As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2024

Registration No. 333-   

 

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

the Securities Act of 1933

 

 

TEEKAY CORPORATION LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda   98-0224774
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

2nd Floor, Swan Building,

26 Victoria Street,

Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda

Telephone: (441) 298-2530

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Teekay Corporation Ltd. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan

Teekay Corporation Ltd. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Puglisi & Associates

Attention: Donald J. Puglisi

850 Library Avenue, Suite 204

Newark, Delaware 19711

(302) 738-6680

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Danielle Benderly

Perkins Coie LLP

1120 N.W. Couch Street, Tenth Floor

Portland, OR 97209-4128

(503) 727-2011

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer      Smaller reporting company  
     Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

 

 


PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference

The following documents of Teekay Corporation Ltd. (the “Registrant” or “Teekay”) are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

 

  (a)

The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2024 pursuant to Section 13(a) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”);

 

  (b)

All of the Registrant’s subsequent Annual Reports on Form 20-F filed with the Commission prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold;

 

  (c)

The Registrant’s Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on April 19, 2024, May  10, 2024, August 2, 2024 and October  1, 2024;

 

  (d)

All of the Registrant’s Reports on Form 6-K that the Registrant expressly identifies in such reports as being incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, that the Registrant furnishes to the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold; and

 

  (e)

The description of the Registrant’s common shares, par value $0.001, contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on October 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 4.

Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

None.

 

Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Registrant is a Bermuda exempted company. A Bermuda company may indemnify its directors, officers and auditors against any liability which by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise be imposed on them in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, except in cases where such liability arises from fraud or dishonesty of which such director, officer or auditor may be guilty in relation to the company. Bermuda law further provides that a Bermuda company may indemnify its directors, officers and auditors against any liability incurred by them in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is awarded in their favor or in which they are acquitted or granted relief by the Supreme Court of Bermuda. The Registrant’s bye-laws (the “Bye-

 

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laws”) provide for mandatory indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents in connection with proceedings, if the commencement of proceedings was authorized by the Board, and advancement of expenses to the fullest intent permitted by Bermuda law, including advancing expenses prior to the conclusion of the litigation provided that such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that such director, officer, employee or agent is not entitled to be indemnified.

Bermuda law permits companies to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any officer or director in respect of any loss or liability attaching to such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, whether or not we may otherwise indemnify such officer or director. The Bye-laws permit the Registrant to purchase insurance in accordance with Bermuda law, and we have purchased and maintain a directors’ and officers’ liability policy for that purpose.

The Bye-laws provide (i) for the exculpation and indemnification of directors, and (ii) that the shareholders waive all claims or rights of action that they might have against any of the Registrant’s directors or officers for any act or failure to act in the performance of such director’s or officer’s duties, except each case, (i) and (ii) in respect of any fraud or dishonesty of such director or officer.

 

Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

 4.1*    Memorandum of Continuance of Teekay Corporation Ltd.
 4.2*    Bye-laws of Teekay Corporation Ltd.
 5.1*    Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited regarding legality of the common shares being registered with respect to the Registrant’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan and 2023 Equity Incentive Plan.
23.1*    Consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of Teekay Corporation Ltd.
23.2*    Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1*    Teekay Corporation Ltd. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.2*    Teekay Corporation Ltd. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan.
107*    Filing Fee Table

 

*

Filed herewith.

 

Item 9.

Undertakings.

 

A.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

  (1)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

 

  (i)

To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”);

 

  (ii)

To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and

 

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  (iii)

To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement.

Provided, however, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

 

  (2)

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (3)

To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

B.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

C.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnity provisions summarized in Item 6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Teekay Corporation Ltd. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia on October 1, 2024.

 

TEEKAY CORPORATION LTD.
By:  

/s/ Kenneth Hvid

  Kenneth Hvid
  President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below appoints Kenneth Hvid and Frans Lotz, or either of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name or her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent 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 would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or any of his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

 

DATE

/s/ David Schellenberg

David Schellenberg

  

Chair of the Board

  October 1, 2024

/s/ Kenneth Hvid

Kenneth Hvid

  

Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

  October 1, 2024

/s/ Brody Speers

Brody Speers

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  October 1, 2024

/s/ Peter Antturi

Peter Antturi

  

Director

  October 1, 2024

/s/ Rudolph Krediet

Rudolph Krediet

  

Director

  October 1, 2024

/s/ Alan Semple

Alan Semple

  

Director

  October 1, 2024

/s/ Heidi Locke Simon

Heidi Locke Simon

  

Director

  October 1, 2024


SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act, the undersigned, the duly undersigned representative in the United States of Teekay Corporation Ltd., has signed this registration statement in Newark, Delaware, on October 1, 2024.

 

PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES
By:  

/s/ Donald J. Puglisi

Name:   Donald J. Puglisi
Title:   Managing Director

 

Exhibit 4.1

FORM No. 2d

LOGO

BERMUDA

THE COMPANIES ACT 1981

MEMORANDUM OF CONTINUANCE OF COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

Section 132C(2)

MEMORANDUM OF CONTINUANCE

OF

Teekay Corporation Ltd.

(hereinafter referred to as the “Company”)

 

1.

The liability of the members of the Company is limited to the amount (if any) for the time being unpaid on the shares respectively held by them.

 

2.

The Company is an exempted company as defined by the Companies Act 1981.

 

3.

The authorised share capital of the Company is US$25,725,000 divided into 725,000,000 Common Shares of par value US$0.001 each, 25,000,000 Preference Shares of par value US$1.00 each.

 

4.

The Company, with the consent of the Minister of Finance, has power to hold land situate in Bermuda not exceeding ___ in all, including the following parcels:-

N/A

 

5.

Details of Incorporation:

The Company was originally organised as a corporation under the laws of Liberia. The Company then redomiciled into the Republic of the Marshall Islands on December 20, 1999.

 

6.

The objects of the Company from the date of continuance are unrestricted.


7.

The following are provisions regarding the powers of the Company –

Subject to paragraph 4, the Company may do all such things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of its objects and shall have the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person, and–

 

  (i)

pursuant to Section 42 of the Act, the Company shall have the power to issue preference shares which are, at the option of the holder, liable to be redeemed;

 

  (ii)

pursuant to Section 42A of the Act , the Company shall have the power to purchase its own shares; and

 

  (iii)

pursuant to Section 42B of the Act, the Company shall have the power to acquire its own shares to be held as treasury shares.


Signed by duly authorised persons in the presence of at least one witness attesting the signature thereof:-

 

/s/ Frans Lotz

     

/s/ N. Angelique Burgess

Frans Lotz, Secretary       N. Angelique Burgess, Assistant Secretary
(Authorised persons)       (Witnesses)

Dated this 1st day of October, 2024

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

Bye-laws of

Teekay Corporation Ltd.

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

INTERPRETATION

     1  

1.

  Definitions      1  

SHARES

     2  

2.

  Power to Issue Shares      2  

3.

  Power of the Company to Purchase its Shares      3  

4.

  Rights Attaching to Shares      3  

5.

  Calls on Shares      5  

6.

  Forfeiture of Shares      6  

7.

  Share Certificates      6  

8.

  Fractional Shares      8  

REGISTRATION OF SHARES

     8  

9.

  Register of Members      8  

10.

  Registered Holder Absolute Owner      8  

11.

  Transfer of Registered Shares      8  

12.

  Transmission of Registered Shares      10  

ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

     11  

13.

  Power to Alter Capital      11  

14.

  Variation of Rights Attaching to Shares      11  

DIVIDENDS AND CAPITALISATION

     12  

15.

  Dividends      12  

16.

  Power to Set Aside Profits      12  

17.

  Method of Payment      12  

18.

  Capitalisation      13  

MEETINGS OF MEMBERS

     13  

19.

  Annual General Meetings      13  

20.

  Special General Meetings      14  

21.

  Requisitioned General Meetings      14  

22.

  Notice      15  

23.

  Giving Notice and Access      15  

24.

  Postponement or cancellation of General Meeting      16  


25.

  Electronic Participation and security in Meetings      16  
26.   Quorum at General Meetings      16  
27.   Chair to Preside at General Meetings      17  
28.   Secretary of General Meetings      17  
29.   Right to Vote and Fixing of Record Date      17  
30.   Voting on Resolutions      18  
31.   Power to Demand a Vote on a Poll      19  
32.   Voting by Joint Holders of Shares      20  
33.   Instrument of Proxy      20  
34.   Representation of Corporate Member      21  
35.   Adjournment of General Meeting      21  
36.   Written Resolutions      21  
37.   Directors, Officers, Auditors Attendance at General Meetings      22  
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS      22  
38.   Election of Directors      22  
39.   Number of Directors      23  
40.   Classes of Directors      24  
41.   Term of Office of Directors      24  
42.   Removal of Directors      24  
43.   Vacancy in the Office of Director      25  
44.   Remuneration of Directors      25  
45.   Defect in Appointment      25  
46.   Directors to Manage Business      25  
47.   Powers of the Board of Directors      26  
48.   Register of Directors and Officers      27  
49.   Appointment and Removal of Officers      27  
50.   Duties of Officers      27  
51.   Remuneration of Officers      28  
52.   Conflicts of Interest      28  
53.   Indemnification and Exculpation of Directors, Officers and Others      28  
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS      31  


54.

  Board Meetings      31  
55.   Notice of Board Meetings      32  
56.   Electronic Participation in Meetings      32  
57.   Quorum at Board Meetings      32  
58.   Board to Continue in the Event of Vacancy      32  
59.   Chair and Secretary of Board Meetings      32  
60.   Written Resolutions      33  
61.   Validity of Prior Acts of the Board      33  
CORPORATE RECORDS      33  
62.   Minutes      33  
63.   Place Where Corporate Records Kept      33  
64.   Form and Use of Seal      33  
ACCOUNTS      33  
65.   Records of Account      33  
66.   Financial Year End      34  
AUDITS      34  
67.   Annual Audit      34  
68.   Appointment of Auditor      34  
69.   Remuneration of Auditor      34  
70.   Duties of Auditor      34  
71.   Access to Records      35  
72.   Financial Statements and the Auditor's Report      35  
73.   Vacancy in the Office of Auditor      35  
VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP AND DISSOLUTION      35  
74.   Winding-Up      35  
CHANGES TO CONSTITUTION      36  
75.   Changes to Bye-laws      36  
76.   Discontinuance      36  


Teekay Corporation Ltd.

 

 

INTERPRETATION

 

1.

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1.

In these Bye-laws, the following words and expressions shall, where not inconsistent with the context, have the following meanings, respectively:

 

“Act”

   the Companies Act 1981;

“Auditor”

   includes an individual, company or partnership;

“Board”

   the board of Directors (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a sole Director) appointed or elected pursuant to these Bye-laws and acting by resolution in accordance with the Act and these Bye-laws or the Directors present at a meeting of Directors at which there is a quorum;

“Company”

   the company for which these Bye-laws are approved and confirmed;

“Director”

   a director of the Company;

“Member”

   the person registered in the Register of Members as the holder of shares in the Company and, when two or more persons are so registered as joint holders of shares, means the person whose name stands first in the Register of Members as one of such joint holders or all of such persons, as the context so requires;

“notice”

   written notice as further provided in these Bye-laws unless otherwise specifically stated;

“Officer”

   any person appointed by the Board to hold an office in the Company;

“Register of Directors and Officers”

   the register of Directors and Officers referred to in these Bye-laws;

“Register of Members”

   the register of Members referred to in these Bye-laws;

“Resident Representative”

   any person appointed to act as resident representative and includes any deputy or assistant resident representative;

 

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“Secretary”

   the person appointed to perform any or all of the duties of secretary of the Company and includes any deputy or assistant secretary and any person appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of the Secretary; and

“Treasury Share”

   a share of the Company that was or is treated as having been acquired and held by the Company and has been held continuously by the Company since it was so acquired and has not been cancelled.

 

1.2.

In these Bye-laws, where not inconsistent with the context:

 

  (a)

words denoting the plural number include the singular number and vice versa;

 

  (b)

words importing persons include companies, associations or bodies of persons whether corporate or not;

 

  (c)

the words:

 

  (i)

“may” shall be construed as permissive; and

 

  (ii)

“shall” shall be construed as imperative;

 

  (d)

a reference to a statutory provision shall be deemed to include any amendment or re-enactment thereof;

 

  (e)

the phrase “issued and outstanding” in relation to shares, means shares in issue other than Treasury Shares;

 

  (f)

the word “corporation” means a corporation whether or not a company within the meaning of the Act; and

 

  (g)

unless otherwise provided herein, words or expressions defined in the Act shall bear the same meaning in these Bye-laws.

 

1.3.

In these Bye-laws expressions referring to writing or its cognates shall, unless the contrary intention appears, include facsimile, printing, lithography, photography, electronic mail and other modes of representing words in visible form.

 

1.4.

Headings used in these Bye-laws are for convenience only and are not to be used or relied upon in the construction hereof.

SHARES

 

2.

POWER TO ISSUE SHARES

 

2.1.

Subject to these Bye-laws and to any resolution of the Members to the contrary, and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any existing shares or class of shares, the Board shall have the power to issue any unissued shares on such terms and conditions as it may determine.

 

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2.2.

Subject to the Act, any preference shares may be issued or converted into shares that (at a determinable date or at the option of the Company or the holder) are liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by the Board (before the issue or conversion).

 

3.

POWER OF THE COMPANY TO PURCHASE ITS SHARES

 

3.1.

The Company may purchase its own shares for cancellation or acquire them as Treasury Shares in accordance with the Act on such terms as the Board shall think fit.

 

3.2.

The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to purchase or acquire all or any part of its own shares in accordance with the Act.

 

4.

RIGHTS ATTACHING TO SHARES

 

4.1.

At the date these Bye-laws are adopted, the share capital of the Company is divided into two classes: (i) 725,000,000 common shares of par value $0.001 each (the “Common Shares”) and (ii) 25,000,000 preference shares of par value $1.00 each (the “Preferred Shares”).

 

4.2.

The holders of Common Shares shall, subject to these Bye-laws (including, without limitation, the rights attaching to Preferred Shares):

 

  (a)

be entitled to one vote per share;

 

  (b)

be entitled to such dividends as the Board may from time to time declare;

 

  (c)

in the event of a winding-up or dissolution of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or for the purpose of a reorganisation or otherwise or upon any distribution of capital, be entitled to the surplus assets of the Company; and

 

  (d)

generally be entitled to enjoy all of the rights attaching to shares.

 

4.3.

The Board is authorised to provide for the issuance of the Preferred Shares in one or more series, and to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the terms, including designation, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the shares of each such series (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such matters and the issuance of such Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to vary the rights attached to the Common Shares or, subject to the terms of any other series of Preferred Shares, to vary the rights attached to any other series of Preferred Shares). The authority of the Board with respect to each series shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

 

  (a)

the number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series;

 

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  (b)

the dividend rate on the shares of that series, whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date or dates, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of the payment of dividends on shares of that series;

 

  (c)

whether the series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;

 

  (d)

whether the series shall have conversion or exchange privileges (including, without limitation, conversion into Common Shares) and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including provision for adjustment of the conversion or exchange rate in such events as the Board shall determine;

 

  (e)

whether or not the shares of that series shall be redeemable or repurchaseable and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption or repurchase, including the manner of selecting shares for redemption or repurchase if less than all shares are to be redeemed or repurchased, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable or repurchaseable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption or repurchase, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption or repurchase dates;

 

  (f)

whether that series shall have a sinking fund for the redemption or repurchase of shares of that series and, if so, the terms and amount of such sinking fund;

 

  (g)

the right of the shares of that series to the benefit of conditions and restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary, upon the issue of any additional shares (including additional shares of such series or any other series) and upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company or any subsidiary of any issued shares of the Company;

 

  (h)

the rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment in respect of shares of that series;

 

  (i)

the rights of holders of that series to elect or appoint Directors; and

 

  (j)

any other relative participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of that series.

 

4.4.

