UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Event: December 21, 2012
LIBERTY SILVER CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada |
333-150028 |
32-0196442 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
181 Bay Street, Suite 2330 Brookfield Place, P.O. Box 848 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2T3 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Office) |
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: 888-749-4916
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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ITEM 5.03 AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation
On December 28, 2012, the Registrant amended its Articles of Incorporation by filing Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase the total number of authorized shares from 200,000,000 shares to 510,000,000 shares including 300,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value common stock and 10,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value preferred stock. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation authorize the Registrants board of directors to designate from time to time one or more classes or one or more series of preferred stock within any class, and to prescribe the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of the shares of each such series of preferred stock, without requiring a vote of the shareholders.
A copy of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.5.
Amendment to Bylaws
On November 27, 2012, the board of directors approved the adoption of a new form of December 21, 2012, the Registrant adopted a new form of Amended and Restated Bylaws that supercede and replace the Companys previous bylaws. The amendments approved by the directors are set forth in a new Section 2.5 inserted in the bylaws, and, among other things, require advance notice to the Company in circumstances where nominations of persons for election to the board are made by shareholders other than pursuant to: (a) a requisition of a meeting made pursuant to the provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes, or (b) a shareholder proposal made pursuant to the provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes. On December 21, 2012, the shareholders ratified the adoption of the new form of Amended and Restated Bylaws.
A copy of the new form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.6.
ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
On December 21, 2012, the Company held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. There were 44,401,319 shares represented in person or proxy at the meeting, constituting approximately 53% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares. Accordingly, a quorum was present at the meeting as required by the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
At the meeting, the stockholders: (i) elected all of the Companys nominated directors, (ii) approved and ratified the appointment of Morrill & Associates, LLC, as the Companys independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, (iii) ratified adoption of Amended and Restated Bylaws that replace and supersede the Companys previous Bylaws, which Amended and Restated Bylaws enable the Company to comply with the listing requirements of the Toronto Stock Exchange, (iv) approved adoption of a new form of Amended and Restated Bylaws that replace and supersede the Companys previous bylaws, which New Amended and Restated Bylaws set forth procedures for nominations of directors including an advance notice requirement applicable in certain circumstances to nominations of directors by shareholders, (v) ratified adoption of the Companys rolling stock option plan, (vi) approved an amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation to increase the Companys authorized share capital from 200,000,000 common shares to 500,000,000 common shares with the same par value of $0.001 per common share, and (vii) approved an amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation to authorize 10,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share and to provide the board of directors of the Company with authorization to prescribe the series and the number of shares of each series of preferred stock to be issued, as well as the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of the shares of each such series of preferred stock.
The final voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the meeting are as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
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The following five individuals were elected to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve as directors until the
2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified:
Nominees |
Votes Cast For |
Votes Cast Against |
Abstentions |
Not Voted |
R. Geoffrey Browne |
42,225,374 |
0 |
12,190 |
2,163,755 |
John Pulos |
42,193,374 |
0 |
44,190 |
2,163,755 |
Timothy Unwin |
42,224,374 |
0 |
13,190 |
2,163,755 |
George Kent |
42,224,374 |
0 |
13,190 |
2,163,755 |
W. Thomas Hodgson |
42,224,374 |
0 |
13.190 |
2,163,755 |
Proposal 2: Approval and Ratification of the Appointment of Morrill & Associates, LLC Co. as the Companys Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The appointment of Morrill & Associates, LLC, as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, was approved and ratified. There were 44,361,210 votes for the appointment, 5,158 votes withheld and 34,951 shares not voted.
Proposal 3: Ratification of Adoption of New Form of Bylaws in Order to Comply With Listing Requirements of the Toronto Stock Exchange
At the time of listing of the Common Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), the TSX required that the Company adopt a new set of bylaws to align the provisions more closely with those of the Canada Business Corporations Act , and submit such bylaws to the Shareholders for ratification. The board of directors considered and approved Amended and Restated Bylaws on December 14, 2011, and the adoption of such Amended and Restated Bylaws was approved and ratified. There were 44,307,863 votes cast in favor of ratification, 29,355 votes cast against ratification and 64,101 shares not voted.
Proposal 4: Ratification of Adoption of New Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws to Include Procedures for Nominations of Directors, Including an Advance Notice Requirement Applicable in Certain Circumstances to Nominations of Directors by Shareholders
On November 27, 2012, the Board approved certain amendments to the Amended and Restated Bylaws to, among other things, require advance notice to the Company in circumstances where nominations of persons for election to the Board are made by Shareholders other than pursuant to: (a) a requisition of a meeting made pursuant to the provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes, or (b) a shareholder proposal made pursuant to the provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes. The shareholders ratified adoption of a new form of Amended and Restated Bylaws. There were 42,181,264 votes cast in favor of ratification, 39,300 votes cast against ratification, and 2,180,755 shares not voted.
Proposal 5: Ratification of Adoption of Rolling Stock Option Plan
The Company adopted an incentive stock option plan dated April 19, 2011 (the Plan), which is the Companys only equity compensation plan. The Plan is a 10% rolling plan under which the maximum number of common shares of the issuable is set at 10% of the number of total number of common stock issued and outstanding from time to time, subject to any limitations imposed by applicable regulations, laws, rules and policies. The shareholders ratified adoption of the Plan. There were 42,120,974 votes cast in favor of ratification, 88,040 votes cast against ratification, and 2,192,305 shares not voted.
