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Legible Inc. — M&A Activity 2021
Jan 29, 2021
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AMALGAMATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is dated effective the 18th day of January, 2021.
- AMONG: TWENTY20 INVESTMENTS INC. a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta ("T20") AND: 1284380 B.C. LTD. a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia ("Subco")
- AND: LEGIBLE MEDIA INC. a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia ("Legible")
WHEREAS Subco is a wholly-owned subsidiary of T20, has not carried on any active business, and was formed for the sole purpose of effecting an amalgamation with Legible;
AND WHEREAS Subco and Legible wish to amalgamate and continue as one corporation ("Amalco"), whereby the securityholders of Legible will receive similar securities of T20, in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES THAT in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and other lawful and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions
In this Agreement (including the recitals hereto) and each Appendix hereto:
"Agreement" means this amalgamation agreement.
"Amalco" means the corporation resulting from the Amalgamation.
"Amalco Share" means a common share in the capital of Amalco; and "Amalco Shares" means all of them collectively.
"Amalgamation" means the amalgamation of Subco and Legible on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
"Amalgamation Application" means, collectively: (i) a completed Form 13 – Amalgamation Application (in the form attached as Appendix A hereto), (ii) an affidavit of an officer or director of each of Legible and Subco required under section 277(1) of the BCBCA; (iii) a copy of this Agreement or directors' resolutions approving the Amalgamation; and (iv) the applicable filing fee.
"Amalgamating Corporations" means Subco and Legible.
"Applicable Laws" means all applicable rules, policies, notices, orders and legislation of any kind whatsoever of any governmental authority, regulatory body or stock exchange having jurisdiction over the transactions contemplated hereby;
"Articles of Amalgamation" means the articles of amalgamation of Amalco substantially in the form set out in Appendix B hereto.
"Assets" means all properties, assets, privileges, rights, interests and claims, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of every type and description, which are owned or used by Legible in undertaking its Business, as a going concern, or to which Legible is entitled in connection with the Business;
"BCBCA" means the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) as amended, including the regulations promulgated thereunder;
"Books and Records" means all books, records, files, documents and other written Information relating to the business or Legible or T20 (as the case may be);
"Business" means Legible's business as it is currently being conducted by it;
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a civic or statutory holiday in the Province of British Columbia;
"Dissenting Shareholder" means a registered Legible Shareholder who validly exercises and does not wish to withdraw the rights of dissent provided under the BCBCA in connection with the special resolution of the Legible Shareholders approving the Amalgamation;
"Effective Date" means the date when the Amalgamation Application has been accepted for filing by the British Columbia Registrar of Companies;
"Encumbrances" means mortgages, charges, pledges, security interests, liens, encumbrances, actions, claims, pre-emption rights, liabilities, demands and equities of any nature, including without limitation, any liability for accrued but unpaid taxes;
"Escrow Agreement" has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8;
"Escrow Policy" means National Policy 46-201, Escrow for Initial Public Offerings;
"Escrow Requirement" has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8;
"Exchange" or "CSE" means the Canadian Securities Exchange;
"Finder Warrants" means Legible Warrants issued as consideration under the Financing, in an amount not to exceed 8% of the number of Legible Shares sold under the Financing;
"Financing" means the private placement to be closed by Legible through the issuance of Legible Securities in the manner outlined in section 9(f) below, on or before the Time of Closing;
"GAI" means Germann & Assoc. Investments Corp.;
"Germann Management Agreement" means that current agreement between T20 and GAI whereby GAI provides certain management services for T20;
"Government Authority" means any foreign, national, provincial, local or state government, any political subdivision or any governmental, judicial, public or statutory instrumentality, court, tribunal, agency (including those pertaining to health, safety or the environment), authority, body or entity, or other regulatory bureau, authority, body or entity having legal jurisdiction over the activity or Person in question and, for greater certainty, includes the Exchange and the applicable Securities Commissions;
"Information" means all agreements, data, knowledge, know-how, reports, surveys, analyses, technical, accounting and financial records, and other material information developed in and pertaining to the business and operations of a party, in whatever form and however communicated, developed, conceived, originated or obtained;
"ITA" means the Income Tax Act (Canada);
"Legible" means Legible Media Inc., a corporation incorporated and existing in accordance with the BCBCA;
"Legible Approvals" means all necessary approvals and consents required to be obtained by Legible in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
"Legible Financial Statements" means the audited financial statements of Legible for the period from its date of incorporation (January 22, 2020) to December 31, 2020; and any unaudited financial statements for any subsequently completed interim quarterly period; all prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards;
"Legible Investigation" has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.1(a);
"Legible Representatives" has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.1(a);
"Legible Securities" means collectively the Legible Shares and Legible Warrants outstanding in the capital of Legible, or as held by each Legible Securityholder, as applicable;
"Legible Securityholders" means the Legible Shareholders and holders Legible Warrants, as of the Closing Date;
"Legible Shareholders" means the holders of Legible Shares;
"Legible Shares" means the common shares in the capital of Legible as constituted on the date hereof;
"Legible Warrants" means all share purchase warrants issued and outstanding in the capital of Legible which are exercisable to purchase Legible Shares;
"Listing Date" means the date after the Effective Date that the T20 Shares are first listed for trading on the CSE;
"Listing Statement" means the listing statement in the form prescribed by the CSE to be filed by T20 with the Exchange in relation to listing the outstanding T20 Shares on the Exchange following closing of the Amalgamation;
"Material Adverse Change" or "Material Adverse Effect" means, with respect to a Person, any matter or action that has an effect or change that is, or would reasonably be expected to be, material and adverse to the business, results of operations, assets, capitalization, financial condition, rights, liabilities or prospects, contractual or otherwise, of such Person and its subsidiaries, if applicable, taken as a whole, other than any matter, action, effect or change relating to or resulting from:
(a) a matter that has been publicly disclosed prior to the date of this Agreement or otherwise disclosed in writing by a Party to the other Party prior to the date of this Agreement;
- (b) any action or inaction taken by such Person to which the other Person had consented in writing;
- (c) the announcement of the transactions contemplated by the Amalgamation or this Agreement;
- (d) general economic, financial, currency exchange, securities, public health, banking or commodity market conditions in the United States, Canada or worldwide; or
- (e) this Agreement or the Amalgamation;
"Material Contracts" means contracts, agreements and other material documents of a Person of any kind whatsoever including, without limitation, lease agreements, license agreements, assignment agreements, operating agreements, joint venture agreements, acquisition and disposition agreements, employment agreements, shareholder or voting agreements, share purchase or sale agreements, bank and financial institution loans, promissory notes, debenture, general security, subordination and priority agreements that are material to such Person's business;
"Name Change" means the change of name of T20 to such name as is acceptable to Legible and the CSE; expected to be "Legible Inc.";
"Person" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization or association, or a governmental entity (or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof);
"Personal Information Form" means a CSE Form 3 – Personal Information Form to be completed by every individual who, if the securities of the application are accepted for listing on the Exchange, will at the time of listing be a Related Person (as such term is defined in the policies of the Exchange) of T20;
"Regulatory Approvals" means all approvals, consents, waivers, permits, orders or exemptions from any Government Authority having jurisdiction or authority over any party hereto which are required to be obtained in order to list on the Exchange, including, without limitation, approval of the Exchange and the applicable Securities Commissions;
"Securities Act" means the British Columbia Securities Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c.418, as amended and the current rules and regulations thereunder, and the blanket rulings, orders and instruments issued by the British Columbia Securities Commission;
"Securities Commissions" means collectively the British Columbia Securities Commission and such other commissions as may hold jurisdiction over the transactions contemplated herein;
"Securities Laws" means the securities legislation having application, the regulations and rules thereunder and all administrative policy statements, instruments, blanket orders, notices, directions and rulings issued or adopted by the applicable securities regulatory authority, all as amended;
"Security" or "Securities" means any shares, ownership interests, stock options, stock option plans, employee share ownership plans, warrants, convertible notes or debentures, agreements, documents, instruments or other writings of any kind whatsoever which constitute a "security" as that term is defined in the Securities Act;
"Sunset Date" means March 31, 2021, or such later date as the parties may mutually approve in writing;
"Superior Proposal" means an unsolicited bona fide Take-over Proposal which, in the opinion of the Legible Board, acting reasonably and in good faith and after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors,
- (a) is likely to be completed on its terms taking into account all financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Take-over Proposal;
- (b) is capable of being completed without undue delay, taking into account all aspects of such Takeover Proposal and the Person making such proposal;
- (c) for which either the required financing to complete such Take-over Proposal has been obtained, or is likely to be obtained;
- (d) that is not subject to a due diligence and/or access condition that would allow access to the books, records or personnel of Legible or its subsidiaries beyond 5:00 p.m. (Pacific time) on the tenth business day after which access is first afforded to the Person making the proposal; and
- (e) would, if consummated in accordance with its terms (but not disregarding any risk of noncompletion), result in a transaction that is superior to the Amalgamation from a financial point of view to Legible Shareholders;
"T20" means Twenty20 Investments Inc., as it currently exists, and for purposes of this Agreement includes T20 as it will exist following the Name Change;
"T20 Disclosure Documents" has the meaning assigned to that term in paragraph 9 of Appendix D;
"T20 Financial Statements" has the meaning assigned to that term in paragraph 15 of Appendix D;
"T20 Investigation" has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.1(a);
"T20 Replacement Warrants" means the share purchase warrants to be issued by T20 in exchange for the cancellation of the outstanding Legible Warrants upon Closing in accordance with this Agreement;
"T20 Representatives" has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.1(a);
"T20 Resignations" means the resignations of all officers, directors, employees and consultants of T20 at the Time of Closing;
"T20 Securities" means, collectively, T20 Shares and T20 Replacement Warrants, as will be issued under the Amalgamation;
"T20 Shares" means Class A voting common shares without par value in the capital of T20 as they exist as of the date of this Agreement;
"Take-over Proposal" means a proposal or offer by an unrelated third party in writing, or by public announcement, to acquire in any manner, directly or indirectly, beneficial ownership of all or a material portion of the assets of Legible or to acquire in any manner, directly or indirectly, beneficial ownership or control or direction over more than 20% of the outstanding Legible Shares whether by an arrangement, amalgamation, merger, consolidation, joint venture, partnership or other business combination, the consummation of which would or could reasonably be expected to impede or prevent the Amalgamation or which would or could reasonably be expected to materially reduce the benefits of the Amalgamation, and includes, where applicable, any amendment or variation thereof;
"Tax" or "Taxes" means all taxes and other governmental charges of any kind whatsoever including without limitation, all federal, state, municipal or other governmental imposed income tax, capital tax, capital gains tax, transfer tax, value-added tax, sales tax, social services, health, payroll and employment taxes, duty, customs, or import duties and any penalty charges or interest in respect of the forgoing;
"Third Party" means any partnership, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization, union, government, governmental department or agency, individual or any heir, executor, administrator or other legal representative of an individual other than a party to this Agreement;
"Time of Closing" has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 14.1;
"Transaction" means the three-cornered amalgamation whereby Legible will amalgamate with Subco, pursuant to which the Legible Shareholders will receive T20 Shares, holders of Legible Warrants will receive T20 Warrants, and T20 shall be the sole shareholder of Amalco.
"Transfer Agent" means Olympia Trust Company, the proposed register and transfer agent for T20;
"United States" means the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia;
"U.S. Accredited Investor" means an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act;
"U.S. Legible Shareholder" means a Legible Shareholder that was at the time of purchase of its Legible Shares; (a) a U.S. Person or a Person purchasing the Legible Shares in the United States, (b) a Person purchasing Legible Shares on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, any U.S. Person or Person in the United States, (c) a Person that received an offer to purchase the Legible Shares while in the United States, or (d) any Person that was in the United States at the time such Person's buy order was made or the subscription for the Legible Shares was executed or delivered;
"U.S. Person" means a "U.S. person" as such term is defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act; and
"U.S. Securities Act" means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
1.2 Appendixs:
The following schedules are attached to and form part of this Agreement:
Appendix Title
- A Amalgamation Application
- B Articles of Amalco
- C Representations and Warranties of Legible
- D Representations and Warranties of T20
- E Legible Financial Statements
2. Amalgamation
The Amalgamating Corporations hereby agree to amalgamate and continue as one corporation pursuant to the provisions of the BCBCA, and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set out.
To this end, this Agreement must be submitted to the shareholders of each of the Amalgamating Corporations, for their approval, as required by the BCBCA. Once the approval of the shareholders has been obtained, the directors and officers of each of the Amalgamating Corporations will be authorized by means of this Agreement to execute all necessary actions in order to carry out this Agreement.
3. Effect of Amalgamation
On the Effective Date, subject to the BCBCA:
- (a) the amalgamation of the Amalgamating Corporations and their continuance as Amalco, under the terms and conditions prescribed in this Agreement, shall be effective;
- (b) the property of each of the Amalgamating Corporations shall continue to be the property of Amalco;
- (c) Amalco shall continue to be liable for the obligations of each of the Amalgamating Corporations;
- (d) any existing cause of action, claim or liability to prosecution with respect to either or both of the Amalgamating Corporations shall be unaffected;
- (e) any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding pending by or against either of the Amalgamating Corporations may be continued to be prosecuted by or against Amalco;
- (f) any conviction against, or ruling, order or judgment in favour of or against, either of the Amalgamating Corporations may be enforced by or against Amalco; and
- (g) the Articles of Amalco shall be as set forth in Appendix "B" to this Agreement.
4. Organization of Amalco
Unless and until otherwise determined in the manner required by Law, by Amalco or by its directors or the holder or holders of the Amalco Shares, the following provisions shall apply:
- (a) Name. The name of Amalco shall be "Legible Media Inc."
- (b) Registered Office. The province in Canada where the registered office of Amalco shall be located is British Columbia; and its registered office shall be Suite 2900 – 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C.
- (c) Business and Powers. There shall be no restrictions on the business that Amalco may carry on or on the powers it may exercise.
- (d) Authorized Share Structure. Amalco shall be authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares without nominal or par value.
- (e) Initial Directors and Officers. The initial directors and officers of Amalco shall be:
| Name and Address | Position |
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| Kaleeg Hainsworth | CEO and Director |
| Mark Holden | Director |
| David Van Seters | Director |
| Helina Patience | CFO |
| Angela Carlson | Chief Publishing andOperations Officer |
The management and operation of the business and affairs of Amalco shall be under the control of the board of directors as it is constituted from time to time.
- (f) Articles. The articles of Amalco, until repealed, amended or altered, shall be substantially in the form set forth in Appendix B.
- (g) Fiscal Year End. The fiscal year end of Amalco will be the same as the fiscal year end of T20.
5. Treatment of Issued Share Capital of the Amalgamating Corporations
- 5.1 On the Effective Date, upon the transaction set out in Section 3(a) becoming effective,
- (a) each holder of Legible Shares (other than Dissenting Shareholders) will receive one T20 Share in exchange for every one Legible Share; and the Legible Shares so exchanged will be cancelled without reimbursement of the capital represented by such shares;
- (b) each holder of Legible Warrants will receive one T20 Replacement Warrant in exchange for each whole Legible Warrant, on the same terms and conditions as the Legible Warrants;
- (c) each issued and outstanding Subco Share shall be cancelled and replaced by the issuance of one Amalco Share, and
- (d) as consideration for T20 issuing T20 Securities to the holders of Legible Securities, Amalco will issue one Amalco Share to T20 for each T20 Share issued, such that T20 will be the sole shareholder of Amalco.
5.2 Legible Shares which are held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall not be exchanged for T20 Shares pursuant to the Amalgamation. However, if a Dissenting Shareholder fails to perfect or effectively withdraws such Dissenting Shareholder's claim under Division 2 of Part 8 of the BCBCA or forfeits such Dissenting Shareholder's right to make a claim under Division 2 of Part 8 of the BCBCA or if his rights as a Legible Shareholder are otherwise reinstated, such Legible Shareholder's Legible Shares shall thereupon be deemed to have been exchanged for T20 Shares as of the Effective Date as prescribed herein.
Registered Legible Shareholders entitled to sign a consent resolution approving the Amalgamation Resolution may exercise Dissent Rights with respect to their Legible Shares in connection with the Amalgamation pursuant to and in the manner set forth in Division 2 of Part 8 of the BCBCA. Legible shall give T20 prompt notice of any written notice of a dissent, withdrawal of such notice, and any other instruments served pursuant to such Dissent Rights and received by Legible and shall promptly provide T20 with copies of such notices and written objections and all other correspondence related thereto.
6. No Fractional Securities
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Legible Shareholder shall be entitled to, and T20 will not issue, fractions of any T20 Securities.
7. Certificates
On the Effective Date, certificates evidencing Legible Shares and Subco Shares shall cease to represent any claim upon or interest in Legible or Subco, respectively, other than the right of the holder to receive the consideration provided for in this Agreement.
8. Escrow
All of the T20 Shares and T20 Replacement Warrants issued to "principals" (as defined in the Escrow Policy), and all of the T20 Shares issued to Legible Shareholders who acquired their Legible Shares for an average cost base of less than $0.02 per Legible Share, will be subject to escrow conditions prescribed by the Escrow Policy pursuant to the terms of an agreement (the "Escrow Agreement") to be entered into among T20, the applicable Legible Shareholders and the Transfer Agent to be entered into in connection with the Listing Statement.
