Exhibit 3.6
BY-LAW NUMBER 1
A BY-LAW RELATING TO THE BUSINESS AND AFFAIRS OF
3919056 CANADA LTD.
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
1.01 DEFINITIONS
In this by-law:
"Act" means the Canada Business Corporations Act and the regulations
enacted pursuant to it and any statute and regulations that may be
substituted for them, as amended from time to time;
"articles" means the articles, as that term is defined in the Act, of
the Corporation;
"auditor" means the auditor of the Corporation;
"board" means the board of directors of the Corporation;
"by-law" mews a by-law of the Corporation;
"Corporation" means the corporation incorporated on July 4, 2001 under
the name "3919056 CANADA LTD.";
"director" means a director of the Corporation;
"officer" means an officer of the Corporation, and reference to any
specific officer is to the individual holding that office of the
Corporation;
"person" means an individual, body corporate, partnership, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, the Crown or
any agency or instrumentality thereof, or any entity recognized by law:
"proxyholder" means an individual holding a valid proxy for a
shareholder;
"shareholder" means a shareholder of the Corporation; and
"voting person" means, in respect of a meeting of shareholders, an
individual who is either a shareholder entitled to vote at that
meeting, a duly authorized representative of a shareholder entitled to
vote at the meeting or a proxyholder entitled to vote at that meeting.
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1.02 NUMBER, GENDER AND HEADINGS
In this by-law, words in the singular include the plural and vice-versa
and words in one gender include all genders. The insertion of headings in this
by-law and its division into articles, sections and other subdivisions are for
convenience of reference only, and shall not affect the interpretation of this
by-law.
1.03 BY-LAW SUBORDINATE TO OTHER DOCUMENTS
This by-law is subordinate to, and should be read in conjunction with,
the Act, the articles and any unanimous shareholder agreement of the
Corporation.
1.04 COMPUTATION OF TIME
The computation of time and any period of days shall be determined in
accordance with the Act and the provisions of the Interpretation Act (Canada)
and any statute that may be substituted for it, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE 2
DIRECTORS
2.01 NOTICE OF MEETING
Any director or the president may call a meeting of the board by giving
notice stating the time and place of the meeting to each of the directors other
than the director giving that notice. Notices sent by delivery or electronic
means shall be sent no less than 48 hours before the time of the meeting.
Notices sent by mail shall be sent no less than 5 days before the day of the
meeting.
The board may appoint, by resolution, dates, time and places for
meetings of the board. A copy of any such resolution shall be sent to each
director forthwith after being passed, but no other notice is required for any
such meeting except where the Act requires the purpose of or the business to be
transacted at a meeting to be specified.
2.02 MEETINGS WITHOUT NOTICE
A meeting of the board may be held without notice immediately following
the first or any annual meeting of shareholders.
2.03 PLACE OF MEETING
A meeting of the board may be held at any place within or outside
Canada, and no such meeting need be held at a place within Canada.
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2.04 NO NOTICE TO NEWLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR
An individual need not be given notice of the meeting at which that
individual is appointed by the other directors to fill a vacancy on the board,
if that individual is present at that meeting.
2.05 QUORUM FOR BOARD MEETINGS
A quorum of directors shall consist of a majority of the directors then
in office.
2.06 CHAIRMAN OF BOARD MEETINGS
The chairman of a meeting of the board must be a director present at
the meeting who consents to preside as chairman. The first-mentioned of the
chairman of the board, the managing director or the president who so qualifies
shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If none of them is so qualified, the
directors present at the meeting shall choose a director to preside as chairman
of the meeting.
2.07 VOTES AT BOARD MEETINGS
Each director present at a meeting of the board shall have 1 vote on
each motion arising. Motions arising at meetings of the board shall be decided
by a majority vote. The chairman of the meeting shall not have a second or
casting vote.
2.08 OFFICERS
Each officer shall hold office during the pleasure of the board. Any
officer may, however, resign at any time by giving notice to the Corporation.
