

12.	SHARE CAPITAL


a)	Authorized share capital of the Company consists of an unlimited number of fully paid Class A common shares without par value.



	Number of Shares	Amount
Outstanding at December 31, 2016	267,076,495	$2,822.2
Shares issued through:
Acquisition of Richmont Mines Ltd (note 5)	88,398,804	615.3
Equity financing (i)	31,450,000	241.8
Share-based compensation plans	542,250	3.5
Exercise of warrants	332,466	0.5
Flow-through share financing	1,301,535	8.4
Outstanding at December 31, 2017	389,101,550	$3,691.7
Shares issued through:
Share-based compensation plans	1,984,698	12.9
Exercise of warrants	163,955	0.6
Outstanding at December 31, 2018	391,250,203	$3,705.2

(i) Equity financing

On February 9, 2017, the Company completed an equity financing with a syndicate of underwriters, pursuant to which, on a bought deal basis, 31,450,000 common shares of the Company were issued at a price of $7.95 per common share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $250.0 million. Transaction costs related to equity financing were $10.9 million, and the Company recognized a corresponding deferred tax asset of $2.7 million.

Normal Course Issuer Bid

On December 24, 2018, a Normal Course Issuer Bid ("NCIB") was initiated permitting the Company to purchase for cancellation up to 25,513,043 Class A Common Shares (“Common Shares”), representing 10% of the Company’s public float of the Common Shares. The Company may purchase Common Shares under the NCIB over the next twelve-month period beginning December 24, 2018 and ending December 23, 2019. Any purchases made under the NCIB will be effected through the facilities of the TSX, alternative Canadian trading systems and/or the New York Stock Exchange.

As at December 31, 2018, the Company has not purchased and cancelled any Common Shares.

Subsequent to year end, the Company purchased and cancelled 2,444,352 common shares at a cost of $10.0 million or $4.07 per share.

b) Employee long-term incentive plan and share purchase plan

The Company has a long-term incentive plan under which share-based compensation, including stock options, deferred share units ("DSUs"), performance share units ("PSUs"), restricted share units ("RSUs") and stock appreciation rights ("SARs") may be granted to directors, officers, and employees of the Company. The incentive plan was approved by shareholders in 2016. The Company also has an Employee Share Purchase Plan which enables employees to purchase Class A common shares through payroll deduction. Employees can contribute up to 10% of their annual base salary, and the Company will match 75% of the employees’ contributions. The Class A common shares can be issued from treasury based on the volume weighted average closing price of the last five days prior to the end of the quarter. At the option of the Company, the shares may be purchased for plan participants in the open market. The maximum number of Class A common shares that may be reserved and set aside for issuance under the long-term incentive plan is 6.5% of the Class A common shares outstanding at the time of granting the award (on a non-diluted basis) inclusive of 0.2% of the issued and outstanding shares (on a non-diluted basis) specifically allocated to the employee share purchase plan.


c)	Stock options

The following is a continuity of the changes in the number of stock options outstanding:



	Number		Weighted average exercise price (CAD$)
Outstanding at December 31, 2016	9,511,636		$10.87
Granted	578,490		9.62
Conversion of Richmont options to Alamos options (note 5)	2,863,146		3.53
Exercised	(510,673	)	6.23
Expired	(2,013,254	)	16.42
Outstanding at December 31, 2017	10,429,345		$7.94
Granted	1,009,100		6.56
Exercised	(1,984,698	)	2.40
Expired	(2,798,292	)	12.70
Outstanding at December 31, 2018	6,655,455		$7.38

During the year ended December 31, 2018, the weighted average share price at the date of exercise for stock options exercised was CAD $5.89 per share (for the year ended December 31, 2017: CAD $9.99 per share).

