EX-3.4 6 ea166065ex3-4_rumbleinc.htm BY-LAW NO. 1 OF EXCHANGECO

Exhibit 3.4

 

 

 

1000045728 ONTARIO INC.

 

BY-LAW NO. 1

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

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DEFINITIONS/INTERPRETATION 1
     
1. Definitions 1
2. Interpretation 1
     
REGISTERED OFFICE 2
     
3. Registered Office 2
     
SEAL 2
     
4. Seal 2
     
DIRECTORS 2
     
5. Number 2
6. Vacancies 2
7. Powers 2
8. Duties 3
9. Qualification 3
10. First Directors 3
11. Election/Term of Office 3
12. Consent to Election 4
13. Removal 4
14. Vacation of Office 4
15. Validity of Acts 4
     
MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS 4
     
16. Regular and Ad Hoc Meetings 4
17. Notice 4
18. Waiver of Notice 5
19. Omission of Notice 5
20. Electronic, Telephone Participation, Etc. 5
21. Adjournment 5
22. Quorum and Voting 6
23. Resolution in Lieu of Meeting 6
     
COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS 6
     
24. General 6
25. Audit Committee 7
     
REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 8
     
26. Remuneration of Directors, Officers and Employees 8
     
SUBMISSION OF CONTRACTS OR TRANSACTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FOR APPROVAL 8
     
27. Submission of Contracts or Transactions to Shareholders for Approval 8
     
CONFLICT OF INTEREST 8
     
28. Conflict of Interest 8

 

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Table of Contents

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FOR THE PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS 9
     
29. For the Protection of Directors and Officers 9
     
INDEMNITIES TO DIRECTORS AND OTHERS 9
     
30. Indemnities to Directors and Others 9
   
OFFICERS 10
     
31. Appointment of Officers 10
32. Removal of Officers and Vacation of Office 11
33. Chair of the Board 11
34. President 11
35. Vice-President 11
36. Secretary 11
37. Treasurer 11
38. Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer 12
39. Managing Director 12
40. Duties of Officers may be Delegated 12
41. Agents and Attorneys 12
     
SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS 12
     
42. Annual Meeting 12
43. Special Meetings 12
44. Meeting on Requisition of Shareholders 13
45. Meetings held by Electronic Means and Electronic Voting 13
46. Notice 13
47. Waiver of Notice 13
48. Omission of Notice 13
49. Record Dates 13
50. Chair of the Meeting 14
51. Votes 14
52. Right to Vote 15
53. Proxies 15
54. Conduct of Meeting 16
55. Adjournment 16
56. Quorum 16
57. Persons Entitled to be Present 16
     
SHARES AND TRANSFERS 17
     
58. Issuance 17
59. Security Certificates 17
60. Agent 17
61. Dealings with Registered Holder 17
62. Defaced, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost Security Certificates 17
63. Enforcement of Lien for Indebtedness 18
64. Electronic, Book-Based or Other Non-Certificated Registered Positions 18

 

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Table of Contents

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DIVIDENDS 18
     
65. Dividends 18
66. Joint Shareholders 19
67. Dividend Payments 19
     
VOTING SECURITIES IN OTHER BODIES CORPORATE 20
     
68. Voting Securities in Other Bodies Corporate 20
     
NOTICES, ETC. 20
     
69. Service 20
70. Failure to Locate Shareholder 20
71. Shares Registered in More than one Name 20
72. Persons Becoming Entitled by Operation of Law 20
73. Signatures upon Notices 20
74. Computation of Time 20
75. Proof of Service 21
     
CUSTODY OF SECURITIES 21
     
76. Custody of Securities 21
     
EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS, ETC. 21
     
77. Execution of Contracts, Etc. 21
     
FISCAL PERIOD 22
     
78. Fiscal Period 22
     
UNANIMOUS SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT 22
     
79. Unanimous Shareholder Agreement 22
     
DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS 22
     
80. Delivery of Documents 22
     
BORROWING MONEY, ETC. 22
     
81. Borrowing Money, Etc. 22

 

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BY-LAW NO. 1

 

A By-law relating generally to the conduct of the business and affairs of 1000045728 Ontario Inc. (the "Corporation") is made as follows:

 

DEFINITIONS/INTERPRETATION

 

1.Definitions

 

In this By-law and all other by-laws of the Corporation, the following terms have the following indicated meanings:

 

(a)"Act" means the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and the regulations made thereunder, as from time to time amended, and in the case of such amendment any reference in the By-laws are to be read as referring to the amended provisions thereof;

 

(b)"Articles" means the original or restated articles of incorporation or articles of amendment, amalgamation or continuance of the Corporation;

 

(c)"Board" means the board of directors of the Corporation;

 

(d)"By-laws" means this by-law and all other by-laws of the Corporation from time to time in force and effect; and

 

(e)"Chair" means the chairperson of the Board.

 

2.Interpretation

 

(a)Defined Terms. All terms used in the By-laws that are defined in the Act and are not otherwise defined in the By-laws shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Act.

 

(b)Number and Gender. Words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa. Words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa.

 

(c)Headings. The headings used in the By-laws are inserted for reference purposes only. The headings are not to affect the construction or interpretation of the By-laws or to indicate that all of the provisions of the By-laws relating to any topic are to be found in any particular paragraph.

 

(d)Certain Terms. The term "including", "includes" and "include" means "including (or includes or include) without limitation." Any reference to a specific Paragraph number refers to the specified Paragraph in these By-laws, and any reference to a specific section number refers to the specified section in the Act unless another act is otherwise specified.

 

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REGISTERED OFFICE

 

3.Registered Office

 

The Corporation shall at all times have a registered office in Ontario at the location specified in its Articles. The Corporation may at any time (i) by resolution of its directors, change the location of its registered office within the municipality or geographic township within Ontario specified in its Articles, and (ii) by special resolution, change the municipality or geographic township in which its registered office is located to another place in Ontario.

 

SEAL

 

4.Seal

 

The directors may by resolution from time to time adopt and change a corporate seal of the Corporation.

 

DIRECTORS

 

5.Number

 

The number of directors shall be the number fixed by the Articles, or where the Articles specify a variable number, the number shall not be less than the minimum and not more than the maximum number so specified. Where a minimum and maximum number of directors of the Corporation is provided for in its Articles, the number of directors of the Corporation and the number of directors to be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders shall be such number as shall be determined from time to time by special resolution, or if the special resolution empowers the directors to determine the number, by resolution of the directors.