Any Preferred Shares of any series which have been redeemed (whether through the operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) or which, if convertible or exchangeable, have been converted into or exchanged for shares of any other class or classes shall have the status of authorised and unissued Preferred Shares of the same series and may be reissued as a part of the series of which they were originally a part or may be reclassified and reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Shares to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board or as part of any other series of Preferred Shares, all subject to the conditions and the restrictions on issuance set forth in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board providing for the issue of any series of Preferred Shares.

 

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4.5.

At the discretion of the Board, whether or not in connection with the issuance and sale of any shares or other securities of the Company, the Company may issue securities, contracts, warrants or other instruments evidencing any shares, option rights, securities having conversion or option rights, or obligations on such terms, conditions and other provisions as are fixed by the Board including, without limiting the generality of this authority, conditions that preclude or limit any person or persons owning or offering to acquire a specified number or percentage of the issued Common Shares, other shares, option rights, securities having conversion or option rights, or obligations of the Company or transferee of the person or persons from exercising, converting, transferring or receiving the shares, option rights, securities having conversion or option rights, or obligations.

 

4.6.

All the rights attaching to a Treasury Share shall be suspended and shall not be exercised by the Company while it holds such Treasury Share and, except where required by the Act, all Treasury Shares shall be excluded from the calculation of any percentage or fraction of the share capital, or shares, of the Company.

 

5.

CALLS ON SHARES

 

5.1.

The Board may make such calls as it thinks fit upon the Members in respect of any moneys (whether in respect of nominal value or premium) unpaid on the shares allotted to or held by such Members (and not made payable at fixed times by the terms and conditions of issue) and, if a call is not paid on or before the day appointed for payment thereof, the Member may at the discretion of the Board be liable to pay the Company interest on the amount of such call at such rate as the Board may determine, from the date when such call was payable up to the actual date of payment. The Board may differentiate between the holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment of such calls.

 

5.2.

Any amount which, by the terms of allotment of a share, becomes payable upon issue or at any fixed date, whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium, shall for the purposes of these Bye-laws be deemed to be an amount on which a call has been duly made and payable on the date on which, by the terms of issue, the same becomes payable, and in case of non-payment all the relevant provisions of these Bye-laws as to payment of interest, costs and expenses, forfeiture or otherwise shall apply as if such amount had become payable by virtue of a duly made and notified call.

 

5.3.

The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls and any interest, costs and expenses in respect thereof.

 

5.4.

The Company may accept from any Member the whole or a part of the amount remaining unpaid on any shares held by such Member, although no part of that amount has been called up or become payable.

 

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6.

FORFEITURE OF SHARES

 

6.1.

If any Member fails to pay, on the day appointed for payment thereof, any call in respect of any share allotted to or held by such Member, the Board may, at any time thereafter during such time as the call remains unpaid, direct the Secretary to forward such Member a notice in writing in the form, or as near thereto as circumstances admit, of the following:

Notice of Liability to Forfeiture for Non-Payment of Call

Teekay Corporation Ltd. (the “Company”)

You have failed to pay the call of [amount of call] made on [date], in respect of the [number] share(s) [number in figures] standing in your name in the Register of Members of the Company, on [date], the day appointed for payment of such call. You are hereby notified that unless you pay such call together with interest thereon at the rate of [   ] per annum computed from the said [date] at the registered office of the Company the share(s) will be liable to be forfeited.

 

Dated this [date]

 

[Signature of Secretary] By Order of the Board

  

 

6.2.

If the requirements of such notice are not complied with, any such share may at any time thereafter before the payment of such call and the interest due in respect thereof be forfeited by a resolution of the Board to that effect, and such share shall thereupon become the property of the Company and may be disposed of as the Board shall determine. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the disposal may take place by sale, repurchase, redemption or any other method of disposal permitted by and consistent with these Bye-laws and the Act.

 

6.3.

A Member whose share or shares have been so forfeited shall, notwithstanding such forfeiture, be liable to pay to the Company all calls owing on such share or shares at the time of the forfeiture, together with all interest due thereon and any costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection therewith.

 

6.4.

The Board may accept the surrender of any shares which it is in a position to forfeit on such terms and conditions as may be agreed. Subject to those terms and conditions, a surrendered share shall be treated as if it had been forfeited.

 

7.

SHARE CERTIFICATES

 

7.1.

Subject to the provisions of this Bye-law 7, every Member shall be entitled to a certificate.

 

7.2.

The Company shall be under no obligation to complete and deliver a share certificate unless specifically called upon to do so by the person to whom the shares have been allotted.

 

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7.3.

The shares of the Company may be certificated or uncertificated shares, as provided under the Act, and shall be entered in the books of the Company and registered as they are issued. Every holder of shares shall be entitled to have a certificate in form meeting the requirements of law and approved by the Board that certifies the number of shares owned by such holder in the Company. Any certificates shall be signed by an Officer and/or a Director, however designated, of the Company. The signatures upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent other than the Company itself or its employees. In case any person who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such Officer or Director before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if they were such Officer or Director at the date of issue. As used in these Bye-laws, the term “uncertificated shares” refers to shares of the Company that: (i) are not represented by an instrument; (ii) the transfer of which is registered upon books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the Company; and (iii) are of a type commonly dealt in upon securities exchanges or markets. If applicable, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing shares of the same class and series shall be identical.

 

7.4.

If applicable, for each class or series of shares the Company shall be authorised to issue, the powers, designations, references and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of shares or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of any certificate which the Company shall issue to represent each class or series of shares; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by the Act, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of any certificate which the Company shall issue to represent such class or series of shares, a statement that the Company will furnish without charge to each Member that so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of shares or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the Company or its transfer agent shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information, described above, that is required to be set forth or stated on the Company’s share certificates, together with any additional information required to be provided to such registered owners.

 

7.5.

The Board may direct a new share certificate or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Company alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the share certificate to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares, the Board may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or such owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the Company a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Company with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. Nothing in this Bye-law 7 shall preclude Officers and/or Directors from replacing a purported lost, stolen or destroyed certificate without Board approval.

 

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7.6.

Notwithstanding any provisions of these Bye-laws:

 

  (a)

the Board shall, subject always to the Act and any other applicable laws and regulations and the facilities and requirements of any relevant system concerned, have power to implement any arrangements it may, in its absolute discretion, think fit in relation to the evidencing of title to and transfer of uncertificated shares and to the extent such arrangements are so implemented, no provision of these Bye-laws shall apply or have effect to the extent that it is in any respect inconsistent with the holding or transfer of shares in uncertificated form; and

 

  (b)

unless otherwise determined by the Board and as permitted by the Act and any other applicable laws and regulations, no person shall be entitled to receive a certificate in respect of any share for so long as the title to that share is evidenced otherwise than by a certificate and for so long as transfers of that share may be made otherwise than by a written instrument.

 

8.

FRACTIONAL SHARES

The Company may issue its shares in fractional denominations and deal with such fractions to the same extent as its whole shares and shares in fractional denominations shall have in proportion to the respective fractions represented thereby all of the rights of whole shares including (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing) the right to vote, to receive dividends and distributions and to participate in a winding-up.

REGISTRATION OF SHARES

 

9.

REGISTER OF MEMBERS

 

9.1.

The Board shall cause to be kept in one or more books a Register of Members and shall enter therein the particulars required by the Act.

 

9.2.

The Register of Members shall be open to inspection without charge at the registered office of the Company on every business day, subject to such reasonable restrictions as the Board may impose, so that not less than two hours in each business day be allowed for inspection. The Register of Members may, after notice has been given in accordance with the Act, be closed for any time or times not exceeding in the whole thirty (30) days in each year.

 

10.

REGISTERED HOLDER ABSOLUTE OWNER

The Company shall be entitled to treat the registered holder of any share as the absolute owner thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognise any equitable claim or other claim to, or interest in, such share on the part of any other person.

 

11.

TRANSFER OF REGISTERED SHARES

 

11.1.

Upon surrender to the Company or the transfer agent of the Company of an instrument of transfer and:

 

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  (a)

certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, the Company shall issue a new certificate or evidence of the issuance of uncertificated shares to the Member entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, if any, and record the transaction upon the Company’s books.

 

  (b)

receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares, such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled, issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to the Member entitled thereto,

and such transactions shall be recorded upon the books of the Company.

 

11.2.

An instrument of transfer shall be in writing in the form of the following, or as near thereto as circumstances admit, or in such other form as the Board may accept:

Transfer of a Share or Shares

Teekay Corporation Ltd. (the “Company”)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED……………….. [amount] , I, [name of transferor] hereby sell, assign and transfer unto [transferee] of [address] , [number] shares of the Company.

DATED this [date]

 

Signed by:

 

    

In the presence of:

 

 
Transferor      Witness  

 

Signed by:

 

    

 

In the presence of:

 

                      
Transferee      Witness  

 

11.3.

Such instrument of transfer shall be signed by (or in the case of a party that is a corporation, on behalf of) the transferor and transferee, provided that, in the case of a fully paid share, the Board may accept the instrument signed by or on behalf of the transferor alone. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of such share until the same has been registered as having been transferred to the transferee in the Register of Members.

 

11.4.

The joint holders of any share may transfer such share to one or more of such joint holders, and the surviving holder or holders of any share previously held by them jointly with a deceased Member may transfer any such share to the executors or administrators of such deceased Member.

 

11.5.

The Board may in its absolute discretion and without assigning any reason therefor refuse to register the transfer of a share which is not fully paid up. The Board shall refuse to register a transfer unless all applicable consents, authorisations and permissions of any governmental body

 

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  or agency in Bermuda have been obtained. If the Board refuses to register a transfer of any share the Secretary shall, within three months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company, send to the transferor and transferee notice of the refusal.

 

11.6.

Shares may be transferred without a written instrument if transferred by an appointed agent or otherwise in accordance with the Act.

 

11.7.

The Board shall have power and authority to make such additional rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issuance, registration and transfer of the Company’s shares, and may appoint transfer agents and registrars thereof.

 

11.8.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Bye-laws, shares that are listed or admitted to trading on an appointed stock exchange may be transferred in accordance with the rules and regulations of such exchange.

 

12.

TRANSMISSION OF REGISTERED SHARES

 

12.1.

In the case of the death of a Member, the survivor or survivors where the deceased Member was a joint holder, and the legal personal representatives of the deceased Member where the deceased Member was a sole holder, shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to the deceased Member’s interest in the shares. Nothing herein contained shall release the estate of a deceased joint holder from any liability in respect of any share which had been jointly held by such deceased Member with other persons. Subject to the Act, for the purpose of this Bye-law, legal personal representative means the executor or administrator of a deceased Member or such other person as the Board may, in its absolute discretion, decide as being properly authorised to deal with the shares of a deceased Member.

 

12.2.

Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of any Member may be registered as a Member upon such evidence as the Board may deem sufficient or may elect to nominate some person to be registered as a transferee of such share, and in such case the person becoming entitled shall execute in favour of such nominee an instrument of transfer in writing in the form, or as near thereto as circumstances admit, of the following:

Transfer by a Person Becoming Entitled on Death/Bankruptcy of a Member

Teekay Corporation Ltd. (the “Company”)

I/We, having become entitled in consequence of the [death/bankruptcy] of [name and address of deceased/bankrupt Member] to [number] share(s) standing in the Register of Members of the Company in the name of the said [name of deceased/bankrupt Member] instead of being registered myself/ourselves, elect to have [name of transferee] (the “Transferee”) registered as a transferee of such share(s) and I/we do hereby accordingly transfer the said share(s) to the Transferee to hold the same unto the Transferee, their executors, administrators and assigns, subject to the conditions on which the same were held at the time of the execution hereof; and the Transferee does hereby agree to take the said share(s) subject to the same conditions.

 

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DATED this [date]

 

Signed by:

 

  

In the presence of:

 

  

Transferor

 

  

Witness

 

  

Signed by:

 

  

In the presence of:

 

  
Transferee    Witness   
12.3.

On the presentation of the foregoing materials to the Board, accompanied by such evidence as the Board may require to prove the title of the transferor, the transferee shall be registered as a Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall, in any case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as it would have had in the case of a transfer of the share by that Member before such Member’s death or bankruptcy, as the case may be.

 

12.4.

Where two or more persons are registered as joint holders of a share or shares, then in the event of the death of any joint holder or holders the remaining joint holder or holders shall be absolutely entitled to such share or shares and the Company shall recognise no claim in respect of the estate of any joint holder except in the case of the last survivor of such joint holders.

ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL

 

13.

POWER TO ALTER CAPITAL

 

13.1.

The Company may if authorised by resolution of the Members increase, divide, consolidate, subdivide, change the currency denomination of, diminish or otherwise alter or reduce its share capital in any manner permitted by the Act.

 

13.2.

Where, on any alteration or reduction of share capital, fractions of shares or some other difficulty would arise, the Board may deal with or resolve the same in such manner as it thinks fit.

 

14.

VARIATION OF RIGHTS ATTACHING TO SHARES

If, at any time, the share capital is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound-up, be varied in accordance with the terms specified by Section 47(7) of the Act. The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class or series issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class or series, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith.

 

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DIVIDENDS AND CAPITALISATION

 

15.

DIVIDENDS

 

15.1.

The Board may, subject to these Bye-laws and in accordance with the Act, declare a dividend to be paid to the Members, in proportion to the number of shares held by them, and such dividend may be paid in cash or wholly or partly in specie in which case the Board may fix the value for distribution in specie of any assets. No unpaid dividend shall bear interest as against the Company.

 

15.2.

The Company may pay dividends in proportion to the amount paid up on each share where a larger amount is paid up on some shares than on others.

 

15.3.

The Board may declare and make such other distributions (in cash or in specie) to the Members as may be lawfully made out of the assets of the Company. No unpaid distribution shall bear interest as against the Company.

 

16.

POWER TO SET ASIDE PROFITS

 

The Board may, before declaring a dividend, set aside out of the surplus or profits of the Company, such amount as it thinks proper as a reserve to be used to meet contingencies or for equalising dividends or for any other purpose.

 

17.

METHOD OF PAYMENT

 

17.1.

Any dividend, interest, or other moneys payable in cash in respect of the shares may be paid by cheque or bank draft sent through the post directed to the Member at such Member’s address in the Register of Members, or to such person and to such address as the Member may direct in writing, or by transfer to such account as the Member may direct in writing or otherwise agree.

 

17.2.

In the case of joint holders of shares, any dividend, interest or other moneys payable in cash in respect of shares may be paid by cheque or bank draft sent through the post directed to the address of the holder first named in the Register of Members, or to such person and to such address as the joint holders may direct in writing, or by transfer to such account as the joint holders may direct in writing. If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any shares any one can give an effectual receipt for any dividend paid in respect of such shares.

 

17.3.

The Board may deduct from the dividends or distributions payable to any Member all moneys due from such Member to the Company on account of calls or otherwise.

 

17.4.

Any dividend and/or other moneys payable in respect of a share which has remained unclaimed for six (6) years from the date when it became due for payment shall, if the Board so resolves, be forfeited and cease to remain owing by the Company. The payment of any unclaimed dividend or other moneys payable in respect of a share may (but need not) be paid by the Company into an account separate from the Company’s own account. Such payment shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect thereof.

 

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17.5.

The Company shall be entitled to cease sending dividend cheques and drafts by post or otherwise to a Member if those instruments have been returned undelivered to, or left uncashed by, that Member on at least two consecutive occasions or, following one such occasion, reasonable enquiries have failed to establish the Member’s new address. The entitlement conferred on the Company by this Bye-law in respect of any Member shall cease if the Member claims a dividend or cashes a dividend cheque or draft.

 

18.

CAPITALISATION

 

18.1.

The Board may capitalise any amount for the time being standing to the credit of any of the Company’s share premium or other reserve accounts or to the credit of the profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution by applying such amount in paying up unissued shares to be allotted as fully paid bonus shares pro rata (except in connection with the conversion of shares of one class to shares of another class) to the Members.

 

18.2.

The Board may capitalise any amount for the time being standing to the credit of a reserve account or amounts otherwise available for dividend or distribution by applying such amounts in paying up in full, partly or nil paid shares of those Members who would have been entitled to such amounts if they were distributed by way of dividend or distribution.

