(a)
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“Account” means an account maintained by the Corporation for each Participant and which will be credited by means of a
book-keeping entry with DSUs that are granted in accordance with the terms of this Plan and the DSU Agreements;
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(b)
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“Applicable Withholding Amounts” is defined in Section 4.7(a) of the Plan;
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(c)
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“Black Out Period” means the period of time when, pursuant to any policies of the Corporation, any securities of the
Corporation may not be traded by certain persons as designated by the Corporation, including any Participant that holds a DSU;
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(d)
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“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation as may be constituted from time to time;
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(e)
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“Cash Payment” is defined in Section 4.7(a) of the Plan;
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(f)
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“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee of the Board as may be appointed by the
Board to administer the Plan, provided, however, that if no such committee is in existence at any particular time and the Board has not appointed another committee of the Board to administer the Plan, all references in the Plan to
“Committee” shall at such time be in reference to the Board;
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(g)
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“Corporation” means Titan Medical Inc. and includes any successor corporation;
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(h)
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“Deferred Share Unit” or “DSU” means a unit equivalent in value to a Share, credited
by means of a bookkeeping entry in the books of the Corporation in accordance with Article 4;
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(i)
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“Distribution Date” is defined in Section 4.6 of the Plan;
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(j)
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“Distribution Value” means, with respect to each Deferred Share Unit credited to a Participant’s Account, the Fair Market
Value per Share;
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(k)
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“Dividend Equivalents” means a bookkeeping entry whereby each Deferred Share Unit is credited with the equivalent amount of
the dividend paid on a Share in accordance with Section 4.3;
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(l)
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“Dividend Market Value” means the Fair Market Value per Share on the dividend record date;
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(m)
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“DSU Agreement” is defined in Section 5.11 of the Plan;
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(n)
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“Eligible Director” means an individual who is, at the relevant time, a member of the Board;
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(o)
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“Exchange” means the TSX or Nasdaq or, if the Shares are not then listed and posted for trading on the TSX or Nasdaq, such
stock exchange on which such Shares are listed and posted for trading and on which the majority of the trading volume and value of such Shares occurs;
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(p)
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“Fair Market Value” with respect to a Share, as at any date, means the weighted average of the prices at which the Shares
traded on the TSX (or, if the Shares are not then listed and posted for trading on the TSX or are then listed and posted for trading on more than one stock exchange, on such stock exchange on which the majority of the trading volume and
value of the Shares occurs) for the five (5) trading days on which the Shares traded on the said exchange immediately preceding such date. In the event that the Shares are not listed and posted for trading on any stock exchange, the Fair
Market Value shall be the fair market value of the Shares as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, acting reasonably and in good faith;
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(q)
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“Insider” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Part I of the TSX Company Manual, as amended from time to time;
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(r)
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“Nasdaq” means the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC;
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(s)
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“Participant” means an Eligible Director who is granted DSU’s in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof;
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(t)
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“Payment Shares” is defined in Section 4.8 of the Plan;
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(u)
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“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, entity, unincorporated association, unincorporated
syndicate, unincorporated organization, trust, body corporate, fund, organization or other group of organized persons, government, government regulatory authority, governmental department, agency, commission, board, tribunal, dispute
settlement panel or body, bureau, court, and where the context requires any of the foregoing when they are acting as trustee, executor, administrator or other legal representative;
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(v)
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“Plan” means this Deferred Share Unit Plan as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time;
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(w)
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“Security Based Compensation Arrangement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Part VI of the TSX Company Manual, as amended
from time to time;
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(x)
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“Separation Date” means the earliest date on which the Participant is no longer a member of the Board of the Corporation nor
is otherwise employed by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries in any fashion;
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(y)
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“Share” means a common share of the Corporation or, in the event of an adjustment contemplated by Section 4.10, such other
number or type of securities as the Committee may determine;
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(z)
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“Subsidiary” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Securities Act (Ontario);
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(aa)
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“TSX” means the Toronto Stock Exchange; and
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(bb)
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“TSX Company Manual” means the Toronto Stock Exchange Company Manual, as amended from time to time.
