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Equity

a)	Authorized Share Capital

Our authorized share capital consists of an unlimited number of Class A common shares without par value, an unlimited number of Class B subordinate voting shares (Class B shares) without par value and an unlimited number of preferred shares without par value issuable in series.

Class A common shares carry the right to 100 votes per share. Class B shares carry the right to one vote per share. Each Class A common share is convertible, at the option of the holder, into one Class B share. In all other respects, the Class A common shares and Class B shares rank equally.

The attributes of the Class B subordinate voting shares contain so-called “coattail provisions” which provide that, in the event that an offer (an “Exclusionary Offer”) to purchase Class A common shares, which is required to be made to all or substantially all holders thereof, is not made concurrently with an offer to purchase Class B subordinate voting shares on identical terms, then each Class B subordinate voting share will be convertible into one Class A common share at the option of the holder during a certain period provided that any Class A common shares received upon such conversion are deposited to the Exclusionary Offer. Any Class B subordinate voting shares converted into Class A common shares pursuant to such conversion right will automatically convert back to Class B subordinate voting shares in the event that any such shares are withdrawn from the Exclusionary Offer or not otherwise ultimately taken up and paid for under the Exclusionary Offer.

The Class B subordinate voting shares will not be convertible in the event that holders of a majority of the Class A common shares (excluding those shares held by the offeror making the Exclusionary Offer) certify to Teck that they will not, among other things, tender their Class A common shares to the Exclusionary Offer.

If an offer to purchase Class A common shares does not, under applicable securities legislation or the requirements of any stock exchange having jurisdiction, constitute a “take-over bid” or is otherwise exempt from any requirement that such offer be made to all or substantially all holders of Class A common shares, the coattail provisions will not apply.

b)	Class A Common Shares and Class B Subordinate Voting Shares Issued and Outstanding


Shares (in 000’s)	Class A Common Shares			Class B Subordinate Voting Shares
As at January 1, 2016		9,353			566,899
Options exercised (c)		—			647

As at December 31, 2016		9,353			567,546
Class A share conversion		(1,576	)		1,576
Options exercised (c)		—			2,275
Acquired and cancelled pursuant to normal course issuer bid (h)		—			(5,891	)

As at December 31, 2017		7,777			565,506

During the year ended December 31, 2017, 1,576,166 Class A common shares were converted into the same number of Class B subordinate voting shares. As a result of this conversion, the percentage of total votes attached to outstanding Class A common shares was reduced from 62.2% to 57.7% upon completion of this transaction in the second quarter of 2017.

c)	Share Options

Under our current share option plan, at December 31, 2017, 28 million Class B shares have been set aside for the grant of share options to full-time employees, of which 4.8 million remain available for grant. The exercise price for each option is the closing price for our Class B shares on the last trading day before the date of grant. Our share options are settled through the issuance of Class B shares.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, we granted 2,010,520 Class B share options to employees. These share options have a weighted average exercise price of $27.79, vest in equal amounts over three years, and have a term of 10 years.

The weighted average fair value of Class B share options granted in the year was estimated at $8.32 per option (2016 — $1.81) at the grant date based on the Black-Scholes option-pricing model using the following assumptions:


	2017			2016
Weighted average exercise price	$	27.79		$	5.48
Dividend yield		2.20	%		1.85	%
Risk-free interest rate		1.06	%		0.72	%
Expected option life		4.2 years			4.2 years
Expected volatility		42	%		46	%
Forfeiture rate		0.36	%		0.96	%

The expected volatility is based on a statistical analysis of historical daily share prices over a period equal to the expected option life.

Outstanding share options are as follows:


	2017					2016
	Share Options (in 000’s)			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Share Options (in 000’s)			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at beginning of year		22,854		$	18.38		15,929		$	26.53
Granted		2,011			27.79		8,946			5.48
Exercised		(2,275	)		11.47		(647	)		12.15
Forfeited		(78	)		16.25		(219	)		10.74
Expired		(444	)		40.40		(1,155	)		35.73

Outstanding at end of year		22,068		$	19.52		22,854		$	18.38

Vested and exercisable at end of year		12,266		$	24.94		9,090		$	29.70

The average share price during the year was $27.86 (2016 — $17.59).

Information relating to share options outstanding at December 31, 2017, is as follows:


Outstanding Share Options (in 000’s)	Exercise Price Range		Weighted Average Remaining Life of Outstanding Options (months)
8,018	$	4.15 — $12.35		91
5,083	$	12.36 — $20.14		86
2,734	$	20.15 — $26.79		74
4,527	$	26.80 — $36.85		77
1,706	$	36.86 — $58.80		45

22,068	$	4.15 — $58.80		81

Total share option compensation expense recognized for the year was $17 million (2016 — $22 million).

d)	Deferred Share Units, Restricted Share Units, Performance Share Units and Performance Deferred Share Units

We have issued and outstanding deferred share units (DSUs), restricted share units (RSUs), performance share units (PSUs) and performance deferred share units (PDSUs) (collectively Units).