Proposal 6: Amendment of the Companys Articles of Incorporation to Increase the Authorized Common Stock from 200,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares
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An amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 200,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value common stock to 300,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value common stock was approved. There were 44,164,727 votes cast in favor of the amendment, 191,122 votes cast against the amendment, and 45,470 shares not voted.
Proposal 7: Amendment of the Companys Articles of Incorporation to Authorize 10,000,000 Shares of Blank Check Preferred Stock
An amendment to the Companys Articles of Incorporation to authorize 10,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share and to provide the board of directors of the Company with authorization to prescribe the series and the number of shares of each series of preferred stock to be issued, as well as the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of the shares of each such series, was approved. There were 42,096,824 shares voted in favor of the amendment, 134,240 shares voted against the amendment, and 2,170,255 shares not voted.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
d) The following exhibits are filed herewith:
3.5
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Liberty Silver Corp,
3.6
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Liberty Silver Corp., dated December 21, 2012.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
LIBERTY SILVER CORP.
By: /s/ Manish Z. Kshatriya
Executive VP & CFO
Date: December 28, 2012
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ROSS MILLER Secretary of State 204 North Carson Street, Ste-1 Carson City, Nevada 89701-4299 (775) 684-5708 Website: secretaryofstate.biz |
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Certificate to Accompany Restated Articles or Amended and Restated Articles (PURSUANT TO NRS) |
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USE BLACK INK ONLY-DO NOT HIGHLIGHT ABOVE SPACE FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
This Form is to Accompany Restated Articles or Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
(Pursuant to NRS 78.403, 82.371, 86.221, 87A, 88.355 or 88A.250)
(This form is also to be used to accompany Restated Articles or Amended and Restated Articles for Limited-Liability
Companies, Certificates of Limited Partnership, Limited-Liability Limited Partnerships and Business Trusts)
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Name of Nevada entity as last recorded in this office :
Liberty Silver Corp. |
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The articles are: (mark only one box) n Restated □ Amended and Restated
Please entitle your attached articles "Restated" or "Amended and Restated," accordingly
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Indicate what changes have been made by checking the appropriate box: *
□ No amendments; articles are restated only and are signed by an officer of the corporation who has been authorized to execute the certificate by resolution of the board of directors adopted on: _____________
The certificate correctly sets forth the text of the articles or certificate as amended to the date of the certificate.
□ The entity name has been amended.
□ The registered agent has been changed. (attach Certificate of Acceptance from new registered agent).
□ The purpose of the entity has been amended.
n The authorized shares have been amended.
n The directors, managers or general partners have been amended.
□ IRS tax language has been added.
□ Articles have been added.
□ Articles have been deleted.
n Other. The articles or certificate have been amended as follows: (provide article numbers, if available)
Article Second: Address of registered office of corporation in Nevada has changed. Article Eighth: Registered Agent has merged with another service company and changed its name. New name and address are included. |
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* This form is to accompany Restated Articles or Amended and Restated Articles which contain newly altered or amended articles. The Restated Articles must contain all of the requirements as set forth in the statutes for amending or altering the articles for certificates.
IMPORTANT: Failure to include any of the above information and submit with the proper fees may cause this filing to be rejected
This form must be accompanied by appropriate fees. |
Nevada Secretary of State Restated Articles |
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Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation
of
Liberty Silver Corp.
First. The name of the corporation is Liberty Silver Corp.
Second. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Nevada is located at 311 W Third Street
Carson City NV 89703. The corporation may maintain an office, or offices, in such other places within or without the State of Nevada as may be from time to time designated by the Board of Directors or the By-Laws of the corporation. The corporation may conduct all corporation business of every kind and nature outside the State of Nevada as well as within the State of Nevada.
