UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May 2015
Commission File Number: 001-12970
Goldcorp Inc.
(Translation of registrants name into English)
Suite 3400 - 666 Burrard St.
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2X8 Canada
(Address of principal executive offices)
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Exhibit 99.1 (Goldcorp Inc. Restricted Share Plan, as amended) to this Current Report on Form 6-K shall be incorporated by reference into
Registration Statement Nos. 333-126040, 333-151251, 333-181116 and 333-195816 on Form S-8 of the Company, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished by
us under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, in each case as amended.
Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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GOLDCORP INC. |
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Date: May 1, 2015 |
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/s/ Anna M. Tudela |
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Anna M. Tudela |
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Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs and Corporate Secretary |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit |
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Description of Furnished Exhibit |
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99.1 |
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Goldcorp Inc. Restricted Share Plan, as amended |
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99.2 |
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Amended By-Law No. 4 |
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99.3 |
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Report of Voting Results for April 30, 2015 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders |
Exhibit 99.1
GOLDCORP INC.
RESTRICTED SHARE PLAN
(AMENDED EFFECTIVE MAY 20, 2008, APRIL 26, 2012, MAY 2, 2013, MAY 1, 2014 AND APRIL 30, 2015)
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.01 Definitions
For the purposes of this Plan, unless such word or term is otherwise defined herein or the context in which such word or term is used herein
otherwise requires, the following words and terms with the initial letter or letters thereof capitalized shall have the following meanings:
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Affiliate means any corporation that is an affiliate of the Corporation as defined in National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus
and Registration Exemptions, as may be amended from time to time; |
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Associate, where used to indicate a relationship with any person or company, is as defined in the Securities Act
(Ontario), as may be amended from time to time; |
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Board means the Board of Directors of the Corporation; |
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Change of Control means: |
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a consolidation, reorganization, amalgamation, merger, acquisition or other business combination (or a plan of arrangement in connection with any
of the foregoing), other than solely involving the Corporation and any one or more of its Affiliates, with respect to which all or substantially all of the persons who were the beneficial owners of the Shares and other securities of the Corporation
immediately prior to such consolidation, reorganization, amalgamation, merger, acquisition, business combination or plan of arrangement do not, following the completion of such consolidation, reorganization, amalgamation, merger, acquisition,
business combination or plan of arrangement, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the resulting voting rights (on a fully-diluted basis) of the Corporation or its successor; |
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a resolution is adopted to wind-up, dissolve or liquidate the Corporation; |
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the sale, exchange or other disposition to a person other than an Affiliate of the Corporation of all or substantially all of the
Corporations assets; or |
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a change in the composition of the Board, which occurs at a single meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation or upon the execution of a
shareholders resolution, such that individuals who are members of the Board immediately prior to such meeting or resolution cease to constitute a majority of the Board, without the Board, as constituted immediately prior to such meeting or
resolution, having approved of such change; |
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Committee means the Board or, if the Board so determines in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Plan, the committee of the
Board authorized to administer the Plan which includes any compensation committee of the Board; |
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Corporation means Goldcorp Inc. and includes any successor corporation thereof; |
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Eligible Directors means the directors of the Corporation or any Affiliate; |
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Eligible Employees means the employees of the Corporation or any Affiliate, including officers, whether Eligible Directors or
not, and including both full-time and part-time employees of the Corporation or any Affiliate; |
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Insider means: (i) an insider as defined in the Securities Act (Ontario), as may be amended from time to time, other than a
person who is an Insider solely by virtue of being a director or senior officer of an Affiliate; and (ii) an Associate of any person who is an insider by virtue of (i); |
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Participant means each Eligible Employee and Eligible Director to whom Restricted Share Rights are granted hereunder;
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Plan means the Corporations Restricted Share Plan, as same may be amended from time to time; |
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Restricted Period means any period of time that a Restricted Share Right is not exercisable and the Participant holding such
Restricted Share Right remains ineligible to receive Restricted Shares, determined by the Committee in its absolute discretion, however, such period of time may be reduced or eliminated from time to time and at any time and for any reason as
determined by the Committee, including but not limited to circumstances involving death or disability of a Participant; |
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Retirement means the Participant ceasing to be an Eligible Employee or an Eligible Director after attaining a stipulated age in
accordance with the Corporations normal retirement policy or earlier with the Corporations consent; |
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Retirement Date means the date on which a Participant ceases to be an Eligible Employee or an Eligible Director due to the
Retirement of the Participant; |
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Restricted Share Rights has such meaning as ascribed to such term at Section 3.02 of this Plan; |
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Restricted Shares means the Shares issuable upon either (i) the expiry of an applicable Restricted Period, or (ii) the
grant of Restricted Share Rights if they are granted without any applicable Restricted Period; |
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Shares means the common shares in the capital of the Corporation, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Article Five
of this Plan; |
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Termination means: (i) in the case of an Eligible Employee, the later of (a) the date of notification, and
(b) the last day of work following notification, of termination of the employment of the Eligible Employee with or without cause by the Corporation or an Affiliate, in each case, without regard to any period of reasonable notice or severance
that may follow notification or last day of work, except where required by applicable employment standards legislation or the cessation of employment of the Eligible Employee with the Corporation or an Affiliate as a result of the resignation or
otherwise, other than the Retirement, of the Eligible Employee; and (ii) in the case of an Eligible Director, the removal of or failure to re-elect or re-appoint the Eligible Director as a director of the Corporation or any Affiliate; for
greater certainty, in each case, other than for death or disability of a Participant; and |
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TSX means the Toronto Stock Exchange. |
Section 1.02 Headings: The headings of all articles, Sections, and paragraphs in the Plan are inserted for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of the Plan.
Section 1.03 Context, Construction:
Whenever the singular or masculine are used in the Plan, the same shall be construed as being the plural or feminine or neuter or vice versa where the context so requires.
Section 1.04 References to this Restricted Share Plan: The words herein, hereby, hereunder,
hereof and similar expressions mean or refer to the Plan as a whole and not to any particular article, Section, paragraph or other part hereof.
Section 1.05 Canadian Funds: Unless otherwise specifically provided, all references to dollar amounts in the Plan are references
to lawful money of Canada.
ARTICLE TWO
PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE RESTRICTED SHARE PLAN
Section 2.01 Purpose of the Restricted Share Plan: The Plan provides for the acquisition of Shares by Participants for the purpose
of advancing the interests of the Corporation through the motivation, attraction and retention of employees and directors of the Corporation and its Affiliates and to secure for the Corporation and the shareholders of the Corporation the benefits
inherent in the ownership of Shares by key employees and directors of the Corporation and its Affiliates, it being generally recognized that restricted share plans aid in attracting, retaining and encouraging employees and directors due to the
opportunity offered to them to acquire a proprietary interest in the Corporation.
Section 2.02 Administration of the Restricted
Share Plan: The Plan shall be administered by the Committee and the Committee shall have full authority to administer the Plan including the authority to interpret and construe any provision of the Plan and to adopt, amend and rescind such rules
and regulations for administering the Plan as the Committee may deem necessary in order to comply with the requirements of the Plan. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee in good faith shall be final and
conclusive and shall be binding on the Participants and the Corporation. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action taken or determination or interpretation made in good faith in connection with the Plan and all members of
the Committee shall, in addition to their rights as directors of the Corporation, be fully protected, indemnified and held
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harmless by the Corporation with respect to any such action taken or determination or interpretation made in good faith. The appropriate officers of the Corporation are hereby authorized and
empowered to do all things and execute and deliver all instruments, undertakings and applications and writings as they, in their absolute discretion, consider necessary for the implementation of the Plan and of the rules and regulations established
for administering the Plan. All costs incurred in connection with the Plan shall be for the account of the Corporation.
Section 2.03
Delegation to Committee: All of the powers exercisable hereunder by the directors of the Corporation may, to the extent permitted by applicable law and as determined by resolution of the directors of the Corporation, be exercised by a
committee of the Board comprised of not less than three (3) directors of the Corporation, including any compensation committee of the Board.
Section 2.04 Record Keeping: The Corporation shall maintain a register in which shall be recorded:
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the name and address of each Participant; |
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the number of Restricted Share Rights granted to each Participant; and |
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the number of Restricted Shares issued to each Participant. |
Section 2.05 Determination of Participants and Participation: The Committee shall from time to time determine the Participants who
may participate in the Plan. The Committee shall from time to time determine the Participants to whom Restricted Share Rights shall be granted and the provisions and restrictions with respect to such grant, all such determinations to be made in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, and the Committee may take into consideration the present and potential contributions of and the services rendered by the particular Participant to the success of the Corporation and any other
factors which the Committee deems appropriate and relevant.
