thereafter on the vesting, exercise or settlement of such option or the sale or other transfer of Common Shares acquired in respect of such option and must promptly repay such amounts to the Corporation. In addition, the Corporation and its subsidiaries shall retain the right to bring an action at equity or law to enjoin the optionee’s activity and recover damages resulting from such activity. Further, to the extent required by applicable law and/or the rules and regulations of the Exchange or any other securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted, or if so required pursuant to a written policy adopted by the Corporation, options shall be subject (including on a retroactive basis) to clawback, forfeiture or similar requirements (and such requirements shall be deemed incorporated by reference into all outstanding letters or agreements granting options). Each optionee, by accepting or being deemed to have accepted an option under the Plan, agrees to cooperate fully with the Board and the Corporation, and to cause any and all permitted transferees of the optionee to cooperate fully with the Board and the Corporation, to effectuate any forfeiture or disgorgement required under this Plan. Neither the Board nor the Corporation nor any other person, other than the optionee and his or her permitted transferees, if any, will be responsible for any adverse tax or other consequences to an optionee or his or her permitted transferees, if any, that may arise in connection with the provisions of this Section 7.
The Plan and the options granted under the Plan shall be construed in accordance with and be governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec.
9. | EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITIONAL MEASURES |
The Plan came in effect on December 6, 1993. It was approved by the Board on December 6, 1993, by the regulatory authorities on December 8, 1993 and by the shareholders on March 29, 1995. It was amended by the Board on thirteenfourteen occasions, being July 18, 1994, February 20, 1995, September 26, 1996, July 27, 1998, December 15, 1998, February 16, 1999, March 15, 2001, March 14, 2003, February 8, 2007, April 15, 2016, April 11, 2017, June 12, 2020, March 3, 2022 and March 3, 202228, 2023. These changes were approved by the shareholders on eightnine occasions, being March 26, 1997, April 22, 1999, May 10, 2001, May 7, 2003, March 29, 2007, May 17, 2016, May 16, 2017, and July 16, 2020 and May 10, 2022. The effective date of this Plan shall be the date on which it is approved by the shareholders (the “Effective Date”). All options granted as of the Effective Datebeginning on May 10, 2022, shall be governed by the terms and conditions of this version of the Plan. All options granted prior to the Effective DateMay 10, 2022 shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the version of the Plan approved by Board on June 12, 2020.
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