Third. The objects for which this corporation is formed are to engage in any lawful activity, including, but not limited to the following:
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Shall have such rights, privileges and powers as may be conferred upon corporations by any existing law. |
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May at any time exercise such rights, privileges and powers, when not inconsistent with the purposes and objects for which this corporation is organized. |
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Shall have power to have succession by its corporate name for the period limited in its certificate or articles of incorporation, and when no period is limited, perpetually, or until dissolved and its affairs wound up according to law. |
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Shall have power to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity. |
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Shall have power to make contracts. |
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Shall have power to hold, purchase and convey real and personal estate and to mortgage or lease any such real and personal estate with its franchises. The power to hold real and personal estate shall include the power to take the same by devise or bequest in the State of Nevada, or in any other state, territory or country. |
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Shall have power to appoint such officers and agents as the affairs of the corporation shall require, and to allow them suitable compensation. |
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Shall have power to make By-Laws not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United States, or of the State of Nevada, for the management, regulation and government of its affairs and property, the transfer of its stock, the transaction of its business, and the calling and holding of meetings of its stockholders. |
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Shall have power to wind up and dissolve itself, or be wound up or dissolved. |
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Shall have power to adopt and use a common seal or stamp, and alter the same at pleasure. The use of a seal or stamp by the corporation on any corporate documents is not necessary. The corporation may use a seal or stamp, if it desires, but such use or nonuse shall not in any way affect the legality of the document. |
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Shall have the power to borrow money and contract debts when Necessary for the transaction of its business, or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchises, or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to issue bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange, debentures, and other obligations and evidences of indebtedness, payable at a specified time or times, or payable upon the happening of a specified event or events, whether secured by mortgage, pledge or otherwise, or unsecured, for money borrowed, or in payment for property purchased, or acquired, or for any other lawful object. |
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Shall have power to guarantee, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares of the capital stock of, or any bonds, securities or evidences of the indebtedness created by, any other corporation or corporations of the State of Nevada, or any other state or government, and, while owners of such stock, bonds, securities or evidences of indebtedness, to exercise all rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote, if any. |
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Shall have power to purchase, hold, sell and transfer shares of its own capital stock, and use therefore its capital, capital surplus, surplus, or other property to fund. |
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Shall have power to conduct business, have one or more offices, and conduct any legal activity in the State of Nevada, and in any of the several states, territories, possessions and dependencies of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any foreign countries, |
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Shall have power to do all and everything necessary and proper for the accomplishment of the objects enumerated in its certificate or articles of incorporation, or any amendment thereof, or necessary or incidental to the protection and benefit of the corporation, and, in general, to carry on any lawful business necessary or incidental to the attainment of the objects of the corporation, whether or not such business is similar in nature to the objects set forth in the certificate or articles of incorporation of the corporation, or any amendments thereof. |
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Shall have power to make donations for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific or educational purposes. |
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Shall have power to enter into partnerships, general or limited, or joint ventures, in connection with any lawful activities, as may be allowed by law. |
Fourth: The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is: Three Hundred Ten Million (310,000,000). These shares shall be divided into two classes with 300,000,000 shares designated as common stock at $0.001 par value (the Common Stock) and 10,000,000 shares designated as preferred stock at $.001 par value (the Preferred Stock).
The Preferred Stock of the Corporation shall be issued by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in one or more classes or one or more series within any class and such classes or series shall have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences, limitations or restrictions as the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine, from time to time.
Holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share held at all stockholders' meetings for all purposes, including the election of directors. The Common Stock does not have cumulative voting rights.
No holder of shares of stock of any class shall be entitled as a matter of right to subscribe for or purchase or receive any part of any new or additional issue of shares of stock of any class, or of securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, whether now hereafter authorized or whether issued for money, for consideration other than money, or by way of dividend .
Fifth. The governing board of the corporation shall be known as directors, and the number of directors may from time to time be increased or decreased in such manner as shall be provided by the ByLaws of this corporation, providing that the number of directors shall not be reduced to fewer than one (1).
The Board of Directors shall be five (5) in number and the name and post office address of the Director shall be listed as follows:
Name: JOHN PULOS
Address: 311 W Third Street, Carson City NV 89703
Name: TIM UNWIN
Address: 311 W Third Street, Carson City NV 89703
Name: W. TOM HODGSON
Address: 311 W Third Street, Carson City NV 89703
Name: GEORGE KENT
Address: 311 W Third Street, Carson City NV 89703
Name: R.GEOFFREY BROWNE
Address: 311 W Third Street, Carson City NV 89703
Sixth. The capital stock, after the amount of the subscription price, or par value, has been paid in, shall not be subject to assessment to pay the debts of the corporation.
Seventh. The Resident Agent for this corporation shall be Nevada Business Center, LLC. The address of the Resident Agent, and, the registered or statutory address of this corporation in the State of Nevada, shall be: 311 W Third Street, Carson City NV 89703.
Eighth. The corporation is to have perpetual existence.
Ninth. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized:
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Subject to the By-Laws, if any, adopted by the Stockholders, to make, alter or amend the By-Laws of the corporation. |
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To fix the amount to be reserved as working capital over and above its capital stock paid in; to authorize and cause to be executed, mortgages and liens upon the real and personal property of this corporation. |
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By resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, to designate one (1) or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the corporation, which, to the extent provided in the resolution, or in the By- Laws of the corporation, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation. Such committee, or committees, shall have such name, or names as may be stated in the By-Laws of the corporation, or as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. |
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When and as authorized by the affirmative vote of the Stockholders holding stock entitling them to exercise at least a majority of the voting power given at a Stockholders meeting called for that purpose, or when authorized by the written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the voting stock issued and outstanding, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority at any meeting to sell, lease or exchange all of the property and assets of the corporation, including its good will and its corporate franchises, upon such terms and conditions as its Board of Directors deems expedient and for the best interests of the corporation. |
Tenth. No shareholder shall be entitled as a matter of right to subscribe for or receive additional shares of any class of stock of the corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, or any bonds, debentures or securities convertible into stock, but such additional shares of stock or other securities convertible into stock may be issued or disposed of by the Board of Directors to such persons and on such terms as in its discretion it shall deem advisable.
Eleventh. No Director or Officer of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or any of its stockholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director or Officer involving any act or omission of any such Director or Officer; provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a Director or Officer (i) for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law, or (ii) the payment of dividends in violation of Section 78.300 of the Nevada Revised Statutes. Any repeal or modification of this Article by the Stockholders of the corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitations on the personal liability of a Director or Officer of the corporation for acts or omissions prior to such repeal or modification.
Twelfth. This corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in the Articles of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, or by the Articles of Incorporation, and all rights conferred upon Stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation were approved by a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation. The vote by which the stockholders holding shares in the Corporation entitling them to exercise at least a majority of the voting power, or such greater proportion of the voting power as may be required by the provisions of the articles of incorporation, have voted in favor of the amendment is simple majority (i.e. 50% plus one).
