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Exhibit 3.3
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ET FILS INC./▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & SONS INC.
BY-LAW 1
ARTICLE PAGE
DEFINITIONS 1 1
Act 1 1
Articles 1 1
By-law 1 1
Unanimous shareholder agreement 1 1
REGISTERED OFFICE 2 1
CORPORATE SEAL 3 2
DIRECTORS 2
Number and Powers 4
Vacancies 5 2
Term of Office 6 2
Vacation of Office 7 2
Election 8 3
MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS 3
Place of Meeting 9 3
Notice 9 3
Waiver of Notice 9 3
Telephone Participation 9 4
Adjournment 10 4
Quorum and Voting 11 4
RESOLUTION IN LIEU OF MEETING 12 4
REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS 13 4
SUBMISSION OF CONTRACTS OR TRANSACTION TO SHAREHOLDERS FOR APPROVAL 14 5
INDEMNITIES TO DIRECTORS AND OTHERS 15 5
OFFICERS 5
Appointment of Officers 16 5
Remuneration ad Removal of Officers 17 6
Duties of Officers may be Delegated 18 6
Chairman of the Board 19 6
ARTICLE PAGE
President 20 6
Vice-President 21 6
Secretary 22 6
Treasurer 23 7
Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer 24 7
MANAGING DIRECTOR 25 7
COMMITTEES 26 8
SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS 8
Annual Meeting 27 8
Special Meetings 28 8
Place of Meetings 29 8
Notice 30 8
Omission of Notice 31 9
Record Date 32 9
Votes 33 9
Proxies 34 10
Adjournment 35 12
Quorum 36 12
Resolution in lieu of meeting 37 12
SECURITIES 13
Certificates 38 13
Registrar and Transfer Agent 39 13
Surrender of Share Certificates 40 13
Defaced, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost Certificates 41 13
DIVIDENDS 42 14
NOTICE 14
Shares registered in more than one name 43 14
Persons becoming entitled by operation of law 44 14
Deceased Shareholder 45 14
Signatures to Notices 46 14
Computation of Time 47 14
Proof of Service 48 14
CHEQUES, DRAFTS, NOTES ETC. 49 15
CUSTODY OF SECURITES 50 15
EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS, ETC. 51 15
DECLARATIONS 52 16
FISCAL YEAR 53 17
DEFINITIONS
1. In this by-law and all other by-laws of the Corporation, unless the context
otherwise specifies or requires:
(a) "ACT" means the Canada Business Corporations Act, R.S.C.
1985, c. C-44, and any statute that may be substituted
therefor, as from time to time amended;
(b) "ARTICLES" means the articles of the Corporation, as from time
to time amended or restated;
(c) "BY-LAW" means this by-law and all other by-laws of the
Corporation form time to time in force and effect;
(d) "UNANIMOUS SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT" means an agreement as
described in subsection 146(2) of the Act made by the
shareholders of the Corporation;
(e) words importing the singular number only shall include the
plural and vice versa; words importing the masculine gender
shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa;
words importing persons shall include bodies corporate,
corporations, companies, partnerships, syndicates, trusts and
any number or aggregate of individuals;
(f) the headings used in the by-laws are inserted for reference
purposes only and are not to be considered or taken into
account in construing the terms or provisions thereof or to be
deemed in any way to clarify, modify or explain the effect of
any such terms or provisions; and
(g) all terms contained in the by-laws and which are defined in
the Act shall have the meanings given to such terms in the
Act.
REGISTERED OFFICE
2. The Corporation may from time to time (i) by resolution of the board of
directors change the location of the address of the registered office of the
Corporation within the place specified in the articles and (ii) by articles of
amendment change the place in which its registered office is situated to another
place within Canada.
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CORPORATE SEAL
3. The Corporation may have one or more corporate seals which shall be such as
the board of directors may be resolution from time to time adopt and change.
DIRECTORS
4. Number and Powers. There shall be a board of directors consisting of such
fixed number, or minimum and maximum number of directors as may be set out in
the articles. If any of the issued securities of the Corporation are or were
part of a distribution to the public and remain outstanding and are held by more
than one person, the Corporation shall not have fewer than three (3) directors,
at least two (2) of whom are not officers or employees of the Corporation or its
affiliates.