Section 2.06 Maximum Number of Shares:
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The aggregate maximum number of Shares available for issuance from treasury under this Plan, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 5.06,
shall not exceed 13,690,276 Shares. Any Shares subject to a Restricted Share Right which has been granted under the Plan and which has been cancelled or terminated in accordance with the terms of the Plan without the applicable Restricted Period
having expired will again be available under the Plan. |
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The maximum number of Shares issuable to Insiders, at any time, pursuant to this Plan and any other security based compensation arrangements of the
Corporation is 10% of the total number of Shares then outstanding. The maximum number of Shares issued to Insiders, within any one year period, pursuant to this Plan and any other security based compensation arrangements of the Corporation is 10% of
the total number of Shares then outstanding. The maximum number of Shares issued to independent directors of the Corporation, within any one year period, pursuant to this Plan is 1% of the aggregate maximum number of Shares available for issuance
under this Plan. For purposes of this Section 2.06, the number of Shares then outstanding shall mean the number of Shares outstanding on a non-diluted basis immediately prior to the proposed grant of the applicable Restricted Share Right.
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The maximum equity value of Restricted Share Rights which may be granted to each Eligible Director who is not also an Eligible Employee shall not
exceed US$150,000 (based on the grant date fair value of the Restricted Share Rights) in any fiscal year. |
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ARTICLE THREE
RESTRICTED SHARE PLAN
Section 3.01 Restricted Share Plan: The Plan is hereby established for Eligible Employees and Eligible Directors.
Section 3.02 Participants: The Committee shall have the right to grant, in its sole and absolute discretion, to any Participant
rights to acquire any number of fully paid and non-assessable Shares (Restricted Share Rights) as a discretionary payment in consideration of past services to the Corporation, subject to the Plan and with such provisions and
restrictions as the Committee may determine. At the end of the Restricted Period applicable to a Restricted Share Right, and without the payment of additional consideration or any other further action on the part of the holder of the Restricted
Share Right, the Corporation shall issue to the Participant holding the Restricted Share Right one Share for each Restricted Share Right held by the Participant for which the Restricted Period has expired.
Section 3.03 Restricted Share Right Grant Letter: Each grant of a Restricted Share Right under the Plan shall be evidenced by a
Restricted Share Right grant letter to the Participant from the Corporation. Such Restricted Share Right grant letter shall be subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms and conditions which are
not inconsistent with the Plan and which the Committee deems appropriate for inclusion in a Restricted Share Right grant letter. The provisions of the various Restricted Share Right grant letters issued under the Plan need not be identical. To the
extent that there is any inconsistency between the Plan and the Restricted Share Right grant letter or any other communications, the Plan shall prevail.
Section 3.04 Restricted Period: Concurrent with the determination to grant Restricted Share Rights to a Participant, the Committee
shall determine the Restricted Period applicable to such Restricted Share Rights.
Section 3.05 Retirement or Termination during
Restricted Period: In the event of the Retirement or Termination of a Participant during the Restricted Period, any Restricted Share Rights held by the Participant shall immediately terminate and be of no further force or effect; provided,
however, that the Committee shall have the absolute discretion to modify the grant of the Restricted Shares to provide that the Restricted Period shall terminate immediately prior to a Participants Termination or Retirement.
Section 3.06 Payment of Dividends: Subject to the absolute discretion of the Committee, the Committee may determine to pay
Participants cash equal to any cash dividends declared and paid on Shares that would be payable on Restricted Shares issuable upon the expiry of any Restricted Period which has not expired in the manner and at the time such dividends are ordinarily
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Section 3.07 Death or Disability of Participant: In the event of:
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the death of a Participant, any Restricted Share Rights held by such Participant will vest on the date of death of such Participant and the
Restricted Shares represented by the Restricted Share Rights held by such Participant will be issued to the Participants estate as soon as reasonably practical thereafter, but in any event no later than 90 days thereafter; and
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the disability of a Participant (determined in accordance with the Corporations normal disability practices), any Restricted Share Rights
held by such Participant will vest on the date in which such Participant is determined to be totally disabled and the Restricted Shares represented by the Restricted Share Rights held by the Participant will be issued to the Participant as soon as
reasonably practical, but in any event no later than 30 days following receipt by the Corporation of notice of disability. |
Section 3.08 Change of Control: In the event of (i) a Change of Control, and (ii) within 12 months of such Change of
Control the Corporation terminates the employment of the Participant for any reason other than just cause, then all Restricted Share Rights outstanding shall immediately vest on the date of such termination notwithstanding the Restricted Period. In
any event, upon a Change of Control, Participants shall not be treated any more favourably than shareholders of the Corporation with respect to the consideration that the Participants would be entitled to receive for their Shares.
Section 3.09 Trading Blackout Periods: Unless otherwise determined by resolution of the Committee, in the event that any
Restricted Period expires during, or within 48 hours after a self-imposed blackout period on the trading of securities of the Corporation, such expiry will occur on the day immediately following the end of the blackout period, or such 48 hour
period, as applicable.
Section 3.10 Necessary Approvals: The Plan shall be subject to the approval of the shareholders of the
Corporation to be given by a resolution passed at a meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation and acceptance by the TSX or any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the securities of the Corporation.
ARTICLE FOUR
WITHHOLDING TAXES
Section 4.01 Withholding Taxes: The Corporation or its Affiliates may take such steps as are considered necessary or appropriate
to deduct any appropriate withholding taxes or other withholding liabilities which the Corporation or its Affiliate is required by any law or regulation of any governmental authority whatsoever to withhold in connection with any Share including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the withholding of all or any portion of any payment or the withholding of the issue of Shares to be issued under the Plan, until such time as the Participant has paid the Corporation or its
Affiliate for any amount which the Corporation and its Affiliates are required to withhold with respect to such taxes.
ARTICLE FIVE
GENERAL
Section 5.01 Effective Time of Restricted Share Plan: The Plan shall be effective on April 15, 2005, shareholder approval
having been received at the Corporations annual and special meeting held on May 16, 2005, as amended by the Corporations shareholders on May 20, 2008, April 26, 2012, May 2, 2013, May 1, 2014 and
April 30, 2015. The Plan shall remain in effect until it is terminated by the Board.
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Section 5.02 Amendment of Restricted Share Plan: Except as otherwise set out below,
the Board shall seek shareholder and regulatory approval for any amendments to the Plan. The Board may discontinue the Plan at any time without first obtaining shareholder approval, provided that, without the consent of a Participant, such
discontinuance may not in any manner adversely affect the Participants rights under any Restricted Share Right granted under the Plan.
The Board may, subject to receipt of requisite regulatory approval, where required, and without further shareholder approval, in its sole
discretion make the following amendments to the Plan:
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amending typographical, clerical and grammatical errors; |
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reflecting changes to applicable securities laws; and |
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ensuring that the Restricted Share Rights granted under the Plan will comply with any provisions respecting income tax and other laws in force in
any country or jurisdiction of which a Participant to whom a Restricted Share Right has been granted may from time to time be resident or a citizen. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall obtain requisite shareholder approval in respect of amendments to the Plan to the extent
such approval is required by any applicable laws or regulations.
Section 5.03 Non-Assignable: Except pursuant to a will or by
the laws of descent and distribution, no Restricted Share Right and no other right or interest of a Participant is assignable or transferable.
Section 5.04 Rights as a Shareholder: No holder of any Restricted Share Rights shall have any rights as a shareholder of the
Corporation prior to the end of the applicable Restricted Period. Subject to Sections 3.06 and 5.06, no holder of any Restricted Share Rights shall be entitled to receive, and no adjustment shall be made for, any dividends, distributions or any
other rights declared for shareholders of the Corporation for which the record date is prior to the date of expiry of the Restricted Period applicable to any Restricted Share Right.
Section 5.05 No Contract of Employment: Nothing contained in the Plan shall confer or be deemed to confer upon any Participant the
right to continue in the employment of, or to provide services to, the Corporation or its Affiliates nor interfere or be deemed to interfere in any way with any right of the Corporation or its Affiliates to discharge any Participant at any time for
any reason whatsoever, with or without cause. Participation in the Plan by a Participant shall be voluntary.
Section 5.06
Adjustment in Number of Shares Subject to the Restricted Share Plan: In the event there is any change in the Shares, whether by reason of a stock dividend, consolidation, subdivision, reclassification or otherwise, an appropriate adjustment
shall be made by the Committee in:
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the number of Shares available under the Plan; and |
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the number of Shares subject to any Restricted Share Rights. |
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If the foregoing adjustment shall result in a fractional Share, the fraction shall be
disregarded. All such adjustments shall be conclusive, final and binding for all purposes of the Plan.
Section 5.07 No
Representation or Warranty: The Corporation makes no representation or warranty as to the future market value of any Shares issued in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
Section 5.08 Compliance with Applicable Law: If any provision of the Plan or any Restricted Share Right contravenes any law or any
order, policy, by-law or regulation of any regulatory body having jurisdiction, then such provision shall be deemed to be amended to the extent necessary to bring such provision into compliance therewith.
Section 5.09 Interpretation: This Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario.
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Exhibit 99.2
AMENDED BY-LAW NO.4
A
by-law relating generally to
the conduct of the affairs of
GOLDCORP INC.
