Employment Agreement between Dollarama L.P. and Robert Coallier



 Exhibit 10.7 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 This Employment Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2005 (the “Agreement”), between Dollarama L.P. and together with any permitted
assignee (collectively referred to as the “Employer”) and Robert Coallier (the “Executive”). 
 RECITALS

 WHEREAS, the Executive is expected to be an important contributor to the Business (as defined below) and has and will acquire
knowledge of highly confidential information pertaining to the Business and the affairs of the Employer; 
 WHEREAS, the Executive has
experience and expertise that qualify him to provide the direction and leadership required by the Employer and its Affiliates (as defined below); 
 WHEREAS, contemporaneously herewith, the Executive and Dollarama Capital Corporation (“DCC”) have executed an Option Agreement granting the Executive certain options to purchase various equity securities issued by DCC
subject to the terms and conditions described therein; 
 WHEREAS the parties agree that the Employer, its Affiliates and their successors
and assigns require protection of their legitimate business interests; and 
 WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth, the Employer therefore wishes to confirm the terms and conditions of employment of the Executive as its Chief Financial Officer, and the Executive wishes to accept such employment. 
 AGREEMENT 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the
mutual promises, terms, provisions and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties hereby agree: 
 1. Employment. Subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Employer hereby offers and the Executive hereby accepts employment. 
 2.
Term. The Executive is engaged for an indeterminate term (the “Term”) and his employment is subject to termination as set out in Section 5 below. 
 3. Capacity and Performance. 
 (a) During the Term, the Executive shall serve the Employer as its Chief Financial Officer with such customary responsibilities, duties and authority as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer of the Employer
(the “Chief Executive Officer”) and the Board of Directors of the Employer (the “Board”). In addition and 