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(a)
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Words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular. Words importing male persons include female persons, corporations or other
entities, as applicable. The headings in this document are for convenience and reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect any provision hereof. The words “hereto”, “herein”, “hereby”, “hereunder”, “hereof” and similar
expressions mean or refer to this document as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, paragraph or other part hereof.
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(b)
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Whenever the Board or, where applicable, the Committee or any sub-delegate of the Committee is to exercise discretion in the administration of the terms and
conditions of this Plan, the term “discretion” means the sole and absolute discretion of the Board or the Committee or the sub-delegate of the Committee, as the case may be.
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(c)
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Unless otherwise specified, all references to money amounts are to Canadian currency.
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(a)
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Except for matters that are under the jurisdiction of the Board as specified under the Plan or as required by law and subject to Sections 3.1(b), this Plan will be
administered by the Committee and the Committee has sole and complete authority, in its discretion, to:
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(i)
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interpret and construe any provision hereof and decide all questions of fact arising in their interpretation;
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(ii)
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adopt, amend, suspend and rescind such rules and regulations for administration of this Plan as the Board may deem necessary in order to comply with the
requirements of this Plan, in order to conform to any law or regulation or to any change in any laws or regulations applicable thereto, or in order to ensure that the plan qualifies and remains qualified as a “prescribed plan or
arrangement” for the purposes of the definition of “salary deferral arrangement” in the Income Tax Act (Canada);
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(iii)
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exercise rights reserved to the Corporation under the Plan;
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(iv)
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take any and all actions permitted by this Plan;
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(v)
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prescribe forms for notices to be prescribed by the Corporation under the Plan; and
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(vi)
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make any other determinations and take such other action in connection with the administration of this Plan that it deems necessary or advisable.
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(b)
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To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee may, from time to time, delegate to any specified officer of the Corporation all or any of the powers of
the Committee. In such event, the specified officer will exercise the powers delegated to it by the Committee in the manner and on the terms authorized by the Committee. Any decision made or action taken by the specified officer arising out
of or in connection with the administration or interpretation of this Plan in this context is final, binding and conclusive on the Corporation, the Participants and all other Persons.
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(a)
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The Committee may, from time to time in its sole discretion, grant DSUs to Eligible Directors and upon such grant, such Eligible Directors shall become Participants
in this Plan. In respect of each grant of DSUs, the Committee shall determine:
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(i)
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the number of DSUs allocated to the Participant; and
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(ii)
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such other terms and conditions of the DSUs applicable to each grant.
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(b)
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The Corporation shall not make any grant of DSU’s pursuant to the Plan unless and until such grant or issuance and delivery can be completed in compliance with all
applicable laws, including requirements set out in the Income Tax Regulations (Canada) for the Plan to qualify as a “prescribed plan or arrangement” for the purposes of the definition of “salary
deferral arrangement” in the Income Tax Act (Canada), and all other regulations, rules, orders of governmental or regulatory authorities and the requirements of all applicable stock exchanges upon
which Shares are listed. The Corporation shall be obligated to take all reasonable action to comply with any such laws, regulations, rules, orders or requirements.
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(c)
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Certificates will not be issued to evidence DSUs. Book entry accounts, to be known as the “Deferred Share Unit Account”
shall be maintained by the Corporation for each Participant and will be credited with DSUs granted to a Participant from time to time.
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(d)
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The term during which a DSU may be outstanding shall, subject to the provisions of this Plan requiring or permitting the acceleration or the extension of the term,
be such period as may be determined from time to time by the Board or the Committee, but subject to the rules of any stock exchange or other regulatory body having jurisdiction.
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(a)
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the maximum number of Shares issuable pursuant to outstanding DSUs at any time shall be limited to 5% of the aggregate number of issued and outstanding Shares,
provided that the maximum number of Shares issuable pursuant to outstanding DSUs and all other Security Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed 15% of the Shares outstanding from time to time;
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(b)
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the number of Shares issuable to Insiders, at any time, under all Security Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed 15% of the issued and outstanding
Shares; and
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(c)
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the number of Shares issued to Insiders, within any one-year period, under all Security Based Compensation Arrangements, shall not exceed 15% of the issued and
outstanding Shares.