CONTENTS
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Business of the Corporation |
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Protection of Directors, Officers and Others |
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Meetings of Shareholders |
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Divisions and Departments |
BE IT ENACTED AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED as a by-law of Goldcorp Inc. (hereinafter called the Corporation) as
follows:
SECTION ONE
INTERPRETATION
In the by-laws of the Corporation, unless the context otherwise requires:
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Act means the Business Corporations Act, R.S.O. 1990 c. B.16 and the regulations made pursuant thereto, as from time to time amended,
and every statute that may be substituted therefor and, in the case of such substitution, any reference in the by-laws of the Corporation to provisions of the Act shall be read as references to the substituted provisions therefor in the new statute
or statutes; |
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appoint includes elect and vice versa; |
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board means the board of directors of the Corporation; |
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by-laws means this by-law and all other by-laws of the Corporation from time to time in force and effect; |
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meeting of shareholders includes an annual meeting of shareholders and a special meeting of shareholders; special meeting of
shareholders includes a meeting of any class or classes of shareholders and a special meeting of all shareholders entitled to vote at an annual meeting of shareholders; |
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non-business day means Saturday, Sunday and any other day that is a holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act (Ontario);
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recorded address means in the case of a shareholder his address as recorded in the securities register; and in the case of joint
shareholders the address appearing in the securities register in respect of such joint holding or the first address so appearing if there is more than one; and in the case of a director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board his
latest address as recorded in the records of the Corporation; |
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Securities Transfer Act means the Securities Transfer Act (Ontario) 2006, c.8. as amended from time to time; |
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signing officer means, in relation to any instrument, any person authorized to sign the same on behalf of the Corporation by paragraph
2.03 or by a resolution passed pursuant thereto; |
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all terms contained in the by-laws that are not otherwise defined in the by-laws and which are defined in the Act shall have the meanings given to
such terms in the Act; and |
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the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular; the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter genders; and
the word person shall include individuals, bodies corporate, corporations, companies, partnerships, syndicates, trusts, unincorporated organizations and any number or aggregate of persons. |
In the event of any inconsistency between the by-laws and mandatory provisions of the Act or the Securities Transfer
Act, the provisions of the Act or the Securities Transfer Act, as applicable, shall prevail.
SECTION TWO
BUSINESS OF THE CORPORATION
The Corporation may, but need not, have a corporate seal. An instrument or agreement executed on behalf of the Corporation by
a director, an officer or an agent of the Corporation is not invalid merely because the corporate seal, if any, is not affixed thereto.
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The financial year of the Corporation shall be as determined by the board from time to time.
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Execution of Instruments |
Contracts, documents or instruments in writing requiring the signature of the Corporation may be signed on behalf of the
Corporation by any two officers or directors, or a combination thereof and instruments in writing so signed shall be binding upon the Corporation without any further authorization or formality. The board shall have power from time to time by
resolution to appoint any officer or officers or any person or persons or any legal entity on behalf of the Corporation either to sign contracts, documents and instruments in writing generally or to sign specific contracts, documents or instruments
in writing.
The seal of the Corporation may when required be affixed to contracts, documents and instruments in writing
signed as aforesaid or by any officer or officers, person or persons, appointed as aforesaid by resolution of the board.
The term contracts, documents or instruments in writing as used in this by-law shall include deeds, mortgages,
hypothecs, charges, conveyances, transfers and assignments of property, real or personal, movable or immovable, agreements, releases, receipts and discharges for the payment of money or other obligations, conveyances, transfers and assignments of
shares, share warrants, stocks, bonds, debentures, notes or other securities and all paper writings.
The signature or
signatures of the Chairman of the Board (if any), the Vice-Chairman of the Board, the President, any Executive Vice-President, any Senior Vice-President or any Vice-President together with any one of the Corporate Secretary, the Treasurer, an
Assistant Corporate Secretary, an Assistant Treasurer or any one of the foregoing officers together with any one director of the Corporation and/or any other officer or officers, person or persons, appointed as aforesaid by resolution of the board
may, if specifically authorized by resolution of the directors, be printed, engraved, lithographed or otherwise mechanically or electronically reproduced upon any contracts, documents or instruments in writing or bonds, debentures, notes or other
securities of the Corporation executed or issued by or on behalf of the Corporation and all contracts, documents or instruments in writing or bonds, debentures, notes or other securities of the Corporation on which the signature or signatures of any
of the foregoing officers or directors or persons authorized as aforesaid shall be so reproduced pursuant to special authorization by resolution of the board, shall be deemed to have been manually signed by such officers or directors or persons
whose signature or signatures is or are so reproduced and shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as if they had been signed manually and notwithstanding that the officers or directors or persons whose signature or signatures is or are so
reproduced may have ceased to hold office at the date of the delivery or issue of such contracts, documents or instruments in writing or bonds, debentures, notes or other securities of the Corporation.
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Delegation of Financial Authority |
Notwithstanding paragraph 2.03, contracts, documents or instruments in writing requiring the signature of the Corporation may
be signed on behalf of the Corporation by any one officer, director or employee of the Corporation, and instruments in writing so signed shall be binding upon the Corporation without any further authorization or formality, so long as such officer,
director or employee of the Corporation complies with the Delegation of Financial Authority Policy of the Corporation, as may be amended or modified from time to time.
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Banking Arrangements |
The banking business of the Corporation, or any part thereof, including, without limitation, the borrowing of money and the
giving of security therefor, shall be transacted with such banks, trust companies or other bodies corporate or organizations as may from time to time be designated by or under the authority of the board. Such banking business or any part thereof
shall be transacted under such agreements, instructions and delegations of powers as the board may from time to time by resolution prescribe or authorize.
2.06 |
Custody of Securities |
All shares and securities owned by the Corporation shall be lodged (in the name of the Corporation) with a chartered bank or a
trust company or in a safety deposit box or, if so authorized by resolution of the board, with such other depositaries or in such other manner as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the board.
All share certificates, bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations or securities belonging to the Corporation may be
issued or held in the name of a nominee or nominees of the Corporation (and if issued or held in the names of more than one nominee shall be held in the names of the nominees jointly with the right of survivorship) and shall be endorsed in blank
with endorsement guaranteed in order to enable transfer to be completed and registration to be effected.
2.07 |
Voting Shares and Securities in other Companies |
All of the shares or other securities carrying voting rights of any other body corporate held from time to time by the
Corporation may be voted at any and all meetings of shareholders, bondholders, debenture holders or holders of other securities (as the case may be) of such other body corporate and in such manner and by such person or persons as the board shall
from time to time by resolution determine. The proper signing officers of the Corporation may also from time to time execute and deliver for and on behalf of the Corporation proxies and/or arrange for the issuance of voting certificates and/or other
evidence of the right to vote in such names as they may determine without the necessity of a resolution or other action by the board.
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SECTION THREE
DIRECTORS
3.01 |
Number of Directors and Quorum |
The number of directors of the Corporation shall be the number of directors as specified in the articles or, where a minimum
and maximum number of directors is provided for in the articles, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be the number of directors determined from time to time by special resolution or, if a special resolution empowers the directors to
determine the number, the number of directors determined by resolution of the board. Subject to the Act, the quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board shall be a majority of the number of directors then in office and or such
greater number of directors as the board may from time to time by resolution determine.
No person shall be qualified for election as a director if disqualified in accordance with the Act (which would currently
include: a person who is less than 18 years of age; a person who has been found under the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992 or under the Mental Health Act to be incapable of managing property or who has been found to be incapable by a
court in Canada or elsewhere; a person who is not an individual; or a person who has the status of a bankrupt). A director need not be a shareholder. The board shall be comprised of the number of Canadian residents as may be prescribed from time to
time by the Act (which is currently a minimum of 25%). At least a majority of the directors of the Corporation shall not be officers or employees of the Corporation or any of its affiliates.
The election of directors shall take place at the first meeting of shareholders and at each succeeding annual meeting of
shareholders and all the directors then in office shall retire but, if qualified, shall be eligible for re-election. The number of directors to be elected at any such meeting shall be the number of directors as specified in the articles or, if a
minimum and maximum number of directors is provided for in the articles, the number of directors determined by special resolution or, if the special resolution empowers the directors to determine the number, the number of directors determined by
resolution of the board. The voting on the election shall be by show of hands unless a ballot is demanded by any shareholder. If an election of directors is not held at the proper time, the incumbent directors shall continue in office until their
successors are elected.
3.04 |
Nomination of Directors |
Subject only to the Act and the articles of the Corporation, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following
procedures shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the board 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:
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by or at the direction of the board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or an authorized officer of the Corporation, including pursuant to a
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by or at the direction or request of one or more shareholders pursuant to a proposal within the meaning of, and made in accordance with the
provisions of the Act or a requisition of the shareholders made in accordance with the provisions of the Act; or |
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by any person (a Nominating Shareholder): (i) who, at the close of business on the date of the giving of the notice provided for
below in this section and at the close of business on the record date for notice of such meeting, is entered in the securities register of the Corporation as a holder of one or more shares carrying the right to vote at such meeting or who
beneficially owns shares that are entitled to be voted at such meeting; and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth below in this section. |
In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a Nominating Shareholder, the Nominating
Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation in accordance with this section.