 

6.Vacancies

 

Subject to section 124 of the Act, a quorum of directors may fill a vacancy among the directors, except (i) a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors otherwise than in accordance with subsection 124(2) of the Act, or in the maximum number of directors, as the case may be; or (ii) a failure to elect the number of directors required to be elected at any meeting of shareholders. If there is not a quorum of directors, or if there has been a failure to elect the number of directors required by the Articles or section 125 of the Act, the directors then in office shall forthwith call a special meeting of shareholders to fill the vacancy and, if they fail to call a meeting or if there are no directors then in office, the meeting may be called by any shareholder.

 

A director appointed or elected to fill a vacancy holds office for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor.

 

7.Powers

 

The directors shall manage or supervise the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation and are not expressly directed or required to be done in some other manner by the Act, the Articles, the By-laws, any special resolution of the shareholders of the Corporation, a unanimous shareholder agreement or by statute.

 

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8.Duties

 

Every director and officer of the Corporation in exercising his or her powers and discharging his or her duties to the Corporation shall:

 

(a)act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation; and

 

(b)exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances.

 

9.Qualification

 

The following persons are disqualified from being a director of the Corporation:

 

(a)a person who is less than 18 years of age;

 

(b)a person who has been found under the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992 or under the Mental Health Act to be incapable of managing property or who has been found to be incapable by a court in Canada or elsewhere;

 

(c)a person who is not an individual; and

 

(d)a person who has the status of bankrupt.

 

A director of the Corporation is not required to hold shares issued by the Corporation.

 

10.First Directors

 

Each director named in the Articles shall hold office from the date of endorsement of the certificate of incorporation until the first meeting of shareholders. Until the first meeting of shareholders, the resignation of a director named in the Articles shall not be effective unless at the time the resignation is to become effective a successor has been elected or appointed.

 

11.Election/Term of Office

 

Subject to sections 119, 120 and 124 of the Act, shareholders of the Corporation shall, at the first meeting of shareholders and at each succeeding annual meeting at which an election of directors is required, by ordinary resolution, elect directors to hold office for a term expiring not later than the close of the third annual meeting of shareholders following the election. A director not elected for an expressly stated term ceases to hold office at the close of the first annual meeting of shareholders following his or her election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if directors are not elected at a meeting of shareholders, the incumbent directors continue in office until their successors are elected.

 

If a meeting of shareholders fails to elect the number or the minimum number of directors required by the Articles or by section 125 of the Act by reason of the disqualification, incapacity or death of one or more candidates, the directors elected at that meeting, if they constitute a quorum, may exercise all the powers of the directors, pending the holding of a meeting of shareholders in accordance with subsection 124(3) of the Act.

 

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12.Consent to Election

 

The election or appointment of a director is not effective unless the person elected or appointed consents in writing before or within 10 days after the date of election or appointment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the person elected or appointed consents in writing after such 10 day period, the election or appointment is valid.

 

13.Removal

 

Subject to section 120 of the Act, the shareholders of the Corporation may by ordinary resolution at an annual or special meeting remove any director or directors from office. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, where the holders of any class or series of share of the Corporation have an exclusive right to elect one or more directors, a director so elected may only be removed by an ordinary resolution at a meeting of the shareholders of that class or series.

 

14.Vacation of Office

 

A director of the Corporation ceases to hold office when:

 

(a)the director dies or, subject to subsection 119(2) of the Act, resigns;

 

(b)the director is removed from office; or

 

(c)the director ceases to be qualified pursuant to Paragraph 9 hereof.

 

A resignation of a director becomes effective at the time a written resignation is received by the Corporation, or at the time specified in the resignation, whichever is later.

 

15.Validity of Acts

 

An act done by a director or by an officer is not invalid by reason only of any defect that is thereafter discovered in his or her appointment, election or qualification.

 

MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS

 

16.Regular and Ad Hoc Meetings

 

Unless the Articles otherwise provide, meetings of directors and of any committee of directors may be held at any place within or outside Ontario, and in any financial year of the Corporation, a majority of the meetings of the Board need not be held at a place within Canada. A meeting of directors may be convened by the Chair (if any), the President (if any) or any director at any time and the Secretary (if any) or any other officer or any director shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following receipt of a direction from any of the foregoing, send a notice of the applicable meeting to the directors. A quorum of the directors may, at any time, call a meeting of the directors for the transaction of any business the general nature of which is specified in the notice calling the meeting.

 

17.Notice

 

Notice of the time and place for the holding of any meeting of directors or of any committee of directors shall be sent to each director, or each director who is a member of such committee, as the case may be, not less than 48 hours before the time of the meeting; provided that a meeting of directors, or of any committee of directors, may be held at any time without notice if all the directors or members of such committee are present (except where a director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called) or if all the absent directors waive notice of the meeting.

 

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For the first meeting of directors to be held following the election of directors at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders or for a meeting of directors at which a director is appointed to fill a vacancy in the board, 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.

 

18.Waiver of Notice

 

Notice of any meeting of directors or of any committee of directors or the time for the giving of any such notice or any irregularity in any meeting or in the notice thereof may be waived by any director in writing or by facsimile or email addressed to the Corporation or in any other manner, and any such waiver may be validly given either before or after the meeting to which such waiver relates. Attendance of a director at any meeting of directors or of any committee of directors is a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when 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.

 

19.Omission of Notice

 

The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting of directors or of any committee of directors to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any person shall not invalidate any resolution passed or any proceeding taken at such meeting.

 

20.Electronic, Telephone Participation, Etc.

 

If all the directors of the Corporation consent, a director may participate in a meeting of directors or of any committee of directors by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that permits all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously. A director's consent shall be effective whether given before or after the meeting to which it relates and may be given with respect to all meetings of the Board or a committee thereof held while the director holds office. A director participating in such a meeting by such means is deemed for the purposes of the Act and the By-laws to be present at that meeting.

 

21.Adjournment

 

Any meeting of directors or of any committee of directors may be adjourned from time to time by the chair of the meeting, with the consent of the meeting, to a fixed time and place. Notice of an adjourned meeting of directors or committee of directors is not required to be given if the time and place of the adjourned meeting is announced at the original meeting. Any adjourned meeting shall be duly constituted if held in accordance with the terms of the adjournment and a quorum is 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. Any business may be brought before or dealt with at the adjourned meeting that might have been brought before or dealt with at the original meeting in accordance with the notice calling the same.