5. Vacancies. If the number of directors is increased, the resulting vacancies
shall be filled at a meeting of shareholders duly called for that purpose.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this by-law and subject to the provisions of
the Act, if a vacancy should otherwise occur in the board, the remaining
directors, if constituting a quorum, may appoint a qualified person to fill the
vacancy for the remainder of the term. In the absence of a quorum, the remaining
directors shall forthwith call a meeting of shareholders to fill the vacancy
pursuant to subsection 111(2) of the Act. Where a vacancy or vacancies exist in
the board, the remaining directors may exercise all of the powers of the board
so long as a quorum remains in office.
6. Term of Office. A director's term of office shall be from the meeting at
which he is elected or appointed until the annual meeting next following or
until his successor is elected or appointed, or until, if earlier, he dies or
resigns, or is removed or disqualified pursuant to the provisions of the Act.
7. Vacation of Office. The office of a director shall ipso facto be vacated if:
(a) he dies;
(b) by notice in writing to the Corporation he resigns his office
and such resignation, if not effective immediately, becomes
effective in accordance with its terms;
(c) he is removed from office in accordance with section 109 of
the Act; or
(d) he ceases to be qualified to be a director.
8. Election. Directors shall be elected by the shareholders by ordinary
resolution in a general meeting on show of hands unless a poll is demanded and
if a poll is demanded such election shall be by ballot.
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A retiring director shall retain office until the adjournment or
termination of the meeting at which his successor is elected unless such meeting
was called for the purpose of removing him from office as a director in which
case the director so removed shall vacate office forthwith upon the passing of
the resolution for his removal.
MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS
9. Place of Meeting. Subject to the articles, meetings of directors may be held
at any place within or outside Canada as the directors may from time to time
determine or the person convening the meeting may give notice. A meeting of the
board of directors may be convened by the chairman of the board, if any, the
president if any, or any two directors at any time. The secretary, if any, shall
upon direction of any of the foregoing convene a meeting of the board of
directors.
Notice. Notice of the time and place for the holding of any such meeting
shall be delivered, mailed, faxed, telegraphed, cabled or telexed to each
director at his latest address as shown on the records of the Corporation not
less than two (2) days or twelve (12) days if mailed (exclusive of the day on
which the notice is delivered, mailed, faxed, telegraphed, cabled or telexed but
inclusive of the day for which notice is given) before the date of the meeting;
provided that meetings of the board of directors may be held at any time without
notice if all the directors have waived notice.
For the first meeting of the board of directors to be held immediately
following the election of directors at an annual or special meeting of the
shareholders, no notice of such meeting need be given to the newly elected or
appointed director or directors in order for the meeting to be duly constituted,
provided a quorum of the directors is present.
A notice of a meeting of directors shall specify any matter referred to in
subsection 115(3) of the Act that is to be dealt with at the meeting.
Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the board of directors or any
irregularity in any meeting or in the notice thereof may be waived by any
director in writing or by fax, telegram, cable or telex addressed to the
Corporation or in any other manner, and such waiver may be validly given either
before or after the meeting to which such waiver relates. The attendance of a
director at a meeting of directors is a waiver of notice of the meeting except
where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully
called.
Telephone Participation. A director may, if all the directors of the
Corporation consent thereto (either before, during or after the meeting),
participate in a meeting of directors by means of such telephone or other
communications facilities as permit all
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persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and a director
participating in such a meeting by such means shall be deemed to be present at
the meeting.
10. Adjournment. Any meeting of the board of directors may be adjourned from
time to time by the chairman of the meeting, with the consent of the meeting, to
a fixed time and place and no notice of the time and place for the continuance
of the adjourned meeting need be given to any director. Any adjourned meeting
shall be duly constituted if held in accordance with the terms of the
adjournment and a quorum present thereat. The directors who formed a quorum at
the original meeting are not required to form the quorum at the adjourned
meeting. If there is no quorum present at the adjourned meeting, the original
meeting shall be deemed to have terminated forthwith after its adjournment.
11. Quorum and Voting. Subject to the articles, a majority of the number of
directors in office at the time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. Subject to subsection 117(1) of the Act, no business shall be
transacted by the directors except at a meeting of directors at which a quorum
of the board is present. Questions arising at any meeting of the board of
directors shall be decided by a majority of votes cast. In case of an equality
of votes, the chairman of the meeting, in addition to his original vote shall
not have a second or casting vote. Where the Corporation has only one director,
that director may constitute the meeting.
12. Resolution in lieu of meeting. A resolution in writing, signed by all the
directors entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of directors, is as
valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of directors or committee of
directors.
A copy of every such resolution shall be kept with the minutes of the
proceedings of the directors or committee of directors.
REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS
13. Subject to the articles or any unanimous shareholders agreement, the
remuneration to be paid to the directors shall be such as the board of directors
shall from time to time determine and such remuneration shall not be in addition
to the salary paid to any officer of the Corporation who is also a member of the
board of directors. The directors may also by resolution award special
remuneration to any director undertaking any special services on the
Corporation's behalf other than the routine work ordinarily required of a
director by the Corporation. The confirmation of any such resolution or
resolutions by the shareholders shall not be required. The directors shall also
be entitled to be paid their traveling and other expenses properly incurred by
them in connection with the affairs of the Corporation. The directors concerned
shall not vote on such resolutions.
SUBMISSION OF CONTRACTS OR TRANSACTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FOR APPROVAL
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14. The board of directors in its discretion may submit any contract, act or
transaction for approval, ratification or confirmation at any annual meeting of
the shareholders or at any special meeting of the shareholders called for the
purpose of considering the same and any contract, act or transaction that shall
be approved, ratified or confirmed by resolution passed by a majority of the
votes cast at any such meeting (unless any different or additional requirement
is imposed by the Act or by the Corporation's articles or any other by-law)
shall be as valid and as binding upon the Corporation and upon all the
shareholders as though it had been approved, ratified or confirmed by every
shareholder of the Corporation.
INDEMNITITES TO DIRECTORS AND OTHERS
15. Except in respect of an action by or on behalf of the Corporation or another
body corporate (as hereinafter defined) to procure a judgment in its favour, the
Corporation shall indemnify each director and officer of the Corporation and
each former director and officer of the Corporation and each person who acts or
acted at the Corporation's request as a director or officer of another body
corporate, and his heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges
and expenses, including any amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, reasonably incurred by him in respect of any civil, criminal or
administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of
being or having been a director or officer of the Corporation or another body
corporate, as the case may be, if
(a) he acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best
interests of the Corporation; and
(b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding
that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he had reasonable grounds
for believing that his conduct was lawful.
"another body corporate" as used herein means a body corporate of which the
Corporation is or was a shareholder or creditor.
OFFICERS
16. Appointment of Officers. Subject to the articles or any unanimous
shareholders agreement, the board of directors, annually or as often as may be
required, may appoint from among themselves a chairman of the board and may
appoint a president and a secretary and, if deemed advisable, may also appoint a
vice chairman, one or more vice-presidents, a treasurer and one or more
assistant secretaries and/or one or more assistant treasurers. None of such
officers, except the chairman of the board, need be a director of the
Corporation. Any two (2) or more of such offices may be held by the same person.
In case and whenever the same person holds the offices of secretary and
treasurer he may, but need not, be known as the secretary-treasurer. The board
of directors may from
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time to time designate such other offices and appoint such other officers,
employees and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall have such authority
and shall perform such functions and duties, as may from time to time be
prescribed by resolution of the board of directors.
17. Remuneration and Removal of Officers. Subject to the articles or any
unanimous shareholders agreement, the remuneration of all officers, employees
and agents elected or appointed by the board of directors may be determined from
time to time by resolution of the board of directors. The fact that any officer,
employee or agent is a director or shareholder of the Corporation shall not
disqualify him from receiving such remuneration as may be so determined. The
board of directors may by resolution remove any officer, employee or agent at
any time, with or without case.
18. Duties of Officers may be Delegated. In case of the absence or inability or
refusal to act of any officer of the Corporation or for any other reason that
the board of directors may deem sufficient, the board may delegate all or any of
the powers of such officer to any other officer or to any director for the time
being.
19. Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board, if any, shall, if present,
preside at all meetings of the board of directors and of shareholders. He shall
sign such contracts, documents or instruments in writing as require his
signature and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time
be assigned to him by resolution of the board of directors.
20. President. The president, if any, shall be the chief executive officer of
the Corporation and shall exercise general supervision over the business and
affairs of the Corporation. In the absence of the chairman of the board, if any,
the president shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the board of
directors and shareholders; he shall sign such contracts, documents or
instruments in writing as require his signature and shall have such other powers
and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him
by resolution of the board of directors or as are incident to his office.
21. Vice-President. The vice-president or, if more than one, the vice-presidents
in order of seniority, shall be vested with all the powers and shall perform all
the duties of the president in the absence or inability or refusal to act of the
president, provided, however, that a vice-president who is not a director shall
not preside as chairman at any meeting of shareholders. The vice-president or,
if more than one, the vice-presidents in order of seniority, shall sign such
contracts, documents or instruments in writing as require his or their
signatures and shall also have such other powers and duties as may from time to
time be assigned to him or them by resolution of the board of directors.