/s/ Manish Z. Kshatriya
Signature
Executive VP and CFO
Title
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
LIBERTY SILVER CORP.
ARTICLE I
Offices
1.1 Registered Office . The registered office of the Corporation required by the General Corporation Law of Nevada, Nevada Revised Statutes, ("NRS"), Chapter 78.090, to be maintained in Nevada may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office if in Nevada, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
1.2 Principal Office . The Corporation may have such other office or offices either within or outside of the State of Nevada as the business of the Corporation may require from time to time if so designated by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE II
Stockholders
2.1 Annual Meeting . Unless otherwise designated by the Board of Directors, the annual meeting shall be held on the date and at the time and place fixed by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the first annual meeting shall be held on a date that is within 18 months after the date on which the Corporation comes into existence, and each successive annual meeting shall be held on a date that is within 15 months after the preceding annual meeting and no later than 6 months after the end of the Corporations preceding financial year.
2.2 Special Meetings . Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation, for any purpose, may be called by the Board of Directors.
2.3 Place of Meeting . The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or outside the State of Nevada, as the place for any annual meeting or special meeting called by the Board of Directors. If no designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the Corporation's principal offices, whether within or outside the State of Nevada.
2.4 Notice of Meeting . Written notice signed by an officer designated by the Board of Directors, stating the place, day, and hour of the meeting and the purpose for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered personally or mailed postage prepaid to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting, each Director, and the auditor of the Corporation, not less than 21 nor more than 60 days before the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears upon the records of the Corporation, and notice shall be deemed to have been given upon the mailing of any such notice, and the time of the notice shall begin to run from the date upon which the notice is deposited in the mail for transmission to the stockholder. Personal delivery of
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2.5 Nomination of Directors . Subject only to the NRS and the Articles of Incorporation, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any annual meeting of shareholders, or at any special meeting of shareholders if one of the purposes for which the special meeting was called was the election of directors, (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or an authorized officer of the Corporation, including pursuant to a notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction or request of one or more shareholders pursuant to a proposal made in accordance with the provisions of the NRS or a requisition of the shareholders made in accordance with the provisions of the NRS or (c) 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 2.5 and on the record date for notice of such meeting, is entered in the securities register 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 2.5:
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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 secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation in accordance with this Section 2.5.
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To be timely, a Nominating Shareholders notice to the secretary of the Corporation must be made (a) in the case of an annual meeting of shareholders, not less than 30 nor more than 65 days prior to the date of the annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting of shareholders is called for a date that is less than 50 days after the date (the Notice Date ) on which the first public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was made, notice by the Nominating Shareholder may be made not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the Notice Date; and (b) in the case of a special meeting (which is not also an annual meeting) of shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors (whether or not called for other purposes), not later than the close of business on the fifteenth (15 th ) day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting of shareholders was made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, waive any requirement in this paragraph (b). In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a meeting of shareholders or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a Nominating Shareholders notice as described above.
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To be in proper written form, a Nominating Shareholders notice to the secretary of the Corporation must set forth (a) as to each person whom the Nominating Shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (iii) 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 (iv) 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 NRS and Applicable Securities Laws; and (b) as to the Nominating Shareholder giving the notice, any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Nominating Shareholder has a right to vote 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 NRS and Applicable Securities Laws (as defined below). The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable shareholders understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such proposed nominee.
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No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.5; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2.5 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by a shareholder (as distinct from nominating 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 NRS. 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.
(e)
For purposes of this Section 2.5, (i) public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service in Canada or the United States of America, 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 on the Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system at www.sec.gov; and (ii) Applicable Securities Laws means the Securities Act (Ontario) and the equivalent legislation in the other provinces and in the territories 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 commissions and similar regulatory authorities of each of the provinces and territories of Canada, the United States Securities Act of
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1933 , as amended and the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 , as amended.
(f)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law of the Corporation, notice given to the secretary of the Corporation pursuant to this Section 2.5 may only be given by personal delivery, facsimile transmission or by email (at such email address as stipulated from time to time by the 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 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. (Toronto 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.
2.6 Adjournment . When a meeting is for any reason adjourned for less than 30 days to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
2.7 Organization . Any officer of the Corporation or member of the Board of Directors shall call meetings of stockholders to order and act as chairman of such meetings. In the absence of said officers, any stockholder entitled to vote at that meeting, or any proxy of any such stockholder, may call the meeting to order and a chairman shall be elected by a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote at that meeting. In the absence of the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Corporation, any person appointed by the chairman shall act as secretary of such meeting. An appropriate number of inspectors for any meeting of stockholders may be appointed by the chairman of such meeting. Inspectors so appointed will open and close the polls, will receive and take charge of proxies and ballots, and will decide all questions as to the qualifications of voters, validity of proxies and ballots, and the number of votes properly cast.
2.8 Closing of Transfer Books or Fixing of Record Date . The directors may prescribe a period not less than 21 days and not exceeding 60 days before any meeting of the stockholders during which no transfer of stock on the books of the Corporation may be made, or may fix a day not less than 21 days and not more than 60 days before the holding of any such meeting as the day as of which stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meetings must be determined. Only stockholders of record on that day are entitled to notice or to vote at such meeting.
