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Province of British Columbia
Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations
Corporate and Personal
Property Registries
940 Blanshard Street
Victoria
British Columbia
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Exhibit 1.3
File Number: 549708
CUSIL VENTURE CORPORATION
I hereby certify that the documents attached hereto are copies of documents filed with the Registrar of Companies on September 05, 1997
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JOHN S. POWELL Registrar of Companies
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COMPANY ACT
FORM1
MEMORANDUM
I wish to be formed into a company with limited liability under the British Columbia Company Act in pursuance of this Memorandum.
1. The name of the Company is "CUSIL VENTURE CORPORATION"
2. The authorized capital of the Company consists of 100,000,000 common shares without par value.
3. I agree to take the number, kind and class of shares in the Company set opposite my name.
FULL NAME, RESIDENT ADDRESS AND OCCUPATION OF SUBSCRIBER
NUMBER AND KIND AND CLASS OF SHARES TAKEN BY SUBSCRIBER
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One (1) Common Share
Eugene NC Larabie
332 St. Patrick Avenue
North Vancouver, British Columbia
V7L 4S9
Professional Engineer
One (1) Common Share
TOTAL SHARES TAKEN:
DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia this 3rd day of September, 1997.
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COMPANYACT
ARTICLES
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COMPANY ACT
ARTICLES
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Cusil Venture Corporation
PART I
1.0
INTERPRETATION
1.1
Definitions. In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"board of directors" or "board" or "the directors" means the directors or the sole
director of the Company for the time being;
(b)
"Company Act" means the Company Act of the Province of British Columbia from
time to time in force and all amendments thereto and includes all regulations and
amendments thereto;
(c)
"Registered Address" of a member means his address as recorded in the register of
members to be kept pursuant to the Company Act;
(d)
"Registered Address" of a director means his address as recorded in the register of
directors to be kept pursuant to the Company Act.
1.2
Expressions Referring to Writing. Expressions referring to writing shall be
construed as including references to printing, lithography, typewriting, photography and other
modes of representing or producing words in a visible and durable form.
1.3
Expressions Referring to Signing. Expressions referring to signing or consenting to
in writing shall be construed as including facsimile, printed or mechanically-reproduced
signatures and the receipt of messages by any method of transmitting writing and indicating
thereon that the requisite instrument is signed, notwithstanding that no actual original or copy of
an original signature appears thereon.
1.4
Construction of Words. Words importing the singular include the plural and vice
versa, and words importing a male person include a female person and a corporation.
1.5
Interpretation Act Applicable. The rules of construction contained in the
Interpretation Act shall apply, with the necessary changes and so far as applicable, to the
interpretation of these Articles.
1.6
Company Act Definitions Applicable. The definitions contained in the Company Act
shall, with the necessary changes and so far as applicable, apply to these Articles.
PART 2
2.0
SHARES AND SHARE CERTIFICATES
2.1
Form of Certificates. Every share certificate issued by the company shall be in such
form as the directors approve and shall comply with the Company Act.
2.2
Delivery of Certificates. Any share certificate may be mailed by registered mail,
postage prepaid, to the member entitled thereto at his registered address and the company shall
not be liable for any loss occasioned to the member if that share certificate is lost or stolen. In respect of a share held jointly by several persons, delivery of a certificate for that share to one of several joint holders or to his duly authorized agent shall be sufficient delivery to all.
2.3
Replacement of Lost or Defaced Certificates. If a share certificate:
(a)
is worn out or defaced, the directors shall, upon production to them of that certificate
and upon such other terms, if any, as they may think fit, order the certificate to be
cancelled and may issue a new certificate in lieu thereof;
(b)
is lost, stolen or destroyed, then upon proof thereof to the satisfaction of the directors
and upon such indemnity and security therefor, if any, as the directors deem adequate
being given, a new share certificate in place thereof shall be issued to the person
entitled to the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate;
(c)
represents more than one share and the registered owner thereof surrenders it to the
company with a written request that the company issue, registered in his name, two or
more certificates each representing a specified number of shares and in the aggregate
representing the same number of shares as the certificate so surrendered, the company
shall cancel the certificate so surrendered and issue in place thereof certificates in
accordance with the request.
2.4
Consolidation of Certificates. If two or more certificates are surrendered by the
registered owner thereof to the company together with a written request that the company issue
one certificate registered in his name representing the aggregate of the shares represented by the
certificates so surrendered, the company shall cancel the certificates so surrendered and issue in
place thereof one certificate in accordance with the request.
2.5
Fee for Certificates. There shall be paid to the company in respect of the issue of
any certificate pursuant to Articles 2.3 and 2.4 hereof such sum, if any, as the directors may from
time to time prescribe.
2.6
Recognition of Trusts. Except as required by law or statute or these Articles, no
person shall be recognized by the company as holding any share upon any trust and the company
shall not be 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 any interest in a fractional part
of a share or (except only 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 member.
PART 3
3.0
ALLOTMENT AND ISSUE OF SHARES
3.1
Authority of Directors. Subject to the requirements of the Company Act with
respect to pro rata offerings (if applicable) and otherwise and subject to any direction to the
contrary contained in a resolution passed at a general meeting authorizing any increase of capital,
the allotment and issue of shares, whether in the original or any increased capital of the company,
shall be under the control of the directors who may allot, otherwise dispose of or grant options on
shares authorized but not yet allotted at any time, to any person including a director, in the
manner, upon the terms and conditions and at a price or for the consideration as the directors, in
their absolute discretion, may determine.
3.2
Commissions and Brokerage. The directors may pay a commission or allow a
discount to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe, whether
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absolutely or conditionally, for any shares in the company or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions, whether absolutely or conditionally, for any shares in the company, provided that the rate of the commission or discount shall not in the aggregate exceed 25% of the subscription price of those shares or an equivalent to that percentage. The directors may also pay such brokerage as may be lawful,
3.3
Conditions of Issue. No share may be issued until it is fully paid and the company
shall have received the full consideration therefor in cash, property or past services actually
performed for the company. The value of property or services for the purpose of this Article
shall be an amount determined by the directors to be, in all circumstances of the transaction, no
greater than the fair market value thereof.
PART 4
4.0
SHARE TRANSFERS
4.1
Transferability and Instrument of Transfer. Subject to the restrictions, if any, set
forth in these Articles or in the Memorandum of the company, any member may transfer his
shares by instrument in writing executed by or on behalf of that member and delivered to the
company or its transfer agent. The instrument of transfer of any share of the company shall be in
the form, if any, provided on the back of the company's form of share certificate or in any other
form which the directors may approve. If the directors so require, each instrument of transfer
shall be in respect of only one class of share.