22. Secretary. The secretary, if any, shall give or cause to be given notices
for all meetings of the board of directors, of committees thereof, if any, and
of shareholders when directed to do so and shall have charge, subject to the
provisions of this by-law, of the records referred to in section 20 of the Act
(except the accounting records) and of the corporate seal or seals, if any. He
shall sign such contracts, documents or instruments in
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writing as require his signature and shall have such other powers and duties as
may from time to time be assigned to him by resolution of the board of directors
or as are incident to his office.
23. Treasurer. Subject to the provisions of any resolution of the board of
directors, the treasurer, if any, shall have the care and custody of all the
funds and securities of the Corporation and shall deposit the same in the name
of the Corporation in such bank or banks or with such other depositary or
depositaries as the board of directors may by resolution direct. He shall
prepare, maintain and keep or cause to be kept adequate books of accounts and
accounting records. He shall sign such contracts, documents or instruments in
writing as require his signature and shall have such other powers and duties as
may from time to time be assigned to him by resolution of the board of directors
or as are incident to his office. He may be required to give such bond for the
faithful performance of his duties as the board of directors in their
uncontrolled discretion may require and no director shall be liable for failure
to require any such bond or for the insufficiency of any such bond or for any
loss by reason of the failure of the Corporation to receive any indemnity
thereby provided.
24. Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer. The assistant secretary or, if
more than one, the assistant secretaries in order of seniority, and the
assistant treasurer or, if more than one, the assistant treasurers in order of
seniority, shall respectively perform all the duties of the secretary and
treasurer, respectively, in the absence or inability to act of the secretary or
treasurer as the case may be. The assistant secretary or assistant secretaries,
if more than one, and the assistant treasurer or assistant treasurers, if more
than one, shall sign such contracts, documents or instruments in writing as
require his or their signatures respectively and shall have such other powers
and duties as may from time to time be assigned to them by resolution of the
board of directors.
MANAGING DIRECTOR
25. The board of directors may from time to time appoint from their number a
managing director who is a resident Canadian and may delegate to him any of the
powers of the board of directors except as provided in subsection 115(3) of the
Act. The managing director shall conform to all lawful orders given to him by
the board of directors of the Corporation and shall at all reasonable times give
to the directors or any of them all information they may require regarding the
affairs of the Corporation. Any agent or employee appointed by the managing
director shall be subject to discharge by the board of directors.
COMMITTEES
26. The board of directors may from time to time appoint from their number one
or more committees consisting of one or more individuals and delegate to such
committee or committees any of the powers of the directors except as provided in
subsection 115(3)
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of the Act. Unless otherwise ordered by the board, a committee of directors
shall have power to fix its quorum, to elect its chairman and to regulate its
proceedings.
SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS
27. Annual Meeting. Subject to compliance with section 133 of the Act, the
annual meeting of the shareholders shall be convened on such day in each year
and at such time as the board of directors may by resolution determine.
28. Special Meetings. Other meetings of the shareholders may be convened by
order of the chairman of the board, the president or a vice-president who is a
director or by the board of directors, to be held at such time and place as may
be specified in such order.
Special meetings of shareholders may also be called by written requisition
to the board of directors signed by shareholders holding between them not less
than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of the capital of the
Corporation entitled to vote thereat. Such requisition shall state the business
to be transacted at the meeting and shall be sent to the registered office of
the Corporation. The item on the Agenda shall be limited to subject which are
validly to be considered and voted on by the shareholders.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 143(3) of the Act, it shall be
the duty of the board of directors on receipt of such requisition, to cause the
meeting to be called by the secretary of the Corporation.
If the board of directors does not, within twenty-one (21) days after
receiving such requisition call a meeting, any shareholder who signed the
requisition may call the meeting.
29. Place of Meetings. Meetings of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held
at the registered office of the Corporation or at such other place in Canada as
may be specified in the notice convening such meeting. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a meeting of shareholders may be held outside Canada if all the
shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting so agree, and a shareholder who
attends a meeting of shareholders held outside Canada is deemed to have so
agreed except when he attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting
to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not
lawfully held.
30. Notice. A printed, written or typewritten notice stating the day, hour and
place of meeting and, subject to subsection 135(6) of the Act, the general
nature of the business to be transacted shall be served to each person who is
entitled to vote at such meeting, each director of the Corporation and the
auditor of the Corporation, either personally or by sending such notice by
prepaid mail not less than twenty-one (21) days or more than fifty (50) days
before the meeting. If such notice is served by mail it shall be directed to the
latest address as shown in the records of the Corporation, of the intended
recipient. Notice of any meeting of shareholders or any irregularity in any such
meeting or in the notice thereof may be waived by any shareholder, the duly
appointed proxy of any
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shareholder, any directors or the auditor of the Corporation in writing, by
telegram, cable or telex addressed to the Corporation or by any other manner,
and any such waiver may be validly given either before or after the meeting to
which such waiver relates.