MEETINGS OF MEMBERS

 

19.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS

 

19.1.

The annual general meeting of Members shall be held on such day, and at such time and place within or outside Bermuda as the Board may from time to time determine, for the purpose of electing Directors and transacting such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Only such business shall be conducted at an annual general meeting as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual general meeting, business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a Member or Members of the Company holding of record in the aggregate not less than 15% of the shares having the right to vote at the meeting on such matter, or by a person who holds such shares through a nominee or “street name” holder of record of such shares and can demonstrate to the Company such indirect ownership of, and such person’s right to vote, such shares. For business to be properly brought before an annual general meeting by such Member or Members, the Member or Members must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary. To be timely, a Member’s or Members’ notice must be personally delivered to or mailed and received at the principal office of the Company not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual general meeting.

 

19.2.

A Member’s or Members’ (or a person holding shares in street name) notice to the Secretary shall set forth (a) as to each matter the Member or Members (or a person holding shares in street name) propose to bring before the annual general meeting, a brief description of the business

 

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  proposed to be brought before the annual general meeting, the language of the proposal, if appropriate, and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual general meeting, (b) the name and address, as they appear on the Company’s books, of the Member or Members proposing such business, (c) a representation that the Member or Members (or a person holding shares in street name) hold in the aggregate not less than 15% of the shares having the right to vote at the meeting on such matter and a statement of the class and number of shares of the Company which are owned of record and beneficially by the Member or Members, (d) any material interest of the Member or Members in such business, (e) a representation that the Member or Members intend to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to present the business specified in the notice and (f) in the case of a person who holds shares through a nominee or “street name” holder of record, evidence establishing the person’s indirect ownership of the shares and right to vote the shares on the matter proposed at the annual general meeting.

 

19.3.

As used in these Bye-laws, shares “beneficially owned” shall mean all shares which a person is deemed to beneficially own pursuant to Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). If a Member is entitled to vote only for a specific class or category of Directors at an annual general meeting or special general meeting of Members, the Member’s right to nominate a person for election as a Director at the meeting shall be limited to such class or category of Directors.

 

19.4.

Notwithstanding anything in these Bye-laws to the contrary, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no business shall be conducted at any annual general meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Bye-law 19. The Board or the chair of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine (i) that a proposal does not constitute proper business to be transacted at the meeting, or (ii) that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Bye-law 19, and, if it is so determined, in either case, any such business shall not be transacted. The procedures set forth in this Bye-law 19 for business to be properly brought before an annual general meeting by a Member or Members are in addition to, and not in lieu of, provisions of applicable law, rules and regulations.

 

20.

SPECIAL GENERAL MEETINGS

 

Special general meetings of Members, unless otherwise prescribed by law, may be called for any purpose at any time only by order of the Board. Such meetings shall be held at such place, date and time as may be designated in the notice thereof. No business may be conducted at the special general meeting other than such business as may be properly brought before the meeting and no matter shall be properly brought before a special general meeting of Members unless the matter shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Company’s notice of such meeting. If the chair of the special general meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the special general meeting, the chair shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.

 

21.

REQUISITIONED GENERAL MEETINGS

 

The Board shall, on the requisition of Members holding at the date of the deposit of the requisition not less than one-tenth of such of the paid-up share capital of the Company as at the date of the

 

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  deposit carries the right to vote at general meetings, forthwith proceed to convene a special general meeting and the provisions of the Act shall apply. The relevant provisions of Bye-law 19 shall apply to any such requisitioned meeting.

 

22.

NOTICE

 

22.1.

Notice of every meeting of Members, other than any meeting the giving of notice of which is otherwise prescribed by law, stating the date, time, place and purpose thereof, and in the case of special general meetings, the name of the person or persons at whose direction the notice is being issued, shall be given personally or sent by mail or electronic transmission at least fifteen (15) but not more than sixty (60) days before the date of such meeting, to each Member of record entitled to vote thereat and to each Member of record who, by reason of any action proposed at such meeting would be entitled to have their shares appraised if such action were taken, and the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect.

 

22.2.

Notice of a special general meeting shall state the purpose of the proposed special general meeting and the business transacted at any special general meeting shall be limited accordingly.

 

22.3.

The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non-receipt of a notice of a general meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting.

 

23.

GIVING NOTICE AND ACCESS

 

23.1.

A notice may be given by the Company to a Member:

 

  (a)

by delivering it to such Member in person, in which case the notice shall be deemed to have been served upon such delivery; or

 

  (b)

by sending it by post to such Member’s address in the Register of Members or at such address as to which the Member has given notice to the Secretary, in which case the notice shall be deemed to have been served five (5) days after the date on which it is deposited, with postage prepaid, in the mail; or

 

  (c)

by sending it by courier to such Member’s address in the Register of Members, in which case the notice shall be deemed to have been served two (2) days after the date on which it is deposited, with courier fees paid, with the courier service; or

 

  (d)

by transmitting it by electronic means (including facsimile and electronic mail, but not telephone) in accordance with such directions as may be given by such Member to the Company for such purpose, in which case the notice shall be deemed to have been served at the time that it would in the ordinary course be transmitted; or

 

  (e)

by delivering it in accordance with the provisions of the Act pertaining to delivery of electronic records by publication on a website, in which case the notice shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the requirements of the Act in that regard have been met.

 

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23.2.

Any notice required to be given to a Member shall, with respect to any shares held jointly by two or more persons, be given to whichever of such persons is named first in the Register of Members and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the holders of such shares.

 

23.3.

In proving service under Bye-laws 23.1(b), (c) and (d), it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice was properly addressed and prepaid, if posted or sent by courier, and the time when it was posted, deposited with the courier, or transmitted by electronic means.

 

24.

POSTPONEMENT OR CANCELLATION OF GENERAL MEETING

 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Board may postpone any meeting of Members or cancel any special general meeting of Members by public announcement or disclosure prior to the time scheduled for the meeting. Fresh notice of the date, time and place for a postponed meeting shall be given to each Member in accordance with these Bye-laws.

 

25.

ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION AND SECURITY IN MEETINGS

 

25.1.

Members may participate in any general meeting by such telephonic, electronic or other communication facilities or means as permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

25.2.

The Board may, and at any general meeting, the chair of such meeting may, make any arrangement and impose any requirement or restriction it or they consider appropriate to ensure the security of a general meeting including, without limitation, requirements for evidence of identity to be produced by those attending the meeting, the searching of their personal property and the restriction of items that may be taken into the meeting place. The Board and, at any general meeting, the chair of such meeting are entitled to refuse entry to a person who refuses to comply with any such arrangements, requirements or restrictions.

 

26.

QUORUM AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

26.1.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by law or by the Bye-laws, a majority of shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of the Members; provided that at any meeting of Members at which the holders of any class of shares of the Company shall be entitled to vote separately as a class, the holders of a majority in number of the total outstanding shares of such class, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for purposes of such class vote unless the representation of a different number of shares of such class shall be required by law or by these Bye-laws. If less than a quorum is present, a majority of those shares present either in person or by proxy shall have power to adjourn any meeting until a quorum shall be present. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a meeting of Members is adjourned for lack of quorum on two successive occasions, at the next and any subsequent adjournment of the meeting there must be present either in person or by proxy Members of record holding at least forty-percent (40%) of the issued and outstanding shares and entitled to vote at such meeting in order to constitute a quorum.

 

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26.2.

If within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, then, in the case of a meeting convened on a requisition, the meeting shall be deemed cancelled and, in any other case, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day one week later, at the same time and place or to such other day, time or place as the Secretary may determine. Unless the meeting is adjourned to a specific date, time and place announced at the meeting being adjourned, fresh notice of the resumption of the meeting shall be given to each Member entitled to attend and vote thereat in accordance with these Bye-laws.

 

26.3.

For the purposes of consideration of and voting on any business that:

 

  (a)

is submitted to the Members at any meeting; and

 

  (b)

has been recommended by a majority of Continuing Directors (as defined below) for approval by the Members;

 

one-third of the shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of Members for the purpose of such consideration and voting. “Continuing Directors” shall mean the incumbent members of the Board that were members of the Board on May 31, 2006, and any persons who are subsequently elected or appointed to the Board if such persons are recommended by a majority of the Continuing Directors.

 

26.4.

For the purposes of considering and voting on the election of Directors at any meeting, the quorum requirement stipulated in Bye-law 26.1 shall apply unless all nominees for election as Directors are persons recommended by a majority of Continuing Directors. If such nominees are so recommended, the quorum requirement stipulated in Bye-law 26.3 shall apply.

 

27.

CHAIR TO PRESIDE AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

The Chair of the Board or, in the absence of the Chair of the Board, the President and/or Chief Executive Officer of the Company (or, in the absence of the President and/or Chief Executive Officer, any other Officer), shall call all meetings of the Members to order and shall act as chair of such meetings. In the absence of the Chair of the Board, the President and/or Chief Executive Officer or another Officer, the members of the Board who are present shall elect a chair of the meeting.

 

28.

SECRETARY OF GENERAL MEETINGS

 

The Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company may act as secretary of all meetings of the Members. In the absence of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, or if the Secretary or Assistant Secretary does not act as secretary of a meeting, the chair of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

29.

RIGHT TO VOTE AND FIXING OF RECORD DATE

 

29.1.

The Board may fix a time not more than sixty (60) days nor less than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of any meeting of Members, or more than sixty (60) days prior to the last day on which the consent or dissent of Members may be expressed for any purpose without a meeting, as the time as of which Members entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting or whose consent or dissent

 

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  is required or may be expressed for any purpose, as the case may be, shall be determined, and all persons who were holders of record of voting shares at such time, and no others, shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting or to express their consent or dissent, as the case may be.

 

29.2.

The Board may fix a time not exceeding sixty (60) days preceding the date fixed for the payment of any dividend, the making of any distribution, the allotment of any rights or the taking of any other action, as a record time for the determination of the Members entitled to receive any such dividend, distribution or allotment or for the purpose of such other action.

 

29.3.

With respect to holders of shares entitled to vote at the meeting, such Members shall, if requested by the Company, present thereat proof of identity and authority satisfactory to the secretary of the meeting.

 

29.4.

No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

30.

VOTING ON RESOLUTIONS

 

30.1.

If a quorum is present, and except as otherwise expressly provided by law or by these Bye-laws, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the meeting shall be the act of the Members, provided, that Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of Members by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election. At any meeting of the Members, subject to these Bye-laws (including any rights of any preferred shares that may be issued) each Member entitled to vote thereat shall be entitled to one vote for each such share, and may so vote either in person or by proxy appointed by instrument in writing or facsimile granted by the Member or the Member’s attorney-in-fact, or granted by other means of electronic transmission. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, every proxy is revocable at the pleasure of the Member executing it.

 

30.2.

No Member shall be entitled to vote at a general meeting unless such Member has paid all the calls on all shares held by such Member.

 

30.3.

At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall, in the first instance, be voted upon by a show of hands and, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being lawfully attached to any class of shares and subject to these Bye-laws, every Member present in person and every person holding a valid proxy at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote per person and shall cast such vote by raising their hand.

 

30.4.

In the event that a Member participates in a general meeting by telephone, electronic or other communication facilities or means, the chair of the meeting shall direct the manner in which such Member may cast their vote on a show of hands.

 

30.5.

At any general meeting if an amendment is proposed to any resolution under consideration and the chair of the meeting rules on whether or not the proposed amendment is out of order, the proceedings on the substantive resolution shall not be invalidated by any error in such ruling.

 

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30.6.

At any general meeting a declaration by the chair of the meeting that a question proposed for consideration has, on a show of hands, been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in a book containing the minutes of the proceedings of the Company shall, subject to these Bye-laws, be conclusive evidence of that fact.

 

31.

POWER TO DEMAND A VOTE ON A POLL

 

31.1.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a poll may be demanded by any of the following persons:

 

  (a)

the chair of such meeting; or

 

  (b)

at least three Members present in person or represented by proxy; or

 

  (c)

any Member or Members present in person or represented by proxy and holding between them not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all the Members having the right to vote at such meeting; or

 

  (d)

any Member or Members present in person or represented by proxy holding shares in the Company conferring the right to vote at such meeting, being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total amount paid up on all such shares conferring such right.

 

31.2.

Where a poll is demanded, subject to any rights or restrictions for the time being lawfully attached to any class of shares, every person present at such meeting shall have one vote for each share of which such person is the holder or for which such person holds a proxy and such vote shall be counted by ballot as described herein, or in the case of a general meeting at which one or more Members are present by telephone, electronic or other communication facilities or means, in such manner as the chair of the meeting may direct and the result of such poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded and shall replace any previous resolution upon the same matter which has been the subject of a show of hands. A person entitled to more than one vote need not use all their votes or cast all the votes they use in the same way.

 

31.3.

A poll demanded for the purpose of electing a chair of the meeting or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such time and in such manner during such meeting as the chair (or acting chair) of the meeting may direct. Any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded may be conducted pending the taking of the poll.

 

31.4.

Where a vote is taken by poll, each person physically present and entitled to vote shall be furnished with a ballot paper on which such person shall record their vote in such manner as shall be determined at the meeting having regard to the nature of the question on which the vote is taken, and each ballot paper shall be signed or initialled or otherwise marked so as to identify the voter and the registered holder in the case of a proxy. Each person present by telephone, electronic or other communication facilities or means shall cast their vote in such manner as the chair of the meeting shall direct. At the conclusion of the poll, the ballot papers and votes cast in accordance with such directions shall be examined and counted by one or more scrutineers appointed by the Board or, in the absence of such appointment, by a committee of not less than two Members or proxy holders appointed by the chair of the meeting for the purpose, and the result of the poll shall be declared by the chair of the meeting.

 

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32.

VOTING BY JOINT HOLDERS OF SHARES

 

In the case of joint holders, the vote of the senior who tenders a vote (whether in person or by proxy) shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members.

 

33.

INSTRUMENT OF PROXY

 

33.1.

A Member may appoint a proxy by:

 

  (a)

an instrument in writing in substantially the following form or such other form as the Board may determine from time to time or the Board or the chair of the meeting shall accept:

Proxy

Teekay Corporation Ltd. (the “Company”)

I/We, [insert names here] , being a Member of the Company with [number] shares, HEREBY APPOINT [name] of [address] or failing them, [name] of [address] to be my/our proxy to vote for me/us at the meeting of the Members to be held on [date] and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. [Any restrictions on voting to be inserted here.]

Signed this [date]

 

                           

 

  Member(s)

or

 

  (b)

such telephonic, electronic or other means as may be approved by the Board from time to time.

 

33.2.

The appointment of a proxy must be received by the Company at the registered office or at such other place or in such manner as is specified in the notice convening the meeting or in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company in relation to the meeting at which the person named in the appointment proposes to vote, and appointment of a proxy which is not received in the manner so permitted shall be invalid.

 

33.3.

A Member who is the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent them and vote on their behalf in respect of different shares.

 

33.4.

The decision of the chair of any general meeting as to the validity of any appointment of a proxy shall be final.

 

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34.

REPRESENTATION OF CORPORATE MEMBER

 

34.1.

A corporation which is a Member may, by written instrument, authorise such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting and any person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which such person represents as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member, and that Member shall be deemed to be present in person at any such meeting attended by its authorised representative or representatives.

 

34.2.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the chair of the meeting may accept such assurances as they think fit as to the right of any person to attend and vote at general meetings on behalf of a corporation which is a Member.

 

35.

ADJOURNMENT OF GENERAL MEETING

 

35.1.

The chair of a general meeting at which a quorum is present may, with the consent of the Members holding a majority of the voting rights of those Members present in person or by proxy (and shall if so directed by Members holding a majority of the voting rights of those Members present in person or by proxy) adjourn the meeting.

 

35.2.