4.2
Submission of Instruments of Transfer. Every instrument of transfer shall be
executed by the transferor and left at the registered office of the company or at the office of its
transfer agent or registrar for registration together with the share certificate for the shares to be
transferred and such other evidence, if any, as the directors or the transfer agent or registrar may
require to prove the title of the transferor or his right to transfer the shares. All instruments of
transfer where the transfer is registered shall be retained by the company or its transfer agent or
registrar and any instrument of transfer, where the transfer is not registered, shall be returned to
the person depositing it together with the share certificate which accompanied it when tendered
for registration.
4.3
Authority in Instrument of Transfer. The signature of a member or of his duly
authorized attorney on the instrument of transfer constitutes an authority to the company to
register the shares specified in the instrument of transfer as transferee or if no person is so
named, then in any name designated in writing by the person depositing the share certificate and
the instrument of transfer with the company or its transfer agent or registrar.
4.4
Inquiry as to Title Not Required. Neither the company nor any of its directors,
officers or agents shall be bound to inquire into any title of the transferee of any shares to be
transferred and none of them shall be liable to any person for registering the transfer.
4.5
Transfer Fee. There shall be paid to the company in respect of the registration of
any transfer such sum, if any, as the directors may from time to time prescribe.
4.6
Registers of Members, Transfers and Allotments. The company shall keep or
cause to be kept a register of members, a register of transfers and a register of allotments within
British Columbia, all as required by the Company Act, and may combine one or more of such
registers. If the company's capital shall consist of more than one class of shares, a separate
register of members, register of transfers and register of allotments may be kept in respect of
each class of shares. The directors on behalf of the company may appoint a trust company to
keep the register of members, register of transfers and register of allotments or, if there is more
than one class of shares, the directors may appoint a trust company, which need not be the same
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trust company, to keep the register of members, the register of transfers and the register of allotments for each class of shares. The directors on behalf of the company may also appoint one or more trust companies, including the trust company which keeps the said registers of its shares or of a class thereof, as transfer agent for its shares or such class thereof, as the case may be, and the same or other trust company or companies as registrar for its shares or such class thereof, as the case may be. The directors may terminate the appointment of any such trust company at any time and may appoint another trust company in its place.
4.7
Branch Registers. Unless prohibited by the Company Act, the company may keep or
cause to be kept one or more branch registers of members at such place or places as the directors
may from time to time determine.
PARTS
5.0
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
5.1
Personal Representative Recognized on Death. In the case of the death of a
member, the survivor or survivors where the deceased was a joint registered holder, and the legal
personal representative of the deceased where he was the sole holder, shall be the only persons
recognized by the company as having any title to his interest in the shares. Before recognizing
any legal personal representative the directors may require him to deliver to the company, the
original or a court-certified copy of a grant of probate or letters of administration in British
Columbia or such other evidence and documents as the directors consider appropriate in order to
establish the right of the personal representative to such title to the interest in the shares of the
deceased member.
5.2
Death or Bankruptcy. Upon the death or bankruptcy of a member, his personal
representative or trustee in bankruptcy, although not a member, shall have the same rights,
privileges and obligations that attach to the shares formerly held by the deceased or bankrupt
member if the documents required by the Company Act shall have been deposited with the
company. This Article does not apply on the death of a member with respect to shares registered
in his name and the name of another person in joint tenancy.
5.3
Persons in Representative Capacity. Any person who becomes entitled to a share
in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a member shall, upon such documents and evidence
being produced to the company as the Company Act requires, or who becomes entitled to a share
as a result of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or a statute, has the right either to be
registered as a member in his representative capacity in respect of such share or, if he is a
personal representative or trustee in bankruptcy, instead of being registered himself, to make
such transfer of the share as the deceased or bankrupt person could have made; but the directors
shall, as regards a transfer by a personal representative or trustee in bankruptcy, have the same
right, if any, to decline or suspend registration of a transferee as they would have in the case of a
transfer of a share by the deceased or bankrupt person before the death or bankruptcy.
PART 6
6.0
ALTERATION OF CAPITAL
6.1
Ordinary Resolution Required. The company may by ordinary resolution amend
its Memorandum to increase the authorized capital of the company by:
(a)
creating shares with par value or shares without par value, or both;
(b)
increasing the number of shares with par value or shares without par value, or both; or
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(c)
increasing the par value of a class of shares with par value, if no shares of that class
are issued.
6.2
Other Capital Alterations. The company may by special resolution alter its
Memorandum to subdivide, consolidate, change from shares with par value to shares without par
value, or from shares without par value to shares with par value, or change the designation of, all
or any of its shares but only to such extent, in such manners and with such consents of members
holding a class of shares which is the subject of or affected by such alteration, as the Company
Act provides.
6.3
Creation, Variation and Abrogation of Special Rights and Restrictions. The
company may alter its Memorandum or these Articles:
(a)
by special resolution, to create, define and attach special rights or restrictions to any
snares; and
(b)
by special resolution and by otherwise complying with any applicable provision of its
Memorandum or these Articles, to vary or abrogate any special rights and restrictions
attached to any shares, and in each case by filing a certified copy of such resolution
with the registrar, but no right or special right attached to any issued shares shall be
prejudiced or interfered with unless all members holding shares of each class whose
right or special right is so prejudiced or interfered with consent thereto in writing, or
unless a resolution consenting thereto is passed at a separate class meeting of the
holders of the shares of each such class by a majority of three-fourths, or such greater
majority as may be specified by the special rights attached to the class of shares, of
the issued shares of such class.
6.4
Consent to Class Required. Notwithstanding such consent in writing or such
resolution, no such alteration shall be valid as to any part of the issued shares of any class unless
the holders of the rest of the issued shares of such class either all consent thereto in writing or
consent thereto by a resolution passed by the votes of members holding three-fourths of the rest
of such shares.
6.5
Special Rights of Conversion. If the company is or becomes a reporting company,
no resolution to create, vary or abrogate any special right of conversion attaching to any class of
shares shall be submitted to any meeting of members unless, if so required by the Company Act,
the Executive Director of the British Columbia Securities Commission shall have consented to
the resolution.
6.6
Class Meetings of Members. Unless these Articles otherwise provide, the
provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall apply, with the necessary changes
and so far as they are applicable, to a class meeting of members holding a particular class of
shares but the quorum at a class meeting shall be one person holding or representing by proxy
one-third of the shares affected.