31. Omission of Notice. The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting to
or the non-receipt of any notice by any person shall not invalidate any
resolution passed or any proceeding taken at any meeting of shareholders.
32. Record Date. The board of directors may by resolution fix in advance a date
and time as the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled
to receive notice of a meeting of the shareholders, but such record date shall
not precede by more than fifty (50) days or by less than twenty-one (21) days
the date on which the meeting is to be held.
If the directors fail to fix in advance a date and time as the record date
in respect of all or any of the matters described above for any meeting of the
shareholders of the Corporation, the following provisions shall apply, as the
case may be:
(a) the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled
to receive notice of a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close
of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which notice
is given or sent;
(b) the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled
to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be the day on which the
meeting is held; and
(c) the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled
to receive the financial statements of the Corporation shall be the
close of business on the day on which the directors pass the
resolution relating thereto.
33. Votes. Voting at a meeting of shareholders shall be by show of hands except
where a ballot is demanded by a shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting. A
shareholder may demand a ballot either before or after any vote by show of
hands.
Every question submitted to any meeting of shareholders shall be decided
in the first instance, unless a ballot is demanded, on a show of hands and in
case of an equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall not, both on a
show of hands and on a ballot, have a second or casting vote in addition to the
vote or votes to which he may be entitled as a shareholder.
At any meeting, unless a ballot is demanded, a declaration by the chairman
of the meeting that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a
particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority shall be
conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of
votes recorded in favour of or against the motion.
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In the absence of the chairman of the board, the president and every
vice-president who is a director, the shareholders present entitled to vote
shall choose another director as chairman of the meeting and if no director is
present or if all the directors present decline to take the chair then the
shareholders present shall choose one of their number to be chairman.
If at any meeting a ballot is demanded on the election of a chairman or on
the question of adjournment or termination it shall be taken forthwith without
adjournment. If a ballot is demanded on any other question or as to the election
of directors it shall be taken in such manner and either at once or later at the
meeting or after adjournment as the chairman of the meeting directs. The result
of a ballot shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the
ballot was demanded. A demand for a ballot may be withdrawn.
Where a person holds shares as a personal representative, such person or
his proxy is the person entitled to vote at all meetings of shareholders in
respect of the shares so held by him.
Where a person mortgages or hypothecates his shares, such person or his
proxy is the person entitled to vote at all meetings of shareholders in respect
of such shares unless, in the instrument creating the mortgage or hypothec, he
has expressly empowered the person holding the mortgage or hypothec to vote in
respect of such shares, in which case, subject to the Corporation's articles,
such holder or his proxy is the person entitled to vote in respect of the
shares.
Where two (2) or more persons hold the same share or shares jointly, any
one of such persons present at a meeting of shareholders has the right, in the
absence of the other or others, to vote in respect of such share or shares, but
is more than one of such persons are present or represented by proxy and vote,
they shall vote together as one on the share or shares jointly held by them.
34. Proxies. A shareholder, including a shareholder that is a body corporate,
entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders may be means of a proxy appoint a
proxyholder or one or more alternate proxyholders, who are not required to be
shareholders, to attend and act at the meeting in the manner and to the extent
authorised by the proxy and with the authority conferred by the proxy.
An instrument appointing a proxyholder shall be in writing and shall be
executed by the shareholder or his attorney authorised in writing or, if the
shareholder is a body corporate, either under its seal or by an officer or
attorney thereof, duly authorised. A proxy is valid only at the meeting in
respect of which it is given or any adjournment thereof.
Unless the Act requires another form, an instrument appointing a proxyholder may
be in the following form:
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"The undersigned shareholder of __________________________________________
hereby appoints _________________________ of _____________________________
Failing him ___________________________ of __________________ as _________
the nominee of the undersigned to attend and act for and on behalf of the
undersigned at the meeting of the shareholders of the said Corporation to
be held on the day ______of _________ , 19 ___, and at any adjournment
thereof to the same extent and with the same power as if the undersigned
were personally present at the said meeting of such adjournment thereof.
Dated the ___________________________ day of ____________ ,19 ___________.