The chair of a general meeting may adjourn the meeting to another time and place without the consent or direction of the Members if it appears to them that:

 

  (a)

it is likely to be impractical to hold or continue that meeting because of the number of Members wishing to attend who are not present; or

 

  (b)

the unruly conduct of persons attending the meeting prevents, or is likely to prevent, the orderly continuation of the business of the meeting; or

 

  (c)

an adjournment is otherwise necessary so that the business of the meeting may be properly conducted.

 

35.3.

Unless the meeting is adjourned to a specific date, place and time announced at the meeting being adjourned, fresh notice of the date, place and time for the resumption of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each Member entitled to attend and vote thereat in accordance with these Bye-laws.

 

36.

WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

 

36.1.

Subject to these Bye-laws, anything which may be done by resolution of the Company in general meeting or by resolution of a meeting of any class of the Members may be done without a meeting by written resolution in accordance with this Bye-law.

 

36.2.

Notice of a written resolution shall be given, and a copy of the resolution shall be circulated to all Members who would be entitled to attend a meeting and vote thereon. The accidental omission to give notice to, or the non-receipt of a notice by, any Member does not invalidate the passing of a resolution.

 

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36.3.

A written resolution is passed when it is signed by (or in the case of a Member that is a corporation, on behalf of) all of the Members entitled to vote at the date that the notice is given.

 

36.4.

A resolution in writing may be signed in any number of counterparts.

 

36.5.

A resolution in writing made in accordance with this Bye-law is as valid as if it had been passed by the Company in general meeting or by a meeting of the relevant class of Members, as the case may be, and any reference in any Bye-law to a meeting at which a resolution is passed or to Members voting in favour of a resolution shall be construed accordingly.

 

36.6.

A resolution in writing made in accordance with this Bye-law shall constitute minutes for the purposes of the Act.

 

36.7.

This Bye-law shall not apply to:

 

  (a)

a resolution passed to remove an Auditor from office before the expiration of their term of office; or

 

  (b)

a resolution passed for the purpose of removing a Director before the expiration of their term of office.

 

36.8.

For the purposes of this Bye-law, the effective date of the resolution is the date when the resolution is signed by (or in the case of a Member that is a corporation, on behalf of) the last Member whose signature results in the necessary voting majority being achieved and any reference in any Bye-law to the date of passing of a resolution is, in relation to a resolution made in accordance with this Bye-law, a reference to such date.

 

37.

DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AUDITORS ATTENDANCE AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

The Directors, the Officers, the Auditors and the solicitors of the Company shall be entitled to attend at any meeting of the Members but no such person shall be counted in the quorum or be entitled to vote at any meeting of the Members unless such person shall be a Member or proxyholder entitled to vote thereat.

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

38.

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

 

38.1.

Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Bye-law 38.1 shall be eligible for election as Directors by the Members. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at an annual general meeting by or at the direction of the Board or by a Member or Members of the Company holding of record in the aggregate not less than 15% of the shares having the right to vote for the election of Directors at the meeting, or by a person who holds such shares through a nominee or “street name” holder of record of such shares and can demonstrate to the Company such indirect ownership of, and such person’s right to vote, such shares, who complies or comply with the notice procedure set forth in this Bye-law 38.1. Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board, shall be made pursuant

 

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  to timely notice in writing to the Secretary. To be timely, a Member’s or Members’ (or a person holding shares in street name) notice shall be personally delivered to or mailed and received at the principal office of the Company not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual general meeting. Such Member’s or Members’ (or a person holding shares in street name) notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the Member or Members (or a person holding shares in street name) propose to nominate for election as a Director, (i) the name, age, business and residence address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Company that are beneficially owned by such person, and (iv) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of Directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including without limitation such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected); and (b) to the Member or Members (or a person holding shares in street name) giving the notice, (i) the name and address, as they appear on the Company’s books, of such Member or Members; (ii) a representation that the Member or Members (or a person holding shares in street name) hold in the aggregate not less than 15% of the shares having the right to vote for the election of Directors at the meeting and statement of the class and number of shares of the Company that are owned of record and beneficially by such Member or Members; (iii) a representation that the Member or Members intend to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to make the nomination specified in the notice; and (iv) in the case of a person who holds shares through a nominee or “street name” holder of record, evidence establishing the person’s indirect ownership of the shares and right to vote the shares. At the request of the Board, any person nominated by the Board for election as a Director shall furnish to the Secretary that information required to be set forth in a Member’s or Members’ notice of nomination. The Board or the chair of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bye-laws, and, if it is so determined, the defective nomination shall be disregarded. The procedures set forth in this Bye-law 38.1 for nomination for the election of Directors by Members are in addition to, and not in limitation of, any procedures now in effect or hereafter adopted by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof.

 

38.2.

For the avoidance of doubt and as contemplated by Bye-law 30.1, where persons are validly proposed for re-election or election as a Director, the persons receiving the most votes (up to the number of Directors to be elected) shall be elected as Directors, and an absolute majority of the votes cast shall not be a prerequisite to the election of such Directors.

 

39.

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

The number of Directors constituting the entire Board shall be not less than three (3) and shall be not more than eleven (11). Such number shall be fixed by resolution of the Board and such number shall be increased or decreased from time to time by vote of a majority of the entire Board. No decrease in the number of Directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent Director.

 

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40.

CLASSES OF DIRECTORS

The Board shall be divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall be as nearly equal in number as possible. Subject to the foregoing, the Board may assign the Directors to the classes in any manner.

 

41.

TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS

 

41.1.

As at the date of the adoption of these Bye-laws the terms of each class of Directors shall expire as follows:

 

  (a)

the Class I Directors’ term shall expire at the 2027 annual general meeting;

 

  (b)

the Class II Directors’ term shall expire at the 2025 annual general meeting; and

 

  (c)

the Class III Directors’ term shall expire at the 2026 annual general meeting.

At each annual general meeting, successors to the class of Directors whose term expires at that annual general meeting shall be elected for a three year term. If the number of Directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of Directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any Director of any class elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of the other Directors of that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of Directors shorten the term of any Director then in office.

 

41.2.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Director shall be elected to serve until their successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of their death, resignation, removal or the earlier termination of their term of office. A Director whose term of office expires shall be eligible for re-election.

 

42.

REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

 

42.1.

Any or all of the Directors may be removed for cause by the Board or by the Members. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, whenever any Director shall have been elected by the holders of any class of shares of the Company voting separately as a class under the provisions of the Bye-laws, such Director may be removed and the vacancy filled only by the Members of that class of shares voting separately as a class.

 

42.2.

Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Secretary of the Company. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein; and unless otherwise specified therein the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

42.3.

Except as otherwise provided by law, no act or proceeding of the Directors is invalid by reason only of there being less than the designated number of Directors in office.

 

42.4.

Where a Director is to be removed by the Board or the Members, notice of the meeting convened for this purpose shall contain a statement of the intention so to do and be served on such Director not less than fourteen (14) days before the meeting and at such meeting the Director shall be entitled to be heard on the motion for such Director’s removal.

 

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42.5.

For the purposes of this Bye-law, “cause” shall mean a conviction for a criminal offence involving dishonesty or engaging in conduct which brings the Director or the Company into disrepute and which results in material financial detriment to the Company.

 

43.

VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR

 

43.1.

The office of Director shall be vacated if the Director:

 

  (a)

is removed from office pursuant to these Bye-laws or is prohibited from being a Director by law;

 

  (b)

is or becomes bankrupt, or makes any arrangement or composition with their creditors generally;

 

  (c)

is or becomes of unsound mind or dies; or

 

  (d)

resigns their office by notice to the Company.

 

43.2.

Newly created Directorships resulting from an increase in the number of Directors and vacancies occurring in the Board for any reason, including the failure of the Members to elect the entire Board at any election of Directors, may be filled only by a vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, although less than a quorum exists. A Director elected to fill a vacancy (other than a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Directors) becomes a member of the same class as their predecessor.

 

44.

REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS

The Board may from time to time, in its discretion, fix the amounts which shall be payable to members of the Board and to members of any committee, for attendance at the meetings of the Board or of such committee and for services rendered to the Company.

 

45.

DEFECT IN APPOINTMENT

All acts done in good faith by the Board, any Director, a member of a committee appointed by the Board, any person to whom the Board may have delegated any of its powers, or any person acting as a Director shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director or person acting as aforesaid, or that they were, or any of them were, disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director or act in the relevant capacity.

 

46.

DIRECTORS TO MANAGE BUSINESS

The business of the Company shall be managed and conducted by the Board. In managing the business of the Company, the Board may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not, by the Act or by these Bye-laws, required to be exercised by the Company in general meeting.

 

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47.

POWERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board may:

 

  (a)

appoint, suspend, or remove any manager, secretary, clerk, agent or employee of the Company and may fix their remuneration and determine their duties;

 

  (b)

exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge or otherwise grant a security interest in its undertaking, property and uncalled capital, or any part thereof, and may issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or any third party;

 

  (c)

appoint one or more Directors to the office of managing director or chief executive officer of the Company, who shall, subject to the control of the Board, supervise and administer all of the general business and affairs of the Company;

 

  (d)

appoint a person to act as manager of the Company’s day-to-day business and may entrust to and confer upon such manager such powers and duties as it deems appropriate for the transaction or conduct of such business;

 

  (e)

by power of attorney, appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Board, to be an attorney of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Board) and for such period and subject to such conditions as it may think fit and any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Board may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions so vested in the attorney;

 

  (f)

procure that the Company pays all expenses incurred in promoting and incorporating the Company;

 

  (g)

delegate any of its powers (including the power to sub-delegate) to a committee of one or more persons appointed by the Board, which may consist partly or entirely of non-Directors, provided that every such committee shall conform to such directions as the Board shall impose on them and provided further that the meetings and proceedings of any such committee shall be governed by the provisions of these Bye-laws regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Board, so far as the same are applicable and are not superseded by directions imposed by the Board;

 

  (h)

delegate any of its powers (including the power to sub-delegate) to any person on such terms and in such manner as the Board may see fit;

 

  (i)

present any petition and make any application in connection with the liquidation or reorganisation of the Company;

 

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  (j)

in connection with the issue of any share, pay such commission and brokerage as may be permitted by law; and

 

  (k)

authorise any company, firm, person or body of persons to act on behalf of the Company for any specific purpose and in connection therewith to execute any deed, agreement, document or instrument on behalf of the Company.

 

48.

REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

The Board shall cause to be kept in one or more books at the registered office of the Company a Register of Directors and Officers and shall enter therein the particulars required by the Act.

 

49.

APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF OFFICERS

 

49.1.

The Board may appoint such Officers (who may or may not be Directors) as the Board may determine for such terms as the Board deems fit.

 

49.2.

Unless an Officer is elected or appointed by the Board for a specific term stated in the Board resolution electing or appointing such Officer, each Officer shall hold office until their successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, except in the event of the earlier termination of their term of office, through death, resignation, replacement, removal or otherwise.

 

49.3.

Any Officer may be removed by the Board at any time with or without cause. Any vacancy in an office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of such office by the Board.

 

50.

DUTIES OF OFFICERS

 

50.1.

The President and/or Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Company and shall have the general management of the affairs of the Company together with the powers and duties usually incident to the office of President and/or Chief Executive Officer, except as specifically limited by appropriate resolution of the Board, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Board.

 

50.2.

The Secretary may act as secretary of all meetings of the Members and of the Board at which they are present, shall have supervision over the giving and serving of notices of the Company, shall be the custodian of the corporate records and the corporate seal of the Company, if any, shall be empowered (together with the other Officers of the Company) to affix the corporate seal, if any, to those documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the Company under its seal, if any, is duly authorised and when so affixed may attest the same, and shall exercise the powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Board or the President and/or Chief Executive Officer.

 

50.3.

The Chief Financial Officer and/or Treasurer shall have general supervision over the care and custody of the funds, securities, and other valuable effects of the Company and shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in the name of the Company in such depositories as the Board may designate, shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Board, shall have supervision over the accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Company, shall,

 

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  whenever required by the Board, render or cause to be rendered financial statements of the Company, shall have the power and perform the duties usually incident to the office of Chief Financial Officer and/or Treasurer, and shall have such powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Board or President and/or Chief Executive Officer.

 

50.4.

Any Officers other than those described in Bye-laws 50.1 through 50.3 shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Board or the President and/or Chief Executive Officer.

 

50.5.

Notwithstanding the duties, powers and authority set out in Bye-laws 50.1 to 50.4, the President and/or Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and/or Treasurer or any other Officer or Officers that the Board may designate shall have full authority in the name of and on behalf of the Company to enter into, execute and deliver any contract, agreement or other instruments or notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, unless such authority shall be limited by the Board to specific instances.

 

51.

REMUNERATION OF OFFICERS

The Officers shall receive such remuneration as the Board may determine.

 

52.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

 

52.1.

Any Director, or any Director’s firm, partner or any company with whom any Director is associated, may act in any capacity for, be employed by or render services to the Company on such terms, including with respect to remuneration, as may be agreed between the parties. Nothing herein contained shall authorise a Director or a Director’s firm, partner or company to act as Auditor to the Company.

 

52.2.

A Director who is directly or indirectly interested in a contract or proposed contract with the Company (an “Interested Director”) shall declare the nature of such interest as required by the Act.

 

52.3.

An Interested Director who has complied with the requirements of the foregoing Bye-law may:

 

  (a)

vote in respect of such contract or proposed contract; and/or

 

  (b)

be counted in the quorum for the meeting at which the contract or proposed contract is to be voted on,

and no such contract or proposed contract shall be void or voidable by reason only that the Interested Director voted on it or was counted in the quorum of the relevant meeting and the Interested Director shall not be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised thereby.

 

53.

INDEMNIFICATION AND EXCULPATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

Right to Indemnification

 

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53.1.

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 they are or were or have agreed to become a Director or Officer of the Company or that, being or having been such a Director or Officer of the Company, they are or were serving at the request of the Company 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 a Director of Officer or as such a director, officer, partner, manager, trustee, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a Director or Officer or as such a director, officer, partner, manager, trustee, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the full extent permitted by the 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 the Company 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, or such 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, that except as provided in Bye-law 53.3 hereof with respect to proceedings seeking to enforce rights to indemnification, the Company 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 right to indemnification conferred in this Bye-law 53.1 shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that if the Act requires an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in their capacity as a Director or Officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Bye-law 53.1 or otherwise.

 

53.2.

The foregoing indemnity shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or dishonesty in relation to the Company which may attach to any of the indemnified parties. Each Member agrees to waive any claim or right of action such Member might have, whether individually or by or in the right of the Company, against any Director or Officer on account of any action taken by such Director or Officer, or the failure of such Director or Officer to take any action in the performance of their duties with or for the Company or any subsidiary thereof, provided that, such waiver shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or dishonesty in relation to the Company which may attach to such Director or Officer

 

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Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit

 

53.3.

If a claim under Bye-law 53.1 hereof is not paid in full by the Company within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the Company, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Company to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. The indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification under this Bye-law upon submission of a written claim (and, in an action brought to enforce a claim for an advancement of expenses, where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Company), and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, thereafter the Company shall have the burden of proof to overcome the presumption that the indemnitee is not so entitled. Neither the failure of the Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel or its Members) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board, independent legal counsel or its Members) that the indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification shall be a defense to the suit or create a presumption that the indemnitee is not so entitled.

Non-exclusivity of Rights

 

53.4.

The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Bye-law shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, agreement, vote of Members or disinterested Directors, provisions of the Bye-laws of the Company, or otherwise.

Insurance, Contracts and Funding

 

53.5.

The Company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any Director or Officer of the Company or any director, officer, partner, manager, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise serving in such capacity at the request of the Company against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Act. The Company, without further Member approval, may enter into contracts with any Director or Officer, or such director, officer, partner, manager, trustee, employee or agent in furtherance of the provisions of this Bye-law and may create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect indemnification as provided in this Bye-law.

Indemnification of Employee and Agents of the Company

 

53.6.