To be timely, a Nominating Shareholders notice to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation must be made:
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in the case of an annual meeting of shareholders, not less than 30 days prior to the date of the annual meeting of shareholders, provided, however,
that in the event that the annual meeting of shareholders is called for a date that is less than 50 days after the date (the Notice Date) on which the first public announcement (as defined below) 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 (10th) day following the Notice Date; and |
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in the case of a special meeting of shareholders (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 (15th) day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting of shareholders was made.
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To be in proper written form, a Nominating Shareholders notice to the Corporate Secretary of the
Corporation must set forth:
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as to each person whom the Nominating Shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director: |
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the name, age, business address and residential address of the person; |
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the principal occupation(s) or employment(s) of the person; |
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the class or series and number of shares in the capital of the Corporation 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 |
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any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a dissidents proxy circular in connection with
solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act and Applicable Securities Laws (as defined below); and |
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as to the Nominating Shareholder giving the notice, full particulars regarding any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship
pursuant to which such Nominating Shareholder has a right to vote or direct the voting of any shares of the Corporation and any other information relating to such Nominating Shareholder that would be required to be made in a dissidents proxy
circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act and Applicable Securities Laws. |
No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the provisions
of this section; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude discussion by a shareholder (as distinct from the nomination of directors) at a meeting of shareholders of any matter in respect of which it would have been
entitled to submit a proposal pursuant to the provisions of the Act. 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.
For purposes of this section, (A) 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 Corporation under its profile on the System of Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com; and (B) Applicable Securities Laws means the
applicable securities legislation of each relevant province and territory of Canada, 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.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, notice given to the
Corporate Secretary of the Corporation pursuant to this section may only be given by personal delivery, facsimile transmission or by email at corporatesecretary@goldcorp.com (or at such other email address as stipulated from time to time by the
Corporate Secretary of the Corporation 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, email (at the address as aforesaid) or sent by facsimile transmission (provided
that receipt of confirmation of such transmission has been received) to the Corporate Secretary at the address of the principal executive offices of the Corporation; 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 subsequent day that is a business day.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the board may, in its sole discretion, waive any requirement in this section.
3.05 |
Removal of Directors |
Subject to the provisions of the Act, the shareholders may by ordinary resolution passed at a meeting specially called for
such purpose remove any director from office and the vacancy created by such removal may be filled at the same meeting failing which it may be filled by a quorum of the directors.
A director ceases to hold office when he dies or, subject to the Act, resigns; he is removed from office by the shareholders
in accordance with the Act; he becomes of unsound mind and is so found by a court in Canada or elsewhere or if he acquires the status of a bankrupt.
Subject to the Act, a quorum of the board may fill a vacancy in the board, except a vacancy resulting from an increase in the
number or maximum number of directors or from a failure of the shareholders to elect the number of directors required to be elected at any meeting of shareholders. In the absence of a quorum of the board, or if the vacancy has arisen from a failure
of the shareholders to elect the number of directors required to be elected at any meeting of shareholders, the directors then in office shall forthwith call a special meeting of shareholders to fill the vacancy. If the directors then in office fail
to call such meeting or if there are no directors then in office, any shareholder may call the meeting.
The board shall manage or supervise the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. Subject to paragraph 3.09,
the powers of the board may be exercised at a meeting at which a quorum is present or by resolution in writing signed by all the directors entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the board. Where there is a vacancy in the board, the
remaining directors may exercise all the powers of the board so long as a quorum of the board remains in office.
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3.09 |
Meeting by Telephone |
If all the directors of the Corporation present or participating in the meeting consent, a director may participate in a
meeting of the board or of a committee of the board by means of such telephone, electronic or other communications facilities as permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously, and a
director participating in such a meeting by such means is deemed to be present at the meeting. Any such consent shall be effective whether given before or after the meeting to which it relates and may be given with respect to all meetings of the
board and of committees of the board held while a director holds office.
Meetings of the board may be held at any place within or outside Ontario. In any financial year of the Corporation a majority
of the meetings of the board need not be held within Canada.
Subject to the Act, meetings of the board shall be held from time to time on such day and at such time and at such place as
the board, the Chairman of the Board (if any), the President, an Executive Vice-President, a Senior Vice-President or a Vice-President who is a director or any one director may determine and the Corporate Secretary or Assistant Corporate Secretary,
when directed by the board, the Chairman of the Board (if any), the President, an Executive Vice-President, a Senior Vice-President or a Vice-President who is a director or any one director shall convene a meeting of the board.
Notice of the date, time and place of each meeting of the board shall be given in the manner provided in paragraph 11.01 to
each director not less than 48 hours (exclusive of any part of a non-business day) before the time when the meeting is to be held. A notice of a meeting of directors need not specify the purpose of or the business to be transacted at the meeting
except where the Act requires such purpose or business to be specified.
A director may in any manner waive notice of or otherwise consent to a meeting of
the board.
3.13 |
First Meeting of New Board |
Provided a quorum of directors is present, each newly elected board may without notice hold its first meeting immediately
following the meeting of shareholders at which such board is elected.
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Notice of an adjourned meeting of the board is not required if the time and place of the adjourned meeting is announced at the
original meeting.
The board may appoint a day or days in any month or months for regular meetings of the board at a place and hour to be named.
A copy of a schedule of regular meetings of the board setting forth the proposed dates, times and places of such regular meetings shall be sent to each director at the commencement of each calendar year, however, each director shall also be provided
with a follow-up notice of meeting and agenda prior to each regularly scheduled meeting.
The chairman of any meeting of the board shall be the first mentioned of such of the following officers as have been appointed
and who is a director and is present at the meeting: the Chairman of the Board, the President, an Executive Vice-President, a Senior Vice-President or a Vice-President. If no such officer is present, the directors present shall choose one of their
number to be chairman.
At all meetings of the board every question shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast on the question. In case of an
equality of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.
3.18 |
Conflict of Interest |
A director or officer who is a party to, or who is a director or officer of or has a material interest in any person who is a
party to, a material contract or transaction or proposed material contract or transaction with the Corporation shall disclose in writing to the Corporation or request to have entered in the minutes of the meetings of the directors the nature and
extent of his interest at the time and in the manner provided by the Act. Any such contract or transaction or proposed contract or transaction shall be referred to the board or shareholders for approval even if such contract is one that in the
ordinary course of the Corporations business would not require approval by the board or shareholders, and a director interested in a contract or transaction so referred to the board shall not attend any part of a meeting of the board during
which the contract or transaction is discussed and shall not vote on any resolution to approve the same except as permitted by the Act. If no quorum exists for the purpose of voting on a resolution to approve a contract or transaction only because a
director is not permitted to be present at the meeting by reason of this section, the remaining directors shall be deemed to constitute a quorum for the purposes of voting on the resolution. Where all of the directors are required to disclose their
interests pursuant to this section, the contract or transaction may be approved only by the shareholders.
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3.19 |
Remuneration and Expenses |
The directors shall be paid such remuneration for their services as the board may from time to time determine. The directors
shall also be entitled to be reimbursed for traveling and other expenses properly incurred by them in attending meetings of the shareholders or of the board or any committee thereof or otherwise in the performance of their duties. Nothing herein
contained shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.
SECTION FOUR
COMMITTEES
4.01 |
Committee of Directors |
The board may appoint a committee of directors, however designated, and delegate to such committee any of the powers of the
board except those which pertain to items which, under the Act, a committee of directors has no authority to exercise.
4.02 |
Transaction of Business |
The powers of a committee of directors may be exercised by a meeting at which a quorum is present or by resolution in writing
signed by all members of such committee who would have been entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the committee. Meetings of such committee may be held at any place within or outside Ontario.
The board may elect annually from among its number an audit committee to be composed of not fewer than three directors of whom
all shall not be officers or employees of the Corporation or its affiliates. The audit committee shall have the powers and duties provided in the Act.
The board may from time to time appoint such other committees as it may deem advisable, but the functions of any such other
committees shall be advisory only.
Unless otherwise determined by the board, each committee shall have power to fix its quorum at not less than a majority of its
members, to elect its chairman and to regulate its procedure.
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SECTION FIVE
OFFICERS
The board may from time to time appoint a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents (to which title may
be added words indicating seniority or function), a Corporate Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as the board may determine, including one or more assistants to any of the officers so appointed. The board may specify the duties of and,
in accordance with this by-law and subject to the provisions of the Act, delegate to such officers powers to manage the business and affairs of the Corporation. Subject to paragraph 5.02, an officer may but need not be a director and one person may
hold more than one office. In case and whenever the same person holds the offices of Corporate Secretary and Treasurer, he may but need not be known as the Corporate Secretary-Treasurer. All officers shall sign such contracts, documents, or
instruments in writing as require their respective signatures. In the case of the absence or inability to act of any officer or for any other reason that the board may deem sufficient, the board may delegate all or any of the powers of such officer
to any other officer or to any director for the time being.
