Company: CMND
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form Type: F-1/A
Source: 0001213900-25-118772
Chunk: 238

Company: Clearmind Medicine Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-05
Form: F-1/A
Chunk 238
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 changes in the tax laws. Taxation of Dividends Paid on Common Shares We do not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. In the event that we do pay dividends, and subject to the discussion under the heading “Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules” below and the discussion of “qualified dividend income” below, a U.S. Holder will be required to include in gross income as ordinary income the amount of any distribution paid on the Common Shares (including the amount of any Canadian tax withheld on the date of the distribution), to the extent that such distribution does not exceed our current and accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The amount of a distribution that exceeds our earnings and profits will be treated first as a non-taxable return of capital, reducing the U.S. Holder’s tax basis for the Common Shares to the extent thereof, and then as capital gain. We do not expect to maintain calculations of our earnings and profits under U.S. federal income tax principles and, therefore, U.S. Holders should expect that the entire amount of any distribution generally will be reported as dividend income. In general, preferential tax rates for “qualified dividend income” and long-term capital gains are applicable for U.S. Holders that are individuals, estates or trusts. For this purpose, “qualified dividend income” means, inter alia, dividends received from a “qualified foreign corporation,” provided that certain holding-period requirements and other conditions are satisfied. A “qualified foreign corporation” is a corporation that is entitled to the benefits of a comprehensive tax treaty with the United that the Secretary of Treasury of the United States determines is satisfactory for purposes of this provision and which includes an exchange of information program. The IRS has stated that the Treaty satisfies this requirement and we believe we are eligible for the benefits of the Treaty. In addition, our dividends will be qualified dividend income if our Common Shares are readily tradable on Nasdaq or another established securities market in the United States. However, we will not be a qualified foreign corporation if we are a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, as described below under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” for the taxable year in which we pay a dividend or for the preceding taxable year. Cash distributions paid by us in Canadian dollars will be included in the income of U.S. Holders at a U.S. dollar amount based upon the spot rate of exchange in effect on the date the dividend is includible in the income of the U.S. Holder, and U.S.