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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 8, 2014  
 
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Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
British Columbia, Canada
001-34949
980597776
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

100-8900 Glenlyon Parkway
Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada
V5J 5J8
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (604) 419-3200
 
________________________________________________________________________________
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
   
[   ]  
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
[   ]  
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
[   ]  
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
 
Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement on Form F-10 (File No. 333-194068) of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
 
 

 
Item 8.01. Other Events.
 
On April 8, 2014 the Registrant issued its Notice of Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders and Management Proxy Circular and Proxy Statement, Form of Proxy, Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and Request for Financial Statements Form, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits and are incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Description
99.1
Notice of Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders and Management Proxy Circular and Proxy Statement dated March 26, 2014
99.2
Form of Proxy
99.3
Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials
99.4
Request for Financial Statements Form
 
 
 
 

 
SIGNATURE
 
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
   
Tekmira Pharmaceuticals
   
(Registrant)
     
April 8, 2014
 
/s/   BRUCE G. COUSINS
(Date)
 
Bruce G. Cousins
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 
 
 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
Description
99.1
Notice of Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders and Management Proxy Circular and Proxy Statement dated March 26, 2014
99.2
Form of Proxy
99.3
Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials
99.4
Request for Financial Statements Form

 
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EXHIBIT 99.1





TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION



NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

AND

MANAGEMENT PROXY CIRCULAR AND PROXY STATEMENT






March 26, 2014
 
 
 

 
TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
100-8900 Glenlyon Parkway
Burnaby, British Columbia V5J 5J8


NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD MAY 8, 2014

Dear Shareholders of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2014 annual general and special meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders (“Shareholders”) of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a British Columbia corporation (“Tekmira”) will be held on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) at the Terminal City Club at 837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the following purposes:

 
to receive the audited consolidated financial statements of Tekmira for the year ended December 31, 2013 and the report of the independent auditor thereon;
 
to elect six directors of Tekmira to serve for the ensuing year;
 
to appoint KPMG LLP as our independent auditor to hold office for the ensuing year;
 
to consider, and if thought advisable, approve an ordinary resolution authorizing an amendment of Tekmira’s omnibus share compensation plan to increase, by 800,000 common shares, the number of common shares in respect of which awards may be granted thereunder; and
 
to transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof.

Further information regarding the matters to be considered at the Meeting is set out in the accompanying Management Proxy Circular and Proxy Statement.

Tekmira is sending meeting materials for the Meeting to Shareholders using the “notice and access” provisions of National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer.  Pursuant to such Provisions Tekmira provides Shareholders with a notice on how they may access the Management Proxy Circular and Proxy Statement electronically instead of providing a paper copy.

Our Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on Monday, March 31, 2014 as the record date for determining Shareholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting in person or by proxy. Only our Registered Shareholders as of Monday, March 31, 2014 will be entitled to vote, in person or by proxy, at the Meeting.

Regardless of whether or not a Shareholder plans to attend the Meeting in person, please complete, date and sign the enclosed form of proxy and deliver it by hand, mail or facsimile in accordance with the instructions set out in the form of proxy and in the Management Proxy Circular and Proxy Statement.

 
 
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

-s- Dr. Daniel Kisner
Dr. Daniel Kisner
Chairman of the Board
 
Dated: Vancouver, British Columbia March 26, 2014.
 
 
 

 
TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
100-8900 Glenlyon Parkway
Burnaby, British Columbia V5J 5J8

MANAGEMENT PROXY CIRCULAR AND PROXY STATEMENT

2014 ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 8, 2014


This management proxy circular and proxy statement (“Proxy Statement”) is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the management of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a British Columbia corporation (“Tekmira” or the “Company”), for use at the annual general and special meeting (the “Meeting”), or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, of its shareholders to be held on May 8, 2014 at the time and place and for the purposes set forth in the accompanying notice of the Meeting.

In this Proxy Statement, references to “the Company,” “Tekmira,” “we,” and “our” refer to Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation. “Common Shares” means common shares without par value in the capital of the Company; “Shareholders” means holders of Common Shares; “Beneficial Shareholders” means Shareholders who do not hold Common Shares registered in their own name; “Registered Shareholders” means Shareholders which are registered holders of Common Shares; and “Intermediaries” refers to brokers, investment firms, clearing houses and similar entities that own securities on behalf of Beneficial Shareholders. Unless otherwise indicated, the statistical and financial data contained in this Proxy Statement are as of March 26, 2014.

Tekmira’s functional currency is the Canadian dollar. However, most of the Company’s competitors, and a large proportion of its investors, are based in the United States. To achieve greater comparability with its competitors’ financial information and improve the understandability of its financial information for its U.S. investors, effective October 1, 2013, Tekmira is using United States dollars as its reporting currency. The information provided in this Proxy Statement is provided in United States dollars unless otherwise stated.

Whether or not you plan to attend the Meeting, please promptly provide your voting instructions. Your promptness in voting will assist in the expeditious and orderly processing of the proxies and in ensuring that a quorum is present. If you vote your proxy, you may nevertheless attend the Meeting and vote your Common Shares in person if you wish. Please note, however, that if your Common Shares are held of record by an Intermediary or other nominee and you wish to vote in person at the Meeting, you must follow the instructions provided to you by your Intermediary or such other nominee. If you want to revoke your instructions at a later time prior to the vote for any reason, you may do so in the manner described in this Proxy Statement.
 
QUESTIONS ABOUT VOTING
 
Why did I receive this Proxy Statement?

Tekmira has sent this Notice of Annual General and Special Meeting and Proxy Statement, together with the enclosed paper proxy, because our management is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Meeting. This Proxy Statement contains information about the matters to be voted on at the Meeting and important information about Tekmira. As many of our Shareholders are expected to be unable to attend the Meeting in person, proxies are solicited to give each Shareholder an opportunity to vote on all matters that will properly come before the Meeting. References in this Proxy Statement to the Meeting include any adjournments or postponements of the Meeting.

We intend to deliver this Proxy Statement and accompanying paper proxy on or about April 8, 2014 to all of our Shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting.
 
What is the date, time and place of the Meeting?

The Meeting will be held at the Terminal City Club at 837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time).
 
 

 
Who can vote at the Meeting?

The record date for determining persons entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting is March 31, 2014. Only Shareholders as of the close of business on March 31, 2014 are entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, in the manner and subject to the procedures described in this Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy.

At the close of business on March 26, 2014, 21,982,088 Common Shares of Tekmira were issued and outstanding.

Each Shareholder is entitled to one vote per Common Share held on all matters to come before the Meeting. Common Shares of Tekmira are the only securities of Tekmira which will have voting rights at the Meeting.
 
What is the quorum for the Meeting?

To transact business at the Meeting, a quorum of Shareholders must be present at the commencement of the Meeting, either in person or by proxy.  Under Tekmira’s articles, the quorum for the transaction of business at the Meeting is at least two people who are, or who represent by proxy, one or more Shareholders who, in the aggregate, hold at least 5% of the issued Common Shares of Tekmira. Tekmira has received a waiver of Rule 4350(f) from the NASDAQ which would otherwise require a quorum of holders of not less than 33 1/3% of our Common Shares.
 
How do I Vote?

The voting process is different depending on whether you are a Registered or Beneficial Shareholder:
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You are a registered Shareholder if your Common Shares are registered in your name;
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You are a Beneficial Shareholder if your shares are held on your behalf by an Intermediary. This means the shares are registered in your Intermediary’s name, and you are the beneficial owner.
 
Registered Shareholder: Common Shares Registered in Your Name

If you are a Registered Shareholder, you may vote in person at the Meeting or by proxy whether or not you attend the Meeting in person.

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To vote in person at the Meeting, please come to the Meeting and we will give you an attendance card when you arrive.

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To vote using the enclosed paper proxy, please complete, sign and return your proxy in accordance with the instructions on the proxy.

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To vote by proxy over the Internet, go to www.cstvotemyproxy.com and follow the online voting instructions and refer to your holder account number and proxy access number provided on the enclosed paper proxy.

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To vote by telephone, call 1-888-489-5760 (toll free in North America) and follow the instructions and refer to your holder account number and proxy access number provided on the enclosed paper proxy.

If you wish to submit a proxy, whether by paper, telephone or internet, you must complete and sign the Proxy, and then return it to Tekmira’s transfer agent, CST Trust Company Inc.: PO Box 721, Agincourt, ON M1S 0A1 (mail) or 1600-1066 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC  V6E 3X1; facsimile: 866-781-3111 (toll free in North America) or 416-368-2502; in each case, no later than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) prior to the time of the Meeting, or adjournment thereof. The chair of the Meeting may waive the proxy cut-off without notice. If the proxy is not dated, it will be deemed to be dated seven calendar days after the date on which it was mailed to you (the Registered Shareholder).

Beneficial Shareholder: Common Shares Registered in the Name of an Intermediary such as a Brokerage Firm, Bank, Dealer or other Similar Organization
 
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The following information is of significant importance to Shareholders who do not hold Common Shares of Tekmira in their own name. Beneficial Shareholders should note that the only proxies that can be recognized and acted upon at the Meeting are those deposited by Registered Shareholders.

If your Common Shares are listed in an account statement provided to you by a broker, then in almost all cases your Common Shares will not be registered in your name on the records of Tekmira. In such circumstances your Common Shares will more likely be registered under the names of your broker or an agent of that broker. In the United States, the vast majority of such Common Shares of Tekmira are registered under the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (which acts as depositary for many U.S. brokerage firms and custodian banks), and in Canada, under the name of CDS & Co. (the registration name for CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc., which acts as nominee for many Canadian brokerage firms).

Intermediaries are required to seek voting instructions from Beneficial Shareholders in advance of Shareholders’ meetings. Every Intermediary has its own mailing procedures and provides its own return instructions to clients.

The Proxy Statement is being sent to both Registered Shareholders and Beneficial Shareholders. There are two kinds of Beneficial Shareholders — those who object to their names being made known to the issuers of securities which they own (called OBOs for Objecting Beneficial Owners), and those who do not object (called NOBOs for Non-Objecting Beneficial Owners).

Tekmira is taking advantage of National Instrument 54-101 - Communications with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer, which permits it to deliver proxy-related materials indirectly to its NOBOs and OBOs. As a result, if you are a NOBO or OBO you can expect to receive Meeting materials from your Intermediary via Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”), including a voting information form (“VIF”). If you receive a VIF, you should follow the instructions in the VIF to ensure that your Common Shares are voted at the Meeting. The VIF or form of proxy will name the same individuals as Tekmira’s proxy to represent you at the Meeting. You have the right to appoint a person (who need not be a Shareholder of Tekmira) other than the individuals designated in the VIF, to represent you at the Meeting. To exercise this right, you should insert the name of your desired representative in the blank space provided in the VIF. The completed VIF must then be returned in accordance with the instructions in the VIF. Broadridge then tabulates the results of all instructions received and completed in accordance with the instructions provided in the VIF and provides appropriate instructions respecting the voting of Common Shares to be represented at the Meeting. If you receive a VIF from Broadridge, you cannot use it to vote Common Shares directly at the Meeting – the VIF must be completed and returned in accordance with its instructions, well in advance of the Meeting in order to have your Common Shares voted.

Although as a Beneficial Shareholder you may not be recognized directly at the Meeting for the purposes of voting Common Shares registered in the name of your Intermediary, you, or a person designated by you, may attend at the Meeting as proxyholder for your Intermediary and vote your Common Shares in that capacity. If you wish to attend the Meeting and indirectly vote your Common Shares as proxyholder for your Intermediary, or to have a person designated by you do so, you should enter your own name, or the name of the person you wish to designate, in the blank space on the VIF provided to you and return the same in accordance with the instructions provided in the VIF, well in advance of the Meeting.

Alternatively, you can request in writing that your Intermediary send you a legal proxy which would enable you to attend the Meeting and vote your Common Shares.

These securityholder materials are being sent to both registered and Beneficial Shareholders. If you are a Beneficial Shareholder, and Tekmira or its agent has sent these materials to you, your name and address and information about your holdings of Common Shares have been obtained in accordance with applicable securities regulatory requirements from the Intermediary holding on your behalf.

Corporate Shareholders

In order to be entitled to vote or to have its shares voted at the Meeting, a Shareholder which is a corporation (a Corporate Shareholder”) must either (a) attach a certified copy of the directors’ resolution authorizing a representative to attend the Meeting on the Corporate Shareholder’s behalf, or (b) attach a certified copy of the directors’ resolution authorizing the completion and delivery of the proxy.
 
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What am I voting on at the Meeting?

At the Meeting, you will be asked to vote on the following proposals:

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to elect six directors of Tekmira to serve for the ensuing year (“Proposal No. 1”);

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to appoint KPMG LLP as our independent auditor to hold office for the ensuing year (“Proposal No. 2”);

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to consider, and if thought advisable, approve an ordinary resolution authorizing an amendment to Tekmira’s omnibus share compensation plan (the “2011 Plan”) to increase, by 800,000 Common Shares, the number of Common Shares in respect of which Awards (as defined below) may be granted thereunder (“Proposal No. 3”); and

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to transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof (as of the date of this Proxy Statement, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors” or “Board”) is not aware of any such other matters.
 
How does the Board recommend that I vote?

Our Board of Directors believes that the election of its six nominees to our Board, the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent auditor and the amendment of the 2011 Plan to increase, by 800,000 Common Shares, the number of Common Shares in respect of which Awards may be granted thereunder, are each in the best interests of Tekmira and our Shareholders and, accordingly, recommends that each Shareholder vote his or her shares “FOR” these proposals.
 
What vote is required in order to approve each proposal?

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Proposal No. 1: Under Tekmira’s majority voting policy each director nominee must receive more “For” votes than “Withhold” votes in order for their appointment to be immediately approved.  In an uncontested election, any nominee who receives a greater number of “Withheld” votes from his or her election than “For” such election is required to tender his or her resignation to the Board promptly following the vote. The Board (excluding any director that has tendered a resignation) will consider the director’s offer to resign and decide whether or not to accept it within 90 days of receiving the final voting results of the Meeting. Tekmira’s majority voting policy is more fully described below under “Statement on Corporate Governance – Director Election and Majority Voting Policy”.

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Proposal No. 2: A simple majority of the votes cast by proxy or in person at the Meeting is required to approve Proposal No. 2.

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Proposal No. 3: A simple majority of the votes cast by proxy or in person at the Meeting is required to approve Proposal No. 3.

Proxies returned by Intermediaries as “non-votes” because the Intermediary has not received instructions from the Beneficial Shareholder with respect to the voting of certain of Common Shares or, under applicable stock exchange or other rules, the Intermediary does not have the discretion to vote those Common Shares on one or more of the matters that come before the Meeting, will be treated as not entitled to vote on any such matter and will not be counted as having been voted in respect of any such matter. Common Shares represented by such broker “non-votes” will, however, be counted in determining whether there is a quorum for the Meeting.
 
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What impact does a “Withhold” vote have?

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Proposal No. 1: With respect to each nominee, you may either vote “For” the election of such nominee or “Withhold” your vote with respect to the election of such nominee. If you vote “For” the election of a nominee, your Common Shares will be voted accordingly. If you select “Withhold” with respect to the election of a nominee, your vote will not be counted as a vote cast for the purposes of electing such nominee but will be considered in the application of our majority voting policy which is described below under “Statement on Corporate Governance – Director Election and Majority Voting Policy”.

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Proposal No. 2: With respect to the appointment of the proposed independent auditors, you may either vote “For” such appointment or “Withhold” your vote with respect to such appointment. If you vote “For” the appointment of the proposed independent auditors, your Common Shares will be voted accordingly. If you select “Withhold” with respect to the appointment of the proposed independent auditors, your vote will not be counted as a vote cast for the purposes of appointing the proposed independent auditors.

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Proposal No. 3. With respect to the amendment of the 2011 Plan to increase, by 800,000 Common Shares, the number of Common Shares in respect of which Awards may be granted thereunder, you may select “For” or “Against” with respect to such proposal.  The proxy does not provide “Withhold” as a possible selection for Shareholders with respect to Proposal No. 3.
 
What is the effect if I do not cast my vote?

If a Registered Shareholder does not cast its vote by proxy or in any other permitted fashion, no votes will be cast on its behalf on any of the items of business at the Meeting. If a Beneficial Shareholder does not instruct its Intermediary on how to vote on any of the items of business at the Meeting and the Intermediary does not have discretionary authority to vote the Beneficial Shareholder’s shares on the matter, or elects not to vote in the absence of instructions from the Beneficial Shareholder, no votes will be cast on behalf of such Beneficial Shareholder with respect to such item. If you have further questions on this issue, please contact your Intermediary or Tekmira (as provide below).
 
How will proxies be exercised?

The Common Shares represented by the proxy will be voted or withheld from voting in accordance with your instructions on any ballot of a resolution that may be called for and, if you specify a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the Common Shares will be voted accordingly. With respect to any amendments or variations in any of the resolutions shown on the proxy, or any other matters which may properly come before the Meeting, the Common Shares will be voted by the appointed nominee as he or she in their sole discretion sees fit.

Where you do not specify a choice on a resolution shown on the proxy, a nominee of management acting as proxyholder will vote the Common Shares as if you had specified an affirmative vote.
 
What does it mean if I receive more than one set of proxy materials?

This means that you own Common Shares that are registered under different names. For example, you may own some Common Shares directly as a Registered Shareholder and other Common Shares as a Beneficial Shareholder through an Intermediary, or you may own Common Shares through more than one such organization. In these situations, you will receive multiple sets of proxy materials. It is necessary for you to complete and return all paper proxies, or vote by proxy over the Internet, and complete and return all voting instruction forms in order to vote all of the Common Shares you own. Each paper proxy you receive will come with its own return envelope. If you vote by mail, please make sure you return each paper proxy in the return envelope that accompanies that proxy.
 
How do I appoint a proxyholder?

The individuals named in the accompanying form of proxy are directors or officers of Tekmira. If you are a Shareholder entitled to vote at the Meeting, you have the right to appoint a person or company other than the designees of management named in the proxy, who need not be a Shareholder of the Company, to vote according to your instructions. To appoint someone other than the designees of management named, please insert your appointed proxyholder’s name in the space provided in the proxy, sign and date and return the proxy in accordance with the instructions set out in the Proxy.
 
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The only methods by which you may appoint a person as proxy are submitting a proxy by mail, hand delivery or fax.
 
Can I revoke my proxy?

In addition to revocation in any other manner permitted by law, if you are a Registered Shareholder and you wish to revoke your proxy, you may do so by depositing a written instrument to that effect and delivering it to CST Trust Company PO Box 721, Agincourt, ON M1S 0A1, or by hand to 1600-1066 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6E 3X1 (hand delivery) or to the address of the registered office of Tekmira at Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, 25th Floor, 700 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7Y 1B3, attention: R. Hector MacKay-Dunn, Q.C., at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the day of the Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or to the Chairman of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting before any vote in respect of which the proxy has been give has been taken.