5.02 |
Chairman of the Board |
The Chairman of the Board, if appointed, shall be a director and shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the board.
Each committee of the board shall appoint a Chairman which shall be a member of the relevant committee of the board and shall, when present, preside at all meetings of committees of the board. The Chairman of the Board shall be vested with and may
exercise such powers and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board. During the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, his duties shall be performed and his powers exercised by the
President.
The President shall, and unless and until the board designates any other officer of the Corporation to be the Chief Executive
Officer of the Corporation, be the Chief Executive Officer and, subject to the authority of the board, shall have general supervision of the business and affairs of the Corporation and such other powers and duties as the board may specify. The
President shall be vested with and may exercise all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the Chairman of the Board if none be appointed or if the Chairman of the Board is absent or unable or refuses to act.
5.04 |
Executive Vice-President, Senior Vice-President or Vice-President |
Each Executive Vice-President, Senior Vice-President or Vice-President shall have such powers and duties as the board or the
President may specify. The Executive Vice-President, Senior Vice-President or Vice-President or, if more than one, the Executive Vice-President, Senior Vice-President or Vice-President designated from time to time by the board or by the President,
shall be vested with all the powers and shall perform all the
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duties of the President in the absence or inability or refusal to act of the President, provided, however, that an Executive Vice-President, Senior Vice-President or a Vice-President who is not a
director shall not preside as chairman at any meeting of the board.
5.05 |
Corporate Secretary or Assistant Corporate Secretary |
The Corporate Secretary or Assistant Corporate Secretary shall give or cause to be given as and when instructed, all notices
to shareholders, directors, officers, auditors and members of committees of the board; he shall be the custodian of the stamp or mechanical device generally used for affixing the corporate seal of the Corporation and all books, papers, records,
documents and instruments belonging to the Corporation, except when some other officer or agent has been appointed for that purpose; and he shall have such other powers and duties as the board may specify.
5.06 |
Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer |
The Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer shall keep proper accounting records in compliance with the Act and shall be responsible
for the deposit of money, the safekeeping of securities and the disbursement of the funds of the Corporation; he shall render to the board whenever required an account of all his transactions as Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer and of the financial
position of the Corporation; and he shall have such other powers and duties as the board may specify. Unless and until the board designates any other officer of the Corporation to be the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, the Treasurer or
Assistant Treasurer shall be the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.
5.07 |
Powers and Duties of Other Officers |
The powers and duties of all other officers shall be such as the terms of their engagement call for or as the board may
specify. Any of the powers and duties of an officer to whom an assistant has been appointed may be exercised and performed by such assistant, unless the board otherwise directs.
5.08 |
Variation of Powers and Duties |
The board may from time to time and subject to the provisions of the Act, vary, add to or limit the powers and duties of any
officer.
The board, in its discretion, may remove any officer of the Corporation, with or without cause, without prejudice to such
officers rights under any employment contract. Otherwise each officer appointed by the board shall hold office until his successor is appointed or until the earlier of his resignation or death.
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5.10 |
Terms of Employment and Remuneration |
The terms of employment and the remuneration of an officer appointed by the board shall be settled by it from time to time.
The fact that any officer or employee is a director or shareholder of the Corporation shall not disqualify him from receiving such remuneration as may be so determined.
5.11 |
Conflict of Interest |
An officer shall disclose his interest in any material contract or transaction or proposed material contract or transaction
with the Corporation in accordance with paragraph 3.18.
5.12 |
Agents and Attorneys |
The board shall have power from time to time to appoint agents or attorneys for the Corporation in or outside Canada with such
powers of management or otherwise (including the powers to subdelegate) as may be thought fit.
The board may require such officers, employees and agents of the Corporation as the board deems advisable to furnish bonds for
the faithful discharge of their powers and duties, in such form and with such surety as the board may from time to time determine but no director shall be liable for failure to require any such bond or for the insufficiency of any such bond or for
any loss by reason of the failure of the Corporation to receive any indemnity thereby provided.
SECTION SIX
PROTECTION OF
DIRECTORS,
OFFICERS AND OTHERS
6.01 |
Submission of Contracts or Transactions to Shareholders for Approval |
The board in its discretion may submit any contract, act or transaction for approval, ratification or confirmation at any
meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of considering the same and any contract, act or transaction that shall be approved, ratified or confirmed by a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast at any such meeting (unless any
different or additional requirement is imposed by the Act or by the Corporations articles or any other by-law) shall be as valid and as binding upon the Corporation and upon all the shareholders as though it had been approved, ratified or
confirmed by every shareholder of the Corporation.
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6.02 |
For the Protection of Directors and Officers |
In supplement of and not by way of limitation upon any rights conferred upon directors by the provisions of the Act, it is
declared that no director shall be disqualified by his office from, or vacate his office by reason of, holding any office or place of profit under the Corporation or under any body corporate in which the Corporation shall be a shareholder or by
reason of being otherwise in any way directly or indirectly interested or contracting with the Corporation either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise or being concerned in any contract or arrangement made or proposed to be entered into with the
Corporation in which he is in any way directly or indirectly interested either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise nor shall any director be liable to account to the Corporation or any of its shareholders or creditors for any profit arising from any
such office or place of profit; and, subject to the provisions of the Act, no contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Corporation in which any director shall be in any way directly or indirectly interested shall be avoided or
voidable and no director shall be liable to account to the Corporation or any of its shareholders or creditors for any profit realized by or from any such contract or arrangement by reason of the fiduciary relationship existing or established
thereby. Subject to the provisions of the Act and to paragraph 3.18, no director shall be obliged to make any declaration of interest or refrain from voting in respect of a contract or proposed contract with the Corporation in which such director is
in any way directly or indirectly interested.
6.03 |
Limitation of Liability |
Except as otherwise provided in the Act, no director or officer for the time being of the Corporation shall be liable for the
acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other director or officer or employee or for joining in any receipt or act for conformity or for any loss, damage or expense happening to the Corporation through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to
any property acquired by the Corporation or for or on behalf of the Corporation or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the moneys of or belonging to the Corporation shall be placed out or invested or for any
loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious act of any persons, firm or corporation including any person, firm or corporation with whom or which any moneys, securities or effects shall be lodged or deposited for any loss,
conversion, misapplication or misappropriation of or any damage resulting from any dealings with any moneys, securities or other assets belonging to the Corporation or for any other loss, damage or misfortune whatever which may happen in the
execution of the duties of his respective office or trust or in relation thereto unless the same shall happen by or through his failure to exercise the powers and to discharge the duties of his office honestly, in good faith and in the best
interests of the Corporation and in connection therewith to exercise the degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. The directors for the time being of the Corporation shall not
be under any duty or responsibility in respect of any contract, act or transaction whether or not made, done or entered into in the name or on behalf of the Corporation, except such as shall have been submitted to and authorized or approved by the
board. If any director or officer of the Corporation shall be employed by or shall perform services for the Corporation otherwise than as a director or officer or shall be a member of a firm or a shareholder, director or
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officer of a company which is employed by or performs services for the Corporation, the fact of his being a director or officer of the Corporation shall not disentitle such director or officer or
such firm or company, as the case may be, from receiving proper remuneration for such services.
Subject to the limitations contained in the Act, the Corporation shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or
officer, or another individual who acts or acted at the Corporations request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to
settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association with the Corporation
or other entity, if
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the individual acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation or, as the case may be, to the best interests
of the other entity for which the individual acted as a director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Corporations request; |
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in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for
believing that the individuals conduct was lawful; and |
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a court or other competent authority has not judged that the individual has committed any fault or omitted to do anything that the individual ought
to have done. |
The Corporation shall also indemnify such person in such other circumstances as the Act permits or
requires. The Corporation may advance monies to a director, officer or other individual for costs, charges and expenses of a proceeding referred to above. The individual shall repay the monies if he or she does not fulfill the conditions set out in
paragraphs (a) and (b) above. Nothing in this by-law shall limit the right of any individual entitled to indemnity to claim indemnity apart from the provisions of this by-law.
The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person referred to in paragraph 6.04 against such
liabilities and in such amounts as the board may from time to time determine and are permitted by the Act.
SECTION SEVEN
SHARES
The board may from time to time allot or grant options to purchase the whole or any part of the authorized and unissued shares
of the Corporation at such times and to such persons and for such consideration as the board shall determine, provided that no share shall be issued until it is fully paid as provided by the Act. Shares may be issued as uncertificated securities or
be represented by share certificates in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Securities Transfer Act.
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The board may from time to time authorize the Corporation to pay a reasonable commission to any person in consideration of his
purchasing or agreeing to purchase shares of the Corporation, whether from the Corporation or from any other person, or procuring or agreeing to procure purchasers for any such shares.