The Company may, by action of the Board, grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees or agents or groups of employees or agents of the Company with the same scope and effect as the provisions of this Bye-law with respect to the indemnification and

 

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  advancement of expenses of Directors and Officers of the Company; provided, however, that an undertaking in respect of an advance of expense shall be made by an employee or agent only if required by the Board. Any employees or agents or groups of employees or agents of the Company granted such rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses shall be “indemnitees” under this Bye-law 53.

Survival

 

53.7.

Any repeal or modification of the foregoing indemnification provisions shall not affect any right or obligation then existing with respect to any state of facts then or previously existing or any action, suit, or proceeding previously or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts. The contract rights conferred by this Bye-law 53 may not be modified retroactively without the consent of an affected indemnitee.

Severability

 

53.8.

If this Bye-law 53 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify each indemnitee as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgment, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Bye-law that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Subrogation

 

53.9.

In the event of payment of indemnification to an indemnitee, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to any right of recovery such indemnitee may have and such person, as a condition of receiving indemnification from the Company, shall execute all documents and do all things that the Company may deem necessary or desirable to perfect such right of recovery, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to enforce any such recovery.

No Duplicate Payments

 

53.10.

The Company shall not be liable under this Bye-law 53 to make any payment in connection with any claim made against an indemnitee to the extent such person has otherwise received payment (under any insurance policy, bye-law, agreement or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise payable as indemnity hereunder.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

54.

BOARD MEETINGS

 

54.1.

The Board may adopt such rules as they shall deem proper, not inconsistent with law or with these Bye-laws, for the conduct of their meetings and the management of the affairs of the Company. At all meetings of the Board, business shall be transacted in such order as the Board may determine.

 

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54.2.

The vote of the majority of the Directors, present in person, at a meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.

 

55.

NOTICE OF BOARD MEETINGS

A Director may, and the Secretary on the requisition of a Director shall, at any time summon a Board meeting. Notice of a Board meeting shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to such Director verbally (including in person or by telephone) or otherwise communicated or sent to such Director by post, electronic means or other mode of representing words in a visible form at such Director’s last known address or in accordance with any other instructions given by such Director to the Company for this purpose.

 

56.

ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS

The Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone or other communication equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Bye-law shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

57.

QUORUM AT BOARD MEETINGS

Except as otherwise provided by these Bye-laws, the greater of (i) a majority of the Directors at the time in office, and (ii) one third of the entire Board, present in person or by participating by electronic means, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, provided that, if the number of Directors in office is less than the quorum described herein, the quorum shall be the number of Directors in office at the relevant time.

 

58.

BOARD TO CONTINUE IN THE EVENT OF VACANCY

The Board may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its number but, if and so long as its number is reduced below the number fixed by these Bye-laws as the quorum necessary for the transaction of business at Board meetings, the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of (i) summoning a general meeting; or (ii) preserving the assets of the Company.

 

59.

CHAIR AND SECRETARY OF BOARD MEETINGS

 

59.1.

At each meeting of the Board, the Chair of the Board (who is chosen by a majority of the Directors) shall preside, or, in the absence of the Chair of the Board, a majority of the Directors present at such meeting shall choose a Director present who shall preside.

 

59.2.

At each meeting of the Board, the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company or, in the absence of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or unwillingness to act as secretary, a person appointed by the chair of the meeting shall act as secretary.

 

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60.

WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS

A resolution signed by all the Directors, which may be in counterparts, shall be as valid as if it had been passed at a Board or committee meeting duly called and constituted, such resolution to be effective on the date on which the resolution is signed by the last Director.

 

61.

VALIDITY OF PRIOR ACTS OF THE BOARD

No regulation or alteration to these Bye-laws made by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Board which would have been valid if that regulation or alteration had not been made.

CORPORATE RECORDS

 

62.

MINUTES

The Board shall cause minutes to be duly entered in books provided for the purpose:

 

  (a)

of all elections and appointments of Officers;

 

  (b)

of the names of the Directors present at each Board meeting and of any committee appointed by the Board; and

 

  (c)

of all resolutions and proceedings of general meetings of the Members, Board meetings, and meetings of committees appointed by the Board.

 

63.

PLACE WHERE CORPORATE RECORDS KEPT

Minutes prepared in accordance with the Act and these Bye-laws shall be kept by the Secretary at the registered office of the Company.

 

64.

FORM AND USE OF SEAL

 

64.1.

The Company may adopt a seal in such form as the Board may determine. The Board may adopt one or more duplicate seals for use in or outside Bermuda.

 

64.2.

A seal may, but need not, be affixed to any deed, instrument or document, and if the seal is to be affixed thereto, it shall be attested by the signature of (i) any Director, or (ii) any Officer, or (iii) the Secretary, or (iv) any person authorised by the Board for that purpose.

 

64.3.

A Resident Representative may, but need not, affix the seal of the Company to certify the authenticity of any copies of documents.

ACCOUNTS

 

65.

RECORDS OF ACCOUNT

 

65.1.

The Board shall cause to be kept proper records of account with respect to all transactions of the Company and, in particular, with respect to:

 

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  (a)

all amounts of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt and expenditure relates;

 

  (b)

all sales and purchases of goods by the Company; and

 

  (c)

all assets and liabilities of the Company.

 

65.2.

Such records of account shall be kept at the registered office of the Company or, subject to the Act, at such other place as the Board thinks fit and shall be available for inspection by the Directors during normal business hours.

 

65.3.

Such records of account shall be retained for a minimum period of five years from the date on which they are prepared.

 

66.

FINANCIAL YEAR END

The financial year end of the Company may be determined by resolution of the Board and, failing such resolution, shall be 31st December in each year.

AUDITS

 

67.

ANNUAL AUDIT

Subject to any rights to waive laying of accounts or appointment of an Auditor pursuant to the Act, the accounts of the Company shall be audited at least once in every year.

 

68.

APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR

 

68.1.

Subject to the Act, the Members shall appoint an Auditor to the Company to hold office for such term as the Members deem fit or until a successor is appointed.

 

68.2.

The Auditor may be a Member, but no Director, Officer or employee of the Company shall, during their continuance in office, be eligible to act as an Auditor of the Company.

 

69.

REMUNERATION OF AUDITOR

 

69.1.

The remuneration of an Auditor appointed by the Members shall be fixed by the Company in general meeting or in such manner as the Members may determine.

 

69.2.

The remuneration of an Auditor appointed by the Board to fill a casual vacancy in accordance with these Bye-laws shall be fixed by the Board.

 

70.

DUTIES OF AUDITOR

 

70.1.

The financial statements provided for by these Bye-laws shall be audited by the Auditor in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The Auditor shall make a written report thereon in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.

 

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70.2.

The generally accepted auditing standards referred to in this Bye-law may be those of a country or jurisdiction other than Bermuda or such other generally accepted auditing standards as may be provided for in the Act. If so, the financial statements and the report of the Auditor shall identify the generally accepted auditing standards used.

 

71.

ACCESS TO RECORDS

The Auditor shall at all reasonable times have access to all books kept by the Company and to all accounts and vouchers relating thereto, and the Auditor may call on the Directors or Officers for any information in their possession relating to the books or affairs of the Company.

 

72.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE AUDITOR’S REPORT

 

72.1.

Subject to the following Bye-law, the financial statements and/or the Auditor’s report as required by the Act shall:

 

  (a)

be laid before the Members at the annual general meeting; or

 

  (b)

be received, accepted, adopted or approved by the Members by written resolution passed in accordance with these Bye-laws.

 

72.2.

If all Members and Directors shall agree, either in writing or at a meeting, that in respect of a particular interval no financial statements and/or Auditor’s report thereon need be made available to the Members, and/or that no Auditor shall be appointed then there shall be no obligation on the Company to do so.

 

73.

VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF AUDITOR

The Board may fill any casual vacancy in the office of the Auditor.

VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP AND DISSOLUTION

 

74.

WINDING-UP

If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, with the sanction of a resolution of the Members, divide amongst the Members in specie or in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may, for such purpose, set such value as they deem fair upon any property to be divided as aforesaid and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in the trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any shares or other securities or assets whereon there is any liability.

 

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CHANGES TO CONSTITUTION

 

75.

CHANGES TO BYE-LAWS

No Bye-law may be rescinded, altered or amended and no new Bye-law may be made save in accordance with the Act and until the same has been approved by a resolution of the Board and by a resolution of the Members.

 

76.

DISCONTINUANCE

The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to discontinue the Company to a jurisdiction outside Bermuda pursuant to the Act.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO   

CONYERS DILL & PEARMAN LIMITED

 

Clarendon House, 2 Church Street

Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda

 

Mail: PO Box HM 666, Hamilton HM CX, Bermuda

T +1 441 295 1422

 

conyers.com

1 October 2024

Matter No.: 402008

+1 441 299 4954

Marcello.Ausenda@conyers.com

Teekay Corporation Ltd.

2nd Floor, Swan Building

26 Victoria Street

Hamilton, HM12

Bermuda

Dear Sir/Madam,

Re: Teekay Corporation Ltd. (the “Company”)

We have acted as special Bermuda legal counsel to the Company in connection with a registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on 1 October 2024 (the “Registration Statement”, which term does not include any other document or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto) relating to the registration under the U. S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) of 10,191,635 common shares of par value US$0.001 each (the “Common Shares”), issuable pursuant to the Company’s 2023 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plans”, which term does not include any other document or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto).

 

1.

DOCUMENTS REVIEWED

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined electronic copies of the following documents:

 

1.1.

the Registration Statement; and

 

1.2.

the Plans.

We have also reviewed:

 

1.3.

copies of the memorandum of continuance and the bye-laws of the Company, each certified by the Secretary of the Company on 1 October 2024;

 

1.4.

a copy of written resolutions of the Company’s directors dated 1 October 2024 (together, the “Resolutions”); and


1.5.

such other documents and made such enquiries as to questions of law as we have deemed necessary in order to render the opinion set forth below.

 

2.

ASSUMPTIONS

We have assumed:

 

2.1.

the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures and the conformity to the originals of all copies (whether or not certified) of all documents examined by us and the authenticity and completeness of the originals from which such copies were taken;

 

2.2.

that where a document has been examined by us in draft form, it will be or has been executed and/or filed in the form of that draft, and where a number of drafts of a document have been examined by us all changes thereto have been marked or otherwise drawn to our attention;

 

2.3.

the accuracy and completeness of all factual representations made in the Registration Statement, the Plans and other documents reviewed by us;

 

2.4.

that the Resolutions were passed at one or more duly convened, constituted and quorate meetings, or by unanimous written resolutions, remain in full force and effect and have not been rescinded or amended;

 

2.5.

that there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction, other than Bermuda, which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein;

 

2.6.

the validity and binding effect under the laws of Bermuda of the Plans in accordance with their terms;

 

2.7.

that there is no provision of any award agreement which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein;

 

2.8.

that, upon the issue of any Common Shares, the Company will receive consideration for the full issue price thereof which shall be equal to at least the par value thereof;

 

2.9.

that on the date of issuance of any of the Common Shares, the Company will have sufficient authorised but unissued common shares; and

 

2.10.

that the Company’s shares will be listed on an appointed stock exchange, as defined in the Companies Act 1981, as amended, and the consent to the issue and free transfer of the Common Shares given by the Bermuda Monetary Authority dated 1 October 2024 will not have been revoked or amended at the time of issuance of any Common Shares.

 

3.

QUALIFICATIONS

 

3.1.

We have made no investigation of and express no opinion in relation to the laws of any jurisdiction other than Bermuda.

 

3.2.

This opinion is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Bermuda and is limited to and is given on the basis of the current law and practice in Bermuda.

 

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3.3.

This opinion is issued solely for the purposes of the filing of the Registration Statement and the issuance of the Common Shares by the Company pursuant to the Plans and is not to be relied upon in respect of any other matter.

 

4.

OPINION

On the basis of and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

 

4.1.

The Company is duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Bermuda in good standing (meaning solely that it has not failed to make any filing with any Bermuda governmental authority under the Companies Act 1981, or to pay any Bermuda government fee or tax, which would make it liable to be struck off the Register of Companies and thereby cease to exist under the laws of Bermuda).

 

4.2.

When issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Plans, the Common Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (which term means when used herein that no further sums are required to be paid by the holders thereof in connection with the issue of such shares).

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are experts within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Yours faithfully,

/s/ Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited

Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited

 

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Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

Teekay Corporation Ltd.

We consent to the use of our report dated March 15, 2024, on the consolidated financial statements of Teekay Corporation, which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the related consolidated statements of income (loss), comprehensive income, changes in total equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes, and our report dated March 15, 2024 on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, which are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated October 1, 2024 of Teekay Corporation Ltd.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Chartered Professional Accountants

October 1, 2024

Vancouver, Canada

Exhibit 99.1

TEEKAY CORPORATION LTD.

2013 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1. PURPOSE

The purpose of the Teekay Corporation Ltd. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan is to attract, retain and motivate employees, officers, directors, consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors of Teekay Corporation Ltd. and its Related Companies by providing them the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company and to link their interests and efforts to the long-term interests of the Company’s shareholders.

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

As used in the Plan,

“Acquired Entity” means any entity acquired by the Company or a Related Company or with which the Company or a Related Company merges or combines.

“Acquisition Price” means the higher of (a) the highest reported sales price, regular way, of a share of Common Stock in any transaction reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or other national exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or on Nasdaq during the 60-day period prior to and including the date of a Company Transaction or Change in Control or (b) if the Company Transaction or Change in Control is the result of a tender or exchange offer or a negotiated acquisition of the Company’s Common Stock, the highest price per share of Common Stock paid in such tender or exchange offer or acquisition. To the extent that the consideration paid in any such transaction described above consists all or in part of securities or other noncash consideration, the value of such securities or other noncash consideration shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion.

“Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Stock Unit, Performance Stock, Performance Unit, dividend equivalent, cash-based award or other incentive payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock as may be designated by the Committee from time to time.

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

“Cause,” unless otherwise defined in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means dishonesty, fraud, serious misconduct, unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets, or conduct prohibited by criminal law (except minor violations), in each case as determined by the Company’s chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, in the case of directors and executive officers, the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive and binding.

Teekay Corporation Ltd. 2013 Equity Plan


“Change in Control,” unless the Committee determines otherwise with respect to an Award at the time the Award is granted, means the happening of any of the following events:

(a) an acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act (an “Entity”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 25% or more of either (1) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (2) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”), excluding, however, the following (i) any acquisition directly from the Company, other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege where the security being so converted was not acquired directly from the Company by the party exercising the conversion privilege, (ii) any acquisition by the Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Related Company, or (iv) a Related Party Transaction; or

(b) a change in the composition of the Board during any two-year period such that the individuals who, as of the beginning of such two-year period, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that for purposes of this definition, any individual who becomes a member of the Board subsequent to the beginning of the two-year period, whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of those individuals who are members of the Board and who were also members of the Incumbent Board (or deemed to be such pursuant to this proviso) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; and provided further, however, that any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of or in connection with an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of an Entity other than the Board shall not be considered a member of the Incumbent Board.

“Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

“Common Stock” means the common shares, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

“Company” means Teekay Corporation Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company.

“Company Transaction,” unless otherwise defined in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means consummation of:

(a) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other company or other entity;

(b) a sale in one transaction or a series of transactions undertaken with a common purpose of at least 50% of the Company’s outstanding voting securities, or

(c) a sale, lease, exchange or other transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions undertaken with a common purpose of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

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Where a series of transactions undertaken with a common purpose is deemed to be a Company Transaction, the date of such Company Transaction shall be the date on which the last of such transactions is consummated.

“Disability,” unless otherwise defined by the Committee or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means a mental or physical impairment of the Participant that is expected to result in death or that has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous period of 12 months or more and that causes the Participant to be unable to perform his or her material duties for the Company or a Related Company and to be engaged in any substantial gainful activity, in each case as determined by the Company’s chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, in the case of directors and executive officers, the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive and binding.

“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.

“Eligible Person” means any person eligible to receive an Award as set forth in Section 5.

“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

“Fair Market Value” means the closing sales price for the Common Stock on any given date during regular trading, or if not trading on that date, such price on the last preceding date on which the Common Stock was traded, unless determined otherwise by the Committee using such methods or procedures as it may establish, including an average of trading days not to exceed 30 days from the Grant Date.

