Letter from Manning Elliott dated August 1, 2007
AMALGAMATION AGREEMENT
This Amalgamation Agreement dated July 30, 2007.
AMONG:
PARK PLACE ENERGY INC., a company continued under the BCBCA (as defined below)
(Park Place)
AND
0794403 B.C. LTD., a company incorporated under the BCBCA
(Subco)
AND
PARK PLACE ENERGY CORP. (formerly ST Online Corp.), a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada
(ST)
WHEREAS:
A. Park Place, Subco and ST have entered into a Business Combination Agreement (as defined below) pursuant to which the business and assets of Park Place will be combined with those of ST;
B. The authorized share capital of Park Place consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value and an unlimited number of preferred shares without par value, issuable in series, of which, 17,991,244 Park Place Shares are issued and outstanding as at the date hereof as fully paid and non-assessable and no preferred shares are issued and outstanding as at the date hereof;
C. The authorized share capital of Subco consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value, of which one (1) Subco Share (as defined below) is issued and outstanding at the date hereof as fully paid and non-assessable, and is held by ST;
D. The authorized share capital of ST consists of 1,200,000,000 common shares with a par value of $0.00001 per share, of which 61,447,800 common shares are issued and outstanding at the date hereof as fully paid and non-assessable;
E. ST shall issue to each registered holder of Park Place Shares one-half (½) a ST Share (as defined below) for each Park Place Share held;
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F. Subco and Park Place, acting under the authority contained in the BCBCA, have agreed to amalgamate upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set out as of the date shown on the Certificate of Amalgamation (as defined below);
G. Each of the Amalgamating Corporations have made a full disclosure to the other of all of its respective assets and liabilities and each Amalgamating Corporation is solvent;
H. It is desirable that the Amalgamation (as defined below) should be effected.
NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged) the parties agree as follows:
1. Interpretation
In this Agreement, including the recitals:
(a) Agreement means this amalgamation agreement, its recitals and schedules, and any amendment made to this Agreement;
(b) Amalco means the corporation resulting from the Amalgamation and continuing the corporate existence of the Amalgamating Corporations (as defined below) under the name Park Place Energy Inc.;
(c) Amalco Shareholder means a registered holder of Amalco Shares, from time to time, and Amalco Shareholders means all of such holders;
(d) Amalco Shares means the common shares in the capital of Amalco;
(e) Amalgamating Corporation means each of Subco and Park Place and Amalgamating Corporations means both of them;
(f) Amalgamation means the amalgamation of the Amalgamating Corporations pursuant to the provisions of the BCBCA in the manner contemplated in and pursuant to this Agreement;
(g) Amalgamation Application means the amalgamation application giving effect to the Amalgamation to be filed with the Registrar appointed under the BCBCA pursuant to this Agreement;
(h) BCBCA means the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), S.B.C. 2002, c57, as amended;
(i) Business Combination means the series of transactions, as detailed in the Business Combination Agreement, through which the businesses of ST and Park Place will be combined, including the Amalgamation;
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(j) Business Combination Agreement means the business combination agreement dated June 10, 2007 among Park Place, Subco and ST;
(k) Certificate of Amalgamation means the certificate of amalgamation to be issued by the Registrar of Companies pursuant to Section 281 of the BCBCA;
(l) Effective Date means the date the Amalgamation Application is filed with the Registrar of Companies (British Columbia);
(m) Park Place Shareholder means a registered holder of Park Place Shares, from time to time, and Park Place Shareholders means all of such holders;
(n) Park Place Shares means the common shares in the capital of Park Place;
(o) Parties means Park Place, Subco, ST and any other Person who may become a party to this Agreement;
(p) Person means a natural person, partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, and pronouns have a similarly extended meaning;
(q) Subco Shares means the common shares in the capital of Subco;
(r) ST Shares means the common shares in the capital of ST subsequent to the subdivision of such shares on a 12:1 basis;
(s) ST Shareholder means a registered holder of ST Shares, from time to time, and ST Shareholders means all of such holders; and
(t) Transfer Agent means Pacific Stock Transfer Company.
2. Paramountcy
In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement, the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement shall prevail.
3. Agreement to Amalgamate
Each of the Parties hereby agrees to the Amalgamation such that the Amalgamating Corporations shall continue as one corporation under the BCBCA, on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.
4. Name of Amalco
The name of Amalco shall be Park Place Energy Inc.
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5. Amalgamation Application and Articles of Amalgamated Company
The form of the Amalgamation Application and of the Articles of the Amalgamated Company will, subject to repeal, amendment, alteration or addition under the Act, be in the forms set out in Schedules A and B attached hereto respectively.
6. Business and Powers
There shall be no restrictions on the business that Amalco may carry on or on the powers that Amalco may exercise.
7. Registered and Records Office
The mailing and delivery address of the registered and records offices of the Amalco will be at PO Box 11117, 1500 Royal Centre, 1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6E 4N7 unless otherwise determined.
8. Authorized Capital
The authorized capital of Amalco shall be an unlimited number of common shares.
9. Number of Directors
The number of directors of the Amalco, until amended in accordance with the articles of Amalco, will be one (1). The first director of the Amalco is as follows:
Name | Residence | |
David Stadnyk | #1220-666 Burrard Street | |
Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8 |
The director noted above will hold office until he ceases to hold office as specified in the BCBCA or in the Articles of Amalco.
The director will carry on and continue the management and operation of Amalco in such manner as they determine, subject to and in accordance with the Articles of Amalco and the provisions of BCBCA.
10. Appointment of Officers
The following persons will hold the office set opposite their names and will carry out their respective duties until relieved from such office by the directors of Amalco or until they sooner cease to hold such office:
Name | Position | |
David Stadnyk | President & CEO |
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11. Amalgamation Events
Upon the issuance of a Certificate of Amalgamation by the Registrar of Companies pursuant to BCBCA, the issued and unissued shares of the Amalgamating Corporations will be cancelled or exchanged for shares of Amalco as follows:
(a) all of the unissued shares of each of the Amalgamating Corporations will be cancelled;
(b) holders of outstanding Park Place Shares shall receive one-half (½) of a ST Share for each Park Place Share held;
(c) each outstanding Subco Share will be exchanged for one (1) Amalco Share;
(d) as consideration for the issuance of ST Shares to effect the Business Combination, Amalco will issue to ST one (1) Amalco Share for each ST Share so issued;
(e) all of the property and assets of each of Park Place and Subco will become the property and assets of Amalco and Amalco will be liable for all of the liabilities and obligations of each of Park Place and Subco; and
(f) Amalco will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of ST.
12. Share Certificates of Subco
After the Amalgamation becomes effective, the shareholder of Subco will surrender their Share Certificates for cancellation and will receive certificates for shares of Amalco on the basis set forth in paragraph 11(c) above.
13. Delivery of Park Place Shares Following Amalgamation
As soon as practicable following the completion of the Amalgamation, ST shall cause the Transfer Agent to send to each Park Place Shareholder, upon receipt of physical share certificates evidencing their respective Park Place Shares, where applicable, by ordinary first class mail, certificates evidencing the ST Shares to which such holder shall have become entitled in accordance with paragraph 11(b) hereof.
14. Fractional Shares
No fractional ST Shares will be issued or delivered to any Park Place Shareholder otherwise entitled thereto, if any. Instead, the number of ST Shares issued to each exchanging holder of ST Shares will be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
15. Stated Capital
The stated capital account in the records of Amalco for Amalco Shares shall be equal to the stated capital attributed to the shares of the Amalgamating Corporations.
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16. Adoption of Agreement
17. This Agreement shall be subject to the condition that it be approved by each of the Amalgamating Corporations in the manner required by Section 271(1) or 271(6) of the BCBCA.
18. Amendment
19. Following the adoption of this Agreement by the shareholders of each of the Amalgamating Corporations, the Amalgamating Corporations may, as authorized by resolution of their respective board of directors, make any alteration or modification of this Agreement and every alteration and modification so effected will be binding on the parties.
20. Filing of Amalgamation Application
Following the approval of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Amalgamating Corporations in accordance with the BCBCA and with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions precedent set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, the Amalgamation Application will be submitted for filing with the Registrar of Companies in the form in paragraph 5;
21. Effect of Amalgamation
Upon the Effective Date:
(a) the Amalgamating Corporations are amalgamated and continue as Amalco as contemplated by this Agreement;
(b) Amalco possesses all the property, rights, privileges and franchises and is subject to all liabilities, including civil, criminal and quasi criminal, and all contracts, disabilities and debts of each of the Amalgamating Corporations;
(c) a conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour or against an Amalgamating Corporation may be enforced by or against Amalco; and
(d) Amalco shall be deemed to be the party plaintiff or the party defendant, as the case may be, in any civil action commenced by or against an Amalgamating Corporation before the Effective Date.
22. Termination
This Agreement may be terminated by the board of directors of each of the Amalgamating Corporations, notwithstanding the approval of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Amalgamating Corporations, at any time prior to the issuance of the Certificate of Amalgamation and following the termination of the Business Combination Agreement, without, except as provided in the Business Combination Agreement, any recourse by any Party hereto or any of their shareholders or other Persons.
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23. Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. Each Party hereby irrevocably attorns to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of British Columbia in respect of all matters arising under or in relation to this Agreement.
24. Further Assurances
Each of the Parties agrees to execute and deliver such further instruments and to do such further reasonable acts and things as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent of this Agreement.
25. Time of the Essence
Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.
26. Counterparts
This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (including counterparts by facsimile), and all such signed counterparts, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement, effective on this date.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have executed this Agreement.