If you are a Registered Shareholder and you wish to revoke your proxy by providing a written instrument to such effect, such written instrument must be executed in writing by you or your legal personal representative or trustee in bankruptcy, or, if you are a corporation that is a Registered Shareholder, by the corporation or a representative of the corporation appointed in accordance with Tekmira’s articles.

Beneficial Shareholders who wish to change their vote must, in sufficient time in advance of the Meeting, arrange for their Intermediaries to change the vote and, if necessary, revoke their proxy.
 
How will proxies be solicited and who will pay the cost of the proxy solicitation?

The solicitation of proxies will be primarily by mail, but Tekmira’s directors, officers and regular employees may also solicit proxies personally or by telephone. Tekmira will bear all costs of the solicitation, including the printing, handling and mailing of the Meeting materials. Tekmira has arranged for Intermediaries to forward the Meeting materials to Beneficial Shareholders of Tekmira held of record by those Intermediaries and Tekmira may reimburse the Intermediaries for their reasonable fees and disbursements in that regard.
 
Are Meeting materials being provided by way of notice-and-access?

Tekmira is sending meeting materials for the Meeting to Shareholders using the “notice and access” provisions of National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer. Pursuant to such provisions, the Company provides Shareholders with a notice on how they may access the Information Circular electronically instead of providing a paper copy.
 
How can I make a Shareholder proposal for the 2015 Annual General Meeting?

If you want to propose a matter for consideration at our 2015 annual general meeting, then that proposal must be received at our registered office at 25th Floor, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower, 700 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7Y 1B3 by March 20, 2015. For a proposal to be valid, it must, subject to the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), be in writing, accompanied by the requisite declarations and signed by the submitter and qualified Shareholders who at the time of signing are the registered or beneficial owners of shares that, in the aggregate: (a) constitute at least 1% of our issued Common Shares that have the right to vote at general meetings; or (b) have a fair market value in excess of C$2,000. For the submitter or a qualified Shareholder to be eligible to sign the proposal, that Shareholder must have been the registered or beneficial owner of our Common Shares that carry the right to vote at general meetings for an uninterrupted period of at least two years before the date the proposal is signed.
 
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What if amendments are made to these proposals or if other matters are brought before the Meeting?

With respect to any amendments or variations in any of the resolutions shown on the proxy, or any other matters which may properly come before the Meeting, the Common Shares will be voted by the appointed nominee as he or she in their sole discretion sees fit.

As of the date of this Proxy Statement, the Board is not aware of any such amendments, variations or other matters to come before the Meeting. However, if any such changes that are not currently known to the Board should properly come before the Meeting, the Common Shares represented by your proxyholders will be voted in accordance with the best judgment of the proxyholders.
 
How can I find out the results of the voting at the Meeting?

Preliminary voting results will be announced at the Meeting. After the Meeting, Tekmira will promptly issue a news release providing detailed disclosure of the voting results for the election of directors.  In addition, final voting results will be filed with the Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, and will also be published in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2014, and filed with the SEC on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.shmtl and filed with the Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities on SEDAR as noted above.
 
Whom should I contact if I have questions concerning the Proxy Statement or the Proxy?

If you have questions concerning the information contained in this Proxy Statement or require assistance in
completing the proxy, you may contact Tekmira by letter, phone, fax or through our website as follows:

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Attn: Bruce Cousins
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
100-9800 Glenlyon Parkway
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
V5J 5J8
Phone: 604-419-3200
Fax: 604-419-3201
Website: www.tekmirapharm.com
 
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS IN THE UNITED STATES

The solicitation of proxies involve securities of an issuer located in Canada and are being effected in accordance with the corporate laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada and securities laws of the provinces of Canada. As a “foreign private issuer”, Tekmira is exempt from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules regarding proxy solicitations (and certain related matters) and therefore are not subject to the procedural requirements of Rule 14a-5(e) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Shareholders should be aware that disclosure requirements under the securities laws of the provinces of Canada differ from the disclosure requirements under United States securities laws.

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires a registrant’s directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of a registrants’ securities, to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of Common Shares and other equity securities of the registrant. As we are a “foreign private issuer” pursuant to Rule 3a12-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Tekmira and the persons referred to below are exempt from the reporting and liability provisions of Section 16(a). However, under Canadian provincial securities laws, the persons referred to below are required to file reports in electronic format through the System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders, or SEDI, disclosing changes in beneficial ownership of, or control or direction over, our Common Shares and other securities. Our Shareholders can access such reports at www.sedi.ca.
 
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The enforcement by Shareholders of civil liabilities under United States federal securities laws may be affected adversely by the fact that Tekmira is incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), as amended, certain of its directors and its executive officers are residents of Canada and a substantial portion of its assets and the assets of such persons are located outside the United States. Shareholders may not be able to sue a foreign company or its officers or directors in a foreign court for violations of United States federal securities laws. It may be difficult to compel a foreign company and its officers and directors to subject themselves to a judgment by a United States court.
 
PROPOSAL NO. 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

BACKGROUND

The size of the Board of Directors of the Company has been fixed at six. The term of office of each of the current directors will end immediately before the election of directors at the Meeting. Unless the director’s office is earlier vacated in accordance with the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) and the articles of Tekmira, each director elected will hold office until immediately before the election of new directors at the next annual general meeting of Tekmira or, if no director is then elected, until a successor is elected or appointed.

Pursuant to Section 13.9 of the Articles of the Company (the “Articles”), a shareholder of the Company wishing to nominate an individual to be a director, other than pursuant to a requisition of a meeting made pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “BCBCA”) or a shareholder proposal made pursuant to the provisions of the BCBCA, is required to comply with Section 13.9 of the Articles. Section 13.9 of the Articles provides, inter alia, that proper written notice of any such director nomination (the “Nomination Notice”) for an annual general meeting of shareholders must be provided to the Secretary of the Company not less than 30 nor more than 65 days prior to the date of the annual general meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual general meeting of shareholders is to be held on a date that is less than 50 days after the date (the “Notice Date”) on which the first public announcement of the date of the annual general meeting was made, the Nomination Notice must be provided no later than the close of business on the tenth day following the Notice Date. The foregoing is merely a summary of provisions contained in Section 13.9 of the Articles, and is not comprehensive and is qualified by the full text of such provisions. The full text of such provisions is set out in Section 13.9 of the Articles, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit B to the March 27, 2013 management information circular of the Company which can be found under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov. As of the date of this Circular, the Company has not received a Nomination Notice in compliance with Section 13.9 of the Articles.

Under Tekmira’s majority voting policy each director nominee must receive more “For” votes than “Withhold” votes in order for their appointment to be immediately approved.  In an uncontested election, any nominee who receives a greater number of “Withheld” votes from his or her election than “For” such election is required to tender his or her resignation to the Board promptly following the vote. The Board (excluding any director that has tendered a resignation) will consider the director’s offer to resign and decide whether or not to accept it within 90 days of receiving the final voting results of the Meeting. Tekmira’s majority voting policy is more fully described below under “Statement on Corporate Governance – Director Election and Majority Voting Policy”.

Unless otherwise instructed, the designated proxyholders intend to vote “FOR” the election of the six Director nominees proposed by the Board in this Proxy Statement. We are not aware that any of our nominees will be unable or unwilling to serve as a director of Tekmira; however, should we become aware of such an occurrence before the election of directors takes place at the Meeting, if the persons named in the accompanying proxy are appointed as proxyholder, it is intended that the discretionary power granted under such proxy will be used by the proxyholders to vote in their discretion for a substitute nominee or nominees.

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote of “FOR” each named nominee.
 
 
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INFORMATION ON NOMINEES FOR DIRECTORS

The following table sets out the names of management’s nominees for election as directors, all major offices and positions with the Company and any of its significant affiliates each nominee now holds, each nominee’s principal occupation, business or employment, the period of time during which each has been a director of the Company and the number of Common Shares of Tekmira beneficially owned, controlled or directed by each, directly or indirectly, as at March 26, 2014.

Nominee Name,
Position with
the Company and
Residency
Principal Occupation
for the Past Five Years
Other Public Company
Directorships for the
Past Five Years
Period as a
Director of the
Company
Common Shares of
Tekmira
Beneficially Owned,
Controlled or
Directed(1)
Kenneth Galbraith (8)(10)
Director
British Columbia, Canada
Five Corners Capital (Sept. 2013 – present)
 
General Partner at Ventures West (Feb. 2007 – Sept. 2013)
n/a
Since January 28, 2010
15,240 (2)
Donald Jewell (8)(9)
Director
British Columbia, Canada
Managing Partner, RIO Industrial (financial management services) (Aug. 1995-present)
Rogers Sugar/Lantic
(Sept. 2003 – Jan. 2013)
Since May 30, 2008
479,755 (3)
Frank Karbe (8)
Director
California, U.S.A.
Chief Financial Officer of Exelixis, Inc. (Jan. 2004-present)
n/a
Since January 28, 2010
5,000 (4)
Daniel Kisner (9)(10)
Director and Board Chair
California, U.S.A.
Independent Consultant
(Sept. 2010 to present)
 
Partner at Aberdare Ventures (2003-September 2010)
Dynavax Technologies Corporation
(Jul. 2010 – present)
 
Lpath Incorporated
(Jun. 2012 - present)
 
Conatus Pharmaceuticals
(Feb. 2014  - present)
Since January 28, 2010
12,500 (5)
Mark Murray (6)
Director, President and CEO
Washington, U.S.A.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Tekmira (May 2008 – present);
 
President and Chief Executive Officer of Protiva Biotherapeutics Inc. (2000-present)
n/a
Since May 30, 2008
64,961 (6)
Peggy Phillips (9)
Director
Washington, U.S.A.
Independent Consultant
 (Previously Chief Operating Officer of Immunex Corporation)
Dynavax Technologies Corporation
(Aug. 2006 - present)
Since February 12, 2014
—  (7)
 
Notes:
 
(1)
The number of Common Shares of Tekmira beneficially owned, controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, by the above nominees for directors, directly or indirectly, is based on information furnished by the nominees themselves and from the insider reports available at www.sedi.ca.
 
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(2)
Mr. Galbraith also holds options to purchase 20,000 Common Shares of Tekmira at exercises prices ranging from C$1.70 to C$5.15 and expiry dates ranging from January 27, 2020 to December 9, 2022.
 
(3)
Mr. Jewell also holds options to purchase 25,000 Common Shares of Tekmira at exercises prices ranging from C$1.70 to C$5.15 and expiry dates ranging from December 18, 2018 to December 9, 2022. As a result of purchasing Units in Tekmira’s June 16, 2011 public share offering, Mr. Jewell also holds warrants to purchase 30,000 Common Shares of Tekmira at a price of C$3.35 and with an expiry date of June 15, 2016. As a result of purchasing Units in Tekmira’s February 29, 2012 private placement, Mr. Jewell also holds warrants to purchase 60,000 Common Shares of Tekmira at a price of C$2.60 and with an expiry date of February 28, 2017.
 
(4)
Mr. Karbe also holds options to purchase 20,000 Common Shares of Tekmira at exercises prices ranging from C$1.70 to C$5.15 and expiry dates ranging from January 27, 2020 to December 9, 2022. As a result of purchasing Units in Tekmira’s February 29, 2012 private placement, Mr. Karbe also holds warrants to purchase 2,500 Common Shares of Tekmira at a price of C$2.60 and with an expiry date of February 28, 2017.
 
(5)
Dr. Kisner also holds options to purchase 25,000 Common Shares of Tekmira at exercises prices ranging from C$1.70 to C$5.15 and expiry dates ranging from January 27, 2020 to December 9, 2022. As a result of purchasing Units in Tekmira’s June 16, 2011 public share offering, Dr. Kisner also holds warrants to purchase 5,000 Common Shares of Tekmira at a price of C$3.35 and with an expiry date of June 15, 2016. As a result of purchasing Units in Tekmira’s February 29, 2012 private placement, Dr. Kisner also holds warrants to purchase 1,250 Common Shares of Tekmira at a price of C$2.60 and with an expiry date of February 28, 2017.
 
(6)
Dr. Murray became the President and Chief Executive Officer of Tekmira following the business combination with Protiva that was competed on May 30, 2008.  Dr. Murray also has options to purchase 185,000 Common Shares of Tekmira at exercises prices ranging from C$1.70 to C$5.15 and expiry dates ranging from August 30, 2018 to December 9, 2022.  In addition to these options, Dr. Murray holds options to purchase 365,000 common shares of Protiva, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tekmira, with an exercise price of C$0.30 and expiry dates ranging from September 12, 2015 to March 1, 2018.  As part of the business combination between Tekmira and Protiva, Tekmira agreed to issue 246,435 Common Shares of Tekmira on the exercise of these stock options.  The shares reserved for issue on the exercise of these options is equal to the number of Tekmira Common Shares that would have been issued if the options had been exercised before the completion of the business combination and the shares issued on exercise of the options had then been exchanged for Tekmira Common Shares.  See “Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans – Additional Shares Subject to Issue”. As a result of purchasing Units in Tekmira’s June 16, 2011 public share offering, Dr. Murray also holds warrants to purchase 5,000 Common Shares of Tekmira at a price of C$3.35 and with an expiry date of June 15, 2016. As a result of purchasing Units in Tekmira’s February 29, 2012 private placement, Dr. Murray also holds warrants to purchase 5,000 Common Shares of Tekmira at a price of C$2.60 and with an expiry date of February 28, 2017.
 
(7)
Ms. Phillips holds options to purchase 15,000 Common Shares of Tekmira at a price of C$17.31 with an expiry date of February 11, 2024.
 
(8)
Member of the Audit Committee.
 
(9)
Member of the Executive Compensation and Human Resources Committee.
 
(10)
Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
 
As of March 26, 2014, the directors of the Company, as a group, beneficially owned, controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, an aggregate of 577,456 Common Shares of Tekmira (1,257,641 on a fully diluted basis), representing 2.6% (5.1% fully diluted) of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of Tekmira.

The following are brief biographies of nominees for the position of director. This information has been furnished by the respective nominees.

Mark Murray, Ph.D., President, Chief Executive Officer and Director. Dr. Murray has served as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Director since May 2008 when Tekmira and Protiva merged. Previously, he was the President and CEO and founder of Protiva since its inception in 2000. Dr. Murray has over 20 years of experience in both the R&D and business development and management facets of the biotechnology industry. Dr. Murray has held senior management positions at ZymoGenetics and Xcyte Therapies. Since entering the biotechnology industry Dr. Murray has successfully completed numerous and varied partnering deals, directed successful product development programs, been responsible for strategic planning programs, raised venture capital, and executed extensive business development initiatives in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Dr. Murray obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Oregon Health Sciences University and was a Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell post-doctoral research fellow for three years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Daniel Kisner, M.D., Chairman. Dr. Kisner has served as the Chairman of our Board since January 2010. Dr. Kisner is currently an independent consultant. From 2003 until December 2010, Dr. Kisner was a Partner at Aberdare Ventures. Prior to Aberdare, Dr. Kisner served as President and CEO of Caliper Technologies, a leader in microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technology. He led Caliper from a technology-focused start up to a publicly traded, commercially oriented organization. Prior to Caliper, he was President and COO of Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Previously, Dr. Kisner was Division VP of Pharmaceutical Development for Abbott Laboratories and VP of Clinical Research and Development at SmithKline Beckman Pharmaceuticals. In addition, he held a tenured position in the Division of Oncology at the University of Texas, San Antonio School of Medicine and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology. Dr. Kisner holds a B.A. from Rutgers University and an M.D. from Georgetown University.
 
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Kenneth Galbraith, C.A., Director.   Mr. Galbraith has served as our Director since January 2010. Since September 2013, Mr. Galbraith has held the position of Managing Director at Five Corners Capital. He previously was a General Partner at Ventures West, leading the firm’s biotechnology practice from 2007 to 2013. Prior to joining Ventures West, Mr. Galbraith was Chairman and Interim CEO of AnorMED, a biopharmaceutical company focused on new therapeutic products in hematology, HIV and oncology, until its sale to Genzyme Corp. in a cash transaction worth almost $600 million. Previously, Mr. Galbraith spent 13 years in senior management with QLT Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company specializing in developing treatments for eye diseases, retiring in 2000 from his position as Executive VP and CFO. Mr. Galbraith was a founding Director of the BC Biotechnology Alliance and served as Chairman of the Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network, one of Canada's federally-funded Networks for Centers of Excellence (NCE). He was also a Director of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the Fraser Health Authority. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of a number of private biotechnology companies as well as the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, one of the world's leading aquariums and Genome BC and has previously served on the Board of Directors of a number of NASDAQ-listed biotechnology companies, including Cardiome Pharma Corporation and Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. Mr. Galbraith earned a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of British Columbia and is a Chartered Accountant.

Donald Jewell, C.A., Director. Mr. Jewell has served as our Director since May 2008. Mr. Jewell is a Chartered Accountant with over 35 years of business experience. Mr. Jewell spent 20 years with KPMG and at the time of his departure, he was the managing partner in charge of KPMG’s management consulting practice in British Columbia. Until March 2010, Mr. Jewell was Chairman of Cal Investments Limited, a London based hedge fund. Mr. Jewell is currently the managing director of a private Canadian holding company; a private equity investor and on the Board of three investee businesses; Trustee of a two substantial Canadian private trusts; and on the Board of the trusts’ major operating companies. He is also on the Board of Directors of Lantic Inc.

Frank Karbe, Director. Mr. Karbe has served as our Director since January 2010. Mr. Karbe is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Exelixis, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed biotechnology company. Prior to joining Exelixis in 2004, Mr. Karbe worked as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs & Co., where he served most recently as Vice President in the healthcare group focusing on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions in the biotechnology industry. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 1997, Mr. Karbe held various positions in the finance department of The Royal Dutch/Shell Group in Europe. Mr. Karbe holds a Diplom-Kaufmann from the WHU—Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, Koblenz, Germany (equivalent to a U.S. Masters of Business Administration).

