0001104659-21-092822.txt : 20210716 0001104659-21-092822.hdr.sgml : 20210716 20210716061000 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-21-092822 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210716 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210716 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20210716 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Quipt Home Medical Corp. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001540013 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISC HEALTH & ALLIED SERVICES, NEC [8090] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: A1 FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-257940 FILM NUMBER: 211094243 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1019 TOWN DRIVE CITY: WILDER STATE: KY ZIP: 41076 BUSINESS PHONE: 859-878-2220 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1019 TOWN DRIVE CITY: WILDER STATE: KY ZIP: 41076 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Protech Home Medical Corp. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20200714 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Patient Home Monitoring Corp. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20120119 S-8 1 tm2121986d3_s8.htm FORM S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2021

Registration No. 333-        

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

Quipt Home Medical Corp.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

British Columbia, Canada   Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

   

1019 Town Drive

Wilder, KY

  41076
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

2021 Equity Incentive Plan

2019 Stock Option Plan (as amended)

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

CT Corporation System.
1015 15th Street N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 572-3133

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service in the United States)

 

Copies to:

Larry W. Nishnick
DLA Piper LLP (US)
4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 677-1414

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨
       
Non-accelerated filer x Smaller reporting company x
       
    Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

     
Title of Each Class of
Securities to be
Registered
 

Amount

to be

Registered(1)

  

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

Per Share

  

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price

  

Amount of

Registration
Fee
(8)

 
Common Shares, no par value (“Common Shares”)   2,527,502 (2)  $1.511(5)  $3,819,055.53(5)  $416.66 
Common Shares   2,286,250(3)  $7.026(6)  $16,063,192.50(6)  $1,752.51 
Common shares   1,312,946 (4)  $5.805(7)  $7,621,651.53 (7)  $831.53 
Total   6,126,698        $27,503,899.56   $3,000.70 

 

(1)Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall also cover any additional Common Shares that become issuable under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) and the 2019 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated (the “2019 Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration which would increase the number of outstanding Common Shares.
   
(2)Represents Common Shares subject to share options outstanding under the 2019 Plan as of July 16, 2021.  To the extent that share options outstanding under the 2019 Plan are forfeited, lapse unexercised or are settled in cash, the Common Shares subject to such share options will be available for future issuance under the 2021 Plan.
   
(3)Represents Common Shares subject to share options and restricted share unit awards outstanding under the 2021 Plan as of July 16, 2021.  To the extent that awards outstanding under the 2021 Plan are forfeited, lapse unexercised or are settled in cash, the Common Shares subject to such awards will be available for future issuance under the 2021 Plan.
   
(4)Represents Common Shares available for future issuance under the 2021 Plan.
   
(5)Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share and proposed maximum aggregate offering price are calculated using the weighted-average exercise price for such share options.
   
(6)Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share and proposed maximum aggregate offering price are calculated using the exercise price and grant date fair market value per Common Share for such awards.
   
(7)Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share and proposed maximum aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis of the average of the $6.04 high and the $5.57 low sale prices of the Common Shares as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 13, 2021, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement.
   
(8)Pursuant to Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act, registration fees in the amount of $15,207.89 that were previously paid in connection with Registration No. 333-257866, filed on February 21, 2020, have been applied to offset the registration fees due hereunder. The Registrant filed a Form RW to withdraw the registration statement on July 16, 2021.

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed as a replacement to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-257866), as filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 13, 2021 (the “Prior Registration Statement”). On July 16, 2021, the Registrant requested that the Prior Registration Statement be withdrawn effective immediately due to inadvertently representing the amount of the Common Shares available for future issuance under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

The information called for by Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the instructions to Form S-8. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the SEC either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.

 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

In this registration statement, Quipt Home Medical Corp. is sometimes referred to as “Registrant,” “we,” “us” or “our.”

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this registration statement, and later information filed with the SEC will update and supersede this information. We hereby incorporate by reference into this registration statement the following documents previously filed with the SEC:

 

(a)The description of the Registrant’s securities contained in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 40-F (Registration No. 001-40413), filed by the Registrant with the SEC on May 14, 2021, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description (the “Form 40-F Registration Statement”).

 

(b)All reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”) since the filing of the Form 40-F Registration Statement.

 

All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the registration statement which indicates that all of the Common Shares offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents; provided that reports on Form 6-K shall only be deemed so incorporated by reference to the extent expressly stated therein. For the purposes of this registration statement, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

 

Item 4. Description of Securities.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

Not applicable.

 

 

 

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

The Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “Business Corporations Act”) provides that:

 

1.    A company may indemnify an individual who: (i) is or was a director or officer of the company; (ii) is or was a director or officer of another corporation: (A) at a time when such other corporation is or was an affiliate of the company; or (B) at the request of the company; or (iii) at the request of the company, is or was, or holds or held a position equivalent to that of, a director, alternate director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity, and his or her heirs and personal or other legal representatives of that individual (each such person referred to herein as an “eligible party”).

 

2.    Such indemnity may provide for indemnification against any judgment, penalty, fine or settlement paid in respect of a proceeding in which such eligible party or any of the heirs and personal or other legal representatives thereof, by reason being or having been an eligible party is or may be joined as a party, or is or may be liable for provided, (a) he or she acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the company; and (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he or she had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful.

 

3.    If the company declines to provide indemnification, a court may, on the application of the company or an eligible party: (i) order the company to indemnify an eligible party in the manner provided under (1); (ii) order the enforcement of, or any payment under, an agreement of indemnification entered into by the company; (iii) order the company to pay some or all of the expenses incurred by any person in obtaining an order for indemnification under this item (3); or (iv) make any other order the court considers appropriate.

 

4.    An eligible party is entitled to indemnification from the company in respect of such costs, charges and expenses as a matter of right if the individual has not been reimbursed for such costs, charges and expenses and is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the outcome of such legal proceeding or investigative action, or is substantially successful on the merits thereof, providing such individual fulfills the conditions set out in clauses (2)(a) and (b) above.

 

5.    The company may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of an eligible party against any liability that may be incurred by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director or officer of, or holding or having held a position equivalent to that of a director or officer of, the company or an associated corporation.

 

The Registrant’s notice of articles and articles (the “Articles”) provide that, subject to the Business Corporations Act, the Registrant must indemnify each eligible party against all eligible penalties to which such person is or may be liable, and the Company must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in respect of that proceeding. In addition, pursuant to the Articles, and subject to any restrictions in the Business Corporations Act, the Registrant may agree to indemnify and may indemnify any person (including any eligible party0 against eligible penalties and pay expenses incurred in connection with the performance of services by that person for the Registrant. The Articles further provides that the Registrant may advance expenses to an eligible party to the extent permitted under the Business Corporations Act. The Articles also authorize the Registrant to obtain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.

 

The Registrant maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for its officers and directors.

 

Each director and officer is also a party to an indemnification agreement with the Registrant, pursuant to which the Registrant has agreed, to the full extent allowed by applicable law‎, to indemnify and hold harmless such director or officer‎, his or her heirs, successors and legal representatives ‎ from and against all damages, liabilities, losses, costs, charges and expenses suffered or incurred at ‎any time by ‎such director or officer‎, his or her heirs, successors or legal representatives as a result or by reason of such person ‎acting as the director and/or officer of the Registrant or by reason of any action taken or not taken by such person in such capacity, including without limitation, any liability arising ‎under applicable corporate and securities legislation or otherwise, and including any costs, charges ‎and expenses the director or officer, as applicable, may incur in enforcing the such indemnification agreement, provided that such ‎damages, liabilities, losses, costs, charges or expenses were not suffered or incurred as a direct result of the gross negligence, fraud, dishonesty or wilful default of such director or officer, as applicable.

 

 

 

 

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit     Incorporated by Reference  Filed
Number  Exhibit Description  Form  File No.  Exhibit  Filing Date  Herewith
                   
5.1  Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US).              X
                   
23.1  Consent of MNP LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.              X
                   
23.2  Consent of DLA Piper LLP (US) (included in Exhibit 5.1).              X
                   
24.1  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).              X
                   
99.1  2019 Stock Option Plan, as amended, and form of stock option agreement thereunder.               X
                   
99.2  2021 Equity Incentive Plan.  40-F   001-40413  99.99  05/14/2021   
                   
99.3  Form of Stock Option Agreement under 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.              X
                   
99.4  Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.              X
                   
99.5  Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.              X
                   
99.6  Form of Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Unit under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.              X

 

Item 9. Undertakings.

 

1. The Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(a)To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

(i)To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

(ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

(iii)To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

 

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

 

 

 

 

(b)That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(c)To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(d)That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

(i)Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

(ii)Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;

 

(iii)The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and

 

(iv)Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

 

2. The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on this 16th day of July, 2021.

 

  Quipt Home Medical Corp.
     
  By:

/s/ Gregory Crawford

    Gregory Crawford
    Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Gregory Crawford and Hardik Mehta and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file this registration statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
       

/s/ Gregory Crawford

 

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)

  July 16, 2021
Gregory Crawford  
       

/s/ Hardik Mehta

 

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  July 16, 2021
Hardik Mehta  
       

/s/ Mark Greenberg

  Director   July 16, 2021
Mark Greenberg  
       

/s/ D. Eugene Ewing

  Director   July 16, 2021
D. Eugene Ewing  
       

/s/ Kevin A. Carter

  Director   July 16, 2021
Kevin A. Carter  

 

 

 

EX-5.1 2 tm2121986d3_ex5-1.htm EXHIBIT 5.1

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

DLA Piper LLP (US)

4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100

San Diego, California 92121-2133

T: (858) 677-1400

F: (858) 677-1401

www.dlapiper.com

 

July 16, 2021

 

Quipt Home Medical Corp.

1019 Town Drive

Wilder, KY 41076

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as legal counsel for Quipt Home Medical Corp., a Canadian corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “ Registration Statement ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act ”), for the registration of an aggregate of 6,126,698 shares of common stock, no par value, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”), including (i) 3,599,196 shares of Common Stock (the “EIP Shares”) pursuant to the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) and (ii) 2,527,502 shares of Common Stock (the “Option Shares” and together with the EIP Shares, the “Shares”) pursuant to the Company’s 2019 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated (the “2019 Plan” and together with the 2021 Plan, the “Plans”).

 

In connection herewith, we have examined and relied without independent investigation as to matters of fact upon such certificates of public officials, such statements and certificates of officers of the Company and originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of the Registration Statement, the Plans, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, and the Bylaws of the Company as currently in effect and minutes of all pertinent meetings and actions of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

In rendering this opinion, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures on all documents examined by us, the due authority of the parties signing such documents, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and that the offer and sale of the Shares complies in all respects with the terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the Registration Statement and the Plans. The Company has represented to us and we have also assumed that the Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock a sufficient number of shares of common stock for issuance under the Plans. We have also assumed that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved common stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue the Shares in accordance with the Plans, as applicable, the number of Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the settlement of awards under the Plans.

 

We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than General Corporation Law and the federal law of the United States. No opinion is expressed herein with respect to the qualification of the Shares under the securities or blue sky laws of any state or any foreign jurisdiction.

 

This opinion speaks only at and as of its date and is based solely on the facts and circumstances known to us and as of such date. In addition, in rendering this opinion, we assume no obligation to revise, update or supplement this opinion (i) should the present aforementioned laws be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise, or (ii) to reflect any facts or circumstances which may hereafter come to our attention.

 

 

 

 

Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion and so advise you that the issuance of the Shares has been duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and fully paid for in accordance with the terms of the Registration Statement and the Plans, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,  
   
/s/ DLA PIPER LLP (US)  

 

 

 

EX-23.1 3 tm2121986d3_ex23-1.htm EXHIBIT 23.1

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 31, 2021, relating to the consolidated statements of financial position of Quipt Home Medical Corp. (formerly, Protech Home Medical Corp.), appearing in the Registration Statement on Form 40-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2021.

 

/s/ MNP LLP

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

July 16, 2021

 

 

 

EX-99.1 4 tm2121986d3_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

STOCK OPTION PLAN OF

PROTECH HOME MEDICAL CORP

 

(January 28, 2019)

 

PART 1 - INTRODUCTION

 

1.01       Purpose

 

The purpose of the Plan is to secure for the Corporation and its shareholders the benefits of incentive inherent in share ownership by the directors, officers, key employees and, subject to the terms and conditions herein, consultants of the Corporation and its Affiliates who, in the judgment of the Board, will be largely responsible for its future growth and success.