PARK PLACE ENERGY INC. | ||
By: | David Stadnyk | |
Name: David Stadnyk | ||
Title: President & CEO | ||
PARK PLACE ENERGY CORP. | ||
By: | Scott Pedersen | |
Name: Scott Pedersen | ||
Title: President | ||
0794403 B.C. LTD. | ||
By: | Scott Pedersen | |
Name: Scott Pedersen | ||
Title: Director |
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SCHEDULE A
AMALGAMATION APPLICATION
Ministry of Finance Corporate and Personal Property Registries www.fin.gov.bc.ca/registries | AMALGAMATION APPLICATION FORM 13 BC COMPANY Section 275 Business Corporations Act |
Telephone: 250 356 8626 | |
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) | |
DO NOT MAIL THIS FORM to the Corporate and Personal Property Registries unless you are instructed to do so by registry staff. The Regulation under the Business Corporations Act requires the electronic version of this form to be filed on the Internet at www.corporateonline.gov.bc.ca | The personal information requested on this form is made available to the public under the authority of the Business Corporations Act. Questions about how the FIPPA applies to this personal information can be directed to the Administrative Assistant of the Corporate and Personal Property Registries at ###-###-####, PO Box 9431 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W 9V3. |
A. | NAME OF COMPANY Choose one of the following: |
[ ] | The name _____________________ is the name reserved for the amalgamated company. |
The name reservation number is: _________________, OR | |
[ ] | The company is to be amalgamated with a name created by adding B.C. Ltd. after the incorporation number, OR |
The amalgamated company is to adopt, as its name, the name of one of the amalgamating companies. | |
[X] | The name of the amalgamating company being adopted is: |
Park Place Energy Inc. | |
The incorporation number of that company is: C0796508 |
Please note: If you want the name of an amalgamating corporation that is a foreign corporation, you must obtain a name approval before completing this amalgamation application. |
B. | AMALGAMATION STATEMENT Please indicate the statement applicable to the amalgamation. |
With Court Approval: | |
[ ] | This amalgamation has been approved by the court and a copy of the entered court order approving the amalgamation has been obtained and has been deposited in the records office of each of the amalgamating companies. |
OR | |
Without Court Approval: | |
[X] | This amalgamation has been effected without court approval. A copy of all of the required affidavits under section 277(1) have been obtained and the affidavit obtained from each amalgamating company has been deposited in that companys records office. |
C. | AMALGAMATION EFFECTIVE DATE Choose one of the following: |
[X] | The amalgamation is to take effect at the time that this application is filed with the registrar. |
| |
[ ] | The amalgamation is to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time on _______________________ being a date that is not more than ten days after the date of the filing of this application. |
| |
[ ] | The amalgamation is to take effect at ____________ [ ] a.m. or [ ] p.m. Pacific Time on ____________________ being a date and time that is not more than ten days after the date of the filing of this application. |
Rev. 2005/3/4 1770384.1 | |
FORM 13 Leitch Systems Design Inc. Approved July 4, 2005 | Page 1 |
Adapted and reprinted with permission of the Province of British Columbia © 2004 |
D. | AMALGAMATING CORPORATIONS |
Enter the name of each amalgamating corporation below. For each company, enter the incorporation number. | |
If the amalgamating corporation is a foreign corporation, enter the foreign corporations jurisdiction and if registered in BC as an extraprovincial company, enter the extraprovincial companys registration number. Attach an additional sheet if more space is required. |
BC INCORPORATION NUMBER, OR | FOREIGN | |
NAME OF AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | EXTRAPROVINCIAL REGISTRATION | CORPORATIONS |
NUMBER IN BC | JURISDICTION | |
1. Park Place Energy Inc. | C0796508 | |
2. 0794403 B.C. Ltd. | BC0794403 |
E. | FORMALITIES TO AMALGAMATION | |
If any amalgamating corporation is a foreign corporation, section 275 (1)(b) requires an authorization for the amalgamation from the foreign corporations jurisdiction to be filed. | ||
[ ] | This is to confirm that each authorization for the amalgamation required under section 275(1)(b) is being submitted for filing concurrently with this application. | |
F. | CERTIFIED CORRECT I have read this form and found it to be correct. | |
This form must be signed by an authorized signing authority for each of the amalgamating companies as set out in Item D. |
NAME OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY FOR | SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY | DATE SIGNED |
THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | FOR THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | (YYYY / MM / DD) |
1. David Stadnyk Park Place Energy Inc. | X | |
NAME OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY FOR | SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY | DATE SIGNED |
THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | FOR THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | (YYYY / MM / DD) |
2. Scott Pedersen 0794403 B.C. Ltd. | X | |
NAME OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY FOR | SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY | DATE SIGNED |
THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | FOR THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | (YYYY / MM / DD) |
3. | X | |
NAME OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY FOR | SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY | DATE SIGNED |
THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | FOR THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | (YYYY / MM / DD) |
4. | X | |
NAME OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY FOR | SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY | DATE SIGNED |
THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | FOR THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | (YYYY / MM / DD) |
5. | X |
Rev. 2005/3/4 1770384.1 | |
FORM 13 Leitch Systems Design Inc. Approved July 4, 2005 | Page 2 |
Adapted and reprinted with permission of the Province of British Columbia © 2004 |
NOTICE OF ARTICLES
A. | NAME OF COMPANY |
Set out the name of the company as set out in Item A of the Amalgamation Application. | |
B. | TRANSLATION OF COMPANY NAME |
Set out every translation of the company name that the company intends to use outside of Canada. | |
C. | DIRECTOR NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) |
Set out the full name, delivery address and mailing address (if different) of every director of the company. The director may select to provide either (a) the delivery address and, if different, the mailing address for the office at which the individual can usually be served with records between 9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m. on business days or (b) the delivery address and, if different, the mailing address of the individuals residence. The delivery address must not be a post office box. Attach an additional sheet if more space is required. |
LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME | DELIVERY ADDRESS INCLUDING | MAILING ADDRESS INCLUDING |
PROVINCE/STATE, COUNTRY AND POSTAL/ZIP CODE | PROVINCE/STATE, COUNTRY AND POSTAL/ZIP CODE | |
Suite 1220, 666 Burrard Street | Suite 1220, 666 Burrard Street | |
Stadnyk, David | Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8 | Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8 |
D. REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESSES |
DELIVERY ADDRESS OF THE COMPANYS REGISTERED OFFICE (INCLUDING BC and POSTAL CODE) |
1500 Royal Centre, 1055 West Georgia Street P.O. Box 11117, Vancouver, BC V6E 4N7 |
MAILING ADDRESS OF THE COMPANYS REGISTERED OFFICE (INCLUDING BC and POSTAL CODE) |
1500 Royal Centre, 1055 West Georgia Street P.O. Box 11117, Vancouver, BC V6E 4N7 |
E. RECORDS OFFICE ADDRESSES |
DELIVERY ADDRESS OF THE COMPANYS RECORDS OFFICE (INCLUDING BC and POSTAL CODE) |
1500 Royal Centre, 1055 West Georgia Street P.O. Box 11117, Vancouver, BC V6E 4N7 |
MAILING ADDRESS OF THE COMPANYS RECORDS OFFICE (INCLUDING BC and POSTAL CODE) |
1500 Royal Centre, 1055 West Georgia Street P.O. Box 11117, Vancouver, BC V6E 4N7 |
F. AUTHORIZED SHARE STRUCTURE |
Identifying name of class or series of shares | Maximum number of shares of this class or series of shares that the company is authorized to issue, or indicate there is no maximum number | Kind of shares of this class or series of shares | Are there special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of this class or series of shares? | |
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES AUTHORIZED OR NO MAXIMUM NUMBER | PAR VALUE OR WITHOUT PAR VALUE | TYPE OF CURRENCY | YES/NO | |
Common | Unlimited | Without | n/a | No |
Rev. 2005/3/4 | |
FORM 13 Leitch Systems Design Inc. Approved July 4, 2005 | NOA Page 1 |
Adapted and reprinted with permission of the Province of British Columbia © 2004 |
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SCHEDULE B
ARTICLES
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT
ARTICLES
of
PARK PLACE ENERGY INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1 INTERPRETATION | 1 |
PART 2 SHARES AND SHARE CERTIFICATES | 2 |
PART 3 ISSUE OF SHARES | 3 |
PART 4 SHARE REGISTERS | 4 |
PART 5 SHARE TRANSFERS | 5 |
PART 6 TRANSMISSION OF SHARES | 6 |
PART 7 PURCHASE OF SHARES | 7 |
PART 8 BORROWING POWERS | 7 |
PART 9 ALTERATIONS | 8 |
PART 10 MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS | 9 |
PART 11 PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS | 11 |
PART 12 VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS | 15 |
PART 13 DIRECTORS | 20 |
PART 14 ELECTION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS | 21 |
PART 15 ALTERNATE DIRECTORS | 24 |
PART 16 POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS | 26 |
PART 17 DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST OF DIRECTORS | 26 |
PART 18 PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS | 28 |
PART 19 EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES | 30 |
PART 20 OFFICERS | 32 |
PART 21 INDEMNIFICATION | 33 |
PART 22 DIVIDENDS | 34 |
PART 23 DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND REPORTS | 36 |
PART 24 NOTICES | 36 |
PART 25 SEAL | 38 |
PART 26 PROHIBITIONS | 39 |
Number BC0798491
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT
ARTICLES
of
PARK PLACE ENERGY INC.
