoted to interim President and Chief Executive Officer on May 29, 2018, his role was made permanent on September 5, 2018.

 

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NEO Biographies

The following biographies provide an overview of each NEO’s role, responsibilities, pay at-risk, 2022 total compensation comparison to 2021 and share ownership.

 

 CRAIG BRYKSA     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  
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President & CEO since:

May 29, 2018(1)

 

With Crescent Point

since: 2006

  Mr. Bryksa is responsible for Crescent Point’s overall leadership, vision and purpose, and in conjunction with our Board, develops the company’s strategic initiatives and business plan. His role includes overall accountability for operating our business, managing risk and creating long-term sustainable value for our shareholders.
                          Meets ownership requirement:(2)                  Yes                        

 

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 KEN LAMONT     CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER  

 

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Chief Financial Officer since: January 1, 2016

 

With Crescent Point

since: 2005

  Mr. Lamont is responsible for all aspects of Crescent Point’s finances as they relate to accounting, financial reporting, treasury, tax, risk management, supply chain, as well as responsibility for human resources, investor relations, ESG and stakeholder relations. Mr. Lamont also plays a central part in supporting the company’s business strategies, including its acquisition and divestiture activities.
                          Meets ownership requirement:(2)                  Yes                        

 

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 RYAN GRITZFELDT     CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER  
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Chief Operating Officer since: June 19, 2018

 

With Crescent Point

since: 2004

  Mr. Gritzfeldt is responsible for Crescent Point’s production and development activities across our asset base. His focus is on creating shareholder value through innovative development of the company’s assets in a safe and capital-efficient manner. Mr. Gritzfeldt is also responsible for marketing, reservoir engineering, reserves and our environmental, health and safety programs.
                          Meets ownership requirement:(2)                  Yes                        

 

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 MARK EADE   SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND CORPORATE SECRETARY  

 

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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since: September 1, 2015

 

With Crescent Point

since: 2015

  Mr. Eade is responsible for the organization’s corporate governance, securities and legal functions. Mr. Eade also acts as Corporate Secretary for the organization.
                          Meets ownership requirement:(2)                  Yes                        

 

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 GARRET HOLT   SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT  

 

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Senior Vice President, Corporate Development since: September 30, 2019

 

With Crescent Point

since: 2019

  Mr. Holt is responsible for leading strategy, portfolio management and corporate development, including geology and joint venture functions.
                          Meets ownership requirement:(2)                    Yes                          

 

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Notes:

(1) 

Mr. Bryksa was promoted to interim President and CEO on May 29, 2018 and was made permanent on September 5, 2018.

(2) 

All NEOs meet or exceed their ownership requirements as of December 31, 2022. See the ‘Executive Ownership Requirements’ section on page 72 of this information circular for details.

(3) 

Compensation value reflects salary and STIP earned in the year, share-based and options award value granted in the year and all other compensation. See the ‘Summary Compensation Table’ on page 70 of this information circular for further details.

(4) 

Mr. Holt was hired on September 30, 2019 as the Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. Mr. Holt’s all other compensation in 2021 reflects a $200,000 payment related to his foregone compensation from income tax impacts in relocating from the US. The 2021 payment represents the last payment of this type that Mr. Holt received related to his hire.

 

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NEO Compensation Tables

Summary Compensation Table

The following table provides a summary of compensation paid to our NEOs for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020.

 

                                 Non-equity incentive
plan compensation
                      
 Name and Position    Year      Salary(1)
($)
     Share-
based
awards(2)
($)
     Stock
Option-
based
awards(3)
($)
    

Annual

incentive

plans(4)
($)

    

Long-
term
incentive
plans

($)

     Pension
value
($)(5)
     All other
compensation(6)
($)
     Total
Compensation
($)
 

 

 Craig Bryksa

 President and

 Chief Executive Officer

  

 

 

 

2022

 

 

  

 

 

 

575,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

2,874,990

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,045,063

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

83,278

 

 

  

 

 

 

4,578,331

 

 

  

 

 

 

2021

 

 

  

 

 

 

500,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

2,276,035

 

 

  

 

 

 

250,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

970,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

78,072

 

 

  

 

 

 

4,074,107

 

 

  

 

 

 

2020

 

 

  

 

 

 

450,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

2,232,700

 

 

  

 

 

 

249,973

 

 

  

 

 

 

523,125

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

51,020

 

 

  

 

 

 

3,506,818

 

 

 

 Ken Lamont

 Chief Financial Officer

  

 

 

 

2022

 

 

  

 

 

 

412,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,399,992

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

612,230

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

97,398

 

 

  

 

 

 

2,521,620

 

 

  

 

 

 

2021

 

 

  

 

 

 

400,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,092,497

 

 

  

 

 

 

120,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

627,200

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

88,639

 

 

  

 

 

 

2,328,336

 

 

  

 

 

 

2020

 

 

  

 

 

 

373,333

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,071,693

 

 

  

 

 

 

119,987

 

 

  

 

 

 

417,330

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

57,348

 

 

  

 

 

 

2,039,691

 

 

 

 Ryan Gritzfeldt

 Chief Operating Officer

  

 

 

 

2022

 

 

  

 

 

 

405,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,324,994

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

559,310

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

60,510

 

 

  

 

 

 

2,349,814

 

 

  

 

 

 

2021

 

 

  

 

 

 

390,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,092,497

 

 

  

 

 

 

120,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

599,820

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

55,205

 

 

  

 

 

 

2,257,522

 

 

  

 

 

 

2020

 

 

  

 

 

 

364,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,027,039

 

 

  

 

 

 

114,987

 

 

  

 

 

 

412,750

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

40,858

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,959,634

 

 

 

 Mark Eade

 Senior Vice President,

 General Counsel and

 Corporate Secretary

  

 

 

 

2022

 

 

  

 

 

 

360,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

849,996

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

376,130

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

63,813

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,649,939

 

 

  

 

 

 

2021

 

 

  

 

 

 

360,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

842,133

 

 

  

 

 

 

92,499

 

 

  

 

 

 

404,060

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

62,631

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,761,323

 

 

  

 

 

 

2020

 

 

  

 

 

 

336,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

826,098

 

 

  

 

 

 

92,490

 

 

  

 

 

 

312,015

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

49,232

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,615,835

 

 

 

 Garret Holt(7)

 Senior Vice President,

 Corporate Development

  

 

 

 

2022

 

 

  

 

 

 

360,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

799,992

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

380,450

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

55,009

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,595,451

 

 

  

 

 

 

2021

 

 

  

 

 

 

360,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

796,612

 

 

  

 

 

 

87,498

 

 

  

 

 

 

399,740

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

255,185

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,899,035

 

 

  

 

 

 

2020

 

 

  

 

 

 

336,000

 

 

  

 

 

 

781,444

 

 

  

 

 

 

87,490

 

 

  

 

 

 

312,015

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

-

 

 

  

 

 

 

239,491

 

 

  

 

 

 

1,756,440

 

 

Notes:

(1) 

Salaries were rolled back for executives in Q2 2020, which salaries were reinstated for the 2021 year, effective January 1, 2021.

(2)

Amounts reflect the grant date fair value of the share-based compensation, computed in accordance with IFRS 2. Grant date fair value of PSUs for 2022 has been calculated by multiplying the number of units granted by the five-day VWAP for the trading days immediately preceding the grant. Grant date fair value of PSUs for 2021 and 2020 is calculated by multiplying the number of units granted by the closing price of shares on the grant date; grant date fair value of RSUs granted in 2022, 2021 and 2020 is calculated by multiplying the number of units granted by the five-day VWAP for the trading days immediately preceding the grant; See the ‘Approach to Executive Compensation’ section on page 51 of this information circular for more information.

(3)

Amounts reflect the grant date fair value, computed using the Black-Scholes pricing model and in accordance with IFRS 2. Options ceased being granted under the Stock Option plan effective January 1, 2022.

(4)

Amounts reflect STIP amounts earned for the financial year, payable in the year following the performance year. For further details refer to ‘Short-Term Incentive Plan’ section on page 58.

(5) 

Crescent Point does not have a pension plan.

(6)

All other compensation includes savings, benefits, perquisites and unused vacation payout.

(7)

Mr. Holt was hired on September 30, 2019 as the Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. Mr. Holt’s all other compensation reflects a $200,000 payment in 2021 and $200,000 payment in 2020, in consideration of foregone compensation from income tax impacts in relocating from the US. The 2021 payment represents the last payment of this type that Mr. Holt received related to his hire.

Incentive Plan Awards – Value Vested or Earned During the Year

The Stock Option-based award value vested and share-based award value vested during the year reflects all Stock Options, PSUs and RSUs that vested in 2022 and are valued at the vest date value. The non-equity incentive plan compensation value earned in the year reflects the STIP component for the 2022 performance year.