PART 7
7.0 PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES
7.1
Company Authorized to Purchase Its Shares. Subject to the provisions of the
Company Act with respect to pro rata purchase and to the special rights and restrictions attached
to any class of shares, the company may, by a resolution of the directors, purchase any of its
shares at the price and upon the terms specified in that resolution. The company may, by a
resolution of the directors, sell any of its shares so purchased at the price and upon the terms
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specified in that resolution. The company may, by a resolution of the directors, surrender by way of gift any of its shares purchased by the company.
7.2
Redemption of Shares. If the company proposes, at its option, to redeem some but
not all of the shares of any class, the directors may, subject to the special rights attached to any
class of shares, decide the manner in which the shares to be redeemed shall be selected, and such
shares need not be redeemed pro rata.
PARTS
8.0
BORROWING POWERS
8.1
Powers of Directors. The directors may from time to time at their discretion
authorize the company to:
(a)
borrow any sum of money;
(b)
guarantee the repayment of any sum of money borrowed by any person or
corporation; and
(c)
guarantee the performance of any obligation of any person or corporation;
and may raise or secure the repayment of any sum of money so borrowed or guaranteed or any obligation so guaranteed in any manner and upon any terms and conditions as they may think fit and in particular and without limiting the generality of the foregoing by the issue of bonds, debentures or other debt obligations or by the granting of any mortgages or other security on the undertaking or whole or any part of the property of the company, both present and future.
8.2
Negotiability of Debt Obligations. The directors may make any bonds, debentures
or other debt obligations issued by the company by their terms assignable free from any equities
between the company and the person to whom they may be issued or any other person who
lawfully acquires them by assignment, purchase or otherwise.
8.3
Special Rights on Debt Obligations. The directors may authorize the issue of any
bonds, debentures or other debt obligations of the company at a discount, premium or otherwise
and with special or other rights or privileges as to redemption, surrender, drawings, allotment of
or conversion into or exchange for shares, attending at general meetings of the company and
otherwise as the directors may determine at or before the time of issue.
PART 9
9.0
GENERAL MEETINGS
9.1
Time and Place. Every general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the
directors may determine.
9.2
Classification of General Meetings. Every general meeting, other than the annual
general meeting, shall be called an extraordinary general meeting.
9.3
Calling of Meetings. The directors may whenever they think fit convene an
extraordinary general meeting.
9.4
Notice Period. Not less than twenty-one (21) days notice shall be given of a general
meeting of the company. If the company is or becomes a reporting company, advance notice of a
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general meeting at which directors are to be elected shall be published in the manner required by the Company Act.
9.5
Notice of General Meetings. Notice of a general meeting shall specify the time and
place of the meeting and in case of special business the general nature of that business. The
accidental omission to give notice of any meeting to or the non-receipt of any such notice by any
person as may by law or under these Articles be entitled to that notice shall not invalidate any
proceedings at that meeting.
9.6
Waiver of Notice. Members entitled to notice of a general meeting may waive the
requirements of notice convening the meeting by unanimous consent in writing and may do so
before, during or after the meeting.
9.7
Notice of Special Business at General Meeting. If any special business includes the
presenting, considering, approving, ratifying or authorizing the execution of any document, then
the portion of any notice relating to that document is sufficient if it states that a copy of the
document or proposed document is or will be available for inspection by members at a place in
the Province of British Columbia specified in that notice during business hours in any working
day or days prior to the date of the meeting.
9.8
Record Date. The directors may fix in advance a date, which shall not be more than
the maximum number of days permitted by the Company Act preceding the date of any meeting
of members or of any class thereof or of the proposed taking of any other proper action requiring
the determination of members, as the record date for the determination of the members entitled to
notice of, or to attend and vote at any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or for any other
proper purpose and, in such case, notwithstanding anything elsewhere contained in these
Articles, only members of record on the date so fixed shall be deemed to be members for the
purposes aforesaid.
9.9
No Closure of Register of Members. Where no record date is so fixed for the
determination of members as provided in the preceding Article the date on which the latest notice
is mailed, delivered or sent by any method of transmitting legibly recorded written messages
shall be the record date for such determination.
PART 10
10.0
PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
10.1
Special Business. All business at a general meeting shall be deemed to be special
business except the consideration of the financial statements and the reports of the directors and
auditors, the election of directors, the appointment of the auditors and such other business as
under these Articles ought to be transacted at an annual general meeting or any business which is
brought under consideration by the report of the directors.
10.2
Quorum. Save as provided in Article 10.4 a quorum for a general meeting shall be
two individuals who are members, proxy holders representing members or duly authorized
representatives of corporate members personally present. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
company has only one member the quorum shall be one person present and being or representing
by proxy such members. The directors, the secretary, or, in his absence, an assistant secretary,
and the solicitor of the company shall be entitled to attend at any general meeting but no such
person shall be counted in the quorum or be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless he
shall be a member or proxy holder entitled to vote thereat.
10.3
Requirement of Quorum. No business other than the election of a chairman and the
adjournment or termination of the meeting shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a
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quorum is present at the commencement of the meeting but the quorum need not be present throughout the meeting.
10.4
Lack of Quorum. If within one-half hour from the time appointed for a meeting a
quorum is not present, the meeting:
(a)
if convened by requisition of the members, shall be terminated; and
(b)
in any other case, shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same
time and place.
If at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within one-half hour from the time appointed, the member or members present in person, by proxy or by authorized representative shall be a quorum.
10.5
Chairman. The chairman of the board, if any, or in his absence the president shall be
entitled to act as chairman at every general meeting. If at any general meeting the chairman of
the board, if any, and the president are not present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for
holding the meeting or if neither is willing to act as chairman, the directors present shall choose
one of their number to act as chairman. If no director is present or if all the directors present
decline to act as chairman or fail to so choose, the persons present entitled to vote shall choose
one of their number to act as chairman.
10.6
Adjournments. The chairman of the meeting may with the consent of any meeting at
which a quorum is present and shall if so directed by the meeting adjourn the meeting from time
to time and from place to place. No business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other
than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. If a
meeting is adjourned for thirty (30) days or more, notice (but not advance notice under Article
9.4) of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of a general meeting. Save as
aforesaid it shall not be necessary to give any notice of an adjourned meeting or of the business
to be transacted at any adjourned meeting.
10.7
Decisions by Show of Hands or Poll. Every question submitted to a general meeting
shall be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is, before or on the declaration of the result of
the show of hands, directed by the chairman or demanded by a member entitled to vote who is
present in person, by proxy or by authorized representative. In the case of an equality of votes
upon a resolution, the resolution shall be deemed to have been lost. The chairman shall declare
to the meeting the decision on every question in accordance with the result of the show of hands
or the poll and that decision shall be entered in the minute book of the company. A declaration
by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular
majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority and an entry to that effect in the minute
book of the company shall be conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or
proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against that resolution.
