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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2017

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM F-10

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

 

 

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ontario, Canada   6311   98-0361647

(Province or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No., if applicable)

200 Bloor Street East

Toronto, Ontario

Canada, M4W 1E5

(416) 926-3000

(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Emanuel Alves, Esq.

John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.)

601 Congress Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(617) 663-3000

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service in the United States)

 

 

Copies to:

 

James D. Gallagher, Esq.

Manulife Financial Corporation

200 Bloor Street East, NT 11

Toronto, Ontario

Canada, M4W 1E5

(416) 926-3000

 

Peter J. Loughran, Esq.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022

(212) 909-6000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

Province of Ontario, Canada

(Principal jurisdiction regulating this offering)

It is proposed that this filing shall become effective (check appropriate box below):

 

A.

     upon filing with the Commission, pursuant to Rule 467(a) (if in connection with an offering being made contemporaneously in the United States and Canada).

B.

     at some future date (check appropriate box below)
  1.       pursuant to Rule 467(b) on                 at             (designate a time not sooner than seven calendar days after filing).
  2.       pursuant to Rule 467(b) on                 at             (designate a time seven calendar days or sooner after filing) because the securities regulatory authority in the review jurisdiction has issued a receipt or notification of clearance on                 .
  3.       pursuant to Rule 467(b) as soon as practicable after notification of the Commission by the Registrant or the Canadian securities regulatory authority of the review jurisdiction that a receipt or notification of clearance has been issued with respect hereto.
  4.       after the filing of the next amendment to this Form (if preliminary material is being filed).

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to the home jurisdiction’s shelf prospectus offering procedures, check the following box.  ☒

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registration Statement shall become effective as provided in Rule 467 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, may determine.

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

 

Amount to be

Registered (1)(2)

 

Proposed
Maximum

Aggregate
Offering Price (1)(2)

 

Amount of

Registration Fee (2)

Debt Securities

           

Class A Shares

           

Class B Shares

           

Class 1 Shares

           

Common Shares

           

Subscription Receipts

           

Warrants

           

Units

           

Total

  US$5,000,000,000   US$5,000,000,000   US$311,250

 

 

(1) There are being registered under this Registration Statement such indeterminate number of securities of the Registrant as shall have an aggregate initial offering price of US$5,000,000,000. Any securities registered by this Registration Statement may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered under this Registration Statement. The proposed maximum initial offering price per security will be determined, from time to time, by the Registrant in connection with the sale of the securities under this Registration Statement.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Registrant is carrying forward to this Registration Statement $2,500,000,000 in aggregate offering amount of securities previously registered on the Registrant’s registration statement on Form F-10, filed on December 10, 2015, as amended (Registration No. 333-208442) (the “2015 Registration Statement”), that were not sold thereunder. The Registrant had carried forward to the 2015 Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) all of the securities previously registered on the Registrant’s registration statement on Form F-10 filed on June 16, 2014, as amended (Registration No. 333-196767) (the “2014 Registration Statement”), none of which were sold. The Registrant had carried forward to the 2014 Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) all of the securities previously registered on the Registrant’s registration statement on Form F-10, filed on July 12, 2012, as amended (Registration No. 333-182632) (the “2012 Registration Statement”), none of which were sold. An aggregate filing fee of $573,000 was paid in connection with the filing of the 2012 Registration Statement, which was calculated at the rate in effect at the time the 2012 Registration Statement was filed. In March 2016 and February 2017, the Registrant sold $1,750,000,000 and $750,000,000, respectively, aggregate principal amount of debt securities pursuant to the 2015 Registration Statement. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act, the remaining filing fee of $309,850 previously paid in connection with the $2,500,000,000 of unsold securities on the 2015 Shelf Registration Statement will continue to be applied to such unsold securities being carried forward to this Registration Statement. In accordance with Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act, the offering of the unsold securities on the 2015 Registration Statement will be deemed terminated as of the date of effectiveness of this Registration Statement.

Pursuant to Rule 457(o) of the Securities Act, the Registrant is registering an additional $2,500,000,000 in aggregate offering amount of securities of the Registrant. Accordingly, an additional registration fee of $311,250 is being paid in connection with this Registration Statement.

 

 

 


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INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE DELIVERED TO OFFEREES OR PURCHASERS

 


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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

No securities regulatory authority has expressed an opinion about these securities and it is an offence to claim otherwise.

This preliminary short form base shelf prospectus has been filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada but has not yet become final for the purpose of the sale of securities. Information contained in this preliminary short form base shelf prospectus may not be complete and may have to be amended. The securities may not be sold until a receipt for the short form base shelf prospectus is obtained from the securities regulatory authorities.

This short form base shelf prospectus has been filed under legislation in each of the provinces and territories of Canada that permits certain information about these securities to be determined after this prospectus has become final and that permits the omission from this prospectus of that information. The legislation requires the delivery to purchasers of a prospectus supplement containing the omitted information within a specified period of time after agreeing to purchase any of these securities.

Information has been incorporated by reference in this prospectus from documents filed with securities commissions or similar authorities in Canada. Copies of the documents incorporated herein by reference may be obtained on request without charge from the Corporate Secretary of Manulife Financial Corporation at 200 Bloor Street East, NT-10, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4W 1E5 (Telephone: (416) 926-3000), and are also available electronically at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov.

PRELIMINARY SHORT FORM BASE SHELF PROSPECTUS

 

New Issue    December 8, 2017

 

LOGO

Manulife Financial Corporation

US$5,000,000,000

Debt Securities

Class A Shares

Class B Shares

Class 1 Shares

Common Shares

Subscription Receipts

Warrants

Units

 

 

We may from time to time offer and issue the following securities: (i) senior or subordinated unsecured debt securities (collectively, the “ Debt Securities ”); (ii) Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class 1 Shares, collectively, the Preferred Shares; (iii) Common Shares; (iv) Subscription Receipts; (v) Warrants; and (vi) Units comprised of one or more of the other securities described in this prospectus. The Debt Securities, Preferred Shares, Common Shares, Subscription Receipts, Warrants and Units (collectively, the “ Securities ”) offered hereby may be offered separately or together, in separate series, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement.

We may sell up to US$5,000,000,000 in aggregate initial offering amount of Securities (or the equivalent in other currencies or currency units) or, if any Debt Securities are issued at an original issue discount, such greater amount as shall result in an aggregate issue price of US$5,000,000,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies or currency units) at any time and from time to time during the 25 month period that this prospectus, including any amendments thereto, remains valid.

The specific terms of the Securities in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement and may include, where applicable: (i) in the case of the Debt Securities, the specific designation, aggregate principal amount, the currency or the currency unit for which such securities may be purchased, maturity, interest provisions, authorized denominations, offering price, any terms for redemption at our option or the option of the holder, any exchange or conversion terms, any sinking fund payments and any other specific terms; (ii) in the case of Preferred Shares, the designation of the particular class, series, liquidation preference amount, the number of shares offered, the issue price, the dividend rate, the dividend payment dates, any terms for redemption at our option or the option of the holder, any exchange or conversion terms and any other specific terms; (iii) in the case of Common Shares, the number of shares offered and the offering price; (iv) in the case of Subscription Receipts, the number of Subscription Receipts being offered, the offering price, the procedures for the exchange of the


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Subscription Receipts for Debt Securities, Preferred Shares or Common Shares, as the case may be, the currency in which the Subscription Receipts are issued and any other specific terms; (v) in the case of Warrants, the designation, number and terms of the Debt Securities, Preferred Shares or Common Shares or other Securities purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants, any procedures that will result in the adjustment of those numbers, the exercise price, dates and periods of exercise, the currency in which the Warrants are issued and any other specific terms; and (vi) in the case of Units, the designation and terms of the Units and of the securities comprising the Units, the currency in which the Units are issued and any other specific terms.

This prospectus does not qualify for issuance Debt Securities in respect of which the payment of principal and/or interest may be determined, in whole or in part, by reference to one or more underlying interests including, for example, an equity or debt security, a statistical measure of economic or financial performance including, but not limited to, any currency, consumer price or mortgage index, or the price or value of one or more commodities, indices or other items, or any other item or formula, or any combination or basket of the foregoing items. For greater certainty, this prospectus may qualify for issuance Debt Securities in respect of which the payment of principal and/or interest may be determined, in whole or in part, by reference to published rates of a central banking authority or one or more financial institutions, such as a prime rate or bankers’ acceptance rate, or to recognized market benchmark interest rates such as LIBOR, EURIBOR or a U.S. Federal funds rate.

All information permitted under applicable securities laws to be omitted from this prospectus will be contained in one or more prospectus supplements that will be delivered to purchasers together with this prospectus. Each prospectus supplement will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus as of the date of such prospectus supplement but only for the purposes of the distribution of the Securities to which the prospectus supplement pertains.

Our head and registered office is located at 200 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4W 1E5.

We are permitted to prepare this prospectus in accordance with Canadian disclosure requirements, which are different from those of the United States. We prepare our financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles which follow International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). They are not comparable to financial statements of United States companies.

Owning the Securities may subject you to tax consequences both in the United States and Canada. This prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement may not describe these tax consequences fully. You should read the tax discussion in any applicable prospectus supplement and consult with your own tax adviser with respect to your own particular circumstances.

Your ability to enforce civil liabilities under the United States federal securities laws may be affected adversely because we are incorporated in Canada, most of our directors and officers and certain of the experts named in this prospectus are Canadian residents, and a significant portion of our assets are located outside the United States.

Neither the United States Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state or provincial securities regulator has approved or disapproved these securities, or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence.

In connection with any offering of the Securities, the underwriters, dealers or agents may over-allot or effect transactions which stabilize or maintain the market price of the Securities offered at a higher level than that which might exist in the open market. These transactions may be commenced, interrupted or discontinued at any time. See “Plan of Distribution.”

The outstanding Common Shares are currently listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Philippines Stock Exchange, and the outstanding Class A Shares Series 2, Class A Shares Series 3, Class 1 Shares Series 3, Class 1 Shares Series 4, Class 1 Shares Series 5, Class 1 Shares Series 7, Class 1 Shares Series 9, Class 1 Shares Series 11, Class 1 Shares Series 13, Class 1 Shares Series 15, Class 1 Shares Series 17, Class 1 Shares Series 19, Class 1 Shares Series 21 and Class 1 Shares Series 23 are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, any Securities offered hereby will not be listed on any stock exchange.

The Securities may be sold through underwriters or dealers, directly by us pursuant to applicable statutory exemptions, or through designated agents from time to time. Each prospectus supplement will identify each underwriter, dealer or agent engaged in connection with the offering and sale of those Securities, and will also set forth the terms of the offering of such Securities including the net proceeds to us and, to the extent applicable, any fees payable to the underwriters, dealers or agents.

 

 

An investment in Securities involves significant risks that should be carefully considered by prospective investors before purchasing Securities. The risks outlined in this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference herein, including the applicable prospectus supplement, should be carefully reviewed and considered by prospective investors in connection with any investment in Securities. See “Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “ Risk Factors ”.

The Debt Securities will be direct unsecured obligations of MFC constituting senior or subordinated indebtedness, as identified in the relevant prospectus supplement, for the purposes of the Insurance Companies Act (Canada) (the “ICA”) and will not constitute deposits that are insured under the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act (the “CDIC Act”), or by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”).


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PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION

     1  

CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     1  

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

     3  

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     4  

ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

     5  

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

     5  

CONSOLIDATED CAPITALIZATION

     6  

SHARE STRUCTURE

     6  

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

     10  

DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS

     13  

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

     14  

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

     15  

ICA RESTRICTIONS AND APPROVALS

     16  

CONSTRAINTS ON SHARES

     16  

ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS

     17  

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     17  

USE OF PROCEEDS

     18  

RISK FACTORS

     18  

DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     18  

AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS

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PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION

In this prospectus, unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

    all references to “ MFC ” refer to Manulife Financial Corporation, not including its subsidiaries;

 

    all references to “ MLI ” refer to The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, not including its subsidiaries;

 

    MFC and its subsidiaries, including MLI, are collectively referred to as “ Manulife ”; and

 

    references to “ us ”, “ we ” and “ our ” refer to Manulife.

All references in this prospectus to “Canada” mean Canada, its provinces, its territories, its possessions and all areas subject to its jurisdiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all references in this prospectus to “$” or “dollars” are to Canadian dollars and all references to “US$” are to U.S. dollars.

CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

From time to time, MFC makes written and/or oral forward-looking statements, including in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus. In addition, our representatives may make forward-looking statements orally to analysts, investors, the media and others. All such statements are made pursuant to the “safe harbour” provisions of Canadian provincial securities laws and the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 .

The forward-looking statements in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to MFC’s possible or assumed future results set out under “Corporate Strategy”, “General Development of the Business”, and “Business Operations” in our most recent annual information form (the “ AIF ”) and in the management’s discussion and analysis in our most recent annual report and our most recent interim financial report.

The forward-looking statements in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus also relate to, among other things, MFC’s objectives, goals, strategies, intentions, plans, beliefs, expectations and estimates, and can generally be identified by the use of words such as “may”, “will”, “could”, “should”, “would”, “likely”, “suspect”, “outlook”, “expect”, “intend”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “plan”, “forecast”, “objective”, “seek”, “aim”, “continue”, “goal”, “restore”, “embark” and “endeavour” (or the negative thereof) and words and expressions of similar import, and include statements concerning possible or assumed future results. Although MFC believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements and they should not be interpreted as confirming market or analysts’ expectations in any way.

Certain material factors or assumptions are applied in making forward-looking statements and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include but are not limited to:

 

    general business and economic conditions (including but not limited to the performance, volatility and correlation of equity markets, interest rates, credit and swap spreads, currency rates, investment losses and defaults, market liquidity and creditworthiness of guarantors, reinsurers and counterparties);

 

    changes in laws and regulations;

 

    changes in accounting standards applicable in any of the territories in which we operate;

 

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    changes in regulatory capital requirements;

 

    our ability to execute strategic plans and changes to strategic plans;

 

    downgrades in our financial strength or credit ratings;

 

    our ability to maintain our reputation;

 

    impairments of goodwill or intangible assets or the establishment of provisions against future tax assets;

 

    the accuracy of estimates relating to morbidity, mortality and policyholder behaviour;

 

    the accuracy of other estimates used in applying accounting policies, actuarial methods and embedded value methods;

 

    our ability to implement effective hedging strategies and unforeseen consequences arising from such strategies;

 

    our ability to source appropriate assets to back our long-dated liabilities;

 

    level of competition and consolidation;

 

    our ability to market and distribute products through current and future distribution channels;

 

    unforeseen liabilities or asset impairments arising from acquisitions and dispositions of businesses;

 

    the realization of losses arising from the sale of investments classified as available-for-sale;

 

    our liquidity, including the availability of financing to satisfy existing financial liabilities on expected maturity dates when required;

 

    obligations to pledge additional collateral;

 

    the availability of letters of credit to provide capital management flexibility;

 

    accuracy of information received from counterparties and the ability of counterparties to meet their obligations;

 

    the availability, affordability and adequacy of reinsurance;

 

    legal and regulatory proceedings, including tax audits, tax litigation or similar proceedings;

 

    our ability to adapt products and services to the changing market;

 

    our ability to attract and retain key executives, employees and agents;

 

    the appropriate use and interpretation of complex models or deficiencies in models used;

 

    political, legal, operational and other risks associated with our non-North American operations;

 

    acquisitions and our ability to complete acquisitions including the availability of equity and debt financing for this purpose;

 

    the failure to realize some or all of the expected benefits of acquired businesses;

 

    the disruption of or changes to key elements of Manulife’s or public infrastructure systems;

 

    environmental concerns;

 

    our ability to protect our intellectual property and exposure to claims of infringement; and

 

    the inability of MFC and MLI to withdraw cash from subsidiaries.

 

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Additional information about material risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations and about material factors or assumptions applied in making forward-looking statements may be found in this prospectus under “Risk Factors” as well as under “Risk Factors” in our AIF, under “Risk Management”, “Risk Factors” and “Critical Accounting and Actuarial Policies” in the management’s discussion and analysis in our most recent annual report, under “Risk Management and Risk Factors Update” and “Critical Accounting and Actuarial Policies” in the management’s discussion and analysis in our most recent interim financial report, in the “Risk Management” note to the consolidated financial statements in our most recent annual report and most recent interim financial report, and elsewhere in our filings with Canadian and U.S. securities regulatory authorities.

The forward-looking statements in this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus are, unless otherwise indicated, stated as of the date thereof, hereof or the date of the document incorporated by reference, as the case may be, and are presented for the purpose of assisting investors and others in understanding our financial position and results of operations, our future operations, as well as our objectives and strategic priorities, and may not be appropriate for other purposes. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, except as required by law.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The following documents, which have been filed by MFC with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada, are incorporated by reference in this prospectus:

 

    AIF dated February 9, 2017;

 

    audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, together with the auditors’ report thereon;

 

    management’s discussion and analysis for the audited consolidated financial statements referred to in the preceding item;

 

    unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2017;

 

    management’s discussion and analysis for the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements referred to in the preceding item;

 

    management information circular dated March 8, 2017, regarding MFC’s annual meeting of shareholders held on May 4, 2017; and

 

    material change report of MFC dated May 25, 2017 relating to the retirement of MFC’s Chief Executive Officer and the appointment of his successor.

Any documents of the type described in Section 11.1 of Form 44-101F1 Short Form Prospectus and any template version of marketing materials (each as defined in National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements ) we file with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the distribution of Securities under any prospectus supplement shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus. In addition, any similar documents filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) in our periodic reports on Form 6-K or annual reports on Form 40-F, and any other documents filed with or furnished to the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 , as amended, in each case after the date of this prospectus, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, except that any report on Form 6-K shall be so incorporated only to the extent expressly provided in such report.

 

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Any statement contained in this prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded, for the purposes of this prospectus, to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. The modifying or superseding statement need not state that it has modified or superseded a prior statement or include any other information set forth in the document that it modifies or supersedes. The making of a modifying or superseding statement will not be deemed an admission for any purposes that the modified or superseded statement, when made, constituted a misrepresentation, an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances in which it was made. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

When we file a new AIF and audited comparative consolidated financial statements and related management’s discussion and analysis with, and where required, they are accepted by, the applicable securities regulatory authorities during the time that this prospectus is valid, the following documents will be deemed no longer incorporated by reference in this prospectus for purposes of future offers and sales of Securities under this prospectus: any previous AIF, any previous audited annual consolidated financial statements and related management’s discussion and analysis and all unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and related management’s discussion and analysis, all material change reports filed prior to the commencement of MFC’s financial year in respect of which the new AIF is filed, and any information circular filed prior to the commencement of MFC’s financial year in respect of which MFC’s new AIF is filed.

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different or additional information. We are not making an offer of Securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted by law. You should not assume that the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of the applicable prospectus supplement.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We have filed with the SEC, under the United States Securities Act of 1933 , as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), a registration statement on Form F-10 relating to the Securities. This prospectus, which constitutes a part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information contained in the registration statement, certain items of which are contained in other parts of and in the exhibits to the registration statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. Statements included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus about the contents of any contract, agreement or other document referred to are not necessarily complete, and in each instance, prospective investors should refer to the exhibits for a complete description of the matter involved. Under the registration statement, we may, from time to time, sell any combination of the Securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings up to an aggregate principal amount of US$5,000,000,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies or currency units) or, if any Debt Securities are issued at an original issue discount, such greater amount as shall result in an aggregate issue price of US$5,000,000,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies or currency units). Each time we sell Securities under the registration statement, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus.

 

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We file annual and quarterly financial information and material change reports and other material with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada and with the SEC. Under the multijurisdictional disclosure system adopted by the United States, documents and other information that we file with the SEC may be prepared in accordance with the disclosure requirements of Canada, which are different from those of the United States. Prospective investors may read and download any public document that we have filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Prospective investors may read and copy any document we have filed with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington D.C., and may also obtain copies of those documents from the public reference room of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549 by paying a fee. Additionally, prospective investors may read and download some of the documents MFC has filed on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.

ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

MFC is a corporation incorporated under and governed by the ICA. Most of our directors and officers, and certain of the experts named in this prospectus are Canadian residents, and a significant portion of our assets are located outside of the United States. It may be difficult for holders of securities to effect service within the United States upon our directors and officers and the experts named in this prospectus who are not residents of the United States or to enforce against them, both in and outside of the United States, judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon civil liability under United States federal securities laws. We believe that a monetary judgment of a United States court predicated solely upon civil liability under United States federal securities laws would likely be enforceable in Canada if the United States court in which the judgment was obtained had a basis for jurisdiction in the matter that was recognized by a Canadian court for such purposes. We cannot assure you that this will be the case. It is less certain that an action could be brought in Canada in the first instance on the basis of liability predicated solely upon such laws.

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

MFC is a life insurance company incorporated under the ICA. MFC was incorporated on April 26, 1999 for the purpose of becoming the publicly traded holding company of MLI following its demutualization. MLI was incorporated on June 23, 1887, by a Special Act of Parliament of the Dominion of Canada. Pursuant to the provisions of the Canadian and British Insurance Companies Act (Canada), the predecessor legislation to the ICA, MLI undertook a plan of mutualization and became a mutual life insurance company on December 19, 1968. As a mutual life insurance company, MLI had no common shareholders and its Board of Directors was elected by its participating policyholders in accordance with the ICA. Pursuant to Letters Patent of Conversion, effective September 23, 1999, MLI implemented a plan of demutualization under the ICA and converted to a life insurance company with common shares and became a wholly owned subsidiary of MFC.

We are a leading international financial services group that helps people achieve their dreams and aspirations by putting customers’ needs first and providing the right advice and solutions. We operate primarily as John Hancock in the United States and Manulife elsewhere. We provide financial advice, insurance, as well as wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. Our principal operations are in Asia, Canada and the United States where we have served customers for more than 100 years. We also provide investment management services with respect to our general fund assets, segregated fund assets, mutual funds, and to institutional customers. We also offer specialized property and aviation retrocession products.

 

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As at September 30, 2017, Manulife had more than 34,000 employees and operated in more than 20 countries and territories. Our business is organized into three major operating divisions: Asia Division, Canadian Division and U.S. Division. Asset management services are also provided by our Investment Division, through Manulife Asset Management. Each division has profit and loss responsibility and develops products, services, distribution and marketing strategies based on the profile of its business and the needs of its market. The Investment Division’s external asset management business is reported under the Corporate and Other reporting segment. On September 12, 2017, we announced our intention to bring our wealth and asset management business together into a primary reporting segment, Global Wealth and Asset Management. Our property and casualty reinsurance business line is reported under the Corporate and Other reporting segment. This business line is a well-established participant in the highly specialized property retrocession market.

CONSOLIDATED CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth the share capital and consolidated indebtedness of MFC as of September 30, 2017 and should be read together with the detailed information and financial statements appearing in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

    

(Unaudited)
As of September 30, 2017

($ in millions)

 

Long-term debt

   $ 5,362  

Capital instruments

     7,903  

Equity

  

Non-controlling interests

     883  

Participating policyholders’ equity

     351  

Shareholders’ equity

  

Preferred shares

     3,577  

Common shares

     22,930  

Contributed surplus

     286  

Shareholders’ retained earnings

     12,135  

Shareholders’ accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     3,593  
  

 

 

 

Total equity

   $ 43,755  
  

 

 

 

Total capitalization

   $ 57,020 (1)  
  

 

 

 

 

Notes:

(1) Does not include the redemption by MFC of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 7.768% medium term notes due April 8, 2019 on October 6, 2017 or the offering by MFC of Singapore $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.00% subordinated notes due November 21, 2029 on November  21, 2017.

SHARE STRUCTURE

MFC’s authorized share capital consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares, an unlimited number of Class A Shares, an unlimited number of Class B Shares and an unlimited number of Class 1 Shares. As of November 30, 2017, MFC had issued and outstanding: approximately 1,981 million Common Shares; 14 million Class A Shares Series 2; 12 million Class A Shares Series 3; 6 million Class 1 Shares Series 3; 2 million Class 1 Shares Series 4; 8 million Class 1 Shares Series 5; 10 million Class 1 Shares Series 7; 10 million Class 1 Shares Series 9; 8 million Class 1 Shares Series 11; 8 million Class 1 Shares Series 13; 8 million Class 1 Shares Series 15; 14 million Class 1 Shares Series 17; 10 million Class 1 Shares Series 19; 17 million Class 1 Shares Series 21; and 19 million Class 1 Shares Series 23. MFC has authorized but not issued Class 1 Shares Series 6; Class 1 Shares Series 8; Class 1 Shares Series 10; Class 1 Shares Series 12; Class 1 Shares Series 14; Class 1 Shares Series 16; Class 1 Shares Series 18; Class 1 Shares Series 20; Class 1 Shares Series 22; and Class 1 Shares Series 24.

 

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The following sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Preferred Shares and Common Shares. For a full description of the terms and provisions, see MFC’s by-laws, which are available electronically at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov. The particular terms and provisions of a series of Preferred Shares offered pursuant to this prospectus will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, and the extent to which the general terms and provisions described below may apply to those Preferred Shares, will be described in the prospectus supplement.

Certain Provisions of the Class A Shares as a Class

The following is a summary of certain provisions attaching to the Class A Shares as a class.

Priority

Each series of Class A Shares ranks on a parity with every other series of Class A Shares and every series of Class 1 Shares with respect to dividends and return of capital. The Class A Shares shall be entitled to a preference over the Class B Shares, the Common Shares and any other shares ranking junior to the Class A Shares with respect to priority in payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of MFC, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of the assets of MFC among its shareholders for the specific purpose of winding up its affairs. If any cumulative dividends, whether or not declared, or declared non-cumulative dividends or amounts payable on return of capital are not paid in full in respect of any series of Class A Shares, the Class A Shares of all series shall participate rateably in respect of such dividends in accordance with the sums that would be payable on such shares if all such dividends were declared and paid in full, and in respect of such return of capital in accordance with the sums that would be payable on such return of capital if all sums so payable were paid in full; provided, however, that if there are insufficient assets to satisfy in full all such claims as aforesaid, the claims of the holders of the Class A Shares with respect to return of capital shall be paid and satisfied first and any assets remaining thereafter shall be applied towards the payment and satisfaction of claims in respect of dividends. The Class A Shares of any series may also be given such other preferences not inconsistent with the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to the Class A Shares as a class over the Class B Shares, the Common Shares and any other shares ranking junior to the Class A Shares as may be determined in the case of such series of Class A Shares.

 

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Certain Provisions of the Class B Shares as a Class

The following is a summary of certain provisions attaching to the Class B Shares as a class.

Priority

Each series of Class B Shares ranks on a parity with every other series of Class B Shares with respect to dividends and return of capital. The Class B Shares shall rank junior to the Class A Shares and the Class 1 Shares with respect to priority in payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of MFC, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of the assets of MFC among its shareholders for the specific purpose of winding up its affairs, but the Class B Shares shall be entitled to a preference over the Common Shares and any other shares ranking junior to the Class B Shares with respect to priority in payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of MFC, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of the assets of MFC among its shareholders for the specific purpose of winding up its affairs. If any cumulative dividends, whether or not declared, or declared non-cumulative dividends or amounts payable on return of capital are not paid in full in respect of any series of Class B Shares, the Class B Shares of all series shall participate rateably in respect of such dividends in accordance with the sums that would be payable on such shares if all such dividends were declared and paid in full, and in respect of such return of capital in accordance with the sums that would be payable on such return of capital if all sums so payable were paid in full; provided, however, that if there are insufficient assets to satisfy in full all such claims as aforesaid, the claims of the holders of the Class B Shares with respect to return of capital shall be paid and satisfied first and any assets remaining thereafter shall be applied towards the payment and satisfaction of claims in respect of dividends. The Class B Shares of any series may also be given such other preferences not inconsistent with the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to the Class B Shares as a class over the Common Shares and any other shares ranking junior to the Class B Shares as may be determined in the case of such series of Class B Shares.

Certain Provisions of the Class 1 Shares as a Class

The following is a summary of certain provisions attaching to the Class 1 Shares as a class.

Priority

Each series of Class 1 Shares ranks on a parity with every other series of Class 1 Shares and every series of Class A Shares with respect to dividends and return of capital. The Class 1 Shares shall be entitled to a preference over the Class B Shares, the Common Shares and any other shares ranking junior to the Class 1 Shares with respect to priority in payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of MFC, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of the assets of MFC among its shareholders for the specific purpose of winding up its affairs. If any cumulative dividends, whether or not declared, or declared non-cumulative dividends or amounts payable on return of capital are not paid in full in respect of any series of Class 1 Shares, the Class 1 Shares of all series shall participate rateably in respect of such dividends in accordance with the sums that would be payable on such shares if all such dividends were declared and paid in full, and in respect of such return of capital in accordance with the sums that would be payable on such return of capital if all sums so payable were paid in full; provided, however, that if there are insufficient assets to satisfy in full all such claims as aforesaid, the claims of the holders of the Class 1 Shares with respect to return of capital shall be paid and satisfied first and any assets remaining thereafter shall be applied towards the payment and satisfaction of claims in respect of dividends. The Class 1 Shares of any series may also be given such other preferences not inconsistent with the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to the Class 1 Shares as a class over the Class B Shares, the Common Shares and any other shares ranking junior to the Class 1 Shares as may be determined in the case of such series of Class 1 Shares.

 

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Certain Provisions Common to the Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class 1 Shares

The following is a summary of certain provisions attaching to the Class A Shares as a class, to the Class B Shares as a class and to the Class 1 Shares as a class.