 

  Name   

Stock Option-based
awards – Value vested
during the year

($)(1)

    

Share-based awards –
Value vested during
the year(2) (3)

($)

    

Non-equity incentive
plan compensation –
Value earned during
the year (4)

($)

 

  Craig Bryksa

     1,175,474        6,077,835        1,045,063  

  Ken Lamont

     568,153        2,924,136        612,230  

  Ryan Gritzfeldt

     546,183        2,814,630        559,310  

  Mark Eade

     432,957        2,245,391        376,130  

  Garrett Holt

     366,593        2,105,308        380,450  

 

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Notes:

(1) 

Value of vested options represents the difference between the closing price of Crescent Point common shares on the date of vesting less the option exercise price.

(2) 

Value of vested RSUs represents price of the shares underlying the RSU awards at the time of release on the vesting date. Value of vested PSUs represents the five-day VWAP for the trading days following the vest, multiplied by the applicable performance factor of 1.35x.

(3) 

Under the PSU and RSBP plan, while a PSU or RSU is outstanding, an amount accrues in respect of the PSU or RSU equal to the aggregate amount paid by Crescent Point in dividends on common shares during the period. This amount is paid out in cash at the time of vest and is included in the amounts under ‘Share-based awards – Value vested during the year’.

(4) 

Represents amount earned during the year, even if paid following the end of the financial year.

Outstanding Share-based Awards and Stock Option-based Awards

The future estimated payouts pursuant to outstanding awards issued under our Stock Option Plan, PSU Plan and RSBP as at December 31, 2022, for each of the NEOs is noted in the table below.

 

     Stock Option-based awards      Share-based awards  
  Name   

Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
Stock Options

(#)

     Stock
Option
exercise
price(1)
($)
     Stock Option
expiration
date
    

Value of
unexercised
in-the-money
Stock
Options(2)

($)

    

Number of
shares or
units of
shares that
have not
vested(3)

(#)

    

Market or
payout value
of share-

based awards
that have not
vested(4)

($)

     payout value
of vested
share-based
awards not
paid out or
distributed(5)
($)
 

  Craig Bryksa

     131,250        10.06        Jan 8, 2025                  
     74,258        9.66        Jul 2, 2025                  
     75,188        3.97        Mar 11, 2026        421,805        1,013,800        11,138,360        3,639,105  
     333,333        1.09        Mar 31, 2027        2,829,997           
     77,220        5.24        Mar 30, 2028        335,135                             

  Ken Lamont

    

182,500

56,390

213,333

46,332

 

 

 

 

    

10.06

3.97

1.09

5.24

 

 

 

 

    

Jan 8, 2025

Mar 11, 2026

Mar 31, 2027

Mar 30, 2028

 

 

 

 

    


316,348

1,811,197

201,081

 

 

 

 

  

 

485,671

 

  

 

5,328,859

 

  

 

1,746,765

 

  Ryan Gritzfeldt

    

162,500

36,090

153,333

37,066

 

 

 

 

    

10.06

3.97

1.09

5.24

 

 

 

 

    

Jan 8, 2025

Mar 11, 2026

Mar 31, 2027

Mar 30, 2028

 

 

 

 

    


202,465

1,301,797

160,866

 

 

 

 

  

 

473,499

 

  

 

5,206,399

 

  

 

1,673,983

 

  Mark Eade

    

100,000

27,068

130,555

28,571

 

 

 

 

    

10.06

3.97

1.09

5.24

 

 

 

 

    

Jan 8, 2025

Mar 11, 2026

Mar 31, 2027

Mar 30, 2028

 

 

 

 

    


151,851

1,108,412

123,998

 

 

 

 

  

 

347,066

 

  

 

3,831,656

 

  

 

1,346,467

 

  Garret Holt

    

25,340

116,666

27,026

 

 

 

    

5.66

1.09

5.24

 

 

 

    

Sep 30, 2026

Mar 31, 2027

Mar 30, 2028

 

 

 

    

99,333

990,494

117,293

 

 

 

  

 

327,823

 

  

 

3,619,662

 

  

 

1,273,686

 

Notes:

(1) 

Exercise price of options is the closing price of shares on the trading date preceding the grant date.

(2) 

Value of unexercised options is the difference between $9.58, one-day VWAP on December 30, 2022 (the last trading day of 2022), less the option exercise price.

(3) 

Represents the number of outstanding PSU and RSU awards that have not vested as at December 31, 2022.

(4) 

Market or Payout value of share-based awards that have not vested represents unvested RSU and PSU awards at December 31, 2022 and related accrued dividend equivalent amounts. RSU award value represents the number of unvested RSU awards at December 31, 2022 multiplied by $9.58, the one-day VWAP on December 30, 2022 (the last trading day of 2022), plus dividend equivalent amounts accrued to December 31, 2022. PSU award value represents the number of unvested PSU awards at December 31, 2022, multiplied by the $9.58, the one-day VWAP on December 30, 2022 (the last trading day of 2022), plus dividend equivalent amounts accrued to December 31, 2022, all multiplied by the current performance tracking for the awards.

(5) 

Market or Payout value of vested share-based awards that have not paid out represent PSU awards that vested December 31, 2022, scheduled for payout in Q1 2023 based on finalized performance metrics. Payout value represents the number of underlying awards vested multiplied by $9.35, the five-day VWAP for the trading days following the vest date plus dividend amounts accrued to December 31, 2022, multiplied by the finalized performance factor for the awards (1.35x).

 

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Executive Ownership Requirements

The Board believes that aligning the interests of our directors and executive officers with the interests of shareholders promotes sound corporate governance and demonstrates a commitment to the long-term success of Crescent Point. Under our current policy, our CEO is required to own at least five times his annual salary in common shares and RSUs, while other officers are required to own a minimum of two times their annual salary in common shares and RSUs. Our officers have five years from the later of their respective appointments, or five years from the effective date of the ownership requirement, to achieve the required level of ownership. Where an individual is promoted, he or she will be afforded an additional three years from the effective date of the promotion to reach the new Minimum Share Ownership Guidelines. Where the policy is amended to change the Minimum Share Ownership Guideline by the Board, the impacted individuals will be afforded an additional two years from the effective date of the amendment to reach the new Minimum Share Ownership Guideline. When determining share ownership, common shares and RSUs are valued at current market value. The value of PSUs and Stock Options is excluded from the Minimum Share Ownership Guideline calculation. Our CEO and all other NEOs meet or exceed their ownership requirements as a December 31, 2022.

The following table outlines the share ownership of our NEOs on December 31, 2022.

 

  Name    Common
Shares
(#)
     RSUs
(#)
    

Total Common
Shares and
RSUs(1)

($)

    

Ownership

Requirement
(Multiple of
Salary)

    

Current Multiple
of Salary
(including

Common Shares

and RSUs)

     Meets
Ownership
Requirement
 

  Craig Bryksa

     713,581        415,400        10,815,638        5x        18.8x        Yes  

  Ken Lamont

     409,276        215,234        5,982,806        2x        14.5x        Yes  

  Ryan Gritzfeldt

     438,267        207,985        6,191,094        2x        15.3x        Yes  

  Mark Eade

     175,744        153,644        3,155,537        2x        8.8x        Yes  

  Garret Holt

     151,377        145,122        2,840,460        2x        7.9x        Yes  

Note:

(1) 

Total Common Shares and RSUs value is calculated by taking outstanding units multiplied by the market value. Ownership is reflected at December 31, 2022 and is based on a market value of $9.58, the one-day VWAP on December 30, 2022, the last trading day of 2022.

Cost of Management

The cost of management ratio expresses the total compensation paid or awarded to our NEOs as a percentage of Crescent Point’s cash flow from operations, as indicated in the following table. Cost of management lowered in 2022 due to increased cash flow from operations.

 

      2020             2021             2022             Average  

  Total NEO compensation(1)(2)

     11.0                12.3                12.7                12.0  

  Cash flow from operations(2)

     860.5                           1,495.8                           2,192.2                           1,516.2  

  Cost of management ratio(3)

     1.28%                0.82%                0.58%                0.79%  

Notes:

(1) 

Total NEO compensation for the top five most highly paid executive as set forth in the information circular for that year.

(2) 

In $ millions.

(3) 

The three-year average cost of management ratio is calculated by taking the three-year average NEO compensation divided by the three-year average cash flow from operations.

 

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Termination and Change of Control Benefit

Employment Agreements

Crescent Point has entered into executive employment agreements with all officers. This is aligned with corporate governance best practice. The tables below summarize the circumstances that trigger payments and benefits to each NEO.

