Teekay Tankers Ltd.
54. | NOTICE OF BOARD MEETINGS |
A Director may, and the Secretary on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a Board meeting. Notice of a Board meeting shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to such Director verbally (including in person or by telephone) or otherwise communicated or sent to such Director by post, electronic means or other mode of representing words in a visible form at such Director’s last known address or in accordance with any other instructions given by such Director to the Company for this purpose.
55. | ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS |
The Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone or other communication equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Bye-law shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
56. | QUORUM AT BOARD MEETINGS |
A majority of the Directors at the time in office, present in person or by participating by electronic means, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of the Board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
57. | BOARD TO CONTINUE IN THE EVENT OF VACANCY |
The Board may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its number but, if and so long as its number is reduced below the number fixed by these Bye-laws as the quorum necessary for the transaction of business at Board meetings, the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of (i) summoning a general meeting; or (ii) preserving the assets of the Company.
Unless otherwise agreed by a majority of the Directors attending a Board meeting, the Chair of the Board, if there be one who is present, and if not, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, if there be one who is present, shall act as chair at such Board meeting. In their absence a chair of the meeting shall be appointed or elected by the Directors present at the meeting.
A resolution signed by all the Directors, which may be in counterparts, shall be as valid as if it had been passed at a Board or committee meeting duly called and constituted, such resolution to be effective on the date on which the resolution is signed by the last Director.
60. | VALIDITY OF PRIOR ACTS OF THE BOARD |
No regulation or alteration to these Bye-laws made by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Board which would have been valid if that regulation or alteration had not been made.
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