Directors’ Right to Issue in One or More Series

The Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class 1 Shares may be issued at any time and from time to time in one or more series. Before any shares of a series are issued, the Board of Directors of MFC shall fix the number of shares that will form such series, if any, and shall, subject to any limitations set out in the by-laws of MFC or in the ICA, determine the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions to be attached to the Class A Shares, Class B Shares or Class 1 Shares, as the case may be, of such series, the whole subject to the filing with the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) (the “ Superintendent ”) of the particulars of such series, including the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions determined by the Board of Directors of MFC.

Voting Rights of Preferred Shares

Except as referred to below or as required by law or as specified in the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached from time to time to any series of Class A Shares, Class B Shares or Class 1 Shares, the holders of such Class A Shares, Class B Shares or Class 1 Shares as a class shall not be entitled as such to receive notice of, to attend or to vote at any meeting of the shareholders of MFC.

Amendment with Approval of Holders of Preferred Shares

The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to each of the Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class 1 Shares as a class may be added to, changed or removed but only with the approval of the holders of such class of Preferred Shares given as hereinafter specified.

Approval of Holders of Preferred Shares

The approval of the holders of a class of Preferred Shares to add to, change or remove any right, privilege, restriction or condition attaching to such class of Preferred Shares as a class or in respect of any other matter requiring the consent of the holders of such class of Preferred Shares may be given in such manner as may then be required by law, subject to a minimum requirement that such approval be given by resolution signed by all the holders of such class of Preferred Shares or passed by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast at a meeting of the holders of such class of Preferred Shares duly called for that purpose.

Notwithstanding any other condition or provision of any class of Preferred Shares, the approval of the holders of any class, voting separately as a class or series, is not required on a proposal to amend the by-laws of MFC to:

 

(i) increase or decrease the maximum number of authorized Class A Shares, Class B Shares or Class 1 Shares, as the case may be, or increase the maximum number of authorized shares of a class of shares having rights or privileges equal or superior to such class of Preferred Shares;

 

(ii) effect the exchange, reclassification or cancellation of all or any part of the Class A Shares, Class B Shares or Class 1 Shares, as the case may be; or

 

(iii) create a new class of shares equal to or superior to the Class A Shares, the Class B Shares or the Class 1 Shares, as the case may be.

 

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The formalities to be observed with respect to the giving of notice of any such meeting or any adjourned meeting, the quorum required therefor and the conduct thereof shall be those from time to time required by the ICA as in force at the time of the meeting and those, if any, prescribed by the by-laws or the administrative resolutions of MFC with respect to meetings of shareholders. On every poll taken at every meeting of the holders of a class of Preferred Shares as a class, or at any joint meeting of the holders of two or more series of a class of Preferred Shares, each holder of such class of Preferred Shares entitled to vote thereat shall have one vote in respect of each relevant Preferred Share held.

Certain Provisions of the Common Shares as a Class

The authorized common share capital of MFC consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares without nominal or par value. Each holder of Common Shares is entitled to receive notice of and to attend all meetings of the shareholders of MFC, and is entitled to one vote for each share held, except meetings at which only holders of a specified class or series of shares of MFC are entitled to vote separately as a class or series. The holders of Common Shares are entitled to receive dividends as and when declared by the Board of Directors of MFC, subject to the preference of the holders of Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class 1 Shares and any other shares ranking senior to the Common Shares with respect to priority in payment of dividends. After payment to the holders of Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class 1 Shares and any other shares ranking senior to Common Shares with respect to priority in the distribution of assets in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of MFC, the holders of Common Shares shall be entitled to receive prorated the net assets of MFC remaining, after the payment of all creditors and liquidation preferences, if any, that pertain to shareholders.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

The following sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Debt Securities. The particular terms and provisions of Debt Securities offered pursuant to this prospectus will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, and the extent to which the general terms and provisions described below may apply to such Debt Securities, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Senior Debt Securities will be issued in Canada under the trust indenture dated as of May 19, 2005, as supplemented from time to time, between MFC and BNY Trust Company of Canada (formerly CIBC Mellon Trust Company) as trustee, or such other trust indenture as MFC may enter into in the future. Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued in Canada under the trust indenture dated as of May 25, 2016, as supplemented from time to time, between MFC and BNY Trust Company of Canada, as trustee, or such other trust indenture as MFC may enter into in the future with a financial institution authorized to carry on business as a trustee. Senior Debt Securities will be issued in the United States under the trust indenture dated as of September 17, 2010, as supplemented from time to time, between MFC and The Bank of New York Mellon as trustee. Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued in the United States either under (i) the trust indenture dated as of February 21, 2017, as supplemented from time to time, among MFC, The Bank of New York Mellon, as U.S. trustee, and BNY Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, or (ii) the trust indenture to be entered into among MFC, The Bank of New York Mellon, as U.S. trustee, and BNY Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee. The indenture under which any Debt Securities are issued will be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Priority

The Debt Securities will be senior or subordinated indebtedness of MFC as described in the relevant prospectus supplement. If the Debt Securities are senior indebtedness for purposes of the ICA, they will rank equally and rateably with all other unsecured indebtedness of MFC, from time to time issued and outstanding, which is not subordinated.

 

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If the Debt Securities are subordinated indebtedness for the purposes of the ICA, except as otherwise provided in an applicable prospectus supplement, they will rank equally and rateably with all other subordinated indebtedness of MFC from time to time issued and outstanding (other than subordinated indebtedness which has been further subordinated in accordance with its terms).

In the event of the insolvency or winding-up of MFC, the subordinated indebtedness of MFC, including the subordinated Debt Securities, will be subordinated and postponed in right of payment to the prior payment in full of: (i) all policy liabilities of MFC; and (ii) all other liabilities and indebtedness of MFC, other than indebtedness that, by its terms, ranks equally with or subordinate to such subordinated indebtedness.

The Debt Securities are Unsecured Obligations

The Debt Securities will be direct unsecured obligations of MFC. The Debt Securities will not constitute deposits that are insured under the CDIC Act or by the FDIC .

MFC is a holding company that relies on dividends and interest payments from its insurance and other subsidiaries as the principal source of cash flow to meet its obligations, including with respect to its indebtedness, and to pay dividends. As a result, MFC’s cash flows and ability to service its obligations are dependent upon the earnings of its subsidiaries and the distribution of those earnings and other funds by its subsidiaries to it. Substantially all of MFC’s business is currently conducted through its subsidiaries.

MLI is MFC’s principal operating subsidiary. The payment of dividends to MFC by MLI is subject to restrictions set out in the ICA. The ICA prohibits the declaration or payment of any dividend on shares of an insurance company if there are reasonable grounds for believing: (i) the company does not have adequate capital and adequate and appropriate forms of liquidity; or (ii) the declaration or the payment of the dividend would cause the company to be in contravention of any regulation made under the ICA respecting the maintenance of adequate capital and adequate and appropriate forms of liquidity, or of any direction made to the company by the Superintendent. In addition, the Superintendent is considering capital requirements for MLI on a standalone basis that could further restrict dividends and other distributions to MFC. All of our U.S. and Asian operating life insurance companies are subsidiaries of MLI. Accordingly, a restriction on dividends from MLI would prevent MFC from obtaining dividends from its U.S. and Asian insurance businesses.

Certain of MFC’s U.S. insurance subsidiaries also are subject to insurance laws in Michigan, New York, Massachusetts and Vermont, the jurisdictions in which these subsidiaries are domiciled, which impose general limitations on the payment of dividends and other upstream distributions by these subsidiaries to MLI. Our Asian insurance subsidiaries are also subject to restrictions in the jurisdictions in which these subsidiaries are domiciled which could affect their ability to pay dividends to MLI in certain circumstances. In addition, the ability of MFC’s insurance subsidiaries to pay dividends to MFC in the future will depend on their earnings and regulatory restrictions. These subsidiaries are subject to a variety of insurance and other laws and regulations that vary by jurisdiction and are intended to protect policyholders and beneficiaries in that jurisdiction first and foremost, rather than investors. These subsidiaries are generally required to maintain solvency and capital standards as set by their local regulators and may also be subject to other regulatory restrictions, all of which may limit the ability of subsidiary companies to pay dividends or make distributions to MFC. Such limits could have a material adverse effect on MFC’s liquidity, including its ability to pay dividends to shareholders and service its debt.

MFC’s subsidiaries will not be obligated to pay any amounts due on the Debt Securities. Furthermore, except to the extent MFC has a priority or equal claim against its subsidiaries as a creditor, the Debt Securities will be structurally subordinated to debt and preferred stock at the subsidiary level because, as the common shareholder of its subsidiaries, MFC will be subject to the prior claims of creditors of its subsidiaries. Consequently, the Debt Securities will be structurally subordinated to all liabilities of any of MFC’s subsidiaries, including liabilities to policyholders and contract holders.

 

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Terms of the Debt Securities

The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities that may be issued under each indenture is unlimited. You should refer to the applicable prospectus supplement for the specific terms and other information with respect to each series of Debt Securities, which may include the following:

 

  the designation, aggregate principal amount and authorized denominations of such Debt Securities;

 

  the indenture under which such Debt Securities will be issued;

 

  the currency or currency units for which the Debt Securities may be purchased and the currency or currency unit in which the principal and any interest is payable (in either case, if other than Canadian dollars);

 

  any applicable subordination provisions;

 

  the percentage of the principal amount at which such Debt Securities will be issued;

 

  the date or dates on which such Debt Securities will mature or whether such Debt Securities have no stated maturity with respect to the payment of principal;

 

  the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum at which such Debt Securities will bear interest, if any, or the method of determination of such rates, if any;

 

  the dates on which such interest, if any, will be payable and the record dates for such payments;

 

  provisions, if any, for the deferral and/or cancellation of payments of interest or principal at our discretion or under other circumstances;

 

  any redemption term or terms under which such Debt Securities may be defeased, if applicable;

 

  whether such Debt Securities are to be issued in registered form, bearer form or in the form of temporary or permanent global securities and the basis of exchange, transfer and ownership thereof;

 

  the place or places where principal, premium, if any, and interest will be payable;

 

  the amount of discount, if any, with which such Debt Securities will be issued;

 

  whether such Debt Securities will be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities;

 

  the identity of the depositary for global securities;

 

  whether a temporary security is to be issued with respect to such Debt Securities and whether any interest payable prior to the issuance of definitive Debt Securities of such series will be credited to the account of the persons entitled to such interest;

 

  the terms upon which beneficial interests in a temporary global Debt Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for beneficial interests in a definitive global debt security or for individual definitive Debt Securities and the terms upon which such exchanges may be made;

 

  the securities exchange(s) on which such series of Debt Securities will be listed, if any;

 

  any terms relating to the modification, amendment or waiver of any terms of such Debt Securities or the applicable indenture;

 

  any change in the right of the trustee(s) or the holders to declare the principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to such series of Debt Securities to be due and payable;

 

  governing law;

 

  any exchange or conversion terms; and

 

  any other specific terms, including any additional events of default or covenants not inconsistent with the provisions of the applicable indenture.

 

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Debt Securities may, at our option, be issued in fully registered form, in “book-entry only” form (the implications of which are discussed below) or may be uncertificated. Debt Securities in registered form will be exchangeable for other Debt Securities of the same series and tenor, registered in the same name, for a like aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations and will be transferable at any time or from time to time at the corporate trust office of the relevant trustee. No charge will be made to the holder for any such exchange or transfer except for any tax or government charge incidental thereto.

Debt Securities of a single series may be issued at various times with different maturity dates, may bear interest at different rates and may otherwise vary.

We will summarize in the applicable prospectus supplement certain terms of the Debt Securities being offered thereby and the relevant indenture which we believe will be most important to your decision to invest in the Debt Securities being offered. You should keep in mind, however, that it is the applicable indenture, as supplemented by any applicable supplemental indenture, and not this summary, which define your rights as a holder of Debt Securities. There may be other provisions in the applicable indenture which are also important to you. You should read the applicable indenture for a full description of the terms of the series of Debt Securities. See ‘‘Where You Can Find More Information’’ for information on how to obtain copies of the applicable indenture.

DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS

The following sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Subscription Receipts. We may issue Subscription Receipts that may be exchanged by the holders thereof for Debt Securities, Preferred Shares or Common Shares upon the satisfaction of certain conditions. The particular terms and provisions of the Subscription Receipts offered pursuant to this prospectus will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, and the extent to which the general terms described below apply to those Subscription Receipts, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

We may offer Subscription Receipts separately or together with Debt Securities, Preferred Shares or Common Shares, as the case may be. We will issue Subscription Receipts under a subscription receipt agreement.

Selected provisions of the Subscription Receipts and the subscription receipt agreements are summarized below. This summary is not complete. The statements made in this prospectus relating to any subscription receipt agreement and Subscription Receipts to be issued thereunder are summaries of certain anticipated provisions thereof and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all provisions of the applicable subscription receipt agreement.

Any prospectus supplement for Subscription Receipts supplementing this prospectus will contain the terms and conditions and other information with respect to the Subscription Receipts being offered thereby, including:

 

  the number of Subscription Receipts;

 

  the price at which the Subscription Receipts will be offered and whether the price is payable in instalments;

 

  any conditions to the exchange of Subscription Receipts into Debt Securities, Preferred Shares or Common Shares, as the case may be, and the consequences of such conditions not being satisfied;

 

  the procedures for the exchange of the Subscription Receipts into Debt Securities, Preferred Shares or Common Shares, as the case may be;

 

  the number of Debt Securities, Preferred Shares or Common Shares, as the case may be, that may be exchanged upon exercise of each Subscription Receipt;

 

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  the designation and terms of any other Securities with which the Subscription Receipts will be offered, if any, and the number of Subscription Receipts that will be offered with each Security;

 

  the dates or periods during which the Subscription Receipts may be exchanged into Debt Securities, Preferred Shares or Common Shares;

 

  whether such Subscription Receipts will be listed on any securities exchange;

 

  any other rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Subscription Receipts; and

 

  any other specific terms.

Subscription receipt certificates will be exchangeable for new subscription receipt certificates of different denominations at the office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. Prior to the exchange of their Subscription Receipts, holders of Subscription Receipts will not have any of the rights of holders of the securities subject to the Subscription Receipts.

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

The following sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Warrants. We may issue Warrants for the purchase of Debt Securities, Preferred Shares or Common Shares or other Securities. Warrants may be issued independently or together with Debt Securities, Preferred Shares or Common Shares or other Securities offered by any prospectus supplement and may be attached to, or separate from, any such offered Securities. Warrants will be issued under one or more warrant agreements between us and a warrant agent that we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Selected provisions of the Warrants and the warrant agreements are summarized below. This summary is not complete. The statements made in this prospectus relating to any warrant agreement and Warrants to be issued thereunder are summaries of certain anticipated provisions thereof and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all provisions of the applicable warrant agreement.

Any prospectus supplement for Warrants supplementing this prospectus will contain the terms and other information with respect to the Warrants being offered thereby, including:

 

  the designation of the Warrants;

 

  the aggregate number of Warrants offered and the offering price;

 

  the designation, number and terms of the Debt Securities, Preferred Shares or Common Shares or other Securities purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants, and procedures that will result in the adjustment of those numbers;

 

  the exercise price of the Warrants;

 

  the dates or periods during which the Warrants are exercisable;

 

  the designation and terms of any securities with which the Warrants are issued;

 

  if the Warrants are issued as a unit with another security, the date on and after which the Warrants and the other security will be separately transferable;

 

  the currency or currency unit in which the exercise price is denominated;

 

  any minimum or maximum amount of Warrants that may be exercised at any one time;

 

  whether such Warrants will be listed on any securities exchange;

 

  any terms, procedures and limitations relating to the transferability, exchange or exercise of the Warrants;

 

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  any rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Warrants; and

 

  any other specific terms.

Warrant certificates will be exchangeable for new warrant certificates of different denominations at the office indicated in the prospectus supplement. Prior to the exercise of their Warrants, holders of Warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the Securities subject to the Warrants.

Modifications

We may amend the warrant agreements and the Warrants, without the consent of the holders of the Warrants, to cure any ambiguity, to cure, correct or supplement any defective or inconsistent provision, or in any other manner that will not materially and adversely affect the interests of holders of outstanding Warrants. Other amendment provisions will be as indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Enforceability

The warrant agent will act solely as our agent. The warrant agent will not have any duty or responsibility if we default under the warrant agreements or the warrant certificates. A Warrant holder may, without the consent of the warrant agent, enforce, by appropriate legal action on its own behalf, the holder’s right to exercise the holder’s Warrants.

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

The following sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Units. We may issue Units comprised of one or more of the other Securities described in this prospectus in any combination. Each Unit will be issued so that the holder of the Unit is also the holder of each Security included in the Unit. Thus, the holder of a Unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included Security. The unit agreement under which a Unit is issued may provide that the Securities included in the Unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date.

Any prospectus supplement for Units supplementing this prospectus will contain the terms and other information with respect to the Units being offered thereby, including:

 

  the designation and terms of the Units and of the Securities comprising the Units, including whether and under what circumstances those Securities may be held or transferred separately;

 

  any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the Units or of the Securities comprising the Units;

 

  whether the Units will be issued in fully registered or global form;

 

  any other specific terms.

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any Units. The preceding description and any description of Units in the applicable prospectus supplement does not purport to be complete and is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the unit agreement and, if applicable, collateral arrangements and depositary arrangements relating to such Units.

 

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ICA RESTRICTIONS AND APPROVALS

Under the ICA, MFC, with the prior consent of the Superintendent, may redeem or purchase any of its shares, including the Preferred Shares or Common Shares, as the case may be, unless there are reasonable grounds for believing that MFC is, or the redemption or purchase would cause MFC to be, in contravention of any regulation or guidelines made under the ICA respecting the maintenance by life insurance companies of adequate capital and adequate and appropriate forms of liquidity, or any direction to MFC made by the Superintendent pursuant to subsection 515(3) of the ICA regarding its capital or its liquidity. No such direction to MFC has been made to date. MFC is also prohibited under the ICA from paying or declaring a dividend if there are reasonable grounds for believing that MFC is, or the payment would cause MFC to be, in contravention of any regulation made under the ICA representing the maintenance by life insurance companies of adequate capital and adequate and appropriate forms of liquidity, or any direction to MFC made by the Superintendent pursuant to subsection 515(3) of the ICA regarding its capital or its liquidity. As of the date hereof, this limitation would not restrict a payment of quarterly dividends on the Preferred Shares or Common Shares, and no such direction to MFC has been made. In addition, MFC must provide at least 15 days’ prior notice to the Superintendent before paying any dividends.

CONSTRAINTS ON SHARES

The ICA contains restrictions on the purchase or other acquisition, issue, transfer and voting of the shares of MFC. Pursuant to these restrictions, no person is permitted to acquire any shares of MFC if the acquisition would cause the person to have a “significant interest” in any class of shares of MFC unless the prior approval of the Minister of Finance is obtained. The restrictions also prohibit any person from becoming a “major shareholder” of MFC. In addition, MFC is not permitted to record in its securities register any transfer or issue of shares if the transfer or issue would cause the person to breach the ownership restrictions. For these purposes, a person has a significant interest in a class of shares of MFC where the aggregate of any shares of that class beneficially owned by that person, any entity controlled by that person and by any person associated or acting jointly or in concert with that person exceeds 10% of all the outstanding shares of that class of shares of MFC. A person is a major shareholder if the aggregate of any shares in a class of voting shares held by that person and by any entity controlled by that person exceeds 20% of the outstanding shares of that class, or, for a class of non-voting shares, a holding exceeds 30% of that class. If a person contravenes any of these restrictions, the Minister of Finance may, by order, direct such person to dispose of all or any portion of those shares. In addition, the ICA prohibits life insurance companies, including MFC, from recording in its securities register a transfer or issue of any share to Her Majesty in right of Canada or of a province, an agent or agency of Her Majesty, a foreign government or an agent or agency of a foreign government and provides further that no person may exercise the voting rights attached to those shares of an insurance company. The ICA exempts from such constraints certain foreign financial institutions which are controlled by foreign governments and eligible agents provided certain conditions are satisfied.

Under applicable insurance laws and regulations in Michigan, New York, Massachusetts and Vermont, no person may acquire control of any of our insurance company subsidiaries domiciled in any such state without obtaining prior approval of such state’s insurance regulatory authority. Under applicable laws and regulations, any person acquiring, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting securities of any other person is presumed to have acquired “control” of such person. Thus, any person seeking to acquire 10% or more of the voting securities of MFC must obtain the prior approval of the insurance regulatory authorities in certain states including Michigan, Massachusetts, Vermont and New York, or must demonstrate to the relevant insurance commissioner’s satisfaction that the acquisition of such securities will not give them control of MFC. Under U.S. law, the failure to obtain such prior approval would entitle MFC or the insurance regulatory authorities to seek injunctive relief, including enjoining any proposed acquisition, the voting of such securities at any meeting of the holders of Common Shares, or seizing shares owned by such person, and such shares may not be entitled to be voted at any meeting of the holders of Common Shares.

 

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ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS

Pursuant to an agreement made between MFC, MLI, CIBC Mellon Trust Company and Manulife Financial Capital Trust II (a subsidiary of MLI), MFC and MLI have covenanted for the benefit of holders of the outstanding Manulife Financial Capital Trust II Notes – Series I (the “ Trust II Notes ”) that, if an “Other Deferral Event” as defined in the applicable agreement occurs, MLI will not declare or pay cash dividends on any MLI Public Preferred Shares (as defined below), if any are outstanding, and if no MLI Public Preferred Shares are outstanding, MFC will not declare or pay cash dividends on its Preferred Shares and Common Shares, in each case, until the sixth month following the relevant Other Deferral Event date. An Other Deferral Event will occur if interest is not paid in full in cash on the Trust II Notes on any interest payment date or if MLI elects that holders of Trust II Notes invest interest payable on the Trust II Notes on any interest payment date in a new series of MLI Class 1 Shares. “MLI Public Preferred Shares” means, at any time, preferred shares of MLI which at that time: (a) have been issued to the public (excluding any preferred shares of MLI held beneficially by affiliates of MLI); (b) are listed on a recognized stock exchange; and (c) have an aggregate liquidation entitlement of at least $200 million, provided however, if at any time, there is more than one class of MLI Public Preferred Shares outstanding, then the most senior class or classes of outstanding MLI Public Preferred Shares shall, for all purposes, be the MLI Public Preferred Shares.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the Securities:

 

    through underwriters or dealers;

 

    directly to one or more purchasers pursuant to applicable statutory exemptions; or

 

    through agents.

The Securities may be sold at fixed prices or non-fixed prices, such as prices determined by reference to the prevailing price of the specified Securities in a specified market, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at prices to be negotiated with purchasers, which prices may vary as between purchasers and during the period of distribution of the Securities. The prospectus supplement for any of the Securities being offered thereby will set forth the terms of the offering of such Securities, including the type of Security being offered, the name or names of any underwriters or agents, the purchase price of such Securities, the proceeds from such sale, any underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation, any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers. Only underwriters so named in the prospectus supplement are deemed to be underwriters in connection with the Securities offered thereby.

If underwriters are used in the sale, the Securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase such Securities will be subject to certain conditions precedent, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the Securities of the series offered by the prospectus supplement if any of such Securities are purchased. Any public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

The Securities may also be sold directly by us at such prices and upon such terms as agreed to by us and the purchaser or through agents designated from time to time. Any agent involved in the offering and sale of the Securities in respect of which this prospectus is delivered will be named, and any commissions payable to such agent will be set forth, in the prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, any agent would be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment.

 

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We may agree to pay the underwriters, dealers or agents a commission for various services relating to the issue and sale of any Securities offered hereby. Any such commission will be paid out of our general corporate funds. Underwriters, dealers or agents who participate in the distribution of the Securities may be entitled under agreements to be entered into with us to indemnification by us against certain liabilities, including liabilities under securities legislation, or to contribution with respect to payments which such underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make in respect thereof.

In connection with any offering of the Securities, the underwriters, dealers or agents may over-allot or effect transactions which stabilize or maintain the market price of the Securities offered at a higher level than that which might exist in the open market. These transactions may be commenced, interrupted or discontinued at any time.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities will be used for general corporate purposes.

RISK FACTORS

An investment in the Securities is subject to various risks, including those risks inherent in investing in a diversified financial institution. Before deciding whether to invest in the Securities, investors should carefully consider the risks relating to Manulife in the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus (including subsequently filed documents incorporated by reference) and, if applicable, those described in a prospectus supplement for a specific offering of Securities.

Prospective purchasers should consider the categories of risks identified and discussed under “Risk Factors” in our AIF, under “Risk Management and Risk Factors” and “Critical Accounting and Actuarial Policies” in the management’s discussion and analysis in our most recent annual report, under “Risk Management and Risk Factors Update” and “Critical Accounting and Actuarial Policies” in the management’s discussion and analysis in our most recent interim financial report, in the “Risk Management” note to the consolidated financial statements in our most recent annual report and most recent interim financial report, and elsewhere in our filings with Canadian and U.S. securities regulatory authorities.

DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The following documents have been filed with the SEC as part of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part: the documents referred to under the heading “Documents Incorporated by Reference”; the consent of Ernst & Young LLP; powers of attorney from directors and officers of MFC; the Senior Indenture between MFC and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee; the Subordinated Indenture among MFC, The Bank of New York Mellon, as U.S. trustee, and BNY Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee; the form of Subordinated Indenture among MFC, The Bank of New York Mellon, as U.S. trustee, and BNY Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee; and the Statements of Eligibility of The Bank of New York Mellon and BNY Trust Company of Canada under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 on Form T-1.

 

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AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS

Richard B. DeWolfe, Luther S. Helms, Tsun-yan Hsieh, Pamela O. Kimmet, C. James Prieur, and Lesley D. Webster, whom we refer to collectively as the Non-Resident Directors, are directors of MFC who reside outside of Canada. The Non-Resident Directors have appointed the following agent for service of process:

 

Name of Person or Company

  

Name and Address of Agent

Richard B. DeWolfe
Luther S. Helms
Tsun-yan Hsieh
Pamela O. Kimmet
C. James Prieur
Lesley D. Webster
   Manulife Financial Corporation
200 Bloor Street East
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M4W 1E5

Purchasers are advised that it may not be possible for investors to enforce judgments obtained in Canada against any person or company that is incorporated, continued or otherwise organized under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction or resides outside of Canada, even if the party has appointed an agent for service of process.

 

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED TO BE DELIVERED

TO OFFEREES OR PURCHASERS

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Under the Insurance Companies Act (Canada), a company may not, by contract, resolution or by-law, limit the liability of its directors for breaches of their fiduciary duties. However, the company may indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer or a person who acts or acted at the company’s request as a director or officer of, or in a similar capacity for, another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him or her in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which he or she is involved because of that association with the company or other entity, if:

(1) that person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of, as the case may be, the company or the other entity for which he or she acted at the company’s request as a director or officer or in a similar capacity; and

(2) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, that person had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful.

These individuals are entitled to indemnity from the company if the person was not judged by the court or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything he or she ought to have done and fulfills the conditions set out in (1) and (2) above. A company may, with the approval of a court, also indemnify that person against all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with an action by or on behalf of the company or other entity to procure a judgment in its favor, to which the person is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the company or entity, if he or she fulfills the conditions set out in (1) and (2) above.

The by-laws of MFC provide that the board of directors of MFC shall make provisions, by resolution, for the indemnification of directors, officers, employees and such other persons as the directors shall decide on such terms and conditions as they establish. MFC’s administrative resolutions provide that MFC shall indemnify a director, officer or employee, a former director, officer or employee, or a person who acts or acted at MFC’s request as a director, officer, employee or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal or administrative, against them from the execution of their duties if such individual acted honestly, in good faith, with a view to the best interests of MFC or the enterprise the person is serving at the request of MFC, and within the scope of his or her authority and normal activities, and, in the case of any criminal or administrative action or proceeding, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful, subject to the limitations described in the administrative resolutions. MFC’s administrative resolutions also provide that MFC shall also, with the approval of the board of directors of MFC, indemnify such persons in respect of any action by any person by or on behalf of MFC to procure a judgment in its favor to which the person is made a party by reason of being or having been a director, officer or employee of MFC, against all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action if he or she fulfills the conditions set out in (1) and (2) above.

MFC’s administrative resolutions provide that MFC will have no obligation to indemnify any person for:

 

    any act, error or omission committed with actual dishonest, fraudulent, criminal or malicious purpose or intent;

 

    any act of gross negligence or willful neglect;

 

    any liability of others assumed by any person otherwise entitled to indemnification under MFC’s administrative resolutions;

 

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    any claims by or against any enterprise which is owned, operated, managed or controlled by any person otherwise entitled to indemnification under MFC’s administrative resolutions or any claims by such person against an enterprise;

 

    any claims arising out of, or based on, any pension plans sponsored by any person otherwise entitled to indemnification under MFC’s administrative resolutions;

 

    bodily injury, sickness, disease or death of any person or injury to or destruction of any tangible property including loss of use thereof; or

 

    any liabilities in respect of which the person would otherwise be entitled to indemnification if in the course of that person’s actions, he or she is found by the board of directors of MFC to have been in breach of compliance with MFC’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or Conflict of Interest guidelines.

MFC has entered into agreements to indemnify its current and former directors and officers and directors and officers who are acting or have acted at MFC’s request for some other entity. These agreements indemnify our directors and officers for certain expenses, including, among other things, attorneys’ fees, costs, fines and settlement amounts, reasonably incurred by any such person in any civil, criminal, administrative or other proceeding related to such person’s services as a director or officer of MFC, or any other entity to which the person provides services at MFC’s request. MFC’s obligation to indemnify such persons is subject to similar limitations as those set forth in MFC’s administrative resolutions described above.