 

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22.Quorum and Voting

 

Subject to the Articles, a majority of the number of directors then in office constitutes a quorum at any meeting of directors. Notwithstanding any vacancy among the directors, a quorum of directors may exercise all the powers of the directors. If the Corporation has fewer than three directors, all of the directors must be present at any meeting of directors to constitute a quorum. Subject to the Act, directors shall not transact business at a meeting of directors unless a quorum is present. Questions arising at any meeting of directors shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting in addition to his or her original vote shall not have a second or casting vote.

 

23.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 or a committee of directors, is as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of directors or a committee of directors. A resolution in writing dealing with all matters required by the Act or the By-laws to be dealt with at a meeting of directors, and signed by all the directors entitled to vote at that meeting, satisfies all the requirements of the Act and the By-laws relating to meetings of directors.

 

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

 

24.General

 

The directors may from time to time appoint from their number a managing director, or a committee of directors, and may delegate to such managing director or such committee any of the powers of the directors, except that (unless the Act otherwise permits) no managing director or committee shall have the authority to:

 

(a)submit to the shareholders any question or matter requiring the approval of the shareholders;

 

(b)fill a vacancy among the directors or in the office of auditor or appoint or remove any of the chief executive officers, however designated, the chief financial officer, however designated, the chair or the president of the Corporation;

 

(c)subject to section 184 of the Act, issue securities except in the manner and on the terms authorized by the directors;

 

(d)declare dividends;

 

(e)purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares issued by the Corporation;

 

(f)pay a commission referred to in section 37 of the Act;

 

(g)approve a management information circular referred to in Part VIII of the Act;

 

(h)approve a take-over bid circular, directors' circular or issuer bid circular referred to in Part XX of the Securities Act (Ontario);

 

(i)approve any financial statements referred to in clause 154(1)(b) of the Act and Part XVIII of the Securities Act (Ontario);

 

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(j)approve an amalgamation under section 177 of the Act or an amendment to the Articles under subsection 168(2) or (4) of the Act; or

 

(k)adopt, amend or repeal by-laws of the Corporation.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the directors may, by resolution, delegate to a director, a committee of directors, or an officer the power to:

 

(a)borrow money upon the credit of the Corporation;

 

(b)issue, reissue, sell or pledge debt obligations of the Corporation;

 

(c)give a guarantee on behalf of the Corporation to secure performance of an obligation of any person; and

 

(d)mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in all or any property of the Corporation, owned or subsequently acquired, to secure any obligation of the Corporation.

 

25.Audit Committee

 

Unless authorized by the Ontario Securities Commission to dispense with the audit committee, if the Corporation becomes an offering corporation, as defined in the Act, the Board shall appoint from among their number an audit committee to be composed of not fewer than three directors, a majority of whom are not officers or employees of the Corporation or any of its affiliates, to hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders. At any time when the Corporation is not an offering corporation, the directors may (but shall not be required to) appoint from among their number an audit committee to be composed of not fewer than three directors, a majority of whom are not officers or employees of the Corporation or any of its affiliates, to hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders.

 

Each member of the audit committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and, in any event, only so long as such member shall be a director. The directors may fill vacancies in the audit committee by election from among their number.

 

The audit committee, if appointed, shall have power to fix its quorum at not less than a majority of its members and to determine its own rules of procedure subject to any requirements imposed by the Board from time to time and to the following paragraph.

 

The auditor of the Corporation is entitled to receive notice of every meeting of the audit committee and, at the expense of the Corporation, to attend and be heard thereat, and, if so requested by a member of the audit committee, shall attend every meeting of the committee held during the term of office of the auditor. The auditor of the Corporation or any member of the audit committee may call a meeting of the audit committee.

 

The audit committee, if appointed, shall review the financial statements of the Corporation referred to in section 154 of the Act, and shall report thereon to the Board before such financial statements are approved under section 159 of the Act, and shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time by resolution be assigned to it by the board.

 

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REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

 

26.Remuneration of Directors, Officers and Employees

 

The directors of the Corporation may fix the remuneration of the directors, officers and employees of the Corporation. Any remuneration paid to a director of the Corporation shall be in addition to the salary paid to such director in his or her capacity as an officer or employee of the Corporation. Subject to section 132 of the Act, the directors may also by resolution award special remuneration to any director in undertaking any special services on the Corporation's behalf other than the routine work ordinarily required of a director of the Corporation. The confirmation of any such resolution by the shareholders shall not be required. The directors, officers and employees shall also be entitled to be paid their travelling and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with the affairs of the Corporation.

 

SUBMISSION OF CONTRACTS OR
TRANSACTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FOR APPROVAL

 

27.Submission of Contracts or Transactions to Shareholders for Approval

 

The directors, in their discretion, may submit any contract, act or transaction for approval, ratification or confirmation at any annual or 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 other applicable law 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 and/or confirmed by every shareholder of the Corporation.

 

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

 

28.Conflict of Interest

 

A director or officer of the Corporation who is:

 

(a)a party to a material contract or transaction or proposed material contract or proposed transaction with the Corporation; or

 

(b)a director or an officer of, or has a material interest in, any person who is a party to a material contract or transaction or proposed material contract or proposed transaction with the Corporation;

 

shall, at the time and in the manner provided in the Act, disclose in writing to the Corporation or request to have entered in the minutes of meetings of directors, the nature and extent of his or her interest. Except as provided in the Act, no such director of the Corporation shall attend any part of a meeting of directors during which the contract or transaction is discussed, and no such director shall vote on any resolution to approve such contract or transaction.

 

If a material contract is made or a material transaction is entered into between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and another person of which a director or officer of the Corporation is a director or officer or in which he or she has a material interest, the director or officer shall not be accountable to the Corporation or its shareholders for any profit or gain realized from the contract or transaction, and the contract shall not be void or voidable, by reason only of that relationship or by reason only that such director is present at or is counted to determine the presence of a quorum at the meeting of directors that authorized the contract or transaction, if (a) the director or officer disclosed his or her interest in accordance with the Act, and (b) the contract or transaction was reasonable and fair to the Corporation at the time it was approved.

