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One
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Interpretation
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Two
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Business of the Corporation
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Three
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Borrowing and Security
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Four
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Directors
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Five
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Committees
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Six
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Officers
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Seven
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Protection of Directors, Officers and Others
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Eight
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Shares
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Nine
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Dividends and Rights
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Ten
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Meetings of Shareholders
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Eleven
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Notices
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Twleve
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Effective Date and Repeal
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SECTION ONE
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INTERPRETATION
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1
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1.01
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Definitions
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1
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SECTION TWO
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BUSINESS OF THE CORPORATION
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2
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2.01
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Registered Office
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2
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2.02
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Corporate Seal
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2
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2.03
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Financial Year
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2
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2.04
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Execution of Instruments
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2
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2.05
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Banking Arrangements
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2
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2.06
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Voting Rights in Other Bodies Corporate
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2
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2.07
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Divisions
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2
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SECTION THREE
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BORROWING AND SECURITY
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4
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3.01
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Borrowing Power
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4
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3.02
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Delegation
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4
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SECTION FOUR
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DIRECTORS
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5
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4.01
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Number of Directors
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5
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4.02
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Qualification
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5
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4.03
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Election and Term
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5
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4.04
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Removal of Directors
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5
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4.04A
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Advance Notice of Nominations of Directors
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5
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4.05
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Vacation of Office
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10
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4.06
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Appointment of Additional Directors
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11
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4.07
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Action by the Board
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11
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4.08
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Canadian Directors Present at Meetings
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11
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4.09
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Meeting by Telephone
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11
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4.10
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Signed Resolutions
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11
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4.11
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Place of Meetings
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11
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4.12
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Calling of Meetings
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12
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4.13
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Notice of Meeting
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12
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4.14
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First Meeting of New Board
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12
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4.15
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Adjourned Meeting
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13
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4.16
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Regular Meetings
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13
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4.17
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Chair
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13
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4.18
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Quorum
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13
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4.19
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Votes to Govern
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13
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4.20
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Conflict of Interest
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13
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4.21
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Remuneration and Expenses
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13
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SECTION FIVE
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COMMITTEES
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5.01
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Committees of the Board
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14
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5.02
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Transaction of Business
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14
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5.03
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Audit Committee
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14
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5.04
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Advisory Bodies
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14
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5.05
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Procedure
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14
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SECTION SIX
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OFFICERS
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15
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6.01
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Appointment
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15
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6.02
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Powers and Duties of Officers
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15
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6.03
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Term of Office
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15
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6.04
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Agents and Attorneys
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15
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6.05
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Conflict of Interest
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15
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SECTION SEVEN
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PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS
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7.01
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Limitation of Liability
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7.02
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Indemnity
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7.03
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Advance of Costs
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16
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7.04
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Additional Advance
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7.05
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Indemnities Not Limiting
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17
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7.06
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Insurance
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17
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SECTION EIGHT
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SHARES
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8.01
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Allotment of Shares
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18
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8.02
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Commissions
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18
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8.03
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Registration of Transfers
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18
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8.04
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Non-recognition of Trusts
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18
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8.05
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Share Certificates
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18
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8.06
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Replacement of Share Certificates
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19
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8.07
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Joint Shareholders
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19
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8.08
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Deceased Shareholders
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19
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8.09
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Transfer Agents and Registrars