MFC maintains a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy with a policy limit of US$300,000,000. The policy is renewed annually. The policy provides protection to directors and officers against liability incurred by them in their capacities as directors and officers of MFC and its subsidiaries. The policy also provides protection to MFC (of which US$125,000,000 is available to MFC) for claims made against directors and officers for which MFC has granted directors and officers indemnity, as required or permitted under applicable law and for securities claims made against MFC, in each case, subject to a deductible of US$25,000,000 per claim.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling MFC pursuant to the foregoing provisions, MFC has been informed that in the opinion of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

4.1

   Annual Information Form of MFC dated February 9, 2017 for the fiscal year ended December  31, 2016 (except for the section of the Annual Information Form entitled “Ratings”) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to MFC’s Form 40-F filed on February 9, 2017).

4.2

   Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended December  31, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to MFC’s Form 40-F filed on February 9, 2017).

4.3

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit  99.2 to MFC’s Form 40-F filed on February 9, 2017).

4.4

   Management Proxy Circular dated March 17, 2017 regarding MFC’s annual meeting of shareholders held on May  4, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to MFC’s Form 6-K filed on March 17, 2017).

4.5

   Third Quarter Report to Shareholders for the three and nine months ended September  30, 2017, which includes comparative interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited) and Management’s Discussion and Analysis (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to MFC’s Form  6-K filed on November 8, 2017).

5.1

   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

6.1

   Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages of the Registration Statement).

7.1

   Senior Indenture, dated as of September  17, 2010, between MFC and The Bank of New York Mellon, relating to certain of the Debt Securities registered hereby (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to MFC’s Form 6-K filed on September  17, 2010).

7.2

   Subordinated Indenture, dated as of February  21, 2017, among MFC, The Bank of New York Mellon and BNY Trust Company of Canada, relating to certain of the Debt Securities registered hereby (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to MFC’s Form 6-K filed on February 21, 2017).

7.3

   Form of Subordinated Indenture among MFC, The Bank of New York Mellon and BNY Trust Company of Canada, relating to certain of the Debt Securities registered hereby.

7.4

   Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1, of The Bank of New York Mellon, with respect to Exhibit 7.1.

7.5

   Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1, of The Bank of New York Mellon, with respect to Exhibit 7.2.

7.6

   Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1, of BNY Trust Company of Canada, with respect to Exhibit 7.2.

7.7

   Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1, of The Bank of New York Mellon, with respect to Exhibit 7.3.

7.8

   Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1, of BNY Trust Company of Canada, with respect to Exhibit 7.3.

 

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PART III

UNDERTAKING AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS

Item 1. Undertaking.

The Registrant undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the Commission staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information relating to the securities registered pursuant to this Form F-10 or to transactions in said securities.

Item 2. Consent to Service of Process.

The Registrant has filed with the Commission an Appointment of Agent for Service of Process and Undertaking on Form F-X with the original filing of this Registration Statement.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-10 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Canada, on this 8 th day of December, 2017.

 

MANULIFE FINANCIAL

CORPORATION

By:  

 

/s/ Roy Gori

 

Name:  

  Roy Gori
 

Title:

  President, Chief Executive
    Officer and Director

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, as of the date hereof, Roy Gori, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Stephen B. Roder, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and his successor, Philip Witherington, James D. Gallagher, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Warren A. Thomson, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer and Halina K. von dem Hagen, Executive Vice President, Treasury and Capital Management, and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form F-10 of Manulife Financial Corporation and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto and any new registration statement with respect to the offering contemplated thereby filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 8th day of December, 2017.

 

Name

  

Title

/s/ Roy Gori

Roy Gori

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Stephen B. Roder

Stephen B. Roder

  

Senior Executive Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Lynda D. Sullivan

Lynda D. Sullivan

  

Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting

Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Richard B. DeWolfe

Richard B. DeWolfe

   Chairman of the Board

/s/ Rona H. Ambrose

Rona H. Ambrose

   Director

/s/ Joseph P. Caron

Joseph P. Caron

   Director

/s/ John M. Cassaday

John M. Cassaday

   Director

/s/ Susan F. Dabarno

Susan F. Dabarno

   Director

/s/ Sheila S. Fraser

Sheila S. Fraser

   Director

/s/ Luther S. Helms

Luther S. Helms

   Director

/s/ Tsun-yan Hsieh

Tsun-yan Hsieh

   Director

/s/ P. Thomas Jenkins

P. Thomas Jenkins

   Director

/s/ Pamela O. Kimmet

Pamela O. Kimmet

   Director

/s/ Donald R. Lindsay

Donald R. Lindsay

   Director

/s/ John R.V. Palmer

John R.V. Palmer

   Director

/s/ C. James Prieur

C. James Prieur

   Director

/s/ Andrea S. Rosen

Andrea S. Rosen

   Director

/s/ Lesley D. Webster

Lesley D. Webster

   Director

 

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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned has signed this Registration Statement, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Manulife Financial Corporation in the United States, on this 8th day of December, 2017.

 

JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY (U.S.A.)

By:

 

/s/ Emanuel Alves

  Name:   Emanuel Alves
  Title:   Vice President, Counsel &
    Corporate Secretary

 

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Exhibit 5.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form F-10 of Manulife Financial Corporation, and in the related preliminary short form base shelf prospectus pertaining to the issue and sale of up to US$5,000,000,000 in an aggregate amount of Debt Securities, Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class 1 Shares, Common Shares, Subscription Receipts, Warrants, and Units of Manulife Financial Corporation of our reports dated February 9, 2017, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Manulife Financial Corporation as at December 31, 2016 and 2015 and for the years then ended, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Manulife Financial Corporation as of December 31, 2016, included in Manulife Financial Corporation’s 2016 Annual Report (Form 40-F as amended on Form 40-F/A) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Toronto, Canada

December 8, 2017

Exhibit 7.3

 

 

 

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

TO

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

U.S. Trustee

AND

BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

Canadian Trustee

SUBORDINATED INDENTURE

Dated as of                

 

 

 

 

 


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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

     1  

SECTION 101.

  

Definitions .

     1  

SECTION 102.

  

Compliance Certificates and Opinions .

     10  

SECTION 103.

  

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustees .

     10  

SECTION 104.

  

Acts of Holders; Record Dates .

     11  

SECTION 105.

  

Notices, Etc., to Trustees and Company .

     13  

SECTION 106.

  

Notice to Holders; Waiver .

     14  

SECTION 107.

  

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .

     15  

SECTION 108.

  

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .

     15  

SECTION 109.

  

Successors and Assigns .

     15  

SECTION 110.

  

Separability Clause .

     15  

SECTION 111.

  

Benefits of Indenture .

     15  

SECTION 112.

  

Governing Law .

     15  

SECTION 113.

  

Legal Holidays .

     15  

SECTION 114.

  

Computations .

     16  

SECTION 115.

  

Agency for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities .

     16  

SECTION 116.

  

Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and Directors of the Company Exempt from Individual Liability .

     17  

SECTION 117.

  

References to Statutes .

     17  

SECTION 118.

  

Waiver of Jury Trial .

     17  

SECTION 119.

  

Force Majeure .

     17  

SECTION 120.

  

Tax Matters .

     17  

ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS

     18  

SECTION 201.

  

Forms Generally .

     18  

SECTION 202.

  

Form of Legend for Global Securities .

     19  

SECTION 203.

  

Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication .

     19  

ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES

     20  

SECTION 301.

  

Title; Terms .

     20  

SECTION 302.

  

Denominations .

     22  

SECTION 303.

  

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .

     22  

SECTION 304.

  

Temporary Securities .

     24  

SECTION 305.

  

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange .

     24  

SECTION 306.

  

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities .

     27  

SECTION 307.

  

Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .

     28  

SECTION 308.

  

Persons Deemed Owners .

     29  

SECTION 309.

  

Cancellation .

     30  

SECTION 310.

  

Computation of Interest .

     30  

 

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SECTION 311.

  

CUSIP Numbers .

     30  

ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     31  

SECTION 401.

  

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

     31  

SECTION 402.

  

Application of Trust Money .

     32  

ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES

     32  

SECTION 501.

  

Events of Default .

     32  

SECTION 502.

  

Acceleration of Maturity .

     33  

SECTION 503.

  

Suits for Enforcement by Trustees .

     33  

SECTION 504.

  

Trustees May File Proofs of Claim .

     33  

SECTION 505.

  

Trustees May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities .

     34  

SECTION 506.

  

Application of Money Collected .

     34  

SECTION 507.

  

Limitation on Suits .

     34  

SECTION 508.

  

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest .

     35  

SECTION 509.

  

Restoration of Rights and Remedies .

     35  

SECTION 510.

  

Rights and Remedies Cumulative .

     35  

SECTION 511.

  

Delay or Omission Not Waiver .

     36  

SECTION 512.

  

Control by Holders .

     36  

SECTION 513.

  

Waiver of Past Defaults .

     36  

SECTION 514.

  

Undertaking for Costs .

     37  

SECTION 515.

  

Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws .

     37  

ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEES

     37  

SECTION 601.

  

Certain Duties and Responsibilities .

     37  

SECTION 602.

  

Notice of Defaults .

     39  

SECTION 603.

  

Certain Rights of the Trustees .

     39  

SECTION 604.

  

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities .

     41  

SECTION 605.

  

May Hold Securities .

     41  

SECTION 606.

  

Money Held in Trust .

     41  

SECTION 607.

  

Compensation and Reimbursement .

     41  

SECTION 608.

  

Disqualification; Conflicting Interests .

     42  

SECTION 609.

  

Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility .

     43  

SECTION 610.

  

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor .

     43  

SECTION 611.

  

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor .

     45  

SECTION 612.

  

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business .

     46  

SECTION 613.

  

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company .

     46  

SECTION 614.

  

Appointment of Authenticating Agent .

     46  

SECTION 615.

  

Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee .

     48  

SECTION 616.

  

Joint Trustees .

     48  

 

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ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEES AND COMPANY

     48  

SECTION 701.

  

Company to Furnish Trustees Names and Addresses of Holders .

     48  

SECTION 702.

  

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders .

     49  

SECTION 703.

  

Reports by Trustees .

     49  

SECTION 704.

  

Reports by Company .

     49  

ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, AMALGAMATION, CONVEYANCE, STATUTORY ARRANGEMENT, TRANSFER OR LEASE

     50  

SECTION 801.

  

Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms .

     50  

SECTION 802.

  

Successor Person Substituted .

     52  

ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     52  

SECTION 901.

  

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders .

     52  

SECTION 902.

  

Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders .

     53  

SECTION 903.

  

Execution of Supplemental Indentures .

     54  

SECTION 904.

  

Effect of Supplemental Indentures .

     55  

SECTION 905.

  

Conformity with Trust Indenture Legislation .

     55  

SECTION 906.

  

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures .

     55  

SECTION 907.

  

Amendments Affecting Capital Treatment .

     55  

ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS

     55  

SECTION 1001.

  

Payment of Principal and Interest .

     55  

SECTION 1002.

  

Maintenance of Office or Agency .

     56  

SECTION 1003.

  

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust .

     56  

SECTION 1004.

  

Statement by Officers as to Default .

     57  

SECTION 1005.

  

Existence .

     57  

SECTION 1006.

  

Waiver of Certain Covenants .

     58  

SECTION 1007.

  

Additional Amounts .

     58  

ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF SECURITIES

     60  

SECTION 1101.

  

Company’s Right of Redemption .

     60  

SECTION 1102.

  

Applicability of Article .

     61  

SECTION 1103.

  

Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustees .

     61  

SECTION 1104.

  

Selection by Trustees of Securities to Be Redeemed .

     61  

SECTION 1105.

  

Notice of Redemption .

     62  

SECTION 1106.

  

Deposit of Redemption Price .

     63  

SECTION 1107.

  

Securities Payable on Redemption Date .

     63  

SECTION 1108.

  

Securities Redeemed in Part .

     63  

SECTION 1109.

  

Purchase of Securities .

     64  

 

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ARTICLE TWELVE [RESERVED]

     64  

ARTICLE THIRTEEN MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

     64  

SECTION 1301.

  

Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called .

     64  

SECTION 1302.

  

Call, Notice and Place of Meetings .

     65  

SECTION 1303.

  

Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings .

     65  

SECTION 1304.

  

Quorum; Action .

     66  

SECTION 1305.

  

Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings .

     67  

SECTION 1306.

  

Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings .

     68  

ARTICLE FOURTEEN SUBORDINATION

     68  

SECTION 1401.

  

Agreement to Subordinate .

     68  

SECTION 1402.

  

Distribution on Insolvency or Winding-Up .

     69  

SECTION 1403.

  

Subrogation of Securities .

     70  

SECTION 1404.

  

No Payment to Holders if Senior Indebtedness Due or in Default .

     70  

SECTION 1405.

  

Payment of Securities Permitted .

     71  

SECTION 1406.

  

Subordination Not to be Impaired .

     72  

SECTION 1407.

  

Obligations Created by Article Fourteen .

     72  

SECTION 1408.

  

No Set-Off .

     72  

SECTION 1409.

  

Amendments to Article Fourteen .

     73  

SECTION 1410.

  

Authorization of Holders to Trustee to Effect Subordination .

     73  

SECTION 1411.

  

Securities to Rank Equally .

     73  

SECTION 1412.

  

Rights of the Trustees .

     73  

 

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CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING

TO SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,

INCLUSIVE OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:

 

TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION

   INDENTURE SECTION  

SECTION 310(a)(1)

     609, 610  

(a)(2)

     609  

(a)(3)

     NOT APPLICABLE  

(a)(4)

     NOT APPLICABLE  

(a)(5)

     609  

(b)

     608, 610  

SECTION 311(a)

     613  

(b)

     613  

SECTION 312(a)

     701, 702  

(b)

     702  

(c)

     702  

SECTION 313(a)

     703  

(b)

     703  

(c)

     703  

(d)

     703  

SECTION 314(a)

     704  

(a)(4)

     101, 1004  

(b)

     NOT APPLICABLE  

(c)(1)

     102  

(c)(2)

     102  

(c)(3)

     NOT APPLICABLE  

(d)

     NOT APPLICABLE  

(e)

     102  

SECTION 315(a)

     601  

(b)

     602  

(c)

     601  

(d)

     601  

(e)

     514  

SECTION 316(a)

     101  

(a)(1)(a)

     502, 512  

(a)(1)(b)

     513  

(a)(2)

     NOT APPLICABLE  

(b)

     508  

(c)

     104  

SECTION 317(a)(1)

     503  

(a)(2)

     504  

(b)

     1003  

SECTION 318(a)

     107  

NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

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SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of                      , among Manulife Financial Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the Insurance Companies Act (Canada) (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 200 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario M4W 1E5, The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as U.S. Trustee (herein called the “U.S. Trustee”), and BNY Trust Company of Canada, a trust company organized under the laws of Canada, as Canadian Trustee (herein called the “Canadian Trustee” and, together with the U.S. Trustee, the “Trustees” and each, a “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured subordinated debt securities in one or more series (the “Securities”) of substantially the tenor hereinafter provided, and to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered; and

All things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of a series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS

OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

  SECTION 101. Definitions .

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally


accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the time of such computation; provided that when two or more principles are so generally accepted, it shall mean that set of principles consistent with those in use by the Company;

(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

(5) the words “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

“Act” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

“Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 1007.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Assignments and Preferences Act” means the Assignments and Preferences Act (Ontario) and any other statute hereafter enacted in substitution therefor, as such act or substituted statute may be amended from time to time.

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustees pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustees to authenticate Securities.

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company, any duly authorized committee of that board or any officer of the Company delegated the power of either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustees.

“branch register” has the meaning specified in Section 305.

“Branch Security Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 305.

 

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“Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, Toronto, Ontario, the Corporate Trust Office or any Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

“Canadian Trustee” means the Person named as the “Canadian Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to Section 610, and thereafter “Canadian Trustee” shall mean such successor Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person, “Canadian Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Canadian trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

“Central Register” has the meaning specified in Section 305.

“Central Security Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 305.

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time or any successor version thereof.

“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

“Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two of the President and a Senior Executive Vice President or one of them together with the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer, of the Company, and delivered to either Trustee, or both, or, with respect to Sections 303, 304, 305 and 603, any other employee of the Company named in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustees.

“Corporate Trust Office” means, with respect to a Trustee, the office of such Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at (i) with respect to the U.S. Trustee, 101 Barclay Street, Floor 7E, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, and (ii) with respect to the Canadian Trustee, BNY Trust Company of Canada, 1 York Street, 6 th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, ON M5J 0B6 Canada, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or such other address as the U.S. Trustee or the Canadian Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee.

 

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“corporation” means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

“Depositary” means the clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated by the Company in Section 301 to act as depositary for any series of Securities with respect to such series (or any successor to such clearing agency).

“Event of Default,” unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of a series pursuant to Section 301, has the meaning specified in Section 501.

“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

“Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 104.

“Fraudulent Conveyances Act” means the Fraudulent Conveyances Act (Ontario) and any other statute hereafter enacted in substitution therefor, as such act or substituted statute may be amended from time to time.

“Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of a series of Securities issued to the Depositary or its nominee for such series, and registered in the name of such Depositary or its nominee and bearing the legend set forth in Section 202.

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms of each particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.

“Insurance Companies Act” means the Insurance Companies Act (Canada) and any other statute hereafter enacted in substitution therefor, as such act or substituted statute may be amended from time to time.

“Interest Payment Date” means, as to each series of Securities, the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Securities.

“Interest Rate” means the rate of interest specified or determined as specified in each Security as being the rate of interest payable on such Security.

“John Hancock (USA)” means John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.), a stock life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of Michigan.

 

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“Maturity” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided in the Securities or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

“MCCSR” means the Minimum Continuing Capital and Surplus Requirements (or any successor or replacement capital requirements applicable to the Company, including, but not limited to, the Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test or any successor or replacement thereto) for Canadian federally regulated insurance companies.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by any two of the President and a Senior Executive Vice President or one of them together with the Secretary, the Treasurer, Executive Vice President, Treasury and Capital Management, the Controller, an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustees. One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Trustees, who may be counsel for (and an employee of) the Company.

“Original Issue Date” means the date of issuance specified as such in each Security.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.

“Outstanding” when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustees or delivered to the Trustees for cancellation;

(2) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustees or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustees has been made; and

(3) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustees proof satisfactory to them that such Securities are held by Holders in whose hands such Securities are valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company;

 

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provided , however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity or Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, and (C) Securities beneficially owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustees shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustees knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustees the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

“Paying Agent” means the U.S. Trustee or any other Person (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability or joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Place of Payment” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, the place or places where the principal of and interest on the Securities of such series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.

“Policy Liabilities” means all claims of holders of policies of insurance issued by the Company or for which the Company is responsible or liable and described in paragraph 161(1)(c) of the WURA.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

“Redemption Date” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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“Redemption Price” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of a series means, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to Securities of a series, the date which is fifteen days next preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).

“Relevant Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 1007.

“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to either Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee located within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

“Securities” or “Security” means any debt securities or debt security, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

“Senior Indebtedness” means the principal of and the interest and premium, if any, on:

(1) indebtedness of the Company (other than indebtedness evidenced by the Securities) whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, for money borrowed by the Company or for money borrowed by others for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable;

(2) indebtedness of the Company whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company in connection with the acquisition by the Company or by others of any business, property or other assets;

(3) renewals, extensions or refundings of any indebtedness referred to in (1) or (2) above;

(4) obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business; and

(5) any other indebtedness of the Company that does not constitute either (i) Subordinated Indebtedness or (ii) a Policy Liability;

 

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unless in any case it is provided by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing such indebtedness or pursuant to which such indebtedness is outstanding that such indebtedness is not prior in right of payment to the Securities but is equal in right of payment with, or subordinated in right of payment to, the Securities.

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustees pursuant to Section 307.

“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable, in the case of such principal or installment of principal, as such date may be extended or shortened as provided pursuant to the terms of such Security.

“Subordinated Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in the Insurance Companies Act.

“Subsidiary” means a corporation, partnership or other entity of which, at the time of determination, more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock or equivalent interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

“Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada).

“Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada) and any other statute hereafter enacted in substitution therefor, as such act or substituted statute may be amended from time to time.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided , however , that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

“Trust Indenture Legislation” means, at any time, statutory provisions relating to trust indentures and the rights, duties, and obligations of trustees under the trust indentures and of bodies corporate, including insurance companies, issuing debt obligations under trust indentures to the extent that such provisions are at such time in force and applicable to this Indenture, and at the date of this Indenture means (i) the applicable provisions of the Insurance Companies Act, and any other statute of Canada or a province thereof, and of regulations under any such statute, and (ii) the Trust Indenture Act. Obligations conferred on the Canadian Trustee by application of any Trust Indenture Legislation shall mean such Trust Indenture Legislation as is applicable to the Canadian Trustee.

 

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“Trustee” or “Trustees” means the Persons named as the “U.S. Trustee” and the “Canadian Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument and, subject to Section 615, shall also include any successor of either Trustee or both pursuant to Section 610 or Section 611, and thereafter, “Trustee” or “Trustees” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder. If the Canadian Trustee resigns or is removed and, pursuant to Section 615, the Company is not required to appoint a successor Trustee to the Canadian Trustee, “Trustee”, “Trustees” and any reference to “both of the Trustees” shall mean the Person named as the U.S. Trustee or any successor thereto appointed pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

“U.S. Dollars” and “U.S.$” means the currency of the United States of America, in each case as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America and which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of the United States of America and are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

“U.S. Trustee” means the Person named as the “U.S. Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to Section 610, and thereafter “U.S. Trustee” shall mean such successor Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person, “U.S. Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

“Vice President” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustees, means any officer with a title of “Vice President”, “Senior Vice President”, “Executive Vice President” or “Senior Executive Vice President”.

“Writing” has the meaning specified in Section 616.

“WURA” means the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act (Canada) and any other statute hereafter enacted in substitution therefor, as such act or substituted statute may be amended from time to time.

 

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  SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions .

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustees to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustees such certificates and opinions as may be required under the applicable Trust Indenture Legislation or that the Trustees reasonably request. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the applicable Trust Indenture Legislation and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture. In the case of an application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificates provided pursuant to Section 1004) shall include:

(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

  SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustees .

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or

 

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representations by, an officer or officers, or other management employee of the Company or any Subsidiary stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or such Subsidiary, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such officer or counsel, as the case may be, knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which such certificate or opinion may be based are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants filed with the Trustees shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

 

  SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates .

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustees and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive and may be relied upon by the Trustees, the Company, and any agent of the Trustees or the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a Person acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.

(c) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustees deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustees may determine.

 

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(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustees or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

(f) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders; provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, further , that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date (as defined below) by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustees in writing and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 106.

The Trustees may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (ii) any direction referred to in Section 512. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustees from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,

 

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the Trustees, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 106.

With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record date may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

 

  SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustees and Company .

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:

(1) the U.S. Trustee by the Canadian Trustee, any Holder or the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed to or with the U.S. Trustee in writing at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration,

(2) the Canadian Trustee by the U.S. Trustee, any Holder or the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed to or with the Canadian Trustee in writing at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or

(3) the Company by the Trustees or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustees by the Company, Attention: Treasurer.

Neither the Company nor the Trustees shall be deemed to have received any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders unless given, furnished or filed as provided in this Section 105.

 

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The Trustees agree to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods, provided, however, that the Trustees shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to give such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures of such designated persons, which such incumbency certificate shall be amended and replaced whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustees e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustees in their discretion elect to act upon such instructions, the Trustees’ understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustees shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustees’ reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustees, including without limitation the risk of the Trustees acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security, where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice of any event or any other communication (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) to a holder of a Global Security (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary or its designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices at the Depositary.

 

  SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver .

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustees, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the written approval of the Trustees shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

 

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  SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .

If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.

 

  SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

  SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns .

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

  SECTION 110. Separability Clause .

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

  SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture .

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar and their successors and assigns, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

  SECTION 112. Governing Law .

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except for Article Fourteen, which shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

  SECTION 113. Legal Holidays .

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the

 

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next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Maturity or Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Maturity or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, if such payment is made or duly provided for on the next succeeding Business Day, except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

  SECTION 114. Computations .

All computations and calculations under the Securities and this Indenture shall be made by the Company, and any such computation or calculation shall be final and binding. Neither Trustee shall have any obligation to make or verify any calculation or computation made by the Company.

 

  SECTION 115. Agency for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities .

(a) By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company (i) acknowledges that it has, by separate written instrument, irrevocably designated and appointed John Hancock (USA), 601 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, as its authorized agent for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon the Securities of any series or this Indenture that may be instituted in any federal or state court located in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, or brought under United States federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustees, and acknowledges that John Hancock (USA) has accepted such designation, (ii) irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) agrees that service of process upon John Hancock (USA) and written notice of said service to it (mailed or delivered to the Company’s Treasurer at its principal office in Toronto, Canada as specified in Section 105(2) in this Indenture) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all actions, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of John Hancock (USA) in full force and effect so long as this Indenture shall be in full force and effect.

(b) To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself, the Company hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Indenture and the Securities, to the extent permitted by law.

 

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  SECTION 116. Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and Directors of the Company Exempt from Individual Liability .

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in any Security of any series, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

 

  SECTION 117. References to Statutes .

Any reference in this Indenture to a statute or regulation shall be deemed to be a reference to such statute or regulation as amended, re-enacted, or replaced from time to time.

 

  SECTION 118. Waiver of Jury Trial .

EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

  SECTION 119. Force Majeure .

In no event shall the Trustees be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustees shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

  SECTION 120. Tax Matters.

The Company agrees that if any Securities cease to qualify as “grandfathered obligations” within the meaning of Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i)(B) of the U.S. Treasury regulations, it will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide to the Trustees information reasonably requested by the Trustees about the source and character for U.S. federal income tax purposes of any payments to be made pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities and about any modification to the terms thereof as is necessary to enable the Trustees to determine whether or not the Trustees are obligated to make any

 

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deduction or withholding from such payments pursuant to an agreement described in Section 1471(b) of the Code, or otherwise imposed under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code or any regulations or agreements (including any intergovernmental agreements) thereunder or official interpretations thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustees shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law and shall not have any liability with respect to such withholding or deductions. The terms of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

 

  SECTION 201. Forms Generally .

The Securities of each series shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A, or in such other form or forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate provisions as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with applicable tax laws or the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustees at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 with respect to the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

A Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form set forth in this Article.

The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on a steel engraved border or on steel engraved borders or produced by any combination of these methods, if required by any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, the Securities of each series will initially be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities. Each such Global Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amounts of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate. The

 

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Global Security or Securities evidencing the Securities of a series (and all Securities issued in exchange therefore) shall bear the legend indicated in Section 202.

 

  SECTION 202. Form of Legend for Global Securities .

Every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall, in addition to the provisions contained in Exhibit A, bear a legend in substantially the following form:

UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF DTC OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR SUCH NOMINEE, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

 

  SECTION 203. Form of Trustee s Certificate of Authentication .

Either Trustee’s certificate of authentication (or both Trustees’ certificates of authentication, as the case may be) shall be in substantially the following form:

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon,

as U.S. Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Signatory

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Dated:

 

BNY Trust Company of Canada,

as Canadian Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Signatory

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

 

  SECTION 301. Title; Terms .

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of a series:

(a) the title of the securities of such series, which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities;

(b) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the same series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1108 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder); provided , however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased above such amount by a Board Resolution to such effect;

(c) the Stated Maturity or Maturities on which the principal of the Securities of such series is payable or whether the Securities have no Stated Maturity with respect to the payment of principal of the Securities of the series;

(d) the rate or rates, if any, at which the Securities of such series shall bear interest or the method of determining such rate or rates, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable, the right, if any, of the Company to defer or extend an Interest Payment Date, the Regular Record Date (if other than as defined in this Indenture) for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date and the dates from which interest shall accrue and the method of determining these dates;

(e) the place or places where the principal of and interest on the Securities of such series shall be payable, the place or places where the Securities of such series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange, and the place or places where notices

 

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and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series may be made;

(f) the terms applicable to deferral or cancellation of payments of principal or interest, if any, including payments deferred or cancelled at the Company’s sole discretion;

(g) the period or periods within or the date or dates on which, if any, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of such series may be redeemed or prepaid, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

(h) the denominations in which any Securities of such series shall be issuable, if other than denominations of U.S.$2,000 and any integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof;

(i) if other than U.S. Dollars, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable, or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated;

(j) the additions, modifications or deletions, if any, in the Events of Default or covenants of the Company set forth herein with respect to the Securities of such series;

(k) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of such series that shall be payable upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof;

(l) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of the Securities of such series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons;

(m) any index or indices used to determine the amount of payments of principal of the Securities of such series or the manner in which such amounts will be determined;

(n) the issuance of a temporary Global Security representing all of the Securities of such series and the terms upon which such temporary Global Security may be exchanged for definitive Securities of such series;

(o) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the identity of the Depositary for such Global Securities;

(p) the appointment of any Paying Agent or Agents for the Securities of such series;

(q) the terms and conditions of any right or obligation on the part of the Company, or any option on the part of the Holders, to convert or exchange Securities of such series into cash or any other securities or property of the Company or any other

 

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Person, and the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange;

(r) the additions, modifications or deletions, if any, in defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to the Securities of such series; and

(s) any other terms of the Securities of such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture), but which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture with respect to such series; provided that no such term may modify or delete any provision hereof if imposed by the Trust Indenture Legislation; and provided, further , that any modification or deletion of the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustees hereunder shall have been consented to in writing by the Trustees).