 

1.02       Definitions

 

(a)"Affiliate" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) as amended from time to time.

 

(b)"Associate" has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Securities Act (British Columbia).

 

(c)"Blackout Period" means a period during which the Corporation prohibits Optionees from exercising their Options.

 

(d)"Board" means the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

(e)"Code" means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

(f)"Consultant" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Policy 4.4.

 

(g)"Corporation" means Protech Home Medical Corp., a corporation duly amalgamated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, and its Affiliates, if any, and includes any successor or assignee entity or entities into which the Corporation may be merged, changed, or consolidated; any entity for whose securities the securities of the Corporation shall be exchanged; and any assignee of or successor to substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.

 

(h)"Market Price" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Policy 1.1.

 

(i)"Disability" or "Disabled" means permanent and total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

(j)"Eligible Person" shall mean an officer or director of the Corporation ("Executive") or an employee of the Corporation ("Employee") or a Management Company Employee or a Consultant.

 

(k)"Exchange" means the TSX Venture Exchange.

 

(l)"Exercise Notice" means the notice respecting the exercise of an Option, substantially in the form attached to the Option Certificate, duly executed by the Optionee.

 

(m)"Exercise Price" means the price at which an Option may be exercised as determined in accordance with section 2.03.

 

(n)"Fair Market Value" means, if the Shares are listed on any national securities exchange within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the closing sales price, if any, on the largest such exchange on the valuation date, or, if none, on the most recent trade date immediately prior to the valuation date provided such trade date is no more than thirty (30) days prior to the valuation date. If the Shares are not then listed on any such exchange, or there has been no trade date within such thirty (30) day period, the fair market value shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

 

 

- 2

 

(o)"Section 422 Stock Option" means an Option which is intended to qualify as an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Code.

 

(p)"Insider" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Policy 1.1.

 

(q)"Investor Relations Activities" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Policy 1.1.

 

(r)"Management Company Employee" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Policy 4.4.

 

(s)"Material Information" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Policy 1.1.

 

(t)"Option" shall mean an option granted under the terms of the Plan.

 

(u)"Option Certificate" means the certificate, substantially in the form set out as Schedule “A” hereto, evidencing an Option.

 

(v)"Option Period" shall mean the period during which an option may be exercised.

 

(w)"Optionee" shall mean an Eligible Person to whom an Option has been granted under the terms of the Plan.

 

(x)"Outstanding Issue" means the number of Shares outstanding on a non-diluted basis.

 

(y)"Plan" means the stock option plan established and operated pursuant to Part 2 hereof.

 

(z)"Policy 1.1" means the Exchange’s Policy 1.1 entitled "Interpretation" as amended from time to time.

 

(aa)"Policy 4.4" means the Exchange’s Policy 4.4 entitled "Incentive Stock Options" as amended from time to time.

 

(bb)"Shares" shall mean the common shares of the Corporation.

 

PART 2 - SHARE OPTION PLAN

 

2.01       Participation

 

Options shall be granted only to Eligible Persons.

 

2.02       Determination of Option Recipients

 

The Board shall make all necessary or desirable determinations regarding the granting of Options to Eligible Persons and may take into consideration the present and potential contributions of a particular Eligible Person to the success of the Corporation and any other factors which it may deem proper and relevant.

 

2.03       Price

 

The price at which an Optionee may purchase a Share upon the exercise of an Option shall be determined from time to time by the Board and shall be as set forth in the Option Certificate issued in respect of such Option but, in any event, shall not be less than the Market Price, and in the case of an Eligible Person employed or performing services in the United States or otherwise subject to Section 409A of the Code, shall not be less than Fair Market Value on the date of grant. If the Optionee owns directly or by reason of the applicable attribution rules more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation, the Option price per share of the Shares covered by each Option which is intended to be a Section 422 Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value on the date of the grant.

 

 

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2.04       Grant of Options

 

The Board may at any time authorize the granting of Options to such Eligible Persons as it may select for the number of Shares that it shall designate, subject to the provisions of the Plan. The date of each grant of Options shall be determined by the Board when the grant is authorized. The Board shall not grant any Options during such period as exists undisclosed Material Information relating to the Corporation.

 

In the event that Options are granted to Employees, Management Company Employees or Consultants, the Corporation represents that such Optionees shall be bona fide Employees, Management Company Employees or Consultants, as the case may be.

 

The Corporation may at the time of granting options hereunder provide for additional terms and conditions which are not inconsistent with Part 2 hereof, or Policy 4.4, including without limitation, the term, price, exercisability, method of exercise, any restriction or limitation on transfer of an Option or Shares issued or acquired upon exercise or vesting of Options, any vesting schedule or acceleration of any vesting schedule, or any forfeiture provisions or waiver, regarding any Option, and the related Shares, any conditions precedent to the grant of any Option to an Eligible Person, such as the execution and delivery by such Eligible Person of a noncompetition or similar agreement, in each instance based on such factors as the Board shall determine. Such additional terms and conditions shall be as set forth in the Option Certificate issued in respect of such Option.

 

The Option Certificate of any Option which is intended to qualify as an Section 422 Stock Option shall contain such limitations and restrictions upon the exercise of the Option as shall be necessary in order that such Option qualifies as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. Further, the Option Certificate authorized under the Plan shall be subject to such other terms and conditions including, without limitation, restrictions upon the exercise of the Option, as the Board shall deem advisable and which are not inconsistent with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

 

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, the Board may authorize the grant of an Option to a person not then in the employ of the Corporation or of an Affiliate, conditioned upon such person becoming eligible to become an Eligible Person at or prior to the execution of the Option Certificate evidencing the actual grant of such Option.

 

2.05       Term of Options

 

Unless otherwise expired pursuant to the terms of the Plan, all Options granted to an Optionee pursuant to this Plan shall expire at the close of business ten (10) years from the date of grant or such earlier date as the Board shall decide when the Option is granted, subject to earlier termination as herein provided; provided, however, that if the Option price is required under section 2.03 to be at least 110% of Fair Market Value, each such Option shall terminate not more than five (5) years from the date of the grant thereof, and shall be subject to earlier termination as herein provided.

 

Upon the expiration of the Option Period, the Options granted shall forthwith expire and terminate and be of no further force or effect whatsoever as to such of the Shares in respect of which the Option hereby granted has not then been exercised.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the expiration of the Option Period falls within a Blackout Period the expiration of the Option Period shall be automatically extended for ten (10) business days after the expiry of the Blackout Period on the condition that (i) the Blackout Period was formally imposed by the Corporation pursuant to its internal trading policies as a result of the bona fide existence of undisclosed Material Information, (ii) the Blackout Period must be deemed to have expired upon the general disclosure of the undisclosed Material Information, and (iii) the automatic extension of an Optionee’s options will not be permitted where the Optionee or the Corporation is subject to a cease trade order (or similar order under applicable securities laws) in respect of the Corporation’s securities.

 

 

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No Optionee or his or her legal representative, legatees or distributees will be, or will be deemed to be, a holder of any Shares subject to an Option, unless and until certificates for such Shares are issued to him, her or them or a securities intermediary with whom the Optionee (or his or her legal representative, legatees or distributees) has an account, is recorded as the owner of such Shares in a book-entry system under the terms of the Plan.

 

2.06       Exercise of Options

 

Except as set forth in section 2.10, no Option may be exercised unless the Optionee is at the time of such exercise;

 

(a)in the case of an Employee, in the employ of the Corporation or any Affiliate and shall have been continuously so employed since the grant of his or her Option, or have been a Consultant of the Corporation during such time thereafter, but absence on leave, having the approval of the Corporation or such Affiliate, shall not be considered an interruption of employment for any purpose of the Plan;
  
(b)in the case of a Consultant, under contract with the Corporation or any Affiliate and shall have been continuously so contracted since the grant of the Option; or
  
(c)in the case of an Executive, a director or officer of the Corporation or any Affiliate and shall have been such a director or officer continuously since the grant of his or her Option.

 

No Option may be exercised by an Optionee until the Plan has been approved by the shareholders of the Corporation.

 

The exercise of any Option will be contingent upon receipt by the Corporation of cash payment of the full Exercise Price of the Shares being purchased by 5:00 p.m. (EST) on the last day of the Option Period by delivering to the Corporation an Exercise Notice, the applicable Option Certificate and a certified cheque or bank draft payable to the Corporation in an amount equal to the aggregate Exercise Price of the Shares to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Option.

 

2.07       Vesting of Options

 

Executives, Employees, Management Company Employees and Consultants

 

All Options granted to an Eligible Person, other than Optionees performing Investor Relations Activities, pursuant to this Plan shall vest and become fully exercisable as determined by the Board when the Option is granted.

 

Optionees performing Investor Relations Activities

 

All Options granted to Optionees performing Investor Relations Activities, pursuant to this Plan shall vest and become full exercisable as follows or as determined by the Board when the Option is granted, but in any event such Options shall not vest any sooner:

 

(a)one quarter (1/4) of the Options on the date which is three (3) months from the date said Options are granted;

 

(b)one quarter (1/4) of the Options on the date which is six (6) months from the date said Options are granted;

 

(c)one quarter (1/4) of the Options on the date which is nine (9) months from the date said Options are granted; and

 

(d)the final one quarter (1/4) of the Options on the date which is twelve (12) months from the date said Options are granted.

 

 

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2.08       Restrictions on Grant of Options

 

The granting of Options shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(a)not more than two (2%) percent of the Outstanding Issue may be granted to any one Consultant in any 12 month period, calculated at the date an Option is granted;
  
(b)not more than an aggregate of two (2%) percent of the Outstanding Issue may be granted in aggregate to Eligible Persons conducting Investor Relations Activities in any 12 month period, calculated at the date an Option is granted;
  
(c)unless the Corporation has obtained disinterested shareholder approval, not more than five (5%) percent of the Outstanding Issue may be issued to any one individual in any 12 month period, calculated at the date an Option is granted;
  
(d)unless the Corporation has obtained disinterested shareholder approval, not more than an aggregate of ten (10%) percent of the Outstanding Issue may be issued to Insiders in any 12 month period, calculated at the date an Option is granted;
  
(e)unless the Corporation has obtained disinterested shareholder approval, not more than an aggregate of ten (10%) percent of the Outstanding Issue may be issuable to Insiders at any time; and
  
(f)unless the Corporation has obtained disinterested shareholder approval, the Corporation shall not decrease the Exercise Price of Options previously granted to Insiders.

 

No Options shall be granted after the expiration of ten (10) years from the earlier of the date of the adoption of the Plan by the Corporation or the approval of the Plan by the stockholders of the Corporation, and provided further, that the fair market value of the Shares (determined at the time the Option is granted) as to which Options designated as Section 422 Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Eligible Person during any single calendar year (under the Plan and under any other incentive stock option plan of the Corporation or an Affiliate) shall not exceed US$100,000.

 

If disinterested shareholder approval is required, the proposed grant(s) or plan must be approved by a majority of the votes cast by all shareholders at the shareholders’ meeting excluding votes attaching to shares beneficially owned by (i) Insiders to whom options may be granted under the stock option plan; and (ii) Associates of such Insiders. Holders of non-voting and subordinate voting shares must be given full voting rights on a resolution that requires disinterested shareholder approval.

 

2.09       Lapsed Options

 

If Options are surrendered, terminated or expire without being exercised in whole or in part, new Options may be granted covering the Shares not purchased under such lapsed Options.

 

2.10       Effect of Termination of Employment, Death or Disability

 

(a)If an Optionee shall die while employed or retained by the Corporation, or while an Executive, any Options held by the Optionee at the date of death, which have vested pursuant to section 2.07, shall become exercisable, in whole or in part, but only by the persons or persons to whom the Optionee's rights under the Option shall pass by the Optionee's will or the laws of descent and distribution (the "Successor Optionee"). All such Options shall be exercisable only to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option at the date of his or her death and only for one (1) year after the date of death or prior to the expiration of the Option Period in respect thereof, whichever is sooner, except that in the event the expiration of the Option Period is earlier than one (1) year after the date of death, with the consent of the Exchange, the Options shall be exercisable for up to one (1) year after the date of death of the Optionee as determined by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board, in its discretion, may resolve that up to all of the Options held by an Optionee at the date of death which have not yet vested shall vest immediately upon death.