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19
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8.10
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Record Dates
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19
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SECTION NINE
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DIVIDENDS
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20
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9.01
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Dividends
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20
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9.02
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Dividend Cheques
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20
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9.03
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Record Date
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20
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SECTION TEN
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MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
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21
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10.01
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Annual Meetings
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21
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10.02
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Special Meetings
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21
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10.03
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Place of Meetings
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21
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10.04
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Participation in Meeting by Electronic Means
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21
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10.05
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Meeting held by Electronic Means
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21
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10.06
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Notice of Meetings
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21
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10.07
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List of Shareholders Entitled to Notice
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22
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10.08
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Record Date for Notice
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22
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10.09
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Meetings Without Notice
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22
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10.10
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Chair, Secretary and Scrutineers
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10.11
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Persons Entitled to be Present
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23
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10.12
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Quorum
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23
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10.13
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Right to Vote
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23
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10.14
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Proxyholders and Representatives
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23
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10.15
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Time for Deposit of Proxies
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24
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10.16
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Joint Shareholders
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24
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10.17
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Votes to Govern
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24
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10.18
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Show of Hands
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24
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10.19
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Ballots
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25
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10.20
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Adjournment
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25
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SECTION ELEVEN
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NOTICES
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11.01
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Method of Giving Notices
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26
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11.02
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Notice to Joint Shareholders
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26
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11.03
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Computation of Time
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26
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11.04
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Undelivered Notices
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26
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11.05
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Omissions and Errors
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27
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11.06
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Persons Entitled by Death or Operation of Law
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27
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11.07
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Waiver of Notice
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27
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11.08
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Interpretation
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27
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11.09
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Electronic Documents
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27
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SECTION TWELVE
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EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL
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28
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12.01
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Effective Date
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28
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12.02
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Repeal
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28
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SECTION ONE
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INTERPRETATION
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SECTION TWO
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BUSINESS OF THE CORPORATION
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(a)
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Subdivision and Consolidation - the further division of the
business and operations of any such division into sub-units and the consolidation of the business and operations of any such divisions and sub-units;
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(b)
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Name - the designation of any such division or sub-unit by,
and the carrying on of the business and operations of, any such division or sub-unit under, a name other than the name of the Corporation; provided that the Corporation shall set out its name in legible characters in all places required
by law; and
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(c)
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Officers - the appointment of officers for any such division
or sub-unit, the determination of their powers and duties, and the removal of any of such officers so appointed, provided that any such officers shall not, as such, be officers of the Corporation.
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SECTION THREE
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BORROWING AND SECURITY
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(d)
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borrow money upon the credit of the Corporation;
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(e)
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issue, reissue, sell, pledge or hypothecate bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee of the
Corporation, whether secured or unsecured;
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(f)
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give a guarantee on behalf of the Corporation to secure performance of any present or future indebtedness, liability or
obligation of any person; and
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(g)
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mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in all or any currently owned or subsequently acquired
real or personal, movable or immovable, property of the Corporation, including book debts, rights, powers, franchises and undertakings, to secure any such bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee or any
other present or future indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Corporation.
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SECTION FOUR
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DIRECTORS
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(a)
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Nomination Procedures - Subject only to the Act, Applicable
Securities Law and the articles of the Corporation, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the
board may be made at any annual meeting of shareholders, or at any special meeting of shareholders if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting,
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by or at the direction of the board, including pursuant to a notice of meeting;
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ii.
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by or at the direction or request of one or more shareholders pursuant to a proposal made in accordance with the provisions of
the Act, or a requisition of the shareholders made in accordance with the provisions of the Act; or
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iii.
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by any person (a “Nominating Shareholder”) who (A) at the close of
business on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this section 4.04A and on the record date for notice of such meeting, is entered in the securities register as a holder of one or more shares carrying the right to vote at
such meeting or who beneficially owns shares that are entitled to be voted at such meeting and provides evidence of such beneficial ownership to the Corporation, and (B) complies with the notice procedures set forth below in this section
4.04A.
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(b)
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Timely notice - In addition to any other applicable
requirements, for a nomination to be made by a Nominating Shareholder, the Nominating Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the secretary of the Corporation in accordance with this section 4.04A.
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(c)
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Manner of timely notice - To be timely, a Nominating
Shareholder’s notice must be given:
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in the case of an annual meeting (including an annual and special meeting) of shareholders, not less than 30 nor more than 65
days prior to the date of the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the meeting is to be held on a date that is less than 60 days after the date (the “Notice Date”) on
which the first public announcement of the date of the meeting was made, notice by the Nominating Shareholder may be made not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the Notice Date; and
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in the case of a special meeting (which is not also an annual meeting) of shareholders called for the purpose of electing
directors (whether or not called for other purposes), not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which the first public
announcement of the date of the meeting was made.