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided herein or in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.

If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustees at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

 

  SECTION 302. Denominations .

The Securities of each series shall be in registered form without coupons and shall be issuable in denominations of U.S.$2,000 and any integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301.

 

  SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the President and a Senior Executive Vice President or one of them and the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual, facsimile or electronic format.

Securities bearing the manual, facsimile or electronic format signature of an individual who was at any time a proper officer of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such office at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to either Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and either Trustee, or both, in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

 

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If the form or forms or terms of the Securities of a series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustees shall be given upon their request, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,

(1) that such form or forms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(2) that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(3) that such Securities have been duly executed and, when authenticated and delivered by either Trustee, or both, and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

If such form or forms or terms have been so established, the Trustees shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustees’ own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustees.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the U.S. Trustee or by the Canadian Trustee, or both, by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the U.S. Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Minor typographical and other minor errors in the text of any Security shall not affect the validity and enforceability of such Security if it has been duly authenticated and delivered by either Trustee, or both.

 

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Except in the case of Securities of any series as to which it is specified, as contemplated by Section 301, that such securities shall be issued initially in individual certificated form, the Company shall execute and either Trustee, or both, shall authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities with respect to each series of Securities that (i) shall represent an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the initially issued Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by either Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially in the form required in Section 202.

The Depositary must, at all times while it serves as such Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and any other applicable statute or regulation.

 

  SECTION 304. Temporary Securities .

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order either Trustee, or both, shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities of any series in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute and either Trustee, or both, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and having the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity or Maturity and having the same terms as such temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities.

 

  SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange .

So long as required by the Insurance Companies Act, the Company shall maintain or shall cause to be kept, at the head office of the Company or at any other place in Canada designated by the Board of Directors, a securities register (the “Central Register”) of Holders of each series of Securities maintained in compliance with the Insurance Companies Act. The Company will cause the particulars of each issue, exchange or transfer of Securities to be recorded in the Central Register. The Company shall initially be the central security registrar (the “Central Security Registrar”) for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers and exchanges of Securities in the Central Register as provided herein; provided , however , the Company may appoint from time to

 

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time one or more successor Central Security Registrars and may from time to time rescind any such appointment.

The Company shall also cause to be maintained a branch register (a “branch register”) or branch registers of Holders in accordance with Section 1002 in the same manner and containing the same information with respect to each entry contained therein as contained in the Central Register. A copy of every entry in a branch register shall, promptly after the entry is made, be transmitted to the Central Security Registrar. If there is a conflict between the information contained in the Central Register and the information contained in the branch register, the information contained in the Central Register shall prevail. The Central Register together with each branch register are collectively referred to herein as the “Security Register”. At all reasonable times, the Security Register shall be open to inspection by the Trustees. The U.S. Trustee is hereby initially appointed as branch security registrar (the “Branch Security Registrar”) for the purpose of maintaining a branch register at its Corporate Trust Office; provided , however , the Company may appoint from time to time one or more successor or additional Branch Security Registrars and may from time to time rescind any such appointment. The Central Security Registrar together with each Branch Security Registrar are collectively referred to herein as the “Security Registrar”.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, the Company shall execute, and either Trustee, or both, shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount, of the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity or Maturity and having the same terms.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Securities represented thereby, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of such Depositary, or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary, or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or nominee of such successor Depositary.

At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities, of the same series of any authorized denominations, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, of the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity or Maturity and having the same terms, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and either Trustee, or both, shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

If at any time the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time the Depositary shall cease to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act as provided in Section 303, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary. If a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company

 

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within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company will execute, and either Trustee, or both, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities, will authenticate, in accordance with the Company Order, and make available for delivery, individual Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing the Securities in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion (subject to the procedures of the Depositary) determine that individual Securities issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities. In such event the Company will execute, and either Trustee, or both, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities, will authenticate, in accordance with the Company Order, and make available for delivery, individual Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing the Securities in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

The Depositary may surrender a Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for individual Securities on such terms as are acceptable to the Company, the Trustees and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and either Trustee, or both, shall authenticate and make available for delivery, without service charge:

(1) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new individual Security or Securities of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and

(2) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of individual Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

Upon the exchange of a Global Security for individual Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security, such Global Security shall be canceled by the U.S. Trustee. Individual Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the U.S. Trustee. The U.S. Trustee shall make available for delivery such individual Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

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Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made to a Holder or the Trustees for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1108 not involving any transfer.

Neither the Company nor the Trustees shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of this Section: (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 Business Days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption of Securities pursuant to Article Eleven and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing of notice of redemption; or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, any portion thereof that is not redeemed.

 

  SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities .

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustees together with such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustees to save each of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustees shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same issue and series, of like tenor and principal amount, having the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity or Maturity and bearing the same Interest Rate as such mutilated Security, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustees (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustees that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the either Trustee, or both, shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same issue and series, of like tenor and principal amount, having the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity or Maturity and bearing the same Interest Rate as such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

 

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Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company or the Trustees may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustees) connected therewith.

Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

 

  SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .

Interest on any Security of any series which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest in respect of Securities of such series. The initial payment of interest on any Security of any series which is issued between a Regular Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such Security or in the Board Resolution pursuant to Section 301 with respect to the related series of Securities.

Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not timely paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series (herein called “Defaulted Interest”), shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series in respect of which interest is in default (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustees in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the U.S. Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the U.S. Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the U.S. Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be

 

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not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the U.S. Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The U.S. Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Security of such series at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of the series in respect of which interest is in default may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange (or by the Trustees if the Securities are not listed), if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustees of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustees.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

 

  SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners .

The Company, the Trustees and any agent of the Company or the Trustees may treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustees nor any agent of the Company or the Trustees shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

None of the Company, the Trustees nor any agent of the Company or the Trustees will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

 

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  SECTION 309. Cancellation .

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption or registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the U.S. Trustee, be delivered to the U.S. Trustee, and any such Securities and Securities surrendered directly to the U.S. Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the U.S. Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the U.S. Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the U.S. Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the U.S. Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the U.S. Trustee shall be disposed by it in its customary manner or as directed by a Company Order received five days prior to such cancellation, and the U.S. Trustee shall deliver to the Company upon its request therefor a certificate evidencing the disposition of the cancelled Securities. Acquisition by the Company of any Security shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Security unless and until the same is delivered to the U.S. Trustee for cancellation.

 

  SECTION 310. Computation of Interest .

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

For the purposes of disclosure under the Interest Act (Canada), the yearly rate of interest to which any rate of interest payable under a Security, which is to be calculated on any basis other than a full calendar year, is equivalent may be determined by multiplying the rate by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the calendar year in which the period for which interest at such rate is payable and the denominator of which is the number of days comprising such other basis.

 

  SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers .

The Company in issuing Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustees shall use for the Securities “CUSIP” numbers in notices to the Holders as a convenience to such Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustees of any changes in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

  SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to Securities of a series (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for) and the Trustees at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities, when:

(1) either:

(A) all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the U.S. Trustee for cancellation; or

(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the U.S. Trustee for cancellation:

(i) have become due and payable, or

(ii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the U.S. Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the U.S. Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

and the Company, in the case of (i) or (ii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the U.S. Trustee as trust funds: (A) money in an amount; (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount; or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the U.S. Trustee, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the U.S. Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity, if any, or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided that the U.S. Trustee shall have the right (but not the obligation) to require the Company to deliver to the U.S. Trustee an opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification, or other evidence satisfactory to the U.S. Trustee, as to the sufficiency of deposits made by the Company pursuant to this Section;

 

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(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such Securities; and

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustees an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Securities have been complied with.

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustees against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this Section 401 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustees under Section 607 and the preceding paragraph, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money and/or U.S. Government Obligations shall have been deposited with the Trustees pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustees under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

 

  SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money .

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustees pursuant to Section 401 and all proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations and the interest thereon, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of the applicable series and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustees may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money and U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited with the Trustees.

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

 

  SECTION 501. Events of Default .

“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to the Securities of any series, means any one of the following events:

(1) an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up or liquidation of the Company or in the event of any other dissolution of the Company by operation of law, except in the course of carrying out or pursuant to a transaction in respect of which the conditions of Article Eight are duly observed and performed; or

 

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(2) the Company makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or otherwise acknowledges its insolvency, becomes insolvent or is declared bankrupt or consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it under any bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous laws or if a custodian, sequestrator, liquidator, receiver, receiver and manager or any other officer with similar powers is appointed of the Company or of the property of the Company or any substantial part thereof.

 

  SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity .

If an Event of Default occurs, the entire principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Outstanding Securities will become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustees or any Holders of the Securities.

 

  SECTION 503. Suits for Enforcement by Trustees .

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustees may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustees shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

  SECTION 504. Trustees May File Proofs of Claim .

In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors:

(a) the Trustees shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

(i) to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Legislation in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustees allowed in any such proceeding, and

(ii) in particular, the Trustees shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same in accordance with Section 506; and

(b) any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustees for distribution in accordance with Section 506, and, in the event that the Trustees shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustees any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustees, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustees under Section 607.

 

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No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustees to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustees to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided , however , that the Trustees may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a Trustees in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.

 

  SECTION 505. Trustees May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities .

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustees without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustees shall be brought in their own names as trustees of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustees, their agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

  SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected .

Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustees with respect to a series of Securities pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustees and, in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustees and any predecessor Trustees under Section 607;

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon such series of Securities for principal and interest in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such series of Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and

THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.

 

  SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits .

No Holder of any Securities of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustees of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

 

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(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series have made written request to the Trustees to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in their own names as Trustees hereunder;

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustees security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustees against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(4) the Trustees for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustees during such 60 day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of such series of Securities, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.

 

  SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest .

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

  SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies .

If the Trustees or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustees or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustees and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustees and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

  SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative .

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustees or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall,

 

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to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

  SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver .

No delay or omission of the Trustees or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustees or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustees or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

  SECTION 512. Control by Holders .

The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustees, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustees, with respect to the Securities of such series; provided that:

(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, involve the Trustees in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders of the Securities not joining in the action; and

(2) the Trustees may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustees which is not inconsistent with such direction.

 

  SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults .

Subject to Section 502 hereof, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series, waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:

(1) in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any Security of such series; or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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  SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs .

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustees for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustees, any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any such party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Legislation; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Legislation shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or by the Trustees, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities or Maturities expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date).

 

  SECTION 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws .

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustees, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEES

 

  SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities .

The duties, responsibilities, protections, privileges, and immunities of the Trustees shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Legislation, particularly Sections 315 and 316 of the Trust Indenture Act, unless expressly excluded as provided in this Article Six.

(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,

 

  (1) the Trustees undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustees; and

 

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  (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, such Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to such Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to such Trustee, such Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustees shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in them by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve a Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

  (1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;

 

  (2) each Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that such Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

 

  (3) each Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to such Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon such Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and

 

  (4) notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require a Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

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  SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults .

If a default occurs hereunder with respect to the Securities of a series, the Trustees within 90 days of such default shall give the Holders of such Securities notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided , however , that the Trustees may withhold notice to the Holders of any default with respect to Securities of a series, if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustees in good faith determine that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of the Holders of such Securities. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series.

 

  SECTION 603. Certain Rights of the Trustees .

Subject to the provisions of Section 601:

(1) each Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture either Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate and may at its discretion secure such further evidence deemed necessary or advisable, but shall in no case be bound to secure the same;

(4) each Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(5) neither Trustee shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but each Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if such Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records

 

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and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

(6) each Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and such Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder and shall have no obligation to monitor or supervise any such agent so appointed;

(7) each Trustee’s immunities and protections from liability and its rights to compensation and indemnification in connection with the performance of its duties under this Indenture shall extend to such Trustee’s officers, directors, agents and employees and its services as Paying Agent, Security Registrar or any other role assumed by such Trustee hereunder or to which it has been appointed with respect to the Securities issued hereunder. Such immunities and protections and right to indemnification, together with each Trustee’s right to compensation, shall survive each Trustee’s resignation or removal and final payment of the Securities;

(8) neither Trustee is required to give any bond or surety with respect to the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers under this Indenture;

(9) neither Trustee shall be deemed to have knowledge of any “default” or Event of Default hereunder except any default or Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer shall have received written notification at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture, from the Company or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series with respect to which such default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The term “default” as used in this Section 603 shall mean any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of a series;

(10) neither Trustee shall be under an obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture (other than the payment of debt service on the Securities from moneys furnished to it pursuant hereto), whether at the request or direction of the Holders or any other Person, pursuant to this Indenture or otherwise, unless it shall have been offered indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it against the fees, advances, costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in connection with the exercise of any such rights or powers;

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advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

(12) neither Trustee shall be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; and

(13) each Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

 

  SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities .

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except a Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustees nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustees nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 

  SECTION 605. May Hold Securities .

Each Trustee or any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

 

  SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust .

Money held by the Trustees in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither Trustee shall be under any liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as agreed with the Company herein or otherwise.

 

  SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement .

The Company agrees:

(1) to pay to each Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

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this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents or attorneys), except any such expense, disbursement or advance that shall be determined to have been caused by the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of it or of its agents or attorneys;

(3) to indemnify, defend and to hold each Trustee harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents or attorneys) incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection therewith or with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder;

(4) that each Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held by it hereunder for any amount owing it or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to this Section 607, except with respect to funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities; and

(5) without limiting any rights available to the Trustees under applicable law, that when a Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501, the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

The provisions of this Section 607 shall survive the termination of this Indenture and resignation and removal of a Trustee.

 

  SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests .

If a Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Legislation, such Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Legislation and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Legislation, a Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a Trustee under (i) this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series, (ii) the trust indenture, dated as of May 19, 2005, between the Company and the Canadian Trustee, as amended or supplemented, (iii) the trust indenture, dated as of December 14, 2006, among Manulife Finance (Delaware), L.P., the Company and the Canadian Trustee, as amended or supplemented, (iv) the senior indenture, dated as of September 17, 2010, between the Company and the U.S. Trustee, as amended or supplemented, (v) the trust indenture, dated as of May 25, 2016, between the Company and the Canadian Trustee, as amended or supplemented, or (vi) the subordinated indenture, dated as of February 21, 2017, among the Company and the Trustees, as amended or supplemented.

 

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  SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility .

The U.S. Trustee hereunder shall at all times (i) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii) be authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, (iii) have a combined capital and surplus of at least U.S.$50,000,000, and (iv) be subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation files reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so filed. If at any time the U.S. Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six.

For so long as required by the Trust Indenture Legislation, there shall be a Canadian Trustee under this Indenture. The Canadian Trustee shall at all times (i) be a corporation organized under the laws of Canada or any province thereof and (ii) be authorized under such laws and the laws of the Province of Ontario to carry on trust business therein. If at any time the Canadian Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall, subject to applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Legislation, resign immediately in the manner and the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six.

Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder.

 

  SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor .

No resignation or removal of a Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.

A Trustee may resign as Trustee at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to a Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

A Trustee may be removed as Trustee hereunder at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee so removed and to the Company.

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(1) either Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or

(2) either Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or

(3) either Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of such Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of such Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove such Trustee, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of such Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

If a Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of a Trustee for any cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within 90 days after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and shall have accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of Securities for at least six months or the retiring Trustee may, subject to Section 514, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition at the expenses of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of a Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

 

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  SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor .

(a) In the case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

(d) No successor to the U.S. Trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article and the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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  SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business .

Any corporation into which a Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which a Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of a Trustee, shall be the successor of a Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article and the Trust Indenture Legislation, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by such Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. In case any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full force and effect that this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of a Trustee; provided , however , that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

 

  SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company .

If and when a Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), such Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).

 

  SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent .

The Trustees may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustees to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by a Trustee hereunder. The Trustees shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by a Trustee or a Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of such Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of such Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than U.S.$50,000,000 and subject to supervision

 

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or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent files reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so filed.

If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustees or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustees and to the Company. The Trustees may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustees may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.

No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to a Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

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The Bank of New York Mellon,

as U.S. Trustee

 

OR

 

BNY Trust Company of Canada,

as Canadian Trustee

By:    
  As Authenticating Agent
Dated:    

 

  SECTION 615. Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee .

The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of the U.S. Trustee or the Canadian Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 610, a successor Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a U.S. Trustee and a Canadian Trustee with respect to each series of Securities hereunder; provided , however , that if a Canadian Trustee under the Indenture is no longer required under the Trust Indenture Legislation, or the Company obtains an exemption from such requirements for purposes of the Indenture, then the Issuer may remove the Canadian Trustee with 30 days’ written notice, pursuant to Section 610.

 

  SECTION 616. Joint Trustees .

The rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred and imposed upon the Trustees are conferred and imposed upon and shall be exercised and performed by the U.S. Trustee and the Canadian Trustee individually, except to the extent the Trustees are required under Trust Indenture Legislation to perform such acts jointly, and neither Trustee shall be liable or responsible for the acts or omissions of the other Trustee. Unless the context implies or requires otherwise, any written notice, request, direction, certificate, instruction, opinion, Board Resolution or other document (each such document, a “Writing”) delivered pursuant to any provision of this Indenture to any of the U.S. Trustee or the Canadian Trustee shall be deemed for all purposes of this Indenture as delivery of such Writing to the Trustees. Each such Trustee in receipt of such Writing shall notify such other Trustee of its receipt of such Writing within three Business Days of such receipt; provided , however , that any failure of such Trustee in receipt of such Writing to so notify such other Trustee shall not be deemed as a deficiency in the delivery of such Writing to the Trustees.

ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEES AND COMPANY

 

  SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustees Names and Addresses of Holders .

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(1) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustees may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular Record Date; and

(2) at such other times as the Trustees may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided that no such list need be provided in any case to the extent it would include names and addresses received by a Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.

 

  SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders .

The Trustees shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustees as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustees in their capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustees may destroy any list furnished to them as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustees, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Legislation.

Every Holder of a Security, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustees that neither the Company nor the Trustees nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Legislation.

 

  SECTION 703. Reports by Trustees .

The Trustees shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustees and their actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, a Trustee shall, within 60 days after each May 15 following the date of this Indenture, deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as of such May 15, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).

A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustees with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustees whenever any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

 

  SECTION 704. Reports by Company .

The Company shall:

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information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustees and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a U.S. national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;

(2) file with the Trustees and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and

(3) transmit by mail, to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustees, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Clauses (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustees is for informational purposes only and the Trustees’ receipt of such reports shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustees are entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

The Company shall file with the Trustees such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the time and in the manner provided pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, AMALGAMATION, CONVEYANCE,

STATUTORY ARRANGEMENT, TRANSFER OR LEASE

 

  SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms .

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entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with, amalgamate with or merge with or into the Company, unless:

(1) either (i) the Company is the surviving corporation in a merger, amalgamation, consolidation or statutory arrangement or (ii) in case the Company shall consolidate with, amalgamate with, merge with or into another Person or consummate a statutory arrangement with another Person in which such other Person is the surviving entity, or convey, transfer or lease its assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by or continuing from such consolidation, amalgamation or statutory arrangement or with or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer or otherwise, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall (A) be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of Canada, the United States of America, or any member country of the European Union as of December 31, 2003, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing and (B) expressly assume (except where such assumption is deemed to have occurred by the sole operation of law), by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustees, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed, and the Securities of every series will be valid and binding obligations of such successor Person entitling the Holders thereof, as against the successor Person, to all the rights of Holders under this Indenture;

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and

(3) the Company or such Person has delivered to the Trustees an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation, statutory arrangement, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

(b) Subject to Section 801(c), any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of any such transaction shall be treated as having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction.

(c) The provisions of Section 801(a) and (b) shall not be applicable to the direct or indirect conveyance, transfer or lease of all or any portion of the stock, undertaking, property, assets or liabilities of any of the Company’s wholly owned Subsidiaries to the Company.

 

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  SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted .

Upon any consolidation, amalgamation or statutory arrangement of the Company with, or merger of the Company with or into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation, amalgamation or statutory arrangement or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of any lease, the Company shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and may be dissolved and liquidated.

In case of any such consolidation, amalgamation, statutory arrangement, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

  SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders .

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustees, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustees, for any of the following purposes (in each case, subject to Sections 907 and 1409):

(1) to evidence the succession, or successive successions, of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or

(2) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to or with the Trustees or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

(3) to provide for the issuance under this Indenture of Securities in bearer form (including securities registrable as to principal only) and to provide for exchangeability of such Securities for Securities issued hereunder in fully registered form, and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose; or

(4) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 or 301; or

(5) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all Securities or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants

 

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are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

(6) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or

(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee pursuant to the requirements of Section 611(b); or

(8) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture as the Company and the Trustees may deem necessary and desirable; provided that such action pursuant to this Clause (8) shall not adversely affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect; or

(9) to conform any provision hereof to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Legislation or otherwise as necessary to comply with applicable law of the United States of America or any State thereof and Canada or of any province or territory thereof to the extent they do not conflict with the applicable laws of the United States of America heretofore or hereafter enacted; or

(10) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect.

 

  SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders .

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture and subject to Sections 907 and 1409, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustees, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustees may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby and subject to Sections 907 and 1409:

(1) change the Stated Maturity or Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest payable on, any Outstanding Security, or reduce the principal amount of or the rate of interest thereon, or reduce the amount of principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable

 

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upon redemption or acceleration or would be provable in bankruptcy, or adversely affect any right of repayment of the Holder of any Security or change the Place of Payment where or the coin or currency in which, any Outstanding Security or any principal or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), in each case, in any manner not permitted pursuant to the terms of such Securities; or

(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences or reduce the quorum or voting requirements provided for in this Indenture; or

(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1006, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided , however , that this Clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustees” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1006, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(7); or

(4) modify the provisions of Section 1007 in a manner adverse to the Holders.

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

 

  SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures .

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustees shall be given, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, and that all conditions precedent have been complied with. The Trustees may, but shall

 

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not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustees’ own rights, duties, protections, privileges, indemnities, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

  SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures .

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

 

  SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Legislation .

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Legislation as then in effect.

 

  SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures .

Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Company, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustees as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustees in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

 

  SECTION 907. Amendments Affecting Capital Treatment .

This Indenture, any supplemental indenture hereto and the Securities of any series may not be amended in a manner that would affect the classification afforded the Securities of any series for capital adequacy purposes pursuant to the Insurance Companies Act or the MCCSR without the prior approval of the Superintendent.

ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

 

  SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal and Interest .

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of, and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. The Company shall pay to the U.S. Trustee such amounts for the payment of principal of, or interest on the Securities, as applicable, at or prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Interest Payment Date.

 

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  SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency .

The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and each other Place of Payment for any series, an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, and an office or agency where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company initially appoints the U.S. Trustee, acting through its corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as its agent for said purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustees of the location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustees with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the U.S. Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the U.S. Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided , however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and each other Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustees of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

  SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust .

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of, or interest on any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustees of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is a Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than a Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustees, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent, (2) give the Trustees notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of principal or interest, and (3) at any time

 

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during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustees, forthwith pay to the Trustees all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to a Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by a Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by the Company or any Paying Agent to a Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

Any money or U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof and the interest thereon) deposited with a Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company at its option on Company Request (unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law) or (if then held by the Company) shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law) be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of a Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided , however , that a Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

 

  SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default .

The Company will deliver to the Trustees, on or before October 31 of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate covering the preceding fiscal year, stating whether or not, to the best knowledge of the signers thereof, the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

 

  SECTION 1005. Existence .

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to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.

 

  SECTION 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants .

The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision, covenant or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 901(5) for the benefit of the Holders with respect to the Securities of any series if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustees in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

 

  SECTION 1007. Additional Amounts .

(a) All payments made by or on behalf of the Company under or with respect to the Securities will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Government of Canada or any province, territory or political subdivision thereof, or by any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax (“Relevant Taxes”), except to the extent required by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof. If the Company is so required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of such Relevant Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Securities, the Company will pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each Holder (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will be equal to the amount such Holder would have received if such Relevant Taxes had not been withheld or deducted; provided , however , that no Additional Amounts will be payable in respect of any Securities for or on account of:

(i) any Relevant Tax imposed by reason that such Holder or beneficial owner of the Securities or other person entitled to payment under the Securities does not deal at arm’s length within the meaning of the Tax Act with the Company or is, or does not deal at arm’s length with any person who is, a “specified shareholder” of the Company (as defined in subsection 18(5) of the Tax Act);

(ii) any Relevant Tax that would not have been imposed if the Holder, or the beneficial owner, of the Securities complied with the Company’s request to provide information concerning his, her or its nationality, residence or identity or to make a declaration, claim or filing or satisfy any requirement for information or reporting that is required to establish the eligibility of the Holder, or the beneficial owner, of the Securities to receive the relevant payment without (or at a reduced rate of) withholding or deduction for or account of any such Relevant Tax;

 

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(iii) any Relevant Tax that would not have been imposed but for the fact that the Holder, or the beneficial owner, of the Securities (or any fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of power over, such Holder or beneficial owner, if such Holder or beneficial owner is an estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company or corporation) was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in, Canada or any province, territory or political subdivision thereof, or otherwise had some connection with Canada or any province, territory or political subdivision thereof, other than merely holding such Securities, or receiving payments under such Securities;

(iv) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer or personal property tax or any similar tax with respect to the Securities;

(v) any Relevant Tax that is levied or collected otherwise than by withholding from payments on or in respect of the Securities;

(vi) any withholding or deduction imposed pursuant to or in connection with (i) Sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any similar legislation imposed by any other governmental authority, (ii) any agreements (including intergovernmental agreements) with respect thereto, or (iii) any treaty, law, regulation, or official interpretation enacted by Canada or any other governmental authority implementing any of the foregoing;

(vii) any Relevant Tax which would not have been imposed but for the presentation of a Security (where presentation is required) for payment on a date more than 30 days after (i) the date on which such payment became due and payable or (ii) the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; or

(viii) any combination of the foregoing.

In addition, the Company will not pay Additional Amounts to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of the payment subject to the Relevant Tax, to the extent such payment would, under the laws of Canada or any province, territory or political subdivision thereof, be treated as being derived or received for tax purposes by a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of the Securities.

(b) If the Company is required by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof to withhold or deduct any Relevant Taxes from any payment under or with respect to the Securities, the Company will (1) make such withholding or deduction and (2) remit the full amount so deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law. The Company will furnish to the Holders, within 30 days after the date the payment of any Relevant Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts or other documents evidencing such payment by the Company.

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Holder under or with respect to the Securities for which the Company would then have been required to pay Additional Amounts under paragraph (a) of this Section 1007 and fails to so withhold or deduct, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each such Holder for the amount (excluding any Additional Amounts that have previously been paid by the Company with respect thereto) of (1) such Relevant Taxes levied or imposed on and paid by such Holder, (2) any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses)(but not including taxes) arising from such Relevant Taxes, and (3) any Relevant Taxes imposed with respect to any payment under clauses (1) or (2) of this paragraph (c) of this Section 1007 (excluding any Relevant Taxes on such Holder’s net income or capital).

(d) At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the Securities is due and payable, if the Company is aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment, the Company will deliver to the Trustees an Officers’ Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable, the amounts so payable and setting forth such other information necessary to enable the Trustees to pay such Additional Amounts to Holders on the payment date.

(e) Wherever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section 1007 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

(f) If the Company shall have completed any transaction permitted pursuant to Section 801(a)(1)(ii) whereby the successor Person is organized under the laws of a country other than Canada or the United States of America or any of their respective political subdivisions, all references in this Section 1007 to Canada and its political subdivisions shall be deemed to be references to both Canada and the country in which such successor Person is organized or resident (or deemed resident for tax purposes) and their respective political subdivisions.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF SECURITIES

 

  SECTION 1101. Company s Right of Redemption .

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of a particular series, and notwithstanding any additional redemption rights that may be so specified, the Company may, at its option, subject to the prior approval of the Superintendent, redeem the Securities of any series after their date of issuance in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, subject to the provisions of this Section 1101 and the other provisions of this Article Eleven. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of a particular series, the redemption price for any Security so redeemed shall be equal to 100% of the principal

 

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amount of such Securities then Outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption; provided , however , that installments of accrued and unpaid interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

 

  SECTION 1102. Applicability of Article .

Redemption of Securities, as permitted or required by any form of Security issued pursuant to this Indenture or the documentation providing therefor, shall be made in accordance with such form of Security or documentation and this Article Eleven; provided, however , that if any provision of any such form of Security or documentation shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such form of Security or documentation shall govern. Except as otherwise set forth in the form of Security for such series or such documentation, each Security shall be subject to partial redemption only in the amount of U.S.$2,000 or integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.

 

  SECTION 1103. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustees .

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of the Securities of a series, the Company shall, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustees), notify the Trustees of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustees with an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.

 

  SECTION 1104. Selection by Trustees of Securities to Be Redeemed .

If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date, in the case of Global Securities, in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, and in the case of individual securities, by the U.S. Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption, by such method as the U.S. Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security; provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date by the U.S. Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities not previously

 

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called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence or in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary.

The U.S. Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities selected for redemption.

 

  SECTION 1105. Notice of Redemption .

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of a particular series, notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at its address appearing in the Security Register. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Securities.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date;

(2) the Redemption Price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation thereof;

(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed;

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(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request and delivery of such information to the Trustees at least 10 days prior to the giving of such notice of redemption, by the U.S. Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.