“Good Reason,” unless otherwise defined by the Committee or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means the Participant’s voluntary resignation following any of the following events or conditions and the failure of the Successor Company to cure such event or condition within 30 days after receipt of written notice from the Participant: (a) a change in the Participant’s position which materially reduces the Participant’s level of responsibility; (b) a reduction in the Participant’s level of compensation (including base salary, fringe benefits or participation in any corporate performance based bonus or incentive programs) by more than 15%; or (c) a relocation of the Participant’s place of employment by more than 50 miles; provided and only if such change, reduction or relocation is effected without the Participant’s consent.

“Grant Date” means the later of (a) the date on which the Committee completes the corporate action authorizing the grant of an Award or such later date specified by the Committee or (b) the date on which all conditions precedent to the Award have been satisfied, provided that conditions to the exercisability or vesting of Awards shall not defer the Grant Date.

“Option” means a right to purchase shares of Common Stock granted under Section 7.

“Participant” means any Eligible Person to whom an Award is granted.

 

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“Performance Stock” means an Award granted under Section 10.1.

“Performance Unit” means an Award granted under Section 10.2.

“Plan” means the Teekay Corporation Ltd. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan.

“Related Company” means any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company.

“Related Party Transaction” means a Company Transaction pursuant to which:

(a) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who are the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Company Transaction will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the outstanding shares of common stock, and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the company resulting from such Company Transaction (including a company or other entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries (a “Parent Company”)) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Company Transaction, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities;

(b) no Entity (other than the Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or a Related Company, the company resulting from such Company Transaction or, if reference was made to equity ownership of any Parent Company for purposes of determining whether clause (a) above is satisfied in connection with the applicable Company Transaction, such Parent Company) will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 40% or more of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock of the company resulting from such Company Transaction or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of such company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors unless such ownership resulted solely from ownership of securities of the Company prior to the Company Transaction; and

(c) individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board will immediately after the consummation of the Company Transaction constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the company resulting from such Company Transaction (or, if reference was made to equity ownership of any Parent Company for purposes of determining whether clause (a) above is satisfied in connection with the applicable Company Transaction, of the Parent Company).

“Restricted Stock” means an Award of shares of Common Stock granted under Section 9, the rights of ownership of which may be subject to restrictions prescribed by the Committee.

“Retirement,” unless otherwise defined in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means either (a) attaining the age of 65, or (b) attaining the age of 55 with a combination of age and years of service that equates to at least 65.

“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

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“Stock Appreciation Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

“Stock Unit” means an Award granted under Section 9 denominated in units of Common Stock.

“Substitute Awards” means Awards granted or shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted by a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines.

“Successor Company” means the surviving company, the successor company or the Parent Company, as applicable, in connection with a Company Transaction.

“Termination of Service” means a termination of employment or service relationship with the Company or a Related Company for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, including by reason of death, Disability or Retirement. Any question as to whether and when there has been a Termination of Service for the purposes of an Award and the cause of such Termination of Service shall be determined by the Company’s chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or by the Committee with respect to directors and executive officers, whose determination shall be conclusive and binding. Transfer of a Participant’s employment or service relationship between the Company and any Related Company shall not be considered a Termination of Service for purposes of an Award. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, a Termination of Service shall be deemed to occur if the Participant’s employment or service relationship is with an entity that has ceased to be a Related Company.

“Vesting Commencement Date” means the Grant Date or such other date selected by the Committee as the date from which the Option begins to vest for purposes of Section 7.4.

SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION

3.1 Administration of the Plan

The Plan shall be administered by a committee or committees (which term includes subcommittees) appointed by, and consisting of two or more members of, the Board, or if no such committee has been appointed, by the Board. All references in the Plan to the “Committee” shall be, as applicable, to the Committee appointed by the Board pursuant to this Section 3.1, to the Board, if no committee has been appointed, or to any other committee or any officer to whom the Board or the Committee has delegated authority to administer the Plan. Members of the Committee shall serve for such term as the Board may determine, subject to removal by the Board at any time. To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Board or the Committee may authorize one or more officers of the Company to grant Awards to designated classes of Eligible Persons, within limits specifically prescribed by the Board or the Committee; provided, however, that no such officer shall have or obtain authority to grant Awards to himself or herself.

 

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3.2 Administration and Interpretation by Committee

Except for the terms and conditions explicitly set forth in the Plan and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee shall have full power and exclusive authority, subject to such orders or resolutions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as may from time to time be adopted by the Board, to: (a) select the Eligible Persons to whom Awards may from time to time be granted under the Plan; (b) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant under the Plan; (c) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Award granted under the Plan; (d) determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan; (e) approve the forms of notices or agreements for use under the Plan; (f) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in cash, shares of Common Stock or other property, or canceled or suspended; (g) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances cash, shares of Common Stock, other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant; (h) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument evidencing an Award, notice or agreement executed or entered into under the Plan; (i) establish such rules and regulations as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (j) delegate ministerial duties to such of the Company’s officers as it so determines; and (k) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for administration of the Plan.

Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, any Participant, any shareholder and any Eligible Person. A majority of the members of the Committee may determine its actions and fix the time and place of its meetings.

SECTION 4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

4.1 Authorized Number of Shares

Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 13.1, the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be:

(a) 5,000,000 shares; plus

(b) (i) any authorized shares reserved and available for issuance, and not issued or subject to outstanding awards, under the Company’s 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Prior Plan”) on the Effective Date shall cease to be set aside and reserved for issuance pursuant to the Prior Plan, effective on the Effective Date, and shall instead be set aside and reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan and (ii) any shares subject to outstanding awards under the Prior Plan on the Effective Date that cease to be subject to such awards following the Effective Date (other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the awards to the extent they are exercised for or settled in vested or nonforfeitable shares) shall cease to be set aside or reserved for issuance pursuant to the Prior Plan, effective on the date upon which they cease to be so subject to such awards, and shall instead be set aside and reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan, up to an aggregate maximum of 10,862,286 shares pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph (b), subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 13.1.

Shares issued under the Plan shall be drawn from authorized and unissued shares.

 

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4.2 Share Usage

(a) Shares of Common Stock covered by an Award shall not be counted as used unless and until they are actually issued and delivered to a Participant. If any Award lapses, expires, terminates or is canceled prior to the issuance of shares thereunder or if shares of Common Stock are issued under the Plan to a Participant and thereafter are forfeited to or otherwise reacquired by the Company, the shares subject to such Awards and the forfeited or reacquired shares shall again be available for issuance under the Plan. Any shares of Common Stock (i) tendered by a Participant or retained by the Company as full or partial payment to the Company for the purchase price of an Award or to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with an Award or (ii) covered by an Award that is settled in cash shall be available for Awards under the Plan. The number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall not be reduced to reflect any dividends or dividend equivalents that are reinvested into additional shares or credited as additional Restricted Stock, Stock Units, Performance Stock or Performance Units.

(b) The Committee shall have the authority to grant Awards as an alternative to or as the form of payment for grants or rights earned or due under other compensation plans or arrangements of the Company.

(c) Substitute Awards shall not reduce the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan. In the event that an Acquired Entity has shares available for awards or grants under one or more preexisting plans not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, then, to the extent determined by the Board or the Committee, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such preexisting plans (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to holders of securities of the entities that are parties to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan; provided, however, that Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of such preexisting plans, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals who were not employees or nonemployee directors of the Company or a Related Company prior to such acquisition or combination. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may grant Substitute Awards under the Plan. In the event that a written agreement between the Company and an Acquired Entity pursuant to which a merger or consolidation is completed is approved by the Board and said agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of the substitution for or assumption of outstanding awards of the Acquired Entity, said terms and conditions shall be deemed to be the action of the Committee without any further action by the Committee and the persons holding such awards shall be deemed to be Participants.

SECTION 5. ELIGIBILITY

An Award may be granted to any employee, officer or director of the Company or a Related Company whom the Committee from time to time selects. An Award may also be granted to any consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor for bona fide services rendered to the Company or any Related Company that (a) are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a capital-raising transaction and (b) do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities.

 

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SECTION 6. AWARDS

6.1 Form, Grant and Settlement of Awards

The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of Awards to be granted under the Plan. Such Awards may be granted either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with, any other type of Award. Any Award settlement may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall determine.

6.2 Evidence of Awards

Awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written (including electronic) instrument that shall contain such terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions as the Committee shall deem advisable and that are not inconsistent with the Plan.

6.3 Vesting of Awards

The effect on the vesting of an Award of a Company-approved leave of absence or a Participant’s working less than full-time shall be determined by the Company’s chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, with respect to directors or executive officers, by the Committee or the Board, whose determination shall be final.

6.4 Deferrals

The Committee may permit or require a Participant to defer receipt of the payment of any Award. If any such deferral election is permitted or required, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall establish rules and procedures for such payment deferrals, which may include the grant of additional Awards or provisions for the payment or crediting of interest or dividend equivalents, including converting such credits to deferred share unit equivalents.

SECTION 7. OPTIONS

7.1 Grant of Options

The Committee may grant Options.

7.2 Option Exercise Price

The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be as determined by the Committee. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, the exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date.

7.3 Term of Options

Subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the Option, the maximum term of an Option shall be as established for that Option by the Committee or, if not so established, shall be ten years from the Grant Date.

 

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7.4 Exercise of Options

The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option the time at which, or the installments in which, the Option shall vest and become exercisable, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time. If not so established in the instrument evidencing the Option, the Option shall vest and become exercisable according to the following schedule, which may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time:

 

Period of Participant’s Continuous Employment or Service With the Company or Its Related Companies From the Vesting Commencement Date    Portion of Total Option That Is Vested and Exercisable
After 1 year    1/3
After each additional year of continuous service completed thereafter    An additional 1/3
After 3 years    100%

To the extent an Option has vested and become exercisable, the Option may be exercised in whole or from time to time in part by delivery to or as directed or approved by the Company of a properly executed stock option exercise agreement or notice, in a form and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, setting forth the number of shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, the restrictions imposed on the shares purchased under such exercise agreement or notice, if any, and such representations and agreements as may be required by the Committee, accompanied by payment in full as described in Section 7.5. An Option may be exercised only for whole shares and may not be exercised for less than a reasonable number of shares at any one time, as determined by the Committee.

7.5 Payment of Exercise Price

The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be paid in full to the Company by delivery of consideration equal to the product of the Option exercise price and the number of shares purchased. Such consideration must be paid before the Company will issue the shares being purchased and must be in a form or a combination of forms acceptable to the Committee for that purchase, which forms may include:

(a) cash;

(b) check or wire transfer;

(c) having the Company withhold shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued on exercise of the Option that have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased under the Option;

 

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(d) tendering (either actually or, so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, by attestation) shares of Common Stock already owned by the Participant that have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased under the Option;

(e) so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to the extent permitted by law, delivery of a properly executed exercise notice or agreement, together with irrevocable instructions to a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company to deliver promptly to the Company the aggregate amount of proceeds to pay the Option exercise price and any withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with the exercise, all in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board; or

(f) such other consideration as the Committee may permit.

7.6 Post-Termination Exercise

The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option whether the Option shall continue to be exercisable, and the terms and conditions of such exercise, after a Termination of Service, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time. If not so established in the instrument evidencing the Option, the Option shall be exercisable according to the following terms and conditions, which may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time:

(a) Any portion of an Option that is not vested and exercisable on the date of a Participant’s Termination of Service shall expire on such date unless the Participant’s Termination of Service arises as a result of the Participant’s Retirement or death, in which case the provisions of paragraphs (b) or (c) below shall apply.

(b) If the Participant’s Termination of Service is due to Retirement, all Options granted to that Participant shall continue to vest in accordance with the vesting schedule applicable to such Options and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by the Committee in connection with such Options. The Options shall expire on the the last day of the maximum term of the Option (the “Option Expiration Date”).

(c) If the Participant’s Termination of Service is due to death, all Options granted to that Participant that have not yet vested as of the date of such termination will immediately vest effective as of such date. The Options shall expire on the earliest to occur of (y) the Option Expiration Date and (z) the two-year anniversary of the date of death, unless the Committee determines otherwise.

(d) (d) Any portion of an Option that is vested and exercisable on the date of a Participant’s Termination of Service shall expire on the earliest to occur of

(i) if the Participant’s Termination of Service occurs for reasons other than Cause, Retirement, Disability or death, the date that is three months after such Termination of Service;

(ii) if the Participant’s Termination of Service occurs by reason of Disability, the five-year anniversary of such Termination of Service; and

 

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(iii) the Option Expiration Date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant dies after his or her Termination of Service but while an Option is otherwise exercisable, the portion of the Option that is vested and exercisable on the date of such Termination of Service shall expire upon the earlier to occur of (y) the Option Expiration Date and (z) the two-year anniversary of the date of death, unless the Committee determines otherwise.

Also notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Participant’s Termination of Service occurs for Cause, all Options granted to the Participant shall automatically expire upon first notification to the Participant of such termination, unless the Committee determines otherwise. If a Participant’s employment or service relationship with the Company is suspended pending an investigation of whether the Participant shall be terminated for Cause, all the Participant’s rights under any Option shall likewise be suspended during the period of investigation. If any facts that would constitute termination for Cause are discovered after a Participant’s Termination of Service, any Option then held by the Participant may be immediately terminated by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

(e) A Participant’s change in status from an employee to a consultant, advisor or independent contractor or a change in status from a consultant, advisor or independent contractor to an employee shall not be considered a Termination of Service for purposes of this Section 7.6.

SECTION 8. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

8.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights

The Committee may grant share appreciation rights (“Stock Appreciation Rights” or “SARs”) to Participants at any time on such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. A SAR may be granted in tandem with an Option (“tandem”) or alone (“freestanding”). The grant price of a tandem SAR shall be equal to the exercise price of the related Option, and the grant price of a freestanding SAR shall be established in accordance with procedures for Options set forth in Section 7.2. A SAR may be exercised upon such terms and conditions and for such term as the Committee determines in its sole discretion; provided, however, that, subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the SAR, the maximum term of a freestanding SAR shall be as established for that SAR by the Committee or, if not so established, shall be ten years, and in the case of a tandem SAR, (a) the term shall not exceed the term of the related Option and (b) the tandem SAR may be exercised for all or part of the shares subject to the related Option upon the surrender of the right to exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option, except that the tandem SAR may be exercised only with respect to the shares for which its related Option is then exercisable.

8.2 Payment of SAR Amount

Upon the exercise of a SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment in an amount determined by multiplying (a) the difference between the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise over the grant price of the SAR by (b) the number of shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. At the discretion of the Committee as set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award, the payment upon exercise of a SAR may be in cash, in shares, in some combination thereof or in any other manner approved by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

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8.3 Post Termination Exercise

The provisions of Section 7.6 above shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the right of a Participant to exercise a SAR after the Participant’s Termination of Service.

SECTION 9. STOCK AWARDS, RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK UNITS

9.1 Grant of Stock Awards, Restricted Stock and Stock Units

The Committee may grant Stock Awards, Restricted Stock and Stock Units on such terms and conditions and subject to such repurchase or forfeiture restrictions, if any (which may be based on continuous employment or service with the Company or a Related Company or the achievement of any performance goals, as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion), which terms, conditions and restrictions shall be set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award.

9.2 Issuance of Shares; Settlement of Awards

Upon the satisfaction of any terms, conditions and restrictions prescribed with respect to Restricted Stock or Stock Units, or upon a Participant’s release from any terms, conditions and restrictions on Restricted Stock or Stock Units, as determined by the Committee, and subject to the provisions of Section 11, (a) the shares covered by each Award of Restricted Stock shall become freely transferable by the Participant and (b) Stock Units shall be paid in shares of Common Stock or, if set forth in the instrument evidencing the Awards, in a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. Any fractional shares subject to such Awards shall be paid to the Participant in cash.