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(a)
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on a date to be determined by the Corporation no later than 90 days following the Separation Date; or
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(b)
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such later date as the Participant may elect by written notice delivered to the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation prior to the Separation Date, provided
that in no event shall a Participant be permitted to elect a date which is later than December 1st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Separation Date occurs.
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(a)
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subject to and in accordance with Section 4.7(b), a Participant shall receive a payment equal in value to the number of Deferred Share Units recorded in the
Participant’s Account on the Distribution Date that the Corporation and the Participant jointly elect to settle by way of payment in cash multiplied by the Distribution Value of a Share on the Distribution Date (the “Cash Payment”). The Corporation is authorized to deduct from the Cash Payment an amount equivalent to the minimum amount of taxes and other minimum amounts as the Corporation may be required by law to
withhold, as the Corporation determines (the “Applicable Withholding Amounts”). Upon payment in full of the value of the Deferred Share Units, less the Applicable Withholding Amounts, the Deferred
Share Units shall be cancelled, and no further payments shall be made to the Participant under the Plan; and
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(b)
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the Cash Payment less any Applicable Withholding Amounts, will be paid to the Participant in cash within ten (10) business days after the Distribution Date, or in
the event of the Participant’s death, his beneficiary or legal representative in accordance with Section 4.9 herein.
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(a)
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The Corporation shall within 10 business days after the Distribution Date issue to the Participant a number of treasury Shares equal to the number of Deferred Share
Units in the Participant’s Account that became payable on the Distribution Date (the “Payment Shares”).
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(b)
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Subject to Section 4.12 of this Plan, as a condition to the issue of treasury Shares in settlement of any Deferred Share Units, the Corporation may require the
Participant to first pay to the Corporation, or the Corporation may deduct, an amount equivalent to the Applicable Withholding Amounts or the Corporation may take such other steps as it considers to be necessary or appropriate, including
the sale of Payment Shares on behalf of the Participant, in order to provide to the Corporation the Applicable Withholding Amounts. The Corporation shall advise the Participant in writing of any Applicable Withholding Amounts required in
connection with the issue of Shares in settlement of Deferred Share Units.
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(c)
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The Corporation shall not be required to issue or cause to be delivered treasury Shares or issue or cause to be delivered certificates evidencing Shares to be
delivered in settlement of any DSUs, unless and until such issuance and delivery can be completed in compliance with the applicable laws, regulations, rules, orders of governmental or regulatory authorities and the requirements of all
applicable stock exchanges upon which Shares are listed. The Corporation shall be obligated to take all reasonable action, on a timely basis, to comply with any such laws, regulations, rules, orders, or requirements.
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(d)
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If Shares may not be issued pursuant to any DSUs due to any Black Out Period, such Share issuance shall occur seven business days following the end of the Black-Out
Period (or such longer period as permitted by applicable regulatory authorities and approved by the Committee).
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(e)
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No fractional Shares shall be issued upon the settlement of DSUs. If a Participant would otherwise become entitled to a fractional Share upon the settlement of a
DSU, such Participant shall only have the right to receive the next lowest whole number of Shares and no payment or other adjustment will be made with respect to the fractional interest so disregarded.
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(f)
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All Payment Shares issued to Persons in the United States pursuant to the Plan will be issued pursuant to the registration requirements of the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption from such registration requirements.
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(a)
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A Participant shall be solely responsible for reporting and paying income tax payable in respect of any Cash Payment or Shares received by the Participant under
this Plan. The Corporation will provide each Participant who is resident in Canada with (or cause each Participant to be provided with) a T4 slip or such information return as may be required by applicable law to report income, if any,
arising upon the grant or exercise of rights under this Plan by a Participant who is resident in Canada for income tax purposes.