10.8
Resolution Need Not be Seconded. No resolution proposed at a meeting need be
seconded and the chairman of any meeting shall be entitled to move or second a resolution.
10.9
No Casting Vote. In case of an equality of votes upon a resolution, the chairman
shall not, either on a show of hands or on a poll, have a casting vote in addition to the vote or
votes to which he may be entitled as a member.
10.10
Manner of Taking Poll. Subject to Article 10.12, if a poll is duly demanded
it shall be taken at once or in the manner and at the time, within seven (7) days from the date of
the meeting, and place as the chairman of the meeting shall direct. The result of the poll shall be
deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded. A demand for a poll
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may be withdrawn. In the case of any dispute as to the admission or rejection of a vote the chairman shall conclusively determine whether that vote shall be admitted or rejected.
10.11
Splitting Votes. On a poll a member entitled to more than one vote need not,
if he votes, use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way.
10.12
Demand for Poll on Adjournment. A poll demanded on a question of
adjournment shall be taken at the meeting without adjournment.
10.13
Demand for Poll Not to Prevent Continuance of Meeting. The demand for
a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any business other
than the question on which a poll has been demanded.
10.14
Meetings by Conference Telephone. General meetings may be held by
means of conference telephones or other communication facilities by means of which all
members, proxy holders and duly authorized representatives of corporate members participating
in the meeting can hear each other provided that all such persons agree to such participation.
Such persons participating in a general meeting in accordance with this Article shall be deemed
to be present at the general meeting and to have so agreed and shall be counted in the quorum
therefor and be entitled to speak and vote thereat. A vote conducted verbally at such a general
meeting shall be deemed to have been conducted by show of hands.
PART 11
11.0
VOTES OF MEMBERS
11.1
Number of Votes per Share or Member. Subject to any special rights or
restrictions for the time being attached to any share contained herein or in the Memorandum of
the company, on a show of hands every member present in person, by proxy or by authorized
representative shall have one vote and on a poll every member entitled to vote on that poll shall
have one vote for every share he holds.
11.2
Votes by Joint Holders. Where there are joint members registered in respect of any
share, any one of the joint members may vote at any meeting in person, by proxy or by
authorized representative in respect of the share as if he were solely entitled to it. If more than
one of the joint members is present at any meeting in person, by proxy or by authorized
representative, the joint member so present whose name stands first on the register of members in
respect of the share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect of that share. For the purpose of this
Article 11.2, several executors or administrators of a deceased member in whose sole name any
share stands shall be deemed joint members.
11.3
Representative of a Corporate Member. A corporation, not being a subsidiary of
the company, that is a member may vote by its proxy holder or by its duly authorized
representative who is entitled to speak and vote and in all other respects exercise the rights of a
member.
11.4
Appointment by Proxy Holders. A member holding more than one share in respect
of which he is entitled to vote shall be entitled to appoint one or more proxy holders to attend, act
and vote for him at the same general meeting and in so doing he shall specify the number of
shares that each proxy holder shall be entitled to vote.
11.5
Execution of Proxy Instrument. A proxy or an instrument appointing a duly
authorized representative of a corporation shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or
of his attorney or, if the appointor is a corporation, under the hand of a duly authorized officer or
attorney of that corporation.
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11.6
Qualification of Proxy Holder. Any person of full age may act as proxy holder
whether or not he is entitled on his own behalf to be present and to vote at the meeting at which
he acts as proxy holder. The proxy may authorize the person so appointed to act as proxy holder
for the appointor for the period, at any meeting or meetings and to the extent permitted by the
Company Act.
11.7
Deposit of Proxy. A proxy and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under
which it is signed or a notarially certified copy thereof shall be deposited at the registered office
of the company or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice calling the
meeting not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting at which the person
named in the proxy proposes to vote or shall be deposited with the chairman prior to the
commencement of the meeting. In addition to any other method of depositing proxies provided
for in these Articles the directors may from time to time make regulations:
(a)
permitting the depositing of proxies at some place or places other than the place at
which a meeting or adjourned meeting of members is to be held;
(b)
providing for particulars of those proxies to be delivered by any method of
transmitting writing before a meeting or an adjourned meeting to the company or any
agent of the company for the purpose of receiving those particulars; and
(c)
providing that particulars of those proxies may be voted as though the proxies
themselves were produced to the chairman of the meeting or of the adjourned meeting
as required by this Article 11.7.
Votes given in accordance with proxies and particulars of proxies so deposited shall be valid and counted.
11.8
Validity of Proxy Vote. A vote given in accordance with the terms of a proxy shall
be valid notwithstanding the previous death, bankruptcy or insanity of the member or revocation
of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed or the transfer of the share in
respect of which the proxy is given, provided that prior to the meeting no notice in writing of the
death, bankruptcy, insanity, revocation or transfer as aforesaid shall have been received at the
registered office of the company or by the chairman of the meeting or of the adjourned meeting
at which the vote was given.
11.9
Votes by Committee for a Member. A member of unsound mind entitled to attend
and vote, in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction, may vote,
whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his committee, guardian, or other person in the
nature of a committee or guardian appointed by that court, and any such committee, guardian, or
other person may appoint a proxy holder.
11.10 Form of Proxy. Unless in the circumstances the Company Act requires any other form of proxy, a proxy appointing a proxy holder, whether for a specified meeting or otherwise, shall be in the following form or in any other form that the directors shall approve:
The undersigned hereby appoints _____________________________ of __
_________or failing him ____________of __________ as proxy holder
for the undersigned to attend at and vote for and on behalf of the undersigned at the general meeting of the company to be held on the ________ day of ____________, 19__, and at any adjournment of that meeting.
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Signed this ________ day of ___________, 19_
(Signature of Member)
11.11
Resolutions in Counterparts. Ordinary and special resolutions of the
company consented to in writing by members of the company may be in counterparts each
consented to in writing by one member or more than one member, which together shall be
deemed to constitute one resolution.
PART 12
12.0
DIRECTORS
12.1
Number of Directors. The subscribers to the Memorandum of the company are the
first directors. The directors to succeed the first directors may be appointed in writing by a
majority of the subscribers to the Memorandum or at a meeting of the subscribers, or if not so
appointed, they shall be elected by the members entitled to vote on the election of directors and
the number of directors shall be the same as the number of directors so appointed or elected. The
number of directors, excluding additional directors, may be fixed or changed from time to time
by ordinary resolution, whether previous notice thereof has been given or not, but
notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles the number of directors shall never be less
than one or, if the company is or becomes a reporting company, less than three.