 

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Even if the foregoing conditions are not met, a director or officer, acting honestly and in good faith, shall not be accountable to the Corporation or to its shareholders for any profit or gain realized from any such contract or transaction, by reason only of his or her holding the office of director or officer, and the contract or transaction, if it was reasonable and fair to the Corporation at the time it was approved, shall not be by reason only of the director's or officer's interest therein void or voidable, where (a) the contract or transaction is confirmed or approved by special resolution at a meeting of the shareholders duly called for that purpose, and (b) the nature and extent of the director's or officer's interest in the contract or transaction are disclosed in reasonable detail in the notice calling the meeting or in the information circular.

 

FOR THE PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

29.For the Protection of Directors and Officers

 

No director or officer of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other director or officer or employee or for joining in any receipt or act for conformity or for any loss, damage or expense happening to the Corporation through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired by the Corporation or for or on behalf of the Corporation or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the monies of or belonging to the Corporation shall be placed out or invested or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious act of any person, firm or corporation including any person, firm or corporation with whom or which any monies, securities or effects shall be lodged or deposited or for any loss, conversion, misapplication or misappropriation of or any damage resulting from any dealings with any monies, securities or other assets belonging to the Corporation or for any other loss, damage or misfortune whatever that may happen in the execution of the duties of such director's or officer's respective office of trust or in relation thereto, unless the same shall happen by or through the director's or officer's failure to exercise the powers and to discharge the duties of office honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation, and in connection therewith to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances, provided that nothing herein contained shall relieve a director or officer from the duty to act in accordance with the Act or relieve such director or officer from liability under the Act. If any director or officer of the Corporation shall be employed by or shall perform services for the Corporation otherwise than as a director or officer or shall be a member of a firm or a shareholder, director or officer of a body corporate which is employed by or performs services for the Corporation, the fact that the director or officer is a shareholder, director or officer of the Corporation or body corporate or member of the firm shall not disentitle such director or officer or such firm or body corporate, as the case may be, from receiving proper remuneration for such services.

 

INDEMNITIES TO DIRECTORS AND OTHERS

 

30.Indemnities to Directors and Others

 

(a)The Corporation shall indemnify a director or officer of the Corporation, a former director or officer of the Corporation or another individual who acts or acted at the Corporation's request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, or any other individual permitted by the Act to be so indemnified in the manner and to the fullest extent permitted by the Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to section 136 of the Act, the Corporation shall indemnify a director or officer of the Corporation, a former director or officer of the Corporation or another individual who acts or acted at the Corporation's request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including costs reasonably incurred in the defence of an action or proceeding and an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association with the Corporation or other entity.

 

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(b)The Corporation shall advance moneys to a director, officer or other individual for the costs, charges and expenses of a proceeding referred to in Paragraph 30(a). The individual shall repay the money if the individual does not fulfill the conditions of Paragraph 30(c).

 

(c)The Corporation shall not indemnify an individual under Paragraph 30(a) unless the individual:

 

(i)acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation, or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as a director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Corporation's request; and

 

(ii)in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the individual's conduct was lawful.

 

(d)The Corporation shall, with the approval of a court, indemnify an individual referred to in Paragraph 30(a), or advance moneys under Paragraph 30(b), in respect of an action by or on behalf of the Corporation or other entity to obtain a judgment in its favour, to which the individual is made a party because of the individual's association with the Corporation or other entity as described in Paragraph 30(a), against all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by the individual in connection with such action, if the individual fulfils the conditions set out in Paragraph 30(c).

 

(e)The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of an individual referred to in Paragraph 30(a) against any liability incurred by that individual to the extent permitted by the Act.

 

OFFICERS

 

31.Appointment of Officers

 

The directors annually or as often as may be required may appoint from among themselves a Chair (either on a full-time or part-time basis) and may appoint a President, one or more Vice-Presidents (to which title may be added words indicating seniority or function), a Secretary, a Treasurer and one or more assistants to any of the officers so appointed. None of such officers except the Chair needs to be a director of the Corporation although a director may be appointed to any office of the Corporation. Two or more offices of the Corporation may be held by the same person. The directors may from time to time appoint such other officers, employees and agents as they 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 directors. The directors may from time to time and subject to the provisions of the Act, vary, add to or limit the duties and powers of any officer, employee or agent.

 

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32.Removal of Officers and Vacation of Office

 

All officers, employees and agents shall be subject to removal by resolution of the directors at any time, with or without cause.

 

An officer of the Corporation ceases to hold office when such officer dies, resigns or is removed from office. A resignation of an officer becomes effective at the time a written resignation is sent to the Corporation, or at the time specified in the resignation, whichever is later.

 

33.Chair of the Board

 

The Chair (if any) shall, if present, preside as chair at all meetings of the Board and at all meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation. The Chair shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by resolution of the directors.

 

34.President

 

The President (if any) shall, unless otherwise determined by resolution of the board, be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall, subject to the direction of the Board, exercise general supervision and control over the business and affairs of the Corporation. In the absence of the Chair (if any), and if the President is also a director of the Corporation, the President shall, when present, preside as chair at all meetings of directors and the shareholders of the Corporation. The President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by resolution of the directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

35.Vice-President

 

The Vice-President (if any) 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 chair at any meeting of directors or shareholders. The Vice-President or, if more than one, the Vice-Presidents shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him, her or them by resolution of the directors or as are incident to the office of the applicable Vice-President.

 

36.Secretary

 

Unless another officer has been appointed for that purpose, the Secretary (if any) shall give or cause to be given notices for all meetings of directors, any committee of directors and shareholders when directed to do so and shall, subject to the provisions of the Act, maintain the records referred to in section 140 of the Act. The Secretary shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Secretary by resolution of the directors or as are incident to the office of the Secretary.

 

37.Treasurer

 

Subject to the provisions of any resolution of the directors, the Treasurer (if any) or such other officer who has been appointed for that purpose 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 directors may by resolution direct; provided that the Treasurer may from time to time arrange for the temporary deposit of moneys of the Corporation in banks, trust companies or other financial institutions within or outside Canada not so directed by the Board for the purpose of facilitating transfer thereof to the credit of the Corporation in a bank, trust company or other financial institution so directed. Unless another officer has been appointed for that purpose, the Treasurer shall prepare and maintain adequate accounting records. The Treasurer shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to such person by resolution of the directors or as are incident to the office of the Treasurer. The Treasurer may be required to give such bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties as the directors in their sole 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.