 

 

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(b)If the employment or engagement of an Optionee shall terminate with the Corporation due to Disability while the Optionee is employed or retained by the Corporation, any Option held by the Optionee on the date the employment or engagement of the Optionee is terminated due to Disability, which have vested pursuant to section 2.07, shall become exercisable, in whole or in part. All such Options shall be exercisable only to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option at the date of his or her termination due to Disability and only for one (1) year after the date of termination or prior to the expiration of the Option Period in respect thereof, whichever is sooner, provided that Options that become exercisable due to Disability shall only be exercisable by the person or persons who have the legal authority to act on behalf of the Optionee in connection with the rights of the Optionee to the Options. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board, in its discretion, may resolve that up to all of the Options held by an Optionee on the date the employment or engagement of the Optionee is terminated due to Disability which have not yet vested shall vest immediately upon such date.
  
(c)Subject to section 2.10 (d), if an Optionee ceases to be an Eligible Person (other than as provided in section 2.10 (a) or (b)), any Options held by the Optionee on the date such Optionee ceased to be an Eligible Person, which have vested pursuant to section 2.07, shall be exercisable only to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option at the date such Optionee ceased to be an Eligible Person and only for thirty (30) days after the date such Optionee ceased to be an Eligible Person, subject to the Board’s discretion to extend such period for up to one (1) year, or prior to the expiration of the Option Period in respect thereof, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board, in its discretion, may resolve that up to all of the Options held by an Optionee on the date the Optionee ceased to be an Eligible Person which have not yet vested shall vest immediately upon such date.
  
(d)If the employment of an Employee or Consultant is terminated for cause (as determined by the Board) no Option held by such Optionee may be exercised following the date upon which Termination occurred.

 

To the extent required by law, the Company shall make adjustments to, and interpret, the Options as required by the U.S. Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

 

2.11       Effect of Offer or Sale

 

If at any time when the Option hereby granted remains unexercised with respect to any Shares, (a) a general offer to purchase all of the issued shares of the Corporation is made by a third party or (b) the Corporation proposes to sell all or substantially all of its assets and undertaking or to merge, amalgamate or be absorbed by or into any other company (save and except for a subsidiary or subsidiaries of the Corporation) under any circumstances which involve or may involve or require the liquidation of the Corporation, a distribution of its assets among its shareholders, or the termination of its corporate existence, the Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide notice of such offer or proposal to the Optionee as soon as practicable and (i) the Corporation may, at its option, permit the Option hereby granted to be exercised, as to all or any of the Optioned Shares in respect of which such Option has not previously been exercised by the Optionee at any time up to and including (but not after) a date twenty (20) days following the date of notice of such offer, sale or other similar transaction or prior to the close of business on the expiration date of the Option Period, whichever is the later; and (ii) the Corporation may, at its option, determine that upon the expiration of such twenty (20) day period, all rights to exercise the Option shall terminate and cease to have any further force or effect.

 

The Corporation may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of Optionees, provide for one or more of the following: (i) the assumption of the Plan and outstanding Options by the surviving entity or its parent; (ii) the substitution by the surviving entity or its parent of Options with substantially the same terms for such outstanding Options; (iii) immediate exercisability of such outstanding Options followed by cancellation of such Options; and (iv) settlement of the intrinsic value of the outstanding vested Options in cash or cash equivalents or equity followed by the cancellation of all Options (whether or not then vested or exercisable).

 

 

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2.12       Effect of Amalgamation, Consolidation or Merger

 

If the Corporation amalgamates, consolidates with or merges with or into another corporation, upon the exercise of an Option following such amalgamation, consolidation or merger, the Optionee shall be entitled to receive, and shall accept, in lieu of Shares, the securities, property or cash which the Optionee would have received upon such amalgamation, consolidation or merger if the Optionee had exercised his Option and held Shares immediately prior to the effective date of such amalgamation, consolidation or merger, and the number of Shares and the option price shall be adjusted appropriately by the directors of the Corporation and such adjustment shall be binding for all purposes herein.

 

2.13       Adjustment in Shares Subject to the Plan

 

If there is any change in the Shares through or by means of a declaration of stock dividends of Shares or consolidations, subdivisions or reclassification of Shares, or otherwise, the number of Shares available under the Plan, the Shares subject to any Option, and the Exercise Price thereof shall be adjusted appropriately by the Board and such adjustment shall be effective and binding for all purposes of the Plan. No such adjustment shall be made under the Plan which shall, within the meaning of Sections 424 and 409A of the Code, constitute such a modification, extension, or renewal of an Option as to cause the adjustment to be considered as the grant of a new Option.

 

2.14       Hold Period

 

All Options and any Shares issued on the exercise of Options may be subject to and legended with a four month hold period commencing on the date the Options were granted pursuant to the rules of the Exchange and applicable securities laws. Any Shares issued on the exercise of Options may be subject resale restrictions contained in National Instrument 45-102 – Resale of Securities which would apply to the first trade of the Shares.

 

2.15       Notification of Grant of Option

 

Following the granting of an Option by the Board, the Corporation shall notify the Optionee in writing of the Option and shall enclose with such notice the Option Certificate representing the Option so granted. Each Optionee, concurrently with the notice of the grant of an Option, shall be provided with a copy of the Plan.

 

2.16       Options Granted To Corporations

 

Except in relation to a Consultant that is a corporation, Options may only be granted to an individual or a corporation that is wholly-owned by an Eligible Person. If a corporation is an Optionee, it must provide the Exchange with a completed Form 4F – Certification and Undertaking Required from a Corporation Granted an Incentive Stock Option. The corporation must agree not to effect or permit any transfer of ownership or option of shares of the corporation nor to issue further shares of any class in the corporation to any other individual or entity as long as the Option remains outstanding, except with the written consent of the Exchange.

 

PART 3 - GENERAL

 

3.01       Number of Shares

 

The aggregate number of Shares that may be reserved for issuance, at any time, under the Plan and under any other share compensation arrangement adopted by the Corporation, including the Corporation’s Restricted Share Unit and Deferred Share Unit Plan, shall not exceed 16,705,940 Shares, being 20% of the total Outstanding Issue as at the date hereof.

 

3.02       Transferability

 

All benefits, rights and options accruing to any Optionee in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan shall not be transferable or assignable unless specifically provided herein. During the lifetime of an Optionee, all benefits, rights and options may only be exercised by the Optionee.

 

3.03       Employment

 

Nothing contained in any Plan shall confer upon any Optionee any right with respect to employment or continuance of employment with the Corporation or any Affiliate, or interfere in any way with the right of the Corporation or any Affiliate to terminate the Optionee's employment at any time. Participation in any Plan by an Optionee is voluntary.

 

 

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3.04       Approval of Plan

 

Options issued under the Plan shall only become exercisable after the Plan has been approved by the shareholders of the Corporation; provided, however:

 

(a)unless consistent with the terms contained herein and approved by the Board, nothing contained herein shall in any way affect Options previously granted by the Corporation and currently outstanding;
  
(b)the Plan must receive shareholder approval yearly, at the Corporation's annual general meeting.

 

The obligation of the Corporation to sell and deliver Shares in accordance with the Plan is subject to the approval of any governmental authority having jurisdiction or any stock exchanges on which the Shares are listed for trading which may be required in connection with the authorization, issuance or sale of such Shares by the Corporation. If any Shares cannot be issued to any Optionee for any reason including, without limitation, the failure to obtain such approval, then the obligation of the Corporation to issue such Shares shall terminate and any Optionee's option price paid to the Corporation shall be returned to the Optionee.

 

3.05       Administration of the Plan

 

The Board is authorized to interpret the Plan from time to time and to adopt, amend and rescind rules and regulations for carrying out the Plan. The interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan by the Board shall be final and conclusive. Administration of the Plan shall be the responsibility of the appropriate officers of the Corporation and all costs in respect thereof shall be paid by the Corporation.

 

3.06       Income Taxes

 

As a condition of and prior to participation in the Plan, if requested by the Board, a Optionee shall authorize the Corporation in written form to withhold from any remuneration otherwise payable to such Optionee any amounts required by any taxing authority to be withheld for taxes of any kind as a consequence of such participation in the Plan.

 

In addition, if the Corporation is required under the Income Tax Act (Canada) or any other applicable law to make source deductions in respect of employee stock option benefits to the Optionee and to remit to the applicable governmental authority an amount on account of tax on the value of the taxable benefit associated with the issuance of Shares on exercise of Options, then the Optionee shall (i) pay to the Corporation, in addition to the Exercise Price for the Options, sufficient cash as is reasonably determined by the Corporation to be the amount necessary to permit the required tax remittance, (ii) authorize the Corporation, on behalf of the Optionee, to sell in the market on such terms and at such time or times as the Corporation determines a portion of the Shares being issued upon exercise of the Options to realize cash proceeds to be used to satisfy the required tax remittance, or (iii) make other arrangements acceptable to the Corporation to fund the required tax remittance.

 

3.07       Amendments to the Plan

 

The Board reserves the right to amend, modify or terminate the Plan at any time if and when it is advisable in the absolute discretion of the Board. However, any amendments of the Plan which could result, at any time, in:

 

(a)a material increase in the benefits under the Plan; or
  
(b)an increase in the number of Shares which would be issued under the Plan (except any increase resulting automatically from an increase in the total Outstanding Issue); or
  
(c)a material modification in the requirement as to eligibility for participation in the Plan;

 

 

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shall be effective only upon the approval of the shareholders of the Corporation. Any amendment to any provision of the Plan shall be subject to approval, if required, by any regulatory body having jurisdiction over the securities of the Corporation.

 

3.08       No Representation or Warranty

 

The Corporation makes no representation or warranty as the future market value of any Shares issued in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.

 

3.09       Interpretation

 

The Plan will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

 

3.10       Savings Clause

 

This Plan is intended to comply in all respects with applicable law and regulations, including Section 409A of the Code. In case any one or more provisions of this Plan shall be held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect under applicable law and regulation (including Section 409A of the Code), the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision shall be deemed null and void; however, to the extent permitted by law, any provision that could be deemed null and void shall first be construed, interpreted, or revised retroactively to permit this Plan to be construed in compliance with all applicable law (including Section 409A of the Code) so as to foster the intent of this Plan.

 

3.11       Compliance with Applicable Law, etc.

 

If any provision of the Plan or of any Option Certificate delivered pursuant to the Plan contravenes any law or any order, policy, by-law or regulation of any regulatory body or stock exchange (including, without limitation, the policies of the Exchange) having authority over the Corporation or the Plan, then such provision shall be deemed to be amended to the extent required to bring such provision into compliance therewith.

 

 

  

 

 

SCHEDULE "A"

PROTECH HOME MEDICAL CORP.
STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

If issued to officers or directors or at a discount to the Market Price - WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE AND COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRADED ON OR THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE OR OTHERWISE IN CANADA OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF A CANADIAN RESIDENT UNTIL [INSERT DATE THAT IS FOUR MONTHS AND A DAY FROM THE GRANT DATE].

 

Insert the following U.S. legend if the Option is being issued to an Optionee who is in the United States or who is a U.S. person:

 

[THE OPTION REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ACQUIRING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CORPORATION THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE CORPORATION, (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, (C) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (D) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE OFFER AND SALE OF SECURITIES, AND IT HAS, IN THE CASE OF EACH OF (C) AND (D), PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER FURNISHED TO THE CORPORATION AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OF RECOGNIZED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION TO SUCH EFFECT.]

 

PROTECH HOME MEDICAL CORP

 

STOCK OPTION PLAN

OPTION CERTIFICATE

 

This Certificate is issued pursuant to the provisions of the Protech Home Medical Corp. (the “Corporation”) stock option plan (the “Plan”) and evidences that ______________________________ is the holder (the “Optionee”) of an option (the “Option”) to purchase up to _______________________________ common shares (the “Shares”) in the capital stock of the Corporation at a purchase price of CAD$_________ per Share (the “Exercise Price”).

 

The Plan provides for the granting of stock options that either (i) are intended to qualify as “Incentive Stock Options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“Section 422 Stock Options”), as amended (the “Code”), or (ii) do not qualify as Section 422 Stock Options (“Non-Qualified Stock Options”). This Option is intended to be (select one):

 

¨ a Section 422 Stock Option; or

 

¨ a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Plan:

 

(a)the effective date of the grant of the Option is __________, 20__;
(b)the Option expires at 5:00 p.m. (EST) on ______________, 20__; and

 

 

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(c)the Options shall vest as follows:

 

Date Percent of Stock Options Vested Number of Stock Options Vested Aggregate Number of Stock Options Vested
       

 

The vested portion or portions of the Option may be exercised at any time and from time to time from and including the date of the grant of the Option through to 5:00 p.m. (EST) on the expiration date of the Option Period by delivering to the Corporation an Exercise Notice, in the form attached as Appendix “I” hereto, together with this Certificate and a certified cheque or bank draft payable to the Corporation in an amount equal to the aggregate of the Exercise Price of the Shares in respect of which the Option is being exercised.