12.2
Remuneration and Expenses of Directors. The remuneration of the directors as
such may from time to time be determined by the directors or, if the directors shall so decide, by
the members. Such 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. The directors shall be
repaid such reasonable travelling, hotel and other expenses as they incur in and about the
business of the company and if any director shall perform any professional or other service for
the company that in the opinion of the directors is outside the ordinary duties of a director or
shall otherwise be specially occupied in or about the company's business, he may be paid a
remuneration to be fixed by the board, or, at the option of such director, by the company in
general meeting, and such remuneration may be either in addition to, or in substitution for any
other remuneration that he may be entitled to receive. The directors on behalf of the company,
unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution, 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 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.
12.3
Qualification of Directors. A director shall not be required to hold a share in the
capital of the company as qualification for his office but shall be qualified as required by the
Company Act to become or act as a director.
PART 13
13.0
ELECTION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
13.1
Election at Annual General Meetings. At each annual general meeting of the
company all the directors shall retire and the members entitled to vote thereat shall elect a board
of directors consisting of the number of directors for the time being fixed pursuant to these
Articles. If the company is, or becomes, a company that is not a reporting company and the
business to be transacted at any annual general meeting is consented to in writing by all the
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members who are entitled to attend and vote thereat such annual general meeting shall be deemed for the purpose of this Part to have been held on such written consent becoming effective.
13.2
Eligibility of Retiring Director. A retiring director shall be eligible for re-election.
13.3
Continuance of Directors. Where the company fails to hold an annual general
meeting in accordance with the Company Act, the directors then in office shall be deemed to have
been elected or appointed as directors on the last day on which the annual general meeting could
have been held pursuant to these Articles and they may hold office until other directors are
appointed or elected or until the day on which the next annual general meeting is held.
13.4
Election of Less than Required Number of Directors. If at any general meeting at
which there should be an election of directors, the places of any of the retiring directors are not
filled by such election, such of the retiring directors who are not re-elected as may be requested
by the newly elected directors shall, if willing to do so, continue in office to complete the number
of directors for the time being fixed pursuant to these Articles until further new directors are
elected at a general meeting convened for the purpose. If any such election or continuance of
directors does not result in the election or continuance of the number of directors for the time
being fixed pursuant to these Articles such number shall be fixed at the number of directors
actually elected or continued in office.
13.5
Filling a Casual Vacancy. Any casual vacancy occurring in the board of directors
may be filled by the remaining directors or director.
13.6
Additional Directors. Between successive annual general meetings the directors
shall have power to appoint one or more additional directors but the number of additional
directors so appointed shall not be more than one-third of the number of directors elected or
appointed at the last annual general meeting at which directors were elected. Any director so
appointed shall hold office only until the next following annual general meeting of the company,
but shall be eligible for election at such meeting and so long as he is an additional director the
number of directors shall be increased accordingly.
13.7
Alternate Directors. Any director may by instrument in writing delivered to the
company appoint any person to be his alternate to act in his place at meetings of the directors at
which he is not present unless the directors shall have reasonably disapproved the appointment of
such person as an alternate director and shall have given notice to that effect to the director
appointing the alternate director within a reasonable time after delivery of such instrument to the
company. Every such alternate shall be entitled to notice of meetings of the directors, to attend
and vote as a director at a meeting at which the person appointing him is not personally present,
to sign consent resolutions pursuant to Article 16.9, and, if he is a director, to have a separate
vote on behalf of the director he is representing in addition to his own vote. A director may at
any time by original written instrument or any method of transmitting legibly recorded written
messages delivered to the company revoke the appointment of any alternate appointed by him.
The remuneration payable to such an alternate shall be payable out of the remuneration of the
director appointing him.
13.8
Termination of Directorship. The office of director shall be vacated if the director:
(a)
resigns his office by notice in writing delivered to the registered office of the
company; or
(b)
is convicted of an indictable offence and the other directors shall have resolved to
remove him; or
(c)
ceases to be qualified to act as a director pursuant to the Company Act.
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13.9
Removal of Directors. The company may by special resolution remove any director
before the expiration of his period of office and may by an ordinary resolution appoint another
person in his stead.
PART 14
14.0
POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
14.1
Management of Affairs and Business. The directors shall manage, or supervise the
management of, the affairs and business of the company and shall have the authority to exercise
all such powers of the company as are not, by the Company Act or by the Memorandum or these
Articles, required to be exercised by the company by special resolution or ordinary resolution,
subject, nevertheless, to these Articles and all laws affecting the company and to any regulations,
not inconsistent with these Articles, made from time to time by ordinary resolution, but no such
regulation shall invalidate any prior valid act of the directors.
14.2
Appointment of Attorney. The directors may from time to time by power of
attorney or other instrument under the seal of the Company, 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
powers of the directors relating to the constitution of the board and of any of its committees and
the appointment or removal of officers and the power to declare dividends) and for such period,
with such remuneration and subject to such conditions as the directors may think fit, and any
such appointment may be made in favour of any of the directors or any of the members of the
company or in favour of any corporation, or any of the members, directors, nominees or
managers of any such corporation, firm or joint venture and 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.
PART 15
15.0
DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST OF DIRECTORS
15.1
Disclosure of Conflicting Interest. A director who is, in any way, directly or
indirectly interested in an existing or proposed contract or transaction with the company or who
holds any office or possesses any property whereby, directly or indirectly, a duty or interest
might be created to conflict with his duty or interest as a director shall declare the nature and the
extent of his interest in such contract or transaction or of the conflict or potential conflict with his
duty and interest as a director, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of the
Company Act.
15.2
Voting and Quorum Re: Proposed Contract. A director shall not vote in respect
of the approval of any such contract or transaction with the company in which he is interested
and if he shall do so his vote shall not be counted, but he shall be counted in the quorum present
at the meeting at which such vote is taken. This Article and Article 15.1 shall not apply in those
circumstances where a director is, under the provisions of the Company Act, deemed not to be
interested in a proposed contract or transaction.
15.3
Director May Hold Office or Place of Profit with Company. A director may hold
any office or place of profit with the company (other than the office of Auditor of the company)
in conjunction with his office of director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration
or otherwise) as the directors may determine and no director or intended director shall be
disqualified by his office from contracting with the company either with regard to his tenure of
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any such other office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, and subject to compliance with the provisions of the Company Act, no contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the company in which a director is in any way interested shall be liable to be voided by reason thereof nor shall any director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the company for any profit realized by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established.