 
without further compensation, the Executive shall serve as an officer of one or more of the Employer’s operating subsidiaries if so elected or appointed
from time to time, provided that the Employer shall provide to the Executive at all times, and pay all of the costs of, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage with respect to such service as required by Section 4
hereof. 
 (b) During the Term, the Executive shall be employed by the Employer on a full-time basis and shall perform such
duties and responsibilities customary for his position on behalf of the Employer and its Affiliates as may be designated from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer and the Board. The duties to be performed by the Executive hereunder shall be
performed primarily at the principal office of the Employer in the City of Montreal, Quebec, subject to reasonable travel requirements. 
 (c) During the Term, the Executive shall devote his full business time and his best efforts, business judgment, skill and knowledge exclusively to the advancement of the Business and interests of the Employer and its
Affiliates and to the discharge of his duties and responsibilities hereunder. The Executive shall not engage in any other business activity or serve in any industry, trade, professional, governmental or academic position during the Term, except as
may be approved by the Chief Executive Officer and Board. The foregoing provisions of this Section 3(c) shall not, however, preclude the Executive from devoting a reasonable amount of time to engaging in civic, charitable or religious
activities, devoting a reasonable amount of time to private investment activities, serving as a director of one (1) outside board and/or serving as a director, officer or trustee of companies, trusts or foundations owned by, or of which the
sole beneficiaries are, family members of the Executive, provided in each case that such involvement is in compliance with the provisions of Section 8(a) hereof and does not otherwise conflict with the Executive’s responsibilities to the
Employer. 
 4. Compensation and Benefits. As compensation for all services performed by the Executive hereunder: 
 (a) Base Salary. The Employer shall pay the Executive an initial base salary at the rate of $375,000 dollars per annum, less all
applicable withholdings, payable in accordance with the payroll practices of the Employer for its executives (the “Base Salary”). Such salary shall be reviewed annually but shall not be decreased during the Term. 
 (b) Annual Bonus. During the Term, with respect to each of the Employer’s fiscal years that begins on or after
February 1, 2005, the Executive will be eligible to receive a bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) with a target of 100% of his Base Salary, except that, such Annual Bonus shall be pro rated for the fiscal year beginning on
February 1, 2005 based on the number of days between the date of this agreement and the end of such fiscal year as compared to the total number of days in such fiscal year and shall not be lower than such pro rated portion of 85% of his Base
Salary. The Annual Bonus will be based on the achievement of targets which shall be determined by the Board. 
 (c) Other
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participate in any and all employee benefit plans from time to time in effect for executives of the Employer generally. Such participation shall be subject
to the terms of the applicable plan documents and generally applicable Employer policies. The Employer may alter, modify, add to or delete its employee benefit plans at any time as it, in its sole judgment, determines to be appropriate and the whole
subject to applicable law. The Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation consistent with the Employer’s vacation policy (such vacation, however, not to be less than four (4) weeks per annum, pro rated for 2005) and reasonable holidays
and illness days in accordance with the Employer’s policies as may be established and modified from time to time. 
 (d)
Short-term Disability. Subject to Section 5(b), in the event the Executive becomes disabled during the Term through any illness, injury, accident or condition of either a physical or psychological nature, and, as a result, is unable to
perform all his duties and responsibilities hereunder, the Employer will pay to the Executive the equivalent of the Executive’s Base Salary for the lesser of: 
 (i) a period of one hundred and nineteen consecutive days; or 
 (ii) until terminated in accordance with Section 5(b) of this Agreement. 
 (e) Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. The Employer shall provide to the Executive the benefit of at all times during
the Term, and pay all of the costs of, the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy or policies obtained by the Employer, which shall cover the Executive for his service hereunder, whether as director, and/or officer of the
Employer or as director and/or officer of any of the Employer’s Affiliates. 
 (f) Business Expenses. The Employer
shall pay or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable, customary and necessary business expenses incurred or paid by the Executive in the performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder in accordance with the Employer’s expense
reimbursement policy. 
 5. Termination of Employment and Severance Benefits. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 hereof,
the Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate under the following circumstances: 
 (a) Death. In the event
of the Executive’s death during the Term, the Executive’s employment hereunder shall immediately and automatically terminate. In such event, the Employer shall pay to the Executive’s designated beneficiary or, if no beneficiary has
been designated by the Executive, to his estate, (i) the Base Salary earned but not paid through the date of termination, and (ii) any business expenses incurred by the Executive but not reimbursed on the date of termination, and
(iii) any bonus compensation (other than Annual Bonus with respect to the fiscal year in which the date of termination occurs) awarded but unpaid on the date of termination; (iv) any outstanding vacation pay (collectively, “Final