 

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38.Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer

 

The Assistant Secretary (if any) or, if more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in order of seniority, and the Assistant Treasurer (if any) or, if more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in order of seniority, shall assist the Secretary and Treasurer, respectively, in the performance of his or her duties and shall be vested with all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the Secretary and Treasurer, respectively, in the absence or inability or refusal to act of the Secretary or Treasurer as the case may be. The Assistant Secretary or, if more than one, the Assistant Secretaries and the Assistant Treasurer or, if more than one, the Assistant Treasurers shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him, her or them by resolution of the directors.

 

39.Managing Director

 

The Managing Director (if any) shall conform to all lawful orders given to him or her by the directors 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.

 

40.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 directors may deem sufficient, the directors may delegate all or any of the powers of such officer to any other officer or to any director for the time being.

 

41.Agents and Attorneys

 

The Corporation shall have power from time to time to appoint agents or attorneys for the Corporation in or outside Canada with such powers (including the power to subdelegate) of management, administration or otherwise as may be thought fit.

 

SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS

 

42.Annual Meeting

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place in or outside Ontario as the directors determine or, in the absence of such a determination, at the place where the registered office of the Corporation is located.

 

43.Special Meetings

 

The directors of the Corporation may at any time call a special meeting of shareholders to be held at such place in or outside Ontario as the directors may determine or, in the absence of such a determination, at the place where the registered office of the Corporation is located.

 

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44.Meeting on Requisition of Shareholders

 

The holders of not less than 5% of the issued shares of the Corporation that carry the right to vote at a meeting sought to be held may requisition the directors to call a meeting of shareholders for the purposes stated in the requisition. The requisition shall state the business to be transacted at the meeting and shall be sent to the registered office of the Corporation. Subject to subsection 105(3) of the Act, upon receipt of the requisition, the directors shall call a meeting of shareholders to transact the business stated in the requisition (but if the directors are obligated to call a meeting and do not do so within 21 days after receiving the requisition call a meeting, any shareholder who signed the requisition may call the meeting).

 

45.Meetings held by Electronic Means and Electronic Voting

 

A meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation may be held by telephonic or electronic means (as defined in the Act) and a shareholder who, through those means, votes at the meeting or establishes a communications link to the meeting shall be deemed, for purposes of the Act and the By-laws, to be present at the meeting.

 

46.Notice

 

A notice in writing of a meeting of shareholders, stating the day, hour and place of the meeting and if special business is to be transacted thereat, stating (i) the nature of that business in sufficient detail to permit the shareholder to form a reasoned judgment on that business and (ii) the text of any special resolution or by-law to be submitted to the meeting, shall be sent to each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting, who on the record date for notice is registered on the records of the Corporation or its transfer agent as a shareholder, to each director of the Corporation and to the auditor of the Corporation not less than 10 days, or if the Corporation becomes an "offering corporation" (as defined in the Act) not less than 21 days, but in either case not more than 50 days before the meeting.

 

47.Waiver of Notice

 

Notice of any meeting of shareholders or the time for the giving of any such notice or any irregularity in any meeting or in the notice thereof may be waived by any shareholder, the duly appointed proxy of any shareholder, any director or the auditor of the Corporation in writing or by facsimile or other form of recorded electronic transmission addressed to the Corporation or in any other manner and any such waiver may be validly given either before or after the meeting to which such waiver relates. Attendance of a shareholder or any other person entitled to attend at a meeting of shareholders is a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person 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.

 

48.Omission of Notice

 

The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting of shareholders to or the non-receipt of any notice by any person shall not invalidate any resolution passed or any proceeding taken at any such meeting.

 

49.Record Dates

 

Subject to subsection 95(4) of the Act, the directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for the determination of shareholders (i) entitled to receive payment of a dividend, (ii) entitled to participate in a liquidation or distribution or (iii) for any other purpose except the right to receive notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, but such record date shall not precede by more than 50 days the particular action to be taken.

 

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Subject to subsection 95(4) of the Act, the directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of a meeting of shareholders, but such record date shall not precede by more than 60 days or by less than 30 days the date on which the meeting is to be held.

 

If no record date is fixed,

 

(a)the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of a meeting of shareholders shall be,

 

(i)at the close of business on the last business day preceding the day on which the notice is given, or

 

(ii)if no notice is given, the day on which the meeting is held; and

 

(b)the record date for the determination of shareholders for any purpose other than to establish a shareholder's right to receive notice of a meeting or to vote shall be at the close of business on the day on which the directors pass the resolution relating to that purpose.

 

50.Chair of the Meeting

 

The Chair, if any, or, in his or her absence or in case of his or her inability or refusal or failure to act, such other person (other than a person who is an executive officer or employee of the Corporation) as may have been designated by the Chair to exercise such function in his or her absence, shall preside at meetings of shareholders. In the absence of all such persons or, in case of their inability or refusal or failure to act, the persons present entitled to vote shall choose another director as chair and if no director is present, or if all the directors present refuse to act, then the persons entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to be chair of the meeting.

 

51.Votes

 

Votes at meetings of shareholders may be cast either personally or by proxy. Subject to Paragraph 53, every question submitted to any meeting of shareholders shall be decided on a show of hands, except when a ballot is required by the chair of the meeting or is demanded by a shareholder or proxyholder entitled to vote at the meeting or is otherwise required by the Act. A shareholder or proxyholder may demand a ballot either before or after any vote by a show of hands. At every meeting at which shareholders are entitled to vote, each shareholder present on his or her own behalf and every proxyholder present shall have one vote. Upon any ballot at which shareholders are entitled to vote, each shareholder present on his or her own behalf or by proxy shall (subject to the provisions, if any, of the Articles) have one vote for every share registered in the name of such shareholder. In the case of an equality of votes under this Paragraph, the chair of the meeting shall not have a second or casting vote in addition to the vote or votes to which he or she may be entitled as a shareholder or proxyholder.

 

At any meeting of shareholders, unless a ballot is demanded, an entry in the minutes of the meeting that a resolution was carried or defeated following a vote by way of a show of hands is, in absence of evidence to the contrary, sufficient proof of the results of the vote, and no record need be kept of the number or proportion of votes for or against the resolution. However, the chair of the meeting may direct that a record be kept of the number or proportion of votes for or against the resolution for any purpose the chair of the meeting considers appropriate.