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(d)
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Proper form of notice - To be in proper written form, a
Nominating Shareholder’s notice must set forth:
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as to each person whom the Nominating Shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) the name, age, province
or state, and country of residence of the person, (B) the principal occupation, business or employment of the person, both present and within the five years preceding the notice,
(C) whether the person is a resident Canadian within the meaning of the Act, (D) the number of securities of each class of voting securities of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned, or controlled or directed,
directly or indirectly, by such person, as of the record date for the meeting of shareholders (if such date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice, and (E) any other
information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident’s proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act or any Applicable Securities Laws; and
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ii.
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as to the Nominating Shareholder, (A) the number of securities of each class of voting securities of the Corporation or any of
its subsidiaries beneficially owned, or controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, by such person or any joint actors, as defined under Applicable Securities Laws, as of the record date for the meeting (if such date shall then have
been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice, (B) full particulars regarding any proxy, contract, arrangement, agreement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Nominating
Shareholder has a right to vote or to direct or to control the voting of any shares of the Corporation and (C) any other information relating to such Nominating Shareholder that would be required to be made in a dissident’s proxy circular
in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act or any Applicable Securities Laws,
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(e)
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Other Information - The Corporation may require any proposed
nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director, as defined in Applicable Securities Laws, of the
Corporation or that would reasonably be expected to be material to a reasonable shareholder’s understanding of the independence and/or qualifications, or lack thereof, of such proposed nominee.
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Notice to be updated - In addition, to be considered timely and
in proper written form, a Nominating Shareholder’s notice shall be promptly updated and supplemented, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date
for the meeting.
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Power of the chair - The chair of the meeting shall have the
power and duty to determine whether a nomination was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in the foregoing provisions and, if any proposed nomination is not in compliance with such foregoing provisions, to declare that such
defective nomination shall be disregarded.
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Delivery of notice - Notwithstanding any other provision of
this by-law, notice given to the secretary of the Corporation pursuant to this section 4.04A may only be given by personal delivery, facsimile transmission or by email (provided that the secretary of the Corporation has stipulated an
email address for purposes of any such notice), and shall be deemed to have been given and made only at the time it is served by personal delivery, email (at the address as aforesaid) or sent by facsimile transmission (provided that
receipt of the confirmation of such transmission has been received) to the secretary of the Corporation at the address of the principal executive offices of the Corporation; provided that if such delivery or electronic communication is
made on a day which is not a business day or later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on a day which is a business day, then such delivery or electronic communication shall be deemed to have been made on the subsequent day that is a business
day.
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(i)
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Increase in number of directors to be elected - Notwithstanding
any provisions in this section to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected at a meeting is increased effective after the time period for which the Nominating Shareholder’s notice would otherwise be due under
this section, a notice with respect to nominees for the additional directorships required by this section shall be considered timely if it shall be given not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which the first public announcement of such increase was made by the Corporation.
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(j)
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The board may, in its sole discretion, waive any requirement in this section 4.04A.
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(k)
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Definitions - For purposes of this section 4.04A,
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(a)
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a resident Canadian director who is unable to be present approves in writing, or by telephonic, electronic or other
communication facility, the business transacted at the meeting; and
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(b)
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the required number of resident Canadians would have been present had that director been present at the meeting.
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(a)
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submit to the shareholders any question or matter requiring approval of the shareholders;
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(b)
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fill a vacancy among the directors or in the office of auditor, or appoint additional directors;
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(c)
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issue securities except as authorized by the board;
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(d)
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issue shares of a series except as authorized by the board;
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(e)
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declare dividends;
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(f)
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purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares issued by the Corporation;
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(g)
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pay a commission for the sale of shares except as authorized by the board;
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(h)
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approve a management proxy circular;
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(i)
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approve a take-over bid circular or directors’ circular;
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(j)
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approve any annual financial statements; or
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(k)
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adopt, amend or repeal by-laws.
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SECTION FIVE
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COMMITTEES
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SECTION SIX
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OFFICERS
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SECTION SEVEN
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PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS
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SECTION EIGHT
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SHARES
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SECTION NINE
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DIVIDENDS
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SECTION TEN
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MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
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SECTION ELEVEN
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NOTICES
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SECTION TWELVE
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EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL
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