Compensation”); and (v) the portion of the Annual Bonus earned for the fiscal year in which the date of termination occurs, prorated for the time of the Executive’s employment during the relevant fiscal year (the “Prorated
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Bonus will be paid following the end of the relevant fiscal year or such other time as per the Employer’s normal practice. 
 (b) Disability 
 (i) The Employer may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder, upon written notice to the Executive, in the event that the Executive becomes disabled during his employment hereunder through any illness, injury, accident or
condition of either a physical or psychological nature and, as a result, is unable to perform substantially all of his duties and responsibilities hereunder, with or without reasonable accommodation, for ninety (90) days during any period of
one hundred eighty (180) consecutive calendar days. In the event of such termination, (a) if the Employer or its Affiliates then have in effect a Long Term Disability Plan, the Employer shall have no further obligation to the Executive,
other than for payment of Final Compensation and any Prorated Bonus and (b) if neither the Company nor its Affiliates the have in effect a Long Term Disability Plan, the Employer shall have no further obligation to the Executive, other than for
payment of amounts described in Section 5(d). 
 (ii) The Board may designate another employee to act in the
Executive’s place during any period of the Executive’s disability. While receiving disability income payments under Employer’s disability income plan, the Executive shall continue to participate in Employer benefit plans, if any, in
accordance with the terms of such plans, until the termination of his employment. 
 (c) By the Employer for Cause. The
Employer may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder immediately for Cause at any time upon written notice to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such Cause. 
 Upon the giving of notice of termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause, the Employer shall have no further obligation to the
Executive, other than for Final Compensation and any requirement of applicable law. 
 (d) By the Employer Other than for
Cause. The Employer may terminate the Executive’s employment at any time, other than for Cause, Death and Disability (but only, in the case of Disability, if the Company or its Affiliates then have in effect a Long Term Disability Plan) by
(a) paying to the Executive Final Compensation and any Prorated Bonus; and (b) by providing the Executive with severance pay in lieu of notice representing the equivalent of the Executive’s Base Salary for twenty-four months,
payable by way of salary continuance in accordance with the Employer’s payroll practices at the date of termination or in a lump sum payment, at the sole discretion of the Employer. 
 These obligations of the Employer to the Executive hereunder are conditional, however, upon the Executive signing a release, reasonably acceptable to the
Employer, of any and all claims related to the employment of the Executive or the termination thereof. 
 (e) By the
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written notice to the Employer setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of the Constructive Termination. In the event of such termination, the Employer
shall pay the Executive in accordance with Section 5(d). 
 Any obligation of the Employer to the Executive hereunder is conditional,
however, upon the Executive signing a release, reasonably acceptable to the Employer, of any and all claims related to the employment of the Executive or the termination thereof. 
 (f) By the Executive other than for Constructive Termination. The Executive may terminate his employment hereunder at any time upon
thirty days written notice to the Employer. In the event of termination of the Executive pursuant to Section 5(f), the Board may elect to waive the period of notice, or any portion thereof, provided the Employer pays the Executive to the term
of the notice. The Employer shall then have no further obligation to the Executive, other than for Final Compensation due to him. 
 6.
Effect of Termination. The provisions of this Section 6 shall apply to any termination of employment in accordance with Section 5. 
 (a) Payments or provision of benefits by the Employer pursuant to Section 5 shall constitute the entire obligation of the Employer to the Executive. 
 (b) Provisions of this Agreement shall survive any termination if so provided herein or if necessary or desirable to accomplish the
purposes of other surviving provisions, including without limitation the obligations of the Executive under Sections 7, 8 and 9 hereof. The obligation of the Employer to make payments to the Executive under Section 5(b)(i)(b), 5(d) or 5(e)
hereof is expressly conditioned upon the Executive’s continued full performance of obligations under Sections 7, 8 and 9 hereof. The Executive recognizes that, except as expressly provided in Section 5(b)(i)(b), 5(d) or 5(e), no
compensation is earned after termination of employment. 
 7. Confidential Information. 
 (a) The Executive acknowledges that the Employer, its Affiliates and their predecessors have developed Confidential Information and that
the Employer and its Affiliates continually develop Confidential Information, that the Executive may develop Confidential Information for the Employer and its Affiliates, that the Executive may learn of Confidential Information during the course of
employment. The Executive will comply with the policies and procedures of the Employer and its Affiliates for protecting Confidential Information and shall not disclose to any Person or use, other than as required by applicable law or for the proper
performance of his duties and responsibilities to the Employer and its Affiliates, any Confidential Information obtained by the Executive incident to his employment or other association with the Employer and its Affiliates, whether prior to, at the
time of, or subsequent to any assignment of this Agreement pursuant to Section 16. The Executive understands that this restriction shall continue to apply after his employment terminates, regardless of the reason for such termination.