 

If at any meeting a ballot is demanded on the election of a chair for the meeting or on the question of adjournment or termination, the ballot shall be taken forthwith without adjournment. If a ballot is demanded on any other question or as to the election of directors, the ballot shall be taken in such manner and at such time as the chair 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.

 

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52.Right to Vote

 

Unless the Articles otherwise provide, each share of the Corporation entitles the holder thereof to one vote at a meeting of shareholders.

 

Where a body corporate or a trust, association or other unincorporated organization is a shareholder of the Corporation, any individual authorized by a resolution of the directors of the body corporate or the directors, trustees or other governing body of the association, trust or unincorporated organization, to represent it at meetings of shareholders of the Corporation shall be recognized as the person entitled to vote at all such meetings of shareholders in respect of the shares held by such body corporate or by such trust, association or other unincorporated organization and the chair of the meeting may establish or adopt rules or procedures in relation to the recognition of a person to vote shares held by such body corporate or by such trust, association or other unincorporated organization.

 

Where a person holds shares as a personal representative, such person or his or her proxy is the person entitled to vote at all meetings of shareholders in respect of the shares so held by him or her, and the chair of the meeting may establish or adopt rules or procedures in relation to the recognition of such person to vote the shares in respect of which such person has been appointed as a personal representative.

 

Where a person mortgages, pledges or hypothecates his or her shares, such person or such person's proxy is the person entitled to vote at all meetings of shareholders in respect of such shares so long as such person remains the registered owner of such shares unless, in the instrument creating the mortgage, pledge or hypothec, the person has expressly empowered the person holding the mortgage, pledge or hypothec to vote in respect of such shares, in which case, subject to the Articles, such holder or such holder's proxy is the person entitled to vote in respect of the shares and the chair of the meeting may establish or adopt rules or procedures in relation to the recognition of the person holding the mortgage, pledge or hypothec as the person entitled to vote in respect of the applicable shares.

 

Where two or more persons hold shares jointly, one of those holders present at a meeting of shareholders may in the absence of the others vote the shares, but if two or more of those persons are present on their own behalf or by proxy, they shall vote as one on the shares jointly held by them and the chair of the meeting may establish or adopt rules or procedures in that regard.

 

53.Proxies

 

Every shareholder, including a shareholder that is a body corporate or a trust, association or other unincorporated organization, entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders may by 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 authorized by the proxy and with the authority conferred by the proxy.

 

A proxy must be signed in writing or by electronic signature by the shareholder or an attorney who is authorized by a document that is signed in writing or by electronic signature or if the shareholder is a body corporate, by an officer or attorney of the body corporate duly authorized.

 

The directors may, by resolution, fix a time and specify in a notice calling a meeting of shareholders a time not exceeding 48 hours, excluding Saturdays and holidays, preceding any meeting of shareholders or an adjournment of the meeting of shareholders before which time proxies to be used at that meeting must be deposited with the Corporation or its agent.

 

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54.Conduct of Meeting

 

The chair of the meeting shall conduct the proceedings at the meeting and the chair of the meeting's decision in any matter or thing, including, without limitation, any question regarding the validity or invalidity of any instruments of proxy and any question as to the admission or rejection of a vote, shall be conclusive and binding upon the shareholders.

 

55.Adjournment

 

Subject to the Act, the Articles or any unanimous shareholder agreement, the chair of the meeting may, with the consent of the meeting and subject to such conditions as the meeting decides, adjourn the meeting of shareholders from time to time and from place to place. If the meeting of shareholders is adjourned for less than 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 the meeting of shareholders is adjourned by one or more adjournments for an aggregate of 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 adjournments for an aggregate of more than 90 days, section 111 of the Act does 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 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. Any business may be brought before or dealt with at any adjourned meeting that might have been brought before or dealt with at the original meeting in accordance with the notice calling the same.

 

56.Quorum

 

At all meetings of shareholders it shall be necessary in order to constitute a quorum for two persons entitled to vote at the meeting to be present and for not less than 25 per cent of the outstanding shares of the Corporation which may be voted at the meeting to be represented in person or by proxy or by a duly authorized representative of a shareholder. If a quorum is present at the opening of a meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present may proceed with the business of the meeting, notwithstanding that a quorum is not present throughout the meeting. If a quorum is not present at the opening of any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present may adjourn the meeting to a fixed time and place but may not transact any other business.

 

If the Corporation has only one shareholder, or one shareholder holding a majority of the shares entitled to vote at the meeting, that shareholder present on his or her own behalf or by proxy constitutes a meeting and a quorum for such meeting.

 

57.Persons Entitled to be Present

 

The only persons entitled to be present at a meeting of shareholders shall be those entitled to vote thereat, the directors and auditor of the Corporation and others who, although not entitled to vote, are entitled or required under any provision of the Act or the Articles or the By-laws to be present at the meeting. Any other person may be admitted only on the invitation of the chair of the meeting or with the consent of the meeting.

 

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SHARES AND TRANSFERS

 

58.Issuance

 

Subject to the Articles, and to section 26 of the Act, shares in the Corporation may be issued at the times and to the persons and for the consideration that the directors determine; provided that a share shall not be issued until the consideration for the share is fully paid in money or in property or past service that is not less in value than the fair equivalent of the money that the Corporation would have received if the share had been issued for money.

 

59.Security Certificates

 

Security certificates (if any) shall (subject to compliance with section 56 of the Act) be in such form as the directors may from time to time by resolution approve and such certificates shall be signed manually, or the signature shall be printed or otherwise mechanically reproduced on the certificate, by at least one director or officer of the Corporation or by a registrar, transfer agent or branch transfer agent of the Corporation or an individual on their behalf, or by a trustee who certifies it in accordance with a trust indenture, and any additional signatures required on a security certificate may be printed or otherwise mechanically reproduced thereon. If a security certificate contains a printed or mechanically reproduced signature of a person, the Corporation may issue the security certificate, notwithstanding that the person has ceased to be a director or an officer of the Corporation, and the security certificate is as valid as if he or she were a director or an officer at the date of its issue.