ARTICLE 3
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
3.01 NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS
The board may call a meeting of shareholders by causing notice of the
time and place of the meeting to be sent to each shareholder entitled to vote at
the meeting, each director and the auditor. Such notice shall be sent no less
than 21 days and no more than 50 days before the meeting.
3.02 QUORUM AT MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
If the Corporation has only 1 shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting
of shareholders, that shareholder constitutes a quorum, but only to appoint a
chairman and adjourn the meeting. For all other purposes, a quorum shall consist
of those shareholders present and authorized to cast in the aggregate not less
than fifty (50%) percent plus one of the total number of votes attaching to all
shares carrying the right to vote at that meeting.
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3.03 CHAIRMAN'S VOTE
The chairman of any meeting of shareholders shall not have a second or
casting vote.
3.04 VOTING
Unless the chairman of a meeting of shareholders directs a ballot, or a
voting person demands one, each motion shall be voted upon by a show of hands.
Each voting person has 1 vote in a vote by show of hands. A ballot may be
directed or demanded either before or after a vote by show of hands. If a ballot
is taken, a prior vote by show of hands has no effect.
3.05 SCRUTINEERS
The chairman of a meeting of shareholders may appoint for that meeting
1 or more scrutineers, who need not be voting persons.
3.06 WHO MAY ATTEND SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING
The only persons entitled to attend a meeting of shareholders are
voting persons, the directors, the auditor and, if any, the chairman, the
managing director and the President, as well as others permitted by the chairman
of the meeting.
ARTICLE 4
SECURITY CERTIFICATES, PAYMENTS
4.01 CERTIFICATES
Security certificates shall be in such form as the board may approve or
the Corporation adopt. The president or the board may order the cancellation of
any security certificate that has become defaced and the issuance of a
replacement certificate for it when the defaced certificate is delivered to the
Corporation or to a transfer agent or branch transfer agent of the Corporation.
4.02 CHEQUES
Any amount payable in cash to shareholders (including dividends payable
in cash) may be paid by cheque drawn on any of the Corporation's bankers to the
order of each registered holder of shares of the class or series in respect of
which such amount is to be paid. Cheques may be sent by delivery or first class
mail to such registered holder at that holder's address appearing on the
register of shareholders, unless that holder otherwise directs in writing. By
sending a cheque, as provided in this by-law, in the amount of the dividend less
any tax that the Corporation is required to withhold, the Corporation discharges
its liability to pay the amount of that dividend, unless the cheque is not paid
on due presentation.
4.03 CHEQUES TO JOINT SHAREHOLDERS
Cheques payable to joint shareholders shall be made payable to the
order of all such joint shareholders unless such joint shareholders direct
otherwise. Such cheques may be sent to the
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joint shareholders at the address appearing on the register of shareholders in
respect of that joint holding, to the first address so appearing if there is
more than one, or to such other address as those joint shareholders direct in
writing.
4.04 NON-RECEIPT OF CHEQUES
The Corporation shall issue a replacement cheque in the same amount to
any person who does not receive a cheque sent as provided in this by-law, if
that person has satisfied the conditions regarding indemnity, evidence of
non-receipt and title set by the board from time to time, either generally or
for that particular case.
4.05 CURRENCY OF DIVIDENDS
Dividends or other distributions payable in cash may be paid to some
shareholders in Canadian currency and to other shareholders in equivalent
amounts of a currency other than Canadian currency. The board may declare
dividends or other distributions in any currency or in alternative currencies
and make such provisions as it deems advisable for the payment of such dividends
or other distributions.
ARTICLE 5
SIGNATORIES, INFORMATION
5.01 SIGNATORIES
Any one (1) officer may sign documents on behalf of the Corporation.
The Corporation may also appoint any individual to sign a specific document or
documents on behalf of the Corporation.
Any document so signed may, but need not, have the corporate seal
applied, if there is one.
5.02 FACSIMILE SIGNATURES
The signature of any individual authorized to sign on behalf of the
Corporation may, if specifically authorized by resolution of the board, be
written, printed, stamped, engraved, lithographed or otherwise mechanically
reproduced. Anything so signed shall be as valid as if it had been signed
manually, even if that individual has ceased to hold office when anything so
signed is issued or delivered. until revoked by resolution of the board.