15.4
Director Acting in Professional Capacity. Subject to compliance with the
provisions of the Company Act, a director or his firm may act in a professional capacity for the
company (except as Auditor of the company) and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration
for professional services as if he were not a director.
15.5
Director Receiving Remuneration from Other Interest. A director may be or
become a director or other officer or employee of, or otherwise interested in, any corporation or
firm in which the company may be interested as a shareholder or otherwise, and, subject to
compliance with the provisions of the Company Act, such director shall not be accountable to the
company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him as director, officer or employee
of, or from interest in, such other corporation or firm unless the company in general meeting
otherwise directs.
PART 16
16.0
PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
16.1
Chairman and Alternate. The chairman of the board, if any, or in his absence, the
president shall preside as chairman at every meeting of the directors, or if there is no chairman of
the board or neither the chairman of the board nor the president is present within fifteen minutes
of the time appointed for holding the meeting or is willing to act as chairman, or, if the chairman
of the board, if any, and the president have advised the secretary that they will not be present at
the meeting, the directors present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the
meeting.
16.2
Meetings. The directors may meet together for the dispatch of business, adjourn and
otherwise regulate their meetings, as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be
decided by a majority of votes. In case of an equality of votes the chairman shall not have a
second or casting vote and the motion shall be deemed to have been lost. Meetings of the board
held at regular intervals may be held at such place, at such time and upon such notice (if any) as
the board may by resolution from time to time determine.
16.3
Meetings by Conference Telephone. A director may participate in a meeting of the
board or of any committee of the directors by means of conference telephones or other
communication facilities by means of which all directors participating in the meeting can hear
each other provided that all such directors agree to such participation. A director participating in
a meeting in accordance with this Article shall be deemed to be present at the meeting and to
have so agreed and shall be counted in the quorum therefor and be entitled to speak and vote
thereat.
16.4
Notice of Meeting. A director may, and the secretary or an assistant secretary upon
request of a director shall, call a meeting of the board at any time. Reasonable notice of such
meeting specifying the place, day and hour of such meeting shall be given by mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to each of the directors and alternate directors at his address as it appears on
the books of the company or by leaving it at his usual business or residential address or by
telephone, or any method of transmitting legibly recorded written messages. It shall not be
necessary to give notice of a meeting of directors to any director or alternate director:
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(a)
who is at the time not in the Province of British Columbia; or
(b)
if such meeting is to be held immediately following a general meeting at which such
director shall have been elected or is the meeting of directors at which such director is
appointed.
Accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting by, any director or alternate director shall not invalidate the proceedings at the meeting.
16.5
Waiver of Notice of Meetings. Any director of the company may file with the
secretary a document executed by him waiving notice of any past, present or future meeting or
meetings of the directors and may at any time withdraw such waiver with respect to meetings
held thereafter. After filing such waiver with respect to future meetings and until such waiver is
withdrawn no notice need be given to such director or, unless the director otherwise requires by
notice in writing to the secretary, to his alternate director of any meeting of directors and all
meetings of the directors so held shall be deemed not to be improperly called or constituted by
reason of notice not having been given to such director or alternate director.
16.6
Quorum. The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the directors
may be fixed by the directors and if not so fixed shall be two directors or alternate directors or, if
the number of directors is fixed at one, shall be one director. If the number of directors is fixed
at one then one director shall constitute a meeting.
16.7
Continuing Directors May Act During Vacancy. The continuing directors may act
notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but, if and so long as their number is reduced below
the number fixed pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of directors, the continuing
directors may act for the purpose of increasing the number of directors to that number, or of
summoning a general meeting of the company, but for no other purpose.
16.8
Validity of Acts of Directors. Subject to the provisions of the Company Act, all acts
done by any meeting of the directors or of a committee of directors, or by any person acting as a
director, shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the
qualification, election or appointment of any such directors or of the members of such committee
or person acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every
such person had been duly elected or appointed and was qualified to be a director.
16.9
Resolution in Writing Effective. A resolution consented to in writing by each
director or his alternate shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the
directors duly called and held. Such resolution may be in two or more counterparts which
together shall be deemed to constitute one resolution in writing. Such resolution shall be filed
with the minutes of the proceedings of the directors and shall be effective on the date stated
thereon or on the latest date stated on any counterpart.
PART 17
17.0
EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES
17.1
Appointment of Executive Committee. The directors may by resolution appoint an
executive committee to consist of such member or members of their body as they think fit which
committee shall have, and may exercise during the intervals between the meetings of the board,
all the powers vested in the board except the power to fill vacancies in the board, the power to
change the membership of, or fill vacancies in, said committee or any other committee of the
board and except such other powers, if any, as may be specified in the resolution. The said
committee shall keep regular minutes of its transactions and shall cause them to be recorded in
books kept for that purpose, and shall report the same to the board of directors at such times as
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the board of directors may from time to time require. The board shall have the power at any time to revoke or override the authority given to or acts done by the executive committee except as to acts done before such revocation or overriding and to terminate the appointment or change the membership of such committee and to fill vacancies in it. The executive committee may make rules for the conduct of its business and may appoint such assistants as it may deem necessary. A majority of the members of said committee shall constitute a quorum thereof.
17.2
Appointment of Committees. The directors may by resolution appoint one or more
committees consisting of such member or members of their body as they think fit and may
delegate to any such committee between meetings of the board such powers of the board (except
the power to fill vacancies in the board and the power to change the membership of or fill
vacancies in any committee of the board and the power to appoint or remove officers appointed
by the board) subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in such resolution, and all
committees so appointed shall keep regular minutes of their transactions and shall cause them to
be recorded in books kept for that purpose, and shall report the same to the board of directors at
such times as the board of directors may from time to time require. The directors shall also have
power at any time to revoke or override any authority given to or acts to be done by any such
committees except as to acts done before such revocation or overriding and to terminate the
appointment or change the membership of a committee and to fill vacancies in it. Committees
may make rules for the conduct of their business and may appoint such assistants as they may
deem necessary. A majority of the members of a committee shall constitute a quorum thereof.
17.3
Procedure at Meetings. The executive committee and any other committee may
meet and adjourn as it thinks proper. Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a
majority of votes of the members of the committee present, and in case of an equality of votes
the chairman shall not have a second or casting vote and the motion shall be deemed to have
been lost. A resolution approved in writing by all the members of the executive committee or
any other committee shall be as valid and effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of such
committee duly called and constituted. Such resolution may be in two or more counterparts
which together shall be deemed to constitute one resolution in writing. Such resolution shall be
filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the committee and shall be effective on the date
started thereon or on the latest date stated in any counterpart.