 

All Options and any Shares issued on the exercise of Options may be subject to resale restrictions and may be subject to and legended with a four month hold period commencing on the date the Options were granted pursuant to the rules of the Exchange and applicable securities laws. The Options hereby granted are subject to the approval of the Exchange.

 

This Certificate and the Option evidenced hereby is not assignable, transferable or negotiable and is subject to the detailed terms and conditions contained in the Plan, the terms and conditions of which the Optionee hereby expressly agrees with the Corporation to be bound by. This Certificate is issued for convenience only and in the case of any dispute with regard to any matter in respect hereof, the provisions of the Plan and the records of the Corporation shall prevail.

 

If the Optionee is a U.S. person or is located in the United States, the Optionee acknowledges and agrees as follows:

 

(a)The Option and the Shares (collectively, the “Securities”) have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state of the United States, and the Option is being granted to the Optionee in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

 

(b)The Securities will be “restricted securities”, as defined in Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act, and the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission provide in substance that the Optionee may dispose of the Securities only pursuant to an effective registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act or an exemption therefrom, and the Corporation has no obligation to register any of the Securities or to take action so as to permit sales pursuant to the U.S. Securities Act (including Rule 144 thereunder, if available).

 

(c)If the Optionee decides to offer, sell or otherwise transfer any of the Shares, the Optionee will not offer, sell or otherwise transfer the Option directly or indirectly, unless:

 

(i)the sale is to the Corporation;

 

(ii)the sale is made outside the United States in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act (“Regulation S”) and in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations;

 

(iii)the sale is made pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder, if available, and in accordance with any applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws; or

 

(iv)the Shares are sold in a transaction that does not require registration under the U.S. Securities Act or any applicable state laws and regulations governing the offer and sale of securities;

 

 

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and, in the case of each of (iii) and (iv) it has prior to such sale furnished to the Corporation an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation stating that such transaction is exempt from registration under applicable securities laws.

 

(d)The Option may not be exercised by or for the account or benefit of a person in the United States or a U.S. person unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, unless an exemption from such registration requirements is available.

 

(e)The certificate(s) representing the Shares will be endorsed with the following or a similar legend until such time as it is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the U.S. Securities Act or applicable state securities laws:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (THE “U.S. SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CORPORATION, THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE CORPORATION; (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT; (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS; OR (D) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, IN THE CASE OF CLAUSE (C) OR (D), THE SELLER FURNISHES TO THE CORPORATION AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OF RECOGNIZED STANDING IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION TO SUCH EFFECT. THE PRESENCE OF THIS LEGEND MAY IMPAIR THE ABILITY OF THE HOLDER HEREOF TO EFFECT “GOOD DELIVERY” OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ON A CANADIAN STOCK EXCHANGE.”

 

provided, that if the Shares are being sold outside the United States in compliance with the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S and such Shares were issued at a time when the Corporation is a “foreign issuer” as defined in Regulation S, the legend set forth above may be removed by providing an executed declaration to the registrar and transfer agent of the Corporation, in substantially the form set forth as Appendix “II” hereto (or in such other form as the Corporation may prescribe from time to time) and, if requested by the Corporation or the transfer agent, an opinion of counsel of recognized standing in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation and the transfer agent to the effect that such sale is being made in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S; and provided, further, that, if any Shares are being sold otherwise than in accordance with Regulation S and other than to the Corporation, the legend may be removed by delivery to the registrar and transfer agent and the Corporation of an opinion of counsel, of recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, that such legend is no longer required under applicable requirements of the U.S. Securities Act or state securities laws.

 

(f)Rule 905 of Regulation S provides in substance that any “restricted securities” that are equity securities of a “domestic issuer” (including an issuer that no longer qualifies as a “foreign issuer”) will continue to be deemed to be restricted securities notwithstanding that they were acquired in a resale transaction pursuant to Rule 901 or 904 of Regulation S; that Rule 905 of Regulation S will apply in respect of Shares if the Corporation is not a “foreign issuer” at the time of exercise of the related Options; and that the Corporation is not obligated to remain a “foreign issuer”.

 

 

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(g)Domestic issuer”, “foreign issuer”, “United States” and “U.S. person” are as defined in Regulation S.

 

(h)If the Optionee is resident in the State of California on the effective date of the grant of the Option, then, in addition to the terms and conditions contained in the Plan and in this Certificate, the Optionee acknowledges that the Corporation, as a reporting issuer under the securities legislation in the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, is required to publicly file with the securities regulators in those jurisdictions continuous disclosure documents, including audited annual financial statements and unaudited quarterly financial statements (collectively, the “Financial Statements”). Such filings are available on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR), and documents filed on SEDAR may be viewed under the Corporation’s profile at the following website address: www.sedar.com. Copies of Financial Statements will be made available to the Optionee by the Corporation upon the Optionee’s request.

 

All terms not otherwise defined in this Certificate shall have the meanings given to them under the Plan.

 

Dated this ____ day of _____________, 20___.

 

PROTECH HOME MEDICAL CORP.

 

Per:    
     
  Authorized Signatory  

 

 

 

APPENDIX "I"
PROTECH HOME MEDICAL CORP.

 

STOCK OPTION PLAN

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

TO:   PROTECH HOME MEDICAL CORP. (the "Corporation")

 

1.       The undersigned (the "Optionee"), being the holder of options to purchase ________________ common shares of the Corporation at the exercise price of ______ per share, hereby irrevocably gives notice, pursuant to the stock option plan of the Corporation (the "Plan"), of the exercise of the Option to acquire and hereby subscribes for ____________ of such common shares of the Corporation.

 

2.       The Optionee tenders herewith a certified cheque or bank draft payable to the Corporation in an amount equal to the aggregate Exercise Price of the aforesaid common shares exercised and directs the Corporation to issue a share certificate evidencing said common shares in the name of the Optionee to be mailed to the Optionee at the following address:

 

     
     
     
     

 

3.       By executing this Exercise Notice, the Optionee hereby confirms that the undersigned has read the Plan and agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Plan. All terms not otherwise defined in this Exercise Notice shall have the meanings given to them under the Plan or the attached Option Certificate.

 

4.       The Optionee is resident in __________ [name of state/province].

 

5.       The Optionee represents, warrants and certifies as follows (please check all of the categories that apply):

 

(a) ¨    the Optionee at the time of exercise of the Option is not in the United States, is not a "U.S. person" as defined in Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") and is not exercising the Option on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person or a person in the United States and did not execute or deliver this exercise form in the United States;

 

(b) ¨   the undersigned holder is resident in the United States or is a U.S. person who is a resident of the jurisdiction referred to in the address appearing above, and is a U.S. Accredited Investor and has completed the U.S. Accredited Investor Status Certificate in the form attached to this Exercise Notice;

 

(c) ¨  the undersigned holder is resident in the United States or is a U.S. person who is a resident of the jurisdiction referred to in the address appearing above, and is a natural person who is either: (i) a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or of a majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (each, an "Eligible Company Optionee"), (ii) a consultant who is providing bona fide services to the Corporation or a majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation that are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction, and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Corporation's securities (an "Eligible Consultant"), or (iii) a former Eligible Company Optionee or Eligible Consultant; and/or

 

(d) ¨   if the undersigned holder is resident in the United States or is a U.S. person, the undersigned holder has delivered to the Corporation and the Corporation’s transfer agent an opinion of counsel (which will not be sufficient unless it is in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation) or such other evidence satisfactory to the Corporation to the effect that with respect to the securities to be delivered upon exercise of the Option, the issuance of such securities has been registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws is available;

 

 

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6.       "United States" and "U.S. person" are as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act.

 

Note: Certificates representing Shares will not be registered or delivered to an address in the United States unless Box 5(b), (c) or (d) above is checked.

 

7.       If the undersigned Optionee has marked Box 5(b), (c) or (d) above, the undersigned Optionee hereby represents, warrants, acknowledges and agrees that:

 

(a)funds representing the subscription price for the Shares which will be advanced by the undersigned to the Corporation upon exercise of the Options will not represent proceeds of crime for the purposes of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (the "PATRIOT Act"), and the undersigned acknowledges that the Corporation may in the future be required by law to disclose the undersigned's name and other information relating to this exercise form and the undersigned's subscription hereunder, on a confidential basis, pursuant to the PATRIOT Act. No portion of the subscription price to be provided by the undersigned (i) has been or will be derived from or related to any activity that is deemed criminal under the laws of the United States of America, or any other jurisdiction, or (ii) is being tendered on behalf of a person or entity who has not been identified to or by the undersigned, and it shall promptly notify the Corporation if the undersigned discovers that any of such representations ceases to be true and provide the Corporation with appropriate information in connection therewith;

 

(b)the financial statements of the Corporation have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles or International Financial Reporting Standards, which differ in some respects from United States generally accepted accounting principles, and thus may not be comparable to financial statements of United States companies;

 

(c)there may be material tax consequences to the Optionee of an acquisition or disposition of any of the Shares. The Corporation gives no opinion and makes no representation with respect to the tax consequences to the Optionee under United States, state, local or foreign tax law of the undersigned’s acquisition or disposition of such securities. In particular, no determination has been made whether the Corporation will be a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and

 

(d)if the undersigned has marked Box 5(c) above, the Corporation may rely on the registration exemption in Rule 701 under the U.S. Securities Act and a state registration exemption, but only if such exemptions are available; in the event such exemptions are determined by the Corporation to be unavailable, the undersigned may be required to provide additional evidence of an available exemption, including, without limitation, the legal opinion contemplated by Box 5(d).

 

8.       If the undersigned Optionee has marked Box 5(b) above, the undersigned represents and warrants to the Corporation that:

 

(a)the Optionee has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares, and the undersigned is able to bear the economic risk of loss of his or her entire investment;

 

(b)the Corporation has provided to the undersigned the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the offering, and the undersigned has had access to such information concerning the Corporation as the Optionee has considered necessary or appropriate in connection with his or her investment decision to acquire the Shares;

 

 

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(c)the undersigned is: (i) purchasing the Shares for his or her own account or for the account of one or more U.S. Accredited Investors with respect to which the undersigned is exercising sole investment discretion, and not on behalf of any other person; and (ii) is purchasing the Shares for investment purposes only and not with a view to resale, distribution or other disposition in violation of United States federal or state securities laws; and

 

(d)the undersigned has not exercised the Option as a result of any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over radio, television or other form of telecommunications, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by general solicitation or general advertising.

 

9.       If the undersigned has indicated that the undersigned is a U.S. Accredited Investor by marking Box 5(b) above, or if the undersigned has marked Box 7(c) above on the basis that the exercise of the Option is subject to the registration exemption in Rule 701 under the U.S. Securities Act and an available state registration exemption, the undersigned also acknowledges and agrees that:

 

(a)the Shares have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of the United States, and the Shares will be issued as "restricted securities" (as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the U.S. Securities Act) and may not be offered, sold, pledged, or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, without prior registration under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws absent an exemption from such registration requirements; and

 

(b)the certificate(s) representing the Shares will be endorsed with a U.S. restrictive legend substantially in the form set forth in the Option Certificate until such time as it is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the U.S. Securities Act or applicable state securities laws.

 

10       The undersigned Optionee hereby represents, warrants, acknowledges and agrees that the certificate(s) representing the Shares may be subject to and legended with a four month hold period commencing on the date the Options were granted pursuant to the rules of the Exchange and applicable securities laws.

 

 

DATED the ________ day of ____________________, __________.

 

   
  Signature of Optionee
   

 

 

 

U.S. ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS CERTIFICATE

 

In connection with the exercise of an option to purchase common shares of Protech Home Medical Corp. (the "Corporation") by the Optionee, the Optionee hereby represents and warrants to the Corporation that the Optionee satisfies one or more of the following categories of Accredited Investor (please initial each category that applies):

 

______(1) Any director or executive officer of the Corporation; or

 

______(2) A natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse, at the time of purchase of the Shares contemplated by the accompanying Exercise Notice, exceeds US$1,000,000 (for the purposes of calculating net worth: (i) the person’s primary residence shall not be included as an asset; (ii) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the purchase of the Shares, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time execution of the accompanying Exercise Notice exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (iii) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence shall be included as a liability); or

 

______(3) A natural person who had an individual income in excess of US$200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person’s spouse in excess of US$300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year; or

 

______(4) An organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, a corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business trust, or a partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Shares, with total assets in excess of US$5,000,000; or

 

______(5) An entity in which all of the equity owners meet the requirements of at least one of the above categories (if this alternative is checked, you must identify each equity owner and provide statements signed by each demonstrating how each qualifies as an Accredited Investor).