 (b) All documents, records, tapes and other media of every kind and description relating to the Business, present or
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copies, in whole or in part, thereof (the “Documents”), whether or not prepared by the Executive, shall be the sole and exclusive property
of the Employer and its Affiliates. The Executive shall safeguard all Documents and shall surrender to the Employer at the time his employment terminates, or at such earlier time or times as the Board or its designee may specify, all Documents then
in the Executive’s possession or control. 
 8. Restricted Activities. The Executive agrees that some restrictions on his
activities during and after his employment are necessary to protect the goodwill, Confidential Information and other legitimate interests of the Employer and its Affiliates: 
 (a) Non-Competition. While the Executive is employed by the Employer and for a period of twenty-four months after his employment
terminates for any reason, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in any business competitive with the Business within the Territory. However, no ownership of less than five percent of the outstanding stock of any publicly traded
corporation will be deemed to be in violation of this Section 8(a) solely by reason thereof. 
 (b) Loyalty. The
Executive agrees that, during his employment with the Employer, he will not undertake any outside activity, whether or not competitive with the Business, the Employer or its Affiliates, that could reasonably give rise to a conflict of interest or
otherwise interfere with his duties and obligations to the Employer or any of its Affiliates. 
 (c) Non-Solicitation of
Employees. The Executive further agrees that while he is employed by the Employer and during an twenty-four month period after his employment terminates for any reason, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, recruit, offer employment,
employ, engage as a consultant, lure or entice away, or in any other manner persuade or attempt to persuade any Person who is an employee of Aris Import Inc. (hereinafter “Aris”), any Person employed by the Employer or its Affiliate
as a store manager or in any other position of equal or greater responsibility, or any Person working in the corporate office of the Employer or its Affiliate, to leave the employ of the Employer, its Affiliate or Aris, as the case may be.

