All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act after the date of this Post-Effective Amendment and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statements which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which de-registers all
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into the Registration Statements and to be a part
thereof from the date of filing such documents. Any document or
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
document or statement in such document. Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration
Statements.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act restricts
corporations from limiting or eliminating the personal liability of
directors to corporations and their shareholders for monetary
damages for certain breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties. The
Registrant’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as
amended (the “Articles”), include a provision that
eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages
for actions taken as a director to the fullest extent permitted by
law.
The Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”)
also provide that to the fullest extent now or hereinafter
permitted by law, each person who was or is made a party to or is
otherwise involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in
any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a
“proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or
has agreed to become a director or officer of Teekay Corporation or
that, being or having been such a director or officer or an
employee of Teekay Corporation, he or she is or was serving at the
request of Teekay Corporation as a director, officer, partner,
manager, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or
other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee
benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of
such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as such a
director, officer, partner, manager, trustee, employee or agent or
in any other capacity while serving as such a director, officer,
partner, manager, trustee, employee or agent, shall be indemnified
and held harmless by Teekay Corporation to the full extent
permitted by the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act, as the
same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any
such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits
Teekay Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than
permitted prior thereto), or by other applicable law as then in
effect, against all expense, liability and loss (including
attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and ERISA excise taxes or
penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably
incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and
such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has
ceased to be a director, officer, partner, manager, trustee,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the
indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided,
however, subject to certain exceptions, Teekay Corporation shall
indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or
part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding
(or part thereof) was authorized or ratified by the Board.
The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in the
Articles and Bylaws may discourage shareholders from bringing a
lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These
provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of
derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though
such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit the
Registrant and the Registrant’s shareholders. In addition, your
investment may be adversely affected to the extent that we pay the
costs of settlement and damage awards against the Registrant’s
directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification
provisions.