2.9 Quorum . Two (2) stockholders, represented in person or by proxy, representing at least 5% of the issued stock entitled to vote at the meeting, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If fewer than two stockholders are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting without further notice for a period not to exceed 60 days at any one adjournment. At such adjourned meeting at
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which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of stockholders so that less than a quorum remains.
If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation.
2.10 Proxies . At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy, as prescribed by law. Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the Corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after 6 months from the date of its creation, unless it is coupled with an interest, or unless the stockholder specifies in it the length of time for which it is to continue in force, which may not exceed 7 years from the date of its creation.
2.11 Voting of Shares . Each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote, except as may be otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or in the resolution providing for the issuance of the stock adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to authority expressly vested in it by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation. If the Articles of Incorporation or any such resolution provide for more or less than one vote per share for any class or series of shares on any matter, every reference in the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws and the General Corporation Law of Nevada to a majority or other proportion or number of shares shall be deemed to refer to a majority or other proportion of the voting power of all of the shares or those classes or series of shares, as may be required by the Articles of Incorporation, or in the resolution providing for the issuance of the stock adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to authority expressly vested in it by the Articles of Incorporation, or the General Corporation Law of Nevada. Cumulative voting shall not be allowed. Unless the General Corporation Law of Nevada, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws provide for different proportions, an act of stockholders who hold at least a majority of the voting power and are present at a meeting at which a quorum is present is the act of the stockholders.
2.12 Action Taken Without a Meeting . Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a written consent thereto is signed by stockholders holding at least a majority of the voting power, except that if a different proportion of voting power is required for such, an action at a meeting, then that proportion of written consents is required. In no instance where action is authorized by written consent need a meeting of stockholders be called or notice given. The written consent must be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the stockholders.
2.13 Meetings by Telephone . Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, stockholders may participate in a meeting of stockholders
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by means of a telephone conference or similar method of communication by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section constitutes presence in person at the meeting.
2.14 Right of Dissent
(a)
Notwithstanding any further rights of dissent available under the laws of the State of Nevada, a holder of shares of any class of the Corporation may dissent, and be paid the fair value of the shares of the Corporation held by such shareholder pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada, if the Corporation resolves to:
(i)
amend its articles to add, change or remove any provisions restricting or constraining the issue, transfer or ownership of shares of that class;
(ii)
amend its articles to add, change or remove any restriction on the business or businesses that the Corporation may carry on;
(iii)
effect an amalgamation or merger, unless the amalgamation or merger is with a subsidiary of the Corporation;
(iv)
be continued into another jurisdiction as if it had been incorporated under the laws of such other jurisdiction;
(v)
sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all its property; or
(vi)
carry out a going-private transaction.
(b)
Notwithstanding any further rights of dissent available under the laws of the State of Nevada, a holder of shares of any class or series of shares entitled to vote in any of the following instances under the laws of the State of Nevada, may dissent, and be paid the fair value of the shares of the Corporation held by such shareholder pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada, if the Corporation resolves to amend its articles to:
(i)
increase or decrease any maximum number of authorized shares of such class, or increase any maximum number of authorized shares of a class having rights or privileges equal or superior to the shares of such class;
(ii)
effect an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of all or part of the shares of such class;
(iii)
add, change or remove the rights, privileges, restrictions or conditions attached to the shares of such class and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A)
remove or change prejudicially rights to accrued dividends or rights to cumulative dividends,
(B)
add, remove or change prejudicially redemption rights,
(C)
reduce or remove a dividend preference or a liquidation preference, or
(D)
add, remove or change prejudicially conversion privileges, options, voting, transfer or pre-emptive rights, or rights to acquire securities of a corporation, or sinking fund provisions;
(iv)
increase the rights or privileges of any class of shares having rights or privileges equal or superior to the shares of such class;
(v)
create a new class of shares equal or superior to the shares of such class;
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(vi)
make any class of shares having rights or privileges inferior to the shares of such class equal or superior to the shares of such class;
(vii)
effect an exchange or create a right of exchange of all or part of the shares of another class into the shares of such class; or
(viii)
constrain the issue, transfer or ownership of the shares of such class or change or remove such constraint.
The following terms used in Section 2.14 above have the following meanings:
going-private transaction means an amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other transaction, other than an acquisition of shares pursuant to a take-over bid, that results in the interest of a holder of participating securities of the Corporation being terminated without the consent of the holder and without the substitution of an interest of equivalent value in participating securities of the Corporation or of a body corporate that succeeds to the business of the Corporation, which participating securities have rights and privileges that are equal to or greater than the affected participating securities; and
participating securities means securities of a body corporate that give the holder of the securities a right to share in the earnings of the body corporate and after the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the body corporate, a right to share in its assets.
ARTICLE III
Directors
3.1 Board of Directors; Number; Qualifications; Election . The Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors, all of who must be natural persons at least 18 years of age. Directors need not be residents of the State of Nevada or stockholders of the Corporation. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be not less than three nor more than fifteen, at least two of whom are not officers or employees of the Corporation or its affiliates. Subject to such limitations, the number of directors may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors, but no decrease shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his successor has been elected and qualified.
3.2 Powers of the Board of Directors: Generally . Subject only to such limitations as may be provided by the General Corporation Law of Nevada or the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have full control over the affairs of the Corporation.
3.3 Committees of the Board of Directors . The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more directors, which, to the extent provided in the resolution or resolutions or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers on which the Corporation desires to place on a seal. Such committee or
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committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Unless the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws provide otherwise, the Board of Directors may appoint natural persons who are not directors to serve on committees.