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(b)
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Further to Section 4.8(b) of this Plan, the Corporation shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require (as a condition of exercise) a
Participant to remit to the Corporation, the Applicable Withholding Amounts to satisfy, in whole or in part, federal, provincial, and local taxes, domestic or foreign, required by law to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising
as a result of this Plan, including the grant or exercise of Deferred Share Units granted under this Plan. With respect to Applicable Withholding Amounts, the Corporation shall have the irrevocable right to (and the Participant consents to
the Corporation) setting off any amounts required to be withheld, in whole or in part, against amounts otherwise owing by the Corporation to such Participant (whether arising pursuant to the Participant relationship as an officer or
employee of the Corporation or as a result of the Participant providing services on an ongoing basis to the Corporation or otherwise), or may make such other arrangements as are satisfactory to the Participant and the Corporation. In
addition, the Corporation may elect, in its sole discretion, to satisfy the Applicable Withholding Amounts, in whole or in part, by withholding such number of Payment Shares as it determines are required to be sold by the Corporation, as
trustee, to satisfy the Applicable Withholding Amounts net of selling costs (which costs shall be the responsibility of the Participant and which shall be and are authorized to be deducted from the proceeds of sale). The Participant
consents to such sale and grants to the Corporation an irrevocable power of attorney to effect the sale of such Payment Shares and acknowledges and agrees that the Corporation does not accept responsibility for the price obtained on the
sale of such Payment Shares. Any reference in this Plan to the issuance of Payment Shares or a payment of cash is expressly subject to this paragraph 4.12(b).
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(a)
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The Board may amend, suspend or discontinue this Plan or amend any DSU or DSU Agreement at any time without the consent of a Participant, provided that such
amendment shall not adversely alter or impair the rights of any Participant in respect of any DSU previously granted to such Participant under the Plan, except as otherwise permitted hereunder. In addition, the Board may, by resolution,
amend this Plan and any DSU granted under it (together with any related DSU Agreement) without shareholder approval, provided however, that at any time while the Shares are listed for trading on the TSX, the Board will not be entitled to
amend this Plan or any DSU granted under it (together with any related DSU Agreement) without shareholder and, if applicable, TSX approval: (i) to increase the maximum number of Shares issuable pursuant to this Plan; (ii) to permit the
assignment or transfer of a DSU other than as provided for in this Plan; (iii) to add to the categories of persons eligible to participate in this Plan; (iv) to remove or amend Section 4.4(b) or Section 4.4(c); (v) to remove or amend this
Section 5.1(a); or (vi) in any other circumstances where TSX and shareholder approval is required by the TSX.
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(b)
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Without limitation of Section 5.1(a), the Board may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan in the manner and to the
extent deemed necessary or desirable, may establish, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations relating to this Plan, and may make such determinations as it deems necessary or desirable for the administration of this Plan.
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(c)
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If the Board terminates or suspends the Plan, previously credited DSUs will remain outstanding and in effect in accordance with the terms of the Plan. If DSUs
remain outstanding after Plan termination or suspension, such DSUs shall not be entitled to Dividend Equivalents unless at the time of termination or suspension the Committee determines that the entitlement to Dividend Equivalents after
termination or during suspension, as applicable, should be continued. Subject to the foregoing sentence, if the Board terminates or suspends the Plan, no new Deferred Share Units will be credited to the Account of a Participant.
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(d)
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The Board shall not require the consent of any affected Participant in connection with a termination of the Plan in which Payment Shares are issued to the
Participant in respect of all such Deferred Share Units.
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1.
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Notwithstanding Section 3.4 of the Plan, each election by a U.S. Taxpayer not to participate in the Plan or to decline participation for a particular year, must be
irrevocably made not later than the end of the calendar year prior to the year for which the Deferred Share Units are granted. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, for U.S. Taxpayers who become Eligible Directors for the first time in any
calendar year, an election pursuant to Section 3.4 may be made at any time within 30 days after an initial grant of DSUs is made to such Eligible Director. Such election shall only be effective with respect to DSU grants made after the
written notice described in Section 3.4 has been received by the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.
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2.
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Notwithstanding Section 4.6 of the Plan, the following procedure shall be used to determine a Distribution Date for Deferred Share Units that are subject to this
Schedule A.