 

60.Agent

 

For each class of securities and warrants issued by the Corporation, the directors may from time to time by resolution appoint or remove,

 

(a)a trustee, transfer agent or other agent to keep the securities register and the register of transfer and one or more persons or agents to keep branch registers; and

 

(b)a registrar, trustee or agent to maintain a record of issued certificates and warrants,

 

and, subject to section 48 of the Act, one person may be appointed for the purposes of both clauses (a) and (b) in respect of all securities and warrants of the Corporation or any class or classes thereof.

 

61.Dealings with Registered Holder

 

Subject to the Act and the By-laws, the Corporation may treat the registered holder of a security as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notices, to receive any interest, dividend or other payments in respect of the security, and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of a holder of the security.

 

62.Defaced, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost Security Certificates

 

In the event of the defacement, destruction, theft or loss of a security certificate, the fact of such defacement, destruction, theft or loss shall be reported by the owner to the Corporation or to an agent of the Corporation (if any), on behalf of the Corporation, with a statement verified by oath or statutory declaration as to the defacement, destruction, theft or loss and the circumstances concerning the same and with a request for the issuance of a new security certificate to replace the one so defaced (together with the surrender of the defaced security certificate), destroyed, stolen or lost. Upon the giving to the Corporation (or if there be an agent, hereinafter in this Paragraph referred to as the "Corporation's agent", then to the Corporation and the Corporation's agent) of an indemnity bond (or other security approved by the directors) in such form as is approved by the directors or by any officer of the Corporation, indemnifying the Corporation (and the Corporation's agent if any) against all loss, damage or expense, which the Corporation and/or the Corporation's agent may suffer or be liable for by reason of the issuance of a new security certificate to such owner, a new security certificate shall be issued in replacement of the one defaced, destroyed, stolen or lost, and such issuance may be ordered and authorized by any officer of the Corporation or by the directors.

 

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63.Enforcement of Lien for Indebtedness

 

Except in the case of any class or series of shares of the Corporation listed on a stock exchange, the Corporation shall have a lien on the shares registered in the name of a shareholder or the shareholder's legal representative for a debt of that shareholder to the Corporation and such lien may be enforced by the sale of the shares thereby affected or by any other action, suit, remedy or proceeding authorized or permitted by law or by equity and, pending such enforcement, the Corporation may refuse to register a transfer of the whole or any part of such shares. No sale shall be made until such time as the debt ought to be paid and until a demand and notice in writing stating the amount due and demanding payment and giving notice of intention to sell on default shall have been served on the holder or such shareholder's legal representative of the shares subject to the lien and default shall have been made in payment of such debt for seven days after service of such notice. Upon any such sale, the proceeds shall be applied, firstly, in payment of all costs of such sale, and, secondly, in satisfaction of such debt and the residue (if any) shall be paid to the shareholder or as such shareholder shall direct. Upon any such sale, the directors may enter or cause to be entered the purchaser's name in the securities register of the Corporation as holder of the shares, and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the regularity or validity of, or be affected by, any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings, or be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, and after the purchaser's name or the name of the purchaser's legal representative has been entered in the securities register, the validity of the sale shall not be impeached by any person.

 

64.Electronic, Book-Based or Other Non-Certificated Registered Positions

 

For greater certainty, but subject to section 54 of the Act, a registered securityholder may have his or her holdings of securities of the Corporation evidenced by an electronic, book-based, direct registration service or other non-certificated entry or position on the register of securityholders to be kept by the Corporation in place of a physical security certificate pursuant to a registration system that may be adopted by the Corporation, in conjunction with its transfer agent (if any). The By-laws shall be read such that a registered holder of securities of the Corporation pursuant to any such electronic, book-based, direct registration service or other non-certificated entry or position shall be entitled to all of the same benefits, rights, entitlements and shall incur the same duties and obligations as a registered holder of securities evidenced by a physical security certificate. The Corporation and its transfer agent (if any) may adopt such policies and procedures and require such documents and evidence as they may determine necessary or desirable in order to facilitate the adoption and maintenance of a security registration system by electronic, book-based, direct registration system or other non-certificated means.

 

DIVIDENDS

 

65.Dividends

 

Subject to the Articles, the directors may from time to time by resolution declare and the Corporation may pay dividends on its issued shares.

 

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The directors shall not declare and the Corporation shall not pay a dividend if there are reasonable grounds for believing that:

 

(a)the Corporation is, or after the payment, would be unable to pay its liabilities as they become due; or

 

(b)the realizable value of the Corporation's assets would thereby be less than the aggregate of its liabilities and its stated capital of all classes.

 

The Corporation may pay a dividend by issuing fully paid shares of the Corporation or options or rights to acquire fully paid shares of the Corporation and the Corporation may pay a dividend in money or property.

 

66.Joint Shareholders

 

In case several persons are registered as the joint holders of any securities of the Corporation, any one of such persons may give effectual receipts for all dividends and payments on account of dividends, principal, interest and/or redemption payments in respect of such securities.

 

67.Dividend Payments

 

A dividend payable in money shall be paid by cheque to the order of each registered holder of shares of the class or series in respect of which it has been declared and mailed by prepaid ordinary mail to such registered holder at the recorded address of such registered holder, or, paid by electronic funds transfer to the bank account designated by the registered holder, unless such holder otherwise directs. In the case of joint holders, the cheque or payment shall, unless such joint holders otherwise direct, be made payable to the order of all of such joint holders and, if more than one address is recorded in the Corporation's security register in respect of such joint holding, the cheque shall be mailed to the first address so appearing. The mailing of such cheque as aforesaid, unless the same is not paid on due presentation, or the electronic funds transfer as aforesaid, shall satisfy and discharge the liability for the dividend to the extent of the sum represented thereby plus the amount of any tax which the Corporation is required to and does withhold. In the event of non-receipt of any dividend cheque or payment by the person to whom it is sent as aforesaid, the Corporation shall issue to such person a replacement cheque or payment for a like amount on such terms as to indemnity, reimbursement of expenses and evidence of non-receipt and of title as any officer or the directors may from time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any particular case.