9. Covenants of Legible
9.1 Legible covenants and agrees with T20 that from and including the date hereof through to and including the Closing Date it shall:
- (a) permit T20, and its authorized agents and representatives (collectively "T20 Representatives"), at T20's own cost, full access during normal business hours to all Information pertaining to Legible, including, without limitation, all of the Assets, material contracts and minute books of Legible and any Information relating to Legible, and its directors, officers and the Legible Shareholders, so as to permit T20's Representatives to make such investigation of the financial condition, business, properties, title, assets and affairs of Legible and the title of the Legible Shares (the "T20 Investigation") as T20 deems necessary;
- (b) use its reasonable commercial efforts to complete the Legible Investigation within 30 days of the date that the Legible Representatives receive all required due diligence materials in order to complete the Legible Investigation;
- (c) use its reasonable commercial efforts to provide to T20, at the request of T20 as soon as available, all such further Information, documents, instruments and materials and do all such acts and things as may be required by T20 to prepare the Listing Statement and obtain Exchange approval for listing, including, but not limited to, providing to T20:
- (i) Legible Financial Statements in a form acceptable to the Exchange;
- (ii) a business plan outlining the business, industry, market, personnel and budgets for Legible looking forward 24 months if requested by the Exchange;
- (iii) a valuation of the Assets or Business of Legible in a form acceptable to the Exchange, if such valuation is requested by the Exchange or it is mutually determined by Legible and T20 that it would be beneficial to provide such valuation to the Exchange; and
- (iv) a fully completed and properly executed Personal Information Form for each director and senior officer of T20 subsequent to Closing or any Person who will hold more than 10% of the T20 Shares on Closing;
- (d) do all such acts and things necessary to ensure that all of the representations and warranties of Legible remains true and correct and not do any such act or thing that would render any representation or warranty of Legible untrue or incorrect except as contemplated by this Agreement;
- (e) preserve and protect the Assets;
- (f) not permit the issuance from treasury of any Legible Shares or securities convertible or exercisable for Legible Shares; other than to complete the Financing through the sale of Legible Shares and Legible Warrants on the basis of up to 1,500,000 units at $0.80 per unit, each such unit to consist of one Legible Share and one-half of one Legible Warrant, with each full Legible Warrant having the right to acquire an additional Legible Share at $1.00 per share for 12 months following the Listing Date, subject to adjustment and acceleration in accordance with the terms thereof;
- (g) not solicit or negotiate with any other Person in respect of any participation interest or agreement in relation to the Assets, offer to buy, or offer to agree to sell, or sell any Assets or the Business of Legible or any interest therein or issue any shares in the capital of Legible or other securities; and shall not merge or enter into a business combination with or solicit or negotiate any offer to
merge or enter into a business combination with or into any corporation or entity other than T20, unless as required of the directors of Legible to fulfill their fiduciary obligations in connection with a Superior Proposal;
- (h) use its reasonable commercial efforts to obtain all Legible Approvals, any consents and waivers and give all notices which are required prior to Closing;
- (i) execute all undertakings and comply with all requirements of the applicable securities laws, the Exchange, the Securities Commissions and any other Persons or governmental or regulatory authorities, which may be necessary or reasonable to obtain the necessary Legible Approvals and Regulatory Approvals to the transactions contemplated hereby;
- (j) execute and do all such further deeds, acts, things and assurances as may be reasonably required to complete the transactions contemplated herein;
- (k) not incur or commit to incur any additional debt out of the ordinary course of business, except with the prior consent of T20;
- (l) not make any material expenditures out of the ordinary course of business, other than as contemplated herein or as disclosed to T20;
- (m) not declare or pay any dividends or distribute any of its properties or Assets to its shareholders;
- (n) except as disclosed to T20, not enter into any Material Contracts out of the ordinary course of business and shall not enter into or amend or terminate any Material Contracts in relation to the Assets;
- (o) not alter or amend its articles or constating documents;
- (p) except as disclosed to T20, not sell, pledge, lease, dispose of, grant any interest in, encumber or agree to sell, pledge, lease, dispose of, grant any interest in or encumber any of the Assets; and
- (q) except as disclosed to T20, not acquire, directly or indirectly, any assets out of the ordinary course of business, including but not limited to securities of other companies, other than as contemplated herein.
- 9.2 Legible further covenants and agrees with Subco and T20 that it will:
- (a) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the approval of the Legible Shareholders to the Amalgamation, this Agreement and the Transaction in accordance with the BCBCA;
- (b) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 13 of this Agreement that are applicable in respect of Legible to be complied with; and
- (c) subject to the approval of the shareholders of each of Legible and Subco being obtained for the completion of the Amalgamation, thereafter jointly with Subco file with the British Columbia Registrar of Companies the Amalgamation Application, Articles of Amalgamation and such other documents as may be required to give effect to the Amalgamation upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
10. Covenants of T20
10.1 T20 covenants and agrees with Legible that from the date hereof through to and including the Effective Date it shall:
(a) permit Legible, through its directors, officers, employees and authorized agents and representatives (collectively the "Legible Representatives") at Legible's own cost, full access during normal business hours to all Information pertaining to T20 including, without limitation, all of the assets, material contracts and minute books of T20, and any Information relating to T20's directors, officers and shareholders, so as to permit Legible to make such investigation (the "Legible Investigation") of T20 as Legible deems necessary;
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(b) use its reasonable commercial efforts to complete the T20 Investigation (as such term is defined in Section 9.1(a)) within 30 days of the date that the T20 Representatives (as such term is defined in Section 9.1(a)) receive all required due diligence materials in order to complete the T20 Investigation;
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(c) with the cooperation of Legible and the Legible Shareholders, use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare the Listing Statement and all other related materials, and obtain Exchange approval to listing T20 Shares on the Exchange, as soon as reasonably possible;
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(d) other than the T20 Securities to be issued hereunder, not permit the issuance from treasury of any T20 Shares or securities convertible or exercisable for T20 Shares;
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(e) do all such acts and things necessary to ensure that all of the representations and warranties of T20 remain true and correct and not do any such act or thing that would render any representation or warranty of T20 untrue or incorrect;
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(f) not solicit or negotiate with any other Person in respect of any offer to buy, or offer to agree to sell, or sell or otherwise transfer or issue, any of its assets or unissued shares in its capital or any interest therein and shall not merge or enter into a business combination with or solicit or negotiate any offer to merge or enter into a business combination with or into any corporation or entity other than Legible;
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(g) execute all undertakings and comply with all requirements of the applicable Securities Laws, the Exchange, the Securities Commissions and any other Persons or governmental or regulatory authorities, which may be necessary or reasonable to list the T20 Shares on the Exchange;
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(h) execute and do all such further deeds, acts, things and assurances as may be reasonably required to complete the transactions contemplated herein;
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(i) not incur or commit to incur any debt other than in the ordinary course of business and for professional fees in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
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(j) not make any expenditures outside of the ordinary course of business, other than as contemplated herein;
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(k) not declare or pay any dividends or distribute any of its properties or assets to shareholders;
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(l) not enter into or amend or terminate any Material Contracts out of the ordinary course of business, other than in connection with this Agreement;
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(m) not alter or amend its articles or constating documents, except as agreed with Legible;
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(n) not redeem, purchase or offer to purchase any of its common shares or other securities;
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(o) not sell, pledge, lease, dispose of, grant any interest in, encumber or agree to sell, pledge, lease, dispose of, grant any interest in or encumber any of its assets; and
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(p) not acquire, directly or indirectly, any assets, including but not limited to securities of other companies, other than as contemplated herein.
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10.2 T20 further covenants and agrees with Legible and Subco that it will:
- (a) sign a resolution as sole shareholder of Subco in favour of the approval of the Amalgamation, this Agreement and the Transaction in accordance with the BCBCA;
- (b) obtain consent resolutions from its shareholders holding at least 51% of the outstanding T20 Shares, approving the Amalgamation;
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(c) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 13 of this Agreement that are applicable in respect of T20 to be complied with; and
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(d) subject to the approval of the Legible Shareholders being obtained for the completion of the Amalgamation, take all corporate action necessary to reserve for issuance a sufficient number of T20 Shares to permit the issuance of T20 Shares on the Amalgamation.
11. Covenants of Subco
- (a) Subco covenants and agrees with Legible and T20 that it will not, from the date of execution hereof to the Effective Date, except with the prior written consent of Legible and T20, conduct any business or do any other thing that could prevent Subco from performing any of its obligations hereunder; and
- (b) Subco further covenants and agrees with Legible that it will:
- (i) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 13 that are applicable in respect of Subco to be complied with; and
- (ii) subject to the approval of the shareholders of each of Legible and Subco being obtained for the completion of the Amalgamation, thereafter jointly with Legible file with the British Columbia Registrar of Companies the Amalgamation Application, the Articles of Amalgamation and such other documents as may be required to give effect to the Amalgamation upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
12. Representations and Warranties of the Parties
- (a) Each party represents and warrants to and in favour of the others that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement and this Agreement is a valid and binding agreement, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
- (b) In order to induce Legible to enter into this Agreement and complete its obligations hereunder, T20 makes the representations and warranties to Legible contained in Appendix D hereto.
- (c) In order to induce T20 and Subco to enter into this Agreement and complete their respective obligations hereunder, Legible makes the representations and warranties to T20 and Subco contained in Appendix C hereto.
13. Conditions Precedent
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13.1 The respective obligations of the parties hereto to complete the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by the parties not required to perform the condition in whole or in part without prejudice to such parties' right to rely on any other of them:
- (a) closing of the Financing;
- (b) the conditional acceptance by the Exchange of the listing for trading of all outstanding T20 Shares following completion of the Amalgamation and Financing; and
- (c) there will not be in force any order or decree restraining or enjoining the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Amalgamation; and all consents, orders and approvals required or necessary or desirable for the completion of the transactions provided for in this Agreement will have been obtained or received, all on terms satisfactory to each of the parties hereto, acting reasonably.
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13.2 T20's and Subco's obligations under this Agreement including, without limitation, their obligation to close the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, are subject to the fulfillment, to its satisfaction, of the following conditions that:
- (a) on or before the Time of Closing, T20 will have been permitted to complete the T20 Investigation to its reasonable satisfaction;
- (b) there will have been no Material Adverse Change in the Business, affairs, financial condition or operations of Legible;
- (c) on or before the Time of Closing, approval of this Agreement and the Amalgamation by the Legible Shareholders;
- (d) Legible will have completed or complied with the covenants outlined in section 9;
- (e) the Board of Directors of Legible will have approved the Amalgamation;
- (f) there shall be no dilutive securities of Legible outstanding, except those contemplated herein or issued in connection with the transactions contemplated herein;
- (g) Legible shall have no Encumbrances on its Assets, and not have incurred any other liabilities out of the ordinary course of business;
- (h) the representations and warranties of Legible contained in Appendix C will be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing;
- (i) all covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder on the part of Legible to be performed or complied with at or prior to the Closing contained herein will have been performed and complied with in all material respects;
- (j) on Closing, Legible will have delivered to T20 the documents required to be delivered by them pursuant to Section 14.2;
- (k) Legible shall have completed and delivered a valuation of the Assets or Business of Legible in a form acceptable to the Exchange in connection with the Listing application, if such valuation is requested by the Exchange; and
- (l) Legible shall have completed and delivered the Legible Financial Statements.
The conditions precedent set forth above are for the exclusive benefit of T20 and may be waived by it in whole or in part on or before the Time of Closing.
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13.3 Legible's obligations under this Agreement including, without limitation, their obligations to close the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, are subject to the fulfillment, to their satisfaction, of the following conditions:
- (a) on or before the Time of Closing, Legible will have been permitted to complete the Legible Investigation to its reasonable satisfaction;
- (b) there will have been no Material Adverse Change in the business, affairs, financial condition or operations of T20;
- (c) the board of directors of T20 will have approved the transactions contemplated herein;
- (d) on or before the Time of Closing, T20 will have obtained the consent of the T20 shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding T20 Shares to the transactions contemplated herein;
- (e) T20 will have completed or complied with the matters outlined in section 10.1;
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(f) on Closing the board of T20 shall have been reconstituted in the manner set forth in section 14.3;
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(g) T20 will not have incurred any liabilities other than those reasonably incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and will have spent its cash on hand at the date of this Agreement exclusively in the ordinary course of business and for the purpose of completing the Amalgamation and any other transaction contemplated hereby;
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(h) the representations and warranties of T20 contained in Appendix D will be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing;
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(i) all covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder on the part of T20 to be performed or complied with at or prior to the Closing contained herein will have been performed and complied with in all material respects;
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(j) on Closing, T20 will have delivered to Legible the documents required to be delivered by them pursuant to Section 14.3;
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(k) there shall be no shares or securities or warrants of T20 issued and outstanding as of the Time of Closing, except those referred to herein;
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(l) on Closing, T20 shall have appointed the signatories agreed with Legible to the bank accounts of T20 with the signing powers agreed between the parties or provide appropriate forms to amend the mandates given by T20 to its bankers, or the bank accounts of T20 will have been closed; and
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(m) T20 shall have not more than $250,000 of liabilities on closing; provided that T20 will also incur reasonable costs and expenses prior to the Closing Date related to completing the Amalgamation and making application to the Exchange.
The conditions precedent set forth above are for the exclusive benefit of Legible, and may be waived by Legible in whole or in part on or before the Time of Closing.
14. Closing
14.1 The completion of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement shall be closed (the "Closing") at the offices of the solicitors for Legible, at 10:00am Vancouver Time (the "Time of Closing"), on the date which is the fifth business day following the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions precedent as set out in Section 13, or such other time or day as the parties may agree upon (the "Closing Date"). In the event that the transactions contemplated under this Agreement have not closed on or before the Sunset Date, either T20 or Legible may terminate this Agreement by notice in writing to the other parties to this Agreement and this Agreement shall then be of no further force and effect.
14.2 At a time selected by the Parties prior to the Closing Date (the "Pre-Closing Date"), Legible shall deliver to T20 the following Closing documents:
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(a) certified true copies of any corporate authorizations which are necessary in order to authorize and approve this Agreement, Legible's execution and delivery hereof and all of the transactions of Legible contemplated hereunder, which authorization shall include specific reference to the amalgamation of Legible and Subco, and the exchange of Legible Securities for T20 Securities as provided for in this Agreement;
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(b) approval of the Legible Shareholders of the Amalgamation and this Agreement;
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(c) a copy of all of the Legible Share certificates, duly marked as cancelled;
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(d) copies of all outstanding Legible Warrants;
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(e) evidence that Legible has completed the Financing;
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(f) authorization to T20 to pay on Closing (i) all amounts owing under the Germann Management Agreement, being all outstanding fees from July 1, 2020 to the last day of the month preceding the Closing Date; and (ii) all principal and interest owing under T20's outstanding debenture (or as may be otherwise agreed between T20 and the debenture holder);
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(g) the minute books and records of Legible duly brought up to date; and
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(h) all such other closing documents as Legible and T20 may mutually agree upon prior to the Time of Closing.
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14.3 On the Pre-Closing Date, T20 shall deliver to Legible the following:
- (a) certified true copies of the corporate authorizations of T20 which are necessary in order to authorize and approve this Agreement, T20's execution and delivery hereof and all of the transactions of T20 contemplated hereunder, which authorizations shall include specific reference to the approval of:
- (i) this Agreement and the authorization of T20's entry hereinto;
- (ii) the issuance of the T20 Shares to the Legible Shareholders and the T20 Replacement Warrants to the holders of the Legible Warrants pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and
- (iv) receipt of and acceptance of the T20 Resignations and the appointment of Legible nominees for directors and officers;
- (b) certificates representing T20 Shares and T20 Replacement Warrants issued on Closing which are not subject to the Escrow Requirement, registered in the names of or as directed by the Legible Shareholders as provided for in Section 5 of this Agreement;
- (c) evidence that all Regulatory Approvals (if necessary) have been obtained for the Transaction;
- (d) evidence that the matters outlined in sections 10.1, 10.2, and 13.3 have been completed;
- (e) the T20 Resignations duly executed;
- (f) evidence that the Germann Management Agreement has been terminated effective the last day of the month preceding the Closing Date, with no continuing obligations of either party thereunder, upon payment by T20 to GAI of all amounts owing thereunder;
- (g) evidence that T20 has appointed the signatories agreed with Legible to the bank accounts of T20 with the signing powers agreed between the parties, or the appropriate forms to amend the mandates given by T20 to its bankers; and
- (h) all such other closing documents as Legible and T20 may mutually agree upon prior to the Time of Closing.
- (a) certified true copies of the corporate authorizations of T20 which are necessary in order to authorize and approve this Agreement, T20's execution and delivery hereof and all of the transactions of T20 contemplated hereunder, which authorizations shall include specific reference to the approval of:
14.4 The items tabled at Closing pursuant to Sections 14.2 and 14.3 shall be held in escrow until all of such items have been tabled and T20 and Legible have acknowledged that they are satisfied therewith, whereupon Closing shall occur and such escrow shall be terminated. If such escrow is not released on or before 5:00 p.m. on the Sunset Date and T20 and Legible do not agree to an extension of the escrow, the Closing shall not occur, and the balance of the documents tabled by each party shall be returned to such party.
15. Amendment
This Agreement may be amended prior to or following its approval by the shareholders of the Amalgamating Corporations, by written agreement of the parties hereto without, subject to applicable law, further notice to or authorization on the part of their respective shareholders and any such amendment may, without limitation:
- (a) change the time for performance of any of the obligations or acts of the parties hereto;
- (b) waive any inaccuracies or modify any representation or warranty contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto;
- (c) waive compliance with or modify any of the covenants contained herein and waive or modify performance of any of the obligations of the parties hereto; or
- (d) waive compliance with or modify any other conditions precedent contained herein,
provided that no such amendment shall change the provisions hereof regarding the consideration to be received by Legible Shareholders upon the Amalgamation without approval by the Legible Shareholders, given in the same manner as required for the approval of the Amalgamation.