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(a)
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An Eligible Director who is a U.S. Taxpayer shall have the right to elect, at his or her option, to receive the distribution of all amounts credited to his or her
Deferred Share Unit Account on any date (the “Distribution Date”) within the period commencing on his or her Separation Date, and ending on December 1, of the first calendar year following the year in
which the Separation Date occurs. Such election shall be made by written notice delivered to the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation not later than the end of the calendar year prior to the year for which the Deferred Share Units are
granted. If no election is made, the Distribution Date shall be the Separation Date, subject to clause (b) below.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any U.S. Taxpayer is determined to be a “specified employee” (as determined under Section 409A, in accordance with the
Corporation’s policies) at the Separation Date, then the Distribution Date shall not be earlier than the date that is six (6) months following his or her Separation Date.
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3.
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Notwithstanding Section 4.8(d) of the Plan (and except as required pursuant to Section 2(b) of this Schedule A), the issuance of Shares shall not be delayed beyond
the end of the year in which the Distribution Date occurs, or, if later, the date that is 2 ½ months after the Distribution Date, unless the Committee reasonably anticipates that the issuance of Shares would violate federal securities laws
of other applicable laws, in which case Shares will be issued at the earliest date at which the Committee reasonably anticipates that issuance of Shares would not cause such violation.
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4.
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Notwithstanding Section 4.9 of the Plan or any election by the Participant of a Distribution Date, upon the death of a Participant prior to the distribution of his
or her Deferred Share Unit Account, an issuance of Payment Shares or, upon the joint election of the Corporation and the executor or administrator of the Participant’s estate, a Cash Payment or a combination of Cash Payment and Payment
Shares shall be issued or paid to the estate of such Participant on the first business day that occurs following 90 days after the Participant’s date of death and such date will be the Distribution Date. No election of an alternative
payment date by the estate or beneficiary shall be permitted.
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5.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, no consent to an amendment, suspension or termination that adversely affects the Deferred Share Units
previously granted to a U.S. Taxpayer under Section 409A shall be required if such amendments are considered by the Committee, on the advice of counsel, to be necessary or desirable in order to avoid adverse U.S. tax consequences to the
U.S. Taxpayer.
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6.
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Restrictions on Deferred Share Units of Certain Dual Taxpayers. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if the Deferred Share Units of a U.S.
Taxpayer are subject to tax under both the income tax laws of Canada and the income tax laws of the United States, the following special rules regarding forfeiture will apply. For greater clarity, these forfeiture provisions are intended to
avoid adverse tax consequences under Section 409A and/or under paragraph 6801(d) of the regulations under the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “ITA”), that may result because of the different requirements as to the time of redemption of
Deferred Share Units (and thus the time of taxation) with respect to a U.S. Taxpayer’s “Separation from Service” under Section 409A and the U.S. Taxpayer’s Separation Date (under Canadian tax law). The intended consequence of this Section 6
of this Schedule A is that payments to such U.S. Taxpayer in respect of Deferred Share Units will only occur if such U.S. Taxpayer experiences both a Separation from Service under Code Section 409A and a termination or loss of office within
the meaning of paragraph 6801(d) of the regulations under the ITA. If such a U.S. Taxpayer does not experience both a Separation from Service and a termination or loss of office within the meaning of paragraph 6801(d) of the ITA, such
Deferred Share Units shall instead be immediately and irrevocably forfeited, including, but not limited to, the following situations:
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(a)
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a U.S. Taxpayer experiences a Separation from Service as a result of ceasing to be a member of the Board of the Corporation (and any related entity that is
considered the same service recipient under Code Section 409A), but such U.S. Taxpayer continues providing services as an employee of the Corporation or a corporation related to the Corporation within the meaning of the ITA such that no
Separation Date has occurred; and
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(b)
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an Eligible Director who is a U.S. Taxpayer experiences a termination or loss of office for any reason such that a Separation Date occurs, but continues to provide
services to the Corporation (or any related entity that is considered the same service recipient under Code Section 409A) as an independent contractor such that he has not experienced a Separation from Service.
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