9.3 Dividends and Distributions

Participants holding shares of Restricted Stock or Stock Units may, if the Committee so determines, be credited with dividends paid with respect to the underlying shares or dividend equivalents while they are so held in a manner determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee may apply any restrictions to the dividends or dividend equivalents that the Committee deems appropriate. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine the form of payment of dividends or dividend equivalents, including cash, shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or Stock Units.

9.4 Waiver of Restrictions

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may waive the repurchase or forfeiture period and any other terms, conditions or restrictions on any Restricted Stock or Stock Unit under such circumstances and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem appropriate.

 

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9.5 Post-Termination Vesting

The Committee may establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences a Stock Unit whether the Stock Unit shall vest after a Termination of Service, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time. If not so established in the instrument evidencing the Stock Unit, the Stock Unit shall vest according to the following terms and conditions, which may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time:

(a) Any portion of a Stock Unit that is not vested on the date of a Participant’s Termination of Service shall be cancelled on such date unless the Participant’s Termination of Service arises as a result of the Participant’s Retirement or death, in which case the provisions of paragraph (b) or (c) below shall apply.

(b) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (d) below, if the Participant’s Termination of Service is due to Retirement, all Stock Units granted to that Participant shall continue to vest in accordance with the vesting schedule applicable to such Stock Units and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by the Committee in connection with such Stock Units.

(c) Subject to the provisions of paragraph of (d) below, if Participant’s Termination of Service is due to death, Stock Units granted to that Participant that have not yet vested as of the date of such termination will immediately vest effective as of such date.

(d) The provisions of this paragraph 9.5 shall not apply to Stock Units which only vest upon the achievement of certain performance criteria established by the Committee, such performance-based Stock Units to be governed by the provisions of paragraph 10.3 below.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Participant’s Termination of Service occurs for Cause, all Stock Units granted to the Participant shall automatically expire upon first notification to the Participant of such termination, unless the Committee determines otherwise. If a Participant’s employment or service relationship with the Company is suspended pending an investigation of whether the Participant shall be terminated for Cause, all the Participant’s rights under any Stock Unit shall likewise be suspended during the period of investigation. If any facts that would constitute termination for Cause are discovered after a Participant’s Termination of Service, any Stock Unit then held by the Participant may be immediately terminated by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

(d) A Participant’s change in status from an employee to a consultant, advisor or independent contractor or a change in status from a consultant, advisor or independent contractor to an employee shall not be considered a Termination of Service for purposes of this Section 9.5.

 

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SECTION 10. PERFORMANCE STOCK AND PERFORMANCE UNITS

10.1 Grant of Performance Stock

The Committee may grant Awards of Performance Stock and designate the Participants to whom Performance Stock is to be awarded and determine the number of shares of Performance Stock, the length of the performance period and the other terms and conditions of each such Award. Each Award of Performance Stock shall entitle the Participant to a payment in the form of Common Stock, cash or a combination, as the Committee may determine, upon the attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions specified by the Committee. Notwithstanding the satisfaction of any performance goals, the number of shares to be issued or the amount of cash to be paid under an Award of Performance Stock may be adjusted on the basis of such further consideration as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion.

10.2 Grant of Performance Units

The Committee may grant Awards of Performance Units and designate the Participants to whom Performance Units are to be awarded and determine the number of Performance Units, the length of the performance period and the terms and conditions of each such Award. Each Award of Performance Units shall entitle the Participant to a payment in the form of Common Stock, cash or a combination, as the Committee may determine, upon the attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions specified by the Committee. Notwithstanding the satisfaction of any performance goals, the number of shares to be issued or the amount of cash to be paid under an Award of Performance Units may be adjusted on the basis of such further consideration as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion.

10.3 Post-Termination Vesting

The Committee may establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences a Performance Unit whether the Performance Unit shall continue to vest, and the terms and conditions of such vesting, after a Termination of Service, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time. If not so established in the instrument evidencing the Performance Unit, the Performance Unit shall be vest according to the following terms and conditions, which may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time:

(a) Any portion of a Performance Unit that is not vested on the date of a Participant’s Termination of Service shall be cancelled on such date unless the Participant’s Termination of Service arises as a result of the Participant’s Retirement or death, in which case the provisions of paragraph (b) or (c) below shall apply.

(b) If the Participant’s Termination of Service is due to Retirement, a pro rata portion of the Performance Units granted to that Participant, calculated in each case to reflect the proportion of the performance period served by the Participant prior to his/her Retirement, shall vest and be paid to the Retired Participant in accordance with the performance vesting schedule applicable to such Performance Units and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by the Committee in connection with such Performance Units.

(c) If the Participant’s Termination of Service is due to death, a pro rata portion of the Performance Units granted to that Participant, calculated in each case to reflect the proportion of the performance period served by the Participant prior to his/her death, shall vest effective as of the date of such Termination of Service and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by the Committee in connection with such Performance Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Participant’s Termination of Service occurs for Cause, all Performance Units granted to the Participant shall automatically expire upon first notification to the Participant of such termination, unless the Committee determines otherwise. If a Participant’s employment or

 

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service relationship with the Company is suspended pending an investigation of whether the Participant shall be terminated for Cause, all the Participant’s rights under any Performance Unit shall likewise be suspended during the period of investigation. If any facts that would constitute termination for Cause are discovered after a Participant’s Termination of Service, any Performance Unit then held by the Participant may be immediately terminated by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

(d) A Participant’s change in status from an employee to a consultant, advisor or independent contractor shall be considered a Termination of Service for purposes of this Section 10.3.

SECTION 11. WITHHOLDING

The Company may require a Participant to pay to the Company the amount of (a) any taxes that the Company is required by applicable law to withhold with respect to the grant, vesting or exercise of an Award (“tax withholding obligations”) and (b) any amounts due from the Participant to the Company or to any Related Company (“other obligations”). The Company shall not be required to issue any shares of Common Stock or otherwise settle an Award under the Plan until such tax withholding obligations and other obligations are satisfied.

The Committee may permit or require a Participant to satisfy all or part of the Participant’s tax withholding obligations and other obligations by (a) paying cash to the Company, (b) having the Company withhold an amount from any cash amounts otherwise due or to become due from the Company to the Participant, (c) having the Company withhold a number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued to the Participant (or become vested in the case of Restricted Stock) having a Fair Market Value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations, or (d) surrendering a number of shares of Common Stock the Participant already owns having a value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations. The value of the shares so withheld may not exceed the employer’s minimum required tax withholding rate, and the value of the shares so tendered may not exceed such rate to the extent the Participant has owned the tendered shares for less than six months, if such limitation is necessary to avoid a charge to the Company for financial reporting purposes.

SECTION 12. ASSIGNABILITY

No Award or interest in an Award may be sold, assigned, pledged (as collateral for a loan or as security for the performance of an obligation or for any other purpose) or transferred by a Participant or made subject to attachment or similar proceedings otherwise than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, except to the extent the Participant designates one or more beneficiaries on a Company-approved form who may exercise the Award or receive payment under the Award after the Participant’s death. During a Participant’s lifetime, an Award may be exercised only by the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit a Participant to assign or transfer an Award; provided, however, that any Award so assigned or transferred shall be subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the Award.

 

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SECTION 13. ADJUSTMENTS

13.1 Adjustment of Shares

In the event, at any time or from time to time, a stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, distribution to shareholders other than a normal cash dividend, or other change in the Company’s corporate or capital structure results in (a) the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or any securities exchanged therefor or received in their place, being exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company or any other company or (b) new, different or additional securities of the Company or any other company being received by the holders of shares of Common Stock, then the Committee shall make proportional adjustments in (i) the maximum number and kind of securities available for issuance under the Plan; and (ii) the number and kind of securities that are subject to any outstanding Award and the per share price of such securities, without any change in the aggregate price to be paid therefor.

The determination by the Committee as to the terms of any of the foregoing adjustments shall be conclusive and binding.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance by the Company of shares of any class, or securities convertible into shares of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or services rendered, either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, outstanding Awards. Also notwithstanding the foregoing, a dissolution or liquidation of the Company or a Company Transaction or Change in Control shall not be governed by this Section 13.1 but shall be governed by Sections 13.2 and 13.3, respectively.

13.2 Dissolution or Liquidation

To the extent not previously exercised or settled, and unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Stock Units shall terminate immediately prior to the dissolution or liquidation of the Company. To the extent a forfeiture provision or repurchase right applicable to an Award has not been waived by the Committee, the Award shall be forfeited immediately prior to the consummation of the dissolution or liquidation.

13.3 Company Transaction; Change in Control

13.3.1 Effect of a Company Transaction That Is Not a Change in Control or a Related Party Transaction. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, unless the Committee shall determine otherwise at the time of grant with respect to a particular Award, in the event of a Company Transaction that is not a Change in Control or a Related Party Transaction:

(a) All outstanding Awards, other than Performance Stock and Performance Units, shall become fully and immediately exercisable, and all applicable deferral and restriction limitations shall lapse immediately prior to the Company Transaction, unless such Awards are converted, assumed, or replaced by the Successor Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Options or

 

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Stock Appreciation Rights, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may instead provide that a Participant’s outstanding Options shall terminate upon consummation of such Company Transaction and that each such Participant shall receive, in exchange therefor, a cash payment equal to the amount (if any) by which (a) the Acquisition Price multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Options or SARs (whether or not then exercisable) exceeds (b) the aggregate exercise price for such Options or SARs.

For the purposes of this Section 13.3.1, an Award shall be considered assumed or substituted for if following the Company Transaction the option or right confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Common Share subject to the Award immediately prior to the Company Transaction, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the Company Transaction by holders of Common Stock for each share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Company Transaction is not solely common stock of the Successor Company, the Committee may, with the consent of the Successor Company, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Option, for each share of Common Stock subject thereto, to be solely common stock of the Successor Company substantially equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Company Transaction. The determination of such substantial equality of value of consideration shall be made by the Committee and its determination shall be conclusive and binding.

(b) All Performance Stock or Performance Units earned and outstanding as of the date the Company Transaction is determined to have occurred shall be payable in full in accordance with the payout schedule pursuant to the Award agreement. Any remaining Performance Stock or Performance Units (including any applicable performance period) for which the payout level has not been determined shall be prorated at the target payout level up to and including the date of such Company Transaction and shall be payable in full in accordance with the payout schedule pursuant to the Award agreement.

Any existing deferrals or other restrictions shall remain in effect. If the Participant’s employment is terminated without Cause following the Company Transaction, any Awards remaining to be paid will be paid in accordance with the employment termination provision of the Award agreement. If the Participant’s employment is terminated for Good Reason following the Company Transaction, any Awards remaining to be paid will be paid in accordance with the payout schedule pursuant to the Award agreement.

13.3.2 Effect of a Change in Control. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, unless the Committee shall determine otherwise at the time of grant with respect to a particular Award, in the event of a Change in Control:

(a) any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding as of the date such Change in Control is determined to have occurred, and which are not then exercisable and vested, shall become fully exercisable and vested to the full extent of the original grant;

 

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(b) any restrictions and deferral limitations applicable to any Restricted Stock or Stock Units shall lapse, and such Restricted Stock or Stock Units shall become free of all restrictions and limitations and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant;

(c) all Performance Stock and Performance Units shall be considered to be earned and payable in full, and any deferral or other restriction shall lapse and such Performance Stock and Performance Units shall be immediately settled or distributed; and

(d) any restrictions and deferral limitations and other conditions applicable to any other Awards shall lapse, and such other Awards shall become free of all restrictions, limitations or conditions and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant.

13.3.3 Change in Control Cash-Out. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, during the 60-day period from and after a Change in Control (the “Exercise Period”), if the Committee shall so determine at, or at any time after, the time of grant, a Participant holding an Option or SAR shall have the right, whether or not the Option or SAR is fully exercisable and in lieu of the payment of the purchase price for the shares of Common Stock being purchased under the Option, and by giving notice to the Company, to elect (within the Exercise Period) to surrender all or part of the Option or SAR to the Company and to receive cash, within 30 days of such notice, in an amount equal to the amount by which the Acquisition Price per share of Common Stock on the date of such election shall exceed the exercise price per share of Common Stock under the Option or SAR multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock granted under the Option or SAR as to which the right granted under this Section 13.3.3 shall have been exercised.

13.3.4 Acceleration and Exercise Following a Company Transaction. If following a Change in Control or a Company Transaction that is not a Related Party Transaction, a Participant’s employment is subsequently terminated without Cause or for Good Reason within 24 months of the Change in Control or Company Transaction, any such Awards (other than Performance Awards) that remain unvested shall become fully and immediately exercisable upon the date of the Participant’s termination, all applicable deferral and restriction limitations shall lapse, and an Award that is an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right shall remain exercisable until the later of the date five years after the date of such termination and the date the Award would have expired by its terms if the Participant’s employment had not been terminated.

13.4 Further Adjustment of Awards

Subject to Sections 13.2 and 13.3, the Committee shall have the discretion, exercisable at any time before a sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or change of control of the Company, as defined by the Committee, to take such further action as it determines to be necessary or advisable with respect to Awards. Such authorized action may include (but shall not be limited to) establishing, amending or waiving the type, terms, conditions or duration of, or restrictions on, Awards so as to provide for earlier, later, extended or additional time for exercise, lifting restrictions and other modifications, and the Committee may take such actions with respect to all Participants, to certain categories of Participants or only to individual Participants. The Committee may take such action before or after granting Awards to which the action relates and before or after any public announcement with respect to such sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or change of control that is the reason for such action.

 

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13.5 No Limitations

The grant of Awards shall in no way affect the Company’s right to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

13.6 Fractional Shares

In the event of any adjustment in the number of shares covered by any Award, each such Award shall cover only the number of full shares resulting from such adjustment.

SECTION 14. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

14.1 Amendment, Suspension or Termination

The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion of the Plan at any time and in such respects as it shall deem advisable; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule, shareholder approval shall be required for any amendment to the Plan. Subject to Section 14.3, the Board may amend the terms of any outstanding Award, prospectively or retroactively.

14.2 Term of the Plan

Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, the Plan shall terminate ten years from the Effective Date. After the Plan is terminated, no future Awards may be granted, but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the Plan’s terms and conditions.

14.3 Consent of Participant

The amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan or a portion thereof or the amendment of an outstanding Award shall not, without the Participant’s consent, materially adversely affect any rights under any Award theretofore granted to the Participant under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to Section 13 shall not be subject to these restrictions.

SECTION 15. GENERAL

15.1 No Individual Rights

No individual or Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and the Company has no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants under the Plan.

Furthermore, nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall be deemed to constitute an employment contract or confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Related Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Related Company to terminate a Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.

 

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15.2 Issuance of Shares

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock under the Plan or make any other distribution of benefits under the Plan unless, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, such issuance, delivery or distribution would comply with all applicable laws (including, without limitation, the requirements of the Securities Act or the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction) and the applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar entity.

The Company shall be under no obligation to any Participant to register for offering or resale or to qualify for exemption under the Securities Act, or to register or qualify under the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction, any shares of Common Stock, security or interest in a security paid or issued under, or created by, the Plan, or to continue in effect any such registrations or qualifications if made.

As a condition to the exercise of an Option or any other receipt of Common Stock pursuant to an Award under the Plan, the Company may require (a) the Participant to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise or receipt that such shares are being purchased or received only for the Participant’s own account and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares and (b) such other action or agreement by the Participant as may from time to time be necessary to comply with the federal, state and foreign securities laws. At the option of the Company, a stop-transfer order against any such shares may be placed on the official stock books and records of the Company, and a legend indicating that such shares may not be pledged, sold or otherwise transferred, unless an opinion of counsel is provided (concurred in by counsel for the Company) stating that such transfer is not in violation of any applicable law or regulation, may be stamped on stock certificates to ensure exemption from registration. The Committee may also require the Participant to execute and deliver to the Company a purchase agreement or such other agreement as may be in use by the Company at such time that describes certain terms and conditions applicable to the shares.

To the extent the Plan or any instrument evidencing an Award provides for issuance of stock certificates to reflect the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the issuance may be effected on a noncertificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules of any stock exchange.

