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RESTRICTED SHARE PLAN
9 Months Ended
May 31, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
RESTRICTED SHARE PLAN

9.       RESTRICTED SHARE PLAN

 

The Company has a Restricted Share Plan (the “Plan”) as approved by shareholders on February 8, 2019. The Plan allows the Company to grant, from time to time, restricted shares as compensation to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company. The Restricted Shares are subject to restrictions, including the period under which the shares will be restricted (the “Restricted Period”) and subject to forfeiture which is determined by the Board at the time of the grant. The recipient of Restricted Shares is entitled to all of the rights of a shareholder, including the right to vote such shares and the right to receive any dividends, except that the shares granted under the Plan are nontransferable during the Restricted Period.

 

The Board of Directors has set the compensation for non-executive Directors under the Plan at 25 common shares for each quarter of service. The cumulative amount of shares earned each fiscal year to be granted shortly after the close of that fiscal year. Non-executive Directors also received a one-time initial grant of 225 common shares which were issued in December 2020.

 

The maximum number of Common Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan will not exceed 1% of the then issued and outstanding number of Common Shares at the time of the grant. As of May 31, 2025 the maximum number of shares available to be issued under the Plan was 16,072. In December 2024, the Company issued 13,317 common shares to officers, directors and employees under the Plan. The value of these shares was $59,926, which reduced the number of shares available under the Plan to 2,755 as at May 31, 2025.

 

On January 10, 2025, the Board of Directors approved and ratified a new restricted share plan, the 2024 Restricted Share Plan (The “2024 Plan”), which was also approved by the Company’s shareholders on February 21, 2025. The terms of the 2024 are similar to the original Plan and reserves the number of shares under the 2024 Plan to 1% of the issued and outstanding number of Common Shares at the time of the initial grant under the 2024 Plan. Pursuant to the 1% limit, the Company has reserved 35,181 shares under the 2024 Plan.

 

During the year ended August 31, 2023, 3,557 common shares were issued under the Plan at an average price of $6.55 per share. 500 shares were granted to Directors without a Restricted Period under the Company’s S-8 Registration Statement. 3,057 common shares were granted to Officers and Employees and have a three-year Restricted Period.

 

During the year ended August 31, 2024, 5,903 common shares were issued under the Plan at an average price of $5.43 per share. 575 were granted to Officers and Directors without a Restricted Period under the Company’s S-8 Registration Statement. 5,328 common shares were granted to Officers and Employees and have a three-year Restricted Period.

 

During the nine-month period ended May 31, 2025, the Company issued 13,317 common shares (nine months ended May 31, 2024 – 5,903 common shares) to officers, directors and employees under the RSA. The value of these shares was $59,926 (2024 - $32,064).