5.03 RESTRICTION ON INFORMATION DISCLOSED
Except as required by the Act or authorized by the board, no
shareholder is entitled by virtue of being a shareholder to disclosure of any
information, document or records respecting the Corporation or its business.
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ARTICLE 6
PROTECTION AND INDEMNITY
6.01 TRANSACTIONS WITH THE CORPORATION
No director or officer shall be disqualified, by virtue of being a
director, or by holding any other office of, or place of profit under, the
Corporation or any body corporate in which the Corporation is a shareholder or
is otherwise interested, from entering into, or from being concerned or
interested in any manner in, any contract, transaction or arrangement made, or
proposed to be made, with the Corporation or any body corporate in which the
Corporation is interested and no such contract, transaction or arrangement shall
be void or voidable for any such reasons. No director or officer shall be liable
to account to the Corporation for any profit arising from any such office or
place of profit or realized in respect of any such contract, transaction or
arrangement. Except as required by the Act, no director or officer must make any
declaration or disclosure of interest or, in the case of a director, refrain
from voting in respect of any such contract, transaction or arrangement.
6.02 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Subject to the Act, no director or officer shall be liable for:
(a) the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other person;
(b) joining in any receipt or act for conformity;
(c) any loss, damage or expense to the Corporation arising from
the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property
acquired by or on behalf of the Corporation;
(d) the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon
which any moneys of the Corporation are invested;
(e) any loss, damage or expense arising from the bankruptcy,
insolvency, act or omission of any person with whom any
monies, securities or other property of the Corporation are
lodged or deposited;
(f) any loss, damage or expense occasioned by any error of
judgment or oversight; or
(g) any other loss, damage or expense related to the performance
or non-performance of the duties of that individual's office.
6.03 CONTRACTS ON BEHALF OF THE CORPORATION
Subject to the Act, any contract entered into, or action taken or
omitted, by or on behalf of the Corporation shall, if duly approved by a
resolution of the shareholders, be deemed for all purposes to have had the prior
authorization of the shareholders.
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6.04 INDEMNITY OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
As required or permitted by the Act, the Corporation shall indemnify
each Indemnified Person (as defined in this section) against all costs, charges
and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a
judgment, which that Indemnified Person reasonably incurs in respect of any
civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding in which that Indemnified
Person is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer
of the Corporation or of a body corporate of which the Corporation is or was a
shareholder or creditor if:
(h) the Indemnified Person acted honestly and in good faith with a
view to the best interests of the Corporation; and
(i) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or
proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the
Indemnified Person had reasonable grounds for believing that
the conduct was lawful.
"Indemnified Person" means
(a) each director and former director of the Corporation;
(b) each officer and former officer of the Corporation;
(c) each individual who acts or acted at the Corporation's request
as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the
Corporation is or was a shareholder or creditor; and
(d) the respective heirs and legal representatives of each of the
persons designated in the preceding paragraphs (a) through
(c).
6.05 INDEMNITIES NOT LIMITING
The provisions of this Article 6 shall be in addition to and not in
substitution for any rights, immunities and protections to which an Indemnified
Person is otherwise entitled.
ARTICLE 7
NOTICES
7.01 PROCEDURE FOR SENDING NOTICES
Notice shall be deemed to have been sufficiently sent if sent in
writing to the address of the addressee on the books of the Corporation and
delivered in person, sent by prepaid first class mail or sent by any electronic
means of sending messages, including telex or facsimile transmission, which
produces a paper record. Notice shall not be sent by mail if there is any
general interruption of postal services in the municipality in which or to which
it is mailed. Each notice so sent shall be deemed to have been received on the
day it was delivered or sent by electronic means or on the fifth day after it
was mailed.
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7.02 NOTICES TO SUCCESSORS IN TITLE
Notice to a shareholder is sufficient notice to each successor in title
to that shareholder until the name and address of that successor have been
entered on the Corporation's share register.