 

  Termination Type   Salary   Benefits   STIP   Share-based Awards

Resignation

  None   None   None  

•  Unvested or unpaid awards are immediately forfeited on the termination date

Death

  None   None  

•  Prorated STIP payment to date of death; and

•  Cash payment equal to the average of the last three years STIP payment

 

•  PSUs and RSUs vest immediately; and

•  Stock Options vest immediately and are exercisable for one year following the date of death

Termination without cause or resignation for good reason(1)

 

•  Cash payment equal to annual salary over the severance period

 

•  15% of salary over the severance period

 

•  Prorated STIP payment to termination date; and

•  Cash payment equal to the average of the last three years’ STIP payment, prorated over the severance period

 

•  PSUs and RSUs that are scheduled to vest within the severance period vest immediately;

•  PSUs and RSUs scheduled to vest outside of the severance period are forfeited; and

•  Stock Options continue to vest and are exercisable for one year following the date of termination.

Double-trigger change of control(1)

 

•  Cash payment equal to annual salary over the severance period

 

•  15% of salary over the severance period

 

•  Prorated STIP payment to termination date; and

•  Cash payment equal to the average of the last three years’ STIP payment, prorated over the severance period

 

•  PSUs and RSUs vest immediately; and

•  Stock Options vest immediately and are exercisable for 90 days following termination

Note:

(1) 

Severance period for the CEO, CFO and COO is 24 months; severance period for all other officers is 18 months.

The NEO employment agreements define a “Change of Control” as the issuance to, or acquisition by, any person, or group of persons acting jointly or in concert of: (A) more than 50% of our outstanding common shares; (B) more than 33 1/3% of our outstanding common shares and the election or appointment by such person or persons of their nominees as a majority of the Board; or (C) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Crescent Point. A Change of Control will not occur upon any amalgamation, merger, transfer or other arrangement which does not result in the NEO’s termination of employment. In addition, the agreements define “Good Reason” as, unless consented to in writing by the NEO, any action which at common law constitutes constructive dismissal of the NEO including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (i) material decrease in the title, position, responsibility or powers of the NEO; (ii) a requirement to relocate to another city, province or country; (iii) any material reduction in the value of the NEO’s benefits, salary plans and programs; (iv) Crescent Point failing to pay, when due, a material amount payable by it to the NEO pursuant to the agreement; or (v) a reallocation of a material responsibility from the NEO to the Board or a Board member.

Under the employment agreements, following termination, including due to a Change of Control, a NEO may not use for his own purposes any information about Crescent Point that is confidential, or disclose, divulge or communicate orally, in writing or otherwise, to any person or persons, any confidential information, other than when it is necessary in the course of business for the company.

The following table outlines the incremental value NEOs would have been entitled to if a termination of employment or a Change of Control had occurred on December 31, 2022. The incremental value of share-based compensation included in the table below reflects the value on December 31, 2022, less any values reported in this or previous years’ summary compensation tables.

 

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  Name    Termination Reason   

Salary

($)

           Benefits
($)
    

STIP

($)

     Share-based
      Compensation(1)(2)(3)(4)
($)
    

Total

($)

 
   Resignation                                   
   Death                    672,083        9,420,143              10,092,226  

    Craig Bryksa

   Termination without cause            1,150,000        172,500              1,344,167        6,220,542        8,887,209  
   Resignation for good reason      1,150,000        172,500        1,344,167        6,220,542        8,887,209  
     Double trigger change of control      1,150,000        172,500        1,344,167        9,420,143        12,086,810  
   Resignation                                   
   Death                    483,802        4,490,533        4,974,335  

    Ken Lamont

   Termination without cause      824,000        123,600        967,603        2,945,102        4,860,305  
   Resignation for good reason      824,000        123,600        967,603        2,945,102        4,860,305  
     Double trigger change of control      824,000        123,600        967,603        4,490,533        6,405,736  
   Resignation                                   
   Death                    467,723        4,384,717        4,852,440  

    Ryan Gritzfeldt

   Termination without cause      810,000        121,500        935,447        2,900,757        4,767,704  
   Resignation for good reason      810,000        121,500        935,447        2,900,757        4,767,704  
     Double trigger change of control      810,000        121,500        935,447        4,384,717        6,251,664  

    Mark Eade

   Resignation                                   
   Death                    342,697        3,404,033        3,746,730  
   Termination without cause      540,000        81,000        514,045        2,067,820        3,202,865  
   Resignation for good reason      540,000        81,000        514,045        2,067,820        3,202,865  
   Double trigger change of control      540,000        81,000        514,045        3,404,033        4,539,078  
   Resignation                                   
   Death                    262,820        3,140,302        3,403,122  

    Garret Holt

   Termination without cause      540,000        81,000        394,231        1,955,969        2,971,200  
   Resignation for good reason      540,000        81,000        394,231        1,955,969        2,971,200  
     Double trigger change of control      540,000        81,000        394,231        3,140,302        4,155,533  

Notes:

(1) 

PSU awards that vested on December 31, 2022 are not included in the above table as the employee would be eligible for the award payout on this date regardless of any termination. Any termination on December 31, 2022 would not trigger an incremental payment.

(2)

Incremental value for PSUs is applied based on performance tracking of each outstanding award to December 31, 2022. Performance objectives are calculated by using actual achievement for the completed performance periods, and 1.0x multiplier for incomplete performance periods. TSR performance is captured as achievement to December 31, 2022.

(3) 

Share-based award value for the purposes of calculating incremental value is based the closing price of Crescent Point shares on December 31, 2022 of $9.66 per share.

(4) 

Share-based compensation values include accumulated cash dividend amounts on related awards to December 31, 2022.

 

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Other Information

Common Shares Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table includes information on our RSBP and Stock Option Plan as of December 31, 2022.

 

  Plan Category   

Number of securities to be
issued upon exercise of
outstanding Stock
Options, warrants  and
rights

(#)

    

Weighted average exercise
price of outstanding Stock
Options, warrants and
rights

($)

    

Number of securities
        remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation
plans(1)

(#)

 

  Equity compensation plans approved by shareholders

     6,133,868(2)        4.43(3)        13,882,492  

  Equity compensation plans not approved by shareholders

     n/a        n/a        n/a  

  Total

     6,133,868        n/a        13,882,492  

Notes:

(1) 

Securities available for issuance are net of outstanding RSUs and Stock Options.

(2) 

Assumes that Crescent Point elects to satisfy the payment of the payout amount in respect of all such RSUs through the issuance of common shares. See ‘Appendix C; Restricted Share Bonus Plan’ on page 82 for details of the Restricted Share Bonus Plan.

(3) 

Reflects the weighted average exercise price of outstanding Stock Options.

Normal Course Issuer Bid

On March 7, 2023, the TSX accepted Crescent Point’s formal notice of intention (the “Notice”) to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid (“NCIB”) to purchase, for cancellation, up to 54,605,659 common shares, or 10% of the company’s public float, as at February 23, 2023. The NCIB commenced on March 9, 2023 and is due to expire on March 8, 2024.

Purchases of common shares under the NCIB may be made through the facilities of the TSX, the NYSE and alternative trading systems by means of open market transactions or by such other means as may be permitted by the Canadian Securities Administrators (the “CSA”) and under applicable securities laws, including by private agreement pursuant to issuer bid exemption orders issued by applicable securities regulatory authorities. The price the company pays for any common shares is the market price at the time of purchase or such other price as may be permitted by the CSA. Any private purchase made under an exemption order issued by a securities regulatory authority will generally be at a discount to the prevailing market price.

In connection with the NCIB, Crescent Point entered into an automatic purchase plan (the “Plan”) with its designated broker to allow for purchases of its common shares during internal blackout periods. Such purchases would be at the discretion of the broker based on parameters established by the company prior to any blackout period or any period when it is in possession of material undisclosed information. Outside of these periods, common shares will be repurchased in accordance with management’s discretion, subject to applicable law. The Plan has been reviewed by the TSX and may be terminated by Crescent Point or its broker in accordance with its terms, or will terminate on the expiry of the NCIB.

As of February 23, 2023, the company had a public float of 546,056,596 common shares and 548,600,237 common shares issued and outstanding. Crescent Point will not acquire, through the facilities of the TSX, more than 1,082,290 common shares during a trading day, being 25% of the average daily trading volume of the company’s common shares on the TSX for the six calendar months prior to the date of approval of the NCIB by the TSX (being 4,329,162 common shares), and, in addition, will not acquire per day on the NYSE more than 25% of the average daily trading volume for the four calendar weeks preceding the date of purchase, subject to, in both cases, certain exceptions for block purchases.

The actual number of common shares that will be repurchased under the NCIB, and the timing of any such purchases, will be determined by Crescent Point on management’s discretion, subject to applicable securities laws. There cannot be any assurances as to how many common shares, if any, will ultimately be acquired by the company.

A shareholder may obtain a copy of the company’s notice of intention regarding the NCIB, without charge, on request to the company.

 

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Indebtedness of Directors, Executives and Others

There is not, and has not been at any time since the formation of Crescent Point, any indebtedness outstanding to Crescent Point from any director, officer, employee, or former executive officer of Crescent Point or any of its subsidiaries or any associate thereof or from Crescent Point.