16. Termination
16.1 This Agreement may be terminated prior to or following its approval by the shareholders of the Amalgamating Corporations, by mutual agreement of the respective boards of directors of the parties hereto, without further action on the part of the shareholders of Legible or Subco. This Agreement shall also terminate without further notice or agreement if:
- (a) the Amalgamation is not approved by the Legible Shareholders entitled to vote in accordance with the BCBCA; or
- (b) any of the conditions set out in Section 13 are not satisfied or, if capable of being waived, are not waived by the relevant party, as applicable, prior to the Effective Date.
16.2 Legible will pay to T20 an amount equal to all of T20's expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein, plus the sum of $25,000, as liquidated damages (which are a genuine pre-estimate of the damages which T20 will suffer or incur as a result of such termination, and which are not penalties) upon the termination of this Agreement (i) by Legible for failure to obtain the approval of this Agreement by either the Legible Board or the Legible Shareholders, (ii) by T20 due to the failure of Legible to complete any other conditions precedent within its control to complete, or the breach by Legible of a material representation of covenant hereunder, or (iii) acceptance by Legible of a Superior Offer.
17. General
17.1 All information obtained by a party of another party, including its business, technology, intellectual property, shareholders, customers and financial information is confidential; and the receiving party agrees that it shall use such confidential information exclusively for the purpose of evaluating and completing the Amalgamation and will not disclose the same to any third party in any manner without the prior consent of the disclosing party.
17.2 Neither T20 nor Legible will make any press release, public announcement or public statement about the transactions contemplated herein which has not been previously approved by the others, except that T20 may make a press release or filing with a regulatory authority if counsel for T20 advises that such press release or filing is necessary under applicable securities laws or the rules and policies of the Exchange, provided that T20 will provide Legible with the opportunity to review and provide comments prior to dissemination.
17.3 Each party to this Agreement will be responsible for all of his, her or its own expenses and costs in respect of the transactions contemplated hereunder including, without limitation, expenses and costs incurred for professional advice such as legal, accounting, tax, financial and business advice, among others, finder's fees and any personal or corporate sales taxes, income taxes and capital gains; provided that Legible agrees to advance funds from time to time towards T20's legal expenses as incurred.
17.4 Time and each of the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be of the essence of this Agreement; and any waiver by the parties of this subsection or any failure by them to exercise any of their rights under this Agreement shall be limited to the particular instance and shall not extend to any other instance or matter in this Agreement or otherwise affect any of their rights or remedies under this Agreement.
17.5 The Appendices to this Agreement and the recitals to this Agreement constitute a part of this Agreement. The headings in this Agreement are for reference only and do not constitute terms of the Agreement. Whenever the singular or masculine is used in this Agreement the same shall be deemed to include the plural or the feminine or the body corporate or vice versa as the context may require.
17.6 This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties hereto in respect of the matters referred to herein and there are no representations, warranties, covenants or agreements, expressed or implied, collateral hereto other than as expressly set forth or referred to herein.
17.7 The parties hereto shall execute and deliver all such further documents and instruments and do all such acts and things as any party may, either before or after the Closing, reasonably require of the other in order that the full intent and meaning of this Agreement is carried out. The provisions contained in this Agreement which, by their terms, require performance by a party to this Agreement subsequent to the Closing, shall survive the Closing of this Agreement.
17.8 No alteration, amendment, modification or interpretation of this Agreement or any provision of this Agreement shall be valid and binding upon the parties hereto unless such alteration, amendment, modification or interpretation is in written form executed by all of the parties to this Agreement.
17.9 Any payment, notice, request, demand, election and other communication of any kind whatsoever to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or e-mail to the parties at their following respective addresses:
To Legible:
Suite 2900 – 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C. V7X 1J5 Attention: Kaleeg Hainsworth, CEO Email: [email protected]
To T20:
P.O. Box 1197 Okotoks, Alberta T1S 1B2 Attention: Shelley Germann, CEO Email: [email protected]
or to such other addresses as may be given in writing by the parties hereto in the manner provided for in this subsection, and the party sending such notice should request acknowledgment of delivery and the party receiving such notice should provide such acknowledgment. Notwithstanding whether or not a request for acknowledgment has been made or replied to, whether or not delivery has occurred will be a question of fact. If a party can prove that delivery was made as provided for above, then it will constitute delivery for the purposes of this Agreement whether or not the receiving party acknowledged receipt.
17.10 This Agreement may not be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of all of the parties hereto.
17.11 This Agreement shall be subject to, governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, and the parties hereby agree to attorn to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of British Columbia and not to commence any form of proceedings in any other forum.
17.12 The phrase "to the knowledge of" when used to modify or describe the state of knowledge of factual or legal matters relating to a party, whether or not used with any other limiting or expansive language, shall be construed in all cases to mean "to the knowledge of the party after diligent enquiry".
17.13 The word "including", when following any general statement or terms, is not to be construed as limiting the general statement or term to the specific items or matters set forth or to similar items or matters, but rather as permitting the general statement or term to refer to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within its broadest possible scope.
17.14 All references to currency are deemed to mean Canadian dollars.
17.15 A reference to a statute includes all regulations made thereunder, all amendments to the statute or regulation in force from time to time, and every statute or regulation that supplements or supersedes such statute or regulation.
17.16 Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine or neuter; words in the singular include the plural; a word importing a corporate entity includes an individual; and vice versa.
17.17 This Agreement may be signed electronically and in counterpart, and each copy so signed shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the date first written above.
TWENTY20 INVESTMENTS INC.
By its authorized signatory:
"signed"
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
1284380 B.C. LTD. By its authorized signatory:
"signed"
LEGIBLE MEDIA INC.
By its authorized signatory:
"signed"
Appendix A
To the Amalgamation Agreement dated January 18, 2021 among Twenty20 Investments Inc., 1284380 B.C. Ltd. and Legible Media Inc.
Form of Amalgamation Application
[see attached]

| Telephone: 1877 526-1526www.bcreg.ca | Mailing Address: | PO Box 9431 Stn Prov GovtVictoria BC V8W 9V3 | Courier Address: | 200 - 940 Blanshard StreetVictoria BC V8W 3E6 |
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| DO NOT MAIL THIS FORM to BC Registry Servicesunless you are instructed to do so by registry staff.The Regulation under the Business Corporations Actrequires the electronic version of this form to be filedon the Internet at www.corporateonline.gov.bc.ca | Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA):Personal information provided on this form is collected, used anddisclosed under the authority of the FOIPPA and the Businessthe collection, use and disclosure of personal information can bedirected to the Manager of Registries Operations at 1 877 526-1526, PO Box 9431 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W 9V3. | Corporations Act for the purposes of assessment. Questions regarding | ||
| INITIAL INFORMATION - When the amalgamation is complete, your company will be a BC limited company. | ||||
| What kind of company(ies) will be involved in this amalgamation? | ||||
| (Check all applicable boxes.) | ||||
| BC company | ||||
| BC unlimited liability company | ||||
| E NAME OF COMPANY - Choose one of the following: | ||||
| The name LEGIBLE MEDIA INC. | is the name | |||
| reserved for the amalgamated company. The name reservation number is: ___________ | ||||
| OR | ||||
| The company is to be amalgamated with a name created by adding "B.C. Ltd." after the incorporation number, | ||||
| OR | ||||
| The amalgamated company is to adopt, as its name, the name of one of the amalgamating companies. | ||||
| The name of the amalgamating company being adopted is: | ||||
| The incorporation number of that company is: $\mathcal{L}$ | ||||
| Please note: If you want the name of an amalgamating corporation that is a foreign corporation, you must obtain a nameapproval before completing this amalgamation application. | ||||
| C AMALGAMATION STATEMENT - Please indicate the statement applicable to this amalgamation. | ||||
| With Court Approval:This amalgamation has been approved by the court and a copy of the entered court order approving the amalgamationhas been obtained and has been deposited in the records office of each of the amalgamating companies. | ||||
| D AMALGAMATION EFFECTIVE DATE - Choose one of the following: | |||
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| The amalgamation is to take effect at the time that this application is filed with the registrar. | |||
| YYYY / MM / DD | |||
| The amalgamation is to take effect at 12:01a.m. Pacific Time on | |||
| being a date that is not more than ten days after the date of the filing of this application. | |||
| YYYY / MM / DD | |||
| The amalgamation is to take effect at __________________________________being a date and time that is not more than ten days after the date of the filing of this application. | $a.m.$ or | p.m. Pacific Time on | |
| E AMALGAMATING CORPORATIONSEnter the name of each amalgamating corporation below. For each company, enter the incorporation number. | |||
| If the amalgamating corporation is a foreign corporation, enter the foreign corporation's jurisdiction and if registered in BC | |||
| as an extraprovincial company, enter the extraprovincial company's registration number. Attach an additional sheet if morespace is required. | |||
| NAME OF AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | BC INCORPORATION NUMBER, ORFXTRAPROVINCIAL REGISTRATION | FOREIGNCORPORATION'S | |
| NUMBER IN BC | JURISDICTION | ||
| 1. LEGIBLE MEDIA INC. | 1238091 | ||
| 2. 1284380 B.C. LTD | 1284380 | ||
| З. | |||
| 4. | |||
| 5. | |||
| F FORMALITIES TO AMALGAMATIONIf any amalgamating corporation is a foreign corporation, section 275 (1)(b) requires an authorization for the amalgamation fromthe foreign corporation's jurisdiction to be filed.This is to confirm that each authorization for the amalgamation required under section 275(1)(b) is beingsubmitted for filing concurrently with this application. | |||
| el CERTIFIED CORRECT - I have read this form and found it to be correct. | |||
| This form must be signed by an authorized signing authority for each of the amalgamating companies as set out in Item E. | |||
| NAME OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY FORTHE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITYFOR THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | DATE SIGNEDYYYY / MM / DD | |
| 1. KALEEG HAINSWORTH | X | ||
| NAME OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY FORTHE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITYFOR THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | DATE SIGNEDYYYY / MM / DD | |
| 2. SHELLEY GERMANN | $\times$ | ||
| NAME OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY FORTHE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITYFOR THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | DATE SIGNEDYYYY / MM / DD | |
| 3. | $\times$ | ||
| NAME OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY FORTHE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITYFOR THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | DATE SIGNEDYYYY / MM / DD | |
| 4. | $\times$ | ||
| NAME OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY FORTHE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | THE AMALGAMATING CORPORATION | SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY FOR | DATE SIGNEDYYYY / MM / DD |
| 5. | $\times$ |
| Set out the full name, delivery address and mailing address (if different) of every director of the company. The director mayselect to provide either (a) the delivery address and, if different, the mailing address for the office at which the individual canusually be served with records between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on business days or (b) the delivery address and, if different, themailing address of the individual's residence. The delivery address must not be a post office box. Attach an additional sheetif more space is required. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | MIDDLE NAME | ||
| HAINSWORTH | KALEEG | |||
| DELIVERY ADDRESS | PROVINCE/STATE | COUNTRY | POSTAL CODE/ZIP CODE | |
| BC | Canada | |||
| MAILING ADDRESS | PROVINCE/STATE | COUNTRY | POSTAL CODE/ZIP CODE | |
| BC | Canada | |||
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | MIDDLE NAME | ||
| HOLDEN | MARK | |||
| DELIVERY ADDRESS | PROVINCE/STATE | COUNTRY | POSTAL CODE/ZIP CODE | |
| ВC | Canada | |||
| MAILING ADDRESS | PROVINCE/STATE | COUNTRY | POSTAL CODE/ZIP CODE | |
| BC | Canada | |||
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | MIDDLE NAME | ||
| VAN SETERS | DAVID | |||
| DELIVERY ADDRESS | PROVINCE/STATE | COUNTRY | POSTAL CODE/ZIP CODE | |
| BC | Canada | |||
| MAILING ADDRESS | PROVINCE/STATE | COUNTRY | POSTAL CODE/ZIP CODE | |
| BC | Canada | |||
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | MIDDLE NAME | ||
| DELIVERY ADDRESS | PROVINCE/STATE | COUNTRY | POSTAL CODE/ZIP CODE | |
| MAILING ADDRESS | PROVINCE/STATE | COUNTRY | POSTAL CODE/ZIP CODE |
| D | REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESSESDELIVERY ADDRESS OF THE COMPANY'S REGISTERED OFFICE | PROVINCE | POSTAL CODE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29th Floor, 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver | BC | V7X 1J5 | |
| MAILING ADDRESS OF THE COMPANY'S REGISTERED OFFICE | PROVINCE | POSTAL CODE | |
| 29th Floor, 595 Burrard Street, PO Box 49130, Vancouver | BС | V7X 1J5 | |
| 14 | RECORDS OFFICE ADDRESSESDELIVERY ADDRESS OF THE COMPANY'S RECORDS OFFICE29th Floor, 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver | PROVINCEBC | POSTAL CODEV7X 1J5 |
| MAILING ADDRESS OF THE COMPANY'S RECORDS OFFICE | PROVINCE | POSTAL CODE |
| Maximum number of shares of thisclass or series of shares that the companyis authorized to issue, or indicate there isno maximum number. | Kind of shares of this classor series of shares. | Are there special rightsor restrictions attachedto the shares of this class orseries of shares? | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identifying name of classor series of shares | THERE IS NOMAXIMUM$(\checkmark)$ | MAXIMUM NUMBEROF SHARESAUTHORIZED | WITHOUTPAR VALUE$(\checkmark)$ | WITH A PARVALUE OF | Type ofcurrency | $\overset{\text{YES}}{(\nu)}$ | $\overset{NO}{(\nu)}$ |
| Common Shares | |||||||
| $\sim$ | |||||||
Appendix B
To the Amalgamation Agreement dated January 18, 2021 among Twenty20 Investments Inc., 1284380 B.C. Ltd. and Legible Media Inc.
Amalco Articles
ARTICLES
OF
LEGIBLE MEDIA INC.