Peggy Phillips, Director. Ms. Phillips has served as our Director since February 2014. Previously, Ms. Phillips was on the Board of Immunex and served as the Chief Operating Officer from 1999 until the company was acquired by Amgen in 2002. During her sixteen year career at Immunex, she held positions of increasing responsibility in research, development, manufacturing, sales, and marketing. As General Manager for Enbrel, she was responsible for clinical development, process development and regulatory affairs as well as the launch, sales and marketing of the product. Prior to joining Immunex, Ms. Phillips worked at Miles Laboratories for ten years. Ms. Phillips currently sits on the Board of Directors of Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: DVAX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. Previously, Ms. Phillips served on the board of directors of Portola Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company and on the board of Western Wireless, a cellular network operator, from 2004 until the acquisition of the company by Alltel in mid-2005. From 2003 until 2011, Ms. Phillips served on the Board of the Naval Academy Foundation. Ms. Phillips holds a B.S. and a M.S. in microbiology from the University of Idaho.

There are no family relationships between any of our executive officers and/or directors. None of the Directors or Director nominees were or are to be selected pursuant to an arrangement or understanding.

For more information regarding our Board of Directors and committees of our Board of Directors, as applicable, please see “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Statement on Corporate Governance” below.
 
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Bankruptcies and Cease Trade Orders

To the knowledge of management, no proposed director is, at the date hereof, or has been, within ten years before the date hereof, a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of any company that: (i) was subject to a cease trade order or similar order, or an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, that was in effect for a period of more than 30 consecutive days, that was issued while the proposed director was acting in the capacity as director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer; or (ii) was subject to a cease trade or similar order, or an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, that was in effect for a period of more than 30 consecutive days, that was issued after the proposed director ceased to be a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer and which resulted from an event that occurred while that person was acting in the capacity as director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer.

Other than as disclosed below, to the knowledge of management, no proposed director or a holding company of such proposed director: (i) is, as at the date hereof, or has been within ten years before the date hereof, a director or executive officer of any company that, while that person was acting in that capacity, or within a year of that person ceasing to act in that capacity, became bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or was subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets; or (ii) has, within the ten years before the date hereof, become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or become subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold assets of the proposed director. Certain of the investee companies that Dr. Daniel Kisner served on the board of directors in Dr. Kisner’s capacity as representative of Aberdare Ventures became bankrupt, made a proposal under legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or were subject to or instituted proceedings, arrangements or compromises with creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets.

To the knowledge of management, no proposed director or a holding company of such proposed director has been subject to: (i) any penalties or sanctions imposed by a court relating to securities legislation or by a securities regulatory authority or has entered into a settlement agreement with a securities regulatory authority; or (ii) any other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or regulatory body that would likely be considered important to a reasonable security holder in deciding whether to vote for a proposed director.

Unless directed otherwise by a proxyholder, or such authority is withheld, the individuals named in the accompanying Proxy intend to vote the Common Shares represented by proxies for which either of them is appointed proxyholder “FOR” each named nominee whose names are set forth herein.

The Board of Tekmira recommends that the Shareholders vote FOR the election of the nominees whose names are set forth herein.
 
PROPOSAL NO. 2 — APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR

KPMG LLP, P.O. Box 10426, 777 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7Y 1K3 will be nominated at the Meeting for re-appointment as independent auditor of Tekmira. KPMG LLP has been auditor of Tekmira since April 2007.

For more information concerning the Audit Committee and its members, see “Corporate Governance – Committees of our Board of Directors – Audit Committee” below.

Unless directed otherwise by a proxyholder, or such authority is withheld, management designees named in the accompanying proxy intend to vote the Common Shares represented by proxies for which either of them is appointed proxyholder “FOR” the re-appointment of KPMG LLP as independent auditor of Tekmira for the ensuing year.

The Board of the Tekmira recommends that the Shareholders vote FOR the re-appointment of KPMG LLP as independent auditor of Tekmira for the ensuing year.
 
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PROPOSAL NO. 3 – APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES IN RESPECT OF WHICH AWARDS MAY BE GRANTED UNDER THE 2011 PLAN

At Tekmira’s 2011 annual general and special meeting of Shareholders held on June 22, 2011, Shareholders approved the 2011 Plan and a 273,889 increase in the number of Common Shares in respect of which Awards may be granted under the 2011 Plan. Tekmira’s pre-existing option plan (the “2007 Plan”) was limited to the granting of stock options as equity incentive awards whereas the 2011 Plan also allows for the issuance of tandem stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units and deferred stock units (collectively, and including options, referred to as “Awards”). The 2011 Plan replaces the 2007 Plan (together “the Tekmira Plans”). The 2007 Plan will continue to govern the options granted thereunder. No further options will be granted under Tekmira’s 2007 Plan. At Tekmira’s annual general and special meeting of Shareholders held on June 20, 2012, Shareholders approved a 550,726 increase in the number Common Shares in respect of which Awards may be granted under the 2011 Plan.

Of the 2,193,870 Common Shares which Awards are subject to the 2011 Plan, we currently have 1,374,680 stock options that have been granted and are unexercised under the Tekmira Plans, representing 6.3% of our outstanding Common Shares as of March 26, 2014. There currently remains a balance of 97,398 Common Shares in respect of which Awards may be granted under the 2011 Plan, which represents 0.4% of our outstanding Common Shares as of March 26, 2014. For more information on the Tekmira Plans, see “Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans”.

The objectives of our compensation policies and programs are to: (i) to recruit and subsequently retain highly qualified employees by offering overall compensation which is competitive with that offered for comparable positions in other biotechnology companies; (ii) to motivate employees to achieve important corporate performance objectives and reward them when such objectives are met; and (iii) to align the interests of employees with the long term interests of Shareholders through participation in our equity compensation plans. Equity compensation is an integral part of achieving these objectives as it provides our directors, officers, employees and consultants with the opportunity to participate in our growth and development.

In order to meet the objectives of our compensation program, we are proposing to amend the 2011 Plan to increase, by 800,000 Common Shares, the number Common Shares in which Awards may be granted under the 2011 Plan. This would increase the balance of Common Shares that remain to be granted under the 2011 Plan from 97,398 to 897,398, bringing the total of granted and unexercised Awards, together with unallocated Awards, to 2,272,078, representing 10.3% of our outstanding Common Shares as of March 26, 2014, and bringing the total Common Shares which Awards are subject to the 2011 Plan to 2,993,870 Common Shares, representing 13.6% of our outstanding Common Shares as of March 26, 2014.

Under the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange, the proposed amendment must be approved by the Company’s Shareholders to be effective. Accordingly, at the Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to approve the following resolution:

“BE IT RESOLVED as an ordinary resolution THAT:

1.           The Corporation’s 2011 omnibus share compensation plan be and is hereby amended to increase, by 800,000 common shares, the number of common shares in respect of which Awards may be granted thereunder;

2.           Notwithstanding that this resolution has been passed by the shareholders of Tekmira, the Board of Directors may revoke such resolution at any time before it is effected without further action by the shareholders.

3.           Any director or officer of Tekmira be and is hereby authorized, for and on behalf of Tekmira, to execute and deliver all documents and instruments and take such other actions, including making all necessary filings with applicable regulatory bodies and exchanges, as such director or officer may determine to be necessary or desirable to implement this ordinary resolution and the matter authorized hereby.”
 
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Unless directed otherwise by a proxyholder, or such authority is withheld, management designees named in the accompanying proxy intend to vote the Common Shares represented by proxies for which either of them is appointed proxyholder “FOR” the amendment of the 2011 Plan to increase, by 800,000 Common Shares, the number of Common Shares in respect of which Awards may be granted thereunder.

The Board of Tekmira recommends that the Shareholders vote FOR the amendment of the 2011 Plan.
 
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS

To the knowledge of the directors and executive officers of the Company, no person or corporation owned, directly or indirectly, or exercised control or direction over, Common Shares carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all outstanding Common Shares of Tekmira as at March 26, 2014.  See “Proposal No. 1 –Election of Directors – Information on Nominees for Directors” for information regarding the Common Shares held by our Directors.
 
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND RELATED MATTERS

 
Named Executive Officers
 
For the purposes herein, our Named Executive Officers include our Chief Executive Officer, Mark Murray, Chief Financial Officer, Bruce Cousins (from October 2013, Ian Mortimer until October 2013), Chief Technical Officer, Ian MacLachlan, Chief Medical Officer, Mark Kowalski, and Senior Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development, Peter Lutwyche.
 
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
 
Compensation Principles, Components and Policies
 
The Executive Compensation and Human Resources Committee, or the Compensation Committee, is responsible for recommending the compensation of our executive officers to the Board of Directors. In establishing compensation levels for executive officers, the Compensation Committee seeks to accomplish the following goals:
 
 
 
to recruit and subsequently retain highly qualified executive officers by offering overall compensation which is competitive with that offered for comparable positions in other biotechnology companies;
 
 
 
to motivate executives to achieve important corporate performance objectives and reward them when such objectives are met; and
 
 
 
to align the interests of executive officers with the long-term interests of shareholders through participation in our stock-based compensation plan (the “2011 Plan”).
 
Benchmarking of Executive Compensation
 
In the fourth quarter of 2010, Lane Caputo Compensation Inc. was paid $30,000 to review Executive and Director Compensation and to benchmark against companies in the biotechnology industry. Lane Caputo benchmarked compensation against a group of relevant peer companies.  The 16 companies selected in Tekmira’s peer group were:
 
 
Aeterna Zentaris Inc.
Neuralstem Inc
 
AVI Biopharma Inc.
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Inc
 
Celldex Therapeutics Inc.
OncoGeneX Pharmaceuticals Inc.
 
Cleveland Biolabs Inc.
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc
 
Curis Inc.
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Inc
 
Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc
Sangamo BioSciences Inc
 
Inhibitex Inc
Transition Therapeutics Inc
 
Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc
YM BioSciences Inc.

Based on the review of the Lane Caputo report, no changes were made to the base salaries of the Named Executive Officers except for Dr. Murray whose salary was increased from $338,100 (his salary was then denominated in Canadian dollars and was C$345,000) to $350,000 effective January 1, 2011.
 
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During 2011 and 2012, given business conditions, no increases to executive compensation were considered.
 
During 2013, we participated in and purchased the Radford Global US Life Sciences Survey (US Edition).  This survey is generally aimed at non-executive level staff. Tekmira considered 50th percentile data from the survey for companies with 50 to 149 employees in determining salaries for Dr. Kowalski and Mr. Cousins who were hired during 2013.  50th percentile market data was presented to the Compensation Committee by the CEO at the end of 2013 and was considered in the determination of executive salaries for 2014.
 
We intend to conduct a director and officer compensation benchmarking exercise in 2014.
 
Performance Graph
 
The performance of our share price is one of the factors the Compensation Committee takes into account when considering executive compensation. The following graph compares the cumulative shareholder return on an investment of C$100 in the Common Shares of the Company on the TSX from December 31, 2008, with a cumulative total shareholder return on the S&P/TSX Composite Total Return and S&P/TSX Capped Health Care Indices.
 
 
Elements of Executive Compensation
 
Currently, our executive compensation package consists of the following components: base salary, discretionary annual incentive cash bonus, long-term incentives in the form of share options and health and retirement benefits generally available to all of our employees. We have not granted any share appreciation rights to our directors and officers. We have established the above components for our executive compensation package because we believe a competitive base salary and opportunity for annual cash bonuses are required to recruit and retain key executives. Our 2011 Plan enables our executive officers to participate in our long term success and aligns their interests with those of the shareholders. Additional details on the compensation package for Named Executive Officers are described in the following sections.
 
Base Salary
 
The Named Executive Officers are paid a base salary as an immediate means of rewarding the Named Executive Officer for efforts expended on our behalf. Base salaries for Named Executive Officers are evaluated against the responsibilities inherent in the position held, the individual’s experience and past performance and industry benchmarks.
 
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Annual Incentive Cash Bonuses
 
Our policy is to pay bonuses at the end of our fiscal year, assuming that we have sufficient financial stability, based upon our level of achievement of major corporate objectives as determined by the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors.
 
Long-Term Incentives—Share Options
 
Share options are granted to reward individuals for current performance, expected future performance and to align the long term interest of Named Executive Officers with shareholders. Share option grants are not based on pre-determined performance goals, either personal or corporate. Awards reflect the qualitative judgment of the Board of Directors as to whether a grant should be awarded for retention or incentive purposes and if so what the size and timing of such awards should be as well as taking into consideration the third party compensation survey completed for us in the third quarter of 2010.
 
Share options are generally awarded to executive officers at commencement of employment and periodically thereafter after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Lane Caputo compensation report completed in Q4 2010. Any special compensation other than cash bonuses is typically granted in the form of options. The exercise price for the options is the closing price of the Common Shares on the last trading day before the grant of the option.
 
Pension Plans or Similar Benefits for Named Executive Officers
 
We do not have any pension or deferred compensation plans for our Named Executive Officers. We do, however, have a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (“RRSP”) Matching Plan whereby the Company matches employee contributions to their RRSPs up to a certain percentage of each employee’s salary. The RRSP matching plan is available to all full-time employees of Tekmira. Each year the Compensation Committee will approve a matching percentage of up to 5% of the employee salaries. The matching percentage is the same for all employees and is not based on performance.
 
Health care plans
 
All Tekmira employees receive health care coverage as a benefit. In addition, Drs. Murray and MacLachlan are entitled to reimbursement of any health expenses incurred, including their families’ health expenses, that are not covered by our insurance, as part of their employment contracts.
 
Other compensation
 
As part of his employment contract, Dr. Murray’s compensation also includes reimbursement of personal tax filing service fees up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.
 
Named Executive Officer compensation for 2011, 2012 and 2013
 
Base salary
 
There were no changes to Named Executive Officer salaries from 2011 to 2012.
 
The salaries of Drs. Murray and Kowalski are denominated in US dollars. The salaries of the other Named Executive Officers are denominated in Canadian dollars.
 
Effective January 1, 2013, the base salary of Dr. Murray was increased by 8% to $377,500, the base salary of Dr. MacLachlan was increased by 7% to $305,851 (C$315,000), the base salary of Mr. Mortimer was increased by 7% to $296,141 (C$305,000) and the base salary of Dr. Lutwyche was increased by 7% to $233,029 (C$240,000) (Canadian dollar denominated salaries have been converted to US dollars at the 2013 average exchange rate of 0.9710). These increases reflect cost of living increases, performance and retention measures and take into consideration the lack of increases in 2012.
 
Effective January 1, 2014, the base salary of Dr. Murray was increased by 6% to $400,000, the base salary of Dr. MacLachlan was increased by 2.5% to $303,568 (C$322,875), the base salary of Mr. Cousins remained at $286,762 (C$305,000), the base salary of Dr. Lutwyche was increased by 3% to $232,418 (C$247,200), and the base salary of Dr. Kowalski was increased by 2.5% to $333,125 (Canadian dollar denominated salaries have been converted to US dollars at the December 31, 2013 exchange rate of 0.9402).
 
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Annual Incentive Cash Bonuses
 
For 2011, Dr. Murray, Mr. Mortimer and Dr. MacLachlan were eligible to earn cash bonuses of up to a maximum of 50% and Dr. Lutwyche up to a maximum of 35% of their respective base salaries based on the Board of Directors determination of achievement of corporate goals. Our objectives for 2011, as established by the Board of Directors included: continued enrollment of patients in the Phase 1 clinical trial for TKM-PLK1; completion of pre-clinical toxicology studies for TKM-Ebola and filing of a TKM-Ebola Investigational New Drug application; continued execution of the TKM-Ebola contract including manufacturing scale-up and lyophilization of LNP technology; generate pre-clinical proof of concept for our next product candidate; and, maintain a strong cash position. Although good progress was made on the achievement of the 2011 objectives, given business conditions, no cash bonuses were paid.
 
For 2012, maximum percentage bonus potential for Drs. Murray, MacLachlan and Lutwyche was the same as for 2011. Our objectives for 2012, as established by the Board of Directors included: completing enrollment of patients in the Phase 1 clinical trial for TKM-PLK1; completion of a Phase 1 clinical trial for TKM-Ebola; continued execution of TKM-Ebola contract including manufacturing scale-up and lyophilization of LNP technology; and, complete an equity offering and maintain a strong cash position. At the end of 2012, the Compensation Committee recommended, and the Board of Directors approved, the payment of 200% of the maximum cash bonus for 2012 for Drs. Murray, MacLachlan, and Lutwyche. The bonus payments at the end of 2012 included the amounts the Named Executives had forgone in the 2011 and achievement against corporate objectives. The bonus was not based on any quantitative weighting of individual corporate performance goals or other formulaic process.
 
Maximum percentage bonus potential for Drs. Murray, MacLachlan and Lutwyche for 2013 was the same as for 2012. The maximum percentage bonus potential for Mr. Mortimer was 50%, for Mr. Cousins it was 40%, and for Dr. Kowalski it was 35%. Our objectives for 2013 were assigned quantitative weighting, and were established by the Board of Directors which included: initiating a TKM-PLK1 Phase 2 efficacy clinical trial (30%); file a TKM-ALDH2 IND (10%); treat first subject with new formulations of TKM-Ebola (10%); nominate a new product development candidate (20%); maintain cash runway into 2015 (10%); generate business development revenue (15%); and other organizational objectives (5%). At the end of 2013, the Compensation Committee recommended, and the Board of Directors approved, the payment of executive bonuses of up to 87.5% of the maximum. The maximum bonus level was based on the progress and achievement of the listed corporate objectives based on the indicated quantitative weighting.

The President and Chief Executive Officer reviewed the performance of Drs. MacLachlan, Lutwyche and Kowalski in light of their goals and achievements for 2013.  Mr. Mortimer did not receive a performance bonus as he resigned from the Company.  Dr. Murray’s bonus payout was based solely on the achievement of 2013 Corporate Goals.  Mr. Cousin’s bonus was also based solely on achievement of corporate goals. The individual goals for Drs. MacLachlan, Lutwyche and Kowalski also contributed to determination of their bonus percentages.

The bonus percentages, as a percentage of annual salary, earned by the Named Executive Officers for 2013 were therefore:
 
Dr. Mark Murray
43.8%
Mr. Bruce Cousins
35.0%
Dr. Ian MacLachlan
37.2%
Dr. Mark Kowalski
30.6%
Dr. Peter Lutwyche
30.6%

Long-Term Incentives—Share Options
 
Share options are typically granted to employees, including executives, at the end of the year. At the end of 2010 there wasn’t enough room in our option pool to grant executive options. At our June 2011 Annual General Meeting our shareholders approved an increase to our available share option pool of 273,889. In August 2011 we granted 35,000 options to Dr. Murray, 25,000 options to Dr. MacLachlan, 25,000 options to Mr. Mortimer and 20,000 options to Dr. Lutwyche. These share option grants were recommended by the Compensation Committee and approved by independent Directors based on corporate and individual performance and vested upon the achievement of certain corporate goals.
 