7.03 |
Registration of Transfers |
All transfers of securities of the Corporation shall be made in accordance with the Act and the Securities Transfer
Act. Subject to the provisions of the Act and the Securities Transfer Act, no transfer of shares represented by a security certificate (as defined in the Act) shall be registered in a securities register except upon presentation of the
certificate representing such shares with an endorsement which complies with the Act and the Securities Transfer Act made thereon or delivered therewith duly executed by an appropriate person as provided by the Act and the Securities
Transfer Act, together with such reasonable assurance that the endorsement is genuine and effective as the board may from time to time prescribe, upon payment of all applicable taxes and any fees prescribed by the board, upon compliance with
such restrictions on transfer as are authorized by the articles and upon satisfaction of any lien referred to in paragraph 7.05.
7.04 |
Transfer Agents and Registrars |
The board may from time to time appoint one or more agents to maintain, in respect of each class of securities of the
Corporation issued by it in registered form, a securities register and one or more branch securities registers. Such a person may be designated as transfer agent and registrar according to his functions and one person may be designated both
registrar and transfer agent. The board may at any time terminate such appointment.
7.05 |
Lien for Indebtedness |
The Corporation shall have a lien on any share registered in the name of a shareholder or his legal representatives for a debt
of that shareholder to the Corporation, provided that if the shares of the Corporation are listed on a stock exchange in or outside Canada, the Corporation shall not have such lien. The Corporation may enforce any lien that it has on shares
registered in the name of a shareholder indebted to the Corporation by the sale of the shares thereby affected or by any other action, suit, remedy or proceeding authorized or permitted by law and, pending such enforcement, the Corporation may
refuse to register a transfer of the whole or any part of such shares.
7.06 |
Non-recognition of Trusts |
Subject to the provisions of the Act and the Securities Transfer Act, the Corporation may treat as absolute owner of
any share the person in whose name the share is registered in the securities register as if that person had full legal capacity and authority to exercise all rights of ownership, irrespective of any indication to the contrary through knowledge or
notice or description in the Corporations records or on the share certificate.
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7.07 |
Share Certificates and Written Evidence of Ownership |
Every holder of one or more shares of the Corporation that are certificated securities under the Act shall be entitled, at his
option, to a share certificate, or to a non-transferable written acknowledgement of his right to obtain a share certificate, stating the number and class or series of shares held by him as shown on the securities register. Share certificates and
acknowledgements of a shareholders right to a share certificate, respectively, shall be in such form as the board shall from time to time approve. Any share certificate shall be signed in accordance with paragraph 2.03 and need not be under
the corporate seal; provided that, unless the board otherwise determines, certificates representing shares in respect of which a transfer agent and/or registrar has been appointed shall not be valid unless countersigned by or on behalf of such
transfer agent and/or registrar. The signature of one of the signing officers or, in the case of share certificates which are not valid unless countersigned by or on behalf of a transfer agent and/or registrar, the signatures of both signing
officers, may be printed or mechanically reproduced in facsimile upon share certificates and every such facsimile signature shall for all purposes be deemed to be the signature of the officer whose signature it reproduces and shall be binding upon
the Corporation. A share certificate executed as aforesaid shall be valid notwithstanding that one or both of the officers whose facsimile signature appears thereon no longer holds office at the date of issue of the certificate. Holders of
uncertificated securities of the Corporation shall be entitled to receive a written notice or other documentation as provided by the Act.
7.08 |
Replacement of Share Certificates |
The board or any officer or agent designated by the board may in its or his discretion direct the issue of a new share
certificate in lieu of and upon cancellation of a share certificate that has been mutilated or in substitution for a share certificate claimed to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken on payment of such fee, not exceeding $3.00, and on such
terms as to indemnity, reimbursement of expenses and evidence of loss and of title as the board may from time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any particular case.
If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, the Corporation shall not be bound to issue more than one
certificate in respect thereof, and delivery of such certificate to one of such persons shall be sufficient delivery to all of them. Any one of such persons may give effectual receipts for the certificate issued in respect thereof or for any
dividend, bonus, return of capital or other money payable or warrant issuable in respect of such shares.
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7.10 |
Deceased Shareholders |
In the event of the death of a holder, or of one of the joint holders, of any share, the Corporation shall not be required to
make any entry in the securities register in respect thereof or to make payment of any dividends thereon except upon production of all such documents as may be required by law and upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Corporation
and its transfer agents.
SECTION EIGHT
DIVIDENDS AND RIGHTS
Subject to the provisions of the Act, the board may from time to time declare dividends payable to the shareholders according
to their respective rights and interest in the Corporation. Dividends may be paid in money or property or by issuing fully paid shares of the Corporation.
A dividend payable in cash shall be paid either electronically by direct deposit or by cheque drawn on the Corporations
bankers or one of them to the order of each registered holder of shares of the class or series in respect of which it has been declared and, if paid by cheque, mailed by prepaid ordinary mail to such registered holder at his recorded address, unless
such holder otherwise directs. In the case of joint holders any cheque issued shall, unless such joint holders otherwise direct, be made payable to the order of all of such joint holders and mailed to them at their recorded address. The mailing of
such cheque as aforesaid, unless the same is not paid on due presentation, shall satisfy and discharge the liability for the dividend to the extent of the sum represented thereby plus the amount of any tax which the Corporation is required to and
does withhold.
8.03 |
Non-receipt of Cheques |
In the event of non-receipt of any dividend cheque by the person to whom it is sent as aforesaid, the Corporation shall issue
to such person a replacement cheque for a like amount on such terms as to indemnity, reimbursement of expenses and evidence of non-receipt and of title as the board may from time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any particular case.
8.04 |
Record Date for Dividends and Rights |
The board may fix in advance a date, preceding by not more than 50 days the date for the payment of any dividend or the date
for the issue of any warrant or other evidence of the right to subscribe for securities of the Corporation, as a record date for the determination of the persons entitled to receive payment of such dividend or to exercise the right to subscribe for
such securities, and notice of any such record date shall be given not less than seven days before such record date in the manner provided by the Act. If no record date is so fixed, the record date for the determination of the persons entitled to
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receive payment of any dividend or to exercise the right to subscribe for securities of the Corporation shall be at the close of business on the day on which the resolution relating to such
dividend or right to subscribe is passed by the board.
Any dividend unclaimed after a period of six years from the date on which the same has been declared to be payable shall be
forfeited and shall revert to the Corporation.
SECTION NINE
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at such time in each year as the board, the Chairman of the Board (if any) or
the President may from time to time determine, in any event no later than the earlier of (i) six (6) months after the end of each of the Corporations financial years, and (ii) fifteen (15) months after the
Corporations last annual meeting of shareholders, for the purpose of considering the financial statements and reports required by the Act to be placed before the annual meeting, electing directors, appointing an auditor and for the transaction
of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
The board, the Chairman of the Board (if any) or the President shall have the power to call a special meeting of shareholders
at any time.
Subject to the Corporations articles, a meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place in or
outside of Ontario as the board may determine or, in the absence of such a determination, at the place where the registered office of the Corporation is located. If the Corporation makes available a telephonic, electronic or other communication
facility that permits all participants of a shareholders meeting to communicate adequately with each other during the meeting and otherwise complies with the Act, any person entitled to attend such meeting may participate by means of such
communication facility in the manner prescribed by the Act, and any person participating in the meeting by such means is deemed to be present at the meeting.
Notice of the time and place of each meeting of shareholders shall be given in the manner provided in paragraph 11.01 not less
than 21 days nor more than 50 days before the date of the meeting to each director, to the auditor and to each shareholder who at the close of business on the record date for notice is entered in the securities register as the holder of one or more
shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting. Notice of a meeting of shareholders called for any purpose other than consideration of the financial
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statements and auditors report, election of directors and reappointment of the incumbent auditor shall state or be accompanied by a statement of the nature of such business in sufficient
detail to permit the shareholder to form a reasoned judgment thereon and the text of any special resolution or by-law to be submitted to the meeting. A shareholder and any other person entitled to attend a meeting of shareholders may in any manner
waive notice of or otherwise consent to a meeting of shareholders.
9.05 |
List of Shareholders Entitled to Notice |
For every meeting of shareholders, the Corporation shall prepare a list of shareholders entitled to receive notice of the
meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the number of shares held by each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting. If a record date for the meeting is fixed pursuant to paragraph 9.06, the list of shareholders entitled to receive
notice of the meeting shall be prepared not later than ten (10) days after such record date. If no record date is fixed, the list of shareholders entitled to receive notice of the meeting shall be prepared as of the close of business on the day
immediately preceding the day on which notice of the meeting is given, or where no such notice is given, on the day on which the meeting is held. The list shall be available for examination by any shareholder during usual business hours at the
registered office of the Corporation or at the place where the central securities register is maintained and at the meeting of shareholders for which the list was prepared.