Incorporation Number: ●
(the "Company")
INDEX
PART ARTICLE SUBJECT
1. INTERPRETATION
| 1.1 | Definitions |
|---|---|
| 1.2 | Business Corporations Act and Interpretation Act Definitions Applicable |
2. SHARES AND SHARE CERTIFICATES
| 2.1 | Authorized Share Structure |
|---|---|
| 2.2 | Form of Share Certificate |
| 2.3 | Shareholder Entitled to Certificate or Acknowledgment |
| 2.4 | Delivery by Mail |
| 2.5 | Replacement of Worn Out or Defaced Certificate or Acknowledgment |
| 2.6 | Replacement of Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificate or Acknowledgment |
| 2.7 | Splitting Share Certificates |
| 2.8 | Certificate Fee |
| 2.9 | Recognition of Trusts |
3. ISSUE OF SHARES
| 3.1 | Directors Authorized |
|---|---|
| 3.2 | Commissions and Discounts |
| 3.3 | Brokerage |
| 3.4 | Conditions of Issue |
| 3.5 | Share Purchase Warrants and Rights |
4. SHARE REGISTERS
| 4.1 | Central Securities Register |
|---|---|
| 4.2 | Closing Register |
5. SHARE TRANSFERS
| 5.1 | Registering Transfers |
|---|---|
| 5.2 | Form of Instrument of Transfer |
| 5.3 | Transferor Remains Shareholder |
| 5.4 | Signing of Instrument of Transfer |
| 5.5 | Enquiry as to Title Not Required |
| 5.6 | Transfer Fee |
6. TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
| 6.1 | Legal Personal Representative Recognized On Death |
|---|---|
| 6.2 | Rights of Legal Personal Representative |
7. PURCHASE OF SHARES
| 7.1 | Company Authorized to Purchase Shares |
|---|---|
| 7.2 | Purchase When Insolvent |
7.3 Sale and Voting of Purchased Shares
8. BORROWING POWERS
8.1 Company Authorized to Borrow
9. ALTERATIONS
| 9.1 | Alteration of Authorized Share Structure |
|---|---|
| 9.2 | Special Rights and Restrictions |
- 9.3 Change of Name
- 9.4 Other Alterations
10. MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
| 10.1 | Annual General Meetings |
|---|---|
| 10.2 | Consent Resolution Instead of Annual General Meeting |
| 10.3 | Calling of Meetings of Shareholders |
| 10.4 | Meetings by Telephone or Other Electronic Means |
| 10.5 | Notice for Meetings of Shareholders |
| 10.6 | Record Date for Notice |
| 10.7 | Record Date for Voting |
| 10.8 | Failure to Give Notice and Waiver of Notice |
| 10.9 | Notice of Special Business at Meetings of Shareholders |
| 10.10 | Notice of Special Business |
11. PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
| 11.1 | Special Business |
|---|---|
| 11.2 | Special Majority |
| 11.3 | Quorum |
| 11.4 | One Shareholder May Constitute Quorum |
| 11.5 | Other Persons May Attend |
| 11.6 | Requirement of Quorum |
| 11.7 | Lack of Quorum |
| 11.8 | Lack of Quorum at Succeeding Meeting |
| 11.9 | Chair |
| 11.10 | Selection of Alternate Chair |
| 11.11 | Adjournments |
| 11.12 | Notice of Adjourned Meeting |
| 11.13 | Decisions by Show of Hands or Poll |
| 11.14 | Declaration of Result |
| 11.15 | Motion Need Not be Seconded |
| 11.16 | Casting Vote |
| 11.17 | Manner of Taking Poll |
| 11.18 | Demand for Poll on Adjournment |
| 11.19 | Chair must Resolve Dispute |
| 11.20 | Casting of Votes |
| 11.21 | Demand for Poll |
| 11.22 | Demand for Poll not to Prevent Continuance of Meeting |
| 11.23 | Retention of Ballots and Proxies |
12. VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS
| 12.1 | Number of Votes by Shareholder or by Shares |
|---|---|
| 12.2 | Votes of Persons in Representative Capacity |
| 12.3 | Votes by Joint Holders |
| 12.4 | Legal Personal Representatives as Joint Shareholders |
| 12.5 | Representative of a Corporate Shareholder |
| 12.6 | Proxy Provisions do not Apply to all Companies |
| 12.7 | Appointment of Proxy Holders |
| 12.8 | Alternate Proxy Holders |
| 12.9 | Proxy Holder Need not be Shareholder |
| 12.10 | Deposit of Proxy |
| 12.11 | Validity of Proxy Vote |
| 12.12 | Form of Proxy |
| 12.13 | Revocation of Proxy |
| 12.14 | Revocation of Proxy Must be Signed |
| 12.15 | Production of Evidence of Authority to Vote |
13. DIRECTORS
| 13.1 | First Directors; Number of Directors |
|---|---|
| 13.2 | Change in Number of Directors |
| 13.3 | Directors' Acts Valid Despite Vacancy |
| 13.4 | Qualifications of Directors |
| 13.5 | Remuneration of Directors |
| 13.6 | Reimbursement of Expenses of Directors |
| 13.7 | Special Remuneration for Directors |
| 13.8 | Gratuity, Pension or Allowance on Retirement of Director |
14. ELECTION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
| 14.1 | Election at Annual General Meeting |
|---|---|
| 14.2 | Consent to be a Director |
| 14.3 | Failure to Elect or Appoint Directors |
| 14.4 | Places of Retiring Directors Not Filled |
| 14.5 | Directors May Fill Casual Vacancies |
| 14.6 | Remaining Directors Power to Act |
| 14.7 | Shareholders May Fill Vacancies |
| 14.8 | Additional Directors |
| 14.9 | Ceasing to be a Director |
| 14.10 | Removal of Director by Shareholders |
| 14.11 | Removal of Director by Directors |
| 14.12 | Nomination of Directors |
15. ALTERNATE DIRECTORS
| 15.1 | Appointment of Alternate Director |
|---|---|
| 15.2 | Notice of Meetings |
| 15.3 | Alternate for More Than One Director Attending Meetings |
| 15.4 | Consent Resolutions |
| 15.5 | Alternate Director Not an Agent |
| 15.6 | Revocation of Appointment of Alternate Director |
| 15.7 | Ceasing to be an Alternate Director |
| 15.8Remuneration and Expenses of Alternate Director | |
|---|---|
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16. POWERS OF DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
| 16.1 | Powers of Management |
|---|---|
| 16.2 | Appointment of Attorney of Company |
17. DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST OF DIRECTORS
| 17.1 | Obligation to Account for Profits |
|---|---|
| 17.2 | Restrictions on Voting by Reason of Interest |
| 17.3 | Interested Director Counted in Quorum |
| 17.4 | Disclosure of Conflict of Interest or Property |
| 17.5 | Director Holding Other Office in the Company |
| 17.6 | No Disqualification |
| 17.7 | Professional Services by Director or Officer |
| 17.8 | Director or Officer in Other Corporations |
18. PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
| Meetings of Directors |
|---|
| Voting at Meetings |
| Chair of Meetings |
| Meetings by Telephone or Other Communications Medium |
| Calling of Meetings |
| Notice of Meetings |
| When Notice Not Required |
| Meeting Valid Despite Failure to Give Notice |
| Waiver of Notice of Meetings |
| Quorum |
| Validity of Acts Where Appointment Defective |
| Consent Resolutions in Writing |
19. EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES
| 19.1 | Appointment and Powers of Executive Committee |
|---|---|
| 19.2 | Appointment and Powers of Other Committees |
- 19.3 Obligations of Committees
- 19.4 Powers of Board
- 19.5 Committee Meetings
20. OFFICERS
| 20.1 | Directors May Appoint Officers |
|---|---|
| 20.2 | Functions, Duties and Powers of Officers |
| 20.3 | Qualifications |
| 20.4 | Remuneration and Terms of Appointment |
21. INDEMNIFICATION
| 21.1 | Definitions |
|---|---|
| 21.2 | Mandatory Indemnification of Directors and Former Directors |
| 21.3 | Indemnification of Other Persons |
| 21.4 | Non-Compliance with Business Corporations Act |
| 22.1 | Payment of Dividends Subject to Special Rights |
|---|---|
| 22.2 | Declaration of Dividends |
| 22.3 | No Notice Required |
| 22.4 | Record Date |
| 22.5 | Manner of Paying Dividend |
| 22.6 | Settlement of Difficulties |
| 22.7 | When Dividend Payable |
| 22.8 | Dividends to be Paid in Accordance with Number of Shares |
| 22.9 | Receipt by Joint Shareholders |
| 22.10 | Dividend Bears No Interest |
| 22.11 | Fractional Dividends |
| 22.12 | Payment of Dividends |
| 22.13 | Capitalization of Surplus |
23. DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND REPORTS
| 23.1 | Recording of Financial Affairs |
|---|---|
| 23.2 | Inspection of Accounting Records |
24. NOTICES
| 24.1 | Method of Giving Notice |
|---|---|
| 24.2 | Deemed Receipt of Mailing |
| 24.3 | Certificate of Sending |
| 24.4 | Notice to Joint Shareholders |
| 24.5 | Notice to Trustees |
25. SEAL AND EXECUTION
| 25.1 | Seal and Execution of Documents |
|---|---|
| 25.2 | Sealing Copies |
25.3 Mechanical Reproduction of Seal
26. PROHIBITIONS
| 26.1 | Definitions |
|---|---|
| 26.2 | Application |
| 26.3 | Consent Required for Transfer of Shares or Designated Securities |
PART 1 – INTERPRETATION
1.1 DEFINITIONS
In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires:
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- "board of directors", "directors" and "board" mean the directors or sole director of the Company for the time being;
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- "Business Corporations Act" means the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) from time to time in force and all amendments thereto and includes all regulations and amendments thereto made pursuant to that Act;
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- "legal personal representative" means the personal or other legal representative of the shareholder;
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- "Notice of Articles" means the notice of articles for the Company contained in the Company's incorporation application, as amended from time to time;
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- "registered address" of a shareholder means the shareholder's address as recorded in the central securities register; and
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- "seal" means the seal of the Company, if any.
1.2 BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT AND INTERPRETATION ACT DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE
The definitions in the Business Corporations Act and the definitions and rules of construction in the Interpretation Act (British Columbia), with the necessary changes, so far as applicable, and unless the context requires otherwise, apply to these Articles as if they were an enactment. If there is a conflict between a definition in the Business Corporations Act and a definition or rule in the Interpretation Act (British Columbia) relating to a term used in these Articles, the definition in the Business Corporations Act will prevail in relation to the use of the term in these Articles. If there is a conflict between these Articles and the Business Corporations Act, the Business Corporations Act will prevail.
PART 2 – SHARES AND SHARE CERTIFICATES
2.1 AUTHORIZED SHARE STRUCTURE
The authorized share structure of the Company consists of shares of the class or classes and series, if any, described in the Notice of Articles of the Company as the same may be amended from time to time.
2.2 FORM OF SHARE CERTIFICATE
Each share certificate issued by the Company must comply with, and be signed as required by, the Business Corporations Act.
2.3 SHAREHOLDER ENTITLED TO CERTIFICATE OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
A share issued by the Company may be represented by a share certificate or may be an uncertificated (electronic or book based) share. Each shareholder is entitled, without charge, to either (a) one physical share certificate representing the shares of each class or series of shares registered in the shareholder's name, or (b) a non-transferable written acknowledgment of the shareholder's right to obtain such a share certificate (such as a direct registration statement), provided that in respect of a share held jointly by several persons, the Company is not bound to issue more than one share certificate and delivery of a share certificate for a share to one of
several joint shareholders or to one of the shareholders' duly authorized agents will be sufficient delivery to all. Shares may be issued in book or electronic form. The directors of the Company may, by resolution, provide that (a) the shares of any or all of the classes and series of the Company's shares may be uncertificated shares, or (b) any specified shares may be uncertificated shares.
2.4 DELIVERY BY MAIL
Any share certificate or non-transferable written acknowledgment of a shareholder's right to obtain a share certificate may be sent to the shareholder by mail at the shareholder's registered address and neither the Company nor any director, officer or agent of the Company is liable for any loss to the shareholder because the share certificate or acknowledgment is lost in the mail or stolen.
2.5 REPLACEMENT OF WORN OUT OR DEFACED CERTIFICATE OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
If the directors are satisfied that a share certificate or a non-transferable written acknowledgment of the shareholder's right to obtain a share certificate is worn out or defaced, they must, on production to them of the share certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be, and on such other terms, if any, as they think fit:
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- order the share certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be, to be cancelled; and
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- issue a replacement share certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be.
2.6 REPLACEMENT OF LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATE OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
If a share certificate or a non-transferable written acknowledgment of a shareholder's right to obtain a share certificate is lost, stolen or destroyed, a replacement share certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be, must be issued to the person entitled to that share certificate or acknowledgment, as the case may be, if the directors receive:
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- proof satisfactory to them that the share certificate or acknowledgment is lost, stolen or destroyed; and
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- any indemnity the directors consider adequate.
2.7 SPLITTING SHARE CERTIFICATES
If a shareholder surrenders a share certificate to the Company with a written request that the Company issue in the shareholder's name two or more share certificates, each representing a specified number of shares and in the aggregate representing the same number of shares as the share certificate so surrendered, the Company must cancel the surrendered share certificate and issue replacement share certificates in accordance with that request.
2.8 CERTIFICATE FEE
There must be paid to the Company, in relation to the issue of any share certificate under Articles 2.5, 2.6 or 2.7, the amount determined by the directors, if any, which must not exceed the amount prescribed under the Business Corporations Act.
2.9 RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS
Except as required by law or statute or these Articles, no person will be recognized by the Company as holding any share upon any trust, and the Company is not 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 fraction of a share or (except 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 shareholder.
PART 3 – ISSUE OF SHARES
3.1 DIRECTORS AUTHORIZED
Subject to the Business Corporations Act and the rights of the holders of issued shares of the Company, the Company may issue, allot, sell or otherwise dispose of the unissued shares, and issued shares held by the Company, at the times, to the persons, including directors, in the manner, on the terms and conditions and for the issue prices (including any premium at which shares with par value may be issued) that the directors may determine. The issue price for a share with par value must be equal to or greater than the par value of the share, if any.
3.2 COMMISSIONS AND DISCOUNTS
The Company may at any time, pay a reasonable commission or allow a reasonable discount to any person in consideration of that person purchasing or agreeing to purchase shares of the Company from the Company or any other person or procuring or agreeing to procure purchasers for shares of the Company.
3.3 BROKERAGE
The Company may pay such brokerage fee or other consideration as may be lawful for or in connection with the sale or placement of its securities.
3.4 CONDITIONS OF ISSUE
Except as provided for by the Business Corporations Act, no share may be issued until it is fully paid. A share is fully paid when:
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- consideration is provided to the Company for the issue of the share by one or more of the following:
- a) past services performed for the Company;
- b) property;
- c) money; and
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- the value of the consideration received by the Company equals or exceeds the issue price set for the share under Article 3.1.
3.5 SHARE PURCHASE WARRANTS AND RIGHTS
Subject to the Business Corporations Act, the Company may issue share purchase warrants, options and rights upon such terms and conditions as the directors determine, which share purchase warrants, options and rights may be issued alone or in conjunction with debentures, debenture stock, bonds, shares or any other securities issued or created by the Company from time to time.
PART 4 – SHARE REGISTERS
4.1 CENTRAL SECURITIES REGISTER
As required by and subject to the Business Corporations Act, the Company must maintain in British Columbia a central securities register. The directors may, subject to the Business Corporations Act, appoint an agent to maintain the central securities register. The directors may also appoint one or more agents, including the agent which keeps the central securities register, as transfer agent for its shares or any class or series of its shares, as the case may be, and the same or another agent as registrar for its shares or such class or series of its shares, as the case may be. The directors may terminate such appointment of any agent at any time and may appoint another agent in its place.
4.2 CLOSING REGISTER
The Company must not at any time close its central securities register.
PART 5 – SHARE TRANSFERS
5.1 REGISTERING TRANSFERS
A transfer of a share of the Company must not be registered unless:
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- a duly signed instrument of transfer in respect of the share has been received by the Company;
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- if a share certificate has been issued by the Company in respect of the share to be transferred, that share certificate has been surrendered to the Company; and
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- if a non-transferable written acknowledgment of the shareholder's right to obtain a share certificate has been issued by the Company in respect of the share to be transferred, that acknowledgment has been surrendered to the Company.
5.2 FORM OF INSTRUMENT OF TRANSFER
The instrument of transfer in respect of any share of the Company must be either in the form, if any, on the back of the Company's share certificates or in any other form as may be acceptable to the Company or its transfer agent.
5.3 TRANSFEROR REMAINS SHAREHOLDER
Except to the extent that the Business Corporations Act otherwise provides, the transferor of shares is deemed to remain the holder of the shares until the name of the transferee is entered in a securities register of the Company in respect of the transfer.
5.4 SIGNING OF INSTRUMENT OF TRANSFER
If a shareholder, or his or her duly authorized attorney, signs an instrument of transfer in respect of shares registered in the name of the shareholder, the signed instrument of transfer constitutes a complete and sufficient authority to the Company and its directors, officers and agents to register the number of shares specified in the instrument of transfer or specified in any other manner, or, if no number is specified, all the shares represented by the share certificates or set out in the written acknowledgments deposited with the instrument of transfer:
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- in the name of the person named as transferee in that instrument of transfer; or
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- if no person is named as transferee in that instrument of transfer, in the name of the person on whose behalf the instrument is deposited for the purpose of having the transfer registered.
5.5 ENQUIRY AS TO TITLE NOT REQUIRED
Neither the Company nor any director, officer or agent of the Company is bound to inquire into the title of the person named in the instrument of transfer as transferee or, if no person is named as transferee in the instrument of transfer, of the person on whose behalf the instrument is deposited for the purpose of having the transfer registered or is liable for any claim related to registering the transfer by the shareholder or by any intermediate owner or holder of the shares, of any interest in the shares, of any share certificate representing such shares or of any written acknowledgment of a right to obtain a share certificate for such shares.
5.6 TRANSFER FEE
There must be paid to the Company, in relation to the registration of any transfer, the amount, if any, determined by the directors.
PART 6 – TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
6.1 LEGAL PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE RECOGNIZED ON DEATH
In case of the death of a shareholder, the legal personal representative, or if the shareholder was a joint holder, the surviving joint holder, will be the only person recognized by the Company as having any title to the shareholder's interest in the shares. Before recognizing a person as a legal personal representative, the directors may require proof of appointment by a court of competent jurisdiction, a grant of letters probate, letters of administration or such other evidence or documents as the directors consider appropriate.
6.2 RIGHTS OF LEGAL PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
The legal personal representative has the same rights, privileges and obligations that attach to the shares held by the shareholder, including the right to transfer the shares in accordance with these Articles, provided the documents required by the Business Corporations Act and the directors have been deposited with the Company.
PART 7 – PURCHASE OF SHARES
7.1 COMPANY AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE SHARES
Subject to Article 7.2, the special rights and restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series and the Business Corporations Act, the Company may, if authorized by the directors, purchase or otherwise acquire any of its shares at the price and upon the terms specified in an authorizing resolution.
7.2 PURCHASE WHEN INSOLVENT
The Company must not make a payment or provide any other consideration to purchase or otherwise acquire any of its shares if there are reasonable grounds for believing that:
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- the Company is insolvent; or
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- making the payment or providing the consideration would render the Company insolvent.
7.3 SALE AND VOTING OF PURCHASED SHARES
If the Company retains a share redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by it, the Company may sell, gift or otherwise dispose of the share, but, while such share is held by the Company, it:
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- is not entitled to vote the share at a meeting of its shareholders;
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- must not pay a dividend in respect of the share; and
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- must not make any other distribution in respect of the share.
PART 8 – BORROWING POWERS
8.1 COMPANY AUTHORIZED TO BORROW
The Company, if authorized by the directors, may:
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- borrow money in the manner and amount, on the security, from the sources and on the terms and conditions that they consider appropriate;
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- issue bonds, debentures and other debt obligations either outright or as security for any liability or obligation of the Company or any other person and at such discounts or premiums and on such other terms as they consider appropriate;
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- guarantee the repayment of money by any other person or the performance of any obligation of any other person; and
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- mortgage, charge, whether by way of specific or floating charge, grant a security interest in, or give other security on, the whole or any part of the present and future assets and undertaking of the Company.