 

  SECTION 1106. Deposit of Redemption Price .

At or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the U.S. Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest payable on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

 

  SECTION 1107. Securities Payable on Redemption Date .

Notice of redemption having been given pursuant to Section 1105, the Securities to be so redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear or accrue any interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together, if applicable, with any accrued but unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date; provided , however , that installments of accrued and unpaid interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307, unless, in connection with a Redemption Date falling on an Interest Payment Date, the Securities of the particular series provide that interest payable on an Interest Payment Date that is a Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

 

  SECTION 1108. Securities Redeemed in Part .

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustees so requires, due endorsement

 

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by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustees duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and either Trustee, or both, shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered; provided , however , that if at the time of redemption any Security to be redeemed is registered as a Global Security, the Depositary shall determine, in accordance with its procedures, the principal amount of the Security to be redeemed held by each holder of such Security to be redeemed.

 

  SECTION 1109. Purchase of Securities .

(a) At any time when the Company is not in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder), it may, subject to the prior approval of the Superintendent, purchase all or any of the Securities of any series in the market (which shall include purchase from or through an investment dealer or a firm holding membership on a recognized stock exchange) or by invitation for tenders or by private contract.

(b) If, upon an invitation for tenders, more Securities are tendered at the same lowest price that the Company is prepared to accept, the Securities to be purchased by the Company shall be purchased on a pro rata basis, disregarding fractions, according to the principal amount of Securities of the series registered in the respective names of each Holder from the Securities of the series tendered by each Holder who tendered at such lowest price. Such procedure shall be valid and binding upon all Holders, notwithstanding the fact that, as a result thereof one or more of such Securities become subject to purchase in part only. The Holder of any Securities of which a part only is purchased, upon surrender of such Securities for payment, shall be entitled to receive, without expense to such Holder, one or more new Securities for the unpurchased part so surrendered and either Trustee, or both, shall authenticate and deliver such new Securities upon receipt of the Securities so surrendered.

ARTICLE TWELVE

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

 

  SECTION 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called .

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authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.

 

  SECTION 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings .

(a) The Trustees may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, and the Trustees shall convene a meeting upon receipt of a request of the Company or upon receipt of a request in writing to the Trustees by the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York, New York, or at such other place as the Trustees shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided for in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. Holders shall reimburse the Trustees for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to the calling and holding of such meeting if called by such Holders. The Holders shall indemnify the Trustees for, and hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the calling of such meeting on behalf of Holders, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with such meeting.

(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustees to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1301, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustees shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in The City of New York, New York, or at such other place for such meeting as the Trustees may approve, and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

 

  SECTION 1303. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings .

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder of Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Person entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustees and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and their counsel.

 

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  SECTION 1304. Quorum; Action .

(a) The Persons entitled to vote 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; provided , however , that, if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.

(b) Subject to the foregoing, at the reconvening of any meeting adjourned for lack of a quorum the Persons entitled to vote 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities at the time shall constitute a quorum for the taking of any action set forth in the notice of the original meeting.

(c) Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series; provided , however , that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series.

(d) Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1304, if any action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series and one or more additional series:

(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and

(ii) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into account in determining whether such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has been made, given or taken under this Indenture.

 

  SECTION 1305. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings .

(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustees may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as its shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.

(b) The Trustees shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, which need not be a Holder, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 1302(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.

(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him (determined as specified in the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101); provided , however , that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.

 

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(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 1302 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by the Chairman with consent of the Holders entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting and voting thereon; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

 

  SECTION 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings .

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustees to be preserved by the Trustees, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

SUBORDINATION

 

  SECTION 1401. Agreement to Subordinate .

The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security of any series by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, likewise agrees, that the payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities of that series, together with all other Securities created and issued hereunder, is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereinafter incurred, in accordance with the terms of such Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness, and each Holder of a Security, by acceptance thereof, agrees to and will be bound by the provisions of this Article Fourteen. The principal of and the interest on the Securities created and issued hereunder shall be equal in right of payment to all other Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company from time to time issued and outstanding, unless in any case it is provided by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing such indebtedness or pursuant to which such indebtedness is outstanding that such

 

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indebtedness is prior in right of payment to the Securities or subordinated in right of payment to the Securities.

 

  SECTION 1402. Distribution on Insolvency or Winding-Up .

In the event that proceedings are commenced by or against the Company as a result of its insolvency or in the event of the liquidation or winding-up of the Company or if proceedings are commenced which effect a reorganization, arrangement, or compromise of debt of the Company:

(a) the holders of all Policy Liabilities and all Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full of the principal thereof and the interest due thereon before the Holders are entitled to receive any payment upon the principal of and interest on indebtedness evidenced by the Securities;

(b) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders or a Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article Fourteen shall be paid by the Person making such payment or distribution, whether the liquidator, agent or other agent or a trustee in bankruptcy or a receiver or otherwise, directly to the holders of Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness or their representative or to the trustee under any indenture in each case under which any instruments evidencing any of such Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay in full all Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(c) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, shall be received by a Trustee or the Holders before all Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness are paid in full, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over to, the holders of such Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness or their representative or to the trustee under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Policy Liabilities and all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness in respect thereof; and

(d) any payments or distributions paid over to the holders of Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness pursuant to Section 1402(c) and not applied in reduction of the amounts owing to the Holders hereunder shall be deemed not to have discharged any of the obligations of the Company hereunder (and, to the extent that by operation of applicable law they are treated as doing so, the Company covenants to indemnify the

 

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Holders on demand from and against any loss suffered or incurred by them in consequence thereof).

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article Fourteen, the Trustees and the Holders shall be entitled to call for and rely upon a certificate, addressed to the Trustees or to the Holders, of the Person making any such payment or distribution for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Fourteen.

 

  SECTION 1403. Subrogation of Securities .

Subject to the payment in full of all Policy Liabilities and all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness to receive payments and distributions of assets of the Company in respect of and on account of Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness, to the extent of the application thereto of moneys or other assets which would have been received by the Holders but for the provisions of this Article Fourteen, until the principal of and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full. No payment or distribution of assets of the Company to the Holders which would be payable or distributable to the holders of all Policy Liabilities and all Senior Indebtedness pursuant to this Article shall, as between the Company, its creditors (other than the holders of Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness) and the Holders, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Holders, it being understood that the provisions of this Article Fourteen are, and are intended, solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders, on the one hand, and the holders of the Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article Fourteen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company and its creditors (other than the holders of Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness and the Holders), the obligation of the Company, which is unconditional and absolute, to pay to the Holders the principal of and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or to affect the relative rights of the Holders and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustees or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Fourteen, of the holders of Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness upon the exercise of any such remedy.

 

  SECTION 1404. No Payment to Holders if Senior Indebtedness Due or in Default .

(a) Upon the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, then, except as hereinafter otherwise provided, all principal of and interest on all such matured Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full, or shall

 

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first have been duly provided for, before any payment on account of principal of and interest on the Securities is made.

(b) Upon the occurrence of a default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness, as defined therein or in the instrument creating the same, which permits the holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof, then, unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, no payment (by purchase of Securities or otherwise) shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal of or interest on the Securities. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make any payment of principal of or interest on the Securities after the happening of such a default, then, except as hereinafter otherwise provided, unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, such payments shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and if and when such Senior Indebtedness shall have become due and payable shall be paid over to, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness or their representative or to the trustee under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of the Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness in respect thereof.

(c) The fact that any payment which is required to be made pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities is prohibited by this Section 1404 shall not prevent the failure to make such payment from being a breach of covenant hereunder.

 

  SECTION 1405. Payment of Securities Permitted .

Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall:

(1) subject always to Section 1405(2), prevent the Company at any time, except under the conditions described in Section 1404 or during the pendency of any insolvency or winding-up as referred to in Section 1402, from making payments at any time of the principal of or interest on the Securities, or

(2) notwithstanding the occurrence of an Event of Default or the existence of the facts described in Section 1402, prevent any payment being made by the Company or a Trustee on a redemption of Securities with respect to which notice of redemption shall have been given pursuant to Article Eleven prior to the occurrence of such Event of Default or existence of such facts.

Until written notice shall be given to the Trustees in accordance with Section 105 by or on behalf of any holder of any Senior Indebtedness of the occurrence of any default with respect to such Senior Indebtedness or of the existence of any other facts which would have the result that any payment with respect to the Securities would be in contravention of the provisions of this Article Fourteen, the Trustees shall be entitled to assume that no such default has occurred, or that no such facts exist; and nothing in this Indenture shall prevent the Trustees from applying any moneys received by it pursuant to

 

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this Indenture prior to the receipt by it of such written notice, to the purposes for which the same were received, notwithstanding the occurrence or continuance of a default with respect to, or the existence of such facts with respect to, such Senior Indebtedness.

 

  SECTION 1406. Subordination Not to be Impaired .

No right of any present or future holder of any Policy Liabilities and Senior Indebtedness of the Company to enforce the subordination provided for in this Article shall at any time be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any non-compliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.

 

  SECTION 1407. Obligations Created by Article Fourteen .

The Company and the Trustees agree, and each Holder of a Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, likewise agrees, that:

(a) the provisions of this Article Fourteen are an inducement and consideration to each holder of Senior Indebtedness to give or continue credit to the Company or others or to acquire Senior Indebtedness;

(b) each holder of Senior Indebtedness may accept the benefit of this Article Fourteen on the terms and conditions set forth in this Article Fourteen by giving or continuing credit to the Company or others or by acquiring Senior Indebtedness, in each case without notice to the Trustees or any Holder and without establishing actual reliance on this Article Fourteen; and

(c) each obligation created by this Article Fourteen is created for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness and is hereby declared to be created for those holders by the Company, the Trustees and each Holder and shall be binding on the Company, the Trustees and each Holder whether or not the confirmation described in Section 1410 is requested, executed or delivered.

 

  SECTION 1408. No Set-Off .

The Company and the Trustees agree, and each Holder of a Security by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, likewise agrees, that it shall have no rights of set-off or counterclaim with respect to the principal of and interest on the Securities at any time when any payment of, or in respect of, such amounts to the Trustees or the Holders is prohibited by this Article Fourteen or is otherwise required to be paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or to the trustee under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear.

 

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  SECTION 1409. Amendments to Article Fourteen .

The Company and the Trustees agree, and each Holder of a Security,

by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, likewise agrees, not to make any changes to this Indenture or the Securities, including this Article Fourteen and the definition of Senior Indebtedness, which materially prejudice the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness under this Article Fourteen without the consent of each holder of Senior Indebtedness, or their representative or the trustee under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued.

 

  SECTION 1410. Authorization of Holders to Trustee to Effect Subordination .

Each Holder of a Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustees, on such Holder’s behalf, to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effect the subordination provided for in this Article Fourteen and appoints the Trustees as such Holder’s attorneys-in-fact for any and all such purposes, including the execution and delivery by the Trustees of a confirmation in the form attached as Schedule 1410. Forthwith upon the request of any holder of Senior Indebtedness or its representative or the trustee under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, the Trustees shall execute and deliver to the Person making that request that form of confirmation on its own behalf and on behalf of all Holders.

 

  SECTION 1411. Securities to Rank Equally .

All Securities created and issued under this Indenture shall be in all respects entitled, equally and ratably with all other Securities created and issued hereunder, to the benefits hereof without preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual time or times of certification and delivery, all in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Indenture. All Securities created and issued hereunder shall be direct unsecured obligations of the Company constituting Subordinated Indebtedness for purposes of the Insurance Companies Act.

 

  SECTION 1412. Rights of the Trustees.

The fees, expenses and indemnities due and relating to the Trustees shall not be subject to the subordination provisions of this Article Fourteen.

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as U.S. Trustee

By:    
  Name:
  Title:


BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA,

as Canadian Trustee

By:    
  Name:
  Title:


EXHIBIT A

[SPECIMEN BOND]

(FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY)

[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert—For purposes of Section 1271 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the issue price of this Security is          % of its principal amount and the Original Issue Date is                  , 20      ]

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

[Title of Security]

CUSIP:                 

 

No.                 U.S.$                 

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the Insurance Companies Act (Canada) (hereinafter called the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [Insert if Global Security-Cede & Co.], or registered assigns, the principal sum of                  U.S. Dollars on                  [If the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — , and to pay interest thereon from                  or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on                  and                  in each year, commencing                  , at the rate of          % per annum, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, or as otherwise specified in Section 301 of the Indenture, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made available for payment].

[If the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the date which is fifteen days (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the U.S. Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].

 

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[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert – The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity or Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand.]

Payment of the principal of and [if applicable, insert—any interest] on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert -; provided , however , that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by (i) check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by transfer to an account maintained by the payee in the United States of America].

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustees referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:

 

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

The Bank of New York Mellon,

as U.S. Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Signatory
Dated:    

 

BNY Trust Company of Canada,

as Canadian Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Signatory
Dated:    

 

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FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of                  , 20      as supplemented and amended from time to time (herein called the “Indenture”), among the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon, as U.S. Trustee (herein called the “U.S. Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and BNY Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian Trustee (hereinafter called the “Canadian Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture, and together with the U.S. Trustee, the “Trustees”) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustees and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable insert —, limited in aggregate principal amount to U.S.$                  ].

All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.

[If applicable, insert—The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, at any time [on or after                  , 20      ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company and with the prior approval of the Superintendent. The Redemption Price for any Security so redeemed shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Securities then Outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest up to but not including the date fixed for redemption. In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]

[Installments of accrued and unpaid interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of the Securities of this series, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms.]

The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness on this Security.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur, the principal of the Securities of this series will become immediately due and payable as provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustees with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series

 

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to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of U.S.$                  and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

The Company, the Trustees and any agent of the Company or the Trustees may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustees nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT FOR ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE INDENTURE, WHICH SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AND THE FEDERAL LAWS OF CANADA APPLICABLE THEREIN.

 

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SCHEDULE 1410

The following is the form of confirmation which may be requested pursuant to Section 1410.

CONFIRMATION

TO: [●] [insert name of holder of Senior Indebtedness or its representative or the trustee under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing the Senior Indebtedness may have been issued]

IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of U.S.$1.00 and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, as Canadian Trustee (the “ Canadian Trustee ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as U.S. Trustee (the “ U.S. Trustee ”, and together with the Canadian Trustee, the “ Trustees ”), under a subordinated indenture (the “ Indenture ”) made as of                 , between Manulife Financial Corporation, the Canadian Trustee and the U.S. Trustee, on behalf of themselves and the Holders (as defined in the Indenture), confirms that the Trustees and each of those Holders are legally obligated to you to comply with the provisions of Article Fourteen of the Indenture.

 

BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA,

as Canadian Trustee

By:    
Name:
Title:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

as U.S. Trustee

By:    
Name:
Title:

Exhibit 7.4

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York   13-5160382
(Jurisdiction of incorporation
if not a U.S. national bank)
  (I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
225 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ontario, Canada   98-0361647
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
200 Bloor Street East
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
  M4W 1E5
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Postal code)

 

 

Senior Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services of the State of New York    One State Street, New York, N.Y.
10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y.
12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York    33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.
10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    550 17 th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20429
The Clearing House Association L.L.C.    100 Broad Street
New York, N.Y. 10004

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

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  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-207042).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-188382).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 5th day of December, 2017.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:   /s/ Catherine F. Donohue
  Name: Catherine F. Donohue
  Title: Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of 225 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business September 30, 2017, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar amounts
in thousands
 

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     4,915,000  

Interest-bearing balances

     89,278,000  

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     39,433,000  

Available-for-sale securities

     76,289,000  

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     0  

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     14,181,000  

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     0  

Loans and leases held for investment

     29,492,000  

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     136,000  

Loans and leases held for investment, net of allowance

     29,356,000  

Trading assets

     3,201,000  

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,386,000  

Other real estate owned

     4,000  

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     584,000  

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0  

Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,378,000  

Other intangible assets

     861,000  

Other assets

     15,476,000  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     281,342,000  
  

 

 

 


LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     120,206,000  

Noninterest-bearing

     74,342,000  

Interest-bearing

     45,864,000  

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     116,952,000  

Noninterest-bearing

     6,351,000  

Interest-bearing

     110,601,000  

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     260,000  

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     2,833,000  

Trading liabilities

     2,409,000  

Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     4,522,000  

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     515,000  

Other liabilities

     6,939,000  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     254,636,000  
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0  

Common stock

     1,135,000  

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     10,744,000  

Retained earnings

     15,995,000  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,518,000  

Other equity capital components

     0  

Total bank equity capital

     26,356,000  

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000  

Total equity capital

     26,706,000  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     281,342,000  
  

 

 

 


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

                        Thomas P. Gibbons,
                        Chief Financial Officer

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell
Samuel C. Scott
Joseph J. Echevarria
       Directors

Exhibit 7.5

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York
  13-5160382
(Jurisdiction of incorporation
if not a U.S. national bank)
  (I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
225 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.
  10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ontario, Canada
  98-0361647
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
200 Bloor Street East
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
  M4W 1E5
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Postal code)

 

 

Subordinated Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services of the State of New York    One State Street, New York, N.Y.
10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y.
12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York    33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.
10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    550 17 th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20429
The Clearing House Association L.L.C.    100 Broad Street
New York, N.Y. 10004

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

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  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-207042).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-188382).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 5th day of December, 2017.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:   /s/ Catherine F. Donohue
  Name: Catherine F. Donohue
  Title: Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of 225 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business September 30, 2017, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar amounts
in thousands
 

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     4,915,000  

Interest-bearing balances

     89,278,000  

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     39,433,000  

Available-for-sale securities

     76,289,000  

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     0  

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     14,181,000  

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     0  

Loans and leases held for investment

     29,492,000  

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     136,000  

Loans and leases held for investment, net of allowance

     29,356,000  

Trading assets

     3,201,000  

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,386,000  

Other real estate owned

     4,000  

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     584,000  

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0  

Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,378,000  

Other intangible assets

     861,000  

Other assets

     15,476,000  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     281,342,000  
  

 

 

 


LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     120,206,000  

Noninterest-bearing

     74,342,000  

Interest-bearing

     45,864,000  

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     116,952,000  

Noninterest-bearing

     6,351,000  

Interest-bearing

     110,601,000  

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     260,000  

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     2,833,000  

Trading liabilities

     2,409,000  

Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     4,522,000  

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     515,000  

Other liabilities

     6,939,000  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     254,636,000  
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0  

Common stock

     1,135,000  

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     10,744,000  

Retained earnings

     15,995,000  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,518,000  

Other equity capital components

     0  

Total bank equity capital

     26,356,000  

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000  

Total equity capital

     26,706,000  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     281,342,000  
  

 

 

 


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

                        Thomas P. Gibbons,
                        Chief Financial Officer

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

Samuel C. Scott

Joseph J. Echevarria

       Directors

Exhibit 7.6

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

CANADA
  13-5160382
(Jurisdiction of incorporation
if not a U.S. national bank)
  (I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
1 York Street, 6 th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  M5J0B6
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Postal code)

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286 USA

Atten: International Corporate Trust

tel: 212-815-5587

(name, address and telephone no. of agent for service)

 

 

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ontario, Canada
  98-0361647
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
200 Bloor Street East
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
  M4W 1E5
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Postal code)

 

 

Subordinated Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)    255 Albert Street, 12 th Floor,
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1A 0H2

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

15. Foreign Trustee.

Rule pursuant to which the trustee is authorized to act as trustee under indentures qualified under the Act (as such term is defined below): Rule 260.10a-5.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Letters Patent of BNY Trust Company of Canada

 

  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition (or copy of the financial information sufficient to provide the information required by Section 310(a) (2) of the Act) of the Trustee.

 

  9. Consent of foreign trustee to service of process, made on Form F-X.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, BNY Trust Company of Canada, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Canada, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the city of New York, and State of New York, on the 5th day of December, 2017.

 

BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
By:   /s/ Catherine F. Donohue
  Name: Catherine F. Donohue
  Title: Authorized Signing Officer

 

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EXHIBIT 1

 

LOGO

 

Letters Patent of

Continuance

Trust and Loan

Companies Act

The Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), on behalf of the Minister of Finance and pursuant to section 33 of the Trust and Loan Companies Act:

 

    continues 3812863 Canada Inc., a company incorporated under the Canada Business Corporation Act, as a company under the Trust and Loan Companies Act;

 

    declares that the name of the company is BNY Trust Company of Canada;

 

    declares that the head office of the company shall be in the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario; and

 

    declares that these letters patent are effective on May 4, 2001.

          Date: May 4, 2001

Lettres patentes de

prorogation

Loi sur les sociétés

de fiducie et de prét

Au nom du ministre des Finances, et en vertu de l’article 33 de la Loi sur les soci é t é s de fiducie et de pr èt, le secrétaire d’État (Institutions financières internationales):

 

    proroge 3812863 Canada Inc., une société constituée aux termes de la Loi sur les soci é t é s par actions, comme une société sous le régime de la Loi sur les soci é t é s de fiducie et de prèt;

 

    statue que la dénomination sociale de la société est Compagnie Trust BNY Canada ;

 

    fixe le siège de la société dans la ville de Toronto, dans la province de Ontario;

 

    statue que ces lettres patentes cotrent en vigueur le 4 mai 2001.

          Date: Le 4 mai 2001

 

 

LOGO

Secretary of State

(International Financial Institutions)

Le secrétaire d’État

(Institutions financières internationales)


LOGO   

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions

Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières

 

Order to Commence and Carry

on Business

Trust and Loan Companies Act

Whereas on May 4, 2001, BNY Trust Company of Canada was continued as a company under the Trust and Loan Companies Act . Therefore, pursuant to subsection 52(4) of the Act, I approve the commencement and carrying on of business by BNY Trust Company of Canada and authorise the company to carry on the activities referred to in section 412 of that Act.

This Order is effective on May 4, 2001.

Autorisation de fonctionnement

 

Loi sur les sociétés de fiducie et de prêt

Attendu que le 4 mai 2001, Compagnie Trust BNY Canada a été prorogée comme une société sous la Loi sur les sociétés de fiducie et de prêt . À ces causes, en vertu du paragraphe 52(4) de ladite Loi, j’autorise la Compagnie Trust BNY Canada à commencer à fonctionner ainsi qu’à exercer les activitiés mentionnées à l’article 412 de la Loi.

La présente ordonnance entre en vigueur le 4 mai 2001.

 

 

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John Palmer

Superintendent/Surintendant

 

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Foreign Bank Order   

Arrêté de

banque étrangère

Bank Act    Loi sur les banques

 

Whereas The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a foreign bank, intends to hold, directly or indirectly, shares of or ownership interests in BNY Trust Company of Canada a Canadian entity whose principal activity in Canada is an activity referred to in any of subparagraphs 518(3) (a) (i) to (v) of the Bank Act in such number that BNY Trust Company of Canada is a non-bank affiliate of The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and those shares or ownership interests were acquired by The Bank of New York Company, Inc. when the principal activity in Canada of BNY Trust Company of Canada was not an activity described in one of those subparagraphs and was acquired after August 1, 1997;

 

Therefore, the Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), on behalf of the Minister of Finance and pursuant to paragraph 521(l) (d) of the Bank Act, hereby consents that The Bank of New York Company, Inc. hold, directly or indirectly, shares of or ownership interests in BNY Trust Company of Canada in such number that BNY Trust Company of Canada is a non-bank affiliate of The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

  

 

Attendu que The Bank of New York Company, Inc., une banque étrangére, a l’intention de détenir, directement ou indirectement, un nombre d’actions ou de titres de participation d’une entité canadienne Compagnie Trust BNY Canada, ayant pour principale activité au Canada l’une de celles visées aux sous-alinéas 518(3) a) (i) à (v) de la Loi sur les banques en un nombre tel que Compagnie Trust BNY Canada est un établissement affilié à The Bank of New York Company, Inc. et ces actions ou titres de participation furent acquis par The Bank of New York Company, Inc. lorsque l’activité principale au Canada de Compagnie Trust BNY Canada n’était pas l’une des activités prévues aux sous-alinéas et après le 1 st août 1997;

 

À ces causes, au nom du ministre des Finances, et en vertu de l’alinéa 521(1) d ) de la Loi sur les banques, le secrétaire d’Ètat (Institutions financières internationales) consent a ce que The Bank of New York Company, Inc. détienne, directement ou indirectement, un nombre quelconque d’actions ou de titres de participation de Compagnie Trust BNY Canada en un nombre tel que Compagnie Trust BNY Canada est un établissement affilié à The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

  
Date: May 4, 2001    Date: Le 4 mai 2001

 

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Secretary of State

(International Financial Institutions)

Le secrétaire d’Ètat

(Institutions financières internationales)

 

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EXHIBIT 4

Effective October 21, 2010

BY-LAW NO. 2

A by-law relating generally to the transaction of the business and affairs of

BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA.

BE IT ENACTED as a by-law of the Company as follows:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

  
Section 1.1    Definitions      1  
  

ARTICLE 2

BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY

  
Section 2.1    Head Office      2  
Section 2.2    Corporate Seal      2  
Section 2.3    Financial Year      2  
Section 2.4    Banking Arrangements      3  
Section 2.5    Real Property      3  
Section 2.6    Senior Signing Powers      3  
Section 2.7    Limited Signing Powers      3  
Section 2.8    Powers of Attorney      4  
Section 2.9    Auditor      4  
Section 2.10    Rescission of Signing Powers      4  
  

ARTICLE 3

BORROWING AND SECURITIES

  
Section 3.1    Borrowing Power      4  
Section 3.2    Delegation      5  
  

ARTICLE 4

DIRECTORS

  
Section 4.1    Number of Directors and Quorum      5  
Section 4.2    Qualification      5  
Section 4.3    Election and Term      6  
Section 4.4    Removal of Directors      6  
Section 4.5    Vacation of Office      6  
Section 4.6    Vacancies      6  


Section 4.7    Action by the Board      6  
Section 4.8    Canadian Majority      7  
Section 4.9    Meeting by Telephone      7  
Section 4.10    Place of Meetings      7  
Section 4.11    Calling of Meetings      7  
Section 4.12    Notice of Meeting      7  
Section 4.13    First Meeting of New Board      8  
Section 4.14    Adjourned Meetings      8  
Section 4.15    Regular Meetings      8  
Section 4.16    Chairman      8  
Section 4.17    Votes to Govern      9  
Section 4.18    Conflict of Interest      9  
Section 4.19    Remuneration and Expense      9  
  

ARTICLE 5

COMMITTESS

  
Section 5.1    Committee of Directors      9  
Section 5.2    Transaction of Business      9  
Section 5.3    Audit Committee      10  
Section 5.4    Conduct Review Committee      10  
Section 5.5    Advisory Bodies      10  
Section 5.6    Procedure      10  
  

ARTICLE 6

OFFICERS

  
Section 6.1    Officers; Election      10  
Section 6.2    Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies      11  
Section 6.3    Chairman of the Board      11  
Section 6.4    President      11  
Section 6.5    Executive Vice President      11  
Section 6.6    Senior Vice Presidents      12  
Section 6.7    Vice Presidents      12  
Section 6.8    Secretary      12  
Section 6.9    Treasurer      12  
Section 6.10    Other Officers      13  
  

ARTICLE 7

PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

  
Section 7.1    Limitation of Liability      13  
Section 7.2    Indemnity      13  
Section 7.3    Insurance      14  

 

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ARTICLE 8

SHARES

  
Section 8.1    Allotment      14  
Section 8.2    Commissions      14  
Section 8.3    Registration of Transfers      14  
Section 8.4    Transfer Agents and Registrars      15  
Section 8.5    Non-Recognition of Trusts      15  
Section 8.6    Share Certificates      15  
Section 8.7    Replacement of Share Certificates      15  
Section 8.8    Joint Shareholders      16  
Section 8.9    Deceased Shareholders      16  
  

ARTICLE 9

DIVIDENDS AND RIGHTS

  
Section 9.1    Dividends      16  
Section 9.2    Dividend Checques      16  
Section 9.3    Non-Receipt of Checques      16  
Section 9.4    Record Date for Dividends and Rights      17  
Section 9.5    Unclaimed Dividends      17  
  

ARTICLE 10

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

  
Section 10.1    Annual Meetings      17  
Section 10.2    Special Meetings      17  
Section 10.3    Place of Meetings      17  
Section 10.4    Notice of Meetings      17  
Section 10.5    List of Shareholders Entitled to Notice      18  
Section 10.6    Record Date for Notice      18  
Section 10.7    Meetings without Notice      18  
Section 10.8    Chairman, Secretary and Scrutineers      19  
Section 10.9    Persons Entitled to be Present      19  
Section 10.10    Quorum      19  
Section 10.11    Right to Vote      19  
Section 10.12    Proxy Holders and Representatives      20  
Section 10.13    Time for Deposit of Proxies      20  
Section 10.14    Joint Shareholders      20  
Section 10.15    Votes to Govern      20  
Section 10.16    Show of Hands      21  

 

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Section 10.17    Ballots      21  
Section 10.18    Adjournment      21  
Section 10.19    Resolution in Writing      21  
  

ARTICLE 11

DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS

  
Section 11.1    Creation and Consolidation of Divisions      22  
  

ARTICLE 12

NOTICES

  
Section 12.1    Method of Giving Notices      22  
Section 12.2    Notice to Joint Shareholders      23  
Section 12.3    Computation of Time      23  
Section 12.4    Undelivered Notices      23  
Section 12.5    Omissions and Errors      23  
Section 12.6    Persons Entitled by Death      23  
Section 12.7    Waiver of Notice      23  
  

SECTION 13

EFFECTIVE DATE

  
Section 13.1    Effective Date      25  

 

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ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1 Definitions.

