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(3) Subsection 118(4) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Recovery
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(4) A director liable under subsection (2) is
entitled to apply to a court for an order
compelling a shareholder or other recipient to
pay or deliver to the director any money or
property that was paid or distributed to the
shareholder or other recipient contrary to
section 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 124, 190 or 241.
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(4) Paragraph 118(5)(a) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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47. (1) Subsection 119(1) of the English
version of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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Liability of
directors for
wages
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119. (1) Directors of a corporation are
jointly and severally, or solidarily , liable to
employees of the corporation for all debts not
exceeding six months wages payable to each
such employee for services performed for the
corporation while they are such directors
respectively.
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(2) Subsection 119(5) of the French
version of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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Subrogation
de
l'administra- teur
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(5) L'administrateur qui acquitte les dettes
visées au paragraphe (1), dont l'existence est
établie au cours d'une procédure soit de
liquidation et de dissolution, soit de faillite, a
droit à toute priorité qu'aurait pu faire valoir
l'employé et, le cas échéant, est subrogé aux
droits constatés dans le jugement.
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48. Section 120 of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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Disclosure of
interest
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120. (1) A director or an officer of a
corporation shall disclose to the corporation,
in writing or by requesting to have it entered
in the minutes of meetings of directors or of
meetings of committees of directors , the
nature and extent of any interest that he or she
has in a material contract or material
transaction, whether made or proposed, with
the corporation, if the director or officer
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Time of
disclosure for
director
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(2) The disclosure required by subsection
(1) shall be made, in the case of a director,
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Time of
disclosure for
officer
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(3) The disclosure required by subsection
(1) shall be made, in the case of an officer who
is not a director,
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Time of
disclosure for
director or
officer
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(4) If a material contract or material
transaction, whether entered into or proposed,
is one that, in the ordinary course of the
corporation's business, would not require
approval by the directors or shareholders, a
director or officer shall disclose, in writing to
the corporation or request to have it entered in
the minutes of meetings of directors or of
meetings of committees of directors , the
nature and extent of his or her interest
immediately after he or she becomes aware of
the contract or transaction .
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Voting
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(5) A director required to make a disclosure
under subsection (1) shall not vote on any
resolution to approve the contract or
transaction unless the contract or transaction
unless the contract or transaction
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Continuing
disclosure
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(6) For the purposes of this section, a
general notice to the directors declaring that a
director or an officer is to be regarded as
interested, for any of the following reasons , in
a contract or transaction made with a party , is
a sufficient declaration of interest in relation
to the contract or transaction :
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Access to
disclosures
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(6.1) The shareholders of the corporation
may examine the portions of any minutes of
meetings of directors or of committees of
directors that contain disclosures under this
section, and any other documents that contain
those disclosures, during the usual business
hours of the corporation.
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Avoidance
standards
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(7) A contract or transaction for which
disclosure is required under subsection (1) is
not invalid, and the director or officer is not
accountable to the corporation or its
shareholders for any profit realized from the
contract or transaction, because of the
director's or officer's interest in the contract
or transaction or because the director was
present or was counted to determine whether
a quorum existed at the meeting of directors or
committee of directors that considered the
contract or transaction, if
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Confirmation
by
shareholders
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(7.1) Even if the conditions of subsection
(7) are not met, a director or officer, acting
honestly and in good faith, is not accountable
to the corporation or to its shareholders for any
profit realized from a contract or transaction
for which disclosure is required under
subsection (1), and the contract or transaction
is not invalid by reason only of the interest of
the director or officer in the contract or
transaction, if
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Application to
court
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(8) If a director or an officer of a
corporation fails to comply with this section,
a court may, on application of the corporation
or any of its shareholders, set aside the
contract or transaction on any terms that it
thinks fit, or require the director or officer to
account to the corporation for any profit or
gain realized on it, or do both those things .