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX "II"
PROTECH HOME MEDICAL CORP.

 

STOCK OPTION PLAN

FORM OF DECLARATION FOR REMOVAL OF LEGEND

 

TO:Protech Home Medical Corp. (the "Company")
  
AND TO:Registrar and transfer agent for the common shares of the Company

 

The undersigned (a) acknowledges that the sale of ____________________________________ (the "Securities") of the Company, represented by certificate number _________________________________, to which this declaration relates is being made in reliance on Rule 904 of Regulation S ("Regulation S") under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), and (b) certifies that (1) the undersigned is not (A) an "affiliate" of the Company (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the U.S. Securities Act), (B) a "distributor" as defined in Regulation S or (C) an affiliate of a distributor; (2) the offer of such securities was not made to a person in the United States and either (A) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was outside the United States, or the seller and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the buyer was outside the United States, or (B) the transaction was executed on or through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange, the Canadian Securities Exchange or another "designated offshore securities market", and neither the seller nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States; (3) neither the seller nor any affiliate of the seller nor any person acting on any of their behalf has engaged or will engage in any "directed selling efforts" in the United States in connection with the offer and sale of such securities; (4) the sale is bona fide and not for the purpose of "washing off" the resale restrictions imposed because the securities are "restricted securities" (as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the U. S. Securities Act); (5) the seller does not intend to replace the securities sold in reliance on Rule 904 of Regulation S with fungible unrestricted securities; and (6) the contemplated sale is not a transaction, or part of a series of transactions, which, although in technical compliance with Regulation S, is part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the U. S. Securities Act. Terms used herein have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

 

Dated _______________.

 

  X          
  Signature of individual (if Seller is an individual)
   
  X  
  Authorized signatory (if Seller is not an individual)
   
   
  Name of Seller (please print)
   
   
  Name of authorized signatory (please print)
   
   
  Official capacity of authorized signatory (please print)

 

 

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Affirmation by Seller's Broker-Dealer
(Required for sales pursuant to Section (b)(2)(B) above)

 

We have read the foregoing representations of our customer, _________________________ (the "Seller") dated _______________________, with regard to the sale, for such Seller's account, of _________________ common shares (the "Securities") of the Company represented by certificate number ______________. We have executed sales of the Securities pursuant to Rule 904 of Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), on behalf of the Seller. In that connection, we hereby represent to you as follows:

 

(1)no offer to sell Securities was made to a person in the United States;

 

(2)the sale of the Securities was executed in, on or through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange, the Canadian Securities Exchange or another designated offshore securities market (as defined in Rule 902(b) of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act), and, to the best of our knowledge, the sale was not pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

 

(3)no "directed selling efforts" were made in the United States by the undersigned, any affiliate of the undersigned, or any person acting on behalf of the undersigned; and

 

(4)we have done no more than execute the order or orders to sell the Securities as agent for the Seller and will receive no more than the usual and customary broker’s commission that would be received by a person executing such transaction as agent.

 

For purposes of these representations: "affiliate" means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the undersigned; "directed selling efforts" means any activity undertaken for the purpose of, or that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of, conditioning the market in the United States for the Securities (including, but not be limited to, the solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities from persons in the United States); and "United States" means the United States of America, its territories or possessions, any State of the United States, and the District of Columbia.

 

Legal counsel to the Company shall be entitled to rely upon the representations, warranties and covenants contained herein to the same extent as if this affirmation had been addressed to them.

 

Dated _______________.

 

   
Name of Firm  

 

By:    
  Authorized Officer  

 

 

 

EX-99.3 5 tm2121986d3_ex99-3.htm EXHIBIT 99.3

Exhibit 99.3

 

[For officers and directors of the Company apply the following legend: “WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE AND COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRADED ON OR THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE OR OTHERWISE IN CANADA OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF A CANADIAN RESIDENT UNTIL [INSERT DATE].”]

 

QUIPT HOME MEDICAL CORP.

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

(For U.S. Participants)

 

Quipt Home Medical Corp. (the Company) has granted to the Participant named in the Notice of Grant of Stock Option (the Grant Notice) to which this Stock Option Agreement (the Option Agreement) is attached an option (the Option) to purchase certain common shares in the capital of the Company (the Common Shares) upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Grant Notice and this Option Agreement. The Option has been granted pursuant to and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and conditions of the Quipt Home Medical Corp. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan), as amended to the Date of Grant, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference. By signing the Grant Notice, the Participant: (a) acknowledges receipt of, and represents that the Participant has read and is familiar with, the Grant Notice, this Option Agreement, the Plan and a prospectus for the Plan prepared in connection with the registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission of shares issuable pursuant to the Option (the Plan Prospectus), (b) accepts the Option subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Grant Notice, this Option Agreement and the Plan, and (c) agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee upon any questions arising under the Grant Notice, this Option Agreement or the Plan.

 

1.            Definitions and Construction.

 

1.1 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Grant Notice or the Plan.

 

1.2 Construction. Captions and titles contained herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Option Agreement. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular. Use of the term “or” is not intended to be exclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

 

[NTD: Include the following Section 2 for U.S. Participants]

 

2.            Tax Consequences - U.S. Participants.

 

2.1 Tax Status of Option. This Option is intended to have the tax status designated in the Grant Notice.

 

(a)            Incentive Stock Option. If the Grant Notice so designates, this Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code, but the Company does not represent or warrant that this Option qualifies as such. The Participant should consult with the Participant’s own tax advisor regarding the tax effects of this Option and the requirements necessary to obtain favorable income tax treatment under Section 422 of the Code, including, but not limited to, holding period requirements. (NOTE TO PARTICIPANT: If the Option is exercised more than three (3) months after the date on which you cease to be an Employee (other than by reason of your death or permanent and total disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), the Option will be treated as a Nonstatutory Stock Option and not as an Incentive Stock Option to the extent required by Section 422 of the Code.)

 

 

 

 

(b)            Nonstatutory Stock Option. If the Grant Notice so designates, this Option is intended to be a Nonstatutory Stock Option and shall not be treated as an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code.

 

2.2 ISO Fair Market Value Limitation. If the Grant Notice designates this Option as an Incentive Stock Option, then to the extent that the Option (together with all Incentive Stock Options granted to the Participant under all stock option plans of the Participating Company Group, including the Plan) becomes exercisable for the first time during any calendar year for shares having a Fair Market Value greater than US$100,000, the portion of such options which exceeds such amount will be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 2.2, options designated as Incentive Stock Options are taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of stock is determined as of the time the option with respect to such stock is granted. If the Code is amended to provide for a different limitation from that set forth in this Section 2.2, such different limitation shall be deemed incorporated herein effective as of the date required or permitted by such amendment to the Code. If the Option is treated as an Incentive Stock Option in part and as a Nonstatutory Stock Option in part by reason of the limitation set forth in this Section 2.2, the Participant may designate which portion of such Option the Participant is exercising. In the absence of such designation, the Participant shall be deemed to have exercised the Incentive Stock Option portion of the Option first. Separate certificates representing each such portion shall be issued upon the exercise of the Option. (NOTE TO PARTICIPANT: If the aggregate Exercise Price of the Option (that is, the Exercise Price multiplied by the Number of Option Shares) plus the aggregate exercise price of any other Incentive Stock Options you hold (whether granted pursuant to the Plan or any other stock option plan of the Participating Company Group) is greater than US$100,000, you should contact the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to ascertain whether the entire Option qualifies as an Incentive Stock Option.)

 

3.            Administration.

 

All questions of interpretation concerning the Grant Notice, this Option Agreement, the Plan or any other form of agreement or other document employed by the Company in the administration of the Plan or the Option shall be determined by the Committee. All such determinations by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons having an interest in the Option, unless fraudulent or made in bad faith. Any and all actions, decisions and determinations taken or made by the Committee in the exercise of its discretion pursuant to the Plan or the Option or other agreement thereunder (other than determining questions of interpretation pursuant to the preceding sentence) shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons having an interest in the Option. Any Officer shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election which is the responsibility of or which is allocated to the Company herein, provided the Officer has apparent authority with respect to such matter, right, obligation, or election.

 

4.            Exercise of the Option.

 

4.1 Right to Exercise. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Option shall be exercisable prior to the termination of the Option (as provided in Section 6) in an amount not to exceed the number of Vested Shares less the number of shares previously acquired upon exercise of the Option. In no event shall the Option be exercisable for more shares than the Number of Option Shares, as adjusted pursuant to Section 9.

 

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4.2 Method of Exercise. Exercise of the Option shall be by means of electronic or written notice (the Exercise Notice) in a form authorized by the Company. An electronic Exercise Notice must be digitally signed or authenticated by the Participant in such manner as required by the notice and transmitted to the Company or an authorized representative of the Company (including a third-party administrator designated by the Company). In the event that the Participant is not authorized or is unable to provide an electronic Exercise Notice, the Option shall be exercised by a written Exercise Notice addressed to the Company, which shall be signed by the Participant and delivered in person, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, by confirmed electronic transmission, or by such other means as the Company may permit, to the Company, or an authorized representative of the Company (including a third-party administrator designated by the Company). Each Exercise Notice, whether electronic or written, must state the Participant’s election to exercise the Option, the number of whole Common Shares for which the Option is being exercised and such other representations and agreements as to the Participant’s investment intent with respect to such shares as may be required pursuant to the provisions of this Option Agreement. Further, each Exercise Notice must be received by the Company prior to the termination of the Option as set forth in Section 6 and must be accompanied by full payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for the number of Common Shares being purchased. The Option shall be deemed to be exercised upon receipt by the Company of such electronic or written Exercise Notice and the aggregate Exercise Price.

 

4.3 Payment of Exercise Price.

 

(a)            Forms of Consideration Authorized. Except as otherwise provided below, payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for the number of Common Shares for which the Option is being exercised shall be made (i) by check or in cash equivalent; (ii) if permitted by the Company and subject to the limitations contained in Section 4.3(b), by means of (1) a Cashless Exercise, (2) a Net-Exercise, or (3) by such other consideration as may be approved by the Committee from time to time to the extent ‎permitted by Applicable Law‎; or (iii) by any combination of the foregoing.

 

(b)            Limitations on Forms of Consideration. The Company reserves, at any and all times, the right, in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, to establish, decline to approve or terminate any program or procedure providing for payment of the Exercise Price through any of the means described below, including with respect to the Participant notwithstanding that such program or procedures may be available to others.

 

(i)            Cashless Exercise. A Cashless Exercise means the delivery of a properly executed Exercise Notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker in a form acceptable to the Company providing for the assignment to the Company of the proceeds of a sale or loan with respect to Common Shares acquired upon the exercise of the Option in an amount not less than the aggregate Exercise Price for such shares (including, without limitation, through an exercise complying with the provisions of Regulation T as promulgated from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).

 

(ii)           Net-Exercise. A Net-Exercise means the delivery of a properly executed Exercise Notice electing a procedure pursuant to which (1) the Company will reduce the number of shares otherwise issuable to the Participant upon the exercise of the Option by the largest whole number of shares having a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares with respect to which the Option is exercised, and (2) the Participant shall pay to the Company in cash the remaining balance of such aggregate Exercise Price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole shares to be issued. Following a Net-Exercise, the number of shares remaining subject to the Option, if any, shall be reduced by the sum of (1) the net number of shares issued to the Participant upon such exercise, and (2) the number of shares deducted by the Company for payment of the aggregate Exercise Price.

 

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4.4 Tax Withholding.

 

(a)            In General. At the time the Option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at any time thereafter as requested by a Participating Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for (including by means of a Cashless Exercise to the extent permitted by the Company), any sums required to satisfy the federal, provincial, state, local and foreign tax (including any social insurance) withholding obligations of the Participating Company Group, if any, which arise in connection with the Option. The Company shall have no obligation to deliver Common Shares until the tax withholding obligations of the Participating Company Group have been satisfied by the Participant.

