7.10 | Persons Entitled to Vote |
The Persons entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall be the Persons entitled to vote in accordance with the Act. The Board or chair of any Shareholders Meeting may, but need not, at any time (including prior to, at or subsequent to the meeting), ask questions of, and request the production of evidence from, a shareholder (including a beneficial owner), the transfer agent or such other person as they, he or she considers appropriate for the purposes of determining a person’s share ownership position as at the relevant record date and authority to vote. For greater certainty, the Board or the chair of any Shareholders Meeting of shareholders may, but need not, at any time, inquire into the legal or beneficial share ownership of any person as at the relevant record date and the authority of any person to vote at the meeting and may, but need not, at any time, request from that person production of evidence as to such share ownership position and the existence of the authority to vote.
7.11 | Proxies and Representatives |
Every shareholder entitled to vote at a Shareholders Meeting may, by means of a proxy, appoint a proxyholder, or one or more alternate proxyholders, who need not be shareholders, as the shareholder’s nominee to attend and act at the meeting in the manner, to the extent authorized and with the authority conferred by the proxy. A proxy shall be (a) signed in writing or by electronic signature by the shareholder or an attorney who is authorized by a document that is signed in writing or by electronic signature; or (b) if the shareholder is a body corporate, by an officer or attorney of the body corporate duly authorized. The chair of any Shareholders Meeting of shareholders may, but need not, at his or her sole discretion, make determinations as to the acceptability of proxies deposited for use at the Shareholders Meeting, including the acceptability of proxies which may not strictly comply with the requirements of theseby-laws or otherwise, and any such determination made in good faith shall be final and conclusive.
Unless otherwise indicated, a proxy lapses one year after the date it is given. It may be revoked at any time in accordance with the Act.
A proxyholder or an alternate proxyholder has the same rights as the shareholder who appointed him or her to speak at a meeting of shareholders in respect of any matter, to vote by way of ballot at the meeting and, except where a proxyholder or an alternate proxyholder has conflicting instructions from more than one shareholder, to vote at such a meeting in respect of any matter by way of a show of hands.
7.12 | Time for Deposit of Proxies |
The Board may by resolution fix a time not exceeding 48 hours, excludingnon-business days, preceding any meeting or adjourned Shareholder Meeting before which time proxies to be used at that meeting must be deposited with the Corporation or an agent thereof, and any period of time so fixed shall be specified in the notice calling the meeting. A proxy shall be acted upon only if, prior to the time so specified, it shall have been deposited with the Corporation or an agent thereof specified in such notice or, if no such time is specified in such notice, it shall have been received prior to the time of voting by the secretary of the Corporation or by the chairperson of the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Notwithstanding any specified time limits for the deposit of proxies by shareholders, the chair of any Shareholders Meeting or the chairperson of the Board may, but need not, at his, her or their sole discretion, waive the time limits for the deposit of proxies by
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