Interest of Informed Persons in Material Transactions

None of Crescent Point’s directors or executives, nor any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, or exercises control or direction over securities carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to the common shares, nor any known associate or affiliate of these persons had any material interest, direct or indirect in any transaction during 2022 which has materially affected Crescent Point, or in any proposed transaction which has materially affected or would materially affect Crescent Point or any of its subsidiaries.

Aggregate Remuneration

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the aggregate remuneration paid to the directors of the Corporation (excluding Mr. Bryksa, who is not compensated in his role as a director) was $2,186,500 and the aggregate remuneration paid to the five highest paid officers and employees of the corporation, other than directors, and including Mr. Bryksa was $12,695,155.

Other Matters

Crescent Point knows of no amendment, variation or other matter to come before the meeting other than the matters referred to in the Notice of Annual Meeting; however, if any other matter properly comes before the meeting, the accompanying proxy will be voted on such matter in accordance with the best judgment of the person or persons voting the proxy.

Additional Information

Additional information relating to the company is on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. References to websites and internet addresses in this information circular are for convenience only and all websites mentioned in this information circular are specifically not incorporated by reference into this information circular (including all information available on, or linked from, such websites). We undertake no obligation to update or advise you of changes in internet addresses which are current as of March 14, 2023. Securityholders may contact the company at info@crescentpointenergy.com to request a copy of the company’s financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”). Financial information is provided in the company’s comparative annual financial statements and MD&A for the financial year ended December 31, 2022.

We advise you to monitor our news releases for any additional information related to the meeting in light of the ongoing public and government response to COVID-19.

Auditor of the Company

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has served as the auditor of Crescent Point and its predecessors since 2001.

Specified Financial Measures

Throughout this information circular, we use the terms “excess cash flow”, “total return of capital”, “net debt”, “leverage ratio” (equivalent to net debt to adjusted funds flow from operations) and “adjusted funds flow”, which are specified financial measures under National Instrument 52-112Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures Disclosure. Specified financial measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and they may not be comparable with the calculation of similar measures presented by other entities.

The most directly comparable financial measure for excess cash flow disclosed in the company’s financial statements is cash flow from operating activities, which, for the year ended December 31, 2022, was $2.2 billion. The most directly comparable financial measure for net debt disclosed in the company’s financial statements is long-term debt, which for the year ended December 31, 2022, was $1.4 billion. For the year ended December 31, 2022, excess cash flow and net debt were $1.2 billion and $1.15 billion, respectively.

Total return of capital is a supplementary financial measure and is comprised of base dividends, special dividends and share repurchases, adjusted for the timing of special dividend payments.

 

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For an explanation of the composition of excess cash flow and net debt, how they provide useful information to an investor and quantitative reconciliations to the applicable GAAP measures, see the company’s MD&A available online for the year ended December 31, 2022, at www.sedar.com, or EDGAR at www.sec.gov and on our website at www.crescentpointenergy.com. The section of the MD&A entitled “Specified Financial Measures” is incorporated herein by reference. There are no significant differences in the calculations between historical and forward-looking specified financial measures.

Management believes presenting the specified financial measures above provides useful information to investors and shareholders as the measures provide increased transparency and the ability to better analyze performance against prior periods on a comparable basis. This information should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures prepared in accordance with IFRS.

2P Funds Flow Organic Recycle Ratio is calculated as 2P finding and development costs divided by adjusted funds flow netback. We monitor this ratio and use this as a key measure of the efficiency of our capital program and profitability of our assets.

Forward-Looking Statements and Reserves Data

Certain statements contained in this information circular constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the US Exchange Act and “forward-looking information” for the purposes of Canadian securities regulation (collectively, “forward-looking statements”). We have tried to identify such forward-looking statements by use of such words as “could”, “should”, “can”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “believe”, “will”, “may”, “intend”, “projected”, “sustain”, “continues”, “strategy”, “potential”, “projects”, “grow”, “take advantage”, “estimate”, “well-positioned” and other similar expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements.

In particular, this information circular contains forward-looking statements pertaining, among other things, to the following: the information under “Looking Ahead” on page vi; compensation plans and expectations; corporate governance expectations, including renewal of director and officer insurance policies; the director nomination process; 2023 ESG plans and commitments; risk management approach; timing for completion of the Respectful Workplace Policy; bringing energy to the world, and developing our resources, the right way; enhanced commitment to support gender diversity and inclusion within the organization and the success and benefits thereof; succession planning and training; supply chain expectations; 2030 GHG emissions targets, the components thereof, target increases and progress thereon; 2030 emission intensity per boe; freshwater use targets; commitment to biodiversity, land and wildlife in our operating areas; the benefits of and state of remediated lands; water use; stakeholder engagement strategies; reduced asset risk; hedging strategy; executive compensation design, plan and benefits thereof; executive compensation philosophy and benefits thereof; annual shareholder dialogue; benefits and expectations of the acquisition of the Kaybob Duvernay assets and the Kaybob Duvernay area, including production expectations by 2027; potential acquisition and disposition opportunities; years of inventory in the Kaybob Duvernay play; future estimated payouts; compensation scorecards; the normal course issuer bid and amounts and timing of share repurchases; expected commodity prices; compensation risk management and components and termination payments; commitment to reducing environmental footprint and mitigating the potential impacts of operations on local ecology; benefits of asset retirement; targets to reduce inactive well inventory by 30% by the year 2031; percentage of maintenance capital dedicated to environmental stewardship initiatives; plan to return capital to shareholders and the return of capital framework and its target; expected excess cash flow; balance sheet strength and sustainability; enhancing our return of capital to further reward our shareholders; and disciplined returns based capital allocation framework.

Statements relating to “reserves” are also deemed to be forward-looking statements, as they involve the implied assessment, based on certain estimates and assumptions, that the reserves described exist in the quantities predicted or estimated and that the reserves can be profitably produced in the future. Actual reserve values may be greater than or less than the estimates provided.

All forward-looking statements are based on Crescent Point’s beliefs and assumptions based on information available at the time the assumption was made. We believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this report should not be unduly relied upon. By their nature, these forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which could cause actual results or other expectations to differ materially from those anticipated, expressed or implied by such statements, including those material risks discussed in our Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2022 under “Risk Factors” and our MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2022, under the headings “Risk

 

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Factors” and “Forward-Looking Information” and other factors, many of which are outside the control of Crescent Point. The material assumptions are disclosed in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2022, under the headings “Capital Expenditures”, “Liquidity and Capital Resources”, “Critical Accounting Estimates”, “Risk Factors”, “Changes in Accounting Policies” and “Guidance”. Additionally, our GHG reduction targets reflect a percentage reduction from 2017 levels. The impact of any one risk, uncertainty or factor on a particular forward-looking statement is not determinable with certainty as these are interdependent and our future course of action depends on management’s assessment of all information available at the relevant time.

Additional information on these and other factors that could affect our operations or financial results are included in Crescent Point’s reports on file with Canadian and US securities regulatory authorities. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed herein or otherwise. We undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required to do so pursuant to applicable law. All subsequent forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to Crescent Point or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.

This information circular contains oil and gas metrics. These oil and gas metrics do not have a standardized meaning and should not be used to make comparisons. Readers are cautioned as to the reliability of the oil and gas metrics when comparing against other issuers.

Decline rate is the reduction in the rate of production from one period to the next. This rate is usually expressed on an annual basis. Management uses decline rate to assess future productivity of the company’s assets.

Net Asset Value (“NAV”) is a snapshot in time as at year-end, and is based on the company’s reserves evaluated using the independent evaluators forecast for future prices, costs and foreign exchange rates.

F&D cost, including changes in future development capital, have been presented in this information circular because they produce a useful measure of capital efficiency. F&D costs, including land, facility and seismic expenditures and excluding changes in future development capital have also been presented because they provide a useful measure of capital efficiency.

Replacement rate is the amount of oil added to the company’s 2P reserves, divided by production. It is a measure of the ability of the company to sustain production levels.

National Instrument 51-101 – Standards of Disclosure of Oil and Gas Activities (“NI 51-101”) includes condensate within the product type of natural gas liquids. The company has disclosed condensate separately from other natural gas liquids in this presentation since the price of condensate as compared to other natural gas liquids is currently significantly higher and the company believes that presenting the two commodities separately provides a more accurate description of its operations and results therefrom.

The reserve data provided in this information circular presents only a portion of the disclosure required under National Instrument 51-101. This document references over 20 years of inventory in the Kaybob Duvernay play, which amount includes booked and unbooked locations.

For the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we filed our reserves information under NI 51-101, which prescribes the standards for the preparation and disclosure of reserves and related information for companies listed in Canada.