 

(1) In the by-laws of the Company, unless the context otherwise requires:

Act ” means the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada), and any statute that may be substituted therefor, as from time to time amended.

appoint ” includes “ elect ” and vice versa.

board ” means the board of directors of the Company.

by-laws ” means this by-law and all other by-laws of the Company from time to time in force and effect.

cheque ” includes a draft.

Company ” means the corporation incorporated by certificate of incorporation under the Act on September 21, 2000 and continued as a trust company under the Act and named “ BNY Trust Company of Canada .”

letters patent ” means the letters patent by which the Company was continued as a trust company, and includes any amendment thereto or restatement thereof.

meeting of shareholders ” includes an annual meeting of shareholders and a special meeting of shareholders.

non-business day ” means Saturday, Sunday and any other day that is a holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act (Canada).

ordinary resolution ” means a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders who voted in respect of that resolution or signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on that resolution.

recorded address ” means in the case of a shareholder his or her 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 are more than one; and in the case of a director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board, his or her latest address as recorded in the records of the Company.

resident Canadian ” means an individual who is:

 

  (a) A Canadian citizen ordinarily resident in Canada;

 

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  (b) A Canadian citizen not ordinarily resident in Canada who is a member of a prescribed class of persons; or

 

  (c) A permanent resident within the meaning of the Immigration Act (Canada) and ordinarily resident in Canada, except a permanent resident who has been ordinarily resident in Canada for more than one year after the time at which he or she first became eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship.

signing officer ” means, in relation to any instrument, any person authorized to sign the same on behalf of the Company by section 2.4 or by a resolution passed pursuant thereto.

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.

special resolution ” means a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast by the shareholders who voted in respect of that resolution or signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote on that resolution.

 

(2) Save as aforesaid, words and expressions defined in the Act have the same meanings when used herein. Words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa; and words importing gender include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders; and words importing a person include an individual, partnership, association, body corporate, trustee, executor, administrator or legal representative.

ARTICLE 2

BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY

Section 2.1 Head office.

The head office of the Company shall be at the place within Canada from time to time specified in the letters patent and at such location therein as the board may from time to time determine.

Section 2.2 Corporate Seal.

Until changed by the board, the corporate seal of the Company shall be in the form impressed hereon.

Section 2.3 Financial Year.

Until changed by the board, the financial year of the Company shall end on the last day of December in each year.

 

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Section 2.4 Banking Arrangements.

The banking business of the Company 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 prescribe or authorize.

Section 2.5 Real Property.

Real property or interests in real property owned by the Company in its own right shall not be deeded, conveyed, mortgaged, assigned or transferred except when duly authorized by a resolution of the Board. The Board may from time to time authorize officers to deed, convey, mortgage, assign or transfer real property owned by the Company in its own right with such maximum values as the board may fix in its authorizing resolution.

 

Section 2.6 Senior Signing Powers.    As amended 10/31/02            

Subject to the exception provided in Section 2.5, the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman of the Board any Senior Executive Vice President and any Executive Vice President is authorized to accept, endorse, execute or sign any document, instrument or paper in the name of, or on behalf of, the Company in all transactions arising out of, or in connection with, the normal course of the Company’s business or in any fiduciary, representative or agency capacity and, when required, to affix the seal of the Company thereto. In such instances as in the judgment of the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman of the Board, any Senior Executive Vice President or any Executive Vice President may be proper and desirable, any one of said officers may authorize in writing from time-to-time any other officer to have the powers set forth in this section applicable only to the performance or discharge of the duties of such officer within his or her particular division or function. Any officer of the Company authorized in or pursuant to Section 2.7 to have any of the powers set forth therein, other than the officer signing pursuant to this Section 2.6, is authorized to attest to the seal of the Company on any documents requiring such seal.

 

Section 2.7 Limited Signing Powers.    As Amended 10/31/02            

Subject to the exception provided in Section 2.5, in such instances as in the judgment of the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman of the Board, any Senior Executive Vice President or any Executive Vice President may be proper and desirable, any one of said officers may authorize in writing from time-to-time any other officer, employee or individual to have the limited signing powers or limited power to affix the seal of the Company to specified classes of documents set forth in a resolution of the Board applicable only to the performance or discharge of the duties of such officer, employee or individual within his or her division or function.

 

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Section 2.8 Powers of Attorney.    As Amended 10/31/02                      

All powers of attorney on behalf of the Company shall be executed by any officer of the Company jointly with the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Senior Executive Vice President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Managing Director, provided that the execution by such Senior Vice President or Managing Director of said Power of Attorney shall be applicable only to the performance or discharge of the duties of said officer within his or her particular division or function. Any such power of attorney may, however, be executed by any officer or officers or person or persons who may be specifically authorized to execute the same by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.9 Auditor.

The Auditor or any officer designated by the Auditor is authorized to certify in the name of, or on behalf of the Company, in its own right or in a fiduciary or representative capacity, as to the accuracy and completeness of any account, schedule of assets, or other document, instrument or paper requiring such certification.

Section 2.10 Rescission of Signing Powers.

Any signing authority authorized by the Chairman, the President, any Executive Vice President, may be rescinded at any time by any one of said officers and any signing power authorized in or pursuant to “Real Property”, “Senior Signing Powers” or “Limited Signing Powers” shall terminate without necessity of further action when the officer or employee having such power leaves the employ of the Company.

ARTICLE 3

BORROWING AND SECURITIES

Section 3.1 Borrowing Power

 

(1) Without limiting the borrowing powers of the Company as set forth in the Act, the board may from time to time on behalf of the Company, without authorization of the shareholders:

 

  (a) Borrow money upon the credit of the Company;

 

  (b) Issue, reissue, sell or pledge bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee of the Company, whether secured or unsecured;

 

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  (c) To the extent permitted by the Act, give a guarantee on behalf of the Company to secure performance of any present or future indebtedness, liability or obligation of any person; and

 

  (d) To the extent permitted by the Act, mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in all or currently owned or subsequently acquired real or personal, movable or immovable, property of the Company including book debts, rights, powers, franchises and undertakings, to secure any such bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee or any other present or future indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company.

 

(2) Nothing in this section limits or restricts the borrowing of money by the Company on bills of exchange or promissory notes made, drawn, accepted or endorsed by or on behalf of the Company.

Section 3.2 Delegation.

The board may from time to time delegate to a committee of the board, one or more directors or officers of the Company or any other person as may be designated by the board all or any of the powers conferred on the board by section 3.1 or by the Act to such extent and in such manner as the board shall determine at the time of each such delegation.

ARTICLE 4

DIRECTORS

Section 4.1 Number of Directors and Quorum.

Until changed in accordance with the Act, the board shall consist of not fewer than seven directors and not more than ten directors. Subject to section 4.8, the quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board shall consist of a majority of the number of directors or such greater number of directors as the board may from time to time determine.

Section 4.2 Qualification.

No person shall be qualified for election as a director if he or she is less than 18 years of age; if he or she is of unsound mind and has been so found by a court in Canada or elsewhere; if he or she is not an individual; or if he or she has the status of a bankrupt. A director need not be a shareholder. A majority of the directors shall be resident Canadians, and so long as required by the Act, no more than two-thirds of the directors may be persons affiliated with the Company.

 

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Section 4.3 Election and Term.

The election of directors shall take place at the first meeting of shareholders and thereafter at each 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, if a minimum and maximum number of directors is authorized, be the number of directors then in office unless the directors or the shareholders otherwise determine or shall, if a fixed number of directors is authorized, be such fixed number. Where the directors adopt an amendment to the by-laws to increase or, subject to the Act, decrease the number or minimum or maximum number of directors, the shareholders may, at the meeting at which they confirm the amendment of the by-law, elect the number of directors authorized by the amendment. The election shall be by resolution. If an election of directors is not held at the proper time, the incumbent directors shall continue in office until their successors are elected.

Section 4.4 Removal of Directors.

Subject to the Act, the shareholders may by 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 the board.

Section 4.5 Vacation of office.

A director ceases to hold office when he or she dies; he or she is removed from office by the shareholders; he or she ceases to be qualified for election as a director or is ineligible to hold office pursuant to Section 208(2) of the Act, or his or her written resignation is sent or delivered to the Company, or, if a time is specified in such resignation, at the time so specified, whichever is later.

Section 4.6 Vacancies.

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 minimum number of directors specified in the articles or from a failure of the shareholders to elect the number or minimum number of directors required by the articles. 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 or minimum number of directors, the directors then in office shall forthwith call a special meeting of shareholders to fill the vacancy. If such directors fail to call such meeting or if there are no such directors then in office, any shareholder may call the meeting.

Section 4.7 Action By The Board.

The board shall manage the business and affairs of the Company. Subject to sections 4.8 and 4.9, the powers of the board may be exercised by resolution passed 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 remains in office.

 

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Section 4.8 Canadian Majority.

The board shall not transact business at a meeting, other than filling a vacancy in the board, unless a majority of the directors present are resident Canadians, except where:

 

  (a) A resident Canadian director who is unable to be present approves in writing or by telephone or other communications facilities the business transacted at the meeting; and

 

  (b) A majority of resident Canadians would have been present had that director been present at the meeting.

Section 4.9 Meeting By Telephone.

If all the directors of the Company consent, a director may participate in a meeting of the board or of a committee of the board by means of such telephone or other communications facilities as permit all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, 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.

Section 4.10 Place of Meetings.

Meetings of the board may be held at any place in or outside Canada.

Section 4.11 Calling of Meetings.

Meetings of the board shall be held from time to time at such time and at such place as the board, the chairman of the board, the managing director, the president or any two directors may determine.

Section 4.12 Notice of Meeting.

Notice of the time and place of each meeting of the board shall be given in the manner provided in section 12.1 to each director not less than 48 hours 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, including, if required by the Act, any proposal to:

 

  (a) Submit to the shareholders any question or matter requiring approval of the shareholders;

 

  (b) Fill a vacancy among the directors or in the office of auditor;

 

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  (c) Issue securities except in the manner and on the terms authorized by the board;

 

  (d) Declare dividends;

 

  (e) Purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares issued by the Company;

 

  (f) Pay a commission for the sale of shares;

 

  (g) Approve a management proxy circular;

 

  (h) Approve a take-over bid circular or directors’ circular;

 

  (i) Approve any annual financial statements; or

 

  (j) Adopt, amend or repeal by-laws.

Section 4.13 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.

Section 4.14 Adjourned Meeting.

Notice of an adjourned meeting of the board is not required if the time and place of the adjourned meeting are announced at the original meeting.

Section 4.15 Regular Meetings.

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 any resolution of the board fixing the place and time of such regular meetings shall be sent to each director forthwith after being passed, but no other notice shall be required for any such regular meeting except where the Act requires the purpose thereof or the business to be transacted thereat to be specified.

Section 4.16 Chairman.

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: chairman of the board, managing director, president or a vice-president. If no such officer is present, the directors present shall choose one of their number to be chairman. If the secretary is absent, the chairman shall appoint some person, who need not be a director, to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

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Section 4.17 Votes to Govern.

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 be entitled to a second or casting vote.

Section 4.18 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 proposed material contract with the Company or has a material interest in any person who is a party to a material contract with the Company shall disclose the nature and extent of his or her interest at the time and in the manner provided by the Act. Any such contract or proposed contract shall be referred to the board or shareholders for approval even if such contract is one that in the ordinary course of the Company’s business would not require approval by the board or shareholders. Such a director shall not be present at any meeting of directors while the contract is being considered, a vote on any resolution to approve the same.

Section 4.19 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 travelling and other expenses properly incurred by them in attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof. Nothing herein contained shall preclude any director from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.

ARTICLE 5

COMMITTEES

Section 5.1 Committee of Directors.

The board may appoint one or more committees of the board, however designated, and delegate to any 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. A majority of the members of any such committee shall be resident Canadians.

Section 5.2 Transaction of Business.

Subject to the provisions of section 4.9, the powers of a committee of the board 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 in or outside of Canada.

 

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Section 5.3 Audit Committee.   As Amended 07/21/05

The board shall elect annually from among its number an audit committee to be composed of not fewer than three directors. A majority of the members of the audit committee must consist of directors who are not persons affiliated with the Company and none of the members of the audit committee may be officers or employees of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company. The audit committee shall have the powers and duties provided in the Act.

 

Section 5.4 Conduct Review Committee.   As Amended 07/21/05

The board shall elect from among its members a conduct review committee to be composed of not fewer than three directors. A majority of the members of the conduct review committee must consist of directors who are not persons affiliated with the Company and none of the members of the conduct review committee may be officers or employees of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company. The conduct review committee shall have the powers and duties provided in the Act.

 

Section 5.5 Advisory Bodies.  

The board may from time to time appoint such advisory bodies at it may deem advisable.

 

Section 5.6 Procedure.  

Unless otherwise determined by the board, each committee and advisory body 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.

ARTICLE 6

OFFICERS

 

Section 6.1 Officers: Election.   As amended 10/21/10

As soon as practicable after the annual meeting of shareholders in each year, the board shall elect a President and Chief Executive Officer and a Secretary, and it may, if it so determines, elect from among its members a Chairman of the board. The board may also elect one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Senior Associates, oneor more Associates or one or more Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and such other officers as the board may deem desirable or appropriate and may give any of them such further designations or alternate titles as it considers desirable. The President may appoint one or more Vice Presidents, senior Associates, Associates and Assistant Secretaries and such other officers as he shall deem necessary and appropriate and may give any of them such further designations or alternate titles as he considers desirable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

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Section 6.2 Term of Office, Resignation; Removal; Vacancies.

Except as otherwise provided in the resolution of the board electing any officer, each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the board after the annual meeting of shareholders next succeeding his or her election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the board, the President or the Secretary of the Company. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified therein no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make it effective. The board may remove any officer with or without cause at any time. Any such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Company, but the election of any officer shall not of itself create contractual rights. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company by death, resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of the board at any regular or special meeting.

Section 6.3 Chairman of the Board.

The Chairman of the board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the board and of the shareholders at which he or she shall be present and shall have and may exercise such powers as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the board and as may be provided by law.

Section 6.4 President.

In the absence of the Chairman of the board, the President shall preside at all meetings of the board and of the shareholders at which he or she shall be present. The President shall be the chief executive officer and shall have general charge and supervision of the business of the Company and, in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of the president of a corporation and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the board or as may be provided by law.

Section 6.5 Executive Vice President.

The Executive Vice President or Executive Vice Presidents, at the request or in the absence of the President or during the President’s inability to act, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have the powers of the President. If there is more than one Executive Vice President, the board may determine which one or more of the Executive Vice Presidents shall perform any of such duties; or if such determination is not made by the board, the President may make such determination; otherwise, any of the Executive Vice Presidents may perform any of such duties. The Executive Vice President or Executive Vice Presidents shall have other powers and shall perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her or them by the board or the President or as may be provided by law.

 

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Section 6.6 Senior Vice Presidents.

The Senior Vice President or Senior Vice Presidents, at the request or in the absence of the President and Executive Vice Presidents or during the President’s and Executive Vice Presidents’ inability to act, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have the powers of the President. If there by more than one Senior Vice President, the board may determine which one or more of the Senior Vice Presidents shall perform any of such duties; or if such determination is not made by the board, the President may make such determination; otherwise, any of the Senior Vice Presidents may perform any of such duties. The Senior Vice President or Senior Vice Presidents shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her or them by the board or the President or as may be provided by law.

Section 6.7 Vice Presidents.

The Vice President or Vice Presidents shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her or them by the board, the President, any Executive Vice President or any Senior Vice President or as may be provided by law.

Section 6.8 Secretary.

The Secretary shall have the duty to record the proceedings of the meetings of the shareholders, the board and any committees in a book to be kept for that purpose, shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws or as required by law, shall be custodian of the records of the Company, may affix the Corporate seal to any document on behalf of the Company, the execution of which is duly authorized, and when so affixed may attest the same, and, in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of secretary of a corporation and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the board, the President, any Senior Vice President or as may be provided by law.

Section 6.9 Treasurer.

The Treasurer shall have charge of and be responsible for all funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the Company and shall deposit or cause to be deposited, in the name of the Company, all monies or other valuable effects in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall, from time to time, be selected by or under authority of the board. If required by the board, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties, with such surety or sureties as the board may determine. The Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate records of all receipts and disbursements in the books of the Company, shall render to the President and to the board, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Company, and, in general, shall perform all the duties incident to the office of treasurer of a corporation and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the board, the President or as may be provided by law.

 

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Section 6.10 Other Officers.

The other officers, if any, of the Company shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Company as shall be stated in a resolution of the board which is not inconsistent with these by-laws and, to the extent not so stated, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the board. The board may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his or her duties.

ARTICLE 7

PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

Section 7.1 Limitation of Liability.

Every director and officer of the Company in exercising his or her powers and discharging his or her duties shall act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. Subject to the foregoing, no director or officer 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 other act for conformity, or for any loss, damage or expense happening to the Company through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired for or on behalf of the Company, or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the monies of the Company shall be invested, or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious acts of any person with whom any of the monies, securities or effects of the Company shall be deposited, or for any loss occasioned by any error of judgment or oversight on his or her part, or for any other loss, damage or misfortune whatever which shall happen in the execution of the duties of his or her office or in relation thereto; provided that nothing herein shall relieve any director or officer from the duty to act in accordance with the Act and the regulations thereunder or from liability for any breach thereof.

Section 7.2 Indemnity.

 

(1) Subject to the limitations contained in the Act, the Company shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer, or a person who acts or acted at the Company’s request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the Company is or was a shareholder or creditor, and his or her heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him or her in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he or she is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Company or such body corporate, if:

 

  (a) He or she acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company; and

 

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  (b) In the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he or she had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful.

 

(2) The Company shall also indemnify such person in such other circumstances as the Act permits or requires. Nothing in this by-law shall limit the right of any person entitled to indemnity to claim indemnity apart from the provisions of this by-law.

Section 7.3 Insurance.

Subject to the Act, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person referred to in section 7.2 against any liability incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company or of another body corporate where he or she acts or acted in that capacity at the Company’s request and in such amounts as the board may from time to time determine and as are permitted by the Act.

ARTICLE 8

SHARES

Section 8.1 Allotment.

Subject to the Act and the articles, 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 Company 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.

Section 8.2 Commissions.

The board may from time to time authorize the Company to pay a reasonable commission to any person in consideration of such person purchasing or agreeing to purchase shares of the Company, whether from the Company or from any other person, or procuring or agreeing to procure purchasers for any such shares.

Section 8.3 Registration of Transfers.

Subject to the provisions of the Act, no transfer of shares shall be registered in a securities register except upon presentation of the certificate representing such shares with an endorsement which complies with the Act made thereon or delivered therewith, duly executed by an appropriate person as provided by the Act, together with such reasonable assurance that the endorsement is genuine and effective as the board may from time to time prescribe, and upon payment of all applicable taxes and any reasonable fee, not to exceed $3.00, prescribed by the board.

 

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Section 8.4 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 Company issued by it in registered form, a central securities register and one or more branch securities registers. Such a person may be designated as transfer agent or registrar according to his or her functions and one person may be designated both registrar and transfer agent. The board may at any time terminate such appointment.

Section 8.5 Non-Recognition of Trusts.

Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company may treat the registered holder of any share as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notices, to receive any dividend or other payments in respect of the share, and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of the share.

Section 8.6 Share Certificates.

Every holder of one or more shares of the Company shall be entitled, as his or her option, to a share certificate, or to a non-transferable written certificate of acknowledgement of his or her right to obtain a share certificate, stating the number and class or series of shares held by him or her as shown on the securities register. Such certificates shall be in such form as the board may from time to time approve. Any such certificate shall be signed in accordance with section 2.4 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 a certificate which is not valid unless countersigned by or on behalf of a transfer agent and/or registrar, and in the case of a certificate which does not require a manual signature under the Act, the signatures of both signing officers may be printed or mechanically reproduced in facsimile thereon. 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 Company. A 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.

Section 8.7 Replacement of Share Certificates.

The board or any officer or agent designated by the board may in its, his or her discretion direct the issue of a new share or other such certificate in lieu of and upon cancellation of a certificate that has been mutilated, or in substitution for a certificate claimed to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken on payment of such reasonable fee, not to exceed $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.

 

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Section 8.8 Joint Shareholders.

If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, the Company 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 share.

Section 8.9 Deceased Shareholders.

In the event of the death of a holder or of one of the joint holders of any share, the Company shall not be required to make any entry in the securities register in respect thereof or to make any dividend or other payments in respect thereof except upon production of all such documents as may be required by law and upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Company and its transfer agents.

ARTICLE 9

DIVIDENDS AND RIGHTS

Section 9.1 Dividends.

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 Company. Dividends may be paid in money or property or by issuing fully paid shares of the Company.

Section 9.2 Dividend Cheques.

A dividend payable in cash shall be paid by cheque drawn on the Company’s 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 mailed by prepaid ordinary mail to such registered holder at his or her recorded address, unless such holder otherwise directs. In the case of joint holders the cheque 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 Company is required to and does withhold.

Section 9.3 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 Company 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.

 

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Section 9.4 Record Date For Dividends And Rights.

The board may fix in advance a date, preceding by not more than fifty 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 Company, 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 receive payment of any dividend or to exercise the right to subscribe for securities of the Company 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.

Section 9.5 Unclaimed Dividends.

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 Company.

ARTICLE 10

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 10.1 Annual Meetings.

The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at such time in each year and, subject to section 10.3, at such place as the board, the chairman of the board, the managing director or the president may from time to time determine, 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.

Section 10.2 Special Meetings.

The board, the chairman of the board, the managing director or the president shall have power to call a special meeting of shareholders at any time.

Section 10.3 Place of Meetings.

Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the registered office of the Company or elsewhere in the municipality in which the registered office is situate or, if the board shall so determine, at some other place in Canada or, if all the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting so agree, at some place outside Canada.

Section 10.4 Notice of Meetings.

Notice of the time and place of each meeting of shareholders shall be given in the manner provided in section 12.1 not less than twenty-one nor more than fifty 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

 

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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 statements and auditor’s report, election of directors and reappointment of the incumbent auditor shall state the nature of such business in sufficient detail to permit the shareholder to form a reasoned judgment thereon and shall state the text of any special resolution to be submitted to the meeting.

Section 10.5 List of Shareholders Entitled To Notice.

For every meeting of shareholders, the Company 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 section 10.6, the shareholders listed shall be those registered at the close of business on such record date. If no record date is fixed, the shareholders listed shall be those registered at 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, 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 Company or at the place where the central securities register is maintained and at the meeting for which the list was prepared.

Section 10.6 Record Date For Notice.

The board may fix in advance a date, preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders by not more than fifty days and not less than twenty-one days, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and 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. If no record date is so fixed, the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to 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.

Section 10.7 Meetings Without Notice.

A meeting of shareholders may be held without notice at any time and place permitted by the Act (a) if all the shareholders entitled to vote thereat are present in person or represented by proxy or if those not present or represented by proxy waive notice of or otherwise consent to such meeting being held, and (b) if the auditors and the directors are present or waive notice of or otherwise consent to such meeting be held; so long as such shareholders, auditors or 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 Company may transact at a meeting of shareholders. 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.

 

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Section 10.8 Chairman, Secretary And Scrutineers.

The chairman of any meeting of shareholders shall be the first mentioned of such of the following officers as have been appointed and who is present at the meeting: managing director, president, chairman of the board, or a vice-president who is a shareholder. If no such 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 secretary of the Company is absent, the chairman shall appoint some person, who need not be a shareholder, to act a 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.

Section 10.9 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 auditor of the Company and others who, although not entitled to vote, are entitled or required under any provision of the Act or the articles or 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.

Section 10.10 Quorum.

Subject to the Act, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of shareholders shall be one person present in person, being a shareholder entitled to vote thereat or a duly appointed proxyholder for an absent shareholder so entitled, and holding or representing by proxy not less than 51% of the outstanding shares of the Company carrying voting rights at the meeting. If a quorum is present at the opening of any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present or represented by proxy may proceed with the business of the meeting notwithstanding that a quorum is not present throughout the meeting. If a quorum is not present at the opening of any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present or represented by proxy may adjourn the meeting to a fixed time and place but may not transact any other business.

Section 10.11 Right To Vote.

Subject to the provisions of the Act as to authorized representatives of any other body corporate or association, at any meeting of shareholders for which the Company has prepared the list referred to in section 10.5, every person who is named in such list shall be entitled to vote the shares shown opposite his or her name except to the extent that (a) where the Company has fixed a record date in respect of such meeting pursuant to section 10.6, such person has transferred any of his or her shares after such record date, or where the Company has not fixed a record date in respect of the meeting, that person has transferred any of his or her shares after the date on which the list is prepared, and (b) the transferee, having produced properly endorsed certificates

 

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evidencing such shares or having otherwise established that he or she owns such shares, has demanded not later than ten days before the meeting that his or her name be included in such list. In any such excepted case the transferee shall be entitled to vote the transferred shares at the meeting.

Section 10.12 Proxyholders And Representatives.

 

(1) 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 as his or her representative 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 or her attorney and shall conform with the requirements of the Act.

 

(2) Alternatively, every such shareholder which is a body corporate or association may authorize by resolution of its directors or governing body an individual to represent it at a meeting of shareholders and that individual may exercise on the shareholder’s behalf all the powers it could exercise if it were an individual shareholder. The authority of such an individual shall be established by the deposit with the Company of a certified copy of the resolution, or in such other manner as may be satisfactory to the secretary of the Company or the chairman of the meeting. Any such proxyholder or representative need not be a shareholder.

Section 10.13 Time For Deposit of Proxies.

The board may specify in the notice calling a meeting of shareholders a time, preceding the time of such meeting by not more than forty-eight hours exclusive of non-business days, 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 Company or an agent thereof specified in such notice or if, no such having been specified in the notice, it has been received by the secretary of the Company or by the chairman of the meeting or any adjournment thereof prior to the time of voting.

Section 10.14 Joint Shareholders.

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.

Section 10.15 Votes To Govern.

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 be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

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Section 10.16 Show of Hands.

Subject to the provisions of the Act, any question at a meeting of shareholders shall be decided by a show of hands unless a ballot thereon is required or demanded as hereinafter provided. Upon a show of hands every person who is present 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 prima facie 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 question.

Section 10.17 Ballots.

On any question proposed for consideration at a meeting of shareholders, and whether or not a show of hands has been taken thereon, the chairman or any person who is present and entitled to vote, whether as shareholder or proxyholder, on such question 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 or she 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.

Section 10.18 Adjournment.

The chairman at a meeting of shareholders may, with the consent of the meeting and subject to such conditions as the meeting may decide, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place. If a meeting of shareholders is adjourned for less than thirty days, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting, other than by announcement at the earliest meeting that is adjourned. Subject to the Act, if a meeting of shareholders is adjourned by one or more adjournments for an aggregate of thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as for an original meeting.

Section 10.19 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.

 

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ARTICLE 11

DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS

Section 11.1 Creation And Consolidation of Divisions.

The board may cause the business and operations of the Company or any part thereof to be divided or to be segregated into one or more divisions upon such basis, including without limitation, types of businesses or operations, geographical territories, product lines or goods or services, as the board may consider appropriate in each case. From time to time the board or, if authorized by the board, the chief executive officer may authorize, upon such basis as may be considered appropriate in each case:

 

  (a) Subdivision And Consolidation. The further division of the business and operations of any such division into sub-units and the consolidation of the business and operations of any such divisions and sub-units;

 

  (b) Name. The designation of any such division or sub-unit by, and the carrying on of the business and operations of any such division or sub-unit under, a name other than the name of the Company; provided that the Company 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 Company; and

 

  (c) Officers. The appointment of officers for any such division or sub-unit, the determination of their powers and duties, and the removal of any such officer so appointed without prejudice to such officer’s right under any employment contract or in law, provided that any such officers shall not, as such, be officers of the Company, unless expressly designated as such.

ARTICLE 12

NOTICES

Section 12.1 Method of Giving Notices.

Any notice (which term includes any communication or document) to be given (which term includes sent, delivered or served) pursuant to the Act, the regulations thereunder, the articles, the by-laws or otherwise to a shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board shall be sufficiently given if delivered personally to the person to whom it is to be given or if delivered to his or her recorded address or if mailed to him or her at his or her recorded address by prepaid ordinary or air mail or if sent to him or her at his or her recorded address by any means of prepaid transmitted or recorded communication. A notice so delivered shall be deemed to have been given when it is delivered personally or to the recorded address as aforesaid; a notice so mailed shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in a post office or public letter box; and a notice so sent by any means of transmitted or recorded communication shall be deemed to have been given when dispatched or delivered to

 

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the appropriate communication company or agency or its representative for dispatch. The secretary may change or cause to be changed the recorded address of any shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board in accordance with any information believed by him or her to be reliable.

Section 12.2 Notice to Joint Shareholders.

If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, any notice may be addressed to all of such joint holders but notice address to one of such persons shall be sufficient notice to all of them.

Section 12.3 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, the date of giving the notice shall be excluded and the date of the meeting or other event shall be included.

Section 12.4 Undelivered Notices.

If any notice given to a shareholder pursuant to section 12.1 is returned on three consecutive occasions because such shareholder cannot be found, the Company shall not be required to give any further notices to such shareholder until such shareholder informs the Company in writing of such shareholder’s new address.

Section 12.5 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 founded thereon.

Section 12.6 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 notice in respect of such share which shall have been duly given to the shareholder from whom such person derives his or her title to such share, prior to such person’s name and address being entered on the securities register (whether such notice was given before or after the happening of the event upon which such person became so entitled) and prior to such person furnishing to the Company the proof of authority or evidence of such person’s entitlement prescribed by the Act.