(i) Stock options granted

During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company granted 1,009,100 stock options (year ended December 31, 2017 - 578,490). The following table presents the weighted average fair value assumptions used in the Black-Scholes valuation:



For options granted in the year ended:	December 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
Weighted average share price at grant date (CAD$)	$6.56		$9.62
Risk-free rate	1.88% - 2.06%		0.91% - 1.35%
Expected dividend yield	0.70	%	0.70	%
Expected stock price volatility (based on historical volatility)	57	%	57	%
Expected life of option (months)	42 - 84		36 - 84
Weighted average per share fair value of stock options granted (CAD$)	$3.11		$4.27

Stock options outstanding and exercisable as at December 31, 2018:



	Outstanding			Exercisable
Range of exercise prices (CAD$)	Number of options	Weighted average exercise price (CAD$)	Weighted average remaining contractual life (years)	Number of options	Weighted average exercise price (CAD$)
$0.82 - $3.00	213,108	2.67	0.04	213,108	2.67
$3.01 - $7.00	2,668,070	4.97	4.52	1,136,011	4.18
$7.01 - $11.00	3,159,640	8.24	1.66	2,773,982	8.05
$11.01 - $15.00	249,777	13.15	0.67	249,777	13.15
$15.01 - $19.00	364,860	16.42	0.56	364,860	16.42
	6,655,455	$7.38	2.65	4,737,738	$7.79


d)	Other employee long-term incentives

The following is a continuity of the changes in the number of other long-term incentive plans ("LTI") outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:



	Restricted share units ("RSU")		Stock appreciation rights ("SAR")		Deferred share units ("DSU")	Performance share units ("PSU")
Outstanding units, December 31, 2016	1,410,192		1,489,575		378,345	424,253
Granted	499,560		—		102,260	269,780
Conversion of Richmont units to Alamos units (note 5)	112,774		—		—	—
Forfeited	(171,452	)	(316,074	)	—	(65,451	)
Settled	(350,140	)	(117,976	)	—	(28,877	)
Outstanding units, December 31, 2017	1,500,934		1,055,525		480,605	599,705
Granted	611,717		—		164,808	440,420
Forfeited	(99,939	)	(482,533	)	—	(56,684	)
Settled	(445,016	)	(63,800	)	—	—
Outstanding units, December 31, 2018	1,567,696		509,192		645,413	983,441

The settlement of LTI is either cash or equity based on the feature of the LTI. The settlement of SARs is in cash, and RSUs, DSUs and PSUs are either cash or equity settled at the option of the Company. The Company has historically equity settled these instruments.

e) (Loss) earnings per share

Basic earnings or loss per share amounts are calculated by dividing earnings or loss for the period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted (loss) earnings per share is calculated based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, including the effects of dilutive common share equivalents.



	For the years ended December 31,
	2018			2017
Net (loss) earnings	($72.6		)	$26.6
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding (in thousands)	389,816			305,521
Basic (loss) earnings per share		($0.19	)		$0.09

Dilutive effect of potential common share equivalents (in thousands)	—			3,500

Diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding (in thousands)	389,816			309,021
Diluted (loss) earnings per share		($0.19	)		$0.09

The following table lists the equity securities excluded from the computation of diluted loss per share. The securities were excluded as the exercise price relating to the particular security exceeded the average market price of the Company's common shares of CAD $6.44 for the year ended December 31, 2018 (2017 - CAD $9.40), or the inclusion of the equity securities had an anti-dilutive effect on net loss.

For the periods in which the Company records a loss, diluted loss per share is calculated using the basic weighted average number of shares outstanding, as using the diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding in the calculation would be anti-dilutive.



	For the years ended December 31,
(in thousands)	2018	2017
Stock options	6,655	2,920
Warrants	5,215	12,232
	11,870	15,152

(f) Dividends

On April 30 and October 30, 2018, the Company paid a dividend of $0.01 per share or $3.9 million, for a total of $7.8 million in 2018.

(g) Share purchase warrants

The Company has the following share purchase warrants ("Warrants"), outstanding as at December 31, 2018 related to past acquisitions:



	Number of warrants	Common shares issuable	Exercise price	Expiry date
	(000s)	(000s)	CAD
AGI.WT.A	5,215	5,215	$10.00	January 7, 2019
	5,215	5,215

On August 30, 2018, 7,167,000 warrants expired. The warrants previously traded under the ticker AGI.WT. The company recorded a $0.1 million gain upon the expiry.

Subsequent to year end, on January 7, 2019, 5,215,000 warrants with the ticker AGI.WT.A expired unexercised.