 

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VOTING SECURITIES IN OTHER BODIES CORPORATE

 

68.Voting Securities in Other Bodies Corporate

 

All securities of or other interests in a body corporate or a trust, association or other unincorporated organization carrying voting rights and held from time to time by the Corporation may be voted at all meetings of shareholders, unitholders, bondholders, debenture holders or holders of such securities or other interests, as the case may be, of such other body corporate or trust, association or other unincorporated organization, and in such manner and by such person or persons as the directors of the Corporation shall from time to time determine and authorize by resolution. Any officer of the Corporation may also from time to time execute and deliver for and on behalf of the Corporation proxies and arrange for the issuance of voting certificates or other evidence of the right to vote in such names as such officer may determine, without the necessity of a resolution or other action by the directors.

 

NOTICES, ETC.

 

69.Service

 

Any notice or document required by the Act, the regulations thereunder, the Articles, the By-laws or otherwise to be sent to any shareholder or director of the Corporation may be delivered personally to, or sent by pre-paid mail addressed to:

 

(a)a shareholder at the shareholder's latest address as shown in the records of the Corporation or its transfer agent; and

 

(b)a director at the director's latest address as shown in the records of the Corporation or in the most recent notice filed under the Corporations Information Act, whichever is the more current.

 

A notice or document sent by mail to a shareholder or director of the Corporation is deemed to be received by the addressee on the fifth day after mailing.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a notice or document required or permitted to be sent under sections 262 and 263 of the Act may be sent by electronic means in accordance with the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000.

 

70.Failure to Locate Shareholder

 

If the Corporation sends a notice or document to a shareholder and the notice or document is returned on two consecutive occasions because the shareholder cannot be found, the Corporation is not required to send any further notices or documents to the shareholder until the shareholder informs the Corporation in writing of the shareholder's new address.

 

71.Shares Registered in More than one Name

 

All notices or documents shall, with respect to any shares in the capital of the Corporation registered in more than one name, be sent to whichever of such persons is named first in the records of the Corporation and any notice or document so sent shall be sufficient notice of delivery of such document to all the holders of such shares.

 

72.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 document in respect of such shares which prior to his or her name and address being entered on the records of the Corporation in respect of such shares shall have been duly sent to the person or persons from whom such person derives his or her title to such shares.

 

73.Signatures upon Notices

 

The signature of any director or officer of the Corporation upon any notice need not be a manual signature.

 

74.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 the By-laws, the day the notice is sent shall, unless it is otherwise provided by applicable law, be counted in such number of days or other period.

 

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75.Proof of Service

 

A certificate of any officer of the Corporation in office at the time of the making of the certificate or of an agent of the Corporation as to facts in relation to the mailing or delivery or sending of any notice or document to any shareholder, director, officer or auditor of the Corporation or any other person or publication of any notice or document shall be conclusive evidence thereof and shall be binding on every shareholder, director, officer or auditor of the Corporation or other person, as the case may be.

 

CUSTODY OF SECURITIES

 

76.Custody of Securities

 

All securities (including warrants) owned by the Corporation may be lodged (in the name of the Corporation) with a chartered bank or a trust company or in a safety deposit box or with such other depositaries or in such other manner as may be determined from time to time by any officer or director.

 

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 if 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.

 

77.Execution of Contracts, Etc.

 

Contracts, documents or instruments requiring the signature of the Corporation may be signed by any director or officer alone or any person or persons authorized by resolution of the directors and all contracts, documents or instruments so signed shall be binding upon the Corporation without any further authorization or formality. The directors are authorized 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 generally or to sign specific contracts, documents or instruments.

 

The corporate seal (if any) of the Corporation may be affixed by any director or officer to contracts, documents or instruments signed by such director or officer as aforesaid or by an officer or officers, person or persons appointed as aforesaid by resolution of the directors.

 

The term "contracts, documents or instruments" as used in the By-laws shall include notices, deeds, mortgages, hypothecs, charges, cheques, drafts, orders for the payment of money, notes, acceptances, bills of exchange, conveyances, transfers and assignments of property, real or personal, immovable or movable, agreements, releases, receipts and discharges for the payment of money or other obligations, conveyances, transfers and assignments of securities and all paper writings.

 

The signature of any director or officer or any other person appointed by resolution of the directors on all contracts, documents or instruments executed or issued by or on behalf of the Corporation may be electronic or mechanically reproduced. Such signatures shall be valid and have the same legal effect as if the contracts, documents or instruments were signed manually, notwithstanding that the persons whose signature is affixed or reproduced may have ceased to hold office at the date of the delivery or issue of such contracts, documents or instruments.

 

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FISCAL PERIOD

 

78.Fiscal Period

 

The fiscal period of the Corporation shall terminate on such day in each year as the Board may from time to time by resolution determine.

 

UNANIMOUS SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT

 

79.Unanimous Shareholder Agreement

 

The provisions of the By-laws are subject to the terms of any unanimous shareholder agreement in effect from time to time in respect of the Corporation and, to the extent of any inconsistency between the By-laws and any such unanimous shareholder agreement, such unanimous shareholder agreement shall prevail over the By-laws.

 

DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS

 

80.Delivery of Documents

 

The By-laws, resolutions, consents and other documents required by the Act to be kept with the records of the Corporation may be executed and delivered in counterparts and all of which, when taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same document. Counterparts may be executed by electronic means (including by electronic signature) and delivered by facsimile or by electronic transmission, and any such execution and delivery shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as delivery of an original signed counterpart of such document.

 

BORROWING MONEY, ETC.

 

81.Borrowing Money, Etc.

 

The directors of the Corporation may from time to time:

 

(a)borrow money on the credit of the Corporation;

 

(b)issue, reissue, sell or pledge debt obligations of the Corporation, including without limitation, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee of the Corporation, whether secured or unsecured;

 

(c)give a guarantee on behalf of the Corporation to secure performance of an obligation of any individual, partnership, association, body corporate, trustee, executor, administrator or legal representative;

 

(d)mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create an interest in or charge on all or any property of the Corporation, owned or subsequently acquired, to secure payment of a debt or performance of any other obligation of the Corporation; or

 

(e)delegate to one or more directors, a committee of directors or one or more officers of the Corporation as may be designated by the directors, all or any of the powers conferred by the foregoing clauses of this Paragraph to such extent and in such manner as the directors shall determine at the time of each such delegation.

 

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This By-law No. 1 was made by the director of the Corporation on December 6, 2021 and confirmed by the shareholder of the Corporation, by ordinary resolution, on December 6, 2021.

 

DATED December 6, 2021.

 

  /s/ John Jones
  Name:  John Jones
  Title: Director

 

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