Section 12.7 Waiver of Notice.

Any shareholder, proxyholder, other person entitled to attend a meeting of shareholders, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board may at any time waive or abridge the time for any notice, required to be given to him or her under any provision of the Act, the regulations thereunder, the articles, the by-laws or

 

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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.

 

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ARTICLE 13

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 13.1 Effective Date.

This by-law shall come into force on the date confirmed by the sole shareholder under the Act.

MADE by the board the 21 st day of October, 2010.

 

LOGO
Patricia A. Bicket, Secretary

CONFIRMED by the sole shareholder in accordance with the Act the 21 st day of October, 2010.

 

LOGO
BNY International Financing Corporation

 

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BY-LAW NO. 3

A by-law relating to the share capital of

BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

(the “ Company ”)

BE IT ENACTED as a by-law of the Company as follows:

Section 1 Share Capital.

The Share Capital of the Company shall consist of an unlimited number of shares of one class, which shall be designated as “common shares”.

Section 2 Coming Into Force.

This by-law shall come into force on the date the Company is continued as a trust company under the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada).

MADE by the board the 27 th day of April, 2001.

 

         LOGO
Peter Hamilton, Assistant Secretary

CONFIRMED by the sole shareholder in accordance with the Act the 27 th day of April, 2001.

 

LOGO
Peter Hamilton, Assistant Secretary


   EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income    Page 1 of 3

 

BNY Trust Company of Canada

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Year to date: End of Q3 - 2017

(in thousands of dollars)

 

Interest and dividends income

  

Deposits with regulated financial institutions

     469  

Securities issued or guaranteed by Government of Canada, provinces, municipal or school

  

Other Securities

  

Loans

  

Non-mortgage loans

  

Individuals for non-business purposes

  

Others

  

Mortgages

  

Residential

  

Non-residential

     0  

Interest income on impaired loans

  

Other

     0  

Total interest income

     469  

Interest expense

  

Demand and notice deposits

  

Fixed term deposits

  

Subordinated debt

     0  

Other

  

Total interest expense

     0  

Net interest income

     469  

Charge for impairment

     0  

Net interest income after charge for impairment

     469  

Trading Income

     0  

Gains (Losses) on instruments held for other than trading purposes

     0  

Other Income

  

Service charges on retail and commercial deposit accounts

  

Credit and debit card service fees

     0  

Mortgage, standby, commitment and other loan fees

  

Acceptance, guarantees and letter of credit fees

  

Investment management and custodial services

     0  

Mutual (investment) fund, underwriting on new issues and securities commissions and fees

  

Foreign exchange revenue other than trading

     0  

Insurance related non-interest income (net)

  

Other

     9,778  

Total non-interest income

     9,778  

Net interest and other income

     10,247  

Non-interest expenses

  

Salaries, pensions and other staff benefits

     3,553  

Premises and equipment

  

Rental of real estate, premises, furniture & fixtures

     517  

Computers & equipment

     14  

Other expenses

  

Advertising, public relations & business development

     4  


  
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income    Page 2 of 3

 

Office and general expenses

     1,695  

Capital and business taxes

  

Professional fees

     259  

Other

     734  

Total non-interest expenses

     6,776  

Net income before provision for income taxes

     3,471  

Provision for income taxes

  

Current

     4  

Deferred

     837  

Net income before discontinued operations

     2,630  

Discontinued operations

     0  

Net income attributable to equity holders and non-controlling interests

     2,630  

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

     0  

Net income attributable to equity holders

     2,630  

SCHEDULE 1—Comprehensive income (loss), attributable to equity holders and non-controlling interests, net of taxes

  

Net income attributable to equity holders and non-controlling interests

     2,630  

Other Comprehensive Income (loss)

  

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to net income:

  

Available for sale securities

  

Change in unrealized gains and losses

  

Equities

     0  

Debt

     0  

Loans

     0  

Reclassification of (gains)/losses to net income

     0  

Derivatives designed as cash flow hedges

  

Change in unrealized gains and losses

     0  

Reclassification of (gains)/losses to net income

     0  

Foreign currency translation

  

Change in unrealized gains and losses

     0  

Impact of hedging

  

Share of other comprehensive income (loss) of associates and joint ventures

     0  

Other

     0  

Subtotal of items that may be reclassified subsequently to net income

     0  

Items that will not be reclassified to net income:

  

Remeasurements of defined benefit plans

     0  

Other

     0  

Subtotal of items that will not be reclassified to net income

  

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

     0  

Total comprehensive income (loss)

     2,630  

Attributable to:

  

Equity holders of the bank

     2,630  

Non-controlling interests

     0  


  
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income    Page 3 of 3

 

SCHEDULE 2—Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), attributable to equity holders, net of taxes

  

Accumulated gains (losses) on:

  

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to net income:

  

Available for sale securities

  

Equities

     0  

Debt

     0  

Loans

     0  

Derivatives designed as cashflow hedges

     0  

Foreign currency translation, net of hedging activities

     0  

Share of other comprehensive income (loss) of associates and joint ventures

     0  

Other

     0  

Subtotal of items that may be reclassified subsequently to net income

     0  

Items that will not be reclassified to net income:

  

Other

  

Subtotal of items that will not be reclassified to net income

     0  

Total

     0  


Exhibit 9

 

 

 

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM F-X

 

 

Appointment of Agent For Service

of Process And Undertaking

 

 

 

A.   Name of issuer or person filing (“Filer”):   BNY Trust Company of Canada
B.   (1)   This is [check one]:
    an original filing for the Filer
    an amended filing for the Filer
  (2)   Check the following box if you are filing the Form F-X in paper in accordance with Regulation S-T rule 101(b)(9)  ☐
C.   Identify the filing in conjunction with which this form is being filed:
  Name of Registrant:   Manulife Financial Corporation
  Form type:   Form F-10 filing – December 2017
  File Number (if known):  
  Filed by:   Manulife Financial Corporation
  Date Filed (if filed concurrently, so indicate):   December, 2017 (filed concurrently)
D.  

Filer is incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada and has its principal place of business at

 

BNY Trust Company of Canada,

1 York Street, 6th Floor,

Toronto, Ontario,

M5J0B6.

E.  

Filer designates and appoints

 

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Attention: International Corporate Trust, tel: (212) 815-5587

 

as the agent of the Filer upon whom may be served any process, pleadings, subpoenas, or other papers in:

 

(a) any investigation or administrative proceeding conducted by the Commission; and

 

(b) any civil suit or action brought against the Filer or to which the Filer has been joined as defendant or respondent, in any appropriate court in any place subject to the jurisdiction of any state or of the United States or of any of its territories or possessions or of the District of Columbia, where the investigation, proceeding or cause of action arises out of or relates to or concerns the securities in relation to which the Filer acts as trustee pursuant to an exemption under Rule10a-5 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The Filer stipulates and agrees that any such civil suit or action or administrative proceeding may be commenced by the service of process upon, and that service of an administrative subpoena shall be effected by service upon such agent for service of process, and that the service as aforesaid shall be taken and held in all courts and administrative tribunals to be valid and binding as if personal service thereof had been made.

F.  

The Filer stipulates and agrees to appoint a successor agent for service of process and file an amended Form F-X if the Filer discharges the Agent or the Agent is unwilling or unable to accept service on behalf of the Filer at any time during which any of the securities subject to the indenture remain outstanding.

 

The Filer further undertakes to advise the Commission promptly of any change to the Agent’s name or address during the applicable period by amendment of this form, referencing the file number of the Form F-10.

G.   The Filer undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the Commission staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information relating to the Form F-10, the securities to which the Form F-10 relates and the transactions in such securities.

 

 

 


The Filer certifies that it has duly caused this power of attorney, consent, stipulation and agreement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on this 5th day of December, 2017.

 

    BNY Trust Company of Canada
        Filer:      By:   

/s/ Catherine F. Donohue

    Name:    Catherine F. Donohue
    Title:    Authorized Signing Officer

This statement has been signed by the following person in the capacity indicated on December 5, 2017:

 

    The Bank of New York Mellon
    as Agent for Service of Process of BNY Trust Company of Canada in the United States
    By:   

/s/ Joellen McNamara

    Name:    Joellen McNamara
    Title:    Vice President

Exhibit 7.7

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New York   13-5160382

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

225 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ontario, Canada   98-0361647

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

200 Bloor Street East Toronto, Ontario Canada   M4W 1E5
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Postal code)

 

 

Subordinated Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

   

Name

  

Address

  Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services of the State of New York    One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
  Federal Reserve Bank of New York    33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    550 17 th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20429
  The Clearing House Association L.L.C.    100 Broad Street New York, N.Y. 10004

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

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  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-207042).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-188382).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 5th day of December, 2017.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:   /s/ Catherine F. Donohue
  Name: Catherine F. Donohue
  Title:   Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of 225 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business September 30, 2017, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar amounts
in thousands
 

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     4,915,000  

Interest-bearing balances

     89,278,000  

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     39,433,000  

Available-for-sale securities

     76,289,000  

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     0  

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     14,181,000  

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     0  

Loans and leases held for investment

     29,492,000  

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     136,000  

Loans and leases held for investment, net of allowance

     29,356,000  

Trading assets

     3,201,000  

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,386,000  

Other real estate owned

     4,000  

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     584,000  

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0  

Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,378,000  

Other intangible assets

     861,000  

Other assets

     15,476,000  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     281,342,000  
  

 

 

 


LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     120,206,000  

Noninterest-bearing

     74,342,000  

Interest-bearing

     45,864,000  

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     116,952,000  

Noninterest-bearing

     6,351,000  

Interest-bearing

     110,601,000  

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     260,000  

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     2,833,000  

Trading liabilities

     2,409,000  

Other borrowed money:
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     4,522,000  

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     515,000  

Other liabilities

     6,939,000  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     254,636,000  
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0  

Common stock

     1,135,000  

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     10,744,000  

Retained earnings

     15,995,000  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,518,000  

Other equity capital components

     0  

Total bank equity capital

     26,356,000  

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000  

Total equity capital

     26,706,000  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     281,342,000  
  

 

 

 


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

                    Thomas P. Gibbons,
                    Chief Financial Officer

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

Samuel C. Scott

Joseph J. Echevarria

       Directors

Exhibit 7.8

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

CANADA   13-5160382
(Jurisdiction of incorporation
if not a U.S. national bank)
  (I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
1 York Street, 6 th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   M5J0B6
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Postal code)

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286 USA

Atten: International Corporate Trust

tel: 212-815-5587

(name, address and telephone no. of agent for service)

 

 

MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ontario, Canada   98-0361647
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
200 Bloor Street East Toronto, Ontario Canada   M4W 1E5
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Postal code)

 

 

Subordinated Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

   

Name

  

Address

  Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)   

255 Albert Street, 12 th Floor,

Ottawa, Ontario

Canada K1A 0H2

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

15. Foreign Trustee.

Rule pursuant to which the trustee is authorized to act as trustee under indentures qualified under the Act (as such term is defined below): Rule 260.10a-5.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Letters Patent of BNY Trust Company of Canada

 

  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition (or copy of the financial information sufficient to provide the information required by Section 310(a) (2) of the Act) of the Trustee.

 

  9. Consent of foreign trustee to service of process, made on Form F-X.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, BNY Trust Company of Canada, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Canada, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the city of New York, and State of New York, on the 5th day of December, 2017.

 

BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
By:   /s/ Catherine F. Donohue
  Name: Catherine F. Donohue
  Title: Authorized Signing Officer

 

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EXHIBIT 1

 

LOGO

 

Letters Patent of

Continuance

Trust and Loan

Companies Act

The Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), on behalf of the Minister of Finance and pursuant to section 33 of the Trust and Loan Companies Act:

 

    continues 3812863 Canada Inc., a company incorporated under the Canada Business Corporation Act, as a company under the Trust and Loan Companies Act;

 

    declares that the name of the company is BNY Trust Company of Canada;

 

    declares that the head office of the company shall be in the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario; and

 

    declares that these letters patent are effective on May 4,2001.

            Date: May 4, 2001

Lettres patentes de

prorogation

Loi sur les sociétés

de fiducie et de prét

Au nom du ministre des Finances, et en vertu de l’article 33 de la Loi sur les sociétés de fiducie et de pré t, le secrétaire d’État (Institutions financières internationales):

 

    proroge 3812863 Canada Inc., une société constituée aux termes de la Loi sur les sociétés par actions, comme une société sous le régime de la Loi sur les soci é t é s de fiducie et de prét,

 

    statue que la dénomination sociale de la société est Compagnle Trust BNY Canada;

 

    fixe le siège de la société dans la ville de Toronto, dans la province de Ontario;

 

    statue que ces lettres patentes cotrent en vigueur le 4 mai 2001.

            Date: Le 4 mai 2001

 

 

LOGO

Secretary of State

(International Financial Institutions)

Le secrétaire d’État

(Institutions financières internationales)


LOGO   

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions

Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières

 

Order to Commence and Carry

on Business

Trust and Loan Companies Act

 

Whereas on May 4, 2001, BNY Trust Company of Canada was continued as a company under the Trust and Loan Companies Act . Therefore, pursuant to subsection 52(4) of the Act, I approve the commencement and carrying on of business by BNY Trust Company of Canada and authorise the company to carry on the activities referred to in section 412 of that Act.

This Order is effective on May 4, 2001.

Autorisation de fonctionnement

Loi sur les sociétés de fiducie et de prêt

 

 

Attendu que le 4 mai 2001, Compagnie Trust BNY Canada a été prorogée comme une société sous la Loi sur les sociétés de fiducie et de prêt . À ces causes, en vertu du paragraphe 52(4) de ladite Loi, j’autorise la Compagnie Trust BNY Canada à commencer à fonctionner ainsi qu’à exercer les activités mentionnées à l’article 4l2 de la Loi.

La présente ordonnance entre en vigueur le 4 mai 2001.

 

 

LOGO

John Palmer

Superintendent/Surintendant

 

LOGO


LOGO

 

Foreign Bank Order   

Arrêté de

banque étrangère

Bank Act    Loi sur les banques

 

Whereas The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a foreign bank, intends to hold, directly or indirectly, shares of or ownership interests in BNY Trust Company of Canada a Canadian entity whose principal activity in Canada is an activity referred to in any of subparagraphs 518(3)( a )(i) to (v) of the Bank Act in such number that BNY Trust Company of Canada is a non-bank affiliate of The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and those shares or ownership interests were acquired by The Bank of New York Company, Inc. when the principal activity in Canada of BNY Trust Company of Canada was not an activity described in one of those subparagraphs and was acquired after August 1, 1997;

  

 

Attendu que The Bank of New York Company, Inc., une banque étrangére, a l’intention de détenir, directement ou indirectement, un nombre d’actions ou de titres de participation d’une entité canadienne Compagnie Trust BNY Canada, ayant pour principale activité au Canada l’une de celles visées aux sous-alinéas 518(3) a )(i) à (v) de la Loi sur les banques en un nombre tel que Compagnie Trust BNY Canada est un établissement affilié à The Bank of New York Company, Inc. et ces actions ou titres de participation furent acquis par The Bank of New York Company, Inc. lorsque l’activité principale au Canada de Compagnie Trust BNY Canada n’était pas l’une des activités prévues aux sous-alinéas et après le 1 st août 1997;

Therefore, the Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), on behalf of the Minister of Finance and pursuant to paragraph 521(l)( d ) of the Bank Act , hereby consents that The Bank of New York Company, Inc. hold, directly or indirectly, shares of or ownership interests in BNY Trust Company of Canada in such number that BNY Trust Company of Canada is a non-bank affiliate of The Bank of New York Company, Inc.    À ces causes, au nom du ministre des Finances, et en vertu de l’alinéa 521(1) d ) de la Loi sur les banques, le secrétaire d’Ètat (Institutions financières internationales) consent à ce que The Bank of New York Company, Inc. détienne, directement ou indirectement, un nombre quelconque d’actions ou de titres de participation de Compagnie Trust BNY Canada en un nombre tel que Compagnie Trust BNY Canada est un établissement affilié à The Bank of New York Company, Inc.
Date: May 4, 2001    Date: Le 4 mai 2001

 

LOGO

Secretary of State

(International Financial Institutions)

Le secrétaire d’Ètat

(Institutions financières internationales)

 

LOGO


EXHIBIT 4

Effective October 21, 2010

BY-LAW NO. 2

A by-law relating generally to the transaction of the business and affairs of

BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA.

BE IT ENACTED as a by-law of the Company as follows:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

  
Section 1.1    Definitions      1  
  

ARTICLE 2

BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY

  
Section 2.1    Head Office      2  
Section 2.2    Corporate Seal      2  
Section 2.3    Financial Year      2  
Section 2.4    Banking Arrangements      3  
Section 2.5    Real Property      3  
Section 2.6    Senior Signing Powers      3  
Section 2.7    Limited Signing Powers      3  
Section 2.8    Powers of Attorney      4  
Section 2.9    Auditor      4  
Section 2.10    Rescission of Signing Powers      4  
  

ARTICLE 3

BORROWING AND SECURITIES

  
Section 3.1    Borrowing Power      4  
Section 3.2    Delegation      5  
  

ARTICLE 4

DIRECTORS

  
Section 4.1    Number of Directors and Quorum      5  
Section 4.2    Qualification      5  
Section 4.3    Election and Term      6  
Section 4.4    Removal of Directors      6  
Section 4.5    Vacation of Office      6  
Section 4.6    Vacancies      6  


Section 4.7    Action by the Board      6  
Section 4.8    Canadian Majority      7  
Section 4.9    Meeting by Telephone      7  
Section 4.10    Place of Meetings      7  
Section 4.11    Calling of Meetings      7  
Section 4.12    Notice of Meeting      7  
Section 4.13    First Meeting of New Board      8  
Section 4.14    Adjourned Meetings      8  
Section 4.15    Regular Meetings      8  
Section 4.16    Chairman      8  
Section 4.17    Votes to Govern      9  
Section 4.18    Conflict of Interest      9  
Section 4.19    Remuneration and Expense      9  
  

ARTICLE 5

COMMITTESS

  
Section 5.1    Committee of Directors      9  
Section 5.2    Transaction of Business      9  
Section 5.3    Audit Committee      10  
Section 5.4    Conduct Review Committee      10  
Section 5.5    Advisory Bodies      10  
Section 5.6    Procedure      10  
  

ARTICLE 6

OFFICERS

  
Section 6.1    Officers; Election      10  
Section 6.2    Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies      11  
Section 6.3    Chairman of the Board      11  
Section 6.4    President      11  
Section 6.5    Executive Vice President      11  
Section 6.6    Senior Vice Presidents      12  
Section 6.7    Vice Presidents      12  
Section 6.8    Secretary      12  
Section 6.9    Treasurer      12  
Section 6.10    Other Officers      13  
  

ARTICLE 7

PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

  
Section 7.1    Limitation of Liability      13  
Section 7.2    Indemnity      13  
Section 7.3    Insurance      14  

 

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ARTICLE 8

SHARES

  
Section 8.1    Allotment      14  
Section 8.2    Commissions      14  
Section 8.3    Registration of Transfers      14  
Section 8.4    Transfer Agents and Registrars      15  
Section 8.5    Non-Recognition of Trusts      15  
Section 8.6    Share Certificates      15  
Section 8.7    Replacement of Share Certificates      15  
Section 8.8    Joint Shareholders      16  
Section 8.9    Deceased Shareholders      16  
  

ARTICLE 9

DIVIDENDS AND RIGHTS

  
Section 9.1    Dividends      16  
Section 9.2    Dividend Checques      16  
Section 9.3    Non-Receipt of Checques      16  
Section 9.4    Record Date for Dividends and Rights      17  
Section 9.5    Unclaimed Dividends      17  
  

ARTICLE 10

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

  
Section 10.1    Annual Meetings      17  
Section 10.2    Special Meetings      17  
Section 10.3    Place of Meetings      17  
Section 10.4    Notice of Meetings      17  
Section 10.5    List of Shareholders Entitled to Notice      18  
Section 10.6    Record Date for Notice      18  
Section 10.7    Meetings without Notice      18  
Section 10.8    Chairman, Secretary and Scrutineers      19  
Section 10.9    Persons Entitled to be Present      19  
Section 10.10    Quorum      19  
Section 10.11    Right to Vote      19  
Section 10.12    Proxy Holders and Representatives      20  
Section 10.13    Time for Deposit of Proxies      20  
Section 10.14    Joint Shareholders      20  
Section 10.15    Votes to Govern      20  
Section 10.16    Show of Hands      21  

 

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Section 10.17    Ballots      21  
Section 10.18    Adjournment      21  
Section 10.19    Resolution in Writing      21  
  

ARTICLE 11

DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS

  
Section 11.1    Creation and Consolidation of Divisions      22  
  

ARTICLE 12

NOTICES

  
Section 12.1    Method of Giving Notices      22  
Section 12.2    Notice to Joint Shareholders      23  
Section 12.3    Computation of Time      23  
Section 12.4    Undelivered Notices      23  
Section 12,5    Omissions and Errors      23  
Section 12.6    Persons Entitled by Death      23  
Section 12.7    Waiver of Notice      23  
  

SECTION 13

EFFECTIVE DATE

  
Section 13.1    Effective Date      25  

 

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ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1 Definitions.

 

(1) In the by-laws of the Company, unless the context otherwise requires:

Act ” means the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada), and any statute that may be substituted therefor, as from time to time amended.

appoint ” includes “ elect ” and vice versa.

board ” means the board of directors of the Company.

by-laws ” means this by-law and all other by-laws of the Company from time to time in force and effect.

cheque ” includes a draft.

Company ” means the corporation incorporated by certificate of incorporation under the Act on September 21, 2000 and continued as a trust company under the Act and named “ BNY Trust Company of Canada .”

letters patent ” means the letters patent by which the Company was continued as a trust company, and includes any amendment thereto or restatement thereof.

meeting of shareholders ” includes an annual meeting of shareholders and a special meeting of shareholders.

non-business day ” means Saturday, Sunday and any other day that is a holiday as defined in the Interpretation Act (Canada).

ordinary resolution ” means a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders who voted in respect of that resolution or signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on that resolution.

recorded address ” means in the case of a shareholder his or her 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 are more than one; and in the case of a director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board, his or her latest address as recorded in the records of the Company.

resident Canadian ” means an individual who is:

 

  (a) A Canadian citizen ordinarily resident in Canada;

 

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  (b) A Canadian citizen not ordinarily resident in Canada who is a member of a prescribed class of persons; or

 

  (c) A permanent resident within the meaning of the Immigration Act (Canada) and ordinarily resident in Canada, except a permanent resident who has been ordinarily resident in Canada for more than one year after the time at which he or she first became eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship.

signing officer ” means, in relation to any instrument, any person authorized to sign the same on behalf of the Company by section 2.4 or by a resolution passed pursuant thereto.

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.

special resolution ” means a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast by the shareholders who voted in respect of that resolution or signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote on that resolution.

 

(2) Save as aforesaid, words and expressions defined in the Act have the same meanings when used herein. Words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa; and words importing gender include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders; and words importing a person include an individual, partnership, association, body corporate, trustee, executor, administrator or legal representative.

ARTICLE 2

BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY

Section 2.1 Head office.

The head office of the Company shall be at the place within Canada from time to time specified in the letters patent and at such location therein as the board may from time to time determine.

Section 2.2 Corporate Seal.

Until changed by the board, the corporate seal of the Company shall be in the form impressed hereon.

Section 2.3 Financial Year.

Until changed by the board, the financial year of the Company shall end on the last day of December in each year.

 

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Section 2.4 Banking Arrangements.

The banking business of the Company 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 prescribe or authorize.

Section 2.5 Real Property.

Real property or interests in real property owned by the Company in its own right shall not be deeded, conveyed, mortgaged, assigned or transferred except when duly authorized by a resolution of the Board. The Board may from time to time authorize officers to deed, convey, mortgage, assign or transfer real property owned by the Company in its own right with such maximum values as the board may fix in its authorizing resolution.

 

Section 2.6 Senior Signing Powers.    As amended 10/31/02            

Subject to the exception provided in Section 2.5, the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman of the Board any Senior Executive Vice President and any Executive Vice President is authorized to accept, endorse, execute or sign any document, instrument or paper in the name of, or on behalf of, the Company in all transactions arising out of, or in connection with, the normal course of the Company’s business or in any fiduciary, representative or agency capacity and, when required, to affix the seal of the Company thereto. In such instances as in the judgment of the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman of the Board, any Senior Executive Vice President or any Executive Vice President may be proper and desirable, any one of said officers may authorize in writing from time-to-time any other officer to have the powers set forth in this section applicable only to the performance or discharge of the duties of such officer within his or her particular division or function. Any officer of the Company authorized in or pursuant to Section 2.7 to have any of the powers set forth therein, other than the officer signing pursuant to this Section 2.6, is authorized to attest to the seal of the Company on any documents requiring such seal.

 

Section 2.7 Limited Signing Powers.    As Amended 10/31/02            

Subject to the exception provided in Section 2.5, in such instances as in the judgment of the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman of the Board, any Senior Executive Vice President or any Executive Vice President may be proper and desirable, any one of said officers may authorize in writing from time-to-time any other officer, employee or individual to have the limited signing powers or limited power to affix the seal of the Company to specified classes of documents set forth in a resolution of the Board applicable only to the performance or discharge of the duties of such officer, employee or individual within his or her division or function.

 

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Section 2.8 Powers of Attorney.    As Amended 10/31/02            

All powers of attorney on behalf of the Company shall be executed by any officer of the Company jointly with the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Senior Executive Vice President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Managing Director, provided that the execution by such Senior Vice President or Managing Director of said Power of Attorney shall be applicable only to the performance or discharge of the duties of said officer within his or her particular division or function. Any such power of attorney may, however, be executed by any officer or officers or person or persons who may be specifically authorized to execute the same by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.9 Auditor.

The Auditor or any officer designated by the Auditor is authorized to certify in the name of, or on behalf of the Company, in its own right or in a fiduciary or representative capacity, as to the accuracy and completeness of any account, schedule of assets, or other document, instrument or paper requiring such certification.

Section 2.10 Rescission of Signing Powers.

Any signing authority authorized by the Chairman, the President, any Executive Vice President, may be rescinded at any time by any one of said officers and any signing power authorized in or pursuant to “Real Property”, “Senior Signing Powers” or “Limited Signing Powers” shall terminate without necessity of further action when the officer or employee having such power leaves the employ of the Company.

ARTICLE 3

BORROWING AND SECURITIES

Section 3.1 Borrowing Power

 

(1) Without limiting the borrowing powers of the Company as set forth in the Act, the board may from time to time on behalf of the Company, without authorization of the shareholders:

 

  (a) Borrow money upon the credit of the Company;

 

  (b) Issue, reissue, sell or pledge bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee of the Company, whether secured or unsecured;

 

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  (c) To the extent permitted by the Act, give a guarantee on behalf of the Company to secure performance of any present or future indebtedness, liability or obligation of any person; and

 

  (d) To the extent permitted by the Act, mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in all or currently owned or subsequently acquired real or personal, movable or immovable, property of the Company including book debts, rights, powers, franchises and undertakings, to secure any such bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee or any other present or future indebtedness, liability or obligation of the Company.

 

(2) Nothing in this section limits or restricts the borrowing of money by the Company on bills of exchange or promissory notes made, drawn, accepted or endorsed by or on behalf of the Company.

Section 3.2 Delegation.

The board may from time to time delegate to a committee of the board, one or more directors or officers of the Company or any other person as may be designated by the board all or any of the powers conferred on the board by section 3.1 or by the Act to such extent and in such manner as the board shall determine at the time of each such delegation.

ARTICLE 4

DIRECTORS

Section 4.1 Number of Directors and Quorum.

Until changed in accordance with the Act, the board shall consist of not fewer than seven directors and not more than ten directors. Subject to section 4.8, the quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board shall consist of a majority of the number of directors or such greater number of directors as the board may from time to time determine.

Section 4.2 Qualification.

No person shall be qualified for election as a director if he or she is less than 18 years of age; if he or she is of unsound mind and has been so found by a court in Canada or elsewhere; if he or she is not an individual; or if he or she has the status of a bankrupt. A director need not be a shareholder. A majority of the directors shall be resident Canadians, and so long as required by the Act, no more than two-thirds of the directors may be persons affiliated with the Company.

 

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Section 4.3 Election and Term.

The election of directors shall take place at the first meeting of shareholders and thereafter at each 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, if a minimum and maximum number of directors is authorized, be the number of directors then in office unless the directors or the shareholders otherwise determine or shall, if a fixed number of directors is authorized, be such fixed number. Where the directors adopt an amendment to the by-laws to increase or, subject to the Act, decrease the number or minimum or maximum number of directors, the shareholders may, at the meeting at which they confirm the amendment of the by-law, elect the number of directors authorized by the amendment. The election shall be by resolution. If an election of directors is not held at the proper time, the incumbent directors shall continue in office until their successors are elected.

Section 4.4 Removal of Directors.

Subject to the Act, the shareholders may by 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 the board.

Section 4.5 Vacation of office.

A director ceases to hold office when he or she dies; he or she is removed from office by the shareholders; he or she ceases to be qualified for election as a director or is ineligible to hold office pursuant to Section 208(2) of the Act, or his or her written resignation is sent or delivered to the Company, or, if a time is specified in such resignation, at the time so specified, whichever is later.

Section 4.6 Vacancies.