(the Company)
PART 1
INTERPRETATION
Definitions
1.1 In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) board of directors, directors and board mean the directors or sole director of the Company for the time being;
(b) Business Corporations Act means the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) from time to time in force and all amendments thereto and includes all regulations and amendments thereto made pursuant to that Act;
(c) legal personal representative means the personal or other legal representative of the shareholder;
(d) registered address of a shareholder means the shareholders address as recorded in the central securities register;
(e) seal means the seal of the Company, if any.
Business Corporations Act and Interpretation Act Definitions Applicable
1.2 The definitions in the Business Corporations Act and the definitions and rules of construction in the Interpretation Act, with the necessary changes, so far as applicable, and unless the context requires otherwise, apply to these Articles as if they were an enactment. If there is a conflict between a definition in the Business Corporations Act and a definition or rule in the Interpretation Act relating to a term used in these Articles, the definition in the Business Corporations Act will prevail in relation to the use of the term in these Articles. If there is a conflict between these Articles and the Business Corporations Act, the Business Corporations Act will prevail.
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PART 2
SHARES AND SHARE CERTIFICATES
Authorized Share Structure
2.1 The authorized share structure of the Company consists of shares of the class or classes and series, if any, described in the Notice of Articles of the Company.
Form of Share Certificate
2.2 Each share certificate issued by the Company must comply with, and be signed as required by, the Business Corporations Act.
Shareholder Entitled to Certificate or Acknowledgment
2.3 Each shareholder is entitled, without charge, to (a) one share certificate representing the shares of each class or series of shares registered in the shareholders name or (b) a non-transferable written acknowledgment of the shareholders right to obtain such a share certificate, provided that in respect of a share held jointly by several persons, the Company is not bound to issue more than one share certificate and delivery of a share certificate for a share to one of several joint shareholders or to one of the shareholders duly authorized agents will be sufficient delivery to all.
Delivery by Mail
2.4 Any share certificate or non-transferable written acknowledgment of a shareholders right to obtain a share certificate may be sent to the shareholder by mail at the shareholders registered address and neither the Company nor any director, officer or agent of the Company is liable for any loss to the shareholder because the share certificate or acknowledgement is lost in the mail or stolen.
Replacement of Worn Out or Defaced Certificate or Acknowledgement
2.5 If the directors are satisfied that a share certificate or a non-transferable written acknowledgment of the shareholders right to obtain a share certificate is worn out or defaced, they must, on production to them of the share certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be, and on such other terms, if any, as they think fit:
(a) order the share certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be, to be cancelled; and
(b) issue a replacement share certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be.
Replacement of Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificate or Acknowledgment
2.6 If a share certificate or a non-transferable written acknowledgment of a shareholders right to obtain a share certificate is lost, stolen or destroyed, a replacement share
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certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be, must be issued to the person entitled to that share certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be, if the directors receive:
(a) proof satisfactory to them that the share certificate or acknowledgment is lost, stolen or destroyed; and
(b) any indemnity the directors consider adequate.
Splitting Share Certificates
2.7 If a shareholder surrenders a share certificate to the Company with a written request that the Company issue in the shareholders name two or more share certificates, each representing a specified number of shares and in the aggregate representing the same number of shares as the share certificate so surrendered, the Company must cancel the surrendered share certificate and issue replacement share certificates in accordance with that request.
Certificate Fee
2.8 There must be paid to the Company, in relation to the issue of any share certificate under §2.5, §2.6 or §2.7, the amount, if any and which must not exceed the amount prescribed under the Business Corporations Act, determined by the directors.
Recognition of Trusts
2.9 Except as required by law or statute or these Articles, no person will be recognized by the Company as holding any share upon any trust, and the Company is not bound by or compelled in any way to recognize (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or fraction of a share or (except as by law or statute or these Articles provided or as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction) any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the shareholder.
PART 3
ISSUE OF SHARES
Directors Authorized
3.1 Subject to the Business Corporations Act and the rights of the holders of issued shares of the Company, the Company may issue, allot, sell or otherwise dispose of the unissued shares, and issued shares held by the Company, at the times, to the persons, including directors, in the manner, on the terms and conditions and for the issue prices (including any premium at which shares with par value may be issued) that the directors may determine. The issue price for a share with par value must be equal to or greater than the par value of the share.
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Commissions and Discounts
3.2 The Company may at any time pay a reasonable commission or allow a reasonable discount to any person in consideration of that person purchasing or agreeing to purchase shares of the Company from the Company or any other person or procuring or agreeing to procure purchasers for shares of the Company.
Brokerage
3.3 The Company may pay such brokerage fee or other consideration as may be lawful for or in connection with the sale or placement of its securities.
Conditions of Issue
3.4 Except as provided for by the Business Corporations Act, no share may be issued until it is fully paid. A share is fully paid when:
(a) consideration is provided to the Company for the issue of the share by one or more of the following:
(i) past services performed for the Company;
(ii) property;
(iii) money; and
(b) the value of the consideration received by the Company equals or exceeds the issue price set for the share under §3.1.
Share Purchase Warrants and Rights
3.5 Subject to the Business Corporations Act, the Company may issue share purchase warrants, options and rights upon such terms and conditions as the directors determine, which share purchase warrants, options and rights may be issued alone or in conjunction with debentures, debenture stock, bonds, shares or any other securities issued or created by the Company from time to time.
PART 4
SHARE REGISTERS
Central Securities Register
4.1 As required by and subject to the Business Corporations Act, the Company must maintain in British Columbia a central securities register. The directors may, subject to the Business Corporations Act, appoint an agent to maintain the central securities register. The directors may also appoint one or more agents, including the agent which keeps the central securities register, as transfer agent for its shares or any class or series of its shares, as the case
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may be, and the same or another agent as registrar for its shares or such class or series of its shares, as the case may be. The directors may terminate such appointment of any agent at any time and may appoint another agent in its place.
PART 5
SHARE TRANSFERS
Registering Transfers
5.1 A transfer of a share of the Company must not be registered unless:
(a) a duly signed instrument of transfer in respect of the share has been received by the Company;
(b) if a share certificate has been issued by the Company in respect of the share to be transferred, that share certificate has been surrendered to the Company; and
(c) if a non-transferable written acknowledgment of the shareholders right to obtain a share certificate has been issued by the Company in respect of the share to be transferred, that acknowledgment has been surrendered to the Company.
Form of Instrument of Transfer
5.2 The instrument of transfer in respect of any share of the Company must be either in the form, if any, on the back of the Companys share certificates or in any other form that may be approved by the directors from time to time.
Transferor Remains Shareholder
5.3 Except to the extent that the Business Corporations Act otherwise provides, the transferor of shares is deemed to remain the holder of the shares until the name of the transferee is entered in a securities register of the Company in respect of the transfer.
Signing of Instrument of Transfer
5.4 If a shareholder, or his or her duly authorized attorney, signs an instrument of transfer in respect of shares registered in the name of the shareholder, the signed instrument of transfer constitutes a complete and sufficient authority to the Company and its directors, officers and agents to register the number of shares specified in the instrument of transfer or specified in any other manner, or, if no number is specified, all the shares represented by the share certificates or set out in the written acknowledgments deposited with the instrument of transfer:
(a) in the name of the person named as transferee in that instrument of transfer; or
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(b) if no person is named as transferee in that instrument of transfer, in the name of the person on whose behalf the instrument is deposited for the purpose of having the transfer registered.
Enquiry as to Title Not Required
5.5 Neither the Company nor any director, officer or agent of the Company is bound to inquire into the title of the person named in the instrument of transfer as transferee or, if no person is named as transferee in the instrument of transfer, of the person on whose behalf the instrument is deposited for the purpose of having the transfer registered or is liable for any claim related to registering the transfer by the shareholder or by any intermediate owner or holder of the shares, of any interest in the shares, of any share certificate representing such shares or of any written acknowledgment of a right to obtain a share certificate for such shares.
Transfer Fee
5.6 There must be paid to the Company, in relation to the registration of any transfer, the amount, if any, determined by the directors.
PART 6
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
Legal Personal Representative Recognized on Death
6.1 In case of the death of a shareholder, the legal personal representative, or if the shareholder was a joint holder, the surviving joint holder, will be the only person recognized by the Company as having any title to the shareholders interest in the shares. Before recognizing a person as a legal personal representative, the directors may require proof of appointment by a court of competent jurisdiction, a grant of letters probate, letters of administration or such other evidence or documents as the directors consider appropriate.
Rights of Legal Personal Representative
6.2 The legal personal representative has the same rights, privileges and obligations that attach to the shares held by the shareholder, including the right to transfer the shares in accordance with these Articles, provided the documents required by the Business Corporations Act and the directors have been deposited with the Company.
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PART 7
PURCHASE OF SHARES
Company Authorized to Purchase Shares
7.1 Subject to §7.2, the special rights and restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series and the Business Corporations Act, the Company may, if authorized by the directors, purchase or otherwise acquire any of its shares at the price and upon the terms specified in such resolution.
Purchase When Insolvent
7.2 The Company must not make a payment or provide any other consideration to purchase or otherwise acquire any of its shares if there are reasonable grounds for believing that:
(a) the Company is insolvent; or
(b) making the payment or providing the consideration would render the Company insolvent.
Sale and Voting of Purchased Shares
7.3 If the Company retains a share redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by it, the Company may sell, gift or otherwise dispose of the share, but, while such share is held by the Company, it:
(a) is not entitled to vote the share at a meeting of its shareholders;
(b) must not pay a dividend in respect of the share; and
(c) must not make any other distribution in respect of the share.