All reserves data has been extracted from annual reserve reports prepared by independent reserves evaluators in compliance with NI 51-101. Summaries of those reserve reports are contained in the company’s Annual Information Forms filed on SEDAR.

Where applicable, a barrels of oil equivalent (“boe”) conversion rate of six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of oil equivalent (6Mcf:1bbl) has been used based on an energy equivalent conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip. Given that the value ratio based on the current price of crude oil as compared to natural gas is significantly different than the energy equivalency of the 6:1 conversion ratio, utilizing the 6:1 conversion ratio may be misleading as an indication of value.

There are numerous significant differences to the type of volumes disclosed and the basis from which the volumes are economically determined under the SEC requirements and NI 51-101. For example, the SEC requires disclosure of net reserves, after royalties, using trailing 12-month average prices and current costs; whereas NI 51-101 requires disclosure of the company’s gross reserves, before royalties, using forecast pricing and costs. Therefore, the difference between the reported numbers under the two disclosure standards can be material.

 

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APPENDIX A

Board of Directors Mandate

General

The fundamental responsibility of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Crescent Point Energy Corp. (the “Corporation”) is to appoint a competent executive team and to oversee the management of the business, with a view to maximizing shareholder value and ensuring corporate conduct in an ethical and legal manner via an appropriate system of corporate governance and internal control.

Responsibilities

 

1.

Executive Team

 

  (a)

Appoint the President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and senior officers.

 

  (b)

Provide input on, and approve, the annual evaluation of the performance of the CEO, such evaluation to be led by the Chair of the Board in conjunction with the Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee (the “HRCC”).

 

  (c)

Provide input on, and approve the CEO and senior officers’ remuneration (including salary and short-and-long-term cash and share-based incentive awards, metrics, achievement levels and payouts) taking into consideration the recommendations of the HRCC.

 

  (d)

Provide input on, and approve the annual goals and objectives of the CEO, the setting of such goals and objectives to be led by the Chair of the Board in conjunction with the Chair of the HRCC.

 

  (e)

In conjunction with the CEO, develop a clear mandate for the CEO, which includes a delineation of management’s responsibilities.

 

  (f)

Ensure that a process is established that adequately provides for executive succession planning, including the appointing, training and monitoring of senior management.

 

  (g)

Establish limits of authority delegated to management.

 

2.

Non-Executive Team

 

  (a)

Provide input on, and approve: (i) the short and long-term share-based incentive awards granted to the employees (other than the CEO and the other officers); and (ii) the annual cash-based short-term incentive plan achievement levels and aggregate payout for employees (other than the CEO and the other officers).(1)

Note:

(1) 

For greater certainty, the Crescent Point Performance Objectives, the Crescent Point Achievement Levels for each Crescent Point Performance Objective and the payment levels for each Crescent Point Achievement Level (all as defined in the Corporation’s Performance Share Unit Plan) shall be set by the Board for all employees.

 

3.

Operational Effectiveness and Financial Reporting

 

  (a)

Annual review and adoption of a strategic planning process and approval of the corporate strategic plan, which takes into account, among other things, the opportunities and risks of the business and the environmental, social and governance aspects of the business.

 

  (b)

Ensure that a system is in place to identify the principal risks to the Corporation and that the best practical procedures are in place to monitor and mitigate the risks.

 

  (c)

Ensure that processes are in place to address applicable regulatory, corporate, securities and other compliance matters.

 

  (d)

Ensure that an adequate system of internal control exists.

 

  (e)

Ensure that due diligence processes and appropriate controls are in place with respect to applicable certification requirements regarding the Corporation’s financial and other disclosure.

 

  (f)

Review and approve the Corporation’s financial statements and oversee the Corporation’s compliance with applicable audit, accounting and reporting requirements.

 

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  (g)

Approve annual operating and capital budgets.

 

  (h)

Review and consider for approval all amendments or departures proposed by management from established strategy, capital and operating budgets or matters of policy which diverge from the ordinary course of business.

 

  (i)

Review operating and financial performance results relative to established strategy, budgets and objectives.

 

  (j)

Oversee, in coordination with the Environment, Safety and Sustainability Committee, the Corporation’s processes, procedures and practices relating to Environmental, Social and Governance matters.

 

4.

Integrity/Corporate Conduct

 

  (a)

Approve a communications policy or policies to ensure that a system for corporate communications to all stakeholders exists, including processes for consistent, transparent, regular and timely public disclosure, and to facilitate feedback from stakeholders.

 

  (b)

Approve a Code of Conduct for directors, officers, employees, contractors and consultants and monitor compliance with the Code and approve any waivers of the Code for officers and directors.

 

5.

Board Process/Effectiveness

 

  (a)

Ensure that Board materials are distributed to directors in advance of regularly scheduled meetings to allow for sufficient review of the materials prior to the meeting. Directors are expected to attend all meetings.

 

  (b)

Engage in the process of determining Board member qualifications, including ensuring that a majority of directors qualify as independent directors pursuant to National Instrument 58-101 – Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices (as implemented by the Canadian Securities Administrators and as amended or replaced from time to time).

 

  (c)

Approve the nomination of directors.

 

  (d)

Provide a comprehensive orientation to each new director.

 

  (e)

Establish an appropriate system of corporate governance including practices to ensure the Board functions independently of management.

 

  (f)

Establish appropriate practices for the regular evaluation of the effectiveness of the Board, its committees and its members.

 

  (g)

Establish committees and approve their respective mandates and the limits of authority delegated to each committee.

 

  (h)

Review and re-assess the adequacy of the Audit Committee Mandate on a regular basis, but not less frequently than on an annual basis.

 

  (i)

Review the adequacy and form of the directors’ compensation to ensure it realistically reflects the responsibilities and risks involved in being a director.

 

  (j)

Independent directors shall meet regularly without non-independent directors and management participation.

 

  (k)

In addition to the above, adherence to all other Board responsibilities as set forth in the Corporation’s By-Laws and the agreements governing applicable policies and practices and other statutory and regulatory obligations of the Corporation.

Review of Mandate

The Board of Directors shall review the adequacy of this mandate annually or otherwise as it deems appropriate (so long as such review is conducted at least on an annual basis). Such review shall include the evaluation of the performance of the Board in light of this mandate.

 

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APPENDIX B

Deferred Share Unit Plan

Purpose

The purpose of the DSU Plan is to provide our non-employee directors an alternative long-term share-based compensation component that provides alignment with shareholders as well as the ability to defer the compensation benefit and taxability thereof until after ceasing to be a director of the company.

Participation

Under the terms of the DSU Plan, selected officers, employees and directors, who, in the opinion of the Board, warrant participation in the DSU Plan (the “DSU Participants”) and may be granted DSUs. As at the date hereof, only non-employee directors have been granted DSUs.

Participants who are directors must elect to receive DSUs prior to the year in which the director remuneration will be earned, unless they are elected or appointed part way through a year, in which case they must elect within 30 days of being elected or appointed to receive DSUs for that year. DSU Participants who are officers or employees must elect to receive DSUs in lieu of all or a portion of their annual bonus entitlement or profit share for the year within 30 days after being notified by the company of the individual’s bonus entitlement or profit share for the year.

DSU Accounts

Crescent Point establishes an account for each DSU Participant and all DSUs are credited to the applicable account as of the grant date. The number of DSUs to be credited to an account is determined by dividing the dollar amount elected by the DSU Participant by the one-day volume-weighted average price on the grant date. On the last day of each fiscal quarter or as soon as possible thereafter, for any dividend paid on common shares during the fiscal quarter, we calculate the rate per common share (the “Dividend Rate”) and, within 10 business days of the applicable fiscal month end, the account is credited with an additional number of DSUs equal to the number of DSUs in the applicable account on the record date multiplied by the Dividend Rate. All DSUs vest immediately upon being credited to a DSU Participant’s account.

Payment

A DSU Participant is not entitled to any payment of any amount in respect of DSUs until the DSU Participant ceases to be an employee or director of the company, as the case may be, for any reason whatsoever. Upon the DSU Participant ceasing to be an employee or director of the company, the DSU Participant is entitled to receive a lump sum cash payment, net of applicable withholding taxes, equal to the number of DSUs in the DSU Participant’s account on the date the DSU Participant ceased to be an employee or director multiplied by the five-day volume-weighted average price immediately preceding the date. Crescent Point will make a lump sum cash payment by the end of the calendar year following the year in which the DSU Participant ceased to be an employee or director (or, in the case of a US director, on or before December 31 of the calendar year in which the director ceases to be an employee or director, or, if later, on or before the 15th day of the third month following the date of cessation, provided the director shall not be permitted to influence the year of payment).

US Tax Matters

On March 10, 2015, the Board amended the DSU Plan to include provisions that govern US citizens and residents in conformity with Section 409A of the US Internal Revenue Code. This amendment was made to explicitly disclose certain tax consequences associated with participation in the DSU Plan by eligible US citizens and US residents.