3.4 Resignation . Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice of his resignation to the Board of Directors, the president, any vice president, or the secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, may, in accordance with Section 3.6 hereof, elect a successor to fill the vacancy created by any such resignation, and any successor so elected shall take office as of the effective date of the resignation of his or her predecessor.
3.5 Removal . Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any director may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by the vote of the stockholders at a special meeting representing not less than two-thirds of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to voting power.
3.6 Vacancies . All vacancies, including those caused by an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, unless it is otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. A director elected to fill a vacancy caused by an increase in the number of directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor has been elected and has qualified.
3.7 Regular Meetings . A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this Bylaw immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders. The Board of Directors may provide by resolution the time and place, either within or outside the State of Nevada, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.
3.8 Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the president or a one-third of the directors then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or outside Nevada, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them.
3.9 Notice . Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least two days previously thereto by written notice delivered personally or mailed to each director at his business address. Any director may waive notice of any meeting. A director's presence at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting if the director's oral consent is entered on the minutes or by taking part in the deliberations at such meeting without
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objecting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
3.10 Quorum . A majority of the number of directors elected and qualified at the time of the meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any such meeting of the Board of Directors, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
3 .11 Manner of Acting . If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at the meeting and entitled to vote on that particular matter shall be the act of the Board, unless the vote of a greater number is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation.
3.12 Compensation . By resolution of the Board of Directors, any director may be paid any one or more of the following: his expenses, if any, of attendance at meetings; a fixed sum for attendance at such meeting; or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefore.
3.13 Action Taken Without a Meeting . Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if, before or after the action, a written consent thereto is signed by all the members of the Board or of the committee. The written consent must be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee.
3.14 Meetings by Telephone . Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors or of any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or committee by means of a telephone conference or similar method of communication by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section constitutes presence in person at the meeting.
3.15 Director Voting Power . All Directors of the Corporation shall have equal voting power.
ARTICLE IV
Officers and Agents
4.1 Officers of the Corporation . The Corporation shall have a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more vice presidents and such other officers, assistant officers, committees, and agents, including a chairman of the board, assistant secretaries, and assistant treasurers, as they may consider necessary, who shall be chosen in such
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manner and hold their offices for such terms and have such authority and duties as from time to time may be determined by the Board of Directors. One person may hold any two or more offices. The officers of the Corporation shall be natural persons 18 years of age or older. In all cases where the duties of any officer, agent, or employee are not prescribed by the Bylaws or by the Board of Directors, such officer, agent, or employee shall follow the orders and instructions of (a) the president, and if a chairman of the board has been elected, then (b) the chairman of the board.
4.2 Election and Term of Office . The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors annually at the first meeting of the Board held after each annual meeting of the stockholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as may be convenient. Each officer shall hold office until the first of the following occurs: until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified; or until his death; or until he shall resign; or until he shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.
4.3 Removal . Any officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Directors or by the executive committee, if any, whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.
4.4 Vacancies . A vacancy in any office, however occurring, may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
4.5 Chief Executive Officer. The chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general and active control of its affairs and business and general supervision of its officers, agents, and employees. He shall, unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, attend in person or by substitute appointed by him, or shall execute, on behalf of the Corporation, written instruments appointing a proxy or proxies to represent the Corporation, at all meetings of the stockholders of any other corporation in which the Corporation shall hold any stock. He may, on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by substitute or by proxy, execute written waivers of notice and consents with respect to any such meetings. At all such meetings and otherwise, the chief executive officer, in person or by substitute or proxy as aforesaid, may vote the stock so held by the Corporation and may execute written consents and other instruments with respect to such stock and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of said stock, subject however to the instructions, if any, of the Board of Directors. The chief executive officer shall have custody of the treasurer's bond, if any. If a chairman of the board has been elected, the chairman of the board shall have, subject to the direction and modification of the Board of Directors, all the same responsibilities, rights, and obligations as described in these Bylaws for the chief executive officer.
4.6 President . The president shall, be the chief operating officer of the Corporation. The chief operating officer of the Corporation shall have general management of the business unit operations of the Corporation, subject to the direction and control of the
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chief executive officer, and, in turn, the Board of Directors. The chief operating officer shall sign all papers and documents to which such officer's signature may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the operations of the Corporation, make reports to the Board of Directors, or the chief executive officer, and have such further powers and duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer. In the absence or disability of the chief executive officer, the powers and duties of the chief executive officer shall be vested in the chief operating officer; provided, however, that the chief operating officer shall not have authority to call meetings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors or the committees appointed by the Board, or to preside at meetings of the stockholders or the Board of Directors, unless he is also a Director.
4.7 Vice Presidents . The vice presidents, if any, shall assist the chief executive officer and the president and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the president or by the Board of Directors. In the absence of the president, the vice president designated by the Board of Directors or (if there be no such designation) the vice president designated in writing by the president shall have the powers and perform the duties of the president. If no such designation shall be made, all vice presidents may exercise such powers and perform such duties.