PART 9 – ALTERATIONS
9.1 ALTERATION OF AUTHORIZED SHARE STRUCTURE
Subject to Article 9.2, the Business Corporations Act, and any regulatory or stock exchange requirements applicable to the Company, the Company may by directors' resolution or ordinary resolution:
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- create one or more classes or series of shares or, if none of the shares of a class or series of shares are allotted or issued, eliminate that class or series of shares;
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- increase, reduce or eliminate the maximum number of shares that the Company is authorized to issue out of any class or series of shares or establish a maximum number of shares that the Company is authorized to issue out of any class or series of shares for which no maximum is established;
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- subdivide or consolidate all or any of its unissued, or fully paid and issued, shares;
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- if the Company is authorized to issue shares of a class of shares with par value:
- a) decrease the par value of those shares; or
- b) if none of the shares of that class of shares are allotted or issued, increase the par value of those shares;
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- change all or any of its unissued, or fully paid issued, shares with par value into shares without par value or any of its unissued shares without par value into shares with par value;
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- alter the identifying name of any of its shares; or
- otherwise alter its shares or authorized share structure when required or permitted to do so by the Business Corporations Act.
9.2 SPECIAL RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS
Subject to any regulatory or stock exchange requirements applicable to the Company, the Company may by ordinary resolution or, if permitted by the Business Corporations Act, by directors' resolution:
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- create special rights or restrictions for, and attach those special rights or restrictions to, the shares of any class or series of shares, whether or not any or all of those shares have been issued; or
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- vary or delete any special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series of shares, whether or not any or all of those shares have been issued.
9.3 CHANGE OF NAME
The Company may by directors' resolution authorize an alteration of its Notice of Articles in order to change its name subject to any other regulatory or stock exchange requirements applicable to the Company.
9.4 OTHER ALTERATIONS
If the Business Corporations Act does not specify the type of resolution and these Articles do not specify another type of resolution, the Company may by directors' resolution alter these Articles subject to any other regulatory or stock exchange requirements applicable to the Company.
PART 10 – MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
10.1 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
Unless an annual general meeting is deferred or waived in accordance with the Business Corporations Act, the Company must hold its first annual general meeting within 18 months after the date on which it was incorporated or otherwise recognized, and after that must hold an annual general meeting at least once in each calendar year and not more than 15 months after the last annual reference date at such time and place as may be determined by the directors.
10.2 CONSENT RESOLUTION INSTEAD OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
If all the shareholders who are entitled to vote at an annual general meeting consent by a unanimous resolution under the Business Corporations Act to all of the business that is required to be transacted at that annual general meeting, the annual general meeting is deemed to have been held on the date of the unanimous resolution. The shareholders must, in any unanimous resolution passed under this Article 10.2, select as the Company's annual reference date a date that would be appropriate for the holding of the applicable annual general meeting.
10.3 CALLING OF MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
The directors may, whenever they think fit, call a meeting of shareholders.
10.4 MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS
A meeting of the Company's shareholders may be held entirely or in part by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility that permits all participants to communicate adequately with each other during the meeting, if approved by directors' resolution prior to the meeting and subject to the Business Corporations Act. Any person participating in a meeting by such means is deemed to be present at the meeting.
10.5 NOTICE FOR MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
The Company must send notice of the date, time and location of any meeting of shareholders, in the manner provided in these Articles, or in such other manner, if any, as may be prescribed by ordinary resolution (whether previous notice of the resolution has been given or not), to each shareholder entitled to attend the meeting, to each director and to the auditor of the Company, unless these Articles otherwise provide, at least the following number of days before the meeting:
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- if and for so long as the Company is a public company, 21 days;
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- otherwise, 10 days.
10.6 RECORD DATE FOR NOTICE
The directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting of shareholders. The record date must not precede the date on which the meeting is to be held by more than two months or, in the case of a general meeting requisitioned by shareholders under the Business Corporations Act, by more than four months. The record date must not precede the date on which the meeting is held by fewer than:
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- if and for so long as the Company is a public company, 21 days;
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- otherwise, 10 days.
If no record date is set, the record date is 5 p.m. on the day immediately preceding the first date on which the notice is sent or, if no notice is sent, the beginning of the meeting.
10.7 RECORD DATE FOR VOTING
The directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders. The record date must not precede the date on which the meeting is to be held by more than two months or, in the case of a general meeting requisitioned by shareholders under the Business Corporations Act, by more than four months. If no record date is set, the record date is 5 p.m. on the day immediately preceding the first date on which the notice is sent or, if no notice is sent, the beginning of the meeting.
10.8 FAILURE TO GIVE NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE
The accidental omission to send notice of any meeting to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any of the persons entitled to notice does not invalidate any proceedings at that meeting. Any person entitled to notice of a meeting of shareholders may, in writing or otherwise, waive or reduce the period of notice of such meeting.
10.9 NOTICE OF SPECIAL BUSINESS AT MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
If a meeting of shareholders is to consider special business within the meaning of Article 11.1, the notice of meeting must:
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- state the general nature of the special business; and
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- if the special business includes considering, approving, ratifying, adopting or authorizing any document or the signing of or giving of effect to any document, have attached to it a copy of the document or state that a copy of the document will be available for inspection by shareholders:
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a) at the Company's records office, or at such other reasonably accessible location in British Columbia as is specified in the notice; and
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b) during statutory business hours on any one or more specified days before the day set for the holding of the meeting.
10.10 NOTICE OF SPECIAL BUSINESS
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- In addition to any other requirements under applicable laws, for a shareholder to put forward a motion at a meeting of shareholders for any other business not being put forward for consideration by management (the "Motioning Shareholder"), the Motioning Shareholder must have given prior notice thereof that is both timely (in accordance with paragraph 2 below) and in proper written form (in accordance with paragraph 3 below) to the Secretary of the Company at the principal executive offices of the Company.
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- To be timely, a Motioning Shareholder's notice to the Secretary of the Company must be made:
- a) in the case of an annual meeting of shareholders, not less than 30 nor more than 65 days prior to the date of the annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting of shareholders is to be held on a date that is less than 50 days after the date (the "Notice Date") on which the first public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was made, notice by the Motioning Shareholder may be made not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the Notice Date; and
- b) in the case of a special meeting (which is not also an annual meeting) of shareholders, not later than the close of business on the fifteenth day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting of shareholders was made.
The time periods for the giving of a Motioning Shareholder's notice set forth above shall in all cases be determined based on the original date of the applicable annual meeting or special meeting of shareholders, and in no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a meeting of shareholders or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of such notice.
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- To be in proper written form, a Motioning Shareholder's notice to the Secretary of the Company must set forth particulars of:
- a) the specific matter and motion intended to be put forward by the Motioning Shareholder and such information relating to the motion that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident's proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for holding a shareholders' meeting pursuant to the Act and Applicable Securities Laws (as defined below); and
- b) the Motioning Shareholder, including full particulars regarding any proxy, contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding pursuant to which such Motioning Shareholder has a right to vote or direct the voting of any Common Shares of the Company and any other information relating to such Motioning Shareholder that would be required to be made in a dissident's proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act and Applicable Securities Laws (as defined below).
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- The provisions of sections 14.12(5), (6), (7) and (8) apply equally in this Article 10.10.
PART 11 – PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
11.1 SPECIAL BUSINESS
At a meeting of shareholders, the following business is special business:
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- at a meeting of shareholders that is not an annual general meeting, all business is special business except business relating to the conduct of or voting at the meeting;
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- at an annual general meeting, all business is special business except for the following:
- a) business relating to the conduct of or voting at the meeting;
- b) consideration of any financial statements of the Company presented to the meeting;
- c) consideration of any reports of the directors or auditor;
- d) the setting or changing of the number of directors;
- e) the election or appointment of directors;
- f) the appointment of an auditor;
- g) the setting of the remuneration of an auditor;
- h) business arising out of a report of the directors not requiring the passing of a special resolution or an exceptional resolution;
- i) any other business which, under these Articles or the Business Corporations Act, may be transacted at a meeting of shareholders without prior notice of the business being given to the shareholders.
11.2 SPECIAL MAJORITY
The majority of votes required for the Company to pass a special resolution at a meeting of shareholders is two-thirds (⅔) of the votes cast on the resolution.
11.3 QUORUM
Subject to the special rights and restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series of shares, the quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of shareholders is one person who is, or who represents by proxy, one or more shareholders who, in the aggregate, hold at least 5% of the issued shares entitled to be voted at the meeting.
11.4 ONE SHAREHOLDER MAY CONSTITUTE QUORUM
If there is only one shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders:
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- the quorum is one person who is, or who represents by proxy, that shareholder; and
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- that shareholder, present in person or by proxy, may constitute the meeting.
11.5 OTHER PERSONS MAY ATTEND
The directors, the chief executive officer (if any), the president (if any), the chief financial officer (if any), the secretary (if any), the assistant secretary (if any), any lawyer for the Company, the auditor of the Company and any other persons invited by the directors are entitled to attend any meeting of shareholders, but if any of those persons does attend a meeting of shareholders, that person is not to be counted in the quorum and is not entitled to vote at the meeting unless that person is a shareholder or proxy holder entitled to vote at the meeting.
11.6 REQUIREMENT OF QUORUM
No business, other than the election of a chair of the meeting and the adjournment of the meeting, may be transacted at any meeting of shareholders unless a quorum of shareholders entitled to vote is present at the commencement of the meeting, but such quorum need not be present throughout the meeting.
11.7 LACK OF QUORUM
If, within one-half hour from the time set for the holding of a meeting of shareholders, a quorum is not present:
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- in the case of a general meeting requisitioned by shareholders, the meeting is dissolved; and
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- in the case of any other meeting of shareholders, the meeting stands adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place.
11.8 LACK OF QUORUM AT SUCCEEDING MEETING
If, at the meeting to which the meeting referred to in Article 11.7(2) was adjourned, a quorum is not present within one-half hour from the time set for the holding of the meeting, the person or persons present and being, or representing by proxy, one or more shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the meeting constitute a quorum.
11.9 CHAIR
The following individual is entitled to preside as chair at a meeting of shareholders:
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- the chair of the board, if any; or
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- the chief executive officer, if any; or
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- the president, if any; or
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- such other person as the directors may appoint by resolution.
11.10 SELECTION OF ALTERNATE CHAIR
If, at any meeting of shareholders, there is no chair of the board, chief executive officer or president present within 15 minutes after the time set for holding the meeting, or if the chair of the board, chief executive officer and the president are unwilling to act as chair of the meeting, or if the chair of the board, chief executive officer and the president have advised the secretary, if any, or any director present at the meeting, that they will not be present at the meeting, the directors present must choose one of their number or the Company's solicitor to be chair of the meeting failing which the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting who are present in person or by proxy may choose any person present at the meeting to chair the meeting.
11.11 ADJOURNMENTS
The chair of a meeting of shareholders may, and if so directed by the meeting must, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business may be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.
11.12 NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETING
It is not necessary to give any notice of an adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting of shareholders except that, when a meeting is adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given as in the case of the original meeting.
11.13 DECISIONS BY SHOW OF HANDS OR POLL
Subject to the Business Corporations Act, every motion put to a vote at a meeting of shareholders will be decided on a show of hands unless a poll, before or on the declaration of the result of the vote by show of hands, is directed by the chair or demanded by at least one shareholder entitled to vote who is present in person or by proxy.
11.14 DECLARATION OF RESULT
The chair of a meeting of shareholders must declare to the meeting the decision on every question in accordance with the result of the show of hands or the poll, as the case may be, and that decision must be entered in the minutes of the meeting. A declaration of the chair that a resolution is carried by the necessary majority or is defeated is, unless a poll is directed by the chair or demanded under Article 11.13, conclusive evidence without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against the resolution.
11.15 MOTION NEED NOT BE SECONDED
No motion proposed at a meeting of shareholders need be seconded unless the chair of the meeting rules otherwise, and the chair of any meeting of shareholders is entitled to propose or second a motion.
11.16 CASTING VOTE
In case of an equality of votes, the chair of a meeting of shareholders does not, either on a show of hands or on a poll, have a second or casting vote in addition to the vote or votes to which the chair may be entitled as a shareholder.
11.17 MANNER OF TAKING POLL
Subject to Article 11.18, if a poll is duly demanded at a meeting of shareholders:
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- the poll must be taken:
- a) at the meeting, or within seven days after the date of the meeting, as the chair of the meeting directs; and
- b) in the manner, at the time and at the place that the chair of the meeting directs;
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- the result of the poll is deemed to be the decision of the meeting at which the poll is demanded; and
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- the demand for the poll may be withdrawn by the person who demanded it.
11.18 DEMAND FOR POLL ON ADJOURNMENT
A poll demanded at a meeting of shareholders on a question of adjournment must be taken immediately at the meeting.
11.19 CHAIR MUST RESOLVE DISPUTE
In the case of any dispute as to the admission or rejection of a vote given on a poll, the chair of the meeting must determine the dispute, and his or her determination made in good faith is final and conclusive.
11.20 CASTING OF VOTES
On a poll, a shareholder entitled to more than one vote need not cast all the votes in the same way.
11.21 DEMAND FOR POLL
No poll may be demanded in respect of the vote by which a chair of a meeting of shareholders is elected.
11.22 DEMAND FOR POLL NOT TO PREVENT CONTINUANCE OF MEETING
The demand for a poll at a meeting of shareholders does not, unless the chair of the meeting so rules, prevent the continuation of a meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which a poll has been demanded.
11.23 RETENTION OF BALLOTS AND PROXIES
The Company must, for at least three months after a meeting of shareholders, keep each ballot cast on a poll and each proxy voted at the meeting, and, during that period, make them available for inspection during normal business hours by any shareholder or proxyholder entitled to vote at the meeting. At the end of such three month period, the Company may destroy such ballots and proxies.
PART 12 – VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS
12.1 NUMBER OF VOTES BY SHAREHOLDER OR BY SHARES
Subject to any special rights or restrictions attached to any shares and to the restrictions imposed on joint shareholders under Article 12.3:
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- on a vote by show of hands, every person present who is a shareholder or proxy holder and entitled to vote on the matter has one vote; and
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- on a poll, every shareholder entitled to vote on the matter has one vote in respect of each share entitled to be voted on the matter and held by that shareholder and may exercise that vote either in person or by proxy.
12.2 VOTES OF PERSONS IN REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY
A person who is not a shareholder may vote at a meeting of shareholders, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, and may appoint a proxy holder to act at the meeting, if, before doing so, the person satisfies the chair of the meeting, or the directors, that the person is a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy for a shareholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting.
12.3 VOTES BY JOINT HOLDERS
If there are joint shareholders registered in respect of any share:
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any one of the joint shareholders may vote at any meeting, either personally or by proxy, in respect of the share as if that joint shareholder were solely entitled to it; or
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if more than one of the joint shareholders is present at any meeting, personally or by proxy, and more than one of them votes in respect of that share, then only the vote of the joint shareholder present whose name stands first on the central securities register in respect of the share will be counted.
12.4 LEGAL PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AS JOINT SHAREHOLDERS
Two or more legal personal representatives of a shareholder in whose sole name any share is registered are, for the purposes of Article 12.3, deemed to be joint shareholders.
12.5 REPRESENTATIVE OF A CORPORATE SHAREHOLDER
If a corporation, that is not a subsidiary of the Company, is a shareholder, that corporation may appoint a person to act as its representative at any meeting of shareholders of the Company, and:
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- for that purpose, the instrument appointing a representative must:
- a) be received at the registered office of the Company or at any other place specified, in the notice calling the meeting, for the receipt of proxies, at least the number of business days specified in the notice for the receipt of proxies, or if no number of days is specified, two business days before the day set for the holding of the meeting; or
- b) be provided, at the meeting, to the chair of the meeting or to a person designated by the chair of the meeting;
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- if a representative is appointed under this Article 12.5:
- a) the representative is entitled to exercise in respect of and at that meeting the same rights on behalf of the corporation that the representative represents as that corporation could exercise if it were a shareholder who is an individual, including, without limitation, the right to appoint a proxy holder; and
- b) the representative, if present at the meeting, is to be counted for the purpose of forming a quorum and is deemed to be a shareholder present in person at the meeting.
Evidence of the appointment of any such representative may be sent to the Company by written instrument, fax or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages.
12.6 PROXY PROVISIONS DO NOT APPLY TO ALL COMPANIES
Articles 12.7 to 12.15 do not apply to the Company if and for so long as it is a public company or a preexisting reporting company which has the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions (as defined in section 1(1) of the Business Corporations Act) as part of its Articles or to which the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions apply.
12.7 APPOINTMENT OF PROXY HOLDERS
Every shareholder of the Company, including a corporation that is a shareholder but not a subsidiary of the Company, entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders of the Company may, by proxy, appoint one or more (but not more than five) proxy holders to attend and act at the meeting in the manner, to the extent and with the powers conferred by the proxy.
12.8 ALTERNATE PROXY HOLDERS
A shareholder may appoint one or more alternate proxy holders to act in the place of an absent proxy holder.
12.9 PROXY HOLDER NEED NOT BE SHAREHOLDER
A person appointed as a proxy holder need not be a shareholder.
12.10 DEPOSIT OF PROXY
A proxy for a meeting of shareholders must be received:
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- at the registered office of the Company or at any other place specified, in the notice calling the meeting, for the receipt of proxies, at least the period of time specified in the notice, or if no period of time is specified, at least 48 hours before the day set for the holding of the meeting; or
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- at the meeting by the chair of the meeting or by the person designated by the chair of the meeting, subject to acceptance at the sole discretion of the chair of the meeting.
A proxy may be sent to the Company by written instrument, fax or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages.
12.11 VALIDITY OF PROXY VOTE
A vote given in accordance with the terms of a proxy is valid notwithstanding the death or incapacity of the shareholder giving the proxy and despite the revocation of the proxy or the revocation of the authority under which the proxy is given, unless notice in writing of that death, incapacity or revocation is received:
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- at the registered office of the Company, at any time up to and including the last business day before the day set for the holding of the meeting at which the proxy is to be used; or
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- by the chair of the meeting, before the vote is taken.