 

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APPENDIX C

Restricted Share Bonus Plan

Purpose

The purpose of the RSBP is to provide our employees and directors with long-term share-based compensation that provides ownership in the company, and thereby, as owners, a vested interest in the company’s continued success.

Participation

Under the terms of the RSBP, any employee, director, officer or consultant of Crescent Point who, in each case, in the opinion of the Board, holds an appropriate position with Crescent Point to warrant participation in the RSBP (collectively, the “Participants”) may be granted restricted shares which vest over time and, upon vesting, can be redeemed by the holder for cash or common shares at the sole election of the Board. The RSBP is administered by the Board. The company is authorized to issue up to a maximum of 44,400,000 common shares (being approximately 8.1% of the company’s issued and outstanding common shares as of December 31, 2022) pursuant to the redemption of restricted shares granted under the RSBP. As of December 31, 2022, 11,210,550 common shares (or approximately 2.0% of the company’s then issued and outstanding common shares) remained available for issuance under the RSBP.

Value and Payout

The value of a restricted share award can be viewed as the fair value on grant date or as the fair value on vest date, which would reflect any change in common share price and the accumulation of the Dividend Amounts. In this way, Participants are rewarded for their efforts in the year in which the restricted shares are granted and are also provided with additional incentive for their continued efforts in promoting the success of Crescent Point. See the ‘Long-term Incentives’ and ‘Share-based Compensation’ sections on pages 62 and 23 of this information circular for descriptions of how the RSBP is applied to executives and directors, respectively, as part of Crescent Point’s compensation plan.

The Board determines the vest schedule for each restricted share grant with a maximum vest of three years. Upon redemption, Crescent Point is required to pay to the Participant the fair market value of the redeemed restricted shares, based on the five-day volume-weighted average price immediately preceding the redemption date, plus any accrued but unpaid Dividend Amounts, net of required withholding taxes, in respect of the restricted shares (the “Payout Amount”). The Payout Amount may be satisfied by Crescent Point making cash payment, purchasing common shares in the market and delivering such common shares to the Participant, or by issuing common shares from treasury. In addition, commencing from and after the grant date until the earlier of the redemption date or the date on which such restricted shares terminate in accordance with the terms of the RSBP, each Participant shall be entitled to receive, in respect of each restricted share held by the Participant, an amount equal to the per common share amount of any dividend paid by Crescent Point to the holders of common shares. The Board has discretion to pay the Dividend Amounts on unvested restricted shares throughout the vest period, but effective January 1, 2019, all Participants will only be paid Dividend Amounts upon vest of restricted shares.

5% Cross-Limit

No restricted shares shall be granted to any one Participant if the total number of common shares issuable or purchased on behalf of the Participant, together with any common shares reserved for issuance to the Participant under restricted shares, Stock Options to purchase common shares for services or any other share compensation arrangement of Crescent Point would exceed 5% of the aggregate issued and outstanding common shares.

Non-assignability, Insider Limits and Other Limitations

RSUs granted under the RSBP are non-assignable and non-transferable by a Participant, other than certain rights that pass to a Participant’s beneficiary or estate upon death or incompetency, and expire on December 31 of the third year following the year in which the original grant is made. The RSBP provides that no common shares may be issued to, or purchased on behalf of, a Participant under the RSBP if the issuance, together with issuance under any other share compensation arrangements, could result, at any time, in: (i) the number of common shares reserved for issuance pursuant to issuances or purchases under the RSBP in respect of redeemed restricted shares granted to insiders exceeding 10% of the aggregate issued and outstanding common shares; (ii) the issuance to insiders, of common shares exceeding within a one year period, 10% of the aggregate issued and

 

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outstanding common shares; or (iii) the issuance to any one insider, or such insider’s associates exceeding, within a one year period, of common shares exceeding 5% of the aggregate issued and outstanding common shares. In addition to the foregoing limitations: (i) the number of common shares that may be issued to non-employee directors pursuant (together with those common shares which may be issued pursuant to any other share compensation arrangement of Crescent Point) after July 2, 2009 shall not exceed 0.25% of the total number of issued and outstanding common shares from time to time on a non-diluted basis; and (ii) the value of any grants of restricted shares, together with the value of all other rights granted under any share compensation arrangement of Crescent Point shall not exceed $150,000 per year per non-employee director.

Vesting and Termination of Rights

In the event of a “change of control” of Crescent Point, as defined in the RSBP, for restricted shares granted prior to March 4, 2020 the vesting provisions attaching to the restricted shares will be accelerated and all unexercised restricted shares will become available for redemption as follows: (a) in the event of any change of control other than by way of a take-over bid, restricted shares will be available for redemption for a period of 30 days from the effective date of the change of control or until the expiry date of the restricted shares, if earlier (the “Exercise Period”) and, failing redemption, will be deemed to have been redeemed and the Board will be deemed to have received a redemption notice in respect of the restricted shares immediately prior to the close of business on the last day of the Exercise Period; and (b) in the event of a change of control arising as a result of a take-over bid, restricted shares will be available for redemption for a period commencing immediately following the completion of the take-over bid and ending on the earlier of the tenth day following the completion of the take-over bid or the expiry date of the restricted shares (the “take-over Exercise Period”) and, failing redemption, will be deemed to have been redeemed and the Board will be deemed to have received a redemption notice in respect of the restricted shares immediately prior to the close of business on the last day of the take-over Exercise Period.

Additionally, for restricted shares granted on or after March 4, 2020, upon a change of control occurring, if either (i) the potential successor does not assume the company’s obligations with respect to each RSU grant; or (ii) the successor does assume the obligations, but terminates the designated employee without cause or the designated employee resigns for “good reason”, the outstanding RSUs granted to such employee shall immediately vest and pay out based on a combination of actual achievement and deemed achievement.

The Board retains discretion in the event of a change of control, in advance of the effective date of the change, to elect to accelerate the vest dates for any outstanding RSU grants.

In the event a Participant’s employment with Crescent Point is terminated or is alleged to have been terminated for cause, as defined in the RSBP, any restricted shares granted which have not vested will immediately terminate.

Unless the directors’ resolution passed at the time of grant provides otherwise, and subject to the application of the retirement vesting program, in the event: (i) a Participant resigns, retires or is terminated for any reason other than for cause; (ii) a Participant ceases to be a consultant, as defined in the RSBP; or (iii) ceases to be a director of Crescent Point, and, in each circumstance, where the Participant no longer continues to qualify as a Participant under the RSBP, any restricted shares granted which have not vested at the applicable effective time will terminate and the Participant will have 90 days from the effective time, or the expiry date for any vested restricted shares, if earlier, to redeem and, if not redeemed within that time period, will be deemed to have been redeemed immediately prior to the close of business on the last day of the exercise period.

A Participant on leave, as defined in the RSBP, shall have the Participant’s outstanding restricted shares treated in the manner contemplated by the company’s Compensation During Approved Leave Policy.

Upon the death of a Participant, the Participant’s unvested restricted shares will immediately vest, and together with any other vested restricted shares will remain available for redemption by the executor, administrator or personal representative of the Participant for a period of one year from the date of death or until the expiry date, if earlier, and, failing redemption, vested restricted shares will be deemed to have been redeemed immediately prior to the close of business on the last day of such exercise period.

Amendments

Under the RSBP, the Board may amend, suspend or terminate the RSBP without shareholder approval, provided that no amendment, suspension or termination may be made without obtaining any required approval of any regulatory authority or stock exchange or the consent or deemed consent of a Participant where amendment, suspension or termination materially prejudices the rights of the Participant.

 

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The Board may not, however, without the approval of the shareholders, make amendments to the RSBP: (a) to increase the maximum number of common shares that may be issued by Crescent Point from treasury pursuant to restricted shares granted under the RSBP; (b) to extend the expiry date of restricted shares for the benefit of an insider; or (c) to amend the amendment provisions under the RSBP, increase the maximum number of common shares that may be issued to non-employee directors under the company’s share compensation arrangements above 0.25% of Crescent Point’s issued and outstanding shares, or increase the maximum value of equity award grants to individual non-employee directors above $150,000 per year.

The Board may, without the approval of the shareholders, amend any term of any outstanding restricted share (including, without limitation, the vesting and expiry of the restricted share), provided that: (a) any required approval of any regulatory authority or stock exchange is obtained; (b) if the amendments would reduce the fair market value or extend the expiry date of restricted shares previously granted to insiders, approval of the shareholders must be obtained; (c) the Board would have had the authority to initially grant the restricted share under the terms so amended; and (d) the consent or deemed consent of the Participant is obtained if the amendment would materially prejudice the rights of the Participant under the restricted share.