 

(b)            Withholding in Shares. The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to require the Participant to satisfy all or any portion of a Participating Company’s tax withholding obligations upon exercise of the Option by deducting from the Common Shares otherwise issuable to the Participant upon such exercise a number of whole shares having a Fair Market Value, as determined by the Company as of the date of exercise, not in excess of the amount of such tax withholding obligations determined by the applicable minimum statutory withholding rates if required to avoid liability classification of the Option under the accounting principles adopted and used by the Company from time to time.

 

4.5 Beneficial Ownership of Shares; Certificate Registration. The Participant hereby authorizes the Company, in its sole discretion, to deposit for the benefit of the Participant with any broker with which the Participant has an account relationship of which the Company has notice any or all shares acquired by the Participant pursuant to the exercise of the Option. Except as provided by the preceding sentence, a certificate or direct registration statement (DRS) for the shares as to which the Option is exercised shall be registered in the name of the Participant, or, if applicable, in the names of the heirs of the Participant.

 

4.6 Restrictions on Grant of the Option and Issuance of Shares. The grant of the Option and the issuance of Common Shares upon exercise of the Option shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, provincial, state or foreign law with respect to such securities. The Option may not be exercised if the issuance of Common Shares upon exercise would constitute a violation of any applicable federal, provincial, state or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Common Shares may then be listed. In addition, the Option may not be exercised unless (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act shall at the time of exercise of the Option be in effect with respect to the shares issuable upon exercise of the Option, or (ii) in the opinion of legal counsel to the Company, the shares issuable upon exercise of the Option may be issued in accordance with the terms of an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. THE PARTICIPANT IS CAUTIONED THAT THE OPTION MAY NOT BE EXERCISED UNLESS THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED. ACCORDINGLY, THE PARTICIPANT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THE OPTION WHEN DESIRED EVEN THOUGH THE OPTION IS VESTED. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares subject to the Option shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to the exercise of the Option, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Company.

 

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4.7 Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares upon the exercise of the Option.

 

5.            Nontransferability of the Option.

 

During the lifetime of the Participant, the Option shall be exercisable only by the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative. The Option shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Following the death of the Participant, the Option, to the extent provided in Section 7, may be exercised by the Participant’s legal representative or by any person empowered to do so under the deceased Participant’s will or under the then applicable laws of descent and distribution.

 

6.            Termination of the Option.

 

The Option shall terminate and may no longer be exercised after the first to occur of (a) the close of business on the Option Expiration Date, (b) the close of business on the last date for exercising the Option following termination of the Participant’s Service as described in Section 7, or (c) a Change in Control to the extent provided in Section 8.

 

7.            Effect of Termination of Service.

 

7.1 Option Exercisability. The Option shall terminate immediately upon the Participant’s termination of Service to the extent that it is then unvested and shall be exercisable after the Participant’s termination of Service to the extent it is then vested only during the applicable time period as determined below and thereafter shall terminate.

 

(a)            Disability. If the Participant’s Service terminates because of the Disability of the Participant, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable for Vested Shares on the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant (or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative) at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months after the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date.

 

(b)            Death. If the Participant’s Service terminates because of the death of the Participant, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable for Vested Shares on the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant’s legal representative or other person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by reason of the Participant’s death at any time prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months after the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date. The Participant’s Service shall be deemed to have terminated on account of death if the Participant dies within three (3) months after the Participant’s termination of Service.

 

(c)            Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Option Agreement to the contrary, if the Participant’s Service is terminated for Cause or if, following the Participant’s termination of Service and during any period in which the Option otherwise would remain exercisable, the Participant engages in any act that would constitute Cause, the Option shall terminate in its entirety and cease to be exercisable immediately upon such termination of Service or act.

 

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(d)            Other Termination of Service. If the Participant’s Service terminates for any reason, except Disability, death or Cause, the Option, to the extent unexercised and exercisable for Vested Shares by the Participant on the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, may be exercised by the Participant at any time prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days after the date on which the Participant’s Service terminated, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date.

 

7.2 Extension if Exercise Prevented by Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than termination of the Participant’s Service for Cause and subject to compliance with Applicable Law, if the exercise of the Option within the applicable time periods set forth in Section 7.1 is prevented by the provisions of Section 4.6, the Option shall remain exercisable until the later of (a) thirty (30) days after the date such exercise first would no longer be prevented by such provisions, or (b) the end of the applicable time period under Section 7.1, but in any event no later than the Option Expiration Date.

 

7.3 Black-Out Period Extension for Canadian Participants. If the Participant is a resident of Canada, then, notwithstanding any provision of the Option Agreement to the contrary, should the Option Expiration Date fall within a Black-Out Period, such Option Expiration Date shall be ‎automatically extended without any ‎further act or formality to that date which is the 10th business day ‎after the end of the Black-Out Period, and such ‎‎10th business day shall be considered the expiration date of the Option for all purposes under the Plan and this Option Agreement.‎

 

8.            Effect of Change in Control.

 

In the event of a Change in Control, the Option shall be subject to the definitive agreement entered into by the Company in connection with the Change in Control. Except to the extent that the Committee determines to cash out the Option in accordance with Section 13.1(c) of the Plan, the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing entity or parent thereof, as the case may be (the Acquiror), may, without the consent of the Participant, assume or continue in full force and effect the Company’s rights and obligations under all or any portion of the Option or substitute for all or any portion of the Option a substantially equivalent option for the Acquiror’s stock. For purposes of this Section, the Option or any portion thereof shall be deemed assumed if, following the Change in Control, the Option confers the right to receive, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, for each Common Share subject to such portion of the Option immediately prior to the Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, other securities or property or a combination thereof) to which a holder of a Common Share on the effective date of the Change in Control was entitled (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration is not solely common stock of the Acquiror, the Committee may, with the consent of the Acquiror, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Option, for each Common Share subject to the Option, to consist solely of common stock of the Acquiror equal in Fair Market Value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Shares pursuant to the Change in Control. The Option shall terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the time of consummation of the Change in Control to the extent that the Option is neither assumed or continued by the Acquiror in connection with the Change in Control nor exercised as of the time of the Change in Control.

 

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9.            Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure.

 

Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company [NTD: Include this language only for U.S. Participants: and the requirements of Sections 409A and 424 of the Code] to the extent applicable, in the event of any change in the Common Shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, whether through merger, consolidation, reorganization, reincorporation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination of shares, exchange of shares, or similar change in the capital structure of the Company, or in the event of payment of a dividend or distribution to the shareholders of the Company in a form other than Common Shares (excepting normal cash dividends) that has a material effect on the Fair Market Value of Common Shares, appropriate and proportionate adjustments shall be made in the number, Exercise Price and kind of shares subject to the Option, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the Participant’s rights under the Option. For purposes of the foregoing, conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as “effected without receipt of consideration by the Company.” Any fractional share resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number and the Exercise Price shall be rounded up to the nearest whole cent. In no event may the Exercise Price be decreased to an amount less than the par value, if any, of the stock subject to the Option. The Committee in its sole discretion, may also make such adjustments in the terms of the Option to reflect, or related to, such changes in the capital structure of the Company or distributions as it deems appropriate. All adjustments pursuant to this Section shall be determined by the Committee, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

10.            Rights as a Shareholder, Director, Employee or Consultant.

 

The Participant shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares covered by the Option until the date of the issuance of the shares for which the Option has been exercised (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date the shares are issued, except as provided in Section 9. If the Participant is an Employee, the Participant understands and acknowledges that, except as otherwise provided in a separate, written employment agreement between a Participating Company and the Participant, the Participant’s employment is [NTD: Include this language only for U.S. Participants: “at will” and] is for no specified term. Nothing in this Option Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the Service of a Participating Company or interfere in any way with any right of the Participating Company Group to terminate the Participant’s Service as a Director, an Employee or Consultant, as the case may be, at any time.

 

11.            Notice of Sales Upon Disqualifying Disposition.

 

11.1 The Participant shall dispose of the shares acquired pursuant to the Option only in accordance with the provisions of this Option Agreement.

 

[NTD: Include 11.2 only for U.S. Participants]

 

11.2 In addition, if the Grant Notice designates this Option as an Incentive Stock Option, the Participant shall (a) promptly notify the Chief Financial Officer of the Company if the Participant disposes of any of the shares acquired pursuant to the Option within one (1) year after the date the Participant exercises all or part of the Option or within two (2) years after the Date of Grant and (b) provide the Company with a description of the circumstances of such disposition. Until such time as the Participant disposes of such shares in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Option Agreement, unless otherwise expressly authorized by the Company, the Participant shall hold all shares acquired pursuant to the Option in the Participant’s name (and not in the name of any nominee) for the one-year period immediately after the exercise of the Option and the two-year period immediately after Date of Grant. At any time during the one-year or two-year periods set forth above, the Company may place a legend on any certificate representing shares acquired pursuant to the Option requesting the transfer agent for the Company’s stock to notify the Company of any such transfers. The obligation of the Participant to notify the Company of any such transfer shall continue notwithstanding that a legend has been placed on the certificate pursuant to the preceding sentence.

 

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12.            Legends.

 

The Company may at any time place legends referencing any applicable federal, provincial, state or foreign securities law restrictions on all certificates representing Common Shares subject to the provisions of this Option Agreement. The Participant shall, at the request of the Company, promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing shares acquired pursuant to the Option in the possession of the Participant in order to carry out the provisions of this Section.

 

[NTD: For U.S. Participants:]

 

Unless otherwise specified by the Company, legends placed on such certificates may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

 

“THE SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ISSUED BY THE CORPORATION TO THE REGISTERED HOLDER UPON EXERCISE OF AN INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 422 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (“ISO). IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE PREFERENTIAL TAX TREATMENT AFFORDED TO ISOs, THE SHARES SHOULD NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE DATE THE PARTICIPANT EXERCISES ALL OR PART OF THE OPTION NOR WITHIN TWO (2) YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF GRANT. SHOULD THE REGISTERED HOLDER ELECT TO TRANSFER ANY OF THE SHARES PRIOR TO THIS DATE AND FOREGO ISO TAX TREATMENT, THE TRANSFER AGENT FOR THE SHARES SHALL NOTIFY THE CORPORATION IMMEDIATELY. THE REGISTERED HOLDER SHALL HOLD ALL SHARES PURCHASED UNDER THE INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION IN THE REGISTERED HOLDER’S NAME (AND NOT IN THE NAME OF ANY NOMINEE) PRIOR TO THIS DATE OR UNTIL TRANSFERRED AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.”

 

13.            Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

13.1 Termination or Amendment. The Committee may terminate or amend the Plan or the Option at any time; provided, however, that except as provided in Section 8 in connection with a Change in Control, no such termination or amendment may have a materially adverse effect on the Option or any unexercised portion thereof without the consent of the Participant unless such termination or amendment is necessary to comply with any applicable law or government regulation. No amendment or addition to this Option Agreement shall be effective unless in writing.

 

13.2 Further Instruments. The parties hereto agree to execute such further instruments and to take such further action as may reasonably be necessary to carry out the intent of this Option Agreement.

 

13.3 Binding Effect. This Option Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company and, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, be binding upon the Participant and the Participant’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

 

13.4 Delivery of Documents and Notices. Any document relating to participation in the Plan or any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given (except to the extent that this Option Agreement provides for effectiveness only upon actual receipt of such notice) upon personal delivery, electronic delivery at the e-mail address, if any, provided for the Participant by a Participating Company, or upon deposit in the U.S. Post Office or foreign postal service, by registered or certified mail, or with a nationally recognized overnight courier service, with postage and fees prepaid, addressed to the other party at the address of such party set forth in the Grant Notice or at such other address as such party may designate in writing from time to time to the other party.

 

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(a)            Description of Electronic Delivery and Signature. The Plan documents, which may include but do not necessarily include: the Plan, the Grant Notice, this Option Agreement, the Plan Prospectus, and any reports of the Company provided generally to the Company’s shareholders, may be delivered to the Participant electronically. In addition, if permitted by the Company, the Participant may deliver electronically the Grant Notice and Exercise Notice called for by Section 4.2 to the Company or to such third party involved in administering the Plan as the Company may designate from time to time. Such means of electronic delivery may include but do not necessarily include the delivery of a link to a Company intranet or the Internet site of a third party involved in administering the Plan, the delivery of the document via e-mail or such other means of electronic delivery specified by the Company. Any and all such documents and notices may be electronically signed.