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In December 2011, as part of our annual compensation review, we granted 35,000 options to Dr. Murray, 25,000 options to Dr. MacLachlan, 25,000 options to Mr. Mortimer and 20,000 options to Dr. Lutwyche. These share option grants were recommended by the Compensation Committee and approved by independent Directors based on corporate and individual performance and our needs for fiscal 2012. These options vest one quarter immediately and one quarter on the next three anniversaries of their grant date.
 
In December 2012, as part of our annual compensation review, we granted 35,000 options to Dr. Murray, 25,000 options to Dr. MacLachlan, 25,000 options to Mr. Mortimer and 20,000 options to Dr. Lutwyche. These share option grants were recommended by the Compensation Committee and approved by independent Directors based on corporate and individual performance and our needs for fiscal 2013. These options vest one quarter immediately and one quarter on the next three anniversaries of their grant date.

In 2013, we granted 150,000 options to Mr. Cousins and 50,000 options to Dr. Kowalski in conjunction with their appointments as executive officers of Tekmira. These options vest one quarter immediately and one quarter on the next three anniversaries of their grant date.
 
In February 2014, as part of our annual compensation review, we granted 35,000 options to Dr. Murray, 25,000 options to each of Dr. MacLachlan and Dr. Kowalski, and 20,000 options to Dr. Lutwyche. These share option grants were recommended by the Compensation Committee and approved by independent Directors based on corporate and individual performance and our needs for fiscal 2014. Mr. Cousins did not receive any performance options in February 2014 as he was appointed in October 2013. These options vest one quarter immediately and one quarter on the next three anniversaries of their grant.
 
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

No member of the Compensation Committee during fiscal year 2013 served as one of our officers, former officers or employees nor received directly or indirectly compensation from the Company, other than in the capacity as a member of our Board and Compensation Committee. There was no direct or indirect control by the members of the Compensation Committee of the Company. No member of the Compensation Committee, directly or indirectly, is the beneficial owner of more than 10% of the Company’s equity, nor are they an executive officer, employee, director, general partner or a managing member of one or more entities that are together the beneficial owners of more than 10% of the Company’s equity. The Compensation Committee members are not aware of any business or personal relationship between (i) a member of the Compensation Committee and any person who has provided or is providing advice to the Compensation Committee; and (ii) an executive officer of the company and any firm or other person who is employed or is employing such person to provide advice to the Compensation Committee. During fiscal year 2013, none of our executive officers served as a director or member of the compensation committee of any other entity, one of whose executive officers served as a member of our Board of Directors or Compensation Committee, and none of our executive officers served as a member of the board of directors of any other entity, one of whose executive officers served as a member of our Compensation Committee.
 
Compensation Report from the Board of Directors
 
The Board of Directors has reviewed and discussed “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” required by Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K with management and, based on such review and discussions, has recommended that the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” be included in this Information Circular.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Daniel Kisner, Board Chair
Franke Karbe
Kenneth Galbraith
Mark Murray
Peggy Phillips
Donald Jewell
 
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Executive Compensation details
 
The following disclosure sets out the compensation for our Named Executive Officers and our directors for the financial year ended December 31, 2013.
 
Summary Compensation Table
 
The following table sets out the compensation paid, payable or otherwise provided to our Named Executive Officers during the our three most recently completed financial years ending on December 31. All amounts are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise noted. Amounts paid or denominated in Canadian dollars are converted to US dollars for presentation purposes at the average exchange rate for the year.
 
Name and principal position
Year
Salary
(US$)
Salary
(C$)
Options
 (US$) (1)
Annual
incentive
cash bonus (US$)
All
other
compensation (US$) (2)
Total
compensation (US$)
Dr. Mark Murray
2013
   377,500
 NA
               -
          160,359
            43,792
            581,651
President and
2012
   350,000
 NA
     165,768
          347,984
            62,040
            925,792
Chief Executive Officer
2011
   350,000
 NA
     136,533
                    -
            42,358
            528,891
               
Mr. Bruce Cousins (3)
2013
     69,480
     71,558
  1,247,159
            24,318
              2,085
         1,343,040
Executive Vice President, Finance
2012
            -
            -
               -
                    -
                    -
                      -
 and Chief Financial Officer
2011
            -
            -
               -
                    -
                    -
                      -
               
Mr. Ian Mortimer (4)
2013
   262,351
   270,199
               -
                    -
                    -
            262,351
Executive Vice President, Finance
2012
   285,184
   285,000
     118,405
          285,184
              8,556
            697,329
 and Chief Financial Officer
2011
   288,336
   285,000
       97,523
                    -
                    -
            385,860
               
Dr. Ian MacLachlan
2013
   305,851
   315,000
               -
          113,739
              9,422
            429,011
Executive Vice President
2012
   295,190
   295,000
     118,405
          295,190
              8,856
            717,642
and Chief Technical Officer
2011
   298,454
   295,000
       97,523
                    -
              1,456
            397,433
               
Dr. Mark Kowalski (5)
2013
   128,623
 NA
     261,819
            36,240
              3,859
            430,541
Senior Vice President
2012
            -
 NA
               -
                    -
                    -
                      -
and Chief Medical Officer
2011
            -
 NA
               -
                    -
                    -
                      -
               
Dr. Peter Lutwyche
2013
   233,029
   240,000
               -
            71,365
              6,991
            311,385
Senior Vice President, Pharmaceutical
2012
   225,145
   225,000
       94,724
          157,602
              6,754
            484,225
Development
2011
   227,634
   225,000
       78,019
                    -
                    -
            305,653
 
Notes:
 
1.
The fair value of each option is estimated as at the date of grant using the most widely accepted option pricing model, Black-Scholes. The fair value of options computed on the grant date is in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The weighted average option pricing assumptions and the resultant fair values for options awarded to Named Executive Officers in 2011 are as follows: expected average option term of ten years; a zero dividend yield; a weighted average expected volatility of 115.5%; and, a weighted average risk-free interest rate of 2.51%. The weighted average option pricing assumptions and the resultant fair values for options awarded to Named Executive Officers in 2012 are as follows: expected average option term of ten years; a zero dividend yield; a weighted average expected volatility of 121.5%; and, a weighted average risk-free interest rate of 1.46%. The weighted average option pricing assumptions and the resultant fair values for options awarded to Named Executive Officers for fiscal 2013 are as follows: expected average option term of ten years; a zero dividend yield; a weighted average expected volatility of 114.7%; and, a weighted average risk-free interest rate of 2.49%. Options awarded to the Named Executive Officers in February 2014 are not included in the above table.
 
2.
All other compensation in 2012 and 2013 includes Registered Retirement Savings Plan, or RRSP, or equivalent matching payments of 3% of salary. In 2012 and 2013 all of our full-time employees and executives were eligible for RRSP or equivalent matching payments. In 2011 RRSP match payments had been suspended to conserve cash. Dr. Murray’s other compensation also includes reimbursement of personal tax filing service fees up to a maximum of $10,000 per year. Dr. Murray’s and Dr. MacLachlan’s other compensation also includes amounts claimed under their contractual entitlement to reimbursement of any health expenses incurred, including their families’ health expenses, that are not covered by insurance.
 
 
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3.
Mr. Cousins commenced employment with Tekmira in October 2013 with an annual salary of $286,762 (C$305,000) and was granted 150,000 new hire stock options at that time.
 
4.
Mr. Mortimer resigned from Tekmira in October 2013.
 
5.
Dr. Kowalski commenced employment in August 2013 with an annual salary of $325,000 and was granted 50,000 new hire stock options at that time.
 
Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table
 
         
Estimated Possible Payouts Under Non-
Equity Incentive Plan Awards(2)
   
 
                   
Name
 
Date of
Grant (1)
   
Threshold
($)
   
Target
($)
   
Maximum
($)
     
Stock Awards:
Number of
Shares of Stock(3)
     
Option Awards:
Number of Securities Underlying Options
     
Exercise or
Base Price of Option Awards ($)
     
Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards ($)(4)
 
Bruce Cousins
 
10/7/13
    $ -     $ -     $ -       -       150,000     $ 8.86     $ 1,247,159  
   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                                                             
   (from October 2013)
                                                             
Mark Kowalski, M.D., Ph.D.
 
8/12/13
    $ -     $ -     $ -       -       50,000     $ 5.58     $ 261,819  
   Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
                                                             
Mark Murray, Ph.D.
    N/A     $ -     $ -     $ -       -       -     $ -     $ -  
   President and Chief Executive Officer
                                                               
Ian Mortimer
    N/A     $ -     $ -     $ -       -       -     $ -     $ -  
   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                                                               
   (until October 2013)
                                                               
Ian MacLachlan, Ph.D.
    N/A     $ -     $ -     $ -       -       -     $ -     $ -  
   Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
                                                               
Peter Lutwyche, Ph.D.
    N/A     $ -     $ -     $ -       -       -     $ -     $ -  
   Senior Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development
                                                               
 
Notes:
 
1.
The stock option awards reported in the 2013 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table were granted pursuant to our Designated Plans.
 
2.
We do not have any non-equity incentive plans. A discretionary annual incentive cash bonus may be included as a component of our executive compensation package.
 
3.
Our 2011 Plan allows for the issuance of tandem stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units and deferred stock units, but we have not granted any stock awards to date.
 
4.
The Grant Date Fair Value, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, represents the value of stock options granted during the year. The amounts reported in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table reflect our accounting expense and may not represent the amounts our named executive officers will actually realize from the awards. Whether, and to what extent, a named executive officer realizes value will depend on our actual operating performance, stock price fluctuations and that named executive officer’s continued employment. Our Designated Plans, governed substantially under the same terms as our 2011 Plan, provide that the option exercise price is always at least equal to the closing market price of the common shares on the day preceding the date of grant and the term may not exceed 10 years. These stock options vest one quarter immediately, and one quarter on the next three anniversaries of their grant date. As the closing market price of the common shares is denominated in Canadian dollars, the Exercise Price and the Grant Date Fair Value shown in the table have been translated to US dollars using the average exchange rate for the year.
 
Outstanding Option-Based Awards at December 31, 2013
 
There were no outstanding stock awards for any Named Executive Officer as at December 31, 2013.  The following tables set out all option awards, outstanding as at December 31, 2013, for each Named Executive Officer:
 
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Option-based awards - total outstanding options (1)
         
Value of
Value of
         
unexercised
unexercised
 
Number of securities
Option
Option
 
in-the-money
in-the-money
 
underlying unexercised
exercise price
exercise price
 
options (3)
options (4)
Name
options (#)
(C$)
(US$)
Option grant date (2)
(C$)
(US$)
Dr. Mark Murray (5)
                             219,428
                       0.44
                0.44
September 13, 2005
        1,757,618
        1,646,739
 
                               27,007
                       0.44
                0.44
March 2, 2008
           216,326
           202,679
 
                               30,000
4.65
4.37
August 31, 2008
           114,000
           107,183
 
                               25,000
1.80
1.69
December 9, 2008
           166,250
           156,308
 
                               25,000
3.85
3.62
January 28, 2010
           115,000
           108,123
 
                               35,000
2.40
2.26
August 10, 2011
           211,750
           199,087
 
                               35,000
1.70
1.60
December 23, 2011
           236,250
           222,122
 
                               35,000
5.15
4.84
December 10, 2012
           115,500
           108,593
Mr. Ian Mortimer
                                 3,000
                       7.00
                6.58
December 15, 2004
               4,350
               4,090
 
                               15,000
                       3.10
                2.91
July 26, 2005
             80,250
             75,451
 
                                 2,500
                       5.40
                5.08
March 29, 2006
               7,625
               7,169
 
                                 7,500
                       5.40
                5.08
March 29, 2006
             22,875
             21,507
 
                                 3,750
                       3.00
                2.82
August 3, 2006
             20,438
             19,215
 
                                 3,750
                       3.00
                2.82
August 3, 2006
             20,438
             19,215
 
                                 3,750
                       3.00
                2.82
August 3, 2006
             20,438
             19,215
 
                                 3,750
                       3.00
                2.82
August 3, 2006
             20,438
             19,215
 
                               10,000
                       6.50
                6.11
August 7, 2007
             19,500
             18,334
 
                                 6,000
                       5.60
                5.27
April 1, 2008
             17,100
             16,077
 
                                 8,000
                       5.60
                5.27
April 1, 2008
             22,800
             21,437
 
                               70,000
                       5.60
                5.27
April 1, 2008
           199,500
           187,570
 
                               11,000
                       1.80
                1.69
December 9, 2008
             73,150
             68,776
 
                               16,000
                       3.85
                3.62
January 28, 2010
             73,600
             69,199
 
                               25,000
                       2.40
                2.26
August 10, 2011
           151,250
           142,205
 
                               25,000
                       1.70
                1.60
December 23, 2011
           168,750
           158,659
 
                               25,000
                       5.15
                4.84
December 10, 2012
             82,500
             77,567
Mr. Bruce Cousins
                             150,000
9.12
8.57
October 7, 2013
                     -   
                     -   
Dr. Ian MacLachlan
                               30,000
4.65
4.37
August 31, 2008
           114,000
           107,183
 
                               16,000
1.80
1.69
December 9, 2008
           106,400
           100,037
 
                               16,000
3.85
3.62
January 28, 2010
             73,600
             69,199
 
                               25,000
2.40
2.26
August 10, 2011
           151,250
           142,205
 
                               25,000
1.70
1.60
December 23, 2011
           168,750
           158,659
 
                               25,000
5.15
4.84
December 10, 2012
             82,500
             77,567
Dr. Mark Kowalski
                               50,000
5.75
5.41
August 12, 2013
           135,000
           126,927
Dr. Peter Lutwyche
                               18,000
1.80
1.69
December 9, 2008
           119,700
           112,542
 
                               16,000
3.85
3.62
January 28, 2010
             73,600
             69,199
 
                               20,000
2.40
2.26
August 10, 2011
           121,000
           113,764
 
                               20,000
1.70
1.60
December 23, 2011
           135,000
           126,927
 
                               20,000
5.15
4.84
December 10, 2012
             66,000
             62,053
 
 
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Option-based awards - outstanding vested options (1)
         
Value of
Value of
         
unexercised
unexercised
 
Number of securities
Option
Option
 
in-the-money
in-the-money
 
underlying unexercised
exercise price
exercise price
 
options (3)
options (4)
Name
vested options (#)
(C$)
(US$)
Option grant date (2)
(C$)
(US$)
Dr. Mark Murray (5)
                             219,428
                       0.44
                0.44
September 13, 2005
        1,757,618
        1,646,739
 
                               27,007
                       0.44
                0.44
March 2, 2008
           216,326
           202,679
 
                               30,000
4.65
4.37
August 31, 2008
           114,000
           107,183
 
                               25,000
1.80
1.69
December 9, 2008
           166,250
           156,308
 
                               18,750
3.85
3.62
January 28, 2010
             86,250
             81,092
 
                               35,000
2.40
2.26
August 10, 2011
           211,750
           199,087
 
                               26,250
1.70
1.60
December 23, 2011
           177,188
           166,592
 
                               17,500
5.15
4.84
December 10, 2012
             57,750
             54,297
Mr. Ian Mortimer(4)
                                 3,000
                       7.00
                6.58
December 15, 2004
               4,350
               4,090
 
                               15,000
                       3.10
                2.91
July 26, 2005
             80,250
             75,451
 
                                 2,500
                       5.40
                5.08
March 29, 2006
               7,625
               7,169
 
                                 7,500
                       5.40
                5.08
March 29, 2006
             22,875
             21,507
 
                                 3,750
                       3.00
                2.82
August 3, 2006
             20,438
             19,215
 
                                 3,750
                       3.00
                2.82
August 3, 2006
             20,438
             19,215
 
                                 3,750
                       3.00
                2.82
August 3, 2006
             20,438
             19,215
 
                                 3,750
                       3.00
                2.82
August 3, 2006
             20,438
             19,215
 
                               10,000
                       6.50
                6.11
August 7, 2007
             19,500
             18,334
 
                                 6,000
                       5.60
                5.27
April 1, 2008
             17,100
             16,077
 
                                 8,000
                       5.60
                5.27
April 1, 2008
             22,800
             21,437
 
                               70,000
                       5.60
                5.27
April 1, 2008
           199,500
           187,570
 
                               11,000
                       1.80
                1.69
December 9, 2008
             73,150
             68,776
 
                               16,000
                       3.85
                3.62
January 28, 2010
             73,600
             69,199
 
                               25,000
                       2.40
                2.26
August 10, 2011
           151,250
           142,205
 
                               18,750
                       1.70
                1.60
December 23, 2011
           126,563
           118,994
 
                               12,500
                       5.15
                4.84
December 10, 2012
             41,250
             38,783
Mr. Bruce Cousins
                               37,500
9.12
8.57
October 7, 2013
                     -   
                     -   
Dr. Ian MacLachlan
                               30,000
4.65
4.37
August 31, 2008
           114,000
           107,183
 
                               16,000
1.80
1.69
December 9, 2008
           106,400
           100,037
 
                               16,000
3.85
3.62
January 28, 2010
             73,600
             69,199
 
                               25,000
2.40
2.26
August 10, 2011
           151,250
           142,205
 
                               18,750
1.70
1.60
December 23, 2011
           126,563
           118,994
 
                               12,500
5.15
4.84
December 10, 2012
             41,250
             38,783
Dr. Mark Kowalski
                               12,500
5.75
5.41
August 12, 2013
             33,750
             31,732
Dr. Peter Lutwyche
                               18,000
1.80
1.69
December 9, 2008
           119,700
           112,542
 
                               16,000
3.85
3.62
January 28, 2010
             73,600
             69,199
 
                               20,000
2.40
2.26
August 10, 2011
           121,000
           113,764
 
                               15,000
1.70
1.60
December 23, 2011
           101,250
             95,195
 
                               10,000
5.15
4.84
December 10, 2012
             33,000
             31,027
 
 
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Option-based awards - outstanding unvested options (1)
         
Value of
Value of
         
unexercised
unexercised
 
Number of securities
Option
Option
 
in-the-money
in-the-money
 
underlying unexercised
exercise price
exercise price
 
options (3)
options (4)
Name
unvested options (#)
(C$)
(US$)
Option grant date (2)
(C$)
(US$)
Dr. Mark Murray (5)
                                 6,250
3.85
3.62
January 28, 2010
             28,750
             27,031
 
                                 8,750
1.70
1.60
December 23, 2011
             59,063
             55,531
 
                               17,500
5.15
4.84
December 10, 2012
             57,750
             54,297
Mr. Ian Mortimer
                                 6,250
                       1.70
                1.60
December 23, 2011
             42,188
             39,665
 
                               12,500
                       5.15
                4.84
December 10, 2012
             41,250
             38,783
Mr. Bruce Cousins
                             112,500
9.12
8.57
October 7, 2013
                       -
                       -
Dr. Ian MacLachlan
                                 6,250
1.70
1.60
December 23, 2011
             42,188
             39,665
 
                               12,500
5.15
4.84
December 10, 2012
             41,250
             38,783
Dr. Mark Kowalski
                               37,500
5.75
5.41
August 12, 2013
           101,250
             95,195
Dr. Peter Lutwyche
                                 5,000
1.70
1.60
December 23, 2011
             33,750
             31,732
 
                               10,000
5.15
4.84
December 10, 2012
             33,000
             31,027
 
Notes to tables:
1.
Options vest 25% immediately, and 25% at each of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd anniversaries of the grant date except for options granted on March 29, 2006 that vested immediately, options granted on July 26, 2005, August 3, 2006 and August 10, 2011 that vested based on the completion of certain performance criteria and options granted on April 1, 2008 that vested on May 31, 2009.
2.
Options expire 10 years after the grant date.
3.
This amount is the difference between Tekmira’s December 31, 2013 closing TSX share price of C$8.45 and the exercise price of the option (denominated in Canadian dollars).
4.
This amount is the difference between Tekmira’s December 31, 2013 closing TSX share price of C$8.45 and the exercise price of the option converted to US dollars at the December 31, 2013 exchange rate of 1.0636.
5.
Dr. Murray holds options to purchase 365,000 common shares of Protiva, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tekmira, with an exercise price of C$0.30. As part of the business combination between Tekmira and Protiva, Tekmira agreed to issue 246,435 common shares of Tekmira on the exercise of these stock options giving an effective cost per Tekmira stock option of C$0.44. The shares reserved for issue on the exercise of the Protiva options are equal to the number of Tekmira common shares that would have been issued if the options had been exercised before the completion of the business combination and the shares issued on exercise of the options had then been exchanged for Tekmira common shares.