Other Provisions

If the authorized number of common shares as presently constituted is changed by subdivision, consolidation, reorganization, amalgamation, arrangement, merger, reclassification or other like transaction (excluding the payment of dividends), the maximum aggregate number of common shares which may be issued from treasury by Crescent Point under the RSBP and the class of common shares which may be issued by Crescent Point or purchased will, in any case in which an adjustment in the opinion of the Board would be proper, be adjusted so as to appropriately reflect the change.

Should changes be required to the RSBP by any securities commission, stock exchange or other governmental or regulatory body of any jurisdiction to which the RSBP or Crescent Point now is or becomes subject, changes will be made as necessary to conform with such requirements and, if changes are approved by the Board, the RSBP will remain in full force and effect in its amended form as of and from the date of its adoption by the Board.

The terms of restricted shares that were or are in the future granted, subject to the terms of the retirement vesting program, are effectively amended as necessary to allow the provision of the retirement vesting program to be given effect. See the ‘Retirement Vesting Program’ for Executives and Directors for more information on pages 50 and 26 respectively.

Amendments Adopted in 2020

In March 2020, the Board approved an amendment to the RSBP to provide a double-trigger upon a change of control for grants of restricted share awards, in alignment with the company’s other incentive plans, which amendment is reflected in this summary.

At the annual meeting of shareholders on May 14, 2020, shareholders approved the increase in the number of common shares available for the redemption of restricted shares granted under the RSBP by 6.9 million for a total of 44.4 million common shares.

In July 2020, the Board approved amendments to the RSBP to align the leave provisions of the RSBP with the Corporation’s Compensation During Approved Leave Policy and to permit the vesting of restricted share awards upon a participant’s death, rather than the awards becoming null and void.

Amendments for which shareholder approval was not sought were within the authority of the Board to approve without shareholder approval under the terms of the RSBP and were not required to be submitted to shareholders for approval by the TSX.

A copy of the present form of the RSBP is accessible on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com (filed under the filing category Documents Affecting Rights of Securityholders).

 

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APPENDIX D

Stock Option Plan

Purpose

The purpose of the Stock Option Plan is to enable the company’s Board (or any other committee or officer of the company to which the Board has delegated the administration of the Stock Option Plan) to grant to key employees and officers options (“Options”) to acquire common shares.

Plan Maximum

Under the current terms of the Plan, the aggregate number of common shares that may be subject to all outstanding Options shall not exceed 10 million common shares. The number of common shares (i) issued to insiders of Crescent Point pursuant to Options within any one-year period or (ii) issuable to such insiders at any time under the Plan, when combined with those issued or issuable under any other share-based compensation arrangement of Crescent Point, cannot, in either case, exceed, in the aggregate, 10% of the issued and outstanding common shares from time to time.

Insider Limitations

The maximum number of common shares that may be issued to any one insider (and such insider’s associates) under the Stock Option Plan and any other share-based compensation arrangement within a one-year period is 5% of the aggregate issued and outstanding common shares.

Non-executive directors are not allowed to participate in the Plan.

5% Cross-Limit

The Plan also stipulates that no Options shall be granted to an individual officer or employee if the total number of common shares issuable to or on behalf of such eligible officer and employee, reserved for issuance under the Stock Option Plan and any other share-based compensation arrangement, would exceed 5% of the aggregate issued and outstanding common shares.

Exercise Provisions and Non-assignability

Under the Stock Option Plan, the exercise price of an Option cannot be less than that permitted by the TSX and in no case less than the closing trading price of the common shares on the TSX on the business day immediately preceding the date of grant or, if such common shares are not listed and posted for trading on the TSX, at the fair market value as determined by the Board.

The exercise price for any Option granted to a US optionholder pursuant to the Plan shall be not less than the fair market value of such common shares at the time such Option is granted, as determined under the Stock Option Plan. If the common shares are listed on a public stock exchange, fair market value with respect to any Option granted to a US optionholder shall be the closing trading price of the common shares on the business day immediately preceding the date of grant.

Optionholders may either exercise their Options to purchase common shares or, if the company concurs, surrender their Options for a cash payment in an amount equal to the aggregate positive difference, if any, between the market price and the exercise price of the number of common shares in respect of which the Options are surrendered. Alternatively, optionholders may also, if the company concurs, surrender their Options for common shares having a value equivalent to such cash payment. Options may be exercised in whole or in part. In order for Crescent Point to comply with applicable income tax and related withholding obligations with respect to stock option exercises, optionholders are required, when exercising Options, to provide Crescent Point with the necessary funds to satisfy such obligations and Crescent Point has the irrevocable right to set off any amounts required to be withheld against amounts otherwise owed to optionholders or to make such other arrangements as are satisfactory to Crescent Point. No financial assistance is provided by Crescent Point to optionholders to facilitate the exercise of Options. Options may be exercised only by the optionholder and are not assignable or transferable, except on death in which case the personal representative of the optionholder may exercise such Options to the extent the holder was entitled at the date of death.

 

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Option Vesting and Term

The Stock Option Plan provides that Options may be granted for a term not exceeding seven years from the date of the grant.

Black-Out Periods

Under the Stock Option Plan, if the expiry date of an Option falls on, or within nine business days immediately following, a date upon which an optionholder is prohibited from exercising an Option due to a black-out period or other trading restriction imposed by the company, then the expiry date of such Option shall be automatically extended to the tenth business day following the date the relevant black-out period or other trading restriction imposed by the company is lifted, terminated or removed.

Termination of Rights

The Option Plan provides that, in the event an optionholder is terminated for cause or resigns and, therefore, ceases to be an officer or employee of the company, any Options granted to such optionholder shall terminate and be of no further force or effect from and after the date of such termination or resignation. In the event that any optionholder is terminated without cause, any Options granted to the optionholder which have not yet vested as at the effective date of such termination shall continue to be eligible to vest for one year following the date of termination, and such optionholder shall have a period of one year from the date of termination or until the expiry date (if earlier) for such vested Options to exercise any vested Options (if earlier).

In the event that an optionholder retires or is unable to fulfill the optionholder’s obligations under the optionholder’s employment agreement for a period of six months due to mental or physical disability, any Options granted to such optionholder shall continue to be eligible to vest for 24 months following the retirement or disability date, and the optionholder shall have 24 months from the date of such retirement or disability date, or until the expiry date for such vested Options (if earlier), to exercise any vested Options that are outstanding.

An optionholder on any “leave”, as defined in the company’s Compensation During Approved Leave Policy, as the same may be amended or replaced from time to time, will continue to remain eligible to be granted Options pursuant to the Stock Option Plan without regard to the leave. While on leave, outstanding Options will continue to vest pursuant to the related Option Agreement without regard to the leave and vested Options shall remain available for exercise by the optionholder until the expiry date in respect of such vested Options (the “Exercise Period”), and all Options that are outstanding immediately following the expiry of the Exercise Period will expire and terminate and be of no further force or effect whatsoever.

In the event of the death of an optionholder, all granted and unvested Options shall immediately vest and the optionholder shall have a period of one year from the date of death of the optionholder or until the expiry date (if earlier) for such options to exercise any Options.

The foregoing descriptions of the termination of Options are all subject to any exercise restrictions resolved by the Board with respect to any particular grant of Options.

Change of Control, Sale or Takeover Bid

A change of control occurs if (i) the company enters into an agreement resulting in a person or persons acquiring more than 50% of the combined rights of the company’s then outstanding common shares; (ii) the passing of a resolution by the Board or shareholders to substantially liquidate or wind up the business or significantly rearrange the company’s affairs; or (iii) a change to the majority of the Board at a meeting in which the election of directors is contested. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Stock Option Plan, in the event of either a sale by the company of all or substantially all of its assets or a change of control and the subsequent termination of the optionholder within 24 months of such event, then all Options held by an optionholder shall become vested and optionholders may exercise or surrender, in full or in part, any unexercised Options during the earlier of the term of the Options or within 90 days after the date of their termination of employment with the company.

Adjustments

Subject to any required action of the shareholders, if the company is a party to any reorganization, merger, dissolution or sale of all or substantially all its assets, then, subject to any determination made by the Board, each Option shall be adjusted so as to apply to the securities to which the holder of the number of common shares subject to the Option would have been entitled by reason of such reorganization, merger or sale or lease of all or substantially all of its assets: provided, however, that the company may satisfy any obligations to an optionholder

 

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by paying in cash the difference between the exercise price of all unexercised Options granted and the fair market value of the securities to which the optionholder would be entitled upon exercise of all unexercised Options, regardless of whether all conditions of exercise relating to continuous employment or service have been satisfied.

In the event of any subdivision or consolidation of the common shares into a greater or lesser number of common shares, Options shall become exercisable for the greater or lesser number of common shares proportionally resulting from such subdivision or consolidation of the common shares.