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 minimum number of directors specified in the articles or from a failure of the shareholders to elect the number or minimum number of directors required by the articles. 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 or minimum number of directors, the directors then in office shall forthwith call a special meeting of shareholders to fill the vacancy. If such directors fail to call such meeting or if there are no such directors then in office, any shareholder may call the meeting.

Section 4.7 Action By The Board.

The board shall manage the business and affairs of the Company. Subject to sections 4.8 and 4.9, the powers of the board may be exercised by resolution passed 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 remains in office.

 

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Section 4.8 Canadian Majority.

The board shall not transact business at a meeting, other than filling a vacancy in the board, unless a majority of the directors present are resident Canadians, except where:

 

  (a) A resident Canadian director who is unable to be present approves in writing or by telephone or other communications facilities the business transacted at the meeting; and

 

  (b) A majority of resident Canadians would have been present had that director been present at the meeting.

Section 4.9 Meeting By Telephone.

If all the directors of the Company consent, a director may participate in a meeting of the board or of a committee of the board by means of such telephone or other communications facilities as permit all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, 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.

Section 4.10 Place of Meetings.

Meetings of the board may be held at any place in or outside Canada.

Section 4.11 Calling of Meetings.

Meetings of the board shall be held from time to time at such time and at such place as the board, the chairman of the board, the managing director, the president or any two directors may determine.

Section 4.12 Notice of Meeting.

Notice of the time and place of each meeting of the board shall be given in the manner provided in section 12.1 to each director not less than 48 hours 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, including, if required by the Act, any proposal to:

 

  (a) Submit to the shareholders any question or matter requiring approval of the shareholders;

 

  (b) Fill a vacancy among the directors or in the office of auditor;

 

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  (c) Issue securities except in the manner and on the terms authorized by the board;

 

  (d) Declare dividends;

 

  (e) Purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire shares issued by the Company;

 

  (f) Pay a commission for the sale of shares;

 

  (g) Approve a management proxy circular;

 

  (h) Approve a take-over bid circular or directors’ circular;

 

  (i) Approve any annual financial statements; or

 

  (j) Adopt, amend or repeal by-laws.

Section 4.13 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.

Section 4.14 Adjourned Meeting.

Notice of an adjourned meeting of the board is not required if the time and place of the adjourned meeting are announced at the original meeting.

Section 4.15 Regular Meetings.

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 any resolution of the board fixing the place and time of such regular meetings shall be sent to each director forthwith after being passed, but no other notice shall be required for any such regular meeting except where the Act requires the purpose thereof or the business to be transacted thereat to be specified.

Section 4.16 Chairman.

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: chairman of the board, managing director, president or a vice-president. If no such officer is present, the directors present shall choose one of their number to be chairman. If the secretary is absent, the chairman shall appoint some person, who need not be a director, to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

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Section 4.17 Votes to Govern.

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 be entitled to a second or casting vote.

Section 4.18 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 proposed material contract with the Company or has a material interest in any person who is a party to a material contract with the Company shall disclose the nature and extent of his or her interest at the time and in the manner provided by the Act. Any such contract or proposed contract shall be referred to the board or shareholders for approval even if such contract is one that in the ordinary course of the Company’s business would not require approval by the board or shareholders. Such a director shall not be present at any meeting of directors while the contract is being considered, a vote on any resolution to approve the same.

Section 4.19 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 travelling and other expenses properly incurred by them in attending meetings of the board or any committee thereof. Nothing herein contained shall preclude any director from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.

ARTICLE 5

COMMITTEES

Section 5.1 Committee of Directors.

The board may appoint one or more committees of the board, however designated, and delegate to any 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. A majority of the members of any such committee shall be resident Canadians.

Section 5.2 Transaction of Business.

Subject to the provisions of section 4.9, the powers of a committee of the board 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 in or outside of Canada.

 

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Section 5.3 Audit Committee.   As Amended 07/21/05

The board shall elect annually from among its number an audit committee to be composed of not fewer than three directors. A majority of the members of the audit committee must consist of directors who are not persons affiliated with the Company and none of the members of the audit committee may be officers or employees of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company. The audit committee shall have the powers and duties provided in the Act.

 

Section 5.4 Conduct Review Committee.   As Amended 07/21/05

The board shall elect from among its members a conduct review committee to be composed of not fewer than three directors. A majority of the members of the conduct review committee must consist of directors who are not persons affiliated with the Company and none of the members of the conduct review committee may be officers or employees of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company. The conduct review committee shall have the powers and duties provided in the Act.

 

Section 5.5 Advisory Bodies.  

The board may from time to time appoint such advisory bodies at it may deem advisable.

 

Section 5.6 Procedure.  

Unless otherwise determined by the board, each committee and advisory body 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.

ARTICLE 6

OFFICERS

 

Section 6.1 Officers: Election.   As amended 10/21/10

As soon as practicable after the annual meeting of shareholders in each year, the board shall elect a President and Chief Executive Officer and a Secretary, and it may, if it so determines, elect from among its members a Chairman of the board. The board may also elect one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Senior Associates, oneor more Associates or one or more Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and such other officers as the board may deem desirable or appropriate and may give any of them such further designations or alternate titles as it considers desirable. The President may appoint one or more Vice Presidents, senior Associates, Associates and Assistant Secretaries and such other officers as he shall deem necessary and appropriate and may give any of them such further designations or alternate titles as he considers desirable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

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Section 6.2 Term of Office, Resignation; Removal; Vacancies.

Except as otherwise provided in the resolution of the board electing any officer, each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the board after the annual meeting of shareholders next succeeding his or her election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the board, the President or the Secretary of the Company. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified therein no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make it effective. The board may remove any officer with or without cause at any time. Any such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Company, but the election of any officer shall not of itself create contractual rights. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company by death, resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of the board at any regular or special meeting.

Section 6.3 Chairman of the Board.

The Chairman of the board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the board and of the shareholders at which he or she shall be present and shall have and may exercise such powers as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the board and as may be provided by law.

Section 6.4 President.

In the absence of the Chairman of the board, the President shall preside at all meetings of the board and of the shareholders at which he or she shall be present. The President shall be the chief executive officer and shall have general charge and supervision of the business of the Company and, in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of the president of a corporation and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the board or as may be provided by law.

Section 6.5 Executive Vice President.

The Executive Vice President or Executive Vice Presidents, at the request or in the absence of the President or during the President’s inability to act, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have the powers of the President. If there is more than one Executive Vice President, the board may determine which one or more of the Executive Vice Presidents shall perform any of such duties; or if such determination is not made by the board, the President may make such determination; otherwise, any of the Executive Vice Presidents may perform any of such duties. The Executive Vice President or Executive Vice Presidents shall have other powers and shall perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her or them by the board or the President or as may be provided by law.

 

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Section 6.6 Senior Vice Presidents.

The Senior Vice President or Senior Vice Presidents, at the request or in the absence of the President and Executive Vice Presidents or during the President’s and Executive Vice Presidents’ inability to act, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have the powers of the President. If there by more than one Senior Vice President, the board may determine which one or more of the Senior Vice Presidents shall perform any of such duties; or if such determination is not made by the board, the President may make such determination; otherwise, any of the Senior Vice Presidents may perform any of such duties. The Senior Vice President or Senior Vice Presidents shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her or them by the board or the President or as may be provided by law.

Section 6.7 Vice Presidents.

The Vice President or Vice Presidents shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her or them by the board, the President, any Executive Vice President or any Senior Vice President or as may be provided by law.

Section 6.8 Secretary.

The Secretary shall have the duty to record the proceedings of the meetings of the shareholders, the board and any committees in a book to be kept for that purpose, shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws or as required by law, shall be custodian of the records of the Company, may affix the Corporate seal to any document on behalf of the Company, the execution of which is duly authorized, and when so affixed may attest the same, and, in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of secretary of a corporation and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the board, the President, any Senior Vice President or as may be provided by law.

Section 6.9 Treasurer.

The Treasurer shall have charge of and be responsible for all funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the Company and shall deposit or cause to be deposited, in the name of the Company, all monies or other valuable effects in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall, from time to time, be selected by or under authority of the board. If required by the board, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties, with such surety or sureties as the board may determine. The Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate records of all receipts and disbursements in the books of the Company, shall render to the President and to the board, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Company, and, in general, shall perform all the duties incident to the office of treasurer of a corporation and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the board, the President or as may be provided by law.

 

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Section 6.10 Other Officers.

The other officers, if any, of the Company shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Company as shall be stated in a resolution of the board which is not inconsistent with these by-laws and, to the extent not so stated, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the board. The board may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his or her duties.

ARTICLE 7

PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

Section 7.1 Limitation of Liability.

Every director and officer of the Company in exercising his or her powers and discharging his or her duties shall act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. Subject to the foregoing, no director or officer 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 other act for conformity, or for any loss, damage or expense happening to the Company through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired for or on behalf of the Company, or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the monies of the Company shall be invested, or for any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious acts of any person with whom any of the monies, securities or effects of the Company shall be deposited, or for any loss occasioned by any error of judgment or oversight on his or her part, or for any other loss, damage or misfortune whatever which shall happen in the execution of the duties of his or her office or in relation thereto; provided that nothing herein shall relieve any director or officer from the duty to act in accordance with the Act and the regulations thereunder or from liability for any breach thereof.

Section 7.2 Indemnity.

 

(1) Subject to the limitations contained in the Act, the Company shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer, or a person who acts or acted at the Company’s request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the Company is or was a shareholder or creditor, and his or her heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him or her in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he or she is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Company or such body corporate, if:

 

  (a) He or she acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company; and

 

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  (b) In the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he or she had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful.

 

(2) The Company shall also indemnify such person in such other circumstances as the Act permits or requires. Nothing in this by-law shall limit the right of any person entitled to indemnity to claim indemnity apart from the provisions of this by-law.

Section 7.3 Insurance.

Subject to the Act, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person referred to in section 7.2 against any liability incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company or of another body corporate where he or she acts or acted in that capacity at the Company’s request and in such amounts as the board may from time to time determine and as are permitted by the Act.

ARTICLE 8

SHARES

Section 8.1 Allotment.

Subject to the Act and the articles, 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 Company 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.

Section 8.2 Commissions.

The board may from time to time authorize the Company to pay a reasonable commission to any person in consideration of such person purchasing or agreeing to purchase shares of the Company, whether from the Company or from any other person, or procuring or agreeing to procure purchasers for any such shares.

Section 8.3 Registration of Transfers.

Subject to the provisions of the Act, no transfer of shares shall be registered in a securities register except upon presentation of the certificate representing such shares with an endorsement which complies with the Act made thereon or delivered therewith, duly executed by an appropriate person as provided by the Act, together with such reasonable assurance that the endorsement is genuine and effective as the board may from time to time prescribe, and upon payment of all applicable taxes and any reasonable fee, not to exceed $3.00, prescribed by the board.

 

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Section 8.4 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 Company issued by it in registered form, a central securities register and one or more branch securities registers. Such a person may be designated as transfer agent or registrar according to his or her functions and one person may be designated both registrar and transfer agent. The board may at any time terminate such appointment.

Section 8.5 Non-Recognition of Trusts.

Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Company may treat the registered holder of any share as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notices, to receive any dividend or other payments in respect of the share, and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of the share.

Section 8.6 Share Certificates.

Every holder of one or more shares of the Company shall be entitled, as his or her option, to a share certificate, or to a non-transferable written certificate of acknowledgement of his or her right to obtain a share certificate, stating the number and class or series of shares held by him or her as shown on the securities register. Such certificates shall be in such form as the board may from time to time approve. Any such certificate shall be signed in accordance with section 2.4 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 a certificate which is not valid unless countersigned by or on behalf of a transfer agent and/or registrar, and in the case of a certificate which does not require a manual signature under the Act, the signatures of both signing officers may be printed or mechanically reproduced in facsimile thereon. 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 Company. A 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.

Section 8.7 Replacement of Share Certificates.

The board or any officer or agent designated by the board may in its, his or her discretion direct the issue of a new share or other such certificate in lieu of and upon cancellation of a certificate that has been mutilated, or in substitution for a certificate claimed to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken on payment of such reasonable fee, not to exceed $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.

 

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Section 8.8 Joint Shareholders.

If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, the Company 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 share.

Section 8.9 Deceased Shareholders.

In the event of the death of a holder or of one of the joint holders of any share, the Company shall not be required to make any entry in the securities register in respect thereof or to make any dividend or other payments in respect thereof except upon production of all such documents as may be required by law and upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the Company and its transfer agents.

ARTICLE 9

DIVIDENDS AND RIGHTS

Section 9.1 Dividends.

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 Company. Dividends may be paid in money or property or by issuing fully paid shares of the Company.

Section 9.2 Dividend Cheques.

A dividend payable in cash shall be paid by cheque drawn on the Company’s 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 mailed by prepaid ordinary mail to such registered holder at his or her recorded address, unless such holder otherwise directs. In the case of joint holders the cheque 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 Company is required to and does withhold.

Section 9.3 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 Company 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.

 

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Section 9.4 Record Date For Dividends And Rights.

The board may fix in advance a date, preceding by not more than fifty 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 Company, 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 receive payment of any dividend or to exercise the right to subscribe for securities of the Company 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.

Section 9.5 Unclaimed Dividends.

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 Company.

ARTICLE 10

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 10.1 Annual Meetings.

The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at such time in each year and, subject to section 10.3, at such place as the board, the chairman of the board, the managing director or the president may from time to time determine, 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.

Section 10.2 Special Meetings.

The board, the chairman of the board, the managing director or the president shall have power to call a special meeting of shareholders at any time.

Section 10.3 Place of Meetings.

Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the registered office of the Company or elsewhere in the municipality in which the registered office is situate or, if the board shall so determine, at some other place in Canada or, if all the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting so agree, at some place outside Canada.

Section 10.4 Notice of Meetings.

Notice of the time and place of each meeting of shareholders shall be given in the manner provided in section 12.1 not less than twenty-one nor more than fifty 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

 

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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 statements and auditor’s report, election of directors and reappointment of the incumbent auditor shall state the nature of such business in sufficient detail to permit the shareholder to form a reasoned judgment thereon and shall state the text of any special resolution to be submitted to the meeting.

Section 10.5 List of Shareholders Entitled To Notice.

For every meeting of shareholders, the Company 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 section 10.6, the shareholders listed shall be those registered at the close of business on such record date. If no record date is fixed, the shareholders listed shall be those registered at 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, 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 Company or at the place where the central securities register is maintained and at the meeting for which the list was prepared.

Section 10.6 Record Date For Notice.

The board may fix in advance a date, preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders by not more than fifty days and not less than twenty-one days, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and 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. If no record date is so fixed, the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to 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.

Section 10.7 Meetings Without Notice.

A meeting of shareholders may be held without notice at any time and place permitted by the Act (a) if all the shareholders entitled to vote thereat are present in person or represented by proxy or if those not present or represented by proxy waive notice of or otherwise consent to such meeting being held, and (b) if the auditors and the directors are present or waive notice of or otherwise consent to such meeting be held; so long as such shareholders, auditors or 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 Company may transact at a meeting of shareholders. 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.

 

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Section 10.8 Chairman, Secretary And Scrutineers.

The chairman of any meeting of shareholders shall be the first mentioned of such of the fallowing officers as have been appointed and who is present at the meeting: managing director, president, chairman of the board, or a vice-president who is a shareholder. If no such 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 secretary of the Company is absent, the chairman shall appoint some person, who need not be a shareholder, to act a 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.

Section 10.9 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 auditor of the Company and others who, although not entitled to vote, are entitled or required under any provision of the Act or the articles or 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.

Section 10.10 Quorum.

Subject to the Act, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of shareholders shall be one person present in person, being a shareholder entitled to vote thereat or a duly appointed proxyholder for an absent shareholder so entitled, and holding or representing by proxy not less than 51% of the outstanding shares of the Company carrying voting rights at the meeting. If a quorum is present at the opening of any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present or represented by proxy may proceed with the business of the meeting notwithstanding that a quorum is not present throughout the meeting. If a quorum is not present at the opening of any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present or represented by proxy may adjourn the meeting to a fixed time and place but may not transact any other business.

Section 10.11 Right To Vote.

Subject to the provisions of the Act as to authorized representatives of any other body corporate or association, at any meeting of shareholders for which the Company has prepared the list referred to in section 10.5, every person who is named in such list shall be entitled to vote the shares shown opposite his or her name except to the extent that (a) where the Company has fixed a record date in respect of such meeting pursuant to section 10.6, such person has transferred any of his or her shares after such record date, or where the Company has not fixed a record date in respect of the meeting, that person has transferred any of his or her shares after the date on which the list is prepared, and (b) the transferee, having produced properly endorsed certificates

 

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evidencing such shares or having otherwise established that he or she owns such shares, has demanded not later than ten days before the meeting that his or her name be included in such list. In any such excepted case the transferee shall be entitled to vote the transferred shares at the meeting.

Section 10.12 Proxyholders And Representatives.

 

(1) 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 as his or her representative 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 or her attorney and shall conform with the requirements of the Act.

 

(2) Alternatively, every such shareholder which is a body corporate or association may authorize by resolution of its directors or governing body an individual to represent it at a meeting of shareholders and that individual may exercise on the shareholder’s behalf all the powers it could exercise if it were an individual shareholder. The authority of such an individual shall be established by the deposit with the Company of a certified copy of the resolution, or in such other manner as may be satisfactory to the secretary of the Company or the chairman of the meeting. Any such proxyholder or representative need not be a shareholder.

Section 10.13 Time For Deposit of Proxies.

The board may specify in the notice calling a meeting of shareholders a time, preceding the time of such meeting by not more than forty-eight hours exclusive of non-business days, 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 Company or an agent thereof specified in such notice or if, no such having been specified in the notice, it has been received by the secretary of the Company or by the chairman of the meeting or any adjournment thereof prior to the time of voting.

Section 10.14 Joint Shareholders.

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.

Section 10.15 Votes To Govern.

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 be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

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Section 10.16 Show of Hands.

Subject to the provisions of the Act, any question at a meeting of shareholders shall be decided by a show of hands unless a ballot thereon is required or demanded as hereinafter provided. Upon a show of hands every person who is present 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 prima facie 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 question.

Section 10.17 Ballots.

On any question proposed for consideration at a meeting of shareholders, and whether or not a show of hands has been taken thereon, the chairman or any person who is present and entitled to vote, whether as shareholder or proxyholder, on such question 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 or she 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.

Section 10.18 Adjournment.

The chairman at a meeting of shareholders may, with the consent of the meeting and subject to such conditions as the meeting may decide, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place. If a meeting of shareholders is adjourned for less than thirty days, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting, other than by announcement at the earliest meeting that is adjourned. Subject to the Act, if a meeting of shareholders is adjourned by one or more adjournments for an aggregate of thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as for an original meeting.

Section 10.19 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.

 

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ARTICLE 11

DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS

Section 11.1 Creation And Consolidation of Divisions.

The board may cause the business and operations of the Company or any part thereof to be divided or to be segregated into one or more divisions upon such basis, including without limitation, types of businesses or operations, geographical territories, product lines or goods or services, as the board may consider appropriate in each case. From time to time the board or, if authorized by the board, the chief executive officer may authorize, upon such basis as may be considered appropriate in each case:

 

  (a) Subdivision And Consolidation. The further division of the business and operations of any such division into sub-units and the consolidation of the business and operations of any such divisions and sub-units;

 

  (b) Name. The designation of any such division or sub-unit by, and the carrying on of the business and operations of any such division or sub-unit under, a name other than the name of the Company; provided that the Company 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 Company; and

 

  (c) Officers. The appointment of officers for any such division or sub-unit, the determination of their powers and duties, and the removal of any such officer so appointed without prejudice to such officer’s right under any employment contract or in law, provided that any such officers shall not, as such, be officers of the Company, unless expressly designated as such.

ARTICLE 12

NOTICES

Section 12.1 Method of Giving Notices.

Any notice (which term includes any communication or document) to be given (which term includes sent, delivered or served) pursuant to the Act, the regulations thereunder, the articles, the by-laws or otherwise to a shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board shall be sufficiently given if delivered personally to the person to whom it is to be given or if delivered to his or her recorded address or if mailed to him or her at his or her recorded address by prepaid ordinary or air mail or if sent to him or her at his or her recorded address by any means of prepaid transmitted or recorded communication. A notice so delivered shall be deemed to have been given when it is delivered personally or to the recorded address as aforesaid; a notice so mailed shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in a post office or public letter box; and a notice so sent by any means of transmitted or recorded communication shall be deemed to have been given when dispatched or delivered to

 

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the appropriate communication company or agency or its representative for dispatch. The secretary may change or cause to be changed the recorded address of any shareholder, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board in accordance with any information believed by him or her to be reliable.

Section 12.2 Notice to Joint Shareholders.

If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any share, any notice may be addressed to all of such joint holders but notice address to one of such persons shall be sufficient notice to all of them.

Section 12.3 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, the date of giving the notice shall be excluded and the date of the meeting or other event shall be included.

Section 12.4 Undelivered Notices.

If any notice given to a shareholder pursuant to section 12.1 is returned on three consecutive occasions because such shareholder cannot be found, the Company shall not be required to give any further notices to such shareholder until such shareholder informs the Company in writing of such shareholder’s new address.

Section 12.5 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 founded thereon.

Section 12.6 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 notice in respect of such share which shall have been duly given to the shareholder from whom such person derives his or her title to such share, prior to such person’s name and address being entered on the securities register (whether such notice was given before or after the happening of the event upon which such person became so entitled) and prior to such person furnishing to the Company the proof of authority or evidence of such person’s entitlement prescribed by the Act.

Section 12.7 Waiver of Notice.

Any shareholder, proxyholder, other person entitled to attend a meeting of shareholders, director, officer, auditor or member of a committee of the board may at any time waive or abridge the time for any notice, required to be given to him or her under any provision of the Act, the regulations thereunder, the articles, the by-laws or

 

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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.

 

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ARTICLE 13

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 13.1 Effective Date.

This by-law shall come into force on the date confirmed by the sole shareholder under the Act.

MADE by the board the 21 st day of October, 2010.

 

LOGO
Patricia A. Bicket, Secretary

CONFIRMED by the sole shareholder in accordance with the Act the 21 st day of October, 2010.

 

LOGO
BNY International Financing Corporation

 

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BY-LAW NO. 3

A by-law relating to the share capital of

BNY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

(the “ Company ”)

BE IT ENACTED as a by-law of the Company as follows:

Section 1 Share Capital.

The Share Capital of the Company shall consist of an unlimited number of shares of one class, which shall be designated as “common shares”.

Section 2 Coming Into Force.

This by-law shall come into force on the date the Company is continued as a trust company under the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada).

MADE by the board the 27 th day of April, 2001.

 

         LOGO
Peter Hamilton, Assistant Secretary

CONFIRMED by the sole shareholder in accordance with the Act the 27 th day of April, 2001.

 

LOGO
Peter Hamilton, Assistant Secretary


   EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income    Page 1 of 3

 

BNY Trust Company of Canada

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Year to date: End of Q3 - 2017

(in thousands of dollars)

 

Interest and dividends income

  

Deposits with regulated financial institutions

     469  

Securities issued or guaranteed by Government of Canada, provinces, municipal or school

  

Other Securities

  

Loans

  

Non-mortgage loans

  

Individuals for non-business purposes

  

Others

  

Mortgages

  

Residential

  

Non-residential

     0  

Interest income on impaired loans

  

Other

     0  

Total interest income

     469  

Interest expense

  

Demand and notice deposits

  

Fixed term deposits

  

Subordinated debt

     0  

Other

  

Total interest expense

     0  

Net interest income

     469  

Charge for impairment

     0  

Net interest income after charge for impairment

     469  

Trading Income

     0  

Gains (Losses) on instruments held for other than trading purposes

     0  

Other Income

  

Service charges on retail and commercial deposit accounts

  

Credit and debit card service fees

     0  

Mortgage, standby, commitment and other loan fees

  

Acceptance, guarantees and letter of credit fees

  

Investment management and custodial services

     0  

Mutual (investment) fund, underwriting on new issues and securities commissions and fees

  

Foreign exchange revenue other than trading

     0  

Insurance related non-interest income (net)

  

Other

     9,778  

Total non-interest income

     9,778  

Net interest and other income

     10,247  

Non-interest expenses

  

Salaries, pensions and other staff benefits

     3,553  

Premises and equipment

  

Rental of real estate, premises, furniture & fixtures

     517  

Computers & equipment

     14  

Other expenses

  

Advertising, public relations & business development

     4  


  
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income    Page 2 of 3

 

Office and general expenses

     1,695  

Capital and business taxes

  

Professional fees

     259  

Other

     734  

Total non-interest expenses

     6,776  

Net income before provision for income taxes

     3,471  

Provision for income taxes

  

Current

     4  

Deferred

     837  

Net income before discontinued operations

     2,630  

Discontinued operations

     0  

Net income attributable to equity holders and non-controlling interests

     2,630  

Net income attributable to non-controlling interests

     0  

Net income attributable to equity holders

     2,630  

SCHEDULE 1—Comprehensive income (loss), attributable to equity holders and non-controlling interests, net of taxes

  

Net income attributable to equity holders and non-controlling interests

     2,630  

Other Comprehensive Income (loss)

  

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to net income:

  

Available for sale securities

  

Change in unrealized gains and losses

  

Equities

     0  

Debt

     0  

Loans

     0  

Reclassification of (gains)/losses to net income

     0  

Derivatives designed as cash flow hedges

  

Change in unrealized gains and losses

     0  

Reclassification of (gains)/losses to net income

     0  

Foreign currency translation

  

Change in unrealized gains and losses

     0  

Impact of hedging

  

Share of other comprehensive income (loss) of associates and joint ventures

     0  

Other

     0  

Subtotal of items that may be reclassified subsequently to net income

     0  

Items that will not be reclassified to net income:

  

Remeasurements of defined benefit plans

     0  

Other

     0  

Subtotal of items that will not be reclassified to net income

  

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

     0  

Total comprehensive income (loss)

     2,630  

Attributable to:

  

Equity holders of the bank

     2,630  

Non-controlling interests

     0  


  
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income    Page 3 of 3

 

SCHEDULE 2—Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), attributable to equity holders, net of taxes

  

Accumulated gains (losses) on:

  

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to net income:

  

Available for sale securities

  

Equities

     0  

Debt

     0  

Loans

     0  

Derivatives designed as cashflow hedges

     0  

Foreign currency translation, net of hedging activities

     0  

Share of other comprehensive income (loss) of associates and joint ventures

     0  

Other

     0  

Subtotal of items that may be reclassified subsequently to net income

     0  

Items that will not be reclassified to net income:

  

Other

  

Subtotal of items that will not be reclassified to net income

     0  

Total

     0  


Exhibit 9

 

 

 

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM F-X

 

 

Appointment of Agent For Service

of Process And Undertaking

 

 

 

A.   Name of issuer or person filing (“Filer”):   BNY Trust Company of Canada
B.   (1)   This is [check one]:
    an original filing for the Filer
    an amended filing for the Filer
  (2)   Check the following box if you are filing the Form F-X in paper in accordance with Regulation S-T rule 101(b)(9) ☐
C.   Identify the filing in conjunction with which this form is being filed:
  Name of Registrant:   Manulife Financial Corporation
  Form type:   Form F-10 filing – December 2017
  File Number (if known):  
  Filed by:   Manulife Financial Corporation
  Date Filed (if filed concurrently, so indicate):   December, 2017 (filed concurrently)
D.  

Filer is incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada and has its principal place of business at

 

BNY Trust Company of Canada,

1 York Street, 6th Floor,

Toronto, Ontario,

M5J0B6.

E.  

Filer designates and appoints

 

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Attention: International Corporate Trust, tel: (212) 815-5587

 

as the agent of the Filer upon whom may be served any process, pleadings, subpoenas, or other papers in:

 

(a) any investigation or administrative proceeding conducted by the Commission; and

 

(b) any civil suit or action brought against the Filer or to which the Filer has been joined as defendant or respondent, in any appropriate court in any place subject to the jurisdiction of any state or of the United States or of any of its territories or possessions or of the District of Columbia, where the investigation, proceeding or cause of action arises out of or relates to or concerns the securities in relation to which the Filer acts as trustee pursuant to an exemption under Rule10a-5 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The Filer stipulates and agrees that any such civil suit or action or administrative proceeding may be commenced by the service of process upon, and that service of an administrative subpoena shall be effected by service upon such agent for service of process, and that the service as aforesaid shall be taken and held in all courts and administrative tribunals to be valid and binding as if personal service thereof had been made.

F.  

The Filer stipulates and agrees to appoint a successor agent for service of process and file an amended Form F-X if the Filer discharges the Agent or the Agent is unwilling or unable to accept service on behalf of the Filer at any time during which any of the securities subject to the indenture remain outstanding.

 

The Filer further undertakes to advise the Commission promptly of any change to the Agent’s name or address during the applicable period by amendment of this form, referencing the file number of the Form F-10.

G.   The Filer undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the Commission staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information relating to the Form F-10, the securities to which the Form F-10 relates and the transactions in such securities.

 

 

 


The Filer certifies that it has duly caused this power of attorney, consent, stipulation and agreement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on this 5th day of December, 2017.

 

    BNY Trust Company of Canada
        Filer:      By:   

/s/ Catherine F. Donohue

    Name:    Catherine F. Donohue
    Title:    Authorized Signing Officer

This statement has been signed by the following person in the capacity indicated on December 5, 2017:

 

    The Bank of New York Mellon
    as Agent for Service of Process of BNY Trust Company of Canada in the United States
    By:   

/s/ Joellen McNamara

    Name:    Joellen McNamara
    Title:    Vice President