PART 8
BORROWING POWERS
8.1 The Company, if authorized by the directors, may:
(a) borrow money in the manner and amount, on the security, from the sources and on the terms and conditions that they consider appropriate;
(b) issue bonds, debentures and other debt obligations either outright or as security for any liability or obligation of the Company or any other person and at such discounts or premiums and on such other terms as they consider appropriate;
(c) guarantee the repayment of money by any other person or the performance of any obligation of any other person; and
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(d) mortgage, charge, whether by way of specific or floating charge, grant a security interest in, or give other security on, the whole or any part of the present and future assets and undertaking of the Company.
PART 9
ALTERATIONS
Alteration of Authorized Share Structure
9.1 Subject to §9.2 and the Business Corporations Act, the Company may by special resolution:
(a) create one or more classes or series of shares or, if none of the shares of a class or series of shares are allotted or issued, eliminate that class or series of shares;
(b) increase, reduce or eliminate the maximum number of shares that the Company is authorized to issue out of any class or series of shares or establish a maximum number of shares that the Company is authorized to issue out of any class or series of shares for which no maximum is established;
(c) subdivide or consolidate all or any of its unissued, or fully paid issued, shares;
(d) if the Company is authorized to issue shares of a class of shares with par value:
(i) decrease the par value of those shares; or
(ii) if none of the shares of that class of shares are allotted or issued, increase the par value of those shares;
(e) change all or any of its unissued, or fully paid issued, shares with par value into shares without par value or any of its unissued shares without par value into shares with par value;
(f) alter the identifying name of any of its shares; or
(g) otherwise alter its shares or authorized share structure when required or permitted to do so by the Business Corporations Act.
Special Rights and Restrictions
9.2 Subject to the Business Corporations Act, the Company may by special resolution:
(a) create special rights or restrictions for, and attach those special rights or restrictions to, the shares of any class or series of shares, whether or not any or all of those shares have been issued; or
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(b) vary or delete any special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series of shares, whether or not any or all of those shares have been issued.
Change of Name
9.3 The Company may by special resolution authorize an alteration of its Notice of Articles in order to change its name or adopt or change any translation of that name.
Other Alterations
9.4 If the Business Corporations Act does not specify the type of resolution and these Articles do not specify another type of resolution, the Company may by special resolution alter these Articles.
PART 10
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Annual General Meetings
10.1 Unless an annual general meeting is deferred or waived in accordance with the Business Corporations Act, the Company must hold its first annual general meeting within 18 months after the date on which it was incorporated or otherwise recognized, and after that must hold an annual general meeting at least once in each calendar year and not more than 15 months after the last annual reference date at such time and place as may be determined by the directors.
Resolution Instead of Annual General Meeting
10.2 If all the shareholders who are entitled to vote at an annual general meeting consent by a unanimous resolution under the Business Corporations Act to all of the business that is required to be transacted at that annual general meeting, the annual general meeting is deemed to have been held on the date of the unanimous resolution. The shareholders must, in any unanimous resolution passed under this §10.2, select as the Companys annual reference date a date that would be appropriate for the holding of the applicable annual general meeting.
Calling of Meetings of Shareholders
10.3 The directors may, whenever they think fit, call a meeting of shareholders.
Notice for Meetings of Shareholders
10.4 The Company must send notice of the date, time and location of any meeting of shareholders, in the manner provided in these Articles, or in such other manner, if any, as may be prescribed by ordinary resolution (whether previous notice of the resolution has been given or not), to each shareholder entitled to attend the meeting, to each director and to the auditor of the Company, unless these Articles otherwise provide, at least the following number of days before the meeting:
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(a) if and for so long as the Company is a public company, 21 days;
(b) otherwise, 10 days.
Record Date for Notice
10.5 The directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting of shareholders. The record date must not precede the date on which the meeting is to be held by more than two months or, in the case of a general meeting requisitioned by shareholders under the Business Corporations Act, by more than four months. The record date must not precede the date on which the meeting is held by fewer than:
(a) if and for so long as the Company is a public company, 21 days;
(b) otherwise, 10 days.
If no record date is set, the record date is 5 p.m. on the day immediately preceding the first date on which the notice is sent or, if no notice is sent, the beginning of the meeting.
Record Date for Voting
10.6 The directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders. The record date must not precede the date on which the meeting is to be held by more than two months or, in the case of a general meeting requisitioned by shareholders under the Business Corporations Act, by more than four months. If no record date is set, the record date is 5 p.m. on the day immediately preceding the first date on which the notice is sent or, if no notice is sent, the beginning of the meeting.
Failure to Give Notice and Waiver of Notice
10.7 The accidental omission to send notice of any meeting to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any of the persons entitled to notice does not invalidate any proceedings at that meeting. Any person entitled to notice of a meeting of shareholders may, in writing or otherwise, waive or reduce the period of notice of such meeting.
Notice of Special Business at Meetings of Shareholders
10.8 If a meeting of shareholders is to consider special business within the meaning of §11.1, the notice of meeting must:
(a) state the general nature of the special business; and
(b) if the special business includes considering, approving, ratifying, adopting or authorizing any document or the signing of or giving of effect to any document, have attached to it a copy of the document or state that a copy of the document will be available for inspection by shareholders:
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(i) at the Companys records office, or at such other reasonably accessible location in British Columbia as is specified in the notice; and
(ii) during statutory business hours on any one or more specified days before the day set for the holding of the meeting.
PART 11
PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Special Business
11.1 At a meeting of shareholders, the following business is special business:
(a) at a meeting of shareholders that is not an annual general meeting, all business is special business except business relating to the conduct of or voting at the meeting;
(b) at an annual general meeting, all business is special business except for the following:
(i) business relating to the conduct of or voting at the meeting;
(ii) consideration of any financial statements of the Company presented to the meeting;
(iii) consideration of any reports of the directors or auditor;
(iv) the setting or changing of the number of directors;
(v) the election or appointment of directors;
(vi) the appointment of an auditor;
(vii) the setting of the remuneration of an auditor;
(viii) business arising out of a report of the directors not requiring the passing of a special resolution or an exceptional resolution;
(ix) any other business which, under these Articles or the Business Corporations Act, may be transacted at a meeting of shareholders without prior notice of the business being given to the shareholders.
Special Majority
11.2 The majority of votes required for the Company to pass a special resolution at a meeting of shareholders is two-thirds of the votes cast on the resolution.
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Quorum
11.3 Subject to the special rights and restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series of shares, the quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of shareholders is two persons who are, or who represent by proxy, shareholders who, in the aggregate, hold at least 5% of the issued shares entitled to be voted at the meeting.
One Shareholder May Constitute Quorum
11.4 If there is only one shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders:
(a) the quorum is one person who is, or who represents by proxy, that shareholder, and
(b) that shareholder, present in person or by proxy, may constitute the meeting.
Other Persons May Attend
11.5 The directors, the president (if any), the secretary (if any), the assistant secretary (if any), any lawyer for the Company, the auditor of the Company and any other persons invited by the directors are entitled to attend any meeting of shareholders, but if any of those persons does attend a meeting of shareholders, that person is not to be counted in the quorum and is not entitled to vote at the meeting unless that person is a shareholder or proxy holder entitled to vote at the meeting.
Requirement of Quorum
11.6 No business, other than the election of a chair of the meeting and the adjournment of the meeting, may be transacted at any meeting of shareholders unless a quorum of shareholders entitled to vote is present at the commencement of the meeting, but such quorum need not be present throughout the meeting.
Lack of Quorum
11.7 If, within one-half hour from the time set for the holding of a meeting of shareholders, a quorum is not present:
(a) in the case of a general meeting requisitioned by shareholders, the meeting is dissolved, and
(b) in the case of any other meeting of shareholders, the meeting stands adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place.
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Lack of Quorum at Succeeding Meeting
11.8 If, at the meeting to which the meeting referred to in §11.7(b) was adjourned, a quorum is not present within one-half hour from the time set for the holding of the meeting, the person or persons present and being, or representing by proxy, one or more shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the meeting constitute a quorum.
Chair
11.9 The following individual is entitled to preside as chair at a meeting of shareholders:
(a) the chair of the board, if any; or
(b) if the chair of the board is absent or unwilling to act as chair of the meeting, the chief executive officer, if any; or
(c) if the chair of the board and the chief executive officer are absent or unwilling to act as chair of the meeting, the president, if any.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with the consent of the meeting, which consent may be expressed by the failure to object of any person present and entitled to vote, the lawyer for the Company may act as chair of the meeting.
Selection of Alternate Chair
11.10 In the event that the chair of the meeting is not selected pursuant to §11.9 and if at any meeting of shareholders, there is no chair of the board or president present within 15 minutes after the time set for holding the meeting, or if the chair of the board and the president are unwilling to act as chair of the meeting, or if the chair of the board and the president have advised the secretary, if any, or any director present at the meeting, that they will not be present at the meeting, the directors present must choose one of their number to be chair of the meeting or if all of the directors present decline to take the chair or fail to so choose or if no director is present, the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting who are present in person or by proxy may choose any person present at the meeting to chair the meeting.
Adjournments
11.11 The chair of a meeting of shareholders may, and if so directed by the meeting must, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business may be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
Notice of Adjourned Meeting
11.12 It is not necessary to give any notice of an adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting of shareholders except that, when a meeting is adjourned
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for 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given as in the case of the original meeting.
Decisions by Show of Hands or Poll
11.13 Subject to the Business Corporations Act, every motion put to a vote at a meeting of shareholders will be decided on a show of hands unless a poll, before or on the declaration of the result of the vote by show of hands, is directed by the chair or demanded by at least one shareholder entitled to vote who is present in person or by proxy.
Declaration of Result
11.14 The chair of a meeting of shareholders must declare to the meeting the decision on every question in accordance with the result of the show of hands or the poll, as the case may be, and that decision must be entered in the minutes of the meeting. A declaration of the chair that a resolution is carried by the necessary majority or is defeated is, unless a poll is directed by the chair or demanded under §11.13, conclusive evidence without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution.
