0.00 INTERPRETATION
0.01 Definitions
0.01.01 Affiliate
0.01.02 Agreement
0.01.03 Annual Budget
0.01.04 Articles
0.01.05 Book Value
0.01.06 Control
0.01.07 Death
0.01.08 Disability
0.01.09 Fair Market Value
0.01.10 Group
0.01.11 Governing Statute
0.01.12 Initial Public Offering
0.01.13 Legal Representatives
0.01.14 Prime Rate
0.01.15 Shares
0.01.16 Shareholders
0.01.17 Shareholder-Employee
0.02 Precedence
0.02.01 Entire agreement
0.02.02 Unanimous Shareholders' Agreement
0.03 Jurisdiction
0.03.01 Governing law
0.03.02 Presumption
0.03.03 Adaptation
0.03.04 Continuation or Rescission
0.04 Miscellaneous
0.04.01 Cumulative Rights
0.04.02 Computation of time
0.04.03 Canadian Currency
0.04.04 Gender and number
0.04.05 Preamble, Headings and Schedules
1.00 PURPOSE
2.00 MANAGEMENT OF THE CORPORATION
2.01 Board of Directors
2.01.01 Composition and Quorum
2.01.02 Meetings
2.01.03 Replacement
2.01.04 Proportional Representation
2.01.05 Qualifications
2.01.06 Conflict of Interest
2.01.07 Deemed Resignation
2.01.08 Liability Insurance
2.02 Management
2.03 Banking Issues
2.04 New Issue of Shares
2.04.01 Preemptive right
2.04.02 Exception
2.04.03 Procedure
2.05 Redemption policy
2.06 Dividend policy
2.07 Continuous Disclosure
2.08 Ratification by the Shareholders
2.08.01 Unanimous Vote
2.08.02 Special majority
3.00 RULES RESPECTING SHAREHOLDERS
3.01 Contribution in Time
3.01.01 General Contribution
3.01.02 Employment Agreement
3.01.03 Disability
3.02 Financial Contribution
3.02.01 Additional Capital Outlay
3.02.02 Withdrawal of Certain Contributions
3.03 Profit-Sharing
3.04 Expenses
3.05 Exercise of Voting Rights
3.06 New Issue of Shares
3.07 Business opportunities
3.08 Confidentiality
3.09 Pledge of non-competition
3.09.01 Scope
3.09.02 Competing business
3.09.03 Duration
3.09.04 Penalty
3.09.05 Other recourses
3.09.06 Application
3.09.07 Subordination to the sale price
3.09.08 Exceptions
3.09.09 Subrogation
3.09.10 Assignment of rights
3.09.11 Representation
3.10 Non-Solicitation of Customers
3.11 Non-Solicitation of Staff
3.12 Intellectual Property
3.13 Dominant Position
3.14 Assignment of Shares
4.00 WITHDRAWAL OF A SHAREHOLDER
4.01 Voluntary withdrawal
4.01.01 Application
4.01.02 Option to purchase
4.01.03 Second Option to Purchase
4.01.04 Refusal
4.01.05 Closing Session
4.01.06 Terms and conditions of payment
4.01.07 Discount
4.02 Involuntary Withdrawal
4.02.01 Causes for application
4.02.02 First Option to Purchase
4.02.03 Second Option to Purchase
4.02.04 Applicable Rules
4.02.05 Interpretation
4.02.06 Closing Session
4.02.07 Sale’s Price
4.02.08 Terms and Conditions of Payment
4.02.09 Precedence
4.03 Dispute Resolution
4.03.01 Procedure
4.03.02 Financial Guarantees
4.03.03 Time Period
4.03.04 Deemed Acceptance
4.03.05 Formal Acceptance
4.03.06 Rejection of the Offer
4.03.07 Dissent
4.03.08 Compliance with Formal Procedures
4.03.09 Winding-Up
4.04 Terms and Conditions Applicable to Any Sale
4.04.01 Application of the Agreement
4.04.02 Release, Discharge and Indemnification
4.04.03 Resale or re-issuance of Shares
4.05 Pre-Authorized Transfers
4.06 Acquisition of Shares by the Corporation
5.00 TAKEOVER BID
5.01 Terms and Conditions
5.01.01 Commitment
5.01.02 Required Content