15.3 Indemnification

Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Board, or a committee appointed by the Board, or an officer of the Company to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Section 3 shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such person in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which such person may be a party or in which such person may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by such person in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by such person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such claim, action, suit or proceeding against such person; provided, however, that such person shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before such person undertakes to handle and defend it on such person’s own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability or expense is a result of such person’s own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute.

 

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The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such person may be entitled under the Company’s bye-laws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or of any power that the Company may have to indemnify or hold harmless.

15.4 No Rights as a Shareholder

Unless otherwise provided by the Committee or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement, no Option, Stock Appreciation Right, or Award denominated in units shall entitle the Participant to any cash dividend, voting or other right of a shareholder unless and until the date of issuance under the Plan of the shares that are the subject of such Award.

15.5 Global Participants

The Committee shall have the authority to adopt such modifications, procedures and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of any countries in which the Company or any Related Company may operate, to ensure the viability of the benefits from Awards granted to Participants employed in such countries, to comply with applicable laws and to meet the objectives of the Plan.

15.6 No Trust or Fund

The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan. Nothing contained herein shall require the Company to segregate any monies or other property, or shares of Common Stock, or to create any trusts, or to make any special deposits for any immediate or deferred amounts payable to any Participant, and no Participant shall have any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

15.7 Successors

All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all the business and/or assets of the Company.

15.8 Severability

If any provision of the Plan or any Award is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or, if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the Committee’s determination, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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15.9 Choice of Law

The Plan, all Awards granted thereunder and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto shall be governed by the laws of Bermuda.

SECTION 16. EFFECTIVE DATE

The effective date (the “Effective Date”) is the date on which the Plan is adopted by the Board.

 

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PLAN ADOPTION AND AMENDMENTS/ADJUSTMENTS

SUMMARY PAGE

 

Date of Board

Action

   Action   

Section/Effect

of Amendment

   Date of Shareholder
Approval
December 6, 2012    Initial Plan Adoption       N/A
December 9, 2016    Amend Plan    Section 7.6(b) – upon Retirement, options remain exercisable until expiration    N/A
June 30, 2022    Amend Plan    Section 4.1 – increase authorized shares    N/A
September 18, 2024    Adjustments    Updates to reflect Redomiciliation    N/A

Exhibit 99.2

TEEKAY CORPORATION LTD.

2023 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1. PURPOSE

The purpose of the Teekay Corporation Ltd. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan is to attract, retain and motivate employees, officers, directors, consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors of Teekay Corporation Ltd. and its Related Companies by providing them the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company and to link their interests and efforts to the long-term interests of the Company’s shareholders.

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

As used in the Plan,

Acquired Entity” means any entity acquired by the Company or a Related Company or with which the Company or a Related Company merges or combines.

Acquisition Price” means the higher of (a) the highest reported sales price, regular way, of a share of Common Stock in any transaction reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape or other national exchange on which the Common Stock is listed during the 60-day period prior to and including the date of a Company Transaction or Change in Control or (b) if the Company Transaction or Change in Control is the result of a tender or exchange offer or a negotiated acquisition of the Company’s Common Stock, the highest price per share of Common Stock paid in such tender or exchange offer or acquisition. To the extent that the consideration paid in any such transaction described above consists all or in part of securities or other noncash consideration, the value of such securities or other noncash consideration shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion.

Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Stock Unit, Performance Stock, Performance Unit, dividend equivalent, cash-based award or other incentive payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock as may be designated by the Committee from time to time.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Cause,” unless otherwise defined in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means dishonesty, fraud, serious misconduct, unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets, or conduct prohibited by criminal law (except minor violations), in each case as determined by the Company’s chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, in the case of directors and executive officers, the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive and binding.

Change in Control,” unless the Committee determines otherwise with respect to an Award at the time the Award is granted, means the happening of any of the following events:

 

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(a) an acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act (an “Entity”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 25% or more of either (1) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (2) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”), excluding, however, the following (i) any acquisition directly from the Company, other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege where the security being so converted was not acquired directly from the Company by the party exercising the conversion privilege, (ii) any acquisition by the Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Related Company, or (iv) a Related Party Transaction; or

(b) a change in the composition of the Board during any two-year period such that the individuals who, as of the beginning of such two-year period, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that for purposes of this definition, any individual who becomes a member of the Board subsequent to the beginning of the two-year period, whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of those individuals who are members of the Board and who were also members of the Incumbent Board (or deemed to be such pursuant to this proviso) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; and provided further, however, that any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of or in connection with an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of an Entity other than the Board shall not be considered a member of the Incumbent Board.

Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

Common Stock” means the common shares, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

Company” means Teekay Corporation Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company.

Company Transaction,” unless otherwise defined in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means consummation of:

(a) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other company or other entity;

(b) a sale in one transaction or a series of transactions undertaken with a common purpose of at least 50% of the Company’s outstanding voting securities, or

(c) a sale, lease, exchange or other transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions undertaken with a common purpose of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

Where a series of transactions undertaken with a common purpose is deemed to be a Company Transaction, the date of such Company Transaction shall be the date on which the last of such transactions is consummated.

 

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Disability,” unless otherwise defined by the Committee or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means a mental or physical impairment of the Participant that is expected to result in death or that has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous period of 12 months or more and that causes the Participant to be unable to perform his or her material duties for the Company or a Related Company and to be engaged in any substantial gainful activity, in each case as determined by the Company’s chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, in the case of directors and executive officers, the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive arid binding.

Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.

Eligible Person” means any person eligible to receive an Award as set forth in Section 5.

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

Fair Market Value” means the closing sales price for the Common Stock on any given date during regular trading, or if not trading on that date, such price on the last preceding date on which the Common Stock was traded, unless determined otherwise by the Committee using such methods or procedures as it may establish. In the event the Common Stock is not publicly traded at the time a determination of Fair Market Value is required to be made hereunder, the determination of Fair Market Value shall be made in good faith by the Committee.

Good Leaver” means a Participant who ceases to be an employee prior to becoming retirement eligible, where such Participant is determined by the Board to be leaving the Company under favourable circumstances, which may include, but not necessarily be limited to, (i) the Participant providing reasonable notice, (ii) the Participant agreeing to non-compete clauses or restrictive covenants, and/or (iii) effective performance by the Participant of transition responsibilities.

Good Reason,” unless otherwise defined by the Committee or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means the Participant’s voluntary resignation following any of the following events or conditions and the failure of the Successor Company to cure such event or condition within 30 days after receipt of written notice from the Participant: (a) a change in the Participant’s position which materially reduces the Participant’s level of responsibility; (b) a reduction in the Participant’s level of compensation (including base salary, fringe benefits or participation in any corporate performance based bonus or incentive programs) by more than 15%; or (c) a relocation of the Participant’s place of employment by more than 50 miles; provided and only if such change, reduction or relocation is effected without the Participant’s consent.

Grant Date” means the later of (a) the date on which the Committee completes the corporate action authorizing the grant of an Award or such later date specified by the Committee or (b) the date on which all conditions precedent to the Award have been satisfied, provided that conditions to the exercisability or vesting of Awards shall not defer the Grant Date.

Option” means a right to purchase shares of Common Stock granted under Section 7.

Participant” means any Eligible Person to whom an Award is granted.

 

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Performance Stock” means an Award granted under Section 10.1.

Performance Unit” means an Award granted under Section 10.2.

Plan” means the Teekay Corporation Ltd. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Related Company” means any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company.

Related Party Transaction” means a Company Transaction pursuant to which:

(a) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who are the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Company Transaction will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the outstanding shares of common stock, and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the company resulting from such Company Transaction (including a company or other entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries (a “Parent Company”)) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Company Transaction, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities;

(b) no Entity (other than the Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or a Related Company, the company resulting from such Company Transaction or, if reference was made to equity ownership of any Parent Company for purposes of determining whether clause (a) above is satisfied in connection with the applicable Company Transaction, such Parent Company) will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 40% or more of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock of the company resulting from such Company Transaction or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of such company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors unless such ownership resulted solely from ownership of securities of the Company prior to the Company Transaction; and

(c) individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board will immediately after the consummation of the Company Transaction constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the company resulting from such Company Transaction (or, if reference was made to equity ownership of any Parent Company for purposes of determining whether clause (a) above is satisfied in connection with the applicable Company Transaction, of the Parent Company).

Restricted Stock” means an Award of shares of Common Stock granted under Section 9, the rights of ownership of which may be subject to restrictions prescribed by the Committee.

Retirement,” unless otherwise defined in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means either (a) attaining the age of 65, or (b) attaining the age of 55 with a combination of age and years of service that equates to at least 65, or (c) being declared a Good Leaver by the Board, or otherwise being approved for retirement by the Board.

 

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Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Stock Appreciation Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

Stock Unit” means an Award granted under Section 9 denominated in units of Common Stock.

Substitute Awards” means Awards granted or shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted by a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines.

Successor Company” means the surviving company, the successor company or the Parent Company, as applicable, in connection with a Company Transaction.

Termination of Service” means a termination of employment or service relationship with the Company or a Related Company for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, including by reason of death, Disability or Retirement. Any question as to whether and when there has been a Termination of Service for the purposes of an Award and the cause of such Termination of Service shall be determined by the Company’s chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or by the Committee with respect to directors and executive officers, whose determination shall be conclusive and binding. Transfer of a Participant’s employment or service relationship between the Company and any Related Company shall not be considered a Termination of Service for purposes of an Award. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, a Termination of Service shall be deemed to occur if the Participant’s employment or service relationship is with an entity that has ceased to be a Related Company.

Vesting Commencement Date” means the Grant Date or such other date selected by the Committee as the date from which the Option begins to vest for purposes of Section 7.4.

SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION

3.1 Administration of the Plan

The Plan shall be administered by a committee or committees (which term includes subcommittees) appointed by, and consisting of two or more members of, the Board, each of whom shall be “independent” under the listing standards or rules of the exchange(s), but only to the extent such independence is required in order to take the action at issue pursuant to such standards or rules, or if no such committee has been appointed, by the Board. All references in the Plan to the “Committee” shall be, as applicable, to the Committee appointed by the Board pursuant to this Section 3.1, to the Board, if no committee has been appointed, or to any other committee or any officer to whom the Board or the Committee has delegated authority to administer the Plan. Members of the Committee shall serve for such term as the Board may determine, subject to removal by the Board at any time. To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Board or the Committee may authorize one or more officers of the Company to grant Awards to designated classes of Eligible Persons, within limits specifically prescribed by the Board or the Committee; provided, however, that no such officer shall have or obtain authority to grant Awards to himself or herself.

 

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3.2 Administration and Interpretation by Committee

Except for the terms and conditions explicitly set forth in the Plan and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee shall have full power and exclusive authority, subject to such orders or resolutions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as may from time to time be adopted by the Board, to: (a) select the Eligible Persons to whom Awards may from time to time be granted under the Plan; (b) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant under the Plan; (c) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Award granted under the Plan; (d) determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan; (e) approve the forms of notices or agreements for use under the Plan; (f) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in cash, shares of Common Stock or other property, or canceled or suspended; (g) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances cash, shares of Common Stock, other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant; (h) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument evidencing an Award, notice or agreement executed or entered into under the Plan; (i) establish such rules and regulations as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (j) delegate ministerial duties to such of the Company’s officers as it so determines; and (k) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for administration of the Plan.

Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, any Participant, any shareholder and any Eligible Person. A majority of the members of the Committee may determine its actions and fix the time and place of its meetings.

SECTION 4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

4.1 Authorized Number of Shares

Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 13.1, the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be (i) any authorized shares reserved and available for issuance, and not issued or subject to outstanding awards, under the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the Prior Plan”) on the Effective Date shall cease to be set aside and reserved for issuance pursuant to the Prior Plan, effective on the Effective Date, and shall instead be set aside and reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan and (ii) any shares subject to outstanding awards under the Prior Plan on the Effective Date that cease to be subject to such awards following the Effective Date (other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the awards to the extent they are exercised for or settled in vested or nonforfeitable shares) shall cease to be set aside or reserved for issuance pursuant to the Prior Plan, effective on the date upon which they cease to be so subject to such awards, and shall instead be set aside and reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan, up to an aggregate maximum of 12,783,479 shares pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.1, subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 13.1.

Shares issued under the Plan shall be drawn from authorized and unissued shares.

 

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4.2 Share Usage

(a) Shares of Common Stock covered by an Award shall not be counted as used unless and until they are actually issued and delivered to a Participant. If any Award lapses, expires, terminates or is canceled prior to the issuance of shares thereunder or if shares of Common Stock are issued under the Plan to a Participant and thereafter are forfeited to or otherwise reacquired by the Company, the shares subject to such Awards and the forfeited or reacquired shares shall again be available for issuance under the Plan. Any shares of Common Stock (i) tendered by a Participant or retained by the Company as full or partial payment to the Company for the purchase price of an Award or to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with an Award or (ii) covered by an Award that is settled in cash shall be available for Awards under the Plan. The number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall not be reduced to reflect any dividends or dividend equivalents that are reinvested into additional shares or credited as additional Restricted Stock, Stock Units, Performance Stock or Performance Units.

(b) The Committee shall have the authority to grant Awards as an alternative to or as the form of payment for grants or rights earned or due under other compensation plans or arrangements of the Company.

(c) Substitute Awards shall not reduce the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan. In the event that an Acquired Entity has shares available for awards or grants under one or more preexisting plans not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, then, to the extent determined by the Board or the Committee, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such preexisting plans (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to holders of securities of the entities that are parties to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan; provided, however, that Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of such preexisting plans, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals who were not employees or nonemployee directors of the Company or a Related Company prior to such acquisition or combination. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may grant Substitute Awards under the Plan. In the event that a written agreement between the Company and an Acquired Entity pursuant to which a merger or consolidation is completed is approved by the Board and said agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of the substitution for or assumption of outstanding awards of the Acquired Entity, said terms and conditions shall be deemed to be the action of the Committee without any further action by the Committee and the persons holding such awards shall be deemed to be Participants.

SECTION 5. ELIGIBILITY

An Award may be granted to any employee, officer or director of the Company or a Related Company whom the Committee from time to time selects. An Award may also be granted to any consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor for bona fide services rendered to the Company or any Related Company that (a) are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a capital-raising transaction and (b) do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities.

 

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SECTION 6. AWARDS

6.1 Form, Grant and Settlement of Awards

The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of Awards to be granted under the Plan. Such Awards may be granted either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with, any other type of Award. Any Award settlement may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall determine.

6.2 Evidence of Awards

Awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written (including electronic) instrument that shall contain such terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions as the Committee shall deem advisable and that are not inconsistent with the Plan.

6.3 Vesting of Awards

The effect on the vesting of an Award of a Company-approved leave of absence or a Participant’s working less than full-time shall be determined by the Company’s chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, with respect to directors or executive officers, by the Committee or the Board, whose determination shall be final.

6.4 Deferrals

The Committee may permit or require a Participant to defer receipt of the payment of any Award. If any such deferral election is permitted or required, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall establish rules and procedures for such payment deferrals, which may include the grant of additional Awards or provisions for the payment or crediting of interest or dividend equivalents, including converting such credits to deferred share unit equivalents.

SECTION 7. OPTIONS

7.1 Grant of Options

The Committee may grant Options.

7.2 Option Exercise Price

The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be as determined by the Committee. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, the exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date.

7.3 Term of Options

Subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the Option, the maximum term of an Option shall be as established for that Option by the Committee or, if not so established, shall be ten years from the Grant Date.

 

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7.4 Exercise of Options

The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option the time at which, or the installments in which, the Option shall vest and become exercisable, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time. If not so established in the instrument evidencing the Option, the Option shall vest and become exercisable according to the following schedule, which may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time:

 

Period of Participant’s Continuous

Employment or Service With the Company

or Its Related Companies From the Vesting

Commencement Date

  

Portion of Total Option

That Is Vested and Exercisable

After 1 year    1/3

After each additional year of continuous

service completed thereafter