All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Post-Effective Amendment and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statements which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statements and to be a part thereof from the date of filing such documents. Any document or statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such document or statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statements.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act restricts corporations from limiting or eliminating the personal liability of directors to corporations and their shareholders for monetary damages for certain breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties. The Registrant’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the “Articles”), include a provision that eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions taken as a director to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) also provide that to the fullest extent now or hereinafter permitted by law, each person who was or is made a party to or is otherwise involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of Teekay Corporation or that, being or having been such a director or officer or an employee of Teekay Corporation, he or she is or was serving at the request of Teekay Corporation as a director, officer, partner, manager, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as such a director, officer, partner, manager, trustee, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as such a director, officer, partner, manager, trustee, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by Teekay Corporation to the full extent permitted by the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits Teekay Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto), or by other applicable law as then in effect, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, partner, manager, trustee, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, subject to certain exceptions, Teekay Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or ratified by the Board.
The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in the Articles and Bylaws may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit the Registrant and the Registrant’s shareholders. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent that we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against the Registrant’s directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.