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49. Paragraph 121(a) of the French
version of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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50. Subsection 123(4) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Defence -
reasonable
diligence
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(4) A director is not liable under section 118
or 119, and has complied with his or her duties
under subsection 122(2) , if the director
exercised the care, diligence and skill that a
reasonably prudent person would have
exercised in comparable circumstances,
including reliance in good faith on
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Defence -
good faith
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(5) A director has complied with his or her
duties under subsection 122(1) if the director
relied in good faith on
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51. Section 124 of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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Indemnifi- cation
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124. (1) A corporation may indemnify a
director or officer of the corporation, a former
director or officer of the corporation or
another individual who acts or acted at the
corporation's request as a director or officer,
or an individual acting in a similar capacity ,
of another entity , against all costs, charges
and expenses, including an amount paid to
settle an action or satisfy a judgment,
reasonably incurred by the individual in
respect of any civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative or other proceeding in which the
individual is involved because of that
association with the corporation or other
entity.
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Advance of
costs
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(2) A corporation may advance moneys to
a director, officer or other individual for the
costs, charges and expenses of a proceeding
referred to in subsection (1). The individual
shall repay the moneys if the individual does
not fulfil the conditions of subsection (3).
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Limitation
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(3) A corporation may not indemnify an
individual under subsection (1) unless the
individual
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Indemnifi- cation in derivative actions
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(4) A corporation may with the approval of
a court, indemnify an individual referred to in
subsection (1), or advance moneys under
subsection (2) , in respect of an action by or on
behalf of the corporation or other entity to
procure a judgment in its favour, to which the
individual is made a party because of the
individual's association with the corporation
or other entity as described in subsection (1)
against all costs, charges and expenses
reasonably incurred by the individual in
connection with such action, if the individual
fulfils the conditions set out in subsection (3).
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Right to
indemnity
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(5) Despite subsection (1), an individual
referred to in that subsection is entitled to
indemnity from the corporation in respect of
all costs, charges and expenses reasonably
incurred by the individual in connection with
the defence of any civil, criminal,
administrative, investigative or other
proceeding to which the individual is subject
because of the individual's association with
the corporation or other entity as described in
subsection (1) , if the individual seeking
indemnity
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Insurance
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(6) A corporation may purchase and
maintain insurance for the benefit of an
individual referred to in subsection (1) against
any liability incurred by the individual
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Application to
court
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(7) A corporation, an individual or an
entity referred to in subsection (1) may apply
to a court for an order approving an indemnity
under this section and the court may so order
and make any further order that it sees fit .
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Notice to
Director
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(8) An applicant under subsection (7) shall
give the Director notice of the application and
the Director is entitled to appear and be heard
in person or by counsel.
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Other notice
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(9) On an application under subsection (7)
the court may order notice to be given to any
interested person and the person is entitled to
appear and be heard in person or by counsel.
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1994, c. 24,
s. 14(F)
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52. (1) The definition ``distributing
corporation'' in subsection 126(1) of the Act
is repealed.
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(2) The definitions ``insider'' and
``officer'' in subsection 126(1) of the Act are
replaced by the following:
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``insider'' « initié »
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``insider'' means, except in section 131,
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``officer'' « dirigeant »
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``officer'' means the chairperson of the board
of directors, the president, a vice-president,
the secretary, the treasurer, the
comptroller, the general counsel, the
general manager, a managing director, of
an entity , or any other individual who
performs functions for an entity similar to
those normally performed by an individual
occupying any of those offices ;
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(3) Subsection 126(1) of the Act is
amended by adding the following in
alphabetical order:
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``business
combination'' « regroupe- ment d'entre- prises »
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``business combination'' means an acquisition
of all or substantially all the property of one
body corporate by another, or an
amalgamation of two or more bodies
corporate, or any similar reorganization
between or among two or more bodies
corporate;
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(4) Paragraph 126(2)(a) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(5) Subsections 126(3) and (4) of the Act
are repealed.
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53. Sections 127 to 129 of the Act are
repealed.
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54. Sections 130 and 131 of the Act are
replaced by the following:
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Prohibition of
short sale
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130. (1) An insider shall not knowingly sell,
directly or indirectly, a security of a
distributing corporation or any of its affiliates
if the insider selling the security does not own
or has not fully paid for the security to be sold.
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Calls and puts
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(2) An insider shall not knowingly , directly
or indirectly, sell a call or buy a put in respect
of a security of the corporation or any of its
affiliates.
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