 

(b)            Consent to Electronic Delivery and Signature. The Participant acknowledges that the Participant has read Section 13.4(a) of this Option Agreement and consents to the electronic delivery of the Plan documents and, if permitted by the Company, the delivery of the Grant Notice and Exercise Notice, as described in Section 13.4(a). The Participant agrees that any and all such documents requiring a signature may be electronically signed and that such electronic signature shall have the same effect as handwritten signature for the purposes of validity, enforceability and admissibility. The Participant acknowledges that he or she may receive from the Company a paper copy of any documents delivered electronically at no cost to the Participant by contacting the Company by telephone or in writing. The Participant further acknowledges that the Participant will be provided with a paper copy of any documents if the attempted electronic delivery of such documents fails. Similarly, the Participant understands that the Participant must provide the Company or any designated third party administrator with a paper copy of any documents if the attempted electronic delivery of such documents fails. The Participant may revoke his or her consent to the electronic delivery of documents described in Section 13.4(a) or may change the electronic mail address to which such documents are to be delivered (if the Participant has provided an electronic mail address) at any time by notifying the Company of such revoked consent or revised e-mail address by telephone, postal service or electronic mail. Finally, the Participant understands that he or she is not required to consent to electronic delivery of documents described in Section 13.4(a).

 

13.5 Integrated Agreement. The Grant Notice, this Option Agreement and the Plan shall constitute the entire understanding and agreement of the Participant and the Participating Company Group with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersede any prior agreements, understandings, restrictions, representations, or warranties among the Participant and the Participating Company Group with respect to such subject matter. To the extent contemplated herein, the provisions of the Grant Notice, the Option Agreement and the Plan shall survive any exercise of the Option and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

13.6 Applicable Law. Except to the extent governed by applicable United States, this Option Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada, without regard to their conflict of law rules.

 

13.7 Counterparts. The Grant Notice may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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EX-99.4 6 tm2121986d3_ex99-4.htm EXHIBIT 99.4

 

Exhibit 99.4

 

QUIPT HOME MEDICAL CORP.

NOTICE OF GRANT OF STOCK OPTION

 

Quipt Home Medical Corp. (the Company) has granted to the Participant an option (the Option) to purchase certain Common Shares pursuant to the Quipt Home Medical Corp. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan), as follows:

 

Participant:                              Employee ID:                                        
       
Date of Grant:                             
   
Number of Option Shares:                             , subject to adjustment as provided by the Option Agreement.
   
Exercise Price: [USD][CAD]$                 
   
Vesting Start Date:                             
   
Option Expiration Date: The tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant
   
Tax Status of Option:                              Stock Option.  (Enter “Incentive” or “Nonstatutory.”  If blank, this Option will be a Nonstatutory Stock Option.)
   
Vested Shares: Except as provided in the Option Agreement and provided the Participant’s Service has not terminated prior to the applicable date, the number of Vested Shares (disregarding any resulting fractional share) as of any date is determined by multiplying the Number of Option Shares by the Vested Ratio determined as of such date, as follows:
   
    Vested Ratio
  [♦] [♦]

 

By their signatures below or by electronic acceptance or authentication in a form authorized by the Company, the Company and the Participant agree that the Option is governed by this Grant Notice and by the provisions of the Option Agreement and the Plan, both of which are made a part of this document. The Participant acknowledges that a copy of the Plan is available under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com, ‎and a copy of the Option Agreement and the prospectus for the plan are attached hereto. The Participant represents that the Participant has read and is familiar with the provisions of the Option Agreement and the Plan, and hereby accepts the Option subject to all of their terms and conditions. The Participant also acknowledges that the Participant is voluntarily participating in the Plan‎. The Participant further acknowledges and agrees that the Participant is responsible for obtaining his or her own tax, financial and legal ‎advice relating to the Plan, this Grant Notice, the Option Agreement and the Options. ‎All terms not otherwise defined in this Grant Notice shall have the meanings given to them under the Plan.‎

 

QUIPT HOME MEDICAL CORP.   PARTICIPANT
     
By:    
  Hardik Mehta   Signature
  Chief Financial Officer  
    Date

Address: ‎1019 Town Drive    

 

Wilder, Kentucky 41076‎

 

Address

       
     

 

 

ATTACHMENTS:2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended to the Date of Grant; Stock Option Agreement, Exercise Notice and Plan Prospectus.

 

 

EX-99.5 7 tm2121986d3_ex99-5.htm EXHIBIT 99.5

 

Exhibit 99.5

 

[For officers and directors of the Company apply the following legend: “WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE AND COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRADED ON OR THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE OR OTHERWISE IN CANADA OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF A CANADIAN RESIDENT UNTIL [INSERT DATE].”]

 

QUIPT HOME MEDICAL CORP.

RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS AGREEMENT

(For U.S. Participants)

 

Quipt Home Medical Corp. has granted to the Participant named in the Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units (the Grant Notice) to which this Restricted Stock Units Agreement (the Agreement) is attached an Award consisting of Restricted Stock Units (each a Unit) subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Grant Notice and this Agreement. The Award has been granted pursuant to and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and conditions of the Quipt Home Medical Corp. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan), as amended to the Date of Grant, the provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference. By signing the Grant Notice, the Participant: (a) acknowledges receipt of and represents that the Participant has read and is familiar with the Grant Notice, this Agreement, the Plan and a prospectus for the Plan prepared in connection with the registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the common shares in the capital of the Company (the “Common Shares”) issuable pursuant to the Award (the Plan Prospectus), (b) accepts the Award subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Grant Notice, this Agreement and the Plan and (c) agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee upon any questions arising under the Grant Notice, this Agreement or the Plan.

 

1.              Definitions and Construction.

 

1.1            Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Grant Notice or the Plan.

 

1.2            Construction. Captions and titles contained herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular. Use of the term “or” is not intended to be exclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

 

2.              Administration.

 

All questions of interpretation concerning the Grant Notice, this Agreement, the Plan or any other form of agreement or other document employed by the Company in the administration of the Plan or the Award shall be determined by the Committee. All such determinations by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons having an interest in the Award, unless fraudulent or made in bad faith. Any and all actions, decisions and determinations taken or made by the Committee in the exercise of its discretion pursuant to the Plan or the Award or other agreement thereunder (other than determining questions of interpretation pursuant to the preceding sentence) shall be final, binding and conclusive upon all persons having an interest in the Award. Any Officer shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election which is the responsibility of or which is allocated to the Company herein, provided the Officer has apparent authority with respect to such matter, right, obligation, or election.

 

 

 

3.            The Award.

 

3.1            Grant of Units. On the Date of Grant, the Participant shall acquire, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Total Number of Units set forth in the Grant Notice, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 9. Each Unit represents a right to receive on a date determined in accordance with the Grant Notice and this Agreement one (1) Common Share.

 

3.2            No Monetary Payment Required. The Participant is not required to make any monetary payment (other than applicable tax withholding, if any) as a condition to receiving the Units or Common Shares issued upon settlement of the Units, the consideration for which shall be past services actually rendered or future services to be rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if required by applicable law, the Participant shall furnish consideration in the form of cash or past services rendered to a Participating Company or for its benefit having a value not less than the par value of the Common Shares issued upon settlement of the Units.

 

4.            Vesting of Units.

 

Units acquired pursuant to this Agreement shall become Vested Units as provided in the Grant Notice. For purposes of determining the number of Vested Units following an Ownership Change Event, credited Service shall include all Service with any corporation which is a Participating Company at the time the Service is rendered, whether or not such corporation is a Participating Company both before and after the Ownership Change Event.

 

5.            Company Reacquisition Right.

 

5.1            Grant of Company Reacquisition Right. In the event that the Participant’s Service terminates for any reason or no reason, with or without cause, the Participant shall forfeit and the Company shall automatically reacquire all Units which are not, as of the time of such termination, Vested Units (“Unvested Units”), and the Participant shall not be entitled to any payment therefor (the “Company Reacquisition Right”).

 

5.2            Ownership Change Event, Non-Cash Dividends, Distributions and Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of an Ownership Change Event, a dividend or distribution to the shareholders of the Company paid in Common Shares or other property, or any other adjustment upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as described in Section 9, any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property (other than regular, periodic cash dividends paid on Stock pursuant to the Company’s dividend policy) to which the Participant is entitled by reason of the Participant’s ownership of Unvested Units shall be immediately subject to the Company Reacquisition Right and included in the terms “Units” and “Unvested Units” for all purposes of the Company Reacquisition Right with the same force and effect as the Unvested Units immediately prior to the Ownership Change Event, dividend, distribution or adjustment, as the case may be. For purposes of determining the number of Vested Units following an Ownership Change Event, dividend, distribution or adjustment, credited Service shall include all Service with any corporation which is a Participating Company at the time the Service is rendered, whether or not such corporation is a Participating Company both before and after any such event.

 

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6.            Settlement of the Award.

 

6.1            Issuance of Common Shares. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.3, the Company shall issue to the Participant on the Settlement Date with respect to each Vested Unit to be settled on such date one (1) Common Share. The Settlement Date with respect to a Unit shall be the date specified by the Grant Notice (an Original Settlement Date); provided, however, that if the tax withholding obligations of a Participating Company, if any, will not be satisfied by the share withholding method described in Section 7.3 and the Original Settlement Date would occur on a date on which a sale by the Participant of the Common Shares to be issued in settlement of the Vested Units would violate the Trading Compliance Policy of the Company, then the Settlement Date for such Vested Units shall be deferred until the next day on which the sale of such shares would not violate the Trading Compliance Policy, but in any event on or before the last day of the calendar year of the Original Settlement Date. Common Shares issued in settlement of Units shall not be subject to any restriction on transfer other than any such restriction as may be required pursuant to Section 6.3, Section 7 or the Company’s Trading Compliance Policy.

 

6.2            Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares; Certificate Registration. The Participant hereby authorizes the Company, in its sole discretion, to deposit any or all Common Shares acquired by the Participant pursuant to the settlement of the Award with the Company’s transfer agent, including any successor transfer agent, to be held in book entry form, or to deposit such Common Shares for the benefit of the Participant with any broker with which the Participant has an account relationship of which the Company has notice. Except as provided by the foregoing, a certificate for the Common Shares acquired by the Participant shall be registered in the name of the Participant, or, if applicable, in the names of the heirs of the Participant.

 

6.3            Restrictions on Grant of the Award and Issuance of Common Shares. The grant of the Award and issuance of Common Shares upon settlement of the Award shall be subject to compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, provincial, state or foreign law with respect to such securities. No Common Shares may be issued hereunder if the issuance of such Common Shares would constitute a violation of any applicable federal, provincial, state or foreign securities laws or other law or regulations or the requirements of any stock exchange or market system upon which the Stock may then be listed. The inability of the Company to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority, if any, deemed by the Company’s legal counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance of any Common Shares subject to the Award shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue such Common Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. As a condition to the settlement of the Award, the Company may require the Participant to satisfy any qualifications that may be necessary or appropriate, to evidence compliance with any applicable law or regulation and to make any representation or warranty with respect thereto as may be requested by the Company.

 

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6.4            Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue fractional Common Shares upon the settlement of the Award.

 

7.            Tax Withholding.

 

7.1            In General. At the time the Grant Notice is executed, or at any time thereafter as requested by a Participating Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums required to satisfy the federal, provincial, state, local and foreign tax (including any social insurance) withholding obligations of the Participating Company, if any, which arise in connection with the Award, the vesting of Units or the issuance of Common Shares in settlement thereof. The Company shall have no obligation to deliver Common Shares until the tax withholding obligations of the Participating Company have been satisfied by the Participant.

 

7.2            Assignment of Sale Proceeds. Subject to compliance with applicable law and the Company’s Trading Compliance Policy, if permitted by the Company, the Participant may satisfy the Participating Company’s tax withholding obligations in accordance with procedures established by the Company providing for delivery by the Participant to the Company or a broker approved by the Company of properly executed instructions, in a form approved by the Company, providing for the assignment to the Company of the proceeds of a sale with respect to some or all of the Common Shares being acquired upon settlement of Units.

 

7.3            Withholding in Shares. The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to require the Participant to satisfy all or any portion of a Participating Company’s tax withholding obligations by deducting from the Common Shares otherwise deliverable to the Participant in settlement of the Award a number of whole Common Shares having a Fair Market Value, as determined by the Company as of the date on which the tax withholding obligations arise, not in excess of the amount of such tax withholding obligations determined by the applicable minimum statutory withholding rates if required to avoid liability classification of the Award under generally accepted accounting principles adopted and used by the Company from time to time.