PART 18
18.0
OFFICERS
18.1
President and Secretary Required. The directors shall, from time to time, appoint a
president and a secretary and such other officers, if any, as the directors shall determine and the
directors may, at any time, terminate any such appointment. No officer shall be appointed unless
he is qualified in accordance with the provisions of the Company Act.
18.2
Persons Holding More Than One Office and Remuneration. One person may
hold more than one of such offices except that the offices of president and secretary must be held
by different persons unless the company has only one member. Any person appointed as the
chairman of the board or the president shall be a director. The other officers need not be
directors. The remuneration of the officers of the company as such and the terms and conditions
of their tenure of office or employment shall from time to time be determined by the directors.
Such remuneration may be by way of salary, fees, wages, commission or participation in profits
or any other means or all of these modes and an officer may in addition to such remuneration be
entitled to receive after he ceases to hold such office or leaves the employment of the company a
pension or gratuity. The directors may decide what function and duties each officer shall
perform and may entrust to and confer upon him any of the powers exercisable by them upon
such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as they think fit and may from time to time
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revoke, withdraw, alter or vary all or any of such functions, duties and powers. The secretary shall, at a minimum, perform the functions of the secretary specified in the Company Act.
18.3
Disclosure of Conflicting Interest. Every officer of the company who holds any
office or possesses any property whereby, whether directly or indirectly, duties or interests might
be created in conflict with his duties or interests as an officer of the company shall, in writing,
disclose to the president the fact and the nature and extent of the conflict.
PART 19
19.0
INDEMNITY AND PROTECTION OF
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
19.1
Indemnification of Directors. Subject to the provisions of the Company Act, the
company shall indemnify a director or former director of the company and the company may
indemnify a director or former director of a corporation of which the company is or was a
shareholder and the heirs and personal representatives of any such person against all liabilities,
costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment,
actually and reasonably incurred by him or them including an amount paid to settle an action or
satisfy a judgment in a civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he is or
they are made a party by reason of his being or having been a director of the company or a
director of such corporation, including any action brought by the company or any such
corporation if he acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the company
and with respect to any criminal or administrative action or proceeding he had reasonable ground
for believing his conduct was lawful. Each director of the company on being elected or
appointed shall be deemed to have contracted with the company on the terms of the foregoing
indemnity.
19.2
Indemnification of Officers, Employees, Agents. Subject to the provisions of the
Company Act, the company may indemnify any officer, employee or agent of the company or of
a corporation of which the company is or was a shareholder (notwithstanding that he is also a
director) and his heirs and personal representatives against all liabilities, costs, charges and
expenses whatsoever incurred by him or them and resulting from his acting as an officer,
employee or agent of the company or such corporation, if he acted honestly and in good faith
with a view to the best interests of the company and with respect to any criminal or
administrative action or proceeding he had reasonable grounds for believing that his conduct was
lawful. In addition, the company shall indemnify the secretary or an assistant secretary of the
company and his respective heirs and legal representatives against all liabilities, costs, charges
and expenses whatsoever incurred by him or them and arising out of the functions assigned to the
secretary by the Company Act or these Articles and each such secretary and assistant secretary
shall on being appointed be deemed to have contracted with the company on the terms of the
foregoing indemnity.
19.3
Indemnification Not Invalidated by Non-Compliance. The failure of a director or
officer of the company to comply with the provisions of the Company Act or of the
Memorandum of these Articles shall not invalidate any indemnity to which he is entitled under
this Part.
19.4
Company May Purchase Insurance. The directors may cause the company to
purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person who is or was serving as a director,
officer, employee or agent of the company or as a director, officer, employee or agent of any
corporation of which the company is or was a shareholder and his heirs or personal
representatives against any liability incurred by him as such director, officer, employee or agent.
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PART 20
20.0
SEAL
20.1
Common Seal Optional. The directors may provide a seal for the company and may
provide for its use. The directors shall have power to destroy the common seal and may provide
a new common seal.
20.2
Official Seal. The directors may provide for use in any other province, state, territory
or country an official seal which shall have on its face the name of the province, state, territory or
country where it is to be used.
20.3
Affixing of Seal to Documents. The directors shall provide for the safe custody of
each of the company's seals, if any, which except as hereinafter provided shall not be affixed to
any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the directors and by such person or
persons as may be prescribed in and by that resolution and the person or persons so prescribed
shall sign every instrument to which the seal of the company is affixed in his or their presence,
provided that a resolution directing the general use of a seal, if any, may at any time be passed by
the directors and shall apply to the use of that seal until countermanded by another resolution of
the directors but any such resolution directing the general use of the seal shall not be revoked by
a later resolution authorizing use of the seal in a different manner on a certain occasion unless
such later resolution specifically revokes the resolution directing the general use of the seal. In
the absence of any resolution so authorizing the use of any seal, any seal of the company may be
affixed to any document that requires the seal of the company in the presence of a majority of the
directors.
20.4
Mechanical Reproduction. To enable the seal of the company to be affixed to any
bonds, debentures, share certificates 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 Company Act and/or these Articles, printed or otherwise
mechanically reproduced there may be delivered to the firm or company employed to engrave,
lithograph or print such definitive or interim bond, debentures, share certificates or other
securities one or more unmounted dies reproducing the company's seal and the chairman of the
board, the president, the managing director or a vice president and the secretary, treasurer,
secretary/treasurer, an assistant secretary, an assistant treasurer or an assistant secretary/treasurer
may by a document authorize such firm or company to cause the company's seal to be affixed to
such definitive or interim bonds, debentures, share certificates or other securities by the use of
such dies. Bonds, debentures, share certificates or other securities to which the company's seal
has been so affixed shall for all purposes be deemed to be under and to bear the company's seal
lawfully affixed thereto.
PART 21
21.0
DIVIDENDS
21.1
Declaration of Dividends. The directors may declare dividends and fix the date of
record therefor and the date for payment thereof. No date of record for any dividend shall
precede the date of payment thereof by more than the maximum number of days permitted by the
Company Act. No notice need be given of the declaration of any dividend. If no valid date of
record is fixed, the date of record shall be deemed to be the same date as the date of payment of
the dividend.
21.2
Dividend Bears No Interest. No dividend shall bear interest against the company.