As of 2017, DSUs are granted to directors only. RSUs are granted to both employees and directors. PSUs and PDSUs are granted to certain officers only. DSUs entitle the holder to a cash payment equal to the closing price of one Class B subordinate voting share on the Toronto Stock Exchange on the day prior to exercise. RSUs entitle the holder to a cash payment equal to the weighted average trading price of one Class B share on the Toronto Stock Exchange over either 10 or 20 consecutive trading days prior to the payout date, depending on the date issued. PSUs granted prior to 2017 vest in a percentage of the original grant varying from 0% to 200% based on our total shareholder return ranking compared to a group of specified companies. PSUs issued in 2017 vest in a percentage from 0% to 200% based on both relative total shareholder return and a calculation based on the change in EBITDA over the vesting period divided by the change in a weighted commodity price index. Once vested, PSUs entitle the holder to a cash payment equal to the weighted average trading price of one Class B subordinate voting share on the Toronto Stock Exchange over either 10 or 20 consecutive trading days prior to vesting, depending on the date issued. Officers granted PSUs in 2017 can elect on the grant date to receive PSUs or PDSUs, which pay out following termination of employment as described below.

RSUs, PSUs, and PDSUs vest on December 20th in the year prior to the third anniversary of the grant date. DSUs vest immediately for directors, and on the December 20th in the year prior to the third anniversary of the grant date for employees. Units vest on a pro rata basis if employees retire or are terminated without cause, and unvested units are forfeited if employees resign or are terminated with cause.

DSUs and PDSUs may be exercised on or before December 15 of the first calendar year commencing after the date on which the participant ceases to be a director or employee. RSUs and PSUs pay out on the vesting date.

Additional Units are issued to Unit holders to reflect dividends paid and other adjustments to Class B subordinate voting shares.

In 2017, we recognized compensation expense of $108 million for Units (2016 — $149 million). The total liability and intrinsic value for vested Units as at December 31, 2017 was $185 million (2016 — $128 million).

The outstanding Units are summarized in the following table:

2017

2016

(in 000’s)

Outstanding

Vested

Outstanding

Vested

DSUs

2,648

2,423

2,597

2,119

RSUs

2,823

1,699

3,316

1,327

PSUs

1,517

869

1,554

616

PDSUs

—

7,058

5,011

7,467

4,062

e)	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income


(CAD$ in millions)	2017			2016
Accumulated other comprehensive income — beginning of year	$	422		$	426
Currency translation differences:
Unrealized losses on translation of foreign subsidiaries		(488	)		(201	)
Foreign exchange differences on debt designated as a hedge of our investment in foreign subsidiaries (net of taxes of $(46) and $(27))		341			180

		(147	)		(21	)
Available-for-sale financial assets:
Unrealized gains (losses) (net of taxes of $1 and $(6))		(4	)		45
Gains reclassified to profit (net of taxes of $1 and $4)		(6	)		(29	)

		(10	)		16
Share of other comprehensive income (loss) of associates and joint ventures		(1	)		1
Remeasurements of retirement benefit plans (net of taxes of $(55) and $(7))		129			19

Total other comprehensive income (loss)		(29	)		15
Less remeasurements of retirement benefit plans recorded in retained earnings		(129	)		(19	)

Accumulated other comprehensive income — end of year	$	264		$	422

f)	Earnings Per Share

The following table reconciles our basic and diluted earnings per share:


(CAD$ in millions, except per share data)	2017		2016
Net basic and diluted profit attributable to shareholders of the company	$	2,509	$	1,040

Weighted average shares outstanding (000’s)		577,482		576,391
Dilutive effect of share options		8,910		6,496

Weighted average diluted shares outstanding (000’s)		586,392		582,887

Basic earnings per share	$	4.34	$	1.80
Diluted earnings per share	$	4.28	$	1.78

At December 31, 2017, 4,240,949 (2016 — 13,333,164) potentially dilutive shares were not included in the diluted earnings per share calculation because their effect was anti-dilutive.

Dividends

We declared and paid dividends on our Class A common and Class B subordinate voting shares of $0.10, $0.05 and $0.45 per share in the second, third and fourth quarters of 2017, respectively, and $0.05 per share in the second and fourth quarters of 2016.

h)	Normal Course Issuer Bid

On occasion, we purchase and cancel Class B subordinate voting shares pursuant to our normal course issuer bids that allow us to purchase up to a specified maximum number of shares over a one-year period.

In October 2017, we renewed our normal course issuer bid, under which we may purchase up to 20 million Class B subordinate voting shares during the period from October 10, 2017 to October 9, 2018. All repurchased shares will be cancelled. We repurchased 5,890,794 Class B subordinate voting shares under our normal course issuer bid during the fourth quarter of 2017.