Motion Need Not be Seconded
11.15 No motion proposed at a meeting of shareholders need be seconded unless the chair of the meeting rules otherwise, and the chair of any meeting of shareholders is entitled to propose or second a motion.
Casting Vote
11.16 In case of an equality of votes, the chair of a meeting of shareholders does not, either on a show of hands or on a poll, have a second or casting vote in addition to the vote or votes to which the chair may be entitled as a shareholder.
Manner of Taking Poll
11.17 Subject to §11.18, if a poll is duly demanded at a meeting of shareholders:
(a) the poll must be taken:
(i) at the meeting, or within seven days after the date of the meeting, as the chair of the meeting directs; and
(ii) in the manner, at the time and at the place that the chair of the meeting directs;
(b) the result of the poll is deemed to be the decision of the meeting at which the poll is demanded; and
(c) the demand for the poll may be withdrawn by the person who demanded it.
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Demand for Poll on Adjournment
11.18 A poll demanded at a meeting of shareholders on a question of adjournment must be taken immediately at the meeting.
Chair Must Resolve Dispute
11.19 In the case of any dispute as to the admission or rejection of a vote given on a poll, the chair of the meeting must determine the dispute, and his or her determination made in good faith is final and conclusive.
Casting of Votes
11.20 On a poll, a shareholder entitled to more than one vote need not cast all the votes in the same way.
Demand for Poll
11.21 No poll may be demanded in respect of the vote by which a chair of a meeting of shareholders is elected.
Demand for Poll Not to Prevent Continuance of Meeting
11.22 The demand for a poll at a meeting of shareholders does not, unless the chair of the meeting so rules, prevent the continuation of a meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which a poll has been demanded.
Retention of Ballots and Proxies
11.23 The Company must, for at least three months after a meeting of shareholders, keep each ballot cast on a poll and each proxy voted at the meeting, and, during that period, make them available for inspection during normal business hours by any shareholder or proxyholder entitled to vote at the meeting. At the end of such three month period, the Company may destroy such ballots and proxies.
PART 12
VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS
Number of Votes by Shareholder or by Shares
12.1 Subject to any special rights or restrictions attached to any shares and to the restrictions imposed on joint shareholders under §12.3:
(a) on a vote by show of hands, every person present who is a shareholder or proxy holder and entitled to vote on the matter has one vote; and
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(b) on a poll, every shareholder entitled to vote on the matter has one vote in respect of each share entitled to be voted on the matter and held by that shareholder and may exercise that vote either in person or by proxy.
Votes of Persons in Representative Capacity
12.2 A person who is not a shareholder may vote at a meeting of shareholders, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, and may appoint a proxy holder to act at the meeting, if, before doing so, the person satisfies the chair of the meeting, or the directors, that the person is a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy for a shareholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting.
Votes by Joint Holders
12.3 If there are joint shareholders registered in respect of any share:
(a) any one of the joint shareholders may vote at any meeting, either personally or by proxy, in respect of the share as if that joint shareholder were solely entitled to it; or
(b) if more than one of the joint shareholders is present at any meeting, personally or by proxy, and more than one of them votes in respect of that share, then only the vote of the joint shareholder present whose name stands first on the central securities register in respect of the share will be counted.
Legal Personal Representatives as Joint Shareholders
12.4 Two or more legal personal representatives of a shareholder in whose sole name any share is registered are, for the purposes of §12.3, deemed to be joint shareholders.
Representative of a Corporate Shareholder
12.5 If a corporation, that is not a subsidiary of the Company, is a shareholder, that corporation may appoint a person to act as its representative at any meeting of shareholders of the Company, and:
(a) for that purpose, the instrument appointing a representative must:
(i) be received at the registered office of the Company or at any other place specified, in the notice calling the meeting, for the receipt of proxies, at least the number of business days specified in the notice for the receipt of proxies, or if no number of days is specified, two business days before the day set for the holding of the meeting; or
(ii) be provided, at the meeting, to the chair of the meeting or to a person designated by the chair of the meeting;
(b) if a representative is appointed under this §12.5:
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(i) the representative is entitled to exercise in respect of and at that meeting the same rights on behalf of the corporation that the representative represents as that corporation could exercise if it were a shareholder who is an individual, including, without limitation, the right to appoint a proxy holder; and
(ii) the representative, if present at the meeting, is to be counted for the purpose of forming a quorum and is deemed to be a shareholder present in person at the meeting.
Evidence of the appointment of any such representative may be sent to the Company by written instrument, fax or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages.
Proxy Provisions Do Not Apply to All Companies
12.6 If and for so long as the Company is a public company or a pre-existing reporting company which has the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions as part of its Articles or to which the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions apply, §12.7 to §12.15 apply only insofar as they are not inconsistent with any securities legislation in any province or territory of Canada or in the federal jurisdiction of the United States or in any states of the United States that is applicable to the Company and insofar as they are not inconsistent with the regulations and rules made and promulgated under that legislation and all administrative policy statements, blanket orders and rulings, notices and other administrative directions issued by securities commissions or similar authorities appointed under that legislation.
Appointment of Proxy Holders
12.7 Every shareholder of the Company, including a corporation that is a shareholder but not a subsidiary of the Company, entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders of the Company may, by proxy, appoint one or more (but not more than five) proxy holders to attend and act at the meeting in the manner, to the extent and with the powers conferred by the proxy.
Alternate Proxy Holders
12.8 A shareholder may appoint one or more alternate proxy holders to act in the place of an absent proxy holder.
When Proxy Holder Need Not Be Shareholder
12.9 A person must not be appointed as a proxy holder unless the person is a shareholder, although a person who is not a shareholder may be appointed as a proxy holder if:
(a) the person appointing the proxy holder is a corporation or a representative of a corporation appointed under §12.5;
(b) the Company has at the time of the meeting for which the proxy holder is to be appointed only one shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting; or
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(c) the shareholders present in person or by proxy at and entitled to vote at the meeting for which the proxy holder is to be appointed, by a resolution on which the proxy holder is not entitled to vote but in respect of which the proxy holder is to be counted in the quorum, permit the proxy holder to attend and vote at the meeting.
Deposit of Proxy
12.10 A proxy for a meeting of shareholders must:
(a) be received at the registered office of the Company or at any other place specified, in the notice calling the meeting, for the receipt of proxies, at least the number of business days specified in the notice, or if no number of days is specified, two business days before the day set for the holding of the meeting; or
(b) unless the notice provides otherwise, be provided, at the meeting, to the chair of the meeting or to a person designated by the chair of the meeting.
A proxy may be sent to the Company by written instrument, fax or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages.
Validity of Proxy Vote
12.11 A vote given in accordance with the terms of a proxy is valid notwithstanding the death or incapacity of the shareholder giving the proxy and despite the revocation of the proxy or the revocation of the authority under which the proxy is given, unless notice in writing of that death, incapacity or revocation is received:
(a) at the registered office of the Company, at any time up to and including the last business day before the day set for the holding of the meeting at which the proxy is to be used; or
(b) by the chair of the meeting, before the vote is taken.
Form of Proxy
12.12 A proxy, whether for a specified meeting or otherwise, must be either in the following form or in any other form approved by the directors or the chair of the meeting:
[name of company]
(the Company)
The undersigned, being a shareholder of the Company, hereby appoints [name] or, failing that person, [name], as proxy holder for the undersigned to attend, act and vote for and on behalf of the undersigned at the meeting of shareholders of the Company to be held on [month, day, year] and at any adjournment of that meeting.
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Number of shares in respect of which this proxy is given (if no number is specified, then this proxy if given in respect of all shares registered in the name of the shareholder): _____________________
Signed [month, day, year]
____________________________________________
[Signature of shareholder]
____________________________________________
[Name of shareholderprinted]
Revocation of Proxy
12.13 Subject to §12.14, every proxy may be revoked by an instrument in writing that is:
(a) received at the registered office of the Company at any time up to and including the last business day before the day set for the holding of the meeting at which the proxy is to be used; or
(b) provided, at the meeting, to the chair of the meeting.
Revocation of Proxy Must Be Signed
12.14 An instrument referred to in §12.13 must be signed as follows:
(a) if the shareholder for whom the proxy holder is appointed is an individual, the instrument must be signed by the shareholder or his or her legal personal representative or trustee in bankruptcy;
(b) if the shareholder for whom the proxy holder is appointed is a corporation, the instrument must be signed by the corporation or by a representative appointed for the corporation under §12.5.
Production of Evidence of Authority to Vote
12.15 The chair of any meeting of shareholders may, but need not, inquire into the authority of any person to vote at the meeting and may, but need not, demand from that person production of evidence as to the existence of the authority to vote.
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PART 13
DIRECTORS
First Directors; Number of Directors
13.1 The first directors are the persons designated as directors of the Company in the Notice of Articles that applies to the Company when it is recognized under the Business Corporations Act. The number of directors, excluding additional directors appointed under §14.8, is set at:
(a) subject to §(b) and §(c), the number of directors that is equal to the number of the Companys first directors;
(b) if the Company is a public company, the greater of three and the most recently set of:
(i) the number of directors set by ordinary resolution (whether or not previous notice of the resolution was given); and
(ii) the number of directors set under §14.4;
(c) if the Company is not a public company, the most recently set of:
(i) the number of directors set by ordinary resolution (whether or not previous notice of the resolution was given); and
(ii) the number of directors set under §14.4.