 

8.            Effect of Change in Control.

 

In the event of a Change in Control, the Award shall be subject to the definitive agreement entered into by the Company in connection with the Change in Control. Except to the extent that the Committee determines to cash out the Award in accordance with Section 13.1(c) of the Plan, the surviving, continuing, successor, or purchasing entity or parent thereof, as the case may be (the “Acquiror”), may, without the consent of the Participant, assume or continue in full force and effect the Company’s rights and obligations under all or any portion of the outstanding Units or substitute for all or any portion of the outstanding Units substantially equivalent rights with respect to the Acquiror’s stock. For purposes of this Section, a Unit shall be deemed assumed if, following the Change in Control, the Unit confers the right to receive, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, the consideration (whether stock, cash, other securities or property or a combination thereof) to which a holder of a Common Share on the effective date of the Change in Control was entitled (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration is not solely common stock of the Acquiror, the Committee may, with the consent of the Acquiror, provide for the consideration to be received upon settlement of the Unit to consist solely of common stock of the Acquiror equal in Fair Market Value to the per share consideration received by holders of Stock pursuant to the Change in Control. The Award shall terminate and cease to be outstanding effective as of the time of consummation of the Change in Control to the extent that Units subject to the Award are neither assumed or continued by the Acquiror in connection with the Change in Control nor settled as of the time of the Change in Control.

 

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9.            Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure.

 

Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company [NTD: Include this language only for U.S. Participants: and the requirements of Section 409A of the Code] to the extent applicable, in the event of any change in the Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, whether through merger, consolidation, reorganization, reincorporation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination of shares, exchange of shares, or similar change in the capital structure of the Company, or in the event of payment of a dividend or distribution to the shareholders of the Company in a form other than Stock (other than regular, periodic cash dividends paid on Stock pursuant to the Company’s dividend policy) that has a material effect on the Fair Market Value of Common Shares, appropriate and proportionate adjustments shall be made in the number of Units subject to the Award and/or the number and kind of shares or other property to be issued in settlement of the Award, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the Participant’s rights under the Award. For purposes of the foregoing, conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as “effected without receipt of consideration by the Company.” Any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property (other than regular, periodic cash dividends paid on Stock pursuant to the Company’s dividend policy) to which the Participant is entitled by reason of ownership of Units acquired pursuant to this Award will be immediately subject to the provisions of this Award on the same basis as all Units originally acquired hereunder. Any fractional Unit or share resulting from an adjustment pursuant to this Section shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. Such adjustments shall be determined by the Committee, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

10.            Rights as a Shareholder, Director, Employee or Consultant.

 

The Participant shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any Common Shares which may be issued in settlement of this Award until the date of the issuance of such shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date the Common Shares are issued, except as provided in Section 9. If the Participant is an Employee, the Participant understands and acknowledges that, except as otherwise provided in a separate, written employment agreement between a Participating Company and the Participant, the Participant’s employment is [NTD: Include this language only for U.S. Participants: “at will” and is] for no specified term. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the Service of a Participating Company or interfere in any way with any right of the Participating Company Group to terminate the Participant’s Service at any time.

 

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11.            Legends.

 

The Company may at any time place legends referencing any applicable federal, provincial, state or foreign securities law restrictions on all certificates representing Common Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement. The Participant shall, at the request of the Company, promptly present to the Company any and all certificates representing Common Shares acquired pursuant to this Award in the possession of the Participant in order to carry out the provisions of this Section.

 

[NTD: Include the following Section 12 for U.S. Participants]

 

12.            Compliance with Section 409A - U.S. Participants.

 

It is intended that any election, payment or benefit which is made or provided pursuant to or in connection with this Award that may result in Section 409A Deferred Compensation shall comply in all respects with the applicable requirements of Section 409A (including applicable regulations or other administrative guidance thereunder, as determined by the Committee in good faith) to avoid the unfavorable tax consequences provided therein for non-compliance. In connection with effecting such compliance with Section 409A, the following shall apply:

 

12.1            Separation from Service; Required Delay in Payment to Specified Employee. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, no amount payable pursuant to this Agreement on account of the Participant’s termination of Service which constitutes a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of the Treasury Regulations issued pursuant to Section 409A of the Code (the Section 409A Regulations) shall be paid unless and until the Participant has incurred a “separation from service” within the meaning of the Section 409A Regulations. Furthermore, to the extent that the Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of the Section 409A Regulations as of the date of the Participant’s separation from service, no amount that constitutes a deferral of compensation which is payable on account of the Participant’s separation from service shall be paid to the Participant before the date (the Delayed Payment Date) which is the first day of the seventh month after the date of the Participant’s separation from service or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death following such separation from service. All such amounts that would, but for this Section, become payable prior to the Delayed Payment Date will be accumulated and paid on the Delayed Payment Date.

 

12.2            Other Changes in Time of Payment. Neither the Participant nor the Company shall take any action to accelerate or delay the payment of any benefits under this Agreement in any manner which would not be in compliance with the Section 409A Regulations.

 

12.3            Amendments to Comply with Section 409A; Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company is authorized to amend this Agreement, to void or amend any election made by the Participant under this Agreement and/or to delay the payment of any monies and/or provision of any benefits in such manner as may be determined by the Company, in its discretion, to be necessary or appropriate to comply with the Section 409A Regulations without prior notice to or consent of the Participant. The Participant hereby releases and holds harmless the Company, its directors, officers and shareholders from any and all claims that may arise from or relate to any tax liability, penalties, interest, costs, fees or other liability incurred by the Participant in connection with the Award, including as a result of the application of Section 409A.

 

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12.4            Advice of Independent Tax Advisor. The Company has not obtained a tax ruling or other confirmation from the Internal Revenue Service with regard to the application of Section 409A to the Award, and the Company does not represent or warrant that this Agreement will avoid adverse tax consequences to the Participant, including as a result of the application of Section 409A to the Award. The Participant hereby acknowledges that he or she has been advised to seek the advice of his or her own independent tax advisor prior to entering into this Agreement and is not relying upon any representations of the Company or any of its agents as to the effect of or the advisability of entering into this Agreement.

 

13.            Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

13.1            Termination or Amendment. The Committee may terminate or amend the Plan or this Agreement at any time; provided, however, that except as provided in Section 8 in connection with a Change in Control, no such termination or amendment may have a materially adverse effect on the Participant’s rights under this Agreement without the consent of the Participant unless such termination or amendment is necessary to comply with applicable law or government regulation [NTD: Include only for U.S. Participants:, including, but not limited to, Section 409A]. No amendment or addition to this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing.

 

13.2            Nontransferability of the Award. Prior to the issuance of Common Shares on the applicable Settlement Date, neither this Award nor any Units subject to this Award shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, exchange, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, except transfer by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All rights with respect to the Award shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative.

 

13.3            Further Instruments. The parties hereto agree to execute such further instruments and to take such further action as may reasonably be necessary to carry out the intent of this Agreement.

 

13.4            Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company and, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, be binding upon the Participant and the Participant’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

 

13.5            Delivery of Documents and Notices. Any document relating to participation in the Plan or any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given (except to the extent that this Agreement provides for effectiveness only upon actual receipt of such notice) upon personal delivery, electronic delivery at the e-mail address, if any, provided for the Participant by a Participating Company, or upon deposit in the U.S. Post Office or foreign postal service, by registered or certified mail, or with a nationally recognized overnight courier service, with postage and fees prepaid, addressed to the other party at the address of such party set forth in the Grant Notice or at such other address as such party may designate in writing from time to time to the other party.

 

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(a)            Description of Electronic Delivery and Signature. The Plan documents, which may include but do not necessarily include: the Plan, the Grant Notice, this Agreement, the Plan Prospectus, and any reports of the Company provided generally to the Company’s shareholders, may be delivered to the Participant electronically. In addition, if permitted by the Company, the Participant may deliver electronically the Grant Notice to the Company or to such third party involved in administering the Plan as the Company may designate from time to time. Such means of electronic delivery may include but do not necessarily include the delivery of a link to a Company intranet or the Internet site of a third party involved in administering the Plan, the delivery of the document via e-mail or such other means of electronic delivery specified by the Company. Any and all such documents and notices may be electronically signed.

 

(b)            Consent to Electronic Delivery and Signature. The Participant acknowledges that the Participant has read Section 13.5(a) of this Agreement and consents to the electronic delivery of the Plan documents and, if permitted by the Company, the delivery of the Grant Notice, as described in Section 13.5(a). The Participant agrees that any and all such documents requiring a signature may be electronically signed and that such electronic signature shall have the same effect as handwritten signature for the purposes of validity, enforceability and admissibility. The Participant acknowledges that he or she may receive from the Company a paper copy of any documents delivered electronically at no cost to the Participant by contacting the Company by telephone or in writing. The Participant further acknowledges that the Participant will be provided with a paper copy of any documents if the attempted electronic delivery of such documents fails. Similarly, the Participant understands that the Participant must provide the Company or any designated third party administrator with a paper copy of any documents if the attempted electronic delivery of such documents fails. The Participant may revoke his or her consent to the electronic delivery of documents described in Section 13.5(a) or may change the electronic mail address to which such documents are to be delivered (if Participant has provided an electronic mail address) at any time by notifying the Company of such revoked consent or revised e-mail address by telephone, postal service or electronic mail. Finally, the Participant understands that he or she is not required to consent to electronic delivery of documents described in Section 13.5(a).

 

13.6           Integrated Agreement. The Grant Notice, this Agreement and the Plan shall constitute the entire understanding and agreement of the Participant and the Participating Company Group with respect to the subject matter contained herein or therein and supersede any prior agreements, understandings, restrictions, representations, or warranties among the Participant and the Participating Company Group with respect to such subject matter. To the extent contemplated herein or therein, the provisions of the Grant Notice, this Agreement and the Plan shall survive any settlement of the Award and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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13.7            Applicable Law. Except to the extent governed by applicable United States, this Option Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada, without regard to their conflict of law rules.

 

13.8            Counterparts. The Grant Notice may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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EX-99.6 8 tm2121986d3_ex99-6.htm EXHIBIT 99.6

 

Exhibit 99.6

 

QUIPT HOME MEDICAL CORP.

NOTICE OF GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

 

Quipt Home Medical Corp. (the Company) has granted to the Participant an award (the Award) of certain units pursuant to the Quipt Home Medical Corp. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan), each of which represents the right to receive on the applicable Settlement Date one (1) common share in the capital of the Company, as follows:

 

Participant:                                          Employee ID:
       
Date of Grant:                                         
   
Total Number of Units:                            (each a “Unit”), subject to adjustment as provided by the Restricted Stock Units Agreement.
   
Settlement Date: Except as provided by the Restricted Stock Units Agreement, with respect to each Vested Unit, the first day of the calendar year following the year in which the Unit became a Vested Unit or, if earlier, immediately prior to the consummation of a Change in Control.
   
Vesting Start Date:                                         
   
Vested Units: Except as provided in the Restricted Stock Units Agreement and provided that the Participant’s Service has not terminated prior to the applicable date, the number of Vested Units (disregarding any resulting fractional Unit) as of any date is determined by multiplying the Total Number of Units by the Vested Ratio determined as of such date, as follows:
    Vested Ratio
  [♦] [♦]

 

By their signatures below or by electronic acceptance or authentication in a form authorized by the Company, the Company and the Participant agree that the Award is governed by this Grant Notice and by the provisions of the Restricted Stock Units Agreement and the Plan, both of which are made a part of this document. The Participant acknowledges that a copy of the Plan is available under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com, ‎and a copy of the Restricted Stock Units Agreement and the prospectus for the Plan are attached hereto. The Participant represents that the Participant has read and is familiar with the provisions of the Restricted Stock Units Agreement and the Plan, and hereby accepts the Award subject to all of their terms and conditions. The Participant also acknowledges that the Participant is voluntarily participating in the Plan‎. The Participant further acknowledges and agrees that the Participant is responsible for obtaining his or her own tax, financial and legal ‎advice relating to the Plan, this Grant Notice, the Option Agreement and the Options. ‎All terms not otherwise defined in this Grant Notice shall have the meanings given to them under the Plan.‎

 

QUIPT HOME MEDICAL CORP.   PARTICIPANT
     
By:    
  Hardik Mehta   Signature
  Chief Financial Officer  
    Date

Address: 1019 Town Drive

 
Wilder, Kentucky 41076    
    Address
   

 

ATTACHMENTS:2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended to the Date of Grant; Restricted Stock Units Agreement and Plan Prospectus