____________________________
Signature of Shareholder
NOTE:
This form of proxy must be signed by a shareholder or his attorney
authorized in writing or, if the shareholder is a body corporate, either
under its seal or by an officer or attorney thereof duly authorized."
The directors may from time to time pass regulations regarding the deposit
of instruments appointing a proxyholder at some place or places other than the
place at which a meeting or adjourned meeting of shareholders is to be held and
for particulars of such instruments to be faxed, telegraphed, cabled, telexed or
sent in writing before the meeting or adjourned meeting to the Corporation or
any agent of the Corporation for the purpose of receiving such particulars and
providing that instruments appointing a proxyholder so lodged may be voted upon
as though the instruments themselves were produced at the meeting or adjourned
meeting and votes given in accordance with such regulations shall be valid and
shall be counted. The chairman of any meeting of shareholders may, subject to
any regulations made as aforesaid, in his discretion accept telegraphic, telex,
cable or written communication as to the authority of anyone claiming to vote on
behalf of and to represent a shareholder notwithstanding that no instrument of
proxy conferring such authority has been lodged with the Corporation, and any
votes given in accordance with such telegraphic, telex, cable or written
communication accepted by the chairman of the meeting shall be valid and shall
be counted.
35. Adjournment. The chairman of the meeting may with the consent of the meeting
adjourn any meeting of shareholders from time to time to a fixed time and place.
If a meeting of shareholders is adjourned less than thirty (30) days, it is not
necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting other than by announcement at
the earliest meeting that is adjourned. If a meeting of shareholders is
adjourned by one or more adjournments for an aggregate of thirty (30) days or
more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as for an original meeting
but, unless the meeting is adjourned by one or more
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adjournments for an aggregate of more than ninety (90) days, the requirements of
subsection 149(1) of the Act relating to mandatory solicitation of proxies do
not apply.
Any adjourned meeting shall be duly constituted if held in accordance with
the terms of the adjournment and a quorum is present thereat. The persons who
formed a quorum at the original meeting are not required to form a quorum at the
adjourned meeting. If there is no quorum present at the adjourned meting, the
original meeting shall be deemed to have terminated forthwith after its
adjournment. Any business may be brought before or dealt with at any adjourned
meeting which might have been brought before or dealt with at the original
meeting in accordance with the notice calling same.
36. Quorum. One (1) person present and holding or representing by proxy at least
one (1) issued share of the Corporation shall be a quorum of any meeting of
shareholders for the choice of a chairman of the meeting and for the adjournment
of the meeting; for all other purposes a quorum for any meeting (unless a
different number of shareholders and/or a different number of shares are
required to be represented by the Act or by the articles or by any other by-law)
shall be persons present being not less than two (2) in number and holding or
representing by proxy a majority of the shares entitled to vote at such meeting.
If a quorum is present at the opening of a meeting of the shareholders, the
shareholders present may proceed with the business of the meeting,
notwithstanding that a quorum is not present throughout the meeting. Where the
Corporation has only one shareholder or only one holder of any class or series
of shares, the shareholder present in person or by proxy constitutes a meeting.
37. Resolution in lieu of meeting. Except where a written statement is submitted
by a director under subsection 110(2) of the Act or by an auditor under
subsection 168(5) of the Act, a resolution in writing signed by all shareholders
entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of shareholders is as valid as
if it had been passed at a meeting of the shareholders.
A copy of every such resolution shall be kept with the minutes of the
meetings of shareholders.
SECURITIES
38. Certificates. Share certificates (and the form of stock transfer power on
the reverse side thereof) shall (subject to compliance with section 49 of the
Act) be in such form and be signed by such director(s) or officer(s) as the
board of directors may from time to time by resolution determine.
39. Registrar and Transfer Agent. The board of directors may from time to time
by resolution appoint or remove one or more registrars and/or branch registrars
(which may but need not be the same person) to keep the register of security
holders and/or one or more transfer agents and/or branch transfer agents (which
may but need not be the same person) to keep the register of transfer, and
(subject to section 50 of the Act) may provide for the registration of issues
and the registration of transfers of the securities of the
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Corporation in one or more places and such registrars and/or branch registrars
and/or transfer agents and/or branch transfer agents shall keep all necessary
books and registers of the Corporation for the registration of the issuance and
the registration of transfers of the securities issued by the Corporation shall
be countersigned by or on behalf of one of the said registrars and/or branch
registrars and/or transfer agents and/or branch transfer agents, as the case may
be.