Change in Number of Directors
13.2 If the number of directors is set under §13.1(b)(i) or §13.1(c)(i):
(a) the shareholders may elect or appoint the directors needed to fill any vacancies in the board of directors up to that number;
(b) if the shareholders do not elect or appoint the directors needed to fill any vacancies in the board of directors up to that number contemporaneously with the setting of that number, then the directors may appoint, or the shareholders may elect or appoint, directors to fill those vacancies.
Directors Acts Valid Despite Vacancy
13.3 An act or proceeding of the directors is not invalid merely because fewer than the number of directors set or otherwise required under these Articles is in office.
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Qualifications of Directors
13.4 A director is not required to hold a share in the capital of the Company as qualification for his or her office but must be qualified as required by the Business Corporations Act to become, act or continue to act as a director.
Remuneration of Directors
13.5 The directors are entitled to the remuneration for acting as directors, if any, as the directors may from time to time determine. If the directors so decide, the remuneration of the directors, if any, will be determined by the shareholders. That remuneration may be in addition to any salary or other remuneration paid to any officer or employee of the Company as such, who is also a director.
Reimbursement of Expenses of Directors
13.6 The Company must reimburse each director for the reasonable expenses that he or she may incur in and about the business of the Company.
Special Remuneration for Directors
13.7 If any director performs any professional or other services for the Company that in the opinion of the directors are outside the ordinary duties of a director, or if any director is otherwise specially occupied in or about the Companys business, he or she may be paid remuneration fixed by the directors, or, at the option of that director, fixed by ordinary resolution, and such remuneration may be either in addition to, or in substitution for, any other remuneration that he or she may be entitled to receive.
Gratuity, Pension or Allowance on Retirement of Director
13.8 Unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution, the directors on behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any director who has held any salaried office or place of profit with the Company or to his or her spouse or dependants and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance.
PART 14
ELECTION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Election at Annual General Meeting
14.1 At every annual general meeting and in every unanimous resolution contemplated by §10.2:
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(a) the shareholders entitled to vote at the annual general meeting for the election of directors must elect, or in the unanimous resolution appoint, a board of directors consisting of the number of directors for the time being set under these Articles; and
(b) all the directors cease to hold office immediately before the election or appointment of directors under §(a), but are eligible for re-election or re-appointment.
Consent to be a Director
14.2 No election, appointment or designation of an individual as a director is valid unless:
(a) that individual consents to be a director in the manner provided for in the Business Corporations Act;
(b) that individual is elected or appointed at a meeting at which the individual is present and the individual does not refuse, at the meeting, to be a director; or
(c) with respect to first directors, the designation is otherwise valid under the Business Corporations Act.
Failure to Elect or Appoint Directors
14.3 If:
(a) the Company fails to hold an annual general meeting, and all the shareholders who are entitled to vote at an annual general meeting fail to pass the unanimous resolution contemplated by §10.2, on or before the date by which the annual general meeting is required to be held under the Business Corporations Act; or
(b) the shareholders fail, at the annual general meeting or in the unanimous resolution contemplated by §10.2, to elect or appoint any directors;
then each director then in office continues to hold office until the earlier of:
(c) the date on which his or her successor is elected or appointed; and
(d) the date on which he or she otherwise ceases to hold office under the Business Corporations Act or these Articles.
Places of Retiring Directors Not Filled
14.4 If, at any meeting of shareholders at which there should be an election of directors, the places of any of the retiring directors are not filled by that election, those retiring directors who are not re-elected and who are asked by the newly elected directors to continue in office will, if willing to do so, continue in office to complete the number of directors for the time being set pursuant to these Articles until further new directors are elected at a meeting of shareholders convened for that purpose. If any such election or continuance of directors does not
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result in the election or continuance of the number of directors for the time being set pursuant to these Articles, the number of directors of the Company is deemed to be set at the number of directors actually elected or continued in office.
Directors May Fill Casual Vacancies
14.5 Any casual vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the directors.
Remaining Directors Power to Act
14.6 The directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the board of directors, but if the Company has fewer directors in office than the number set pursuant to these Articles as the quorum of directors, the directors may only act for the purpose of appointing directors up to that number or of summoning a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of filling any vacancies on the board of directors or, subject to the Business Corporations Act, for any other purpose.
Shareholders May Fill Vacancies
14.7 If the Company has no directors or fewer directors in office than the number set pursuant to these Articles as the quorum of directors, the shareholders may elect or appoint directors to fill any vacancies on the board of directors.
Additional Directors
14.8 Notwithstanding §13.1 and §13.2, between annual general meetings or unanimous resolutions contemplated by §10.2, the directors may appoint one or more additional directors, but the number of additional directors appointed under this §14.8 must not at any time exceed:
(a) one-third of the number of first directors, if, at the time of the appointments, one or more of the first directors have not yet completed their first term of office; or
(b) in any other case, one-third of the number of the current directors who were elected or appointed as directors other than under this §14.8.
Any director so appointed ceases to hold office immediately before the next election or appointment of directors under §14.1(a), but is eligible for re-election or re-appointment.
Ceasing to be a Director
14.9 A director ceases to be a director when:
(a) the term of office of the director expires;
(b) the director dies;
(c) the director resigns as a director by notice in writing provided to the Company or a lawyer for the Company; or
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(d) the director is removed from office pursuant to §14.10 or §14.11.
Removal of Director by Shareholders
14.10 The Company may remove any director before the expiration of his or her term of office by special resolution. In that event, the shareholders may elect, or appoint by ordinary resolution, a director to fill the resulting vacancy. If the shareholders do not elect or appoint a director to fill the resulting vacancy contemporaneously with the removal, then the directors may appoint or the shareholders may elect, or appoint by ordinary resolution, a director to fill that vacancy.
Removal of Director by Directors
14.11 The directors may remove any director before the expiration of his or her term of office if the director is convicted of an indictable offence, or if the director ceases to be qualified to act as a director of a company and does not promptly resign, and the directors may appoint a director to fill the resulting vacancy.
PART 15
ALTERNATE DIRECTORS
Appointment of Alternate Director
15.1 Any director (an appointor) may by notice in writing received by the Company appoint any person (an appointee) who is qualified to act as a director to be his or her alternate to act in his or her place at meetings of the directors or committees of the directors at which the appointor is not present unless (in the case of an appointee who is not a director) the directors have reasonably disapproved the appointment of such person as an alternate director and have given notice to that effect to his or her appointor within a reasonable time after the notice of appointment is received by the Company.
Notice of Meetings
15.2 Every alternate director so appointed is entitled to notice of meetings of the directors and of committees of the directors of which his or her appointor is a member and to attend and vote as a director at any such meetings at which his or her appointor is not present.
Alternate for More Than One Director Attending Meetings
15.3 A person may be appointed as an alternate director by more than one director, and an alternate director:
(a) will be counted in determining the quorum for a meeting of directors once for each of his or her appointors and, in the case of an appointee who is also a director, once more in that capacity;
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(b) has a separate vote at a meeting of directors for each of his or her appointors and, in the case of an appointee who is also a director, an additional vote in that capacity;
(c) will be counted in determining the quorum for a meeting of a committee of directors once for each of his or her appointors who is a member of that committee and, in the case of an appointee who is also a member of that committee as a director, once more in that capacity;
(d) has a separate vote at a meeting of a committee of directors for each of his or her appointors who is a member of that committee and, in the case of an appointee who is also a member of that committee as a director, an additional vote in that capacity.
Consent Resolutions
15.4 Every alternate director, if authorized by the notice appointing him or her, may sign in place of his or her appointor any resolutions to be consented to in writing.
Alternate Director Not an Agent
15.5 Every alternate director is deemed not to be the agent of his or her appointor.
Revocation of Appointment of Alternate Director
15.6 An appointor may at any time, by notice in writing received by the Company, revoke the appointment of an alternate director appointed by him or her.
Ceasing to be an Alternate Director
15.7 The appointment of an alternate director ceases when:
(a) his or her appointor ceases to be a director and is not promptly re-elected or reappointed;
(b) the alternate director dies;
(c) the alternate director resigns as an alternate director by notice in writing provided to the Company or a lawyer for the Company;
(d) the alternate director ceases to be qualified to act as a director; or
(e) his or her appointor revokes the appointment of the alternate director.
Remuneration and Expenses of Alternate Director
15.8 The Company may reimburse an alternate director for the reasonable expenses that would be properly reimbursed if he or she were a director, and the alternate director is entitled to receive from the Company such proportion, if any, of the remuneration otherwise payable to the appointor as the appointor may from time to time direct.
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PART 16
POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
Powers of Management
16.1 The directors must, subject to the Business Corporations Act and these Articles, manage or supervise the management of the business and affairs of the Company and have the authority to exercise all such powers of the Company as are not, by the Business Corporations Act or by these Articles, required to be exercised by the shareholders of the Company.
Appointment of Attorney of Company
16.2 The directors may from time to time, by power of attorney or other instrument, under seal if so required by law, appoint any person to be the attorney of the Company for such purposes, and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the directors under these Articles and excepting the power to fill vacancies in the board of directors, to remove a director, to change the membership of, or fill vacancies in, any committee of the directors, to appoint or remove officers appointed by the directors and to declare dividends) and for such period, and with such remuneration and subject to such conditions as the directors may think fit. Any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection or convenience of persons dealing with such attorney as the directors think fit. Any such attorney may be authorized by the directors to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in him or her.
PART 17
DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST OF DIRECTORS
Obligation to Account for Profits
17.1 A director or senior officer who holds a disclosable interest (as that term is used in the Business Corporations Act) in a contract or transaction into which the Company has entered or proposes to enter is liable to account to the Company for any profit that accrues to the director or senior officer under or as a result of the contract or transaction only if and to the extent provided in the Business Corporations Act.
