Exhibit 4.1
GOLDCORP INC.
2005 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(AMENDED EFFECTIVE MAY 20, 2008)
ARTICLE 1
GENERAL
1.1
Purpose
The
purpose of this Plan is to advance the interests of the Corporation
by (i) providing Eligible Individuals with additional
incentive; (ii) encouraging stock ownership by Eligible
Individuals; (iii) increasing the proprietary interest of
Eligible Individuals in the success of the Corporation;
(iv) encouraging Eligible Individuals to remain with the
Corporation or its Affiliates; and (v) attracting new
employees and officers to the Corporation or its Affiliates.
1.2
Administration
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This Plan will be administered by the Board or a committee of
the Board duly appointed for this purpose by the Board and
consisting of not less than three directors. If a committee is
appointed for this purpose, all references to the term
“Board” will be deemed to be references to the
committee. |
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Subject to the limitations of this Plan, the Board has the
authority: (i) to grant Options to purchase Shares to Eligible
Persons; (ii) to determine the terms, including the
limitations, restrictions and conditions, if any, upon such grants;
(iii) to interpret this Plan and to adopt, amend and rescind such
administrative guidelines and other rules and regulations relating
to this Plan as it may from time to time deem advisable, subject to
required prior approval by any applicable regulatory authority
and/or shareholders; and (iv) to make all other determinations
and to take all other actions in connection with the implementation
and administration of this Plan as it may deem necessary or
advisable. The Board’s guidelines, rules, regulations,
interpretations and determinations will be conclusive and binding
upon all parties. |
1.3
Interpretation
For the
purposes of this Plan, the following terms will have the following
meanings unless otherwise defined elsewhere in this Plan:
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“ Affiliate ” means any corporation that is
an affiliate of the Corporation as defined in National Instrument
45-106 — Prospectus and Registration Exemptions , as
may be amended from time to time; |
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“ Associate ”, where used to indicate a
relationship with any person or company, is as defined in the
Securities Act (Ontario), as may be amended from time to
time; |
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“ Board ” means the Board of Directors of
the Corporation or a committee thereof appointed in accordance with
the Plan; |
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“ Change of Control ” means the occurrence
of any one or more of the following events: |
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a consolidation, merger, amalgamation, arrangement or other
reorganization or acquisition involving the Corporation or any of
its Affiliates and another |
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corporation or other entity, as a result of which the holders
of Shares prior to the completion of the transaction hold less than
50% of the outstanding shares of the successor corporation after
completion of the transaction; |
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the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition, in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions, of assets, rights
or properties of the Corporation and/or any of its Affiliates which
have an aggregate book value greater than 30% of the book value of
the assets, rights and properties of the Corporation and its
Affiliates on a consolidated basis to any other person or entity,
other than a disposition to a wholly-owned Affiliate of the
Corporation in the course of a reorganization of the assets of the
Corporation and its Affiliates; |
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a resolution is adopted to wind-up, dissolve or liquidate the
Corporation; |
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any person, entity or group of persons or entities acting
jointly or in concert (an “Acquiror”) acquires or
acquires control (including, without limitation, the right to vote
or direct the voting) of Voting Securities which, when added to the
Voting Securities owned of record or beneficially by the Acquiror
or which the Acquiror has the right to vote or in respect of which
the Acquiror has the right to direct the voting, would entitle the
Acquiror and/or Associates and/or Affiliates of the Acquiror to
cast or to direct the casting of 20% or more of the votes attached
to all of the Corporation’s outstanding Voting Securities
which may be cast to elect directors of the Corporation or the
successor corporation (regardless of whether a meeting has been
called to elect directors); |
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as a result of or in connection with: (A) a contested
election of directors, or (B) a consolidation, merger,
amalgamation, arrangement or other reorganization or acquisitions
involving the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and another
corporation or other entity, the nominees named in the most recent
Management Information Circular of the Corporation for election to
the Board shall not constitute a majority of the Board; or |
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the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that a Change of
Control as defined herein has occurred or is imminent.
