Aeroquest International Limited Announces Certain Transactions Under its Incentive Stock Option Plan.MILTON, Ontario -- Aeroquest International Limited (Aeroquest)(TSX VENTURE:AQL AQL - Acceptable/Acceptance Quality Level AQL - Advanced Quicklook) announces the following transactions under its Incentive Stock Option Plan. Aeroquest has agreed to grant a total of 50,000 incentive stock options exercisable at a price of $0.50 per share for a period of 5 years to an insider of the company. Aeroquest wishes to announce that employees holding options to purchase 575,000 of common shares in the aggregate, at an exercise price of $2.00 per share, have each agreed to surrender one-half of their options for cancellation in exchange for the Company agreeing to lower the exercise price of each optionee's remaining options to $0.50 per share. This transaction is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, and no directors or senior officers were permitted to participate in this re-pricing program. In addition to the foregoing, Waldimer Boyko, the Company's Chairman and Steve Balch, the Company's President, have agreed to surrender all of their respective incentive stock options Incentive Stock Option (ISO) An Option that has met certain tax requirements
entitling the optionee to favorable tax treatment. Such an option is free from regular tax at the date of grant and the date of exercise (when a non-qualified option would become taxable). If two holding period tests are met (two years between grant date and sale date and one year between the exercise date and sale date), the profit on the option qualifies as a long term capital gain rather for cancellation (175,000 and 125,000 respectively). Aeroquest International Limited (TSX VENTURE:AQL) is the parent company of Aeroquest Limited, a world leader in the development and operation of innovative and proprietary airborne geophysical surveying platforms servicing the mineral exploration, oil and gas, and environmental industries. More information about AQL can be found at www.aeroquestsurveys.com. The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the ad equacy or accuracy of the release. Aeroquest International Limited (TSX VENTURE:AQL) |
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