5.02 Procedure
5.02.01 Application
5.02.02 Notice of acceptance and disclosure of the offer
5.02.03 Response
5.02.04 Modification of the Offer
6.00 DEATH OF A SHAREHOLDER
6.01 Procedure
6.01.01 Sale under suspensive condition
6.01.02 Overriding Transmission
6.01.03 Non-Application of Paragraph 6.01.02
6.02 Terms and Conditions of Payment
6.02.01 Initial amount
6.02.02 Balance
6.02.03 Interest
6.02.04 Expiry of Term
6.02.05 Payment by Anticipation
6.02.06 Acceleration of Term
6.03 Protection
6.03.01 Shares Placed in Guarantee
6.03.02 Subsequent Disbursements of Funds
6.03.03 Repayment and Release or Discharge
6.03.04 Promissory note
6.03.05 Fees and Disbursements
6.03.06 Joint Liability
6.04 Two or More Deaths
6.05 Respect of the formalities
6.06 Acquisition of Shares by the Corporation
6.07 Precedence
7.00 FINANCING
7.01 Life insurance
7.02 Obligations of the Corporation
7.02.01 Payment of Premiums
7.02.02 Prohibition
7.02.03 Additional Protection
7.02.04 Death of a Shareholder
7.02.05 Trustee
7.03 Transfer of Policies
7.03.01 Change of Owner/Beneficiary
7.03.02 Inter vivos sale
7.03.03 End of the Agreement
7.04 Disclosure
7.05 Excess
7.06 Choice and Election
8.00 VALUATION OF SHARES
8.01 General Rule
8.02 Determination of the Initial Value
8.03 Determination of the Current Value
8.03.01 Revaluation by the Shareholders
8.03.02 Dissent
8.04 Alternative Value Determination
8.04.01 Application
8.04.02 Evaluator
8.04.03 Arbitration
8.05 Prohibition
8.06 Administrative Revaluation
9.00 TRUSTEE
9.01 Nomination
9.01.01 Identification
9.01.02 Resignation
9.01.03 Dismissal
9.01.04 Replacement
9.01.05 Remuneration
9.01.06 Guarantee of Execution
9.01.07 Delivery
9.02 General Duties
9.03 Specific Duties
9.03.01 Sale upon Death
9.03.02 Power of attorney
9.03.03 Conflict between the Shareholders
9.03.04 Rights relating to the Shares
9.04 Limit of the Trustee's Liability
9.05 End of Agreement
9.06 Ownership
10.00 SPECIAL PROVISIONS
10.01 Civil status and Matrimonial Regime
10.02 Non-Transferability
10.03 Suspension of rights
10.04 Supervening Act
11.00 GENERAL PROVISIONS
11.01 Resolution of Differences
11.01.01 Mediation
11.02 Arbitration
11.03 Notice
11.03.01 Formalities
11.03.02 Presumption of Reception
11.04 Choice of venue
11.05 Copies
11.06 Amendment of the Agreement
11.07 Non-Waiver
12.00 END OF THE AGREEMENT
12.01 Cancellation
12.02 Winding-Up
12.02.01 Appointment of a liquidator
12.02.02 Functions of the Liquidator
12.02.03 Duties of the Liquidator
12.02.04 Remuneration of the Liquidator
13.00 COMING INTO FORCE
14.00 TERM OF AGREEMENT
15.00 SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT
15.01 Prior Agreement
15.02 Binding Effect
SCHEDULE A - EXCERPT OF A RESOLUTION
SCHEDULE B - LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
SCHEDULE C - VALUE AT DEATH OF THE SHARES OF CLASS “…”
SCHEDULE D – VALUE OF THE SHARES OF CLASS “.........”
SCHEDULE E - INTERVENTION BY THE TRUSTEE
SCHEDULE F - INTERVENTION BY THE SPOUSE OF A SHAREHOLDER
SCHEDULE G - EXCERPT OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CORPORATION
SCHEDULE H - INTERVENTION BY THE CORPORATION
SCHEDULE I - INTERVENTION BY AN INTERESTED THIRD PARTY
SCHEDULE J - SALARY AND BENEFITS