40. Surrender of Share Certificates. No transfer of a share issued by the
Corporation shall be recorded or registered unless or until the certificate
representing the share to be transferred has been surrendered and cancelled or,
if no certificate has been issued by the Corporation in respect of such share,
unless or until a duly executed share transfer power in respect thereof has been
presented for registration.
41. Defaced, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost Certificates. If the defacement,
destruction or apparent destruction, theft, or other wrongful taking or loss of
a share certificate is reported by the owner to the Corporation or to a
registrar, branch registrar, transfer agent or branch transfer agent of the
Corporation (hereinafter, in this paragraph, called the "Corporation's transfer
agent") and such owner gives to the Corporation or the Corporation's transfer
agent a written statement verified by oath or statutory declaration as to the
defacement, destruction or apparent destruction, theft, or other wrongful taking
or loss and the circumstances concerning the same, a request for the issuance of
a new certificate to replace the one so defaced, destroyed, wrongfully taken or
lost and a bond of a surety company (or other security approved by the board of
directors) in such form as is approved by the board of directors or by the
chairman of the board, the president, a vice-president, the secretary or the
treasurer of the Corporation, indemnifying the Corporation (and the
Corporation's transfer agent, if any), against all loss, damage or expense,
which the Corporation and/or the Corporation's transfer agent may suffer or be
liable for by reason of the issuance of a new certificate to such shareholder, a
new certificate may be issued in replacement of the one defaced, destroyed or
apparently destroyed, stolen or otherwise wrongfully taken or lost, is such
issuance is ordered and authorized by any one of the chairman of the board, the
president, a vice-president, the secretary or the treasurer of the Corporation
or by resolution of the board of directors.
DIVIDENDS
42. Subject to the relevant provisions of the Act, the board of directors may
from time to time by resolution declare and the Corporation may pay dividends on
its issued shares, subject to the relevant provisions, if any, of the articles.
NOTICE
43. Shares registered in more than one name. All notices or other documents
required to be sent to a shareholder by the Act, the regulations under the Act,
the articles or the by-laws of the Corporation shall, with respect to any shares
in the capital of the Corporation registered in more than one name, be given to
whichever of such persons is
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named first in the records of the Corporation and any notice or other document
so given shall be sufficient notice or delivery of such document to all the
holders of such shares.
44. Persons becoming entitled by operation of law. Every person who by operation
of law, transfer or by any other means whatsoever shall become entitled to any
shares in the capital of the Corporation shall be bound by every notice or other
document in respect of such shares which prior to his name and address being
entered on the records of the Corporation shall have been duly given to the
person or persons from who he derives his title to such shares.
45. Deceased Shareholder. Any notice or other document delivered or sent by post
or left at the address of any shareholder as the same appears in the records of
the Corporation shall, notwithstanding that such shareholder be then deceased
and whether or not the Corporation has notice of his decease, be deemed to have
been duly served in respect of the shares held by such shareholder (whether held
solely or with other persons) until some other person be entered in his stead in
the records of the Corporation as the holder or one of the holders thereof and
such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such
notice or other document on his heirs, executors or administrators and all
persons, if any, interested with him in such shares.
46. Signatures to Notices. The signature of any director or officer of the
Corporation to any notice may be written, stamped, typewritten or printed or
partly written, stamped, typewritten or printed.
47. Computation of Time. Where a given number of days' notice or notice
extending over any period is required to be given under any provisions of the
articles or by-laws of the Corporation, the day of service or posting of the
notice shall, unless it is otherwise provided, be counted in such number of days
or other period and such notice shall be deemed to have been given or sent on
the day of service or posting.
48. Proof of Service. A certificate of any officer of the Corporation in office
at the time of the making of the certificate or of a transfer officer of any
transfer agent or branch transfer agent of shares of any class of the
Corporation as to facts in relation to the mailing or delivery or service of any
notice or other documents to any shareholder, director, officer or auditor or
publication of any notice or other document shall be conclusive evidence thereof
and shall be binding on every shareholder, director, officer or auditor of the
Corporation, as the case may be.
CHEQUES, DRAFTS, NOTES, ETC.
49. All cheques, drafts or orders for the payment of money and all notes,
acceptances and bills of exchange shall be signed by such officer or officers or
other person or persons, whether or not officers of the Corporation, and in such
manner as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.
CUSTODY OF SECURITIES
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50. All securities, including warrants, owned by the Corporation shall be
lodged, in the name of the Corporation, with a chartered bank or a trust company
or in a safety deposit box or, if so authorized by resolution of the board of
directors, with such other depositaries or in such other manner as may be
determined from time to time by the board of directors.
