FORM 8-K

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 5, 2019 

LEXARIA BIOSCIENCE CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada		000-52138		20-2000871
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

100 – 740 McCurdy Road, Kelowna, BC Canada		V1X 2P7
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

  Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (250) 765-6424 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Emerging growth company     o

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Item 5.02 Entry into Compensatory Arrangements 

On April 5, 2019 Lexaria Bioscience Corp. either directly or through its subsidiaries (collectively the “Lexaria Group”) entered into contractual agreements, having a retroactive effective date of January 1, 2019, with each of its President and Chief Executive Officer, either individually or via their respective wholly-owned company (the “Officers”).  The entrance into these agreements provides the Lexaria Group with the security of having its key personnel committed to the Lexaria Group’s goals for a three year term.  The combined compensation payable or issuable by the Lexaria Group to each of the Officers is as follows:

John Docherty – President – CDN$300,000 annually (the “Docherty Compensation”); a bonus of up to 50% of the Docherty Compensation on the basis of certain performance criteria being met, as established by the board of directors; a one-time bonus equal to 2% of the consideration received for the sale of any subsidiary company of Lexaria Bioscience Corp. excluding certain circumstances; certain compensation to be paid upon a change of control excluding certain circumstances; and participation in the Lexaria Bioscience Corp. stock option plan.

Chris Bunka – Chief Executive Officer – CDN$350,000 annually (the “Bunka Compensation”); a bonus of up to 50% of the Bunka Compensation on the basis of certain performance criteria being met, as established by the board of directors; a one-time bonus equal to 2% of the consideration received for the sale of any subsidiary company of Lexaria Bioscience Corp. excluding certain circumstances; certain compensation to be paid upon a change of control excluding certain circumstances; and participation in the Lexaria Bioscience Corp. stock option plan

Item 8.01 Other Events 

Lexaria has, effective April 5, 2019, cancelled 1,140,000 stock options having exercise prices ranging from US$0.10 to US$2.06.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits 

SIGNATURES

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.

	LEXARIA BIOSCIENCE CORP.
Date April 10, 2019	By:	“Chris Bunka”
		Chris Bunka
		CEO, Principal Executive Officer

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