Named Executive Officer Incentive Plan Awards – Options Exercised During the Year
 
No options were exercised by any of the Named Executive Officers during the year ended December 31, 2013.
 
Named Executive Officer Incentive Plan Awards – Value Vested During the Year
 
The aggregate value of executive options vesting during the year ended December 31, 2013 measured at their date of vesting by comparing option exercise price to closing market price on that day was:
 
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Option-based
Option-based
 
awards value
awards value
 
vested during the
vested during the
Name
year (C$)
year (US$)
Dr. Mark Murray
                             234,900
                 226,442
Mr. Bruce Cousins
                                       -   
                           -   
Mr. Ian Mortimer
                             167,405
                 161,274
Dr. Ian MacLachlan
                             167,405
                 161,274
Dr. Mark Kowalski
                                       -   
                           -   
Dr. Peter Lutwyche
                             134,580
                 129,830
 
Termination and Change of Control Benefits
 
The following table provides information concerning the value of payments and benefits following the termination of employment of the Named Executive Officers under various circumstances. Payments vary based on the reason for termination and the timing of a departure. The below amounts are calculated as if the Named Executive Officer’s employment had been terminated on December 31, 2013. Receipt of payments on termination is contingent on the Named Executive Officer delivering a release to Tekmira.
 
   
Dr. Mark
   
Mr. Bruce
   
Dr. Ian
   
Dr. Mark
   
Dr. Peter
 
Payment Type
 
Murray
   
Cousins
   
MacLachlan
   
Kowalski
   
Lutwyche
 
Involuntary termination by Tekmira for cause
                   
Cash payment
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
Option values (1)
  $ 2,620,461     $ -     $ 576,401     $ 31,732     $ 421,727  
Benefits (2)
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
Involuntary termination by Tekmira upon death
                         
Cash payment
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
Option values (1)
  $ 2,620,461     $ -     $ 576,401     $ 31,732     $ 421,727  
Benefits (2)
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
Involuntary termination by Tekmira without cause
                         
Cash payment
  $ 1,116,771     $ 310,308     $ 863,192     $ 360,092     $ 276,223  
Option values (1)(3)
  $ 2,859,266     $ -     $ 654,849     $ 63,464     $ 421,727  
Benefits (2)
  $ 157,747     $ 10,716     $ 22,577     $ 91,154     $ 8,053  
Involuntary termination by Tekmira without cause or
                         
   by Executive with good reason after a change in control of the Company
         
Cash payment
  $ 1,116,771     $ 310,308     $ 863,192     $ 360,092     $ 304,625  
Option values (1)(3)
  $ 2,859,266     $ -     $ 654,849     $ 63,464     $ 468,972  
Benefits (2)
  $ 157,747     $ 10,716     $ 22,577     $ 91,154     $ 9,344  
Notes:
 
(1)
This amount is based on the difference between Tekmira’s December 31, 2013 TSX closing share price of C$8.45 and the exercise price of the options that were vested as at December 31, 2013 converted into US at 0.9402.
(2)
Ongoing benefit coverage has been estimated assuming that benefits will be payable for the full length of the severance period which would be the case if new employment was not taken up during the severance period. Benefits include extended health and dental coverage that is afforded to all of the Company’s full time employees. Dr. Murray’s benefits also include a $2,000,000 life insurance policy, the reimbursement of up to $10,000 per annum in professional fees related to the filing of his tax returns. Dr. Murray and Dr. MacLachlan’s benefits also include an estimate of the costs of reimbursement of health expenses incurred, including their families’ health expenses, that are not covered by insurance.
 
 
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(3)
This amount is based on the difference between Tekmira’s December 31, 2013 TSX closing share price of C$8.45 and the exercise price of the options that were vested as at December 31, 2013 and options that would vest during the severance period.
 
Director Compensation
 
The Board of Directors has adopted formal policies for compensation of non-executive directors. In order to align the interests of directors with the long-term interests of shareholders, the directors have determined that the most appropriate form of payment for their services as directors is through participation in the Tekmira’s equity compensation plans, as well as an annual cash retainer and fees for meeting attendance. Directors who also serve as a member of our management team receive no additional consideration for acting as a director.
 
The Board has adopted a policy that non-executive directors are granted options upon appointment as a director and are eligible for annual grants thereafter. Our Board fees are denominated in U.S. dollars. The Board fee schedule for 2011 was as follows: an annual cash retainer of $18,000 per annum ($25,500 for the Chairman of the Board; an additional $5,000 for the Chairman of the Audit Committee; an additional $2,500 for members of the Audit Committee; and an additional $2,500 for the Chairman of any other Board constituted committees) and meeting fees of $500 to $1,750. In the fourth quarter of 2010, Lane Caputo conducted a review of Executive and Director Compensation. Lane Caputo’s report recommended the following Board fee schedule: an annual cash retainer of $25,000 per annum ($50,000 for the Chairman of the Board; an additional $10,000 for the Chairman of the Audit Committee; an additional $6,000 for members of the Audit Committee; an additional $7,500 for the Chairman of the Compensation and Governance Committees; and, an additional $5,000 for members of the Compensation and Governance Committees) and Board meeting fees $1,750 and no fees for Board committee meetings. The Board approved this new fee schedule effective January 1, 2011 but resolved to defer any payments in excess of the prior fee schedule until such time as the Company was more financially stable. Following the settlement of the litigation with Alnylam and AlCana the Board resolved to release the excess fees and continue with the Lane Caputo recommended Board fee schedule on an ongoing basis.
 
Non-executive directors earned cash compensation of $245,750 in 2013 as annual retainer and meeting attendance fees. We also reimburse directors for travel expenses they incur on behalf of the Company, including the cost of attending meetings of the Board.
 
The compensation provided to the directors, excluding Dr. Murray who is included in the Named Executive Officer disclosure above, for our most recently completed financial year of December 31, 2013 is:
 
Name
  
Fees earned
($)
 
Option-based
awards (1)
($)
 
Total
($)
Daniel Kisner (Board Chair)
  
 
68,750
  
 
  
 
68,750
Donald Jewell
  
 
44,750
  
 
  
 
44,750
Frank Karbe (Audit Committee Chair)
  
 
43,750
  
 
  
 
43,750
Kenneth Galbraith (Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Chair)
  
 
47,250
  
 
  
 
47,250
Michael Abrams (2)
  
 
41,250
  
 
  
 
41,250
 
Notes:
 
(1)
No option-based awards were granted to the directors in 2013. We expect to grant 7,500 options to each of the directors if an increase in our option pool is approved at our next Annual General Meeting.
   
(2)
Dr. Abrams resigned from the Board on December 31, 2013 and joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Discovery Officer on January 6, 2014.
 
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Director Incentive Plan Awards
 
Outstanding Option-based Awards and Share-based Awards
 
The following table sets out all option-based awards and share-based awards outstanding as at December 31, 2013, for each director serving for at least a portion of 2013:
 
   
  
Option-Based Awards
   
Name
 
Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised options
(#)
 
Option
exercise price
(C$)
 
Option
exercise  price
(US$)
Option expiration date
 
Value
of  unexercised
in-the-money
options (1)
(C$)
 
Value
of  unexercised
in-the-money
options (1)
(US$)
Daniel Kisner
  
10,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
  
3.85
2.40
1.70
5.15
 
3.69
2.30
1.66
5.20
January 27, 2020
August 9, 2021
December 22, 2021
December 9, 2022
  
 
46,000
30,250
33,750
16,500
 
40,947
27,723
31,223
13,973
 
Don Jewell
  
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
  
1.80
3.85
2.40
1.70
5.15
 
1.46
3.69
2.30
1.66
5.20
December 8, 2018
January 27, 2020
August 9, 2021
December 22, 2021
December 9, 2022
  
 
33,250
23,000
30,250
33,750
16,500
 
 
30,723
20,473
27,723
31,223
13,973
 
Frank Karbe
  
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
  
3.85
2.40
1.70
5.15
 
3.69
2.30
1.66
5.20
January 27, 2020
August 9, 2021
December 22, 2021
December 9, 2022
  
23,000
30,250
33,750
16,500
 
 
20,473
27,723
31,223
13,973
 
Kenneth Galbraith
  
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
  
3.85
2.40
1.70
5.15
 
3.69
2.30
1.66
5.20
January 27, 2020
August 9, 2021
December 22, 2021
December 9, 2022
  
 
23,000
30,250
33,750
16,500
 
 
20,473
27,723
31,223
13,973
 
Michael Abrams (2)
 
 
675
17,044
5,445
675
13,503
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
 
 
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
1.80
3.85
2.40
1.70
5.15
 
 
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
1.46
3.69
2.30
1.66
5.20
 
January 22, 2015
September 12, 2015
December 31, 2015
April 3, 2017
May 27, 2017
December 8, 2018
January 27, 2020
August 9, 2021
December 22, 2021
December 9, 2022
 
 
5,407
136,522
43,614
5,704
108,159
33,250
23,000
30,250
33,750
16,500
 
 
5,066
127,910
40,863
  5,066
  101,336
  30,723
20,473
27,723
31,223
13,973
 
Notes:
 
(1)
This amount is based on the difference between Tekmira’s year end share price of C$8.45 and the exercise price of the option.
(2)
All of Dr. Abrams’s options with an exercise price of C$0.44 were granted to Dr. Abrams as a Director of Protiva. The shares reserved for these options are equal to the number of Tekmira common shares that would have been received if the options had been exercised prior to the business combination and subsequently exchanged for Tekmira common shares such that Dr. Abrams will receive Tekmira common share upon exercise of these options. Dr. Abrams resigned from the Board on December 31, 2013 and joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Discovery Officer on January 1, 2014.
 
Director Outstanding Option-based Awards
 
The following table sets out all option-based awards and share-based awards outstanding as of March 26, 2014, for each director:
 
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Option-Based Awards
 
Name
  
Number of 
securities
underlying
unexercised options
(#)
  
Option
exercise  price
(C$)
 
Option
exercise  price
(US$)(1)
  
Option expiration date
Daniel Kisner
  
10,000
  
3.85
 
  3.47
  
January 27, 2020
 
  
5,000
  
2.40
 
 2.16
  
August 9, 2021
 
  
5,000
  
1.70
 
 1.53
  
December 22, 2021
 
  
5,000
  
5.15
 
 4.64
  
December 9, 2022
Donald Jewell
  
5,000
  
1.80
 
 1.62
  
December 8, 2018
 
  
5,000
  
3.85
 
  3.47
  
January 27, 2020
 
  
5,000
  
2.40
 
 2.16
  
August 9, 2021
 
  
5,000
  
1.70
 
 1.53
  
December 22, 2021
 
  
5,000
  
5.15
 
 4.64
  
December 9, 2022
Frank Karbe
  
5,000
  
3.85
 
  3.47
  
January 27, 2020
 
  
5,000
  
2.40
 
 2.16
  
August 9, 2021
 
  
5,000
  
1.70
 
 1.53
  
December 22, 2021
 
  
5,000
  
5.15
 
 4.64
  
December 9, 2022
Kenneth Galbraith
  
5,000
  
3.85
 
  3.47
  
January 27, 2020
 
  
5,000
  
2.40
 
 2.16
  
August 9, 2021
 
  
5,000
  
1.70
 
 1.53
  
December 22, 2021
 
  
5,000
  
5.15
 
 4.64
  
December 9, 2022
Peggy Phillips
  
15,000
  
17.31
 
 15.58
  
February 11, 2024
 
Notes:
 
(1)
Our stock options are denominated in Canadian dollars. For presentation purposes we have converted the option exercise prices to US dollars using the March 26, 2014 closing foreign exchange rate of 0.90.
 
Director options are priced at the closing market price of the previous trading day and vest immediately upon granting. We typically grants options to directors at the time of their first appointment to the Board and then on an annual basis at the end of the fiscal year. At our June 2011 Annual General Meeting our shareholders approved an increase to our available share option pool of 273,889. In August 2011 we granted 5,000 options to each of our non-executive Board members. In December 2011 we granted 5,000 options to each of our non-executive Board members. At our June 2012 Annual General and Special Meeting our shareholders approved an increase to our available share option pool of 550,726. In December 2012 we granted 5,000 options to each of our non-executive Board members.
 
We recently reset our new Board member option grant level from 10,000 to 15,000 and our ongoing Board member annual grant level from 5,000 to 7,500. Annual grants will continue to vest immediately but instead of vesting immediately, new Board member grants now vest 25% immediately, and 25% at each of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd anniversaries of the grant date. For the 2013 year, we expect to issue an annual grant of options to each of our non-executive Board members following our 2014 Annual General Meeting.
 
Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards for our Directors
 
We do not have any long-term incentives for our Directors other than stock options.
 
Pension, Retirement or Similar Benefit for our Directors
 
We do not have any amounts set aside or accrued to provide for pension, retirement or similar benefits for our Directors.
 
Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance
 
We purchase annual insurance coverage for our directors’ and officers’ (executives’) liability.
 
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Benefits on Termination of Directors
 
We do not have any contractual obligations arising when a director’s service terminates.
 
SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS

At Tekmira’s annual general and special meeting of Shareholders held on June 22, 2011, Shareholders approved the 2011 Plan and a 273,889 increase in the number Common Shares in respect of which Awards may be granted under the 2011 Plan. Tekmira’s pre-existing 2007 Plan was limited to the granting of stock options as equity incentive awards whereas the 2011 Plan also allows for the issuance of tandem stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units and deferred stock units. The 2011 Plan replaced the 2007 Plan. The 2007 Plan will continue to govern the options granted there under. No further options will be granted under Tekmira’s 2007 Plan. At Tekmira’s annual general and special meeting of Shareholders held on June 20, 2012, Shareholders approved a 550,726 increase in the number Common Shares in respect of which Awards may be granted under the 2011 Plan.

There are a total of  1,472,078 Common Share options currently outstanding and available for future grant under the Tekmira Plans which represents approximately 6.7% of the Company’s 21,982,088 issued and outstanding Common Shares at March 26, 2014.

Since January 1996, the equivalent of 721,792 Common Shares of Tekmira have been issued pursuant to the exercise of options granted under Tekmira’s Plans (which represents approximately 3.3% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares), and as of March 26, 2014, there were 1,374,680 Common Shares of Tekmira subject to options outstanding under Tekmira’s Plans (which represents approximately 6.3% of the Company’s current issued and outstanding Common Shares). The number of Common Shares of Tekmira remaining available for future grants of options as at March 26, 2014 was 97,398 (which represents approximately 0.4% of the Company’s current issued and outstanding Common Shares).

Additionally, Tekmira issued a total of 200,000 options to purchase Common Shares in 2013 to two executive officers of Tekmira in conjunction with their appointments as executive officers of Tekmira. These options were granted in accordance with the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange and pursuant to newly designated share compensation plans (the “Designated Plans”).  The Designated Plans are governed by substantially the same terms as the 2011 Plan.
 
ADDITIONAL SHARES SUBJECT TO ISSUE UNDER HISTORICAL EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN

On May 30, 2008, as a condition of the acquisition of Protiva, the Company reserved 350,457 Common Shares (which represents approximately 1.6% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares as at March 26, 2014) for the exercise of up to 519,073 Protiva share options (“Protiva Options”). These shares are reserved for the issue to those Shareholders who did not exercise their Protiva share options and exchange the shares of Protiva issuable on exercise for Common Shares of Tekmira on the closing of the business combination with Protiva. The shares reserved for them are equal to the same number of Tekmira Common Shares they would have received if they had exercised their options and transferred the shares to Tekmira. The Protiva Options are not part of Tekmira’s 2011 Plan or 2007 Plan and the Company is not permitted to grant any further Protiva stock options. The Protiva Options all have a C$0.30 exercise price and expire on dates ranging from January 21, 2015 to March 1, 2018. As at March 26, 2014 Protiva options equating to 31,183 Common Shares had been exercised and Protiva options equating to 319,274 Common Shares remained outstanding.
 
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The following table sets out information for Tekmira’s Plans, Protiva Options and Designated Plans as at March 26, 2014.

Equity compensation
plans approved by
security holders
Number of securities to be
issued upon exercise of
outstanding options
(a)
Weighted-average
exercise price (US$) of
outstanding options
(b)
Number of securities remaining
available for future issuance
under equity compensation plans
(excluding securities reflected in
column (a))
(c )
2007 and 2011 Plan
Protiva Options
1,374,680
319,274
$5.42
$0.40
97,398
Nil
Equity compensation
plans not approved by
security holders
Number of securities to be
issued upon exercise of
outstanding options
(“Column A Securities”)
Weighted-average
exercise price (US$)
of outstanding options
Number of securities remaining
available for future issuance under
equity compensation plans
(excluding “Column A Securities”)
Designated Plans
200,000
$7.45
Nil
 
TERMS OF THE 2011 PLAN

The following is a summary of important provisions of the 2011 Plan. It is not a comprehensive discussion of all of the terms and conditions of the 2011 Plan. Readers are advised to review the full text of the 2011 Plan to fully understand all terms and conditions of the 2011 Plan. A copy of the 2011 Plan can be obtained by contacting the Company’s Corporate Secretary.