Restrictions on Voting by Reason of Interest
17.2 A director who holds a disclosable interest in a contract or transaction into which the Company has entered or proposes to enter is not entitled to vote on any directors resolution to approve that contract or transaction, unless all the directors have a disclosable interest in that contract or transaction, in which case any or all of those directors may vote on such resolution.
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Interested Director Counted in Quorum
17.3 A director who holds a disclosable interest in a contract or transaction into which the Company has entered or proposes to enter and who is present at the meeting of directors at which the contract or transaction is considered for approval may be counted in the quorum at the meeting whether or not the director votes on any or all of the resolutions considered at the meeting.
Disclosure of Conflict of Interest or Property
17.4 A director or senior officer who holds any office or possesses any property, right or interest that could result, directly or indirectly, in the creation of a duty or interest that materially conflicts with that individuals duty or interest as a director or senior officer, must disclose the nature and extent of the conflict as required by the Business Corporations Act.
Director Holding Other Office in the Company
17.5 A director may hold any office or place of profit with the Company, other than the office of auditor of the Company, in addition to his or her office of director for the period and on the terms (as to remuneration or otherwise) that the directors may determine.
No Disqualification
17.6 No director or intended director is disqualified by his or her office from contracting with the Company either with regard to the holding of any office or place of profit the director holds with the Company or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, and no contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which a director is in any way interested is liable to be voided for that reason.
Professional Services by Director or Officer
17.7 Subject to the Business Corporations Act, a director or officer, or any person in which a director or officer has an interest, may act in a professional capacity for the Company, except as auditor of the Company, and the director or officer or such person is entitled to remuneration for professional services as if that director or officer were not a director or officer.
Director or Officer in Other Corporations
17.8 A director or officer may be or become a director, officer or employee of, or otherwise interested in, any person in which the Company may be interested as a shareholder or otherwise, and, subject to the Business Corporations Act, the director or officer is not accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him or her as director, officer or employee of, or from his or her interest in, such other person.
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PART 18
PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
Meetings of Directors
18.1 The directors may meet together for the conduct of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit, and meetings of the directors held at regular intervals may be held at the place, at the time and on the notice, if any, as the directors may from time to time determine.
Voting at Meetings
18.2 Questions arising at any meeting of directors are to be decided by a majority of votes and, in the case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting does not have a second or casting vote.
Chair of Meetings
18.3 The following individual is entitled to preside as chair at a meeting of directors:
(a) the chair of the board, if any;
(b) in the absence of the chair of the board, the president, if any, if the president is a director; or
(c) any other director chosen by the directors if:
(i) neither the chair of the board nor the president, if a director, is present at the meeting within 15 minutes after the time set for holding the meeting;
(ii) neither the chair of the board nor the president, if a director, is willing to chair the meeting; or
(iii) the chair of the board and the president, if a director, have advised the secretary, if any, or any other director, that they will not be present at the meeting.
Meetings by Telephone or Other Communications Medium
18.4 A director may participate in a meeting of the directors or of any committee of the directors in person or by telephone if all directors participating in the meeting, whether in person or by telephone or other communications medium, are able to communicate with each other. A director may participate in a meeting of the directors or of any committee of the directors by a communications medium other than telephone if all directors participating in the meeting, whether in person or by telephone or other communications medium, are able to communicate with each other and if all directors who wish to participate in the meeting agree to such participation. A director who participates in a meeting in a manner contemplated by this §18.4 is
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deemed for all purposes of the Business Corporations Act and these Articles to be present at the meeting and to have agreed to participate in that manner.
Calling of Meetings
18.5 A director may, and the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company, if any, on the request of a director must, call a meeting of the directors at any time.
Notice of Meetings
18.6 Other than for meetings held at regular intervals as determined by the directors pursuant to §18.1, reasonable notice of each meeting of the directors, specifying the place, day and time of that meeting must be given to each of the directors and the alternate directors by any method set out in §24.1 or orally or by telephone.
When Notice Not Required
18.7 It is not necessary to give notice of a meeting of the directors to a director or an alternate director if:
(a) the meeting is to be held immediately following a meeting of shareholders at which that director was elected or appointed, or is the meeting of the directors at which that director is appointed; or
(b) the director or alternate director, as the case may be, has waived notice of the meeting.
Meeting Valid Despite Failure to Give Notice
18.8 The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting of directors to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any director or alternate director, does not invalidate any proceedings at that meeting.
Waiver of Notice of Meetings
18.9 Any director or alternate director may send to the Company a document signed by him or her waiving notice of any past, present or future meeting or meetings of the directors and may at any time withdraw that waiver with respect to meetings held after that withdrawal. After sending a waiver with respect to all future meetings and until that waiver is withdrawn, no notice of any meeting of the directors need be given to that director and, unless the director otherwise requires by notice in writing to the Company, to his or her alternate director, and all meetings of the directors so held are deemed not to be improperly called or constituted by reason of notice not having been given to such director or alternate director.
Quorum
18.10 The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the directors may be set by the directors and, if not so set, is deemed to be set at two directors or, if the number of
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directors is set at one, is deemed to be set at one director, and that director may constitute a meeting.
Validity of Acts Where Appointment Defective
18.11 Subject to the Business Corporations Act, an act of a director or officer is not invalid merely because of an irregularity in the election or appointment or a defect in the qualification of that director or officer.
Consent Resolutions in Writing
18.12 A resolution of the directors or of any committee of the directors may be passed without a meeting:
(a) in all cases, if each of the directors entitled to vote on the resolution consents to it in writing; or
(b) in the case of a resolution to approve a contract or transaction in respect of which a director has disclosed that he or she has or may have a disclosable interest, if each of the other directors who are entitled to vote on the resolution consents to it in writing.
A consent in writing under this Article may be by signed document, fax, email or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages. A consent in writing may be in two or more counterparts which together are deemed to constitute one consent in writing. A resolution of the directors or of any committee of the directors passed in accordance with this §18.12 is effective on the date stated in the consent in writing or on the latest date stated on any counterpart and is deemed to be a proceeding at a meeting of directors or of the committee of the directors and to be as valid and effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the directors or of the committee of the directors that satisfies all the requirements of the Business Corporations Act and all the requirements of these Articles relating to meetings of the directors or of a committee of the directors.
PART 19
EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES
Appointment and Powers of Executive Committee
19.1 The directors may, by resolution, appoint an executive committee consisting of the director or directors that they consider appropriate, and this committee has, during the intervals between meetings of the board of directors, all of the directors powers, except:
(a) the power to fill vacancies in the board of directors;
(b) the power to remove a director;
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(c) the power to change the membership of, or fill vacancies in, any committee of the directors; and
(d) such other powers, if any, as may be set out in the resolution or any subsequent directors resolution.
Appointment and Powers of Other Committees
19.2 The directors may, by resolution:
(a) appoint one or more committees (other than the executive committee) consisting of the director or directors that they consider appropriate;
(b) delegate to a committee appointed under §(a) any of the directors powers, except:
(i) the power to fill vacancies in the board of directors;
(ii) the power to remove a director;
(iii) the power to change the membership of, or fill vacancies in, any committee of the directors; and
(iv) the power to appoint or remove officers appointed by the directors; and
(c) make any delegation referred to in §(b) subject to the conditions set out in the resolution or any subsequent directors resolution.
Obligations of Committees
19.3 Any committee appointed under §19.1 or §19.2, in the exercise of the powers delegated to it, must:
(a) conform to any rules that may from time to time be imposed on it by the directors; and
(b) report every act or thing done in exercise of those powers at such times as the directors may require.
Powers of Board
19.4 The directors may, at any time, with respect to a committee appointed under §19.1 or §19.2:
(a) revoke or alter the authority given to the committee, or override a decision made by the committee, except as to acts done before such revocation, alteration or overriding;
(b) terminate the appointment of, or change the membership of, the committee; and
(c) fill vacancies in the committee.
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Committee Meetings
19.5 Subject to §19.3(a) and unless the directors otherwise provide in the resolution appointing the committee or in any subsequent resolution, with respect to a committee appointed under §19.1 or §19.2:
(a) the committee may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper;
(b) the committee may elect a chair of its meetings but, if no chair of a meeting is elected, or if at a meeting the chair of the meeting is not present within 15 minutes after the time set for holding the meeting, the directors present who are members of the committee may choose one of their number to chair the meeting;
(c) a majority of the members of the committee constitutes a quorum of the committee; and
(d) questions arising at any meeting of the committee are determined by a majority of votes of the members present, and in case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting does not have a second or casting vote.
PART 20
OFFICERS
Directors May Appoint Officers
20.1 The directors may, from time to time, appoint such officers, if any, as the directors determine and the directors may, at any time, terminate any such appointment.
Functions, Duties and Powers of Officers
20.2 The directors may, for each officer:
(a) determine the functions and duties of the officer;
(b) entrust to and confer on the officer any of the powers exercisable by the directors on such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as the directors think fit; and
(c) revoke, withdraw, alter or vary all or any of the functions, duties and powers of the officer.
Qualifications
20.3 No officer may be appointed unless that officer is qualified in accordance with the Business Corporations Act. One person may hold more than one position as an officer of the Company. Any person appointed as the chair of the board or as a managing director must be a director. Any other officer need not be a director.
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Remuneration and Terms of Appointment
20.4 All appointments of officers are to be made on the terms and conditions and at the remuneration (whether by way of salary, fee, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) that the directors thinks fit and are subject to termination at the pleasure of the directors, and an officer may in addition to such remuneration be entitled to receive, after he or she ceases to hold such office or leaves the employment of the Company, a pension or gratuity.