 (d) Non-Solicitation of Suppliers. The Executive agrees that while he is employed by the Employer and during a
eighteen months period after his employment terminates for any reason, the Executive shall not lure, entice away, or in any other manner persuade or attempt to persuade any Supplier to cease or materially reduce its business with the Employer or any
of its Affiliates. 
 9. Assignment of Rights to Intellectual Property. The Executive shall promptly and fully disclose all
Intellectual Property to the Employer. The Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Employer (or as otherwise directed by the Employer) the Executive’s full right, title and interest in and to all Intellectual Property. The
Executive agrees to execute any and all applications for domestic and foreign patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights and to do such other acts (including without limitation the execution and delivery of instruments of further assurance or
confirmation) requested by the Employer to assign the Intellectual Property to the Employer and to permit the Employer to enforce any patents, copyrights or other proprietary rights to the Intellectual Property. The Executive will not charge the
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complying with these obligations. All copyrightable works that the Executive creates shall be considered work made in the course of employment. 

10. Enforcement of Covenants. The Executive acknowledges that he has carefully read and considered all the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including the restraints imposed upon him pursuant to Sections 7, 8 and 9 hereof. The Executive agrees that said restraints are necessary for the reasonable and proper protection of the Employer and its Affiliates and that each and every
one of the restraints is reasonable in respect to subject matter, length of time and geographic area. The Executive further acknowledges that, were he to breach any of the covenants contained in Sections 7, 8 and 9 hereof, the damage to the Employer
would be irreparable. The Executive therefore agrees that the Employer, in addition to any other remedies available to it, shall be entitled to preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against any breach or threatened breach by the Executive of
any of said covenants, without having to post security. 
 11. Definitions. Words or phrases which are initially capitalized or are
within quotation marks shall have the meanings provided in this Section and as provided elsewhere herein. For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions apply: 
 (a) “Affiliates” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, when used in connection with any specified Person, means the power to direct the management or policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controls, “controlling” and “controlled” have correlative meanings. 
 (b) “Business” means the Business as conducted by the Employer and its Affiliates on the date hereof being the ownership
and operation of retail stores in Canada selling merchandise at a price point of $5.00 or less, as well as any business of the Employer and its Affiliates at any time during the employment of the Executive and at the time of termination of the
Executive’s employment. 
 (c) “Cause” means the following events or conditions, as determined by the
Board and the Chief Executive Officer, in their reasonable judgment: (i) the refusal or failure to perform (other than by reason of disability) or material negligence in the performance of the Executive’s essential duties and
responsibilities to the Employer or any of its Affiliates, or refusal or failure to follow or carry out any reasonable direction of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer provided in all cases there is a continuance of such refusal, failure or
negligence for a period of fifteen days after notice to the Executive; (ii) the commission of fraud, embezzlement or theft by the Executive; (iii) the conviction of the Executive of, or plea by the Executive of nolo contendere
to, any felony or any other crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude; and (iv) any other conduct that involves a breach of fiduciary obligation on the part of the Executive or otherwise could reasonably be expected to have material adverse
effect upon the Business. 
 (d) “Confidential Information” means any and all information of the Employer,
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Information also includes any information received by the Employer, Aris and their Affiliates, whether prior to, at the time of, or subsequent to any
assignment of this Agreement pursuant to Section 16, from any Person with any understanding, express or implied, that it will not be disclosed. Confidential Information does not include information that enters the public domain, other than
through a breach by the Executive or any other Person of an obligation of confidentiality in favor of the Employer, Aris and their Affiliates. 
 (e) “Constructive Termination” means the following events or conditions: (i) the Employer’s material breach of this Agreement including, without limitation, the failure of the Employer to
comply with Section 3 or 4 hereof, and the continuance of such breach for a period of fifteen days after written notice to the Employer; and (ii) if the Employer requires that the Executive move involuntarily from the Montreal metropolitan
area in order to retain employment with the Employer. 
 (f) “Intellectual Property” means inventions,
discoveries, developments, methods, processes, compositions, works, concepts and ideas (whether or not patentable or copyrightable or constituting trade secrets) conceived, made, created, developed or reduced to practice by the Executive (whether
alone or with others, whether or not during normal business hours or on or off Employer premises) during the Executive’s employment that relate to either the Business or any prospective activity of the Employer or any of its Affiliates or that
make use of Confidential Information or any of the equipment or facilities of the Employer or any of its Affiliates. 
 (g)
“Long Term Disability Plan” means a long term disability benefit plan selected by the Employer in its sole discretion which provides reasonable disability income to the Executive under certain circumstances in accordance with the
terms of such plan. 
 (h) “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an
association, a partnership, an estate, a trust and any other entity or organization, other than the Employer or any of its Affiliates. 
 (i) “Supplier” means any and all persons, located anywhere in the world, having supplied goods to the Employer, Aris and their Affiliates in connection with the Business; and any and all persons
located anywhere in the world retained or utilized by the Employer, Aris and their Affiliates to supply goods in connection with the Business, in both cases, at any time during the five-year period preceding the termination of Executive’s
employment. 
 (j) “Territory” means Canada. 
 12. Entire agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties on the subject matter thereof and replaces any and all
other representations, understandings, negotiations and previous agreements, written or oral, expressed or implied. 
 13. Conflicting
Agreements. The Executive hereby represents and warrants that the execution of this Agreement and the performance of his obligations hereunder will not breach or be in conflict with any other agreement to which the Executive is a party or is
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court order or other legal obligation that would affect the performance of his obligations hereunder. The Executive will not disclose to or use on behalf of
the Employer any proprietary information of a third party without such party’s consent. 
 14. Withholding. All payments made by
the Employer under this Agreement shall be reduced by any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the Employer under applicable law. 
 15. Currency. All and any amount of money referred to or mentioned in this Agreement shall be in Canadian Dollars. 
 16.
Assignment. Neither the Employer nor the Executive may make any assignment of this Agreement or any interest herein, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other; provided, however, that the Employer may
assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the Executive in the event that the Employer may hereafter affect a reorganization, consolidate with, or merge into, any Person or transfer all or substantially all of its
properties or assets to any Person. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Employer and the Executive, their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and permitted assigns. 
 17. Severability. In the event that any provision hereof would, under applicable law, be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such provision
shall be construed by modifying or limiting it so as to be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent compatible with, and possible under, applicable law. The provisions hereof are severable, and in the event any provision hereof should be held
invalid or unenforceable in any respect, it shall not invalidate, render unenforceable or otherwise affect any other provision hereof. 
 18.
Waiver. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by the waiving party. The failure of either party to require the performance of any term or obligation of this Agreement, or the waiver by either
party of any breach of this Agreement, shall not prevent any subsequent enforcement of such term or obligation or be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach. 
 19. Notices. Any and all notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be effective when delivered in person or deposited in the Canadian or
American mail, postage prepaid, registered or certified, and addressed to the Executive at his last known address on the books of the Employer or, in the case of the Employer, at its principal place of business, attention of the chief legal officer,
or to such other address as either party may specify by notice to the other actually received. 
 20. Amendment. This Agreement may be
amended or modified only by a written instrument signed by the Executive and by an expressly authorized representative of the Employer. 
 21. Headings. The headings and captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and in no way define or describe the scope or content of any provision of this Agreement. 
  

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 22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall
be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 23. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction and
Venue. 
 (a) This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Province of
Québec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. 
 (b) All actions and proceedings arising out of or relating
to this Agreement shall be heard and determined by the courts of the Province of Québec, and the Parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding and irrevocably
waive the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such action or proceeding. The Parties hereto hereby consent to service of process by mail (in accordance with Section 19 or any other manner permitted by law.) 
 24. Language. The Parties hereby acknowledge that they have expressly required this Agreement and any documents ancillary hereto be drafted in the
English language only. Les parties reconnaissent par les présentes avoir expressément exigé que cette entente et tout document y afférent soient rédigés en langue anglaise seulement. 
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 Employment Agreement 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as a sealed instrument by the Employer, by its duly authorized representative, and by the Executive, as of the date first above written. 
  

									
	THE EXECUTIVE	 		 	DOLLARAMA L.P.
				
	/s/ Robert Coallier	 		 	 By:
	 	/s/ Nicholas Nomicos
	Robert Coallier	 		 		 	Name: Nicholas Nomicos
		 		 		 	Title: Senior Vice President, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Secretary