Purpose. The purpose of the 2011 Plan is to promote the Company’s interests and long-term success by providing directors, officers, employees and consultants with greater incentive to further develop and promote the Company’s business and financial success, to further the identity of interest of persons to whom Awards may be granted with those of the Shareholders generally through a proprietary ownership interest in the Company, and to assist the Company in attracting, retaining and motivating its directors, officers, employees and consultants.

Administration. Under the 2011 Plan, the Board of Directors can, at any time, appoint a committee (the “Compensation Committee”) to, among other things, interpret, administer and implement the 2011 Plan on behalf of the Board of Directors in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may prescribe, consistent with the 2011 Plan (provided that if at any such time such a committee has not been appointed by the Board of Directors, the 2011 Plan will be administered by the Board of Directors).

Eligible Persons. Under the 2011 Plan, Awards may be granted to any director, officer, employee or consultant (as defined in the 2011 Plan) of the Company, or any of its affiliates, or a person otherwise approved by the Compensation Committee (an “Eligible Person”). A participant (“Participant”) is an Eligible Person to whom an Award has been granted under the 2011 Plan.

Share Reserve. As of March 26, 2014 there were 473,769 options outstanding under the 2007 Plan and 900,911 options outstanding under the 2011 Plan. Any 2007 Plan options that are cancelled or forfeited will be added to the 2011 Plan available for grant balance. There is a balance of 97,398 available for grant under the 2011 Plan, which represents 0.4% of our outstanding Common Shares as of March 26, 2014. The aggregate number of Awards that may be issued under the 2007 Plan and 2011 Plan is 2,193,870 as of March 26, 2014, representing 10.0% of our outstanding Common Shares as of March 26, 2014.

Amending Provisions. In accordance with Toronto Stock Exchange policies, the 2011 Plan allows the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors to amend the 2011 Plan or any Award agreement under the 2011 Plan at any time provided that Shareholder approval has been obtained by ordinary resolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Shareholder approval would not be required for amendments of a clerical nature, amendments to reflect any regulatory authority requirements, amendments to vesting provisions, amendments to the term of options or tandem stock appreciation rights held by non-insiders, amendments to the option exercise price of options held by non-insiders, and any amendments which provide a cashless exercise feature to an Award that provides for the full deduction of the number of underlying Common Shares from the total number of Common Shares subject to the 2011 Plan.
 
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Limits on Grants to Insiders. In accordance with Toronto Stock Exchange policies and emerging practice, the 2011 Plan limits the number of Common Shares:

(i)
issuable, at any time, to Participants that are insiders of Tekmira; and

(ii)
issued to Participants that are insiders of Tekmira within any one year period,

pursuant to the 2011 Plan, or when combined with all of Tekmira’s other security based share compensation arrangements, to a maximum of 10% of the total number of outstanding Common Shares (on a non-diluted basis). The Common Shares issued pursuant to an entitlement granted prior to the grantee becoming an insider will be excluded in determining the number of Common Shares issuable to insiders. Additionally, under the terms of the 2011 Plan, the number of Common Shares reserved for issuance to any one person shall not, in the aggregate, exceed 5% of the total number of outstanding Common Shares (on a non-diluted basis).

Issuance of Awards. The 2007 Plan authorizes only one type of Award, stock options, thus limiting flexibility to provide for other types of Awards. The 2011 Plan allows for the issuance of tandem stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units and deferred stock units, each is briefly described below:

Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights — Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights, or Tandem SARs, provide option holders with a right to surrender vested options for termination in return for Common Shares (or the cash equivalent) equal to the net proceeds that the option holder would otherwise have received had the options been exercised and the underlying Common Shares immediately sold. Settlement may be made, in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee, in Common Shares or cash, or any combination thereof.

Restricted Stock Units — Restricted Stock Units, or RSUs, entitle the holder to receive Common Shares (or the cash equivalent) at a future date. RSUs are granted with vesting conditions (typically based on continued service or achievement of personal or corporate objectives) and settle upon vesting by delivery of Common Shares (or the cash equivalent). The value of the RSU increases or decreases as the price of the Common Shares increases or decreases, thereby promoting alignment of the interests of the RSU holders with Shareholders. Settlement may be made, in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee, in Common Shares or cash, or any combination thereof. Vesting of RSUs is determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion and specified in the Award agreement pursuant to which the RSU is granted.

Deferred Stock Units — Deferred Stock Units, or DSUs, represent a future right to receive Common Shares (or the cash equivalent) at the time of the holder’s retirement, death, or the holder otherwise ceasing to provide services to Tekmira, allowing Tekmira to pay compensation to holders of DSUs on a deferred basis. Each DSU awarded by Tekmira is initially equal to the fair market value of a Common Shares at the time the DSU is awarded. The value of the DSU increases or decreases as the price of the Common Shares increases or decreases, thereby promoting alignment of the interests of the DSU holders with Shareholders. Settlement may be made, in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee, in Common Shares or cash, or any combination thereof. Vesting of DSUs is determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion and specified in the Award agreement pursuant to which the DSU is granted.

Adjustment of exercise/settlement during blackout periods. Further to our Insider Trading Policy, our officers, directors and employees may be prohibited from trading in our securities for an interval of time, or the Blackout Period. As Blackout Periods are of varying length and may occur at unpredictable times, Awards may expire or settle during a Blackout Period. As a result, the 2011 Plan provides that: (i) where the expiry date of an option or Tandem SAR occurs during or within ten non-blackout trading days following the end of a Blackout Period, the expiry date for such option or Tandem SAR shall be the date which is ten non-blackout trading days following the end of such Blackout Period; and (ii) where the date for the settlement of Restricted Stock Units or the payment of a settlement amount in the case of a DSU occurs during a Blackout Period, Tekmira shall make such settlement or pay such settlement amount to the holder of such an Award within ten non-blackout trading days following the end of such Blackout Period.
 
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Computation of Available Shares. For the purposes of computing the number of Common Shares available for grant under the 2011 Plan, the 2011 Plan provides that Common Shares subject to any Award (or portion thereof) that have expired or are forfeited, surrendered, cancelled or otherwise terminated prior to the issuance or transfer of such Common Shares, or are settled in cash in lieu of settlement in Common Shares, shall again be available for grant under the 2011 Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Common Shares subject to an Award that are withheld or otherwise not issued in order to satisfy the Participant’s withholding obligations, or in payment of any option exercise price, shall reduce the number of Common Shares available for grant.

Exercise Price of Options. The 2011 Plan provides that the exercise price for each option is to be determined by the Compensation Committee, but in no event may be lower than:

(i)        where the Common Shares are listed on a stock exchange or other organized market, the closing price of the Common Shares on such stock exchange or other organized market as determined by the Compensation Committee for the trading session ending on the day prior to the time of grant; or

(ii)        where the Common Shares are not publicly traded, the value which is determined by the Compensation Committee to be the fair value of the Common Shares at the time of grant, taking into consideration all factors that the Compensation Committee deems appropriate, including, without limitation, recent sale and offer prices of the Common Shares in private transactions negotiated at arm’s length.

Settlement of Awards. Subject to the terms and limitations of the 2011 Plan, we propose that the 2011 Plan be amended to allow payments or transfers to be made upon the exercise or settlement of an Award be made in such form or forms as the Compensation Committee may determine (including, without limitation, cash or Common Shares), and payment or transfers made in whole or in part in Common Shares may, in the discretion of the Compensation Committee, be issued from treasury or purchased in the open market.

Grant, Exercise, Vesting, Settlement Awards. Subject to the terms of the 2011 Plan, the Compensation Committee may grant to any eligible person one or more Awards as it deems appropriate. The Compensation Committee may also impose such limitations or conditions on the exercise, vesting, or settlement of any Awards as it deems appropriate.

Payment of Exercise Price of Options. Participants in the 2011 Plan may pay the exercise price by cash, bank draft or certified cheque, or by such other consideration as the Compensation Committee may permit.

Term of Options. Subject to the Blackout Period provisions described above, an option will expire on the date determined by the Compensation Committee and specified in the option agreement pursuant to which such option is granted, which date shall not be later than the tenth anniversary of the date of grant, or such earlier date as may be required by applicable law, rules or regulations, including those of any exchange or market on which the Common Shares are listed or traded. If an optionee’s status as a director, officer, employee or consultant terminates for any reason other than death or termination for cause, the option will expire on the date determined by the Compensation Committee or as specified by agreement among Tekmira and the director, officer, employee or consultant, and in the absence of such specification, will be deemed to be the date that is three months following the director, officer, employee or consultant’s termination. If the optionee’s status as a director, officer, employee or consultant is terminated for cause, the option shall terminate immediately. In the event that the optionee dies before otherwise ceasing to be a director, officer, employee or consultant, or before the expiration of the option following such a termination, the option will expire one year after the date of death, or on such other date determined by the Compensation Committee and specified in the option agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in the case of death or as expressly permitted by the Compensation Committee, all stock options will cease to vest as at the date upon which the optionee ceases to be eligible to participate in the 2011 Plan.

U.S. Qualified Incentive Stock Options. Options intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option”, as that term is defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, may be granted under the 2011 Plan. To the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code, these options are subject to additional terms and conditions as set out in the 2011 Plan. In addition, if any Participant who is a citizen or resident of the U.S. to whom an “incentive stock option” for the purposes of section 422 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (a “U.S. Qualified Incentive Stock Option”) is to be granted under the 2011 Plan, and at the time of the grant the Participant is an owner of shares possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of the Company’s Common Shares, then special provisions will be applicable to the U.S. Qualified Incentive Stock Option granted to such individual. These special provisions applicable only to U.S. Qualified Incentive Stock Options will be: (i) the exercise price (per Common Share) cannot be less than 110% of the fair market value of one Common Share at the time of grant; and (ii) the option exercise period cannot exceed five years from the date of grant.
 
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Change in Control. In the event of a merger or acquisition transaction that results in a change of control of Tekmira, the Compensation Committee may, at its option, take any of the following actions: (a) determine the manner in which all unexercised or unsettled Awards granted under the 2011 Plan will be treated, including the accelerated vesting of such options; (b) offer any participant under the 2011 Plan the opportunity to obtain a new or replacement Award, if applicable; or (c) commute for or into any other security or any other property or cash, any Award that is still capable of being exercised or settled. Transferability. Awards granted under the 2011 Plan are not transferable or assignable and may be exercised only by the grantee, subject to exceptions in the event of the death or disability of the grantee.

Transferability. Awards granted under the 2011 Plan are not transferable or assignable and may be exercised only by the grantee, subject to exceptions in the event of the death or disability of the grantee.

Termination. The 2011 Plan will terminate on June 22, 2021.
 
STATEMENT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Tekmira believes in building a strong governance foundation. We are subject to many provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related rules of the SEC, the governance standards of the NASDAQ and the rules and policies of the Canadian provincial securities regulators regarding audit committees, corporate governance and the certification of certain annual and interim filings. The following disclosure of our approach to corporate governance outlines the various procedures, policies and practices that Tekmira and our Board of Directors have implemented to address all of the foregoing requirements and, where appropriate, reflect current best practices.
 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Our Board of Directors assumes responsibility for stewardship of Tekmira. The mandate of our Board of Directors is to supervise the management of the business and affairs of Tekmira. Our Board of Directors delegate day-to-day managerial responsibilities to management, and any responsibility not delegated to senior management or to a committee of the board remains with the full Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors has a formal mandate, the text of which is attached to this Information Circular as Exhibit A.

Our Board of Directors is currently composed of six directors, and Shareholders are being asked at the Meeting to re-elect those six directors. A majority of the members of the Board of Directors are independent directors, and thus the Board is able to act independently from management. Our Board of Directors has determined that five of the current six members of the Board are independent under the current requirements of the NASDAQ and the rules and regulations of the Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities.

Our current independent directors are as follows: Daniel Kisner (Chairman of the Board), Kenneth Galbraith, Donald Jewell, Frank Karbe and Peggy Phillips. Mark Murray, our President and Chief Executive Officer, is not independent as a result of being an officer of Tekmira. Further information on our directors is set out in the biography of each director under the heading “Proposal No. 1 — Election of Directors – Information on Nominees for Directors”. Each biography also outlines the director’s relevant experience and expertise.
 
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SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

We communicate with our stakeholders through a number of channels including our web site at www.tekmirapharm.com. Shareholders can provide feedback to us in a number of ways, including email at BCousins@tekmirapharm.com. Any communication sent must state the number of our Common Shares owned by the Shareholder making the communication. We will review each communication and will forward such communication to our Board of Directors, or to any individual director to whom the communication is addressed, unless the communication is unduly hostile, threatening or similarly inappropriate, in which case, we shall discard the communication. All communications that relate to questionable accounting or auditing matters involving Tekmira should be addressed directly to the chair of our Audit Committee as set forth in our Whistleblower Policy, which can be obtained on our website at www.tekmirapharm.com.
 
COMMITTEES OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

To assist in the discharge of its responsibilities, our Board of Directors currently has three committees: the Audit Committee, the Executive Compensation and Human Resources Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

Audit Committee

The members of our Audit Committee are Mr. Karbe, Mr. Jewell and Mr. Galbraith, each of whom is a nonemployee member of our Board of Directors. Mr. Karbe chairs the Audit Committee. Our Board of Directors has determined that each of the members of the Audit Committee is financially literate and have financial expertise (as is currently defined under the applicable SEC rules). Our Board of Directors has determined that each member of our Audit Committee is an independent member of our Board of Directors under the current requirements of the NASDAQ and the rules and regulations of the SEC and Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities.

Our Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing our financial reporting processes on behalf of our Board of Directors. Our auditor reports directly to our Audit Committee. Specific responsibilities of our Audit Committee include:

·
overseeing the work of the auditors engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an auditor’s report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company;

·
evaluating the performance, and assessing the qualifications, of our auditor and recommending to our Board of Directors the appointment of, and compensation for, our auditor for the purpose of preparing or issuing an auditor report or performing other audit, review or attest services;

·
subject to the appointment of our auditor in accordance with applicable corporate formalities, determining and approving the engagement of, and compensation to be paid to, our auditor;

·
determining and approving the engagement, prior to the commencement of such engagement, of, and compensation for, our auditor and to perform any proposed permissible non-audit services;

·
 reviewing our financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations and recommending to our Board of Directors whether or not such financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be approved by our Board of Directors;

·
conferring with our auditor and with our management regarding the scope, adequacy and effectiveness of internal financial reporting controls in effect;
 
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·
establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and the confidential and anonymous submission by our employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters; and

·
reviewing and discussing with our management and auditor, as appropriate, our guidelines and policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management, including our major financial risk exposures and investment and hedging policies and the steps taken by our management to monitor and control these exposures.

Fees billed by external auditors

The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by KPMG for the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:
 
 
  
December 31,
2013
 
  
December 31,
2012
 
Audit fees (1)
  
$
234,146
  
  
$
187,120
  
Audit-related fees (2)
  
 
8,253
  
  
 
0
  
Tax fees (3)
  
 
85,189
  
  
 
33,570
  
Other fees
  
 
0
  
  
 
0
  
Total fees
  
$
327,588
  
  
$
220,690
  
 
(1)
Quarterly reviews, review of SEC listing documents and review of prospectus.
(2)
Preliminary review of Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls
(3)
Tax compliance and tax planning.

A copy of our Audit Committee’s charter, the text of which is attached to this Information Circular as Exhibit B, is available on our website at www.tekmirapharm.com.
 
Executive Compensation Committee and Human Resources Committee

The members of our Executive Compensation and Human Resources Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) are Ms. Phillips, Mr. Jewell, and Dr. Kisner. Ms. Phillips currently chairs the Compensation Committee. Our Board of Directors has determined that each of the members of the Compensation Committee has the appropriate experience for their Committee responsibilities based on their past or current senior roles in our industry. Our Board of Directors has determined that each member of our Compensation Committee is an independent member of our Board of Directors under the current requirements of the NASDAQ and as defined in the rules and regulations of the Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities.

Specific responsibilities of our Compensation Committee include:

·
reviewing and making recommendations to our Board of Directors for our chief executive officer and other executive officers: annual base salary; annual incentive bonus, including the specific goals and amount; equity compensation; employment agreements, severance arrangements and change in control agreements/provisions; and any other benefits, compensations, compensation policies or arrangements;

·
reviewing and making recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding our overall compensation plans and structure, including incentive compensation and equity based plans;

·
reviewing and making recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding the compensation to be paid to our non-employee directors, including any retainer, committee and committee chair fees and/or equity compensation;

·
reviewing any report to be included in our periodic filings or proxy statement; and

·
acting as administrator of our equity compensation plans.

A copy of our Compensation Committee’s charter is available on our website at www.tekmirapharm.com.
 
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Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

The members of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee are Mr. Galbraith and Dr. Kisner. Mr. Galbraith currently chairs the committee. Our Board of Directors has determined that each member of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee is an independent member of our Board of Directors under the current requirements of the NASDAQ and as defined in the rules and regulations of the Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities.

Specific responsibilities of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee include:

·
establishing criteria for Board membership and identifying, evaluating, reviewing and recommending qualified candidates to serve on the Board;

·
evaluating, reviewing and considering the recommendation for nomination of incumbent directors for re-election to the Board;

·
periodically reviewing and assessing the performance of our Board, including Board committees;

·
developing and reviewing a set of corporate governance principles for Tekmira.

A copy of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee’s charter is available on our website at www.tekmirapharm.com.

Our Board of Directors is responsible for approving nominees for election as directors. However, as is described above, our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee is responsible for reviewing, soliciting and recommending nominees to our Board of Directors.

In evaluating prospective nominees, our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee looks for the following minimum qualifications: strong business acumen, extensive previous experience as an executive or director with successful companies, the highest standards of integrity and ethics, and a willingness and ability to make the necessary time commitment to diligently perform the duties of a director. Nominees are selected with a view to our best interests as a whole, rather than as representative of any particular stakeholder or category of stakeholders. Our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee will also consider the skill sets of the incumbent directors when recruiting replacements to fill vacancies in our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors prefers a mix of experience among its members to maintain a diversity of viewpoints and ensure that our Board of Directors can achieve its objectives. When a vacancy on our Board of Directors occurs, in searching for a new director, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee will identify particular areas of specialization which it considers beneficial, in addition to the general qualifications, having regard to the skill sets of the other members of our Board of Directors. Potential nominees and their respective references are interviewed extensively in person by the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee before any nomination is endorsed by that committee. All nominations proposed by the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee must receive the approval of our Board of Directors.

