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“Effective Date” means May 6, 2021;
“Employee” any individual who is an employee of the Corporation or a Subsidiary;
“Executive Officer” means any individual who is (i) a chair, vice-chair or president of the Corporation or a Subsidiary, (ii) a vice-president in charge of a principal business unit, division or function (including sales, finance or production) of the Corporation or a Subsidiary, or (iii) performing a policy-making function in respect of the Corporation or a Subsidiary;
“Exercise Price” has the meaning given thereto in Paragraph 6;
“Insider” means a “reporting insider” as defined in National Instrument 55-104 –Insider Reporting Requirements and Exemptions and includes associates (as such term is defined in National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions and affiliates (as such term is defined in Part 1 of the TSX Company Manual) of such “reporting insider”;
“Last Working Day” means the Employee’s last day of work for the Corporation or a Subsidiary, excluding any period representing pay in lieu of notice, severance pay, gratuitous payment or any other indemnity, amount or notice whatsoever on account of termination of employment;
“Option” means an option granted under the Plan;
“Option Period” has the meaning given thereto in Paragraph 8.1;
“Optionee” means a Director, Executive Officer, Employee or Consultant to whom an Option has been granted under the Plan;
“Permanent Disability” means that the Optionee has ceased to be an Employee as a result of a permanent physical or mental disability or disease or illness preventing the Optionee from performing his or her usual duties and tasks for the Corporation or a Subsidiary;
“Original Plan” has the meaning given thereto in Paragraph 2.1;
“Plan” means this Second Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan for Directors, Executive Officers, Employees and Consultants of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, as same may be further amended or amended and restated from time to time in accordance with its terms;
“Retirement” means that the Optionee has ceased to be an Employee, provided that: (i) the Board reasonably determines that the Optionee’s cessation of employment qualifies as retirement, and (ii) following the cessation of employment, the Optionee is either no longer gainfully employed or pursues activities in a business that is not a direct competitor of the Corporation, as determined by the Board;
“Share Compensation Arrangement” means a stock option, stock option plan, employee stock purchase plan, long-term incentive plan or any other compensation or incentive mechanism involving the issuance or potential issuance of Shares to one or more Employees, Directors, Executive Officers, Insiders or Consultants, including a