4.8 Secretary . The secretary shall perform the following: (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the stockholders, executive committee, and the Board of Directors; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation and affix the seal to all documents when authorized by the Board of Directors; (d) keep, at the Corporation's registered office or principal place of business within or outside Nevada, a record containing the names and addresses of all stockholders and the number and class of shares held by each, unless such a record shall be kept at the office of the Corporation's transfer agent or registrar; (e) sign with the president or a vice president, certificates for shares of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation, unless the Corporation has a transfer agent; and (g) in general, perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or by the Board of Directors. Assistant secretaries, if any, shall have the same duties and powers, subject to supervision by the secretary.
4.9 Treasurer . The treasurer shall be the principal financial officer of the Corporation and shall have the care and custody of all funds, securities, evidences of indebtedness, and other personal property of the Corporation, and shall deposit the same in accordance with the instructions of the Board of Directors. He shall receive and give receipts and aquittances for monies paid in or on account of the Corporation, and shall pay out of the funds on hand all bills, payrolls, and other just debts of the Corporation of whatever nature upon maturity. He shall perform all other duties incident to the office of the treasurer and, upon request of the Board, shall make such reports to it as may be required at any time. He shall, if required by the Board, give the Corporation a bond in such sums
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and with such sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and for the restoration to the Corporation of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the Corporation. He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be from time to time prescribed by the Board of Directors or the president. The assistant treasurers, if any, shall have the same powers and duties, subject to the supervision of the treasurer.
The treasurer shall also be the principal accounting officer of the Corporation. He shall prescribe and maintain the methods and systems of accounting to be followed, keep complete books and records of account, prepare and file all local, state, and federal tax returns, prescribe and maintain an adequate system of internal audit, and prepare and furnish to the president and the Board of Directors statements of account showing the financial position of the Corporation and the results of its operations.
4.10 Salaries . Officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to such salaries, emoluments, compensation, or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
4.11 Bonds . If the Board of Directors by resolution shall so require, any officer or agent of the Corporation shall give bond to the Corporation in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, conditioned upon the faithful performance of that officer's or agent's duties and offices.
ARTICLE V
Stock
5.1 Certificates . The shares of stock shall be represented by consecutively numbered certificates signed in the name of the Corporation by its president or a vice president and by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer or by the secretary or an assistant secretary, or shall be uncertificated.
Whenever any certificate is countersigned or otherwise authenticated by a transfer agent or transfer clerk, and by a registrar, then a facsimile of the signatures of the officers or agents, the transfer agent or transfer clerk or the registrar of the Corporation may be printed or lithographed upon the certificate in lieu of the actual signatures. If the Corporation uses facsimile signatures of its officers and agents on its stock certificates, it cannot act as the registrar of its own stock, but its transfer agent and registrar may be identical if the institution acting in those dual capacities countersigns or otherwise authenticates any stock certificates in both capacities. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is delivered by the Corporation, the certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed the certificates, or whose facsimile signature has been used thereon, had not ceased to be an officer of the Corporation. If the Corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class or more than one series
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of any class, each certificate shall set forth upon the face or back of the certificate or shall state that the Corporation will furnish to any stockholder upon request and without charge a full statement of the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued and, if the Corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, the variations in the relative right's and preferences between the shares of each such series, so far as the same have been fixed and determined, and the authority of the Board of Directors to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series.
Each certificate representing shares shall state the following upon the face thereof the name of the state of the Corporation's organization; the name of the person to whom issued; the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, which such certificate represents; the par value of each share represented by such certificate or a statement that the shares are without par value. Certificates of stock shall be in such form consistent with law as shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors. No certificate shall be issued until the shares represented thereby are fully paid.
5.2 Record . A record shall be kept of the name of each person or other entity holding the stock represented by each certificate for shares of the Corporation issued, the number of shares represented by each such certificate, the date thereof and, in the case of cancellation, the date of cancellation. The person or other entity in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof, and thus a holder of record of such shares of stock, for all purposes as regards the Corporation.
5.3 Consideration for Shares . Shares shall be issued in accordance with applicable laws at a fair market value determined by the Board of Directors notwithstanding that recourse can be made against the Board of Directors if shares are issued for less than fair market value. The shares shall be fully paid and non-assessable and no share shall be issued until the full amount of the consideration has been paid. Consideration received by the Corporation for the issuance of shares shall not be in the form of promissory notes or services to be performed in the future, or any combination thereof.
5.4 Cancellation of Certificates . All certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except as herein provided with respect to lost, stolen, or destroyed certificates.
5.5 Lost Certificates . In case of the alleged loss, destruction, or mutilation of a certificate of stock, the Board of Directors may direct the issuance of a new certificate in lieu thereof upon such terms and conditions in conformity with law as it may prescribe. The Board of Directors may in its discretion require a bond, in such form and amount and with such surety as it may determine, before issuing a new certificate.
5.6 Transfer of Shares . Upon surrender to the Corporation or to a transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate of stock duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, and such documentary stamps as may be
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required by law, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, and cancel the old certificate. Every such transfer of stock shall be entered on the stock book of the Corporation which shall be kept at its principal office or by its registrar duly appointed.
The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share of stock as the holder in fact thereof, and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as may be required by the laws of Nevada.
5.7 Transfer Agents, Registrars, and Paying Agents . The Board may at its discretion appoint one or more transfer agents, registrars, and agents for making payment upon any class of stock, bond, debenture, or other security of the Corporation. Such agents and registrars may be located either within or outside Nevada. They shall have such rights and duties and shall be entitled to such compensation as may be agreed.
ARTICLE VI
Indemnification of Officers and Directors
6.1 Indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents .
(a) The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person's conduct was unlawful.