All securities, including warrants, belonging to the Corporation may be
issued and held in the name of a nominee or nominees of the Corporation, and is
issued or held in the names of more than one nominee shall be held in the names
of the nominees jointly with right of survivorship and shall be endorsed in
blank with endorsement guaranteed in order to enable transfer thereof to be
completed and registration thereof to be effected.
EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS, ETC.
51. Contracts, documents or instruments in writing requiring the signature of
the Corporation may be signed by two (2) persons, one of whom holds the office
of chairman of the board, president, managing director, vice-president or
director and the other of whom holds one of the said offices or the office of
secretary, treasurer, assistant secretary or assistant treasurer or any other
office created by by-law or by resolution of the board. All contracts, documents
or instruments in writing so signed shall be binding upon the Corporation
without any further authorisation or formality. The board of directors is
authorised from time to time by resolution to appoint any officer or officers or
any other person or persons on behalf of the Corporation either to sign
contracts, documents or instruments in writing generally or to sign specific
contracts, documents or instruments in writing. Where the Corporation has only
one director and officer being the same person, that person may sign all such
contracts, documents or other written instruments.
The corporate seal, if any, may, when required, be affixed to contracts,
documents or instruments in writing signed as aforesaid or by an officer or
officers, person or persons appointed as aforesaid by resolution of the board of
directors.
The term "contracts, documents or instruments in writing" as used in this
by-law shall include deeds, mortgages, hypothecs, charges, conveyances,
transfers and assignments of property, real or personal, immoveable or moveable,
agreements, releases, receipts and discharges for the payment of money or other
obligations, conveyances, transfers and assignments of shares, warrants, bonds,
debentures or other securities and all paper writings.
In particular, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, two (2)
persons, one of whom holds the office of chairman of the board, president,
managing director, vice-president or director and the other of whom holds one of
the said offices or the office of secretary, treasurer, assistant secretary or
assistant treasurer or any other office created by by-law or by resolution of
the board are hereby authorised to sell, assign, transfer, exchange, convert or
convey all shares, bonds, debentures, rights, warrants or other securities owned
by or registered in the name of the Corporation and to sign and
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execute, under the seal of the Corporation or otherwise, all assignments,
transfers, conveyances, powers of attorney and other instruments that may be
necessary for the purpose of selling, assigning, transferring, exchanging,
converting or conveying or enforcing or exercising any voting rights in respect
of any such shares, bonds, debentures, rights, warrants or other securities.
Where the Corporation has only one director and officer, being the same person,
that person may perform the functions and exercise the powers herein
contemplated.
The signature or signatures of any officer or director of the Corporation
and/or of any other officer or officers, person or persons appointed as
aforesaid by resolution of the board of directors may, if specifically
authorised by resolution of the directors, be printed, engraved, lithographed or
otherwise mechanically reproduced upon all contracts, documents or instruments
in writing or, subject to subsections 49(4) and 49(5) of the Act, bonds,
debentures or other securities of the Corporation executed or issued by or on
behalf of the Corporation and all contracts, documents or instruments in writing
or bonds, debentures or other securities of the Corporation on which the
signatures of any of the foregoing officers, directors or persons shall be so
reproduced, by authorisation by resolution of the board of directors, shall,
subject to subsections 49(4) and 49(5) of the Act, be deemed to have been duly
signed by such officers, shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as if
they had been signed manually and notwithstanding that the officers, directors
or persons whose signature or signatures is or are so reproduced may have ceased
to hold office at the date of the delivery or issue of such contracts, documents
or instruments in writing or bonds, debentures or other securities of the
corporation.
DECLARATIONS
52. The chairman of the board, if appointed, the president, the vice-presidents,
secretary and/or treasurer, the assistant secretaries and/or assistant
treasurers, comptroller, accountant, chief clerk, or any one of them, is
authorised and empowered to appear and make answer for the Corporation to all
writs, orders and interrogatories upon articulated facts issued out of any court
and to declare for and on behalf of the Corporation any answer to writs of
attachment by way of garnishment in which the Corporation is garnishee, and to
make all affidavits and sworn declarations in connection therewith or in
connection with any or all judicial proceedings to which the Corporation is a
party and to make demands of abandonment or petitions for winding up or
bankruptcy orders upon any debtor of the Corporation and to attend and vote at
all meetings of creditors of any of the Corporation's debtors and grant proxies
in connection therewith.
FISCAL YEAR
53. The fiscal period of the Corporation shall terminate on such day in each
year as the board of directors may from time to time by resolution determine.
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