Exhibit 10.1
MIND MEDICINE (MINDMED) INC.
INDUCEMENT GRANT
PERFORMANCE SHARE Unit Agreement
COVER SHEET
Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (the “Company”), hereby grants performance share units (the “PSUs”) relating to the Company’s common shares, without par value (the “Common Shares”), to the Grantee named below, subject to the vesting and other conditions set forth below. Additional terms and conditions of the PSUs are set forth in this cover sheet and in the attached Performance Share Unit Agreement (together, the “Agreement”). The PSUs are granted to the Grantee in connection with the Grantee’s entering into employment with the Company and are regarded by the parties as an inducement material to the Grantee’s entering into employment. The PSUs have been granted as an “inducement” award pursuant to the inducement grant exception under Nasdaq Stock Market Rule 5635(c)(4) as a stand-alone award, separate from, and not pursuant to the Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (as it has been or may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Plan”). However, the PSUs will be governed in all respects as if issued under the Plan.
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By your electronic acknowledgement of this Agreement, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described in the Agreement and in the Plan (a copy of which has been made available to you and will be provided on request). You acknowledge that you have carefully reviewed the Plan and agree that the Plan shall control in the event any provision of this Agreement should appear to be inconsistent with the Plan.
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Attachment
This is not a share certificate or a negotiable instrument.
MIND MEDICINE (MINDMED) INC.
INDUCEMENT GRANT
PERFORMANCE SHARE Unit Agreement
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Performance Share Units |
This Agreement evidences an award of PSUs in the number set forth on the cover sheet and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan. |
Transferability |
Your PSUs may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered, whether by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. If you attempt to do anything other than as expressly permitted by this Agreement, you will immediately and automatically forfeit your PSUs. |
Vesting |
Your PSUs shall vest as set forth in Exhibit A of this Agreement. To the extent that vesting could result in any fractional shares, resulting fractional shares will be rounded to the nearest whole Common Share and shall be rounded down as necessary as of the last applicable vesting date; provided, in all cases, you cannot vest in more than the number of Common Shares covered by your PSUs, as set forth on the cover sheet and Exhibit A of this Agreement. |
Leaves of Absence |
For purposes of this Agreement, your Service does not terminate when you go on a bona fide leave of absence that was approved by the Company in writing if the terms of the leave provide for continued Service crediting, or when continued Service crediting is required by Applicable Laws. Your Service terminates in any event when the approved leave ends unless you immediately return to active employee work. The Company may determine, in its discretion, which leaves count for this purpose and when your Service terminates for all purposes under the Plan in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. |
Forfeiture of Unvested PSUs |
Unless the termination of your Service triggers accelerated vesting or other treatment of your PSUs pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Plan, a written employment or other written compensatory agreement between you and the Company or an Affiliate, or a written compensatory program or policy of the Company or an Affiliate otherwise applicable to you, you will immediately and automatically forfeit to the Company all of your unvested PSUs in the event your Service terminates for any reason. |
Termination of Service Due to Death |
Upon termination of your Service due to your death prior to any vesting date, your unvested PSUs will become one hundred percent (100%) vested. |
Delivery |
Delivery of the Common Shares represented by your vested PSUs shall be made as soon as practicable after the date on which your PSUs vest and, in any event, by |
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you may, at any time, view such Data or require any necessary amendments to the Data. |
Consent to Electronic Delivery |
You agree, by accepting the PSUs, to receive documents related to the PSUs by electronic delivery (including e-mail or reference to a website or other URL) and, if requested, agree to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company, and your consent shall remain in effect throughout your term of Service and thereafter until you withdraw such consent in writing to the Company. |
Code Section 409A |
The grant of PSUs under this Agreement is intended to comply with the short-term deferral exemption from Code Section 409A (“Section 409A”) and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted and administered to be in compliance with the exemption. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, none of the Company, its Affiliates, the Board, or the Committee will have any obligation to take any action to prevent the assessment of any excise tax or penalty on you under Section 409A, and none of the Company, its Affiliates, the Board, or the Committee will have any liability to you for such tax or penalty. |
By accepting this Agreement, you agree to all of
the terms and conditions described above and in the Plan.