(b) The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
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of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
(c) To the extent that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
(d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.
(e) Expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate.
(f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors
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or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
(g) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
6.2 Witness Expenses . The sections of this Article VI do not limit the Corporations authority to pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a director in connection with an appearance as a witness in a proceeding at a time when he has not been a named defendant or respondent in the proceeding.
6.3 Report to Stockholders . Any indemnification of or advance of expenses to a director in accordance with this Article VI, if arising out of a proceeding by or on behalf of the Corporation, shall be reported in writing to the stockholders with or before the notice of the next stockholders meeting. If the next stockholder action is taken without a meeting at the instigation of the Board of Directors, such notice shall be given to the stockholders at or before the time the first stockholder signs a writing consenting to such action.
6.4 Insurance and -Other Financial Arrangements Against Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, and Agents . To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada (currently set forth in NRS 78.752), as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended or supplemented, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance and make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, for any liability asserted against such person and liability and expense incurred by such person in its capacity as a director, officer, employee, or agent, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the Corporation has the authority to indemnify such person against such liability and expenses.
ARTICLE VII
Acquisition of Controlling Interest
7.1 Acquisition of Controlling Interest . The provisions of the General Corporation Law of Nevada pertaining to the acquisition of a controlling interest (currently set forth NRS 78.378 to 78.3793, inclusive), as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended or supplemented, shall not apply to the Corporation.
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ARTICLE VIII
Execution of Instruments; Loans, Checks and Endorsements;
Deposits; Proxies
8.1 Execution of Instruments . The president or any vice president shall have the power to execute and deliver on behalf of and in the name of the Corporation any instrument requiring the signature of an officer of the Corporation, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws or where the execution and delivery thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. Unless authorized to do so by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors, no officer, agent, or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation in any way, to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or in any amount.
8.2 Loans . The Corporation may lend money to, guarantee the obligations of, and otherwise assist directors, officers, and employees of the Corporation, or directors of another corporation of which the Corporation owns a majority of the voting stock, only upon compliance with the requirements of the General Corporation Law of Nevada.
No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
8.3 Checks and Endorsements . All checks, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money, obligations, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, bills of lading, warehouse receipts, trade acceptances, and other such instruments shall be signed or endorsed by such officers or agents of the Corporation as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, which resolution may provide for the use of facsimile signatures.
8.4 Deposits . All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the Corporation's credit in such banks or other depositories as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, which resolution may specify the officers or agents of the Corporation who shall have the power, and the manner in which such power shall be exercised, to make such deposits and to endorse, assign, and deliver for collection and deposit checks, drafts, and other orders for the payment of money payable to the Corporation or its order.
8.5 Proxies . Unless otherwise provided by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, the president or any vice president may from time to time appoint one or more agents or attorneys-in-fact of the Corporation, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to cast the votes which the Corporation may be entitled to cast as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation, association, or other entity any of whose stock or other securities may be held by the Corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporation, association, or other entity or to consent in writing, in the name of the Corporation as such holder, to any action by such other corporation, association, or other entity, and may instruct the person
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or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consent, and may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal, or otherwise, all such written proxies or other instruments as he may deem necessary or proper in the premises.
8.6 Contracts . The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
9.1 Waivers of Notice . Whenever notice is required by the General Corporation Law of Nevada, by the Articles of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the director, stockholder, or other person entitled to said notice, whether before, at, or after the time stated therein, or his appearance at such meeting in person or (in the case of a stockholders' meeting) by proxy, shall be equivalent to such notice.
9.2 Corporate Seal . The Board of Directors may adopt a seal circular in form and bearing the name of the Corporation, the state of its incorporation, and the word "Seal" which, when adopted, shall constitute the seal of the Corporation. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile of it to be impressed, affixed, manually reproduced, or rubber-stamped with indelible ink.
9.3 Fiscal Year . The Board of Directors may, by resolution, adopt a fiscal year for the Corporation.
9.4 Amendment of Bylaws . Subject to repeal or change by the shareholders, and except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, the board of directors may make, amend and repeal the bylaws of the corporation unless the shareholders, in making, amending or repealing a particular bylaw expressly provide that the directors may not amend or repeal such bylaw. The shareholders also may amend or repeal the bylaws even though the bylaws may also be amended or repealed by the board of directors.
9.5 Uniformity of Interpretation and Severability . These Bylaws shall be so interpreted and construed as to conform to the Articles of Incorporation and the laws of the State of Nevada or of any other state in which conformity may become necessary by reason of the qualification of the Corporation to do business in such state, and where conflict between these Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation or the laws of such a state has arisen or shall arise, these Bylaws shall be considered to be modified to the extent, but only to the extent, conformity shall require. If any provision hereof or the application thereof shall be deemed to be invalid by reason of the foregoing sentence, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remainder of these Bylaws without the invalid provision or the application thereof, and the provisions of these Bylaws are declared to be severable.
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9.6 Emergency Bylaws . Subject to repeal or change by action of the stockholders, the Board of Directors may adopt emergency bylaws in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of the laws of the State of Nevada.
THE FOREGOING AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS, consisting of nineteen (19) pages, including this page, constitute the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Liberty Silver Corp., adopted by the Board of Directors of the corporation as of December 21, 2012.
_/s/_ John Pulos______
John Pulos, Secretary
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