PART 21
INDEMNIFICATION
Definitions
21.1 In this §21.1:
(a) eligible penalty means a judgment, penalty or fine awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in settlement of, an eligible proceeding;
(b) eligible proceeding means a legal proceeding or investigative action, whether current, threatened, pending or completed, in which a director, former director or alternate director of the Company (an eligible party) or any of the heirs and legal personal representatives of the eligible party, by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director or alternate director of the Company:
(i) is or may be joined as a party; or
(ii) is or may be liable for or in respect of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding;
(c) expenses has the meaning set out in the Business Corporations Act.
Mandatory Indemnification of Directors and Former Directors
21.2 Subject to the Business Corporations Act, the Company must indemnify a director, former director or alternate director of the Company and his or her heirs and legal personal representatives against all eligible penalties to which such person is or may be liable, and the Company must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in respect of that proceeding. Each director and alternate director is deemed to have contracted with the Company on the terms of the indemnity contained in this §21.2.
Indemnification of Other Persons
21.3 Subject to any restrictions in the Business Corporations Act, the Company may indemnify any person.
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Non-Compliance with Business Corporations Act
21.4 The failure of a director, alternate director or officer of the Company to comply with the Business Corporations Act or these Articles does not invalidate any indemnity to which he or she is entitled under this Article.
Company May Purchase Insurance
21.5 The Company may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person (or his or her heirs or legal personal representatives) who:
(a) is or was a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of the Company;
(b) is or was a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation at a time when the corporation is or was an affiliate of the Company;
(c) at the request of the Company, is or was a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity;
(d) at the request of the Company, holds or held a position equivalent to that of a director, alternate director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity;
against any liability incurred by him or her as such director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent or person who holds or held such equivalent position.
PART 22
DIVIDENDS
Payment of Dividends Subject to Special Rights
22.1 The provisions of this Part 22 are subject to the rights, if any, of shareholders holding shares with special rights as to dividends.
Declaration of Dividends
22.2 Subject to the Business Corporations Act, the directors may from time to time declare and authorize payment of such dividends as they may deem advisable.
No Notice Required
22.3 The directors need not give notice to any shareholder of any declaration under §22.2.
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Record Date
22.4 The directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend. The record date must not precede the date on which the dividend is to be paid by more than two months. If no record date is set, the record date is 5 p.m. on the date on which the directors pass the resolution declaring the dividend.
Manner of Paying Dividend
22.5 A resolution declaring a dividend may direct payment of the dividend wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets or of fully paid shares or of bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company, or in any one or more of those ways.
Settlement of Difficulties
22.6 If any difficulty arises in regard to a distribution under §22.5, the directors may settle the difficulty as they deem advisable, and, in particular, may:
(a) set the value for distribution of specific assets;
(b) determine that cash payments in substitution for all or any part of the specific assets to which any shareholders are entitled may be made to any shareholders on the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all parties; and
(c) vest any such specific assets in trustees for the persons entitled to the dividend.
When Dividend Payable
22.7 Any dividend may be made payable on such date as is fixed by the directors.
Dividends to be Paid in Accordance with Number of Shares
22.8 All dividends on shares of any class or series of shares must be declared and paid according to the number of such shares held.
Receipt by Joint Shareholders
22.9 If several persons are joint shareholders of any share, any one of them may give an effective receipt for any dividend, bonus or other money payable in respect of the share.
Dividend Bears No Interest
22.10 No dividend bears interest against the Company.
Fractional Dividends
22.11 If a dividend to which a shareholder is entitled includes a fraction of the smallest monetary unit of the currency of the dividend, that fraction may be disregarded in making payment of the dividend and that payment represents full payment of the dividend.
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Payment of Dividends
22.12 Any dividend or other distribution payable in cash in respect of shares may be paid by cheque, made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent, and mailed to the address of the shareholder, or in the case of joint shareholders, to the address of the joint shareholder who is first named on the central securities register, or to the person and to the address the shareholder or joint shareholders may direct in writing. The mailing of such cheque will, to the extent of the sum represented by the cheque (plus the amount of the tax required by law to be deducted), discharge all liability for the dividend unless such cheque is not paid on presentation or the amount of tax so deducted is not paid to the appropriate taxing authority.
Capitalization of Surplus
22.13 Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, the directors may from time to time capitalize any surplus of the Company and may from time to time issue, as fully paid, shares or any bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company as a dividend representing the surplus or any part of the surplus.
PART 23
DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND REPORTS
Recording of Financial Affairs
23.1 The directors must cause adequate accounting records to be kept to record properly the financial affairs and condition of the Company and to comply with the Business Corporations Act.
Inspection of Accounting Records
23.2 Unless the directors determine otherwise, or unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution, no shareholder of the Company is entitled to inspect or obtain a copy of any accounting records of the Company.
PART 24
NOTICES
Method of Giving Notice
24.1 Unless the Business Corporations Act or these Articles provides otherwise, a notice, statement, report or other record required or permitted by the Business Corporations Act or these Articles to be sent by or to a person may be sent by any one of the following methods:
(a) mail addressed to the person at the applicable address for that person as follows:
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(i) for a record mailed to a shareholder, the shareholders registered address;
(ii) for a record mailed to a director or officer, the prescribed address for mailing shown for the director or officer in the records kept by the Company or the mailing address provided by the recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;
(iii) in any other case, the mailing address of the intended recipient;
(b) delivery at the applicable address for that person as follows, addressed to the person:
(i) for a record delivered to a shareholder, the shareholders registered address;
(ii) for a record delivered to a director or officer, the prescribed address for delivery shown for the director or officer in the records kept by the Company or the delivery address provided by the recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;
(iii) in any other case, the delivery address of the intended recipient;
(c) sending the record by fax to the fax number provided by the intended recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;
(d) sending the record by email to the email address provided by the intended recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;
(e) physical delivery to the intended recipient.
Deemed Receipt of Mailing
24.2 A record that is mailed to a person by ordinary mail to the applicable address for that person referred to in §24.1 is deemed to be received by the person to whom it was mailed on the day, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted, following the date of mailing.
Certificate of Sending
24.3 A certificate signed by the secretary, if any, or other officer of the Company or of any other corporation acting in that behalf for the Company stating that a notice, statement, report or other record was addressed as required by §24.1, prepaid and mailed or otherwise sent as permitted by §24.1 is conclusive evidence of that fact.
Notice to Joint Shareholders
24.4 A notice, statement, report or other record may be provided by the Company to the joint shareholders of a share by providing the notice to the joint shareholder first named in the central securities register in respect of the share.
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Notice to Trustees
24.5 A notice, statement, report or other record may be provided by the Company to the persons entitled to a share in consequence of the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of a shareholder by:
(a) mailing the record, addressed to them:
(i) by name, by the title of the legal personal representative of the deceased or incapacitated shareholder, by the title of trustee of the bankrupt shareholder or by any similar description; and
(ii) at the address, if any, supplied to the Company for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled; or
(b) if an address referred to in §(a)(ii) has not been supplied to the Company, by giving the notice in a manner in which it might have been given if the death, bankruptcy or incapacity had not occurred.
PART 25
SEAL
Who May Attest Seal
25.1 Except as provided in §25.2 and §25.3, the Companys seal, if any, must not be impressed on any record except when that impression is attested by the signatures of:
(a) any two directors;
(b) any officer, together with any director;
(c) if the Company only has one director, that director; or
(d) any one or more directors or officers or persons as may be determined by the directors.
Sealing Copies
25.2 For the purpose of certifying under seal a certificate of incumbency of the directors or officers of the Company or a true copy of any resolution or other document, despite §25.1, the impression of the seal may be attested by the signature of any director or officer.
Mechanical Reproduction of Seal
25.3 The directors may authorize the seal to be impressed by third parties on share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company as they may determine appropriate from time to time. To enable the seal to be impressed on any share certificates or
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bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company, whether in definitive or interim form, on which facsimiles of any of the signatures of the directors or officers of the Company are, in accordance with the Business Corporations Act or these Articles, printed or otherwise mechanically reproduced, there may be delivered to the person employed to engrave, lithograph or print such definitive or interim share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities one or more unmounted dies reproducing the seal and the chair of the board or any senior officer together with the secretary, treasurer, secretary-treasurer, an assistant secretary, an assistant treasurer or an assistant secretary-treasurer may in writing authorize such person to cause the seal to be impressed on such definitive or interim share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities by the use of such dies. Share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities to which the seal has been so impressed are for all purposes deemed to be under and to bear the seal impressed on them.
PART 26
PROHIBITIONS
Definitions
26.1 In this Part 26:
(a) designated security means:
(i) a voting security of the Company;
(ii) a security of the Company that is not a debt security and that carries a residual right to participate in the earnings of the Company or, on the liquidation or winding up of the Company, in its assets; or
(iii) a security of the Company convertible, directly or indirectly, into a security described in §(a) or §(b);
(b) security has the meaning assigned in the Securities Act (British Columbia);
(c) voting security means a security of the Company that:
(i) is not a debt security, and
(ii) carries a voting right either under all circumstances or under some circumstances that have occurred and are continuing.
Application
26.2 §26.3 does not apply to the Company if and for so long as it is a public company or a pre-existing reporting company which has the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions as part of its Articles or to which the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions apply.
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Consent Required for Transfer of Shares or Designated Securities
26.3 No share or designated security may be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of without the consent of the directors and the directors are not required to give any reason for refusing to consent to any such sale, transfer or other disposition.
Full name and signature of director | Date of signing |
____________________________________________ David Stadnyk | July _______________, 2007 |