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21.3
Payment in Specific Assets and Fractional Interests. The directors may direct
payment of any dividend wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets or of paid-up
shares or bonds, debentures or other debt obligations of the company or in any one or more of
those ways and where any difficulty arises in regard to the distribution the directors may settle
the same as they think fit. The directors may fix the value for distribution of specific assets and
may vest any of those specific assets in trustees upon such trusts for the persons entitled thereto
as the directors think fit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any dividend results in any member
being entitled to a fraction of a share, bond, debenture or other debt obligation of the company,
the directors may pay that member in place of that fraction of a share, bond, debenture or other
debt obligation the cash equivalent thereof. The directors may arrange through a fiscal agent or
otherwise for the sale, consolidation or other disposition of fractions of shares, bonds,
debentures, or other debt obligations of the company on behalf of members entitled thereto.
21.4
Capitalization. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles the directors
may capitalize any retained earnings or other amounts available for distribution to the members
of the company.
21.5
Payment of Dividends. Any dividend payable in cash by the company may be paid
by cheque or warrant mailed to the registered address of the member or in the case of joint
members to the registered address of the joint member first named on the register of members or
to such person or to such address as any member may direct in writing. Every cheque or warrant
shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent and in the case of joint
members to those joint members.
PART 22
22.0
DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND REPORTS
22.1
Documents to be Kept. The company shall keep at its records office or at such other
place as the Company Act may permit, the documents, copies, registers, minutes and records at
which the company is required by the Company Act to keep at its records office or such other
place, as the case may be.
22.2
Accounts to be Kept. The company shall cause to be kept proper books of accounts
and accounting records in respect of all financial and other transactions of the company in order
properly to record the financial affairs and condition of the company and to comply with the
Company Act,
22.3
Inspection of Accounts. Unless the directors determine otherwise, or unless
otherwise determined by an ordinary resolution, no member of the company shall be entitled to
inspect the accounting records of the company.
22.4
Financial Statements and Reports. The directors shall from time to time at the
expense of the company cause to be prepared and laid before the company in general meeting
such financial statements and reports as are required by the Company Act.
22.5
Company to Furnish Financial Statements. Every member shall be entitled to be
furnished once free of charge on demand with a copy of the latest annual financial statement of
the company and, if so required by the Company Act, a copy of each such annual financial
statement and interim financial statement shall be mailed to each member.
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PART 23
23.0
NOTICES
23.1
Method of Giving Notice. A notice, statement or report may be given or delivered
by the company to any member either by delivery to him personally or by sending it by regular
prepaid mail or by any method of transmitting legibly recorded written messages to his address
as recorded in the register of members (unless at the time of mailing or within 48 hours of
mailing there is a strike, interruption or lockout in the postal service, in which case service will
be made personally, by any method of transmitting legibly recorded written messages or in such
other manner as a court may on application order) and the notice, statement or report if delivered
will be deemed to have been given on the day of delivery, or if sent by regular mail, or by any
method of transmitting legibly recorded written messages will be deemed to have been given on
the second business day following the date of mailing or sending the legibly recorded written
message. A certificate signed by the secretary or other officer of the company or of any other
corporation acting in that behalf for the company that the letter, envelope or wrapper containing
the notice, statement or report was so addressed, prepaid and mailed or that the legibly recorded
written message was sent shall be conclusive evidence thereof.
23.2
Notice to Joint Holder. A notice, statement or report may be given or delivered by
the company to the joint holders of a share by giving the notice to the joint holder first named in
the register of members in respect of the share.
23.3
Notice to Personal Representative. A notice, statement or report may be given or
delivered by the company to the persons entitled to a share in consequence of the death,
bankruptcy or incapacity of a member by sending it through the mail prepaid addressed to them
by name or by the title of representatives of the deceased or incapacitated person or trustee of the
bankrupt, or by any like description, at the address (if any) supplied to the company for the
purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or (until such address has been so supplied) by
giving the notice in a manner in which the same might have been given if the death, bankruptcy
or incapacity had not occurred.
23.4
Persons to Receive Notice. Notice of every general meeting or meeting of members
holding a class of shares shall be given in a manner hereinbefore authorized to every member
holding at the time of the issue of the notice or the date fixed for determining the members
entitled to such notice, whichever is the earlier, shares which confer the right to notice of and to
attend and vote at any such meeting. No other person except the Auditor of the company and the
directors of the company shall be entitled to receive notices of any such meeting.
PART 24
24.0
PROHIBITIONS
24.1
Number of Members and Public Offerings. If the company is, or becomes, a
company which is not a reporting company the number of members for the time being of the
company, exclusive of persons who are for the time being in the employment of the company
and continue to be members after the termination of such employment, shall not exceed fifty (50)
and no shares, bonds, debentures or debt obligations issued by the company shall be offered for
sale to the public nor shall the public be invited to subscribe therefor.
24.2
Transfers Restricted. If the company is, or becomes, a company which is not a
reporting company, or a reporting company but does not have any of its securities listed for
trading on any stock exchange wheresoever situate, or a reporting company and has not with
respect to any of its securities filed a Prospectus with the Executive Director of the British
Columbia Securities Commission or any similar securities regulatory body and obtained a receipt
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therefor, then no transfer of shares shall be entered in the register of members without the previous consent of the directors expressed by a resolution of the board and the directors shall not be required to give any reason for refusing to consent to such proposed registration provided that the consent of the directors shall not be required in respect of the transfer of any shares pursuant to a shareholders' agreement between all of the members of the company. The secretary of the company shall be entitled to require evidence reasonably satisfactory to him that the terms of such agreement have been complied with.
PART 25
25.0
MECHANICAL REPRODUCTIONS OF SIGNATURES
25.1
Instruments May be Mechanically Signed. The signature of any officer, director,
registrar, branch registrar, transfer agent or branch transfer agent of the company, unless
otherwise required by the Company Act or by these Articles, may, if authorized by the directors,
be printed lithographed, engraved or otherwise mechanically reproduced upon all instruments
executed or issued by the company or any officer thereof; and any instrument on which the
signature of any such person is so reproduced shall be deemed to have been manually signed by
such person whose signature is so reproduced and shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as
if such instrument had been signed manually, and notwithstanding that the person whose
signature is so reproduced may have ceased to hold the office that he is stated on such instrument
to hold at the date of the delivery or issue of such instrument.
25.2
Definitions of Instruments. The term "instrument" as used in Article 25.1 shall
include deeds, mortgages, hypothecs, charges, conveyances, transfers and assignments of
property, real or personal, agreements, releases, receipts and discharges for the payment of
money or other obligations, shares and share warrants of the company, bonds, debentures and
other debt obligations of the company, and all paper writings.
NAME, ADDRESS AND OCCUPATION OF SUBSCRIBER
IT
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Eugene N. Larabie
332 St. Patrick Avenue
North Vancouver, British Columbia
V7L 4S9
Professional Engineer
DATED the 3rd day of September, 1997.
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