In the event of any change of the common shares, the company shall thereafter deliver at the time of the exercise of the Option the number of securities of the appropriate class resulting from the said change as the exercising holder of the Option would have been entitled to receive in respect of the number of securities so purchased had the Option been exercised before such change, subject to regulatory approval.

Amendments

The Option Plan may be amended, suspended or discontinued by the Board from time to time provided that no such amendment may adversely alter or impair any Option previously granted without the prior written consent of the holder thereof. Any amendment to the Stock Option Plan or any Options that is adverse or detrimental to holders of existing Options and is not required by applicable laws shall, unless otherwise consented to, only apply to Options granted after the effective date of such amendment.

The Board may, in its sole discretion and without the approval of the shareholders or existing holders of Options make any amendments to the Plan and/or any Options that it deems necessary or advisable, including without limitation: (i) any amendments to the provisions of the Plan respecting the persons eligible to receive Options; (ii) changes to the terms or conditions of vesting applicable to any Option; (iii) acceleration of the expiry date or any changes to the termination provisions of an Option; (iv) amending the adjustment provisions of the Plan; (v) making amendments of a housekeeping nature or that are necessary to comply with applicable laws or regulatory requirements; (vi) altering the mechanics of the exercise of the Options; (vii) amending the provisions dealing with the administration of the Stock Option Plan and (viii) any other amendment that does not require shareholder approval under the rules, regulations and policies of the TSX.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, approval of the shareholders of the company will be required for amendments: (i) to increase the number of Common Shares issuable under the Plan; (ii) to increase or remove the insider participation limits set out in the Plan; (iii) to add any financial assistance provision to, or change the assignment and transferability provisions of, the Plan; (iv) to extend the expiry date of any Options; (v) to reduce the exercise price of any Options or otherwise effectively re-price any Options; (vi) to the amending provisions under the Plan; (vii) to extend the Plan’s maximum Option term beyond seven years; (viii) to allow non-executive directors to participate in the Plan; or (ix) that otherwise require shareholder approval under the rules, regulations and policies of the TSX.

In addition, any amendment to this Plan or any Options that is adverse or detrimental to holders of existing Options and is not required by applicable laws or regulations (as determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion) shall, unless it is consented to by such holders, only apply to Options granted after the effective date of such amendment.

At the annual meeting of the company’s shareholders on May 14, 2020, shareholders approved the reduction in the aggregate number of common shares reserved for issuance under the Stock Option Plan by three million, for a total of 10 million common shares available for issuance pursuant to the Stock Option Plan.

Effective March 21, 2022, the Board approved an amendment to the Stock Option Plan that changes the calculation of the market price at the time of surrender, or exercise, of an Option to the trading price of the common shares immediately preceding such surrender or exercise, from the five-day volume-weighted average trading price preceding such surrender or exercise. This change was made to facilitate the administration of the Stock Option Plan, and shareholder approval was not sought because the amendment was approved by the Board in accordance with the specific amendment provision of the Stock Option Plan.

As at December 31, 2022, there were 3,889,130 Options issued and there are 8,805,810 common shares reserved for issuance under the Stock Option Plan, representing approximately 0.7% of the total number of outstanding common shares as at such date.

A copy of the present form of the Stock Option Plan is accessible on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com (filed under the filing category Documents Affecting Rights of Securityholders).

 

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APPENDIX E

Performance Share Unit Plan

Purpose

The PSU Plan is designed to (a) promote further alignment of interests between designated employees (Designated Employees) and shareholders by providing such persons with the opportunity to participate in an increase in the equity value of the company taking into account the performance of the company relative to its peers and company targets; (b) provide compensation for such employees that is reflective of the responsibility, commitment and risk accompanying their management role over the medium term; and (c) provide a retention incentive to Designated Employees over the medium term.

General

Awards under the plan, which are approved by the Board based on recommendations from the HRCC, are notional share-based awards, so the plan is non-dilutive.

The ultimate value of PSU awards depends on the company’s three-year total shareholder return (“TSR”) performance relative to our performance peer group, the company’s achievement of company performance standards and our share price at the end of the vesting period.

Performance Period

The performance period for each applicable grant under the plan commences, unless the Board determines otherwise, on January 1 of the calendar year in which the grant is made and ends on the third December 31st following the grant.

Performance Factors

Under the plan, PSUs vest based on the relative achievement of: (i) the company’s total shareholder return against the total shareholder return of a peer group; and (ii) the company’s achievement of company performance standards. The relative weightings of these performance metrics as between each other is determined by the Board at the time of grant, as is the payout multiplier range (between 0-2 times) associated with each performance standard. In addition, the calculation of the company performance standards and related achievement levels for a given grant may be modified by the HRCC or Board to take into account changes in WTI over the applicable performance.

Vesting

PSUs cliff vest at the end of the three-year performance period. PSUs earn dividend equivalents at the same rate as dividends paid on our shares during the performance period. The number of PSUs that vest at the end of a given performance period will depend on the company’s achievement of its performance factors during such period, as described in more detail above.

Payment of PSUs

Subject to the more detailed provisions described below, each Designated Employee who continues in employment with the company or an affiliate at the last day of a performance period relating to the grant of PSUs shall receive a cash payment (if any), less required source deductions, equal to the market value of the Designated Employee’s vested PSUs relating to the performance period.

So long as our common shares trade on the TSX, the market value of the vested PSUs for a performance period means the volume-weighted average trading price of the shares on the TSX (NYSE for our US employees) for the five business days immediately following the end of such performance period.

Termination

Unless otherwise determined by the HRCC, Designated Employees who (i) are terminated for cause, or (ii) voluntarily terminate their employment, will not be entitled to any payment of unvested PSUs or dividend equivalents relating to performance periods in which such termination date occurs.

In the event of an involuntary termination, other than for cause, or a resignation for “good reason”, in each case where there has been no change of control, Designated Employees will be entitled to a cash payment, to which he or she would have been entitled for outstanding PSUs that he or she would have been entitled to had he or

 

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she continued in employment until the severance date, less required source deductions, based on a combination of actual achievement (for TSR) and deemed achievement, such payment to be made within the calendar year in which the termination or resignation occurs. A similar approach is taken in the event of the Designated Employee’s death.

The PSU Plan contains a double-trigger in the event of a change of control. As a result, upon a change of control occurring, if either (i) the potential successor does not assume the company’s obligations with respect to each grant; or (ii) the successor does assume the obligations, but terminates the Designated Employee without cause or the Designated Employee resigns for “good reason”, the outstanding PSUs granted to such Designated Employee shall immediately vest and payout based on a combination of actual achievement and deemed achievement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a change of control, the Board may, in advance of the effective date of the change, elect to accelerate the vest dates for any outstanding PSU grants and pay them out in a manner similar to the foregoing.

In the event of retirement or disability, Designated Employees will be entitled to a cash payment, less required source deductions, based on the actual achievement of TSR and the company performance objectives during and to the end of the performance period in which the retirement or disability occurred, such payment to be made in the calendar year following the end of the applicable performance period.

Each Designated Employee who has a leave during a performance period shall have such Designated Employee’s PSUs that are outstanding during the leave treated in the manner contemplated by the company’s Compensation During Approved Leave Policy.

Assignment and Amendment

The interests of Designated Employees under the PSU Plan are not assignable. The PSU Plan may be amended or terminated at any time by the Board, except as to rights already accrued under the plan by Designated Employees.

 

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APPENDIX F

PSU Peer Group

The following table outlines our 2022 PSU peer group comprised of a total of 41 Canadian and US exploration and production companies or integrated oil and gas companies:

 

  Canadian Peers     US Peers    

ARC Resources Ltd.

 

APA Corporation

 

Athabasca Oil Corporation

 

Brigham Minerals, Inc.

 

Baytex Energy Corp.

 

Callon Petroleum Company

 

Birchcliff Energy Ltd.

 

Centennial Resource Development, Inc.

 

Cardinal Energy Ltd.

 

Continental Resources, Inc.

 

Cenovus Energy Inc.

 

Devon Energy Corporation

 

Crew Energy Inc.

 

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

 

Enerplus Corporation

 

Hess Corporation

 

Freehold Royalties Ltd.

 

Kosmos Energy Ltd.

 

Frontera Energy Corporation

 

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation

 

Imperial Oil Limited

 

Marathon Oil Corporation

 

International Petroleum Corporation

 

Matador Resources Company

 

Kelt Exploration Ltd.

 

Murphy Oil Corporation

 

MEG Energy Corp.

 

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

 

NuVista Energy Ltd.

 

Ovintiv Inc.

 

Paramount Resources Ltd.

 

PDC Energy, Inc.

 

Parex Resources Inc.

 

SM Energy Company

 

PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.

 

Viper Energy Partners LP

 

Surge Energy Inc.

   

Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd.

   

Tourmaline Oil Corp.

   

Vermilion Energy Inc.

   

Whitecap Resources Inc.

   

 

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