7.03 NOTICE TO JOINT SHAREHOLDERS
Notice to one joint shareholder is sufficient notice to all of them.
Such notice shall be addressed to all such joint shareholders and sent to the
address for them on the Corporation's register of shareholders, or to the first
such address if there is more than one.
7.04 FACSIMILE SIGNATURES ON NOTICES
The signature on any notice or other communication or document to be
sent by the Corporation may be written, printed, stamped, engraved, lithographed
or otherwise mechanically reproduced.
7.05 OMISSION OF NOTICE DOES NOT INVALIDATE ACTIONS
All actions taken at a meeting in respect of which a notice has been
sent shall be valid even if:
(e) by accident, notice was not sent to any person;
(f) notice was not received by any person; or
(g) there was an error in a notice that did not affect the
substance of that notice.
7.06 WAIVER OF NOTICE
Any person entitled to notice under the Act, the articles or the
by-laws may waive that notice. Waiver, either before or after the event referred
to in the notice, shall cure any default in sending that notice.
ARTICLE 8
REPEAL OF FORMER BY-LAWS
8.01 FORMER BY-LAWS MAY BE REPEALED
The board may repeal one or more by-laws by passing a resolution that
contains provisions to that effect, which resolution is confirmed by the
shareholders of the Corporation.
8.02 EFFECT OF REPEAL OF BY-LAWS
The repeal of any by-law in whole or part shall not in any way affect
the validity of any act done or right, privilege, obligation or liability
acquired or incurred thereunder prior to such
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repeal. All directors, officers and other persons acting under any by-law
repealed in whole or part shall continue to act as if elected or appointed under
the provisions of this by-law.
ENACTED this 7 day of August, 2001.
/s/ RICHARD M. LEIPSIC /s/ PAMELA A. HARROD
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President - Richard M. Leipsic Secretary - Pamela A. Harrod
BY-LAW NUMBER 2
3919056 CANADA LTD.
(the "Corporation")
BE IT ENACTED AS the General Borrowing By-Law of the Corporation as
follows:
1. Without limiting the borrowing powers of the Corporation as set forth
in the Act, the board may from time to time:
(a) borrow money upon the credit of the Corporation;
(b) issue, re-issue, sell or pledge or otherwise create a security
interest in all or any property (including the undertaking and
rights) of the Corporation, owned or subsequently acquired, to
secure any debt or any other obligations of the Corporation;
and
(c) subject to the provisions of the Act, render financial
assistance by means of loan, guarantee or otherwise to any
person.
2. Nothing in this section limits or restricts the borrowing of money by
the Corporation on bills of exchange or promissory notes made, drawn, accepted
or endorsed by or on behalf of the Corporation.
3. That all or any of the said securities or other instruments as may be
required hereunder shall be signed by the President and Secretary together, or
such other officers of the Corporation as may be authorized and designated by a
resolution of the directors, and the corporate seal of the Corporation may be
attached as occasion may require, when the same shall be valid and bind upon the
Corporation.
4. The board may from time to time delegate to a managing director,
general manager, committee of directors or to such one or more of the directors
and officers of the Corporation as may be designated by the board, all or any of
the delegable powers conferred upon the board pursuant to the Act, or any
articles, by-laws, or unanimous shareholders' agreements of the Corporation.
ENACTED this 7th day of August, 2001.
/s/ RICHARD M. LEIPSIC /s/ PAMELA H. HARROD
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President - Richard M. Leipsic Secretary - Pamela H. Harrod
BY-LAW NUMBER 3
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF STOCK AND SECURITIES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS
3919056 CANADA LTD.
(THE "CORPORATION")
BE IT ENACTED AS a by-law of the Corporation that:
The directors of the Corporation be and they are hereby
authorized for and on behalf of the Corporation to purchase stock, bonds,
debentures, and other securities in any other corporations, and to use any of
the Corporation's funds for such purpose.
ENACTED this 7th day of August, 2001.
/s/ RICHARD M. LEIPSIC /s/ PAMELA A. HARROD
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President - Richard M. Leipsic Secretary - Pamela A. Harrod