For the purposes of the foregoing, “ Voting Securities
” means Shares and any other shares entitled to vote for the
election of directors and shall include any security, whether or
not issued by the Corporation, which are not shares entitled to
vote for the election of directors but are convertible into or
exchangeable for shares which are entitled to vote for the election
of directors including any options or rights to purchase such
shares or securities; |
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“ Corporation ” means Goldcorp Inc. and
includes any successor corporation thereof; |
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“ Eligible Individual ” means any employee
or officer of (i) the Corporation, or (ii) any Affiliate
(and includes any such person who is on a leave of absence
authorized by the Board or the board of directors of any
Affiliate); |
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“ Eligible Person ” means, subject to all
applicable law, any Eligible Individual, Holding Company or
Eligible Individual’s RRSP; |
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“ Holding Company ” means a corporation
wholly-owned by an Eligible Individual, the issued and outstanding
voting shares of which are, and will continue to be, beneficially
owned, directly or indirectly, by such Eligible Individual and/or
the spouse, children and/or grandchildren of such Eligible
Individual; |
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“ Insider ” means: (i) an insider as
defined in the Securities Act (Ontario) other than a person
who is an Insider solely by virtue of being a director or senior
officer of a Affiliate; and (ii) an Associate of any person
who is an insider by virtue of (i); |
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“ Market Price ” means the volume weighted
average trading price of the Shares, calculated by dividing the
total value by the total volume of Shares on the TSX, or another
stock exchange where the majority of the trading volume and value
of the Shares occurs, for the five trading days immediately
preceding the day the Option is granted; |
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“ Option ” means a right granted to an
Eligible Person to purchase Shares pursuant to the terms of this
Plan; |
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“ Participant ” for the Plan means each
Eligible Person to whom Options are granted; |
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“ Plan ” means the Corporation’s 2005
Stock Option Plan, as same may be amended from time to time; |
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“ Retirement ” means an Eligible Individual
ceasing to be an employee or officer of the Corporation or an
Affiliate after attaining a stipulated age in accordance with the
Corporation’s normal retirement policy or earlier with the
Corporation’s consent; |
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“ Retirement Date ” means the date on which
a Participant ceases to be an Eligible Individual due to the
Retirement of the Eligible Individual; |
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’’ RRSP ’’ means a registered
retirement savings plan; |
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“ Shares ” means the common shares in the
capital of the Corporation; |
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“ Termination ” means: (i) in the case
of an employee, the termination of the employment of the employee
with or without cause by the Corporation or an Affiliate or
cessation of employment of the employee with the Corporation or an
Affiliate as a result of resignation or otherwise other than the
Retirement of the employee; and (ii) in the case of an officer, the
removal of or failure to re-elect or re-appoint the individual as
an officer of the Corporation or an Affiliate (other than through
the Retirement of an officer); |
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“ Termination Date ” means the date on which
a Participant ceases to be an Eligible Individual due to the
Termination of the Eligible Individual; |
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“ Transfer ” includes any sale, exchange,
assignment, gift, bequest, disposition, mortgage, charge, pledge,
encumbrance, grant of security interest or other arrangement by
which possession, legal title or beneficial ownership passes from
one person to another, or to the same person in a different
capacity, whether or not voluntary and whether or not for value,
and any agreement to effect any of the foregoing; and |
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“ TSX ” means the Toronto Stock
Exchange. |
Words
importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa and
words importing the masculine gender include the feminine.
This
Plan is to be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the
laws of the Province of Ontario.
1.4
Shares Reserved under the Stock Option Plan
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The aggregate maximum number of Shares available for issuance
from treasury under this Plan, subject to adjustment pursuant to
Section 3.3, is 32,500,000. Any Shares |
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subject to an Option which has been granted under the Plan and
which Option has been cancelled or terminated in accordance with
the terms of the Plan without having been exercised will again be
available under the Plan. |
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The maximum number of Shares issuable to Insiders, at any time,
pursuant to this Plan and any other security based compensation
arrangements of the Corporation is 10% of the total number of
Shares then outstanding. The maximum number of Shares issued to
Insiders, within any one year period, pursuant to this Plan and any
other security based compensation arrangements of the Corporation
is 10% of the total number of Shares then outstanding. For purposes
of this Section 1.4, the number of Shares then outstanding
shall mean the number of Shares outstanding on a non-diluted basis
immediately prior to the proposed grant of the applicable
Option. |
ARTICLE 2
OPTION GRANTS AND TERMS OF OPTIONS
2.1
Option Grants
Subject
to this Plan, the Board will have the authority to determine the
limitations, restrictions and conditions, if any, in addition to
those set out in this Plan, applicable to the exercise of an
Option, including, without limitation, the nature and duration of
the restrictions, if any, to be imposed upon the sale or other
disposition of Shares acquired upon exercise of the Option, and the
nature of the events, if any, and the duration of the period in
which any Participant’s rights in respect of Shares acquired
upon exercise of an Option may be forfeited. An Eligible Person may
receive Options on more than one occasion under this Plan and may
receive separate Options on any one occasion.
2.2
Option Terms
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Options granted must be exercised no later than five years
after the date of grant or such lesser period as the applicable
grant may require. In the event that any Option expires during, or
within 48 hours after, a self imposed blackout period on trading
securities of the Corporation, such expiry date will become the
tenth day following the end of the blackout period. |
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The Board may determine when any Option will become exercisable
and may determine that the Option will be exercisable in
instalments or pursuant to a vesting schedule. |
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No fractional Shares may be issued and the Board may determine
the manner in which fractional Share value will be treated. |
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A minimum of 100 Shares must be purchased by a Participant
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