Board and Committee Meetings

During the year ended December 31, 2013, our Board of Directors held a total of 5 meetings (in person or by teleconference). Our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee met a total of four, one, and one time(s), respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2013.
 
 
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The attendance records for the members of the Board of Directors in the year ended December 31, 2013 are as follows:
 
Director
Number of meetings attended:
 
Board
Committees
Daniel Kisner (Chairman of the Board)
5 of 5
2 of 2
Mark Murray
5 of 5
N/A
Michael Abrams(1)
5 of 5
1 of 1
Donald Jewell
5 of 5
5 of 5
Frank Karbe
5 of 5
4 of 4
Kenneth Galbraith
5 of 5
5 of 5
Peggy Phillips(2)
N/A
N/A
 
(1)
Dr. Michael Abrams resigned as a director of the Company effective January 6, 2014 upon his appointment as Executive Vice President and Chief Discovery Officer of the Company.
(2)
Peggy Phillips was appointed to the Board on February 12, 2014; consequently, she did not serve as a director nor attend any meetings of the Board or of any of its committees during the year ended December 31, 2013.

In addition to our formal, standing committees, the Board may from time-to-time organize informal, ad-hoc committees to address specific issues.

The Board meets on a quarterly, regularly scheduled basis and more frequently as required. In addition, informal communications between management and directors occur apart from regularly scheduled Board and committee meetings. At each regularly held quarterly Board meeting, the Board’s independent directors held an in camera session without the presence of non-independent directors and members of management.

CODE OF CONDUCT

We have adopted a code of business conduct for directors, officer and employees (the “Code of Conduct”), which is available on our website at www.tekmirapharm.com and also at www.sedar.com.

Our Board of Directors and management review and discuss from time to time the effectiveness of our Code of Conduct and any areas or systems that may be further improved. We have not filed a material change report that pertains to any conduct of any of our directors or executive officers that constitutes a departure from our Code of Conduct. If we make any substantive amendments to our Code of Conduct, or grant any waiver from a provision of our Code of Conduct to any of our executive officers or directors, we will promptly disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver on our website.

Tekmira complies with the relevant provisions under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) that deal with conflict of interest in the approval of agreements or transactions and our code of conduct sets out additional guidelines in relation to conflict of interest situations. Tekmira, through directors’ and officers’ questionnaires and other systems, also gathers and monitors relevant information in relation to potential conflicts of interest that one of our directors or officers may have. Where appropriate, our directors absent themselves from portions of a meeting of our Board of Directors or Board committee to allow independent discussion of points in issue.

Tekmira was founded on, and the business continues to be successful largely as a result of, a commitment to ethical conduct. Employees are regularly reminded about their obligations in this regard and senior management demonstrates a culture of integrity and monitors employee compliance with our Code of Conduct to the extent possible.
 
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POSITION DESCRIPTIONS

Our entire Board of Directors is responsible for the overall governance of Tekmira. Any responsibility that is not delegated to senior management or a committee of our Board of Directors remains with the entire Board. Our Board of Directors has adopted a position description for our Chairman. Currently, our Chairman is independent of management; however, in the event that our Chairman is not independent under applicable regulation, we have also adopted a position description for a Lead Director. Additionally, we have adopted position descriptions for each of the Chairs of our four committees.

Our Board of Directors has also adopted a position description for our Chief Executive Officer. Our Chief Executive Officer has overall responsibility for all operations of Tekmira. Our Board of Directors reviews and approves the corporate objectives that our Chief Executive Officer is responsible for meeting and such corporate objectives form a key reference point for the review and assessment of our Chief Executive Officer’s performance.
 
ORIENTATION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

New Board members receive a director’s orientation including reports on our strategic plans and our significant financial, accounting and risk management issues. In addition, the orientation for our directors involves meeting with our senior management and an interactive introductory discussion about Tekmira, providing the directors with an opportunity to ask questions.

Board meetings are periodically held at our facilities and combined with presentations by our senior management to give the directors additional insight into the main areas of our business.
 
DIRECTOR ELECTION AND MAJORITY VOTING POLICY

The Board believes that each of its members should carry the confidence and support of the Company’s Shareholders. To this end, the Board adopted a Majority Voting Policy in the year ended December, 31 2013. Voting at the Meeting enables Shareholders to vote in favour of, or to withhold from voting, separately for each nominee director. If, with respect to any particular nominee, the number of Common Shares withheld exceeds the number of Common Shares voted in favour of the nominee, then for purposes of the Company’s policy, the nominee shall be considered not to have received the support of the Shareholders, even though duly elected as a matter of corporate law.

A person elected as a Director who is considered under this test not to have the confidence of Shareholders is expected to immediately submit to the Board his resignation in accordance with the Company’s Majority Voting Policy. The Board of Directors (excluding any director that has tendered a resignation) will consider the Director’s offer to resign and decide whether or not to accept it. In making its decision, the Board will consider the reason why the votes were withheld, the skills and expertise of that Director, the overall composition of the Board and the skills and the expertise of the other Directors. Within 90 days of receiving the final voting results of the Meeting, the Board will decide whether to accept or not accept the resignation of that Director. If the resignation is accepted, subject to any applicable law, the Board may leave the resultant vacancy unfilled until the next annual general meeting, fill the vacancy through the appointment of a new Director whom the Board considers to merit the confidence of the Shareholders, or call a special meeting of Shareholders at which there will be presented one or more nominees to fill any vacancy or vacancies. If the resignation is not accepted the Board will issue a press release disclosing the reasons for rejecting the offer to resign. The Company’s Majority Voting Policy is available on the Company’s website at www.tekmirapharm.com.
 
GENERAL INFORMATION
 
INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS OR COMPANIES IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

No director or executive officer of the Company, nor any person who has held such a position since the beginning of the last completed financial year of the Company, nor any proposed nominee for election as a director of the Company, nor any associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing persons, has any material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of securities or otherwise, in any matter to be acted on at the Meeting other than the election of directors and as otherwise set out herein.
 
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INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

No director, nominee for election as a director, executive officer, employee or former director, executive officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any of their associates or other member of management of the Company, was indebted to the Company at any time since the beginning of the most recently completed financial year.
 
INTERESTS OF INFORMED PERSONS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS

To our knowledge, no informed person (as defined in National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations) or nominee for election as a director of the Company or any associate or affiliate of any such informed person or nominee had any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction or proposed transaction which has materially affected or would materially affect the Company or any of its subsidiaries since the beginning of the most recently completed financial year, other than as set out herein.
 
MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS

There are no management functions of the Company which are performed by an individual or company other than the directors or executive officers of the Company or a subsidiary.
 
OTHER BUSINESS

If any other matters are properly presented for consideration at the Meeting, including, among other things, consideration of a motion to adjourn the Meeting to another time or place in order to solicit additional proxies in favor of the recommendation of the Board, the designated proxyholders intend to vote the shares represented by the Proxies appointing them on such matters in accordance with the recommendation of the Board and the authority to do so is included in the Proxy.

As of the date this Proxy Statement, the Board knows of no other matters which are likely to come before the Meeting.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Information contained herein is given as of March 26, 2014, except as otherwise noted. If any matters which are not now known should properly come before the Meeting, the accompanying form of proxy will be voted on such matters in accordance with the best judgment of the person voting it.

Additional information relating to Tekmira, including Tekmira’s most current Annual Report on Form 10-K, the comparative consolidated financial statements of Tekmira for the financial year ended December 31, 2013, together with the report of the auditors thereon and management’s discussion and analysis of Tekmira’s financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2013 which provide financial information concerning Tekmira can be found on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at www.sedar.com or on the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of those documents, as well as any additional copies of this Information Circular, are available upon written request to the Corporate Secretary, upon payment of a reasonable charge where applicable. Additionally, the reports and other information filed by us with the SEC can be inspected on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and such information can also be inspected and copies ordered at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at the following location: 100 F Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20549.
 
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APPROVAL OF MANAGEMENT PROXY CIRCULAR AND PROXY STATEMENT

The contents and mailing to Shareholders of this Proxy Statement have been approved by the Board.


(signed) Dr. Daniel Kisner
Chairman of the Board
Vancouver, British Columbia
March 26, 2014



 
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EXHIBIT A
 
MANDATE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

This Mandate of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (the “Company”) outlines the responsibilities of the Company’s Board, and identifies the personal and professional conduct expected of its directors.

GENERAL BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES

It is the responsibility of the Board to oversee the direction and management of the Company in accordance with the Company’s Articles, the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “BCBCA”), and the applicable requirements of such securities exchange or quotation system or regulatory agency as may from time to time apply to the Company, the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and the rules and regulations of the Canadian provincial and federal securities regulatory authorities, in all cases as may be modified or supplemented (collectively referred to herein as the “Rules”), while adhering to the highest ethical standards. Specific tasks and actions of the Board in fulfilling these general responsibilities are as follows:

Strategic Planning & Budgets

·
Meet at least annually to review the Company’s strategic business plan proposed by management, which takes into account, among other things, the opportunities and risks of the Company’s business, and includes a statement of the Company’s vision, mission and values, and to adopt such a plan with such changes as the Board deems appropriate.

·
Review the Company’s corporate objectives, financial plans and budgets proposed by management and adopt the same with such changes as the Board deems appropriate.

·
In connection with such reviews, the Board shall seek to provide a balance of long-term versus short-term orientation towards the Company’s vision, mission and values.

Review of Corporate Performance

·
Review the Company’s performance against strategic plans, corporate objectives, financial plans and budgets.

Chair of the Board

·
Appoint a Chair of the Board and review annually the Position Description for the Chairman.

Lead Director

·
If the Chair of the Board is not independent under the Rules, consider, if determined appropriate, appointing a Lead Director and, if applicable, prepare and review annually the Position Description for the Lead Director.

Executive Officers

·
Approve the hiring of executive officers.

·
Evaluate the integrity of the Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers, and direct the Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers to promote a culture of integrity throughout the Company.
 
 

 
·
Establish, and review annually, the Position Description for the Chief Executive Officer, and the job descriptions for the executive officers, as deemed necessary.

·
Evaluate executive officers’ performance and replace executive officers where necessary.

·
Consider succession planning and the appointment, training and monitoring of executive officers, including any recommendations from the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

·
Confirm with management that all executive officers have current employment, non-competition and confidentiality agreements.

·
Review major Company organizational and staffing issues.

Corporate Disclosure

·
Review annually the Company’s Corporate Disclosure Policy and evaluate Company compliance with the policy, including general communications with analysts, investors and other key stakeholders.

Systems Integrity

·
Confirm with the Audit Committee that it has reviewed and discussed the adequacy of the Company’s internal financial reporting controls and management information systems.

·
Review, adopt and confirm distribution to appropriate personnel of the Company’s Code of Business Conduct for Directors, Officers and Employees and other governing policies, as applicable. Review and evaluate, as deemed necessary, whether the Company and its executive officers conduct themselves in an ethical manner and in compliance with the applicable Rules, audit and accounting principles and the Company’s own governing policies.

·
Provide for free and full access by the Board to management regarding all matters of compliance and performance.

Material Transactions

·
Review and approve any material transactions outside of the corporate budget.

BOARD STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Composition of the Board of Directors and Independence

·
Ensure that the majority of directors are independent pursuant to the Rules.

Annual Disclosure of Director Independence

·
Publicly disclose in the Company’s annual proxy statement, information circular or other regulatory filing conclusions as to the independence of the directors as required by the Rules.

Meetings of Independent Directors

·
Ensure that independent directors (as determined under the Rules) have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.
 
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Board Assessment

·
Review and discuss the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee’s annual assessment of the performance of the Board, including Board committees.

Outside Advisors for Directors

·
Ensure that the Board and each committee of the Board are permitted to engage outside advisors at the Company’s expense as they deem appropriate.

Director Succession

·
Ensure, as deemed appropriate, that there is a succession plan for directors.

Compensation of Non-Employee Directors

·
Annually review and approve the compensation to be paid to independent directors as recommended by the Compensation Committee.

Review of Board Materials, Attendance at Meetings, etc.

·
Advise Board members to review available Board meeting materials in advance, attend an appropriate number of Board meetings and committee meetings, as applicable, and devote the necessary time and attention to effectively carry out the Board’s responsibilities.

Perform other Functions Prescribed by the Articles, the BCBCA and the Rules

·
Perform such other functions as prescribed by the Company’s Articles, the BCBCA and the Rules.

Audit Committee

·
Delegate general responsibility to the Audit Committee those matters outlined in the Charter of the Audit Committee, which may include, among other things:

o  
overseeing and evaluating the performance, and assessing the qualifications, of the Company’s independent auditors and recommending to the Board the nomination and if applicable, the replacement of, and compensation to be paid to, the independent auditors for the purpose of preparing or issuing an auditor’s report or performing other audit, review or attest services;

o  
subject to the appointment of the independent auditors by the Company’s Shareholders, determining and approving the engagement of, prior to the commencement of such engagement, and compensation to be paid to, the independent auditors to perform all proposed audit, review or attest services;

o  
determining and approving the engagement of, prior to the commencement of such engagement, and compensation to be paid to, the independent auditors to perform any proposed permissible non-audit services;

o  
reviewing the Company’s financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations and recommending to the Board whether or not such financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be approved by the Board;

o  
reviewing and discussing with management, the Board and the independent auditors, as appropriate, the Company’s guidelines and policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management and any certain and specific risks to the Company, and ensuring the implementation of appropriate systems to manage such risks, and the Audit Committee shall have the authority to delegate such responsibilities to another committee of the Board;

 
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o  
conferring with the independent auditors and with management regarding the scope, adequacy and effectiveness of internal financial reporting controls in effect;

o  
establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and the confidential and anonymous submission by the Company’s employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters, and reviewing such procedures annually;

o  
reviewing and discussing with the independent auditors and management any legal matters, tax assessments, and any other matters which raise material issues regarding the Company’s financial statements or accounting policies and the manner in which these matters have been disclosed in the Company’s public filings;

all as more specifically set out in the Charter of the Audit Committee.

·
Appoint Board members to fill any vacancy in the Audit Committee.

·
Ensure that all members of the Audit Committee are:

o  
independent under the Rules;

o  
financially literate such that he or she has the ability to read and understand a set of financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of the issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the Company’s financial statements; and

o  
compliant with any other requirements under the Rules.

·
Promote that, whenever possible, the Audit Committee have one member who is an audit committee financial expert as is currently defined under the Rules.

·
Review annually the Charter of the Audit Committee and suggest changes to its charter as the committee deems appropriate for consideration by the Board.

Executive Compensation and Human Resources Committee

·
Delegate general responsibility to the Executive Compensation and Human Resources Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) those matters outlined in the Charter of the Executive Compensation and Human Resources Committee, which may include, among other things:

o  
reviewing and recommending to the Board the salary, bonus, equity compensation and any other compensation and terms of employment of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, with consideration given to the corporate goals and objectives of the Company relevant thereto;

o  
reviewing and recommending to the Board the salary levels, bonus plans and structures and payments thereunder and other forms of compensation policies, plans and programs for other executive officers of the Company;

o  
reviewing and recommending to the Board the Company’s overall compensation plans and structure, including without limitation incentive-compensation and equity-based plans;

 
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o  
reviewing and recommending to the Board the compensation to the paid to independent Board members, including any retainer, Committee and Committee chair fees and/or equity compensation;

o  
overseeing an evaluation of management succession planning;

all as more specifically set out in the Charter of the Compensation Committee.

·
Appoint Board members to fill any vacancy in the Compensation Committee.

·
Ensure that all members of the Compensation Committee are independent under the Rules.

·
Review annually the Charter of the Executive Compensation and Human Resources Committee and suggest changes to its charter as the committee deems appropriate for consideration by the Board.

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

·
Delegate general responsibility to the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee those matters outlined in the Charter of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, which may include, among other things:

o  
establishing criteria for Board membership and identifying, evaluating, reviewing and recommending qualified candidates to serve on the Board;

o  
reviewing and assessing the performance of the Board, including Board committees, seeking input from management, the Board and others;

o  
providing continuing education opportunities for Board members;

o  
the annual evaluation of the Board;

o  
developing and periodically reviewing a set of corporate governance principles for the Company;

all as more specifically set out in the Charter of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

·
Appoint Board members to fill any vacancy in the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

·
Ensure that all members of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee are independent under the Rules.

·
Review annually the Charter of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and suggest changes to its charter as the committee deems appropriate for consideration by the Board.

Amendments to this Mandate of the Board of Directors

·
Annually review this Mandate and propose amendments to be ratified by the Board.
 
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PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BOARD MEMBERS

The following characteristics and traits outline the framework for the recruitment and selection of Board nominees:

Leadership and Experience

·
Nominees must demonstrate exceptional leadership traits and a high level of achievement in their personal and professional lives that reflects high standards of personal and professional conduct.

Contribution

·
Nominees must demonstrate their capacity to contribute the requisite skills, resources and time necessary to effectively fulfil their duties as a Board member.

Conduct and Accountability

·
Nominees must demonstrate the highest ethical standards and conduct in their personal and professional lives, and make and be accountable for their decisions in their capacity as Board members.

Judgement

·
Nominees must demonstrate a capacity to provide sound advice on a broad range of industry and community issues.

·
Nominees must have or develop a broad knowledge base of the Company’s industry in order to understand the basis from which corporate strategies are developed and business plans produced.

·
Nominees must be able to provide a mature and useful perspective as to the business plan, strategy, risks and objectives of the Company.

Teamwork

·
Nominees must demonstrate that they will put Board and Company performance ahead of individual achievements.

Communication

·
Nominees must demonstrate a willingness to listen as well as to communicate their opinions openly and in a respectful manner.
 
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EXHIBIT B
 
CHARTER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS


I.
Purpose

The purpose of the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (the “Company”) shall be to act on behalf of the Board in fulfilling the Board’s oversight responsibilities with respect to: (i) the Company’s corporate accounting, financial reporting practices and audits of financial statements, (ii) the Company’s systems of internal accounting and financial controls; (iii) the quality and integrity of the Company’s financial statements and reports; and (iv) the qualifications, independence and performance of any firm or firms of certified public accountants or independent chartered accountants engaged as the Company’s independent outside auditors (the “Auditors”).

II.
Composition and Meetings

A. Composition. The Committee shall consist of at least three members of the Board, all of whom shall be non-executive directors of the Company and free of any relationship that, in the opinion of the Board, would interfere with their exercise of independent judgement as a member of the Committee. Each member shall meet the independence and financial literacy and experience requirements of the Nasdaq Global Market or similar requirements of such other securities exchange or quotation system or regulatory agency as may from time to time apply to the Company, including the Toronto Stock Exchange, the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the rules and regulations of the Canadian provincial and federal securities regulatory authorities, in all cases as may be modified or supplemented (collectively, the “Rules”), subject to any exceptions or exemptions permitted by the Rules. Each member shall meet such other qualifications for membership on an audit committee as are established from time to time by the Rules. At least one member shall, unless the Board determines otherwise, be an audit committee financial expert as defined by the rules of the Nasdaq Global Market. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by and serve at the discretion of the Board. Vacancies occurring on the Committee shall be filled by the Board. The Committee’s Chair shall be designated by the Board, or if it does not do so, the Committee members shall elect a Chair by vote of a majority of the full Committee.