12.12 FORM OF PROXY
A proxy, whether for a specified meeting or otherwise, must be either in the following form or in any other form approved by the directors or the chair of the meeting:
[name of company] (the "Company")
The undersigned, being a shareholder of the Company, hereby appoints [name] or, failing that person, [name], as proxy holder for the undersigned to attend, act and vote for and on behalf of the undersigned at the meeting of shareholders of the Company to be held on [month, day, year] and at any adjournment of that meeting.
Number of shares in respect of which this proxy is given (if no number is specified, then this proxy if given in respect of all shares registered in the name of the shareholder):
Signed [month, day, year]
[Signature of shareholder]
[Name of shareholder—printed]
_________________________________________
12.13 REVOCATION OF PROXY
Subject to Article 12.14, every proxy may be revoked by an instrument in writing that is:
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- received at the registered office of the Company at any time up to and including the last business day before the day set for the holding of the meeting at which the proxy is to be used; or
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- provided, at the meeting, to the chair of the meeting.
12.14 REVOCATION OF PROXY MUST BE SIGNED
An instrument referred to in Article 12.13 must be signed as follows:
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- if the shareholder for whom the proxy holder is appointed is an individual, the instrument must be signed by the shareholder or his or her legal personal representative or trustee in bankruptcy;
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- if the shareholder for whom the proxy holder is appointed is a corporation, the instrument must be signed by the corporation or by a representative appointed for the corporation under Article 12.5.
12.15 PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE OF AUTHORITY TO VOTE
The chair of any meeting of shareholders may, but need not, inquire into the authority of any person to vote at the meeting and may, but need not, demand from that person production of evidence as to the existence of the authority to vote.
PART 13 – DIRECTORS
13.1 FIRST DIRECTORS; NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
The first directors are the persons designated as directors of the Company in the Notice of Articles that applies to the Company when it is recognized under the Business Corporations Act. There is no requirement for the directors or shareholders to fix or set the number of directors from time to time. If the Company is a public company, the Company shall have at least three directors. If the Company is not a public company, the Company shall have at least one director.
13.2 CHANGE IN NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
If the number of directors is at any time fixed or set hereunder:
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- the shareholders may elect or appoint the directors needed to fill any vacancies in the board of directors up to that number; or
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- if the shareholders do not elect or appoint the directors needed to fill any vacancies in the board of directors up to that number contemporaneously with the setting of that number, then the directors may appoint, or the shareholders may elect or appoint, directors to fill those vacancies.
13.3 DIRECTORS' ACTS VALID DESPITE VACANCY
An act or proceeding of the directors is not invalid merely because fewer than the number of directors set or otherwise required under these Articles is in office.
13.4 QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTORS
A director is not required to hold a share in the capital of the Company as qualification for his or her office but must be qualified as required by the Business Corporations Act to become, act or continue to act as a director.
13.5 REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS
The directors are entitled to the remuneration for acting as directors, if any, as the directors may from time to time determine. If the directors so decide, the remuneration of the directors may be determined by the shareholders. Any remuneration received by a director may be in addition to any salary or other remuneration paid to such person in his capacity as an officer or employee of the Company.
13.6 REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES OF DIRECTORS
The Company must reimburse each director for the reasonable expenses that he or she may incur in and about the business of the Company.
13.7 SPECIAL REMUNERATION FOR DIRECTORS
If any director performs any professional or other services for the Company that in the opinion of the directors are outside the ordinary duties of a director, or if any director is otherwise specially occupied in or about the Company's business, he or she may be paid remuneration fixed by the directors, or, at the option of that director, fixed by ordinary resolution, and such remuneration may be either in addition to, or in substitution for, any other remuneration that he or she may be entitled to receive.
13.8 GRATUITY, PENSION OR ALLOWANCE ON RETIREMENT OF DIRECTOR
Unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution, the directors on behalf of the Company 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 or her spouse or dependents and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance.
PART 14 – ELECTION AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
14.1 ELECTION AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At every annual general meeting and in every unanimous resolution contemplated by Article 10.2:
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- the shareholders entitled to vote at the annual general meeting for the election of directors must elect, or in the unanimous resolution appoint, a board of directors consisting of the number of directors for the time being set under these Articles; and
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- all the directors cease to hold office immediately before the election or appointment of directors under paragraph (1), but are eligible for re-election or re-appointment.
14.2 CONSENT TO BE A DIRECTOR
No election, appointment or designation of an individual as a director is valid unless:
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- that individual consents to be a director in the manner provided for in the Business Corporations Act;
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- that individual is elected or appointed at a meeting at which the individual is present and the individual does not refuse, at the meeting, to be a director; or
- with respect to first directors, the designation is otherwise valid under the Business Corporations Act.
14.3 FAILURE TO ELECT OR APPOINT DIRECTORS
If (i) the Company fails to hold an annual general meeting, and all the shareholders who are entitled to vote at an annual general meeting fail to pass the unanimous resolution contemplated by Article 10.2, on or before the date by which the annual general meeting is required to be held under the Business Corporations Act; or (ii) the shareholders fail, at the annual general meeting or in the unanimous resolution contemplated by Article 10.2, to elect or appoint any directors, then each director then in office continues to hold office until the earlier of:
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- the date on which his or her successor is elected or appointed; and
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- the date on which he or she otherwise ceases to hold office under the Business Corporations Act or these Articles.
14.4 PLACES OF RETIRING DIRECTORS NOT FILLED
If, at any meeting of shareholders at which there should be an election of directors, the places of any of the retiring directors are not filled by that election, those retiring directors who are not re-elected and who are asked by the newly elected directors to continue in office will, if willing to do so, continue in office to complete the number of directors for the time being set pursuant to these Articles until further new directors are elected at a meeting of shareholders convened for that 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 set pursuant to these Articles, the number of directors of the Company is deemed to be set at the number of directors actually elected or continued in office.
14.5 DIRECTORS MAY FILL CASUAL VACANCIES
Any casual vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the directors.
14.6 REMAINING DIRECTORS POWER TO ACT
The directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the board of directors, but if the Company has fewer directors in office than the number set pursuant to these Articles as the quorum of directors, the directors may only act for the purpose of appointing directors up to that number or of summoning a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of filling any vacancies on the board of directors or, subject to the Business Corporations Act, for any other purpose.
14.7 SHAREHOLDERS MAY FILL VACANCIES
If the Company has no directors or fewer directors in office than the number set pursuant to these Articles as the quorum of directors, the shareholders may elect or appoint directors to fill any vacancies on the board of directors.
14.8 ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS
Notwithstanding Articles 13.1 and 13.2, between annual general meetings or unanimous resolutions contemplated by Article 10.2, the directors may appoint one or more additional directors, but the number of additional directors appointed under this Article 14.8 must not at any time exceed:
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one-third of the number of first directors, if, at the time of the appointments, one or more of the first directors have not yet completed their first term of office; or
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in any other case, one-third of the number of the current directors who were elected or appointed as directors other than under this Article 14.8.
Any director so appointed ceases to hold office immediately before the next election or appointment of directors under Article 14.1(1), but is eligible for re-election or re-appointment.
14.9 CEASING TO BE A DIRECTOR
A director ceases to be a director when:
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- the term of office of the director expires;
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- the director dies;
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- the director resigns as a director by notice in writing provided to the Company or a lawyer for the Company; or
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- the director is removed from office pursuant to Articles 14.10 or 14.11.
14.10 REMOVAL OF DIRECTOR BY SHAREHOLDERS
The Company may remove any director before the expiration of his or her term of office by special resolution. In that event, the shareholders may elect, or appoint by ordinary resolution, a director to fill the resulting vacancy. If the shareholders do not elect or appoint a director to fill the resulting vacancy contemporaneously with the removal, then the directors may appoint or the shareholders may elect, or appoint by ordinary resolution, a director to fill that vacancy.
14.11 REMOVAL OF DIRECTOR BY DIRECTORS
The directors may remove any director before the expiration of his or her term of office if:
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- such director is convicted of an indictable offence;
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- such director ceases to be qualified to act as a director of a company and does not promptly resign; or
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- if there are at least three directors on the board, then if all other directors pass a resolution to remove such director;
and the remaining directors may in any such event appoint a director to fill the resulting vacancy.
14.12 NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS
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- Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Company. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors may be made at any annual meeting of shareholders, or at any special meeting of shareholders if one of the purposes for which the special meeting was called was the election of directors:
- a) by or at the direction of the board, including pursuant to a notice of meeting; or
- b) by any person (a "Nominating Shareholder"), (A) who, at the close of business on the date of the giving by the Nominating Shareholder of the notice provided for below in this Article 14.12 and at the close of business on the record date for notice of such meeting, is entered in the securities register of the Company as a holder of one or more Common Shares carrying the right to vote at such meeting or who beneficially owns Common Shares that are entitled to
be voted at such meeting; and (B) who complies with the notice procedures set forth below in this Article 14.12.
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- In addition to any other requirements under applicable laws, for a nomination to be made by a Nominating Shareholder, the Nominating Shareholder must have given prior notice thereof that is both timely (in accordance with paragraph 3 below) and in proper written form (in accordance with paragraph 4 below) to the Secretary of the Company at the principal executive offices of the Company.
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- To be timely, a Nominating Shareholder's notice to the Secretary of the Company must be made:
- a) in the case of an annual meeting of shareholders, not less than 30 nor more than 65 days prior to the date of the annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting of shareholders is to be held on a date that is less than 50 days after the date (the "Notice Date") on which the first public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was made, notice by the Nominating Shareholder may be made not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the Notice Date; and
- b) in the case of a special meeting (which is not also an annual meeting) of shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors (whether or not called for other purposes), not later than the close of business on the fifteenth day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting of shareholders was made.
The time periods for the giving of a Nominating Shareholder's notice set forth above shall in all cases be determined based on the original date of the applicable annual meeting or special meeting of shareholders, and in no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a meeting of shareholders or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of such notice.
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- To be in proper written form, a Nominating Shareholder's notice to the Secretary of the Company must set forth:
- a) as to each person whom the Nominating Shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director: (A) the name, age, business address and residential address of the person; (B) the present principal occupation, business or employment of the person within the preceding five years, as well as the name and principal business of any company in which such employment is carried on; (C) the citizenship of such person; (D) the class or series and number of Common Shares in the capital of the Company which are controlled or which are owned beneficially or of record by the person as of the record date for the meeting of shareholders (if such date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice; and (E) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident's proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act and Applicable Securities Laws (as defined below); and
- b) as to the Nominating Shareholder giving the notice, full particulars regarding any proxy, contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding pursuant to which such Nominating Shareholder has a right to vote or direct the voting of any Common Shares of the Company and any other information relating to such Nominating Shareholder that would be required to be made in a dissident's proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act and Applicable Securities Laws (as defined below).
The Company may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Company to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Company or that could be material to a reasonable shareholder's understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such proposed nominee.
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- No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Company unless nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Article 14.12; provided, however, that nothing in this Article 14.12 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by a shareholder (as distinct from the nomination of directors) at a meeting of shareholders of any matter that is properly before such meeting pursuant to the provisions of the Act or the discretion of the Chairman. The Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in the foregoing provisions and, if any proposed nomination is not in compliance with such foregoing provisions, to declare that such defective nomination shall be disregarded.
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- For purposes of this Article 14.12 and Article 10.10:
- a) "Applicable Securities Laws" means the applicable securities legislation of each province and territory of Canada in which the Company is a reporting issuer, as amended from time to time, the rules, regulations and forms made or promulgated under any such statute and the published national instruments, multilateral instruments, policies, bulletins and notices of the securities commission and similar regulatory authority of each province and territory of Canada; and
- b) "public announcement" shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service in Canada, or in a document publicly filed by the Company under its profile on the System of Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com.
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- Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 14.12, notice given to the Secretary of the Company pursuant to this Article 14.12 may only be given by personal delivery, facsimile transmission or by email (at such email address as may be stipulated from time to time by the Secretary of the Company for purposes of this notice), and shall be deemed to have been given and made only at the time it is served by personal delivery at the address of the principal executive offices of the Company, email (at the address as aforesaid) or sent by facsimile transmission (provided that receipt of confirmation of such transmission has been received); provided that if such delivery or electronic communication is made on a day which is a not a business day or later than 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on a day which is a business day, then such delivery or electronic communication shall be deemed to have been made on the next following day that is a business day.
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- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, in its sole discretion, waive any requirement in this Article 14.12.
PART 15 – ALTERNATE DIRECTORS
15.1 APPOINTMENT OF ALTERNATE DIRECTOR
Any director (an "appointor") may by notice in writing received by the Company appoint any person (an "appointee") who is qualified to act as a director to be his or her alternate to act in his or her place at meetings of the directors or committees of the directors at which the appointor is not present unless (in the case of an appointee who is not a director) the directors have reasonably disapproved the appointment of such person as an alternate director and have given notice to that effect to his or her appointor within a reasonable time after the notice of appointment is received by the Company.
15.2 NOTICE OF MEETINGS
Every alternate director so appointed is entitled to notice of meetings of the directors and of committees of the directors of which his or her appointor is a member and to attend and vote as a director at any such meetings at which his or her appointor is not present.
15.3 ALTERNATE FOR MORE THAN ONE DIRECTOR ATTENDING MEETINGS
A person may be appointed as an alternate director by more than one director, and an alternate director:
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- will be counted in determining the quorum for a meeting of directors once for each of his or her appointors and, in the case of an appointee who is also a director, once more in that capacity;
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- has a separate vote at a meeting of directors for each of his or her appointors and, in the case of an appointee who is also a director, an additional vote in that capacity;
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- will be counted in determining the quorum for a meeting of a committee of directors once for each of his or her appointors who is a member of that committee and, in the case of an appointee who is also a member of that committee as a director, once more in that capacity;
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- has a separate vote at a meeting of a committee of directors for each of his or her appointors who is a member of that committee and, in the case of an appointee who is also a member of that committee as a director, an additional vote in that capacity.
15.4 CONSENT RESOLUTIONS
Every alternate director, if authorized by the notice appointing him or her, may sign in place of his or her appointor any resolutions to be consented to in writing.
15.5 ALTERNATE DIRECTOR NOT AN AGENT
Every alternate director is deemed not to be the agent of his or her appointor.
15.6 REVOCATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ALTERNATE DIRECTOR
An appointor may at any time, by notice in writing received by the Company, revoke the appointment of an alternate director appointed by him or her.
15.7 CEASING TO BE AN ALTERNATE DIRECTOR
The appointment of an alternate director ceases when:
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- his or her appointor ceases to be a director and is not promptly re-elected or re-appointed;
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- the alternate director dies;
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- the alternate director resigns as an alternate director by notice in writing provided to the Company or a lawyer for the Company;
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- the alternate director ceases to be qualified to act as a director; or
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- his or her appointor revokes the appointment of the alternate director.
15.8 REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES OF ALTERNATE DIRECTOR
The Company may reimburse an alternate director for the reasonable expenses that would be properly reimbursed if he or she were a director, and the alternate director is entitled to receive from the Company such proportion, if any, of the remuneration otherwise payable to the appointor as the appointor may from time to time direct.
PART 16 – POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
16.1 POWERS OF MANAGEMENT
The directors must, subject to the Business Corporations Act and these Articles, manage or supervise the management of the business and affairs of the Company and have the authority to exercise all such powers of the Company as are not, by the Business Corporations Act or by these Articles, required to be exercised by the shareholders of the Company.
16.2 APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY OF COMPANY
The directors may from time to time, by power of attorney or other instrument, under seal if so required by law, 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 power to fill vacancies in the board of directors, to remove a director, to change the membership of or fill vacancies in, any committee of the directors, to appoint or remove officers appointed by the directors and to declare dividends) and for such period, and with such remuneration and subject to such conditions as the directors may think fit. 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 or her.
PART 17 – DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST OF DIRECTORS
17.1 OBLIGATION TO ACCOUNT FOR PROFITS
A director or senior officer who holds a disclosable interest (as that term is used in the Business Corporations Act) in a contract or transaction into which the Company has entered or proposes to enter is liable to account to the Company for any profit that accrues to the director or senior officer under or as a result of the contract or transaction only if and to the extent provided in the Business Corporations Act.
17.2 RESTRICTIONS ON VOTING BY REASON OF INTEREST
A director who holds a disclosable interest in a contract or transaction into which the Company has entered or proposes to enter is not entitled to vote on any directors' resolution to approve that contract or transaction, unless all the directors have a disclosable interest in that contract or transaction, in which case any or all of those directors may vote on such resolution.
17.3 INTERESTED DIRECTOR COUNTED IN QUORUM
A director who holds a disclosable interest in a contract or transaction into which the Company has entered or proposes to enter and who is present at the meeting of directors at which the contract or transaction is considered for approval may be counted in the quorum at the meeting whether or not the director votes on any or all of the resolutions considered at the meeting.
17.4 DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR PROPERTY
A director or senior officer who holds any office or possesses any property, right or interest that could result, directly or indirectly, in the creation of a duty or interest that materially conflicts with that individual's duty or interest as a director or senior officer, must disclose the nature and extent of the conflict as required by the Business Corporations Act.
17.5 DIRECTOR HOLDING OTHER OFFICE IN THE COMPANY
A director may hold any office or place of profit with the Company, other than the office of auditor of the Company, in addition to his or her office of director for the period and on the terms (as to remuneration or otherwise) that the directors may determine.