9.06 |
Record Date for Notice |
The board may fix in advance a date, preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders by not more than 60 days and not less
than 21 days (or pursuant to the time limitations as may be prescribed by the Act from time to time), as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the meeting, provided that notice of any such record date
shall be given not less than seven days before such record date by newspaper advertisement in the manner provided in the Act and, if any shares of the Corporation are listed for trading on a stock exchange in Canada, by written notice to each such
stock exchange. If no record date is so fixed, the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the meeting shall be at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which the notice is
given or, if no notice is given, the day on which the meeting is held.
9.07 |
Meetings Held by Electronic Means |
If the directors or shareholders of the Corporation call a meeting of shareholders pursuant to the Act, the directors may
determine that the meeting shall be held, in accordance with the Act, entirely by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communications facility that permits all participants to communicate adequately with each other during the meeting.
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9.08 |
Meetings without Notice |
A meeting of shareholders may be held without notice at any time and place permitted by the Act
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if all the shareholders entitled to vote thereat are present in person or represented by proxy waive notice of or otherwise consent to such meeting
being held, and |
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if the auditor and the directors are present or waive notice of or otherwise consent to such meeting being held, so long as such shareholders,
auditor and directors present are not attending for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called. At such a meeting any business may be transacted which the Corporation at
a meeting of shareholders may transact. If the meeting is held at a place outside Canada, shareholders not present or represented by proxy, but who have waived notice of or otherwise consented to such meeting, shall also be deemed to have consented
to the meeting being held at such place. |
9.09 |
Chairman, Corporate Secretary and Scrutineers |
The Chairman of the Board or any other director or officer of the Corporation, as determined by the board, may act as chairman
of any meeting of shareholders. If no such director or officer is present within 15 minutes from the time fixed for holding the meeting, the persons present and entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to be chairman. If the Corporate
Secretary or Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Corporation is absent, the chairman shall appoint some person, who need not be a shareholder, to act as secretary of the meeting. If desired, one or more scrutineers, who need not be shareholders,
may be appointed by a resolution or by the chairman with the consent of the meeting.
9.10 |
Persons Entitled to be Present |
The only persons entitled to be present at a meeting of shareholders shall be those entitled to vote thereat, the directors
and the auditor of the Corporation and others who, although not entitled to vote are entitled or required under any provision of the Act or the articles or the by-laws to be present at the meeting. Any other person may be admitted only on the
invitation of the chairman of the meeting or with the consent of the meeting.
A quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of shareholders shall be two (2) persons present in person, each
being a shareholder entitled to vote thereat or a duly appointed proxy or proxyholder for an absent shareholder so entitled, holding or representing in the aggregate not less than 33 1/3% of the issued shares of the Corporation enjoying voting
rights at such meeting.
The persons entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall be the persons entitled to vote in accordance with the Act.
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Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders may appoint a proxyholder, or one or more alternate
proxyholders, who need not be shareholders, to attend and act at the meeting in the manner and to the extent authorized and with the authority conferred by the proxy. A proxy shall be in writing executed by the shareholder or his attorney authorized
in writing (or by electronic signature) and shall conform with the requirements of the Act.
9.14 |
Time for Deposit of Proxies |
The board may by resolution specify in a notice calling a meeting of shareholders a time, preceding the time of such meeting
or an adjournment thereof by not more than 48 hours exclusive of any part of a non-business day, before which time proxies to be used at such meeting must be deposited. A proxy shall be acted upon only if, prior to the time so specified, it shall
have been deposited with the Corporation or an agent thereof specified in such notice or, if no such time is specified in such notice, only if it has been received by the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation or by the chairman of the meeting or
any adjournment thereof prior to the time of voting.
If two or more persons hold shares jointly, any one of them present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of
shareholders may, in the absence of the other or others, vote the shares; but if two or more of those persons are present in person or represented by proxy and vote, they shall vote as one the shares jointly held by them.
At any meeting of shareholders every question shall, unless otherwise required by the articles or by-laws or by law, be
determined by a majority of the votes cast on the question. In case of an equality of votes either upon a show of hands or upon a poll, the chairman of the meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.
Subject to the provisions of the Act, any question at a meeting of shareholders shall be decided by a show of hands, which may
include such other indication of a vote made by means of the telephonic, electronic or other communication facility, if any, made available by the Corporation for that purpose, unless a ballot thereon is required or demanded as hereinafter provided.
Upon a show of hands, every person who is present, in person or by means of the telephonic, electronic or other communications facility, if any that the Corporation has made available for such purpose, and entitled to vote shall have one vote.
Whenever a vote by show of hands shall have been taken upon a question, unless a ballot thereon is so required or demanded, a declaration by the chairman of the meeting that the vote upon the question has been carried or carried by a particular
majority or not carried and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting shall be sufficient evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against any resolution or other proceeding in
respect of the said question, and the result of the vote so taken shall be the decision of the shareholders upon the said
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question. For the purpose of this section, if at any meeting the Corporation has made available to shareholders the means to vote electronically, any vote made electronically shall be included in
tallying any votes by show of hands.
On any question proposed for consideration at a meeting of shareholders, and whether or not a vote by show of hands has been
taken thereon, any shareholder or proxyholder entitled to vote at the meeting may require or demand a ballot. A ballot so required or demanded shall be taken in such manner as the chairman shall direct. A requirement or demand for a ballot may be
withdrawn at any time prior to the taking of the ballot. If a ballot is taken each person present shall be entitled, in respect of the shares which he is entitled to vote at the meeting upon the question, to that number of votes provided by the Act
or the articles, and the result of the ballot so taken shall be the decision of the shareholders upon the said question.
The chairman at the meeting of shareholders may with the consent of the meeting and subject to such conditions as the meeting
may decide, or where otherwise permitted under the provisions of the Act, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place. If a meeting of shareholders is adjourned for less than 30 days, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the
adjourned meeting, other than by announcement at the earliest meeting that is adjourned. If a meeting of shareholders is adjourned by one or more adjournments for an aggregate of 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as for
an original meeting.
9.20 |
Resolution in Writing |
A resolution in writing signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of shareholders is as
valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the shareholders unless a written statement with respect to the subject matter of the resolution is submitted by a director or the auditor in accordance with the Act.
SECTION TEN
DIVISIONS AND
DEPARTMENTS
10.01 |
Creation and Consolidation of Divisions |
The board may cause the business and operations of the Corporation or any part thereof to be divided or to be segregated into
one or more subsidiaries, partnerships or other legal entities upon such basis, including without limitation, character or type of operation, geographical territory, product manufactured or service rendered, as the board may consider appropriate in
each case. The board may also cause the business and operations of any such subsidiary, partnership or other legal entity to be further divided into subsidiaries, partnerships or other legal entities and the business and operations of any such
subsidiaries, partnerships or other legal entities to be consolidated upon such basis as the board may consider appropriate in each case.
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Any division or its sub-units may be designated by such name as the board may from time to time determine and may transact
business under such name, provided that the Corporation shall set out its name in legible characters in all contracts, invoices, negotiable instruments and orders for goods or services issued or made by or on behalf of the Corporation.
10.03 |
Officers of Division |
From time to time the board or, if authorized by the board, the President and/or Chief Executive Officer, may appoint one or
more officers for any division, prescribe their powers and duties and settle their terms of employment and remuneration. The board or, if authorized by the board, the President and/or Chief Executive Officer, may remove at its or his pleasure any
officer so appointed, without prejudice to such officers rights under any employment contract. Officers of divisions or their sub-units shall not, as such, be officers of the Corporation.
SECTION ELEVEN
NOTICES
11.01 |
Method of Giving Notices |
Unless the Act, the regulations thereunder, the articles or the by-laws provide otherwise, any notice (which term includes without limitation
any statement, report, record, communication, document or other information) to be given (which term includes without limitation sent, delivered, served or any other word of similar import) pursuant to the Act, the regulations thereunder, the
articles or the by-laws to any person may be sent by any one of the following methods:
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delivery at the address recorded by the Corporation for that person, addressed to the person as follows: |
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in the case of a shareholder, at the shareholders recorded address (whether with the Corporation or its transfer agent);
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in the case of a director or officer, the address as shown on the register of directors and officers or such other delivery address provided by the
recipient for the sending of such notice; |
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to any other person, the delivery address of the recipient; |
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(b) |
mail addressed by prepaid mail to the person at the applicable address for that person, addressed to the person as follows: |
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in the case of a shareholder, at the shareholders recorded address (whether with the Corporation or its transfer agent);
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in the case of a director or office, the address as shown on the register of directors and officers or such other mailing address provided by the
recipient for the sending of such notice; |
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to any other person, the mailing address of the recipient; |
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sending the notice by facsimile to the facsimile (fax) number provided by the intended recipient for the sending of that notice;
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sending the notice by email to the email address provided by the intended recipient for the sending of that notice; |
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sending the notice by any other electronic document (as defined in paragraph 11.11 of this by-law); or |
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making the notice available for public electronic access in accordance with the procedures referred to as notice-and-access under
National Instrument 54-101 and National Instrument 51-102, as applicable, of the Canadian Securities Administrators, or in accordance with any similar electronic delivery or access method permitted by applicable securities legislation from time to
time. |
A notice given under this section shall be deemed to have been received as follows:
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in the case of delivery, as of the date of personal delivery of the notice; |
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(h) |
in the case of mailing, as of the fifth day after deposit of the notice for mailing; |
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(i) |
in the case of facsimile, as of the day such notice was sent by facsimile (fax); |
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(j) |
in the case of email, as of the date such notice was sent by email; |
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(k) |
in the case of any other form of electronic, optical or other similar means of delivery, as of the date such notice was sent by such means; and
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in the case of notice-and-access, on the date such notice was made available for public electronic access. |
The Corporate Secretary may change or cause to be changed the recorded address of any person for the purposes of this section in accordance
with any information believed by the Corporate Secretary to be reliable.