B. Meetings. The Committee will hold at least four regular meetings per year and additional meetings as the Committee deems appropriate. Meetings will be conducted, in whole or in part, without the presence of members of management. Meetings may be called by the Chair of the Committee or the Chair of the Board. Meetings may also be convened at the request of the Auditors where, as determined by the Auditors, certain matters should be brought to the attention of the Committee, the Board or the Company’s shareholders.

III.
Minutes and Reports

Minutes of each meeting will be kept and distributed to each member of the Committee, members of the Board who are not members of the Committee and the Secretary of the Company. The Chair of the Committee will report to the Board from time to time, or whenever so requested by the Board.

IV.
Authority

The Committee shall have full access to all books, records, facilities and personnel of the Company as deemed necessary or appropriate by any member of the Committee to discharge his or her responsibilities hereunder.

The Committee shall have authority to retain, and set and pay the compensation for, at the Company’s expense, advice and assistance from internal and external legal, accounting or other advisors or consultants as it deems necessary or appropriate in the performance of its duties. The Company shall make available to the Committee all funding necessary for the Committee to carry out its duties, as determined by the Committee, for payment of (i) compensation to any registered public accounting firm engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company; and (ii) compensation to any advisors employed by the Committee. The Committee shall recommend to the Board for its approval expenditures for external resources that are expected to be material and outside the ordinary course of the Committee’s practices.
 
 

 
The Committee shall have authority to require that any of the Company’s personnel, counsel, Auditors or investment bankers, or any other consultant or advisor to the Company attend any meeting of the Committee or meet with any member of the Committee or any of its special legal, accounting or other advisors and consultants.

V.
Responsibilities

The operation of the Committee shall be subject to and in compliance with the provisions of the articles of the Company and the Rules, each as in effect from time to time, subject to any permitted exceptions or exemptions thereunder. Any action by the Board with respect to any of the matters set forth below shall not be deemed to limit or restrict the authority of the Committee to act under this Charter, unless the Board specifically limits such authority.

The Auditors shall report directly to the Committee. The Committee shall oversee the Company’s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board.

To implement the Committee’s purpose, the Committee shall, to the extent the Committee deems necessary or appropriate, be charged with the following duties and responsibilities. The Committee may supplement and, except as otherwise required by the Rules, deviate from these activities as appropriate under the circumstances:

1. Oversight, Evaluation and Recommendation to the Board. The Committee shall be directly responsible for overseeing the work of the Auditors engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an auditor’s report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company. The Committee shall evaluate the performance of the Auditors, assess their qualifications (including their internal quality-control procedures and any material issues raised by the Auditor’s most recent internal quality-control or peer review or any investigations by regulatory authorities) and recommend to the Board: (a) the Auditors to be nominated for the purpose of preparing or issuing an auditor’s report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company; (b) replacement of the Auditors, if necessary, as so determined by the Committee; and (c) the compensation of the Auditor.

2. Approval of Audit Engagements. Subject to applicable corporate law as to the appointment formalities of the Company’s Auditors, the Committee shall determine and approve engagements of the Auditors, prior to commencement of such engagement, to perform all proposed audit, review and attest services, including the scope of and plans for the audit, and the compensation to be paid to the Auditors, which approval may be pursuant to pre-approval policies and procedures, including the delegation of pre-approval authority to one or more Committee members so long as any such pre-approval decisions are presented to the full Committee at the next scheduled meeting.

3. Approval of Non-Audit Services. The Committee shall determine and approve engagements of the Auditors, prior to commencement of such engagement (unless in compliance with exceptions or exemptions available under applicable laws and rules related to immaterial aggregate amounts of services), to perform any proposed permissible non-audit services, including the scope of the service and the compensation to be paid therefore, which approval may be pursuant to pre-approval policies and procedures established by the Committee consistent with the Rules, including the delegation of pre-approval authority to one or more Committee members so long as any such pre-approval decisions are presented to the full Committee at the next scheduled meeting.

4. Audit Partner Rotation. The Committee shall monitor the rotation of the partners of the Auditors on the Company’s audit engagement team as required by applicable laws and rules.

5. Hiring Practices. The Committee shall review and approve the Company’s hiring policies regarding partners, employees and former partners and employees of the present and former Auditors. The Committee shall ensure that no individual who is, or in the past 12 months has been, affiliated with or employed by a present or former Auditor or an affiliate, is hired by the Company as a senior officer until at least 12 months after the end of either the affiliation or the auditing relationship.
 
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6. Auditor Conflicts. At least annually, the Committee shall receive and review written statements from the Auditors delineating all relationships between the Auditors and the Company, shall consider and discuss with the Auditors any disclosed relationships and any compensation or services that could affect the Auditors’ objectivity and independence, and shall assess and otherwise take appropriate action to oversee the independence of the Auditors.

7. Audited Financial Statement Review. The Committee shall review, upon completion of the audit, the Company’s financial statements, including the related notes and the management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, prior to the same being publicly disclosed, and shall recommend whether or not such financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be approved by the Board and whether the financial statements should be included in the Company’s annual report.

8. Annual Audit Results. The Committee shall discuss with management and the Auditors the results of the annual audit, including the Auditors’ assessment of the quality, not just acceptability, of accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments and estimates (including material changes in estimates), any material audit adjustments proposed by the Auditors and immaterial adjustments not recorded, the adequacy of the disclosures in the financial statements and any other matters required to be communicated to the Committee by the Auditors under promulgated auditing standards.

9. Quarterly Results. The Committee shall discuss with management and the Auditors the results of the Auditors’ review of the Company’s quarterly financial statements, including the related notes and the management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations prior to the same being filed with applicable regulatory authorities, any material audit adjustments proposed by the Auditors and immaterial adjustments not recorded, the adequacy of the disclosures in the financial statements and any other matters required to be communicated to the Committee by the Auditors under promulgated auditing standards and shall recommend whether or not such financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be approved by the Board.

10. Annual and Interim Financial Press Releases. The Committee shall review with management annual and interim financial press releases before the Company publicly discloses this information.

11. Financial Information Extracted From Financial Statements. The Committee shall ensure that adequate procedures are in place for review of the Company’s public disclosure of financial information extracted or derived from the Company’s financial statements (for clarity, financial information other than the Company’s financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations referred to in Section 7 and annual and interim earnings press releases referred to in Section 10) and the Committee shall periodically assess the adequacy of those procedures.

12. Accounting Principles and Policies. The Committee shall review with management and the Auditors significant issues that arise regarding accounting principles and financial statement presentation, including critical accounting policies and practices, alternative accounting policies available under GAAP related to material items discussed with management and any other significant reporting issues and judgments.

13. Management Cooperation with Audit. The Committee shall review with the Auditors any significant difficulties with the audit or any restrictions on the scope of their activities or access to required records, data and information, significant disagreements with management and management’s response, if any.

14. Management Letters. The Committee shall review with the Auditors and, if appropriate, management, any management or internal control letters issued or, to the extent practicable, proposed to be issued by the Auditors and management’s response, if any, to such letter, as well as any additional material written communications between the Auditors and management.
 
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15. Disagreements Between Auditors and Management. The Committee shall review with the Auditors and management, and shall be directly responsible for the resolution of, any conflicts or disagreements between management and the Auditors regarding financial reporting, accounting practices or policies.

16. Internal Financial Reporting Controls. The Committee shall confer with the Auditors and with the management of the Company regarding the scope, adequacy and effectiveness of internal financial reporting controls in effect including any special audit steps taken in the event of material control deficiencies. The Committee shall review with the Auditors and with the management of the Company the progress and findings of their efforts related to any documentation, assessment and testing of internal financial reporting controls required to comply with the Rules.

17. Separate Sessions. At least once each fiscal quarter, the Committee shall meet in separate sessions with the Auditors and management to discuss any matters that the Committee, the Auditors or management believe should be discussed privately with the Committee.

18. Complaint Procedures. The Committee shall establish procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and the confidential and anonymous submission by employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters. Such procedures shall be reviewed annually by the Committee and any suggested changes shall be submitted to the Board for its approval.

19. Regulatory and Accounting Initiatives. The Committee shall review with counsel, the Auditors and management, as appropriate, any significant regulatory or other legal or accounting initiatives or matters that may have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements, compliance programs and policies if, in the judgment of the Committee, such review is necessary or appropriate.

20. Material Issues Regarding Financial Statements or Accounting Policies. The Committee shall review with the Auditors and management any legal matters, tax assessments, correspondence with regulators or Governmental agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that raise material issues regarding the Company’s financial statements or accounting policies and the manner in which these matters have been disclosed in public filings, if applicable.

21. Correction of Financial Statements. The Committee shall review with Auditors and management management’s process for identifying, communicating and correcting misstatements, understanding management tolerance for unadjusted misstatements, and assess the affect of corrected and uncorrected misstatements, if any, on the Company’s financial statements.

22. Officer’s Certifications Regarding Financial Statements. The Committee shall receive and review the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer certifications of quarterly and annual financial statements.

23. Related Party Transactions. The Committee shall review and approve, in advance, related-party transactions and review other issues arising under the Company’s Code of Business Conduct for Directors, Officers and Employees or similar policies.

24. Investigations. The Committee shall investigate any matter brought to the attention of the Committee within the scope of its duties if, in the judgment of the Committee, such investigation is necessary or appropriate.

25. Legal Matters. The Committee shall review with the Company’s external counsel and/or internal legal personnel any legal matters that may have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements, compliance policies or internal accounting or financial reporting controls and shall review any material reports or inquiries received from securities regulatory authorities, any securities exchange or quotation system or any other governmental agency.
 
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26. Code of Business Conduct. The Committee shall ensure that the Company has a published code of business conduct that covers financial matters, and shall monitor the application of the code of business conduct. Any waivers from the code of business conduct that are granted for the benefit of the Company’s Board members or executive officers should be granted by the Board or the Committee only.

27. Proxy Report. The Committee shall prepare any report or other disclosure required by the Rules to be prepared by it and included in the Company’s annual proxy statement, information circular or other regulatory filing.

28. Charter. The Committee shall review, discuss and assess annually its own performance as well as the Committee’s role and responsibilities as outlined in this Charter. The Committee shall submit any suggested changes to the Board for its approval.

29. Report to Board. The Committee shall report to the Board with respect to material issues that arise regarding the quality or integrity of the Company’s financial statements, the performance or independence of the Auditors or such other matters as the Committee deems appropriate from time to time or whenever it shall be called upon to do so.

30. Investment Risk Assessment and Management. The Committee shall review and discuss with management and the Auditors, as appropriate, the Company’s guidelines and policies with respect to investment risk assessment and management, including the Company’s major financial risk exposures, the Company’s investment and hedging policies, and the steps taken by management to monitor and control these exposures.

31. Other Responsibilities. The Committee shall perform such other functions as may be assigned to the Committee by law, by the Company’s articles or bylaws or by the Board.

32. General Authority. The Committee shall perform such other functions and have such other powers as may be necessary or convenient in the efficient discharge of the forgoing.

It shall be management’s responsibility to prepare the Company’s financial statements and periodic reports and the responsibility of the Auditors to audit those financial statements. It is not the duty of the Committee to (1) plan or conduct audits; (2) determine that the Company’s financial statements are complete and accurate and are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; or (3) to assure compliance with laws and regulations and the Company’s policies generally. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other senior management to avoid and minimize the Company’s exposure to risk, and while the Committee is responsible for reviewing with management the guidelines and policies to govern the process by which risk assessment and management is undertaken, the Committee is not the sole body responsible. The Auditors shall be accountable to the Committee as representatives of the shareholders.


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exh_992.htm
 
Exhibit 99.2
 
Proxy card
 
 
 

 
 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF PROXY
 
1.         This Proxy is solicited by the Management of the Company.
 
2.
If you are a registered shareholder and you wish to attend the Meeting to vote on the resolutions in person, please register your attendance with the Company’s scrutineers at the Meeting.
 
3.
If you cannot attend the Meeting but wish to vote on the resolutions, you have the right to appoint a person or company other than the designees of management named herein, who need not be a shareholder of the Company, to vote according to your instructions. To appoint someone other than the designees of management named, please insert your appointed proxyholder’s name in the space provided, sign and date and return the Proxy. Where you do not specify a choice on a resolution shown on the Proxy, this Proxy confers discretionary authority upon your appointed proxyholder.
 
4.
If you cannot attend the Meeting but wish to vote on the resolutions and to appoint one of the management appointees named, please leave the wording appointing a nominee as shown, sign and date and return the Proxy. Where you do not specify a choice on a resolution shown on the Proxy, a nominee of management acting as proxyholder will vote the securities as if you had specified an affirmative vote.
 
5.
The securities represented by this Proxy will be voted or withheld from voting in accordance with your instructions on any ballot of a resolution that may be called for and, if you specify a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the securities will be voted accordingly. With respect to any amendments or variations in any of the resolutions shown on the Proxy, or any other matters which may properly come before the Meeting, the securities will be voted by the appointed nominee as he or she in their sole discretion sees fit.
 
6.
If you vote on the resolutions and return your Proxy, you may still attend the Meeting and vote in person should you later decide to do so. If you are a registered shareholder and you wish to revoke your Proxy, you may do so by depositing a letter to that effect and delivering it to CST Trust Company PO Box 721, Agincourt, ON M1S 0A1, or by hand to 1600-1066 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6E 3X1 (hand delivery), or to the address of the registered office of Tekmira at Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, 25th Floor, 700 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7Y 1B3, attention: R. Hector MacKay-Dunn, Q.C., at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the day of the Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or to the Chairman of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting before any vote in respect of which the proxy has been has been taken.
 
7.
In order to be entitled to vote or to have its shares voted at the Meeting, a shareholder which is a corporation (a “Corporate Shareholder”) must either (a) attach a certified copy of the directors’ resolution authorizing a representative to attend the Meeting on the Corporate Shareholder’s behalf, or (b) attach a certified copy of the directors’ resolution authorizing the completion and delivery of the Proxy.
 

To be represented at the Meeting, this Proxy must be received at the office of CST Trust Company Inc.: PO Box 721, Agincourt, ON M1S 0A1 (mail) or 1600-1066 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC  V6E 3X1; facsimile: 866-781-3111 (toll free in North America) or 416-368-2502; in each case, no later than forty eight (48) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) prior to the time of the Meeting, or adjournment thereof. The Chairman of the Meeting may waive the proxy cut-off without notice. The mailing address of CST Trust Company Inc. is Proxy Department, CST Trust Company Inc.: PO Box 721, Agincourt, ON M1S 0A1, or the address for delivery by hand is 1600-1066 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC  V6E 3X1.
 


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EXHIBIT 99.3
 
 

Notification of Availability of Meeting Materials

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Meeting Materials for the Annual General and Special Meeting (the “Meeting”) of Shareholders of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“Tekmira”)
to be held at Terminal City Club at 837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia,
on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 2:00pm, Pacific Standard Time

You are receiving this notice to advise that the Meeting materials for the above noted Meeting are available on the Internet.  In accordance with recent changes to Canadian securities laws, Tekmira has elected to use the notice-and-access mechanism for delivery of the Meeting materials.  The use of notice-and-access directly benefits Tekmira through a reduction in postage and material costs and is also more environmentally friendly because it helps to reduce paper usage. Follow the instructions below to view the Meeting materials on the Internet.  This communication presents only an overview of the more complete Meeting materials that are available to you on the Internet.
 
¾ How to Access the Meeting Materials ¾
 
How to View Online – You may access the Meeting materials (Notice of Meeting and Proxy Circular) on the Internet at:
www.tekmira.com
or
www.sedar.com
How to Receive a Paper Copy – If you want to receive a paper copy of the Meeting materials by mail, you may request one by calling us toll free at 1-888-433-6443 or via email at fulfilment@canstockta.com.  There is no charge to you for requesting a paper copy.  Requests should be received by us no later than May 2, 2014 to ensure you receive the materials in advance of the voting deadline and Meeting date.
 
¾ Matters to be Voted Upon at the Meeting ¾
 
The resolutions to be voted on at the Meeting are listed below along with the section within the Information Circular for the Meeting where disclosure regarding the matter can be found:
1.
to elect directors for the ensuing year – see “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors”;
2.
to appoint auditors for the ensuing year – see “Proposal 2 – Re-Appointment of Auditors”; and
3. to approve an ordinary resolution authorizing an amendment of Tekmira’s omnibus share compensation plan to increase, by 800,000 common shares, the number of common shares in respect of which awards may be granted thereunder – see “Proposal 3 – Approval of increase in the number of common shares in respect of which awards may be granted under the 2011 Plan”
 
¾ How to Vote ¾
 
To vote your Tekmira shares, you must vote in accordance with the instructions on the enclosed Form of Proxy or Voting Instruction Form by the deadline noted on the Form of Proxy or Voting Instruction Form. Tekmira must receive your vote before 2:00pm (Pacific Standard Time) on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, or, if the Meeting is adjourned, forty eight (48) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) before the Meeting.
You are reminded to review the Meeting materials before voting.
 
If you have questions regarding the availability of Meeting materials or Notice-and-Access, call us toll free at 1-800-387-0825.

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EXHIBIT 99.4
 
TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
 
REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
     
Dear Shareholder:
 
As a registered shareholder of Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, you are entitled to receive our interim financial statements, annual financial statements, or both. If you wish to receive them, please either complete and return this card by mail or submit your request online (see address below). Your name will then be placed on the Supplemental Mailing List maintained by our Transfer Agent and Registrar, CST Trust Company.
 
As long as you remain a shareholder, you will receive this card each year and will be required to renew your request to receive these financial statements. If you have any questions about this procedure, please contact CST Trust Company by phone at 1-800-387-0825 or (416) 682-3860 or at www.canstockta.com/InvestorInquiry.
 
We encourage you to submit your request online at www.canstockta.com/FinancialStatements. Our Company Code Number is 7495A.
 
NOTE: Do not return this card by mail if you have submitted your request online.
 
TO: CST Trust Company
 
Please add my name to the Supplemental Mailing List for Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation and send me their financial statements as indicated below:
 
 
Interim Financial Statements [ ]
Annual Financial Statements [ ]
 
(Please Print)
 
Name ___________________________________
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