17.6 NO DISQUALIFICATION
No director or intended director is disqualified by his or her office from contracting with the Company either with regard to the holding of any office or place of profit the director holds with the Company or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, and no contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which a director is in any way interested is liable to be voided for that reason.
17.7 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BY DIRECTOR OR OFFICER
Subject to the Business Corporations Act, a director or officer, or any person in which a director or officer has an interest, may act in a professional capacity for the Company, except as auditor of the Company, and the director or officer or such person is entitled to remuneration for professional services as if that director or officer were not a director or officer.
17.8 DIRECTOR OR OFFICER IN OTHER CORPORATIONS
A director or officer may be or become a director, officer or employee of, or otherwise interested in, any person in which the Company may be interested as a shareholder or otherwise, and, subject to the Business Corporations Act, the director or officer is not accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him or her as director, officer or employee of, or from his or her interest in, such other person.
PART 18 – PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
18.1 MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS
The directors may meet together for the conduct of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings as they think fit, and meetings of the directors held at regular intervals may be held at the place, at the time and on the notice, if any, as the directors may from time to time determine.
18.2 VOTING AT MEETINGS
Questions arising at any meeting of directors are to be decided by a majority of votes and, in the case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting does not have a second or casting vote.
18.3 CHAIR OF MEETINGS
The following individual is entitled to preside as chair at a meeting of directors:
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- the chair of the board, if any;
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- in the absence of the chair of the board, the president, if any, if the president is a director; or
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- any other director chosen by the directors or, if the directors wish, the Company's solicitor, if:
- a) neither the chair of the board nor the president, if a director, is present at the meeting within 15 minutes after the time set for holding the meeting;
- b) neither the chair of the board nor the president, if a director, is willing to chair the meeting; or
c) the chair of the board and the president, if a director, have advised the secretary, if any, or any other director, that they will not be present at the meeting.
18.4 MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS MEDIUM
A director may participate in a meeting of the directors or of any committee of the directors in person or by telephone if all directors participating in the meeting, whether in person or by telephone or other communications medium, are able to communicate with each other. A director may participate in a meeting of the directors or of any committee of the directors by a communications medium other than telephone if all directors participating in the meeting, whether in person or by telephone or other communications medium, are able to communicate with each other and if all directors who wish to participate in the meeting agree to such participation. A director who participates in a meeting in a manner contemplated by this Article 18.4 is deemed for all purposes of the Business Corporations Act and these Articles to be present at the meeting and to have agreed to participate in that manner**.**
18.5 CALLING OF MEETINGS
A director may, and the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company, if any, on the request of a director must, call a meeting of the directors at any time.
18.6 NOTICE OF MEETINGS
Other than for meetings held at regular intervals as determined by the directors pursuant to Article 18.1, reasonable notice of each meeting of the directors, specifying the place, day and time of that meeting must be given to each of the directors and the alternate directors by any method set out in Article 24.1 or orally or by telephone.
18.7 WHEN NOTICE NOT REQUIRED
It is not necessary to give notice of a meeting of the directors to a director or an alternate director if:
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- the meeting is to be held immediately following a meeting of shareholders at which that director was elected or appointed, or is the meeting of the directors at which that director is appointed; or
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- the director or alternate director, as the case may be, has waived notice of the meeting.
18.8 MEETING VALID DESPITE FAILURE TO GIVE NOTICE
The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting of directors to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any director or alternate director, does not invalidate any proceedings at that meeting.
18.9 WAIVER OF NOTICE OF MEETINGS
Any director or alternate director may send to the Company a document signed by him or her waiving notice of any past, present or future meeting or meetings of the directors and may at any time withdraw that waiver with respect to meetings held after that withdrawal. After sending a waiver with respect to all future meetings and until that waiver is withdrawn, no notice of any meeting of the directors need be given to that director and, unless the director otherwise requires by notice in writing to the Company, to his or her alternate director, and all meetings of the directors so held are deemed not to be improperly called or constituted by reason of notice not having been given to such director or alternate director.
18.10 QUORUM
The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the directors may be set by the directors and, if not so set, is deemed to be set at a majority of directors or, if the number of directors is set at one, is deemed to be set at one director, and that director may constitute a meeting.
18.11 VALIDITY OF ACTS WHERE APPOINTMENT DEFECTIVE
Subject to the Business Corporations Act, an act of a director or officer is not invalid merely because of an irregularity in the election or appointment or a defect in the qualification of that director or officer.
18.12 CONSENT RESOLUTIONS IN WRITING
A resolution of the directors or of any committee of the directors consented to in writing by all of the directors entitled to vote on it, whether by signed document, fax, email or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages, is as valid and effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the directors or of the committee of the directors duly called and held. Such resolution may be in two or more counterparts which together are deemed to constitute one resolution in writing. A resolution passed in that manner is effective on the date stated in the resolution or on the latest date stated on any counterpart. A resolution of the directors or of any committee of the directors passed in accordance with this Article 18.12 is deemed to be a proceeding at a meeting of directors or of the committee of the directors and to be as valid and effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the directors or of the committee of the directors that satisfies all the requirements of the Business Corporations Act and all the requirements of these Articles relating to meetings of the directors or of a committee of the directors.
PART 19 – EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES
19.1 APPOINTMENT AND POWERS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The directors may, by resolution, appoint an executive committee consisting of the director or directors that they consider appropriate, and this committee has, during the intervals between meetings of the board of directors, all of the directors' powers, except:
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- the power to fill vacancies in the board of directors;
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- the power to remove a director;
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- the power to change the membership of, or fill vacancies in, any committee of the directors; and
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- such other powers, if any, as may be set out in the resolution or any subsequent directors' resolution.
19.2 APPOINTMENT AND POWERS OF OTHER COMMITTEES
The directors may, by resolution:
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- appoint one or more committees (other than the executive committee) consisting of the director or directors that they consider appropriate;
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- delegate to a committee appointed under paragraph (1) any of the directors' powers, except:
- a) the power to fill vacancies in the board of directors;
- b) the power to remove a director;
- c) the power to change the membership of, or fill vacancies in, any committee of the directors; and
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d) the power to appoint or remove officers appointed by the directors; and
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- make any delegation referred to in paragraph (2) subject to the conditions set out in the resolution or any subsequent directors' resolution.
19.3 OBLIGATIONS OF COMMITTEES
Any committee appointed under Articles 19.1 or 19.2, in the exercise of the powers delegated to it, must:
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- conform to any rules that may from time to time be imposed on it by the directors; and
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- report every act or thing done in exercise of those powers at such times as the directors may require.
19.4 POWERS OF BOARD
The directors may, at any time, with respect to a committee appointed under Articles 19.1 or 19.2:
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- revoke or alter the authority given to the committee, or override a decision made by the committee, except as to acts done before such revocation, alteration or overriding;
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- terminate the appointment of, or change the membership of, the committee; and
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- fill vacancies in the committee.
19.5 COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Subject to Article 19.3(1) and unless the directors otherwise provide in the resolution appointing the committee or in any subsequent resolution, with respect to a committee appointed under Articles 19.1 or 19.2:
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- the committee may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper;
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- the committee may elect a chair of its meetings but, if no chair of a meeting is elected, or if at a meeting the chair of the meeting is not present within 15 minutes after the time set for holding the meeting, the directors present who are members of the committee may choose one of their number to chair the meeting;
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- a majority of the members of the committee constitutes a quorum of the committee; and
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- questions arising at any meeting of the committee are determined by a majority of votes of the members present, and in case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting does not have a second or casting vote.
PART 20 – OFFICERS
20.1 DIRECTORS MAY APPOINT OFFICERS
The directors may, from time to time, appoint such officers, if any, as the directors determine and the directors may, at any time, terminate any such appointment.
20.2 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES AND POWERS OF OFFICERS
The directors may, for each officer:
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- determine the functions and duties of the officer;
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- entrust to and confer on the officer any of the powers exercisable by the directors on such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as the directors think fit; and
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- revoke, withdraw, alter or vary all or any of the functions, duties and powers of the officer.
20.3 QUALIFICATIONS
No officer may be appointed unless that officer is qualified in accordance with the Business Corporations Act. One person may hold more than one position as an officer of the Company. Any person appointed as the chair of the board or as the managing director must be a director. Any other officer need not be a director.
20.4 REMUNERATION AND TERMS OF APPOINTMENT
All appointments of officers are to be made on the terms and conditions and at the remuneration (whether by way of salary, fee, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) that the directors think fit and are subject to termination at the pleasure of the directors, and an officer may in addition to such remuneration be entitled to receive, after he or she ceases to hold such office or leaves the employment of the Company, a pension or gratuity.
PART 21 – INDEMNIFICATION
21.1 DEFINITIONS
In this Article 21:
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- "eligible penalty" means a judgment, penalty or fine awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in settlement of, an eligible proceeding;
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- "eligible proceeding" means a legal proceeding or investigative action, whether current, threatened, pending or completed, in which a director, former director or alternate director of the Company (an "eligible party") or any of the heirs and legal personal representatives of the eligible party, by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director or alternate director of the Company:
- a) is or may be joined as a party; or
- b) is or may be liable for or in respect of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding;
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- "expenses" has the meaning set out in the Business Corporations Act.
21.2 MANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND FORMER DIRECTORS
Subject to the Business Corporations Act, the Company must indemnify a director, former director or alternate director of the Company and his or her heirs and legal personal representatives against all eligible penalties to which such person is or may be liable, and the Company must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in respect of that proceeding. Each director and alternate director is deemed to have contracted with the Company on the terms of the indemnity contained in this Article 21.2.
21.3 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHER PERSONS
Subject to any restrictions in the Business Corporations Act, the Company may indemnify any person.
21.4 NON-COMPLIANCE WITH BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT
The failure of a director, alternate director or officer of the Company to comply with the Business Corporations Act or these Articles does not invalidate any indemnity to which he or she is entitled under this Part.
21.5 COMPANY MAY PURCHASE INSURANCE
The Company may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person (or his or her heirs or legal personal representatives) who:
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- is or was a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of the Company;
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- is or was a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation at a time when the corporation is or was an affiliate of the Company;
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- at the request of the Company, is or was a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity;
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- at the request of the Company, holds or held a position equivalent to that of a director, alternate director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity,
against any liability incurred by him or her as such director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent or person who holds or held such equivalent position.
PART 22 – DIVIDENDS
22.1 PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS SUBJECT TO SPECIAL RIGHTS
The provisions of this Article 22 are subject to the rights, if any, of shareholders holding shares with special rights as to dividends.
22.2 DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS
Subject to the Business Corporations Act, the directors may from time to time declare and authorize payment of such dividends as they may deem advisable.
22.3 NO NOTICE REQUIRED
The directors need not give notice to any shareholder of any declaration under Article 22.2.
22.4 RECORD DATE
The directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend. The record date must not precede the date on which the dividend is to be paid by more than two months. If no record date is set, the record date is 5 p.m. on the date on which the directors pass the resolution declaring the dividend.
22.5 MANNER OF PAYING DIVIDEND
A resolution declaring a dividend may direct payment of the dividend wholly or partly by the distribution of cash or of specific assets or of fully paid shares or of bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company, or in any one or more of those ways.
22.6 SETTLEMENT OF DIFFICULTIES
If any difficulty arises in regard to a distribution under Article 22.5, the directors may settle the difficulty as they deem advisable, and, in particular, may:
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- set the value for distribution of specific assets;
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- determine that cash payments in substitution for all or any part of the specific assets to which any shareholders are entitled may be made to any shareholders on the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all parties; and
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- vest any such specific assets in trustees for the persons entitled to the dividend.
22.7 WHEN DIVIDEND PAYABLE
Any dividend may be made payable on such date as is fixed by the directors.
22.8 DIVIDENDS TO BE PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH NUMBER OF SHARES
All dividends on shares of any class or series of shares must be declared and paid according to the number of such shares held.
22.9 RECEIPT BY JOINT SHAREHOLDERS
If several persons are joint shareholders of any share, any one of them may give an effective receipt for any dividend, bonus or other money payable in respect of the share.
22.10 DIVIDEND BEARS NO INTEREST
No dividend bears interest against the Company.
22.11 FRACTIONAL DIVIDENDS
If a dividend to which a shareholder is entitled includes a fraction of the smallest monetary unit of the currency of the dividend, that fraction may be disregarded in making payment of the dividend and that payment represents full payment of the dividend.
22.12 PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS
Any dividend or other distribution payable in cash in respect of shares may be paid by cheque, made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent, and mailed to the address of the shareholder, or in the case of joint shareholders, to the address of the joint shareholder who is first named on the central securities register, or to the person and to the address the shareholder or joint shareholders may direct in writing. The mailing of such cheque will, to the extent of the sum represented by the cheque (plus the amount of the tax required by law to be deducted), discharge all liability for the dividend unless such cheque is not paid on presentation or the amount of tax so deducted is not paid to the appropriate taxing authority.
22.13 CAPITALIZATION OF SURPLUS
Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, the directors may from time to time capitalize any surplus of the Company and may from time to time issue, as fully paid, shares or any bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company as a dividend representing the surplus or any part of the surplus.
PART 23 – DOCUMENTS, RECORDS AND REPORTS
23.1 RECORDING OF FINANCIAL AFFAIRS
The directors must cause adequate accounting records to be kept to record properly the financial affairs and condition of the Company and to comply with the Business Corporations Act.
23.2 INSPECTION OF ACCOUNTING RECORDS
Unless the directors determine otherwise, or unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution, no shareholder of the Company is entitled to inspect or obtain a copy of any accounting records of the Company.
PART 24 – NOTICES
24.1 METHOD OF GIVING NOTICE
Unless the Business Corporations Act or these Articles provides otherwise, a notice, statement, report or other record required or permitted by the Business Corporations Act or these Articles to be sent by or to a person may be sent by any one of the following methods:
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- mail addressed to the person at the applicable address for that person as follows:
- a) for a record mailed to a shareholder, the shareholder's registered address;
- b) for a record mailed to a director or officer, the prescribed address for mailing shown for the director or officer in the records kept by the Company or the mailing address provided by the recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;
- c) in any other case, the mailing address of the intended recipient;
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- delivery at the applicable address for that person as follows, addressed to the person:
- a) for a record delivered to a shareholder, the shareholder's registered address;
- b) for a record delivered to a director or officer, the prescribed address for delivery shown for the director or officer in the records kept by the Company or the delivery address provided by the recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;
- c) in any other case, the delivery address of the intended recipient;
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- sending the record by fax to the fax number provided by the intended recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class;
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- sending the record by email to the email address provided by the intended recipient for the sending of that record or records of that class; or
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- physical delivery to the intended recipient.
24.2 DEEMED RECEIPT OF MAILING
A record that is mailed to a person by ordinary mail to the applicable address for that person referred to in Article 24.1 is deemed to be received by the person to whom it was mailed on the day, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted, following the date of mailing.
24.3 CERTIFICATE OF SENDING
A certificate or other document signed by the secretary, if any, or other officer of the Company or of any other corporation acting in that behalf for the Company stating that a notice, statement, report or other record was addressed as required by Article 24.1, prepaid and mailed or otherwise sent as permitted by Article 24.1 is conclusive evidence of that fact.
24.4 NOTICE TO JOINT SHAREHOLDERS
A notice, statement, report or other record may be provided by the Company to the joint shareholders of a share by providing the notice to the joint shareholder first named in the central securities register in respect of the share.
24.5 NOTICE TO TRUSTEES
A notice, statement, report or other record may be provided by the Company to the persons entitled to a share in consequence of the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of a shareholder by:
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- mailing the record, addressed to them:
- a) by name, by the title of the legal personal representative of the deceased or incapacitated shareholder, by the title of trustee of the bankrupt shareholder or by any similar description; and
- b) at the address, if any, supplied to the Company for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled; or
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- if an address referred to in paragraph (1)(b) has not been supplied to the Company, by giving the notice in a manner in which it might have been given if the death, bankruptcy or incapacity had not occurred.
PART 25 – SEAL AND EXECUTION
25.1 SEAL AND EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS
Except as provided in Articles 25.2 and 25.3, the Company's seal, if any, must not be impressed on any record except when that impression is attested by the signatures of any of the following, or in the absence of a seal and if no authorized signatories are provided for by resolution, then documents may be executed on behalf of the Company by the following persons:
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- any two directors;
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- any officer, together with any director;
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- if the Company only has one director, that director; or
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- any one or more directors or officers or other persons as may be determined from time to time by the directors in respect of the specific record to be signed.
25.2 SEALING COPIES
For the purpose of certifying under seal a certificate of incumbency of the directors or officers of the Company or a true copy of any resolution or other document, despite Article 25.1, the impression of the seal may be attested by the signature of any director or officer.
25.3 MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION OF SEAL
The directors may authorize the seal to be impressed by third parties on share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities of the Company as they may determine appropriate from time to time. To enable the seal to be impressed on any share certificates or bonds, debentures 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 Business Corporations Act or these Articles, printed or otherwise mechanically reproduced, there may be delivered to the person employed to engrave, lithograph or print such definitive or interim share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities one or more unmounted dies reproducing the seal and the chair of the board or any senior officer together with the secretary, treasurer, secretary-treasurer, an assistant secretary, an assistant treasurer or an assistant secretary-treasurer may in writing authorize such person to cause the seal to be impressed on such definitive or interim share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities by the use of such dies. Share certificates or bonds, debentures or other securities to which the seal has been so impressed are for all purposes deemed to be under and to bear the seal impressed on them.
PART 26 – PROHIBITIONS
26.1 DEFINITIONS
In this Article 26:
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- "designated security" means:
- a) a voting security of the Company;
- b) a security of the Company that is not a debt security and that carries a residual right to participate in the earnings of the Company or, on the liquidation or winding up of the Company, in its assets; or
- c) a security of the Company convertible, directly or indirectly, into a security described in paragraph (a) or (b);
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- "security" has the meaning assigned in the Securities Act (British Columbia);
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- "voting security" means a security of the Company that:
- a) is not a debt security, and
- b) carries a voting right either under all circumstances or under some circumstances that have occurred and are continuing.
26.2 APPLICATION
Article 26.3 does not apply to the Company if and for so long as it is a public company or a pre-existing reporting company which has the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions as part of its Articles or to which the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions apply.
26.3 CONSENT REQUIRED FOR TRANSFER OF SHARES OR DESIGNATED SECURITIES
No share or designated security may be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of without the consent of the directors and the directors are not required to give any reason for refusing to consent to any such sale, transfer or other disposition.
Appendix C
To the Amalgamation Agreement dated January 18, 2021 among Twenty20 Investments Inc., 1284380 B.C. Ltd. and Legible Media Inc.
Representations and Warranties of Legible
Legible represents, warrants and agrees as of the date hereof and at the Time of Closing that:
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- Legible is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of British Columbia, and has all necessary corporate power to own its Assets and to conduct its Business as such Business is now being conducted;
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- Legible has the power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its terms;
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- to the extent required, Legible is qualified to conduct business in each jurisdiction as necessary to perform its obligations under each of the Material Contracts, as applicable;
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- Legible does not own or control directly or indirectly, any interest in any corporation, association, partnership, joint venture or other business entity;
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- the execution and delivery of this Agreement and all other related agreements or documents, and the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, will by the Time of Closing have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate acts on the part of it, and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of it;
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- the authorized share capital of Legible consists of an unlimited number of Class A common shares and Class B common shares; and the issued and outstanding shares of Legible as of the date of this Agreement consists of not more than 43,275,000 Class A common shares, and will be at the Time of Closing be as then disclosed to T20, all of which Legible Shares will be at the time of Closing validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and are registered to and beneficially owned by the Legible Shareholders, and will be, as at the Time of Closing, free and clear of all Encumbrances of any kind whatsoever;
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- the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to the Legible Shares are as set out in Legible's constating documents and under applicable corporate legislation;
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- the Legible Shareholders and the Legible Shares are not subject to the terms of any shareholder or voting trust agreement;
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- there are no outstanding share purchase warrants, options or other rights or other arrangements to acquire shares in the capital of Legible or under which Legible is bound or obligated to issue additional shares in its capital other than the Legible Warrants, which as of the date of this Agreement consist of (i) 6,000,000 warrants exercisable at $0.10 per share, (ii) 4,021,000 warrants exercisable at $0.20 per share, (iii) 1,437,500 warrants exercisable at $0.60 per share, and (iv) 25,000 warrants exercisable at $1.00 per share; and there will be at the Time of Closing such additional warrants exercisable at $1.00 per share as then disclosed to T20;
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- Legible has not entered into any agreement, option, understanding or commitment or any right or privilege (whether by law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement, option or
commitment with any Third Party, for the acquisition of any portion of the Assets or Business of Legible which has not been terminated prior to the date hereof;
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- the Assets, including all assets necessary to conduct the Business, are owned and at the Time of Closing will be owned by Legible free and clear of all Encumbrances whatsoever and Legible is not aware of any adverse claim or claims which may affect its ownership of the Assets;
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- neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby will conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, the constating documents, director or shareholder minutes of Legible, or any agreement or instrument or statute or laws to which Legible is a party or by which the Assets of Legible are bound or any order, decree, statute, regulation, covenant or restriction applicable to Legible;
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- to the knowledge of Legible, there are no actions, suits or proceedings, judicial or administrative (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Legible) pending or threatened by or against Legible or affecting its Business or Assets, at law or in equity, or before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental court, department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign; and Legible is not aware of any existing ground on which any such action, suit or proceeding might be commenced with any reasonable likelihood of success;
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- to the knowledge of Legible, none of Legible, an Asset or any part of the Business is in any respect infringing the right of any Person under or in respect of any patent, design, trademark, trade name, copyright or other industrial or intellectual property, and no Person has alleged to Legible a violation by Legible of such a right;
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- other than management and certain consulting contracts as disclosed to T20, Legible has no contract, commitment or arrangement, whether written, oral or implied with any Person whatsoever relating to employment which contains any specific agreement as to notice of termination or severance pay in lieu thereof or which cannot be terminated without cause upon giving reasonable notice as may be implied by law without the payment of, or any liability in respect of, any bonus, damages, share of profits or penalty, and there are no policies or practices of Legible which confer benefits in the employees of Legible or result in obligations of Legible with respect to its employees;
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- Legible has no pension, stock option or stock purchase plan or a profit sharing, incentive or bonus plan or other deferred compensation plan, or an employee group insurance plan, hospitalization plan, disability plan or other employee benefit plan, program, policy or practice, formal or informal with respect to any of its employees, other than as required under applicable legislation and other similar health plans established pursuant to statute, and Legible has no unfunded or unpaid liability in respect of such plan;
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- there are no employees of Legible that Legible considers it has the right to terminate for cause; and no employee has made any claim or has any basis for any action or proceeding against Legible arising out of any statute, ordinance or regulation relating to discrimination in employment or employment practices, harassment, occupational health and safety standards or workers' compensation;
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- to the knowledge of Legible, no employee or consultant has made or has any basis for making any claim (whether under law, any employment or consulting agreement or otherwise) on account of or for: (a) overtime pay, other than overtime for the current payroll period; (b) wages or salary for any period other than the current payroll period; (c) any bonus, raise or other compensation or
remuneration; (d) other time off, sick time or pay in lieu; or (e) any violation of any statute, ordinance, or regulation relating to minimum wages or the maximum hours of work;
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- all Material Contracts of Legible and all amendments and extensions thereof have been made available to T20, with the exception of such contracts T20 has agreed do not need to be made available to T20. Legible is not in default or breach of its obligations under its Material Contracts and to the knowledge of Legible, there exists no state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default or breach, and all such contracts are now in good standing and in full force and effect without amendment thereto and Legible is entitled to all benefits thereunder. Further, there are no outstanding material disputes under any such contracts, and, except for the Legible Approvals, no consents, releases, waivers or approvals are necessary under such contracts with regard to the transactions described in this Agreement;
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- Legible has maintained proper and consistent Books and Records of its activities, and such Books and Records are up to date, have been provided to T20 for review, and there has been no material change in any practice or policy insofar as such change might affect the valuation of assets or the recording of expenditures or receipts relating to Legible, its Business and Assets;
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- all material data and Information relating to the Business and Assets has been summarized or otherwise disclosed to T20;
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- the Legible Financial Statements, a copy of which, when finalized, will be attached as Appendix E hereto, will be true and correct in every material respect and present fairly and accurately the financial position and results of the operations of Legible for the period(s) then ended and the Legible Financial Statements will have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards applied on a consistent basis;
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- the Books and Records of Legible disclose all material financial transactions of Legible since its inception, and such transactions have been fairly and accurately recorded;
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- except as will be disclosed in the Legible Financial Statements or as described herein:
- (a) Legible is not indebted to the Legible Shareholders or any one of them, whether by way of shareholder loan, unpaid, accrued or deferred compensation or otherwise;
- (b) none of the Legible Shareholders or any other officer, director or employee of Legible is indebted or under obligation to Legible on any account whatsoever; and
- (c) Legible has not guaranteed or agreed to guarantee any debt, liability or other obligation of any kind whatsoever of any Person, firm or corporation of any kind whatsoever;
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- there are no material liabilities of Legible whether direct, indirect, absolute, contingent or otherwise, which will not be disclosed or reflected in the Legible Financial Statements except those incurred in the ordinary course of business, and such liabilities are recorded in Legible's Books and Records;
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- except as disclosed in this Agreement, since the date of the most recent Legible Financial Statements, Legible has not:
- (a) declared, made or committed itself to make any payment of any dividends or any other distribution in respect of its shares or subdivided, consolidated or reclassified, or redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired or agreed to acquire any of its shares;
- (b) other than pursuant to the Financing, issued or sold any securities or issued, granted or delivered any right, option or other commitment for the issuance of any securities;
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(c) mortgaged, pledged, subjected to lien, granted a security interest in or otherwise encumbered any of its Assets, whether tangible or intangible;
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(d) made any gift of money or of any of its Assets to any Person;
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(e) made any licence, sale, assignment, transfer, or disposition of its Assets; or
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(f) authorized, agreed or otherwise become committed to do any of the foregoing;
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- Legible has filed with appropriate taxation authorities, all returns, reports and declarations which are required to be filed by it prior to the Closing and has paid all Taxes which have become due prior to the Closing and no taxing authority is asserting or has, to the knowledge of Legible threatened to assert, or has any basis for asserting against Legible any claim for additional Taxes or interest thereon or penalty;
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- Legible has no indebtedness, liabilities or obligations, secured or unsecured (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, undisclosed or otherwise), except for those as will be described in the Legible Financial Statements, those incurred in the ordinary course of business and those incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
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- Legible is conducting and has since incorporation conducted its Business in compliance with all Applicable Laws of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business;
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- other than cash finder's fees paid and Finder Warrants issued in connection with the Financing, Legible has not incurred any liability for brokers' or finder's fees of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any transaction contemplated under this Agreement;
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- the corporate records of Legible are or will be on Closing complete and accurate in all material respects;
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- the Information supplied by Legible for inclusion in the Listing Statement or other Exchange prescribed forms shall not, on the date each document is filed and at the Closing Time, contain any statement which, at such time and in light of the circumstances under which it was made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein not false or misleading, and if at any time prior to the Closing Time any event relating to Legible or its directors or officers should be discovered by Legible which should be set forth in a supplement to the disclosure documents, Legible shall promptly inform T20 thereof in writing;
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- except as disclosed in this Agreement, none of the above persons has any Information or knowledge of any fact relating to the Business, the Assets or any indebtedness of Legible or the transactions contemplated hereby which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on any of the Assets or the organization, operations, affairs, business, properties, prospects or financial condition or position of Legible; and
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- the facts which are the subject of the representations and warranties of Legible a contained in this Agreement comprise all material facts known to Legible which are material and relevant to their obligations hereunder or which might prevent any of them from meeting their obligations under this Agreement.
Appendix D
To the Amalgamation Agreement dated January 18, 2021 among Twenty20 Investments Inc., 1284380 B.C. Ltd. and Legible Media Inc.
Representations and Warranties of T20
T20 represents and warrants to Legible and the Legible Shareholders, and agrees as of the date hereof and at the Time of Closing that:
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- T20 is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Province of Alberta, and has the power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its terms and has all necessary corporate power to own its assets and to conduct its business as such business is now being conducted;
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- T20 does not own or control directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation, association, partnership, joint venture or other business entity;
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- T20 is a "reporting issuer" in the province of Alberta; and is not in default of its continuous disclosure obligations with the securities regulators of such province;
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- the execution and delivery of this Agreement and all other related agreements or documents, and the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, will by the Time of Closing have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate acts on the part of T20, and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of T20;
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- the authorized share capital of T20 consists of an unlimited number of (i) T20 Shares, (ii) Class B voting common shares without par value, (iii) Class C non-voting common shares without par value, and (d) preferred shares; and at the Time of Closing (unless Legible otherwise agrees), the issued share capital will not exceed 4,572,850 T20 Shares, all of which shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable (and there will be no Class B shares, Class C shares or preferred shares outstanding);
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- the rights, restrictions and conditions attached to the T20 Shares are as set out in T20's constating documents and under applicable corporate legislation;
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- to T20's knowledge, none of the outstanding T20 Shares are subject to the terms of any shareholder or voting trust agreement;
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- except as set out in this Agreement, there are and will be at the Time of Closing no outstanding share purchase warrants, options or other rights or other arrangements under which T20 is bound or obligated to issue additional shares in its capital;
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- all disclosure documents of T20 filed under applicable Securities Laws, including but not limited to, financial statements, prospectuses, offering memorandums, information circulars, material change reports and shareholder communications (the "T20 Disclosure Documents") contain no untrue statement of a material fact as at the date thereof nor do they omit to state a material fact which, at the date thereof, was required to have been stated or was necessary to prevent a statement that was made from being false or misleading in the circumstances in which it was made;
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- neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby will conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, the constating documents, director or shareholder minutes of T20, or any agreement or instrument or statute or law to which T20 is a party or by which any assets of T20 are bound, or any order, decree, statute, regulation, covenant or restriction applicable to T20;
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- all of the assets and material transactions of T20 have been properly recorded or filed in or with the Books and Records of T20;
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- to the knowledge of T20, there are no actions, suits or proceedings, judicial or administrative (whether or not purportedly on behalf of T20) pending or threatened by or against T20 or affecting T20's assets at law or in equity, before or by any federal, provincial, state, municipal or other governmental court, department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, and T20 is not aware of any existing ground on which any such action, suit or proceeding might be commenced with any reasonable likelihood of success;
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- a true and complete copy of all Material Contracts of T20 and all amendments and extensions thereof has been made available to Legible. T20 is not in default or breach of its obligations under any Material Contracts to which it is a party and to the knowledge of T20, there exists no state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default or breach, and all such Material Contracts are now in good standing and in full force and effect without amendment thereto and T20 is entitled to all benefits thereunder. Further, there are no outstanding material disputes under any such contracts and, except for the Regulatory Approvals, no consents, releases, waivers or approvals are necessary under such contracts with regard to the transactions described in this Agreement;
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- T20 has filed with appropriate taxation authorities, federal, state, provincial and local, all returns, reports and declarations which are required to be filed by it and has paid all Taxes which have become due and no taxing authority is asserting or has, to the knowledge of T20 threatened to assert, or has any basis for asserting against T20 any claim for additional Taxes or interest thereon or penalty;
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- the financial statements of T20 forming part of the T20 Disclosure Documents (the "T20 Financial Statements"), as provided to Legible, are true and correct in every material respect and present fairly and accurately the financial position and results of the operations of T20 for the periods then ended, and have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards applied on a consistent basis**;**
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- the Books and Records of T20 disclose all material financial transactions of T20 since inception and such transactions have been fairly and accurately recorded;
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- there are no material liabilities of T20, whether direct, indirect, absolute, contingent or otherwise, which are not disclosed or reflected in the T20 Financial Statements except those incurred in the ordinary course of business of T20, which have been disclosed to Legible;
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- there has not been any Material Adverse Change of any kind whatsoever to the financial position or condition of T20 or any damage, loss or other change of any kind whatsoever in circumstances materially affecting the business, assets of T20 or the right or capacity of T20 to carry on its business other than as disclosed in the T20 Financial Statements and the T20 Disclosure Documents;
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- to its knowledge, T20 is not in material breach of any law, ordinance, statute, regulation, by-law, order or decree of any kind whatsoever;
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- T20 is conducting and has since incorporation conducted its business in compliance with all Applicable Laws of each jurisdiction in which it carries on business;
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- except as disclosed in this Agreement, T20 has not incurred any liability for broker's or finder's fees of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any transaction contemplated under this Agreement;
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- T20 has maintained proper and consistent Books and Records of its activities, and such Books and Records are up to date, have been provided to Legible for review, and there has been no material change in any practice or policy insofar as such change might affect the valuation of assets or the recording of expenditures or receipts relating to T20 and its business and assets;
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- except as disclosed in the T20 Financial Statements:
- (a) T20 is not indebted to the T20 Shareholders or any one of them, whether by way of shareholder loan, unpaid, accrued or deferred compensation or otherwise;
- (b) none of the T20 Shareholders or any other officer, director or employee of T20 is indebted or under obligation to T20 on any account whatsoever; and
- (c) T20 has not guaranteed or agreed to guarantee any debt, liability or other obligation of any kind whatsoever of any Person, firm or corporation of any kind whatsoever;
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- except as disclosed in this Agreement, since the date of the most recent T20 Financial Statements, T20 has not:
- (a) declared, made or committed itself to make any payment of any dividends or any other distribution in respect of its shares;
- (b) issued or sold any bonds, debentures or other debt instruments;
- (c) mortgaged, pledged, subjected to lien, granted a security interest in or otherwise encumbered any of its assets, whether tangible or intangible;
- (d) made any gift of money or of any of its assets to any Person;
- (e) made any licence, sale, assignment, transfer, or disposition of its assets; or
- (f) authorized, agreed or otherwise become committed to do any of the foregoing;
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- T20 has no indebtedness, liabilities or obligations, secured or unsecured (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), except for those described in the T20 Financial Statements, those incurred in the ordinary course of business (which have been disclosed to Legible) and those incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
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- the corporate records of T20 are or will be on Closing complete and accurate in all material respects;
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- except as disclosed in this Agreement, T20 has no Information or knowledge of any fact relating to its assets or any indebtedness of T20 or the transactions contemplated hereby which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on any of the assets or the organization, operations, affairs, prospects or financial condition or position of T20; and
- the facts which are the subject of the representations and warranties of T20 contained in this Agreement comprise all material facts known to T20 which are material and relevant to its obligations hereunder or which might prevent it from meeting its obligations under this Agreement.
Appendix E
To the Amalgamation Agreement dated January 18, 2021 among Twenty20 Investments Inc., 1284380 B.C. Ltd. and Legible Media Inc.
Legible Financial Statements
[to be included]