11.02 |
Signature to Notices |
The signature of any director or officer of the Corporation to any notice to be given by the Corporation may be written,
stamped, typewritten or printed, partly written, stamped, typewritten or printed or in such electronic, optical or other similar form as may be prescribed, approved, adopted or provided by any officer or director.
With respect to every notice sent by post it is sufficient to prove that the envelope or wrapper containing the notice or
other document was properly addressed as provided in this by-law and put into a post office or into a letter box. With respect to every notice or other document sent as an electronic document it is sufficient to prove that the electronic document
was properly addressed to the designated information system as provided in this by-law and sent by electronic means. A certificate of the Chairman of the Board (if any), the President, an Executive Vice-President, a Senior Vice-President, a
Vice-President, the Corporate Secretary, the Assistant Corporate Secretary, the Treasurer or the Assistant Treasurer or of any other officer of the Corporation in office at the time of the making of the certificate or of a transfer officer of any
transfer agent or branch transfer agent of shares of any class of the Corporation as to the facts in relation to the mailing or
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delivery of any notice or other document to any shareholder, director, officer or auditor or publication of any notice or other document shall be conclusive evidence thereof and shall be binding
on every shareholder, director, officer or auditor of the Corporation as the case may be.
11.04 |
Notice to Joint Shareholders |
All notices with respect to shares registered in more than one name shall, if more than one address appears on the records of
the Corporation in respect of such joint holdings, be given to all of such joint shareholders at the first address so appearing, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to the holders of such shares.
11.05 |
Computation of Time |
In computing the date when notice must be given under any provision requiring a specified number of days notice of any meeting
or other event both the date of giving the notice and the date of the meeting or other event shall be excluded.
11.06 |
Undelivered Notices |
If any notice given to a shareholder pursuant to paragraph 11.01 is returned on three consecutive occasions because he cannot
be found, the Corporation shall not be required to give any further notices to such shareholder until he informs the Corporation in writing of his new address.
11.07 |
Omissions and Errors |
The accidental omission to give any notice to any shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the
board or the non-receipt of any notice by any such person or any error in any notice not affecting the substance thereof shall not invalidate any action taken at any meeting held pursuant to such notice or otherwise found thereon.
11.08 |
Deceased Shareholders |
Any notice or other document delivered or sent by post or left at the address of any shareholder as the same appears in the
records of the Corporation shall, notwithstanding that such shareholder be then deceased, and whether or not the Corporation has notice of his decease, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of the shares held by such shareholder (whether
held solely or with any person or persons) until some other person be entered in his stead in the records of the Corporation as the holder or one of the holders thereof and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such
notice or document on his heirs, executors or administrators and on all persons, if any, interested with him in such shares.
11.09 |
Persons Entitled by Death or Operation of Law |
Every person who, by operation of law, transfer, death of a shareholder or any other means whatsoever, shall become entitled
to any share, shall be bound by every
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notice in respect of such share which shall have been duly given to the shareholder from whom he derives his title to such share prior to his name and address being entered on the securities
register (whether such notice was given before or after the happening of the event upon which he became so entitled) and prior to his furnishing to the Corporation the proof of authority or evidence of his entitlement prescribed by the Act.
Any shareholder (or his duly appointed proxyholder), director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board may at
any time waive any notice, or waive or abridge the time for any notice, required to be given to him under any provision of the Act, the regulations thereunder, the articles, the by-laws or otherwise and such waiver or abridgement, whether given
before or after the meeting or other event of which notice is required to be given shall cure any default in the giving or in the time of such notice, as the case may be. Any such waiver or abridgement shall be in writing except a waiver of notice
of a meeting of shareholders or of the board or of a committee of the board which may be given in any manner.
11.11 |
Creation and Provision of Information |
Unless the Corporations articles provide otherwise, and subject to and in accordance with the Act, the Corporation may
satisfy any requirement of the Act to create or provide a notice, document or other information to any person by the creation or provision of an electronic document. Except as provided in the Act, electronic document means any form of
representation of information or of concepts fixed in any medium in or by electronic, optical or other similar means that can be read or perceived by a person by any means.
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SECTION TWELVE
EFFECTIVE DATE
This by-law shall come into force upon being passed by the board.
SECTION THIRTEEN
REPEAL
Upon this by-law coming into force, by-law number 4 of the Corporation shall be repealed, provided that such repeal shall not
affect the previous operation of such by-law number 4 so repealed or affect the validity of any act done or right, privilege, obligation, acquired or incurred, or the validity of any contract or agreement made pursuant to such by-law number 4 prior
to its repeal. All resolutions of the shareholders and of the board with continuing effect passed under such repealed by-law number 4 shall continue to be good and valid except to the extent that such resolutions are inconsistent with this by-law.
ENACTED this 30th day of April, 2015.
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Charles A. Jeannes |
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Anna M. Tudela |
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President Charles A. Jeannes |
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Corporate Secretary Anna M. Tudela |
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Exhibit 99.3
Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
of
GOLDCORP INC.
(the Company)
April 30, 2015
REPORT OF VOTING RESULTS
National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations
Section 11.3
Matters Voted Upon
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Votes By Ballot |
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Outcome of Vote |
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Votes For |
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Votes Withheld |
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1. |
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The election of the following directors: |
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(i) |
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John P. Bell |
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Carried |
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497,498,290 |
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2,755,884 |
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(99.45 |
%) |
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(0.55 |
%) |
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(ii) |
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Beverley A. Briscoe |
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Carried |
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498,427,148 |
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1,827,026 |
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(99.63 |
%) |
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(0.37 |
%) |
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(iii) |
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Peter J. Dey |
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Carried |
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495,529,724 |
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4,724,450 |
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(99.06 |
%) |
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(0.94 |
%) |
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(iv) |
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Douglas M. Holtby |
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Carried |
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497,157,038 |
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3,097,136 |
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(99.38 |
%) |
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(0.62 |
%) |
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(v) |
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Charles A. Jeannes |
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Carried |
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498,627,946 |
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1,626,228 |
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(99.67 |
%) |
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(0.33 |
%) |
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(vi) |
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Clement A. Pelletier |
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Carried |
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498,102,362 |
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2,151,812 |
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(99.57 |
%) |
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(0.43 |
%) |
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(vii) |
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P. Randy Reifel |
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Carried |
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491,075,655 |
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9,178,519 |
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(98.17 |
%) |
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(1.83 |
%) |
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(viii) |
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Ian W. Telfer |
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Carried |
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493,194,272 |
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7,059,902 |
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(98.59 |
%) |
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(1.41 |
%) |
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(ix) |
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Blanca Treviño |
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Carried |
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497,432,457 |
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2,821,717 |
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(99.44 |
%) |
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(0.56 |
%) |
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(x) |
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Kenneth F. Williamson |
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Carried |
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497,156,700 |
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3,097,474 |
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(99.38 |
%) |
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(0.62 |
%) |
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Votes by Proxy |
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Outcome of Vote |
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Votes For |
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Votes Withheld |
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2. |
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Appointment of Deloitte LLP, Chartered Accountants, as auditors of the Company and authorizing the directors to
fix their remuneration |
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Carried |
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549,784,730 |
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4,278,867 |
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(99.23 |
%) |
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(0.77 |
%) |
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Votes by Proxy |
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Outcome of Vote |
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Votes For |
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Votes Against |
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3. |
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Approve the repeal of By-Law No. 3 and By-Law No. 4 of the Company, to be replaced in their entirety
by Amended By-Law No. 4 |
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Carried |
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487,586,810 |
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11,307,807 |
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(97.73 |
%) |
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(2.27 |
%) |
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|
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|
|
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|
Votes by Proxy |
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|
Outcome of Vote |
|
Votes For |
|
|
Votes Against |
|
4. |
|
Approve certain amendments to the restricted share unit plan of the Company |
|
Carried |
|
|
483,576,716 |
|
|
|
15,317,842 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(96.93 |
%) |
|
|
(3.07 |
%) |
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|
Votes by Ballot |
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Outcome of Vote |
|
Votes For |
|
|
Votes Against |
|
5. |
|
Approve a non-binding advisory resolution accepting the Companys
approach to executive compensation |
|
Carried |
|
|
446,291,206 |
|
|
|
53,962,080 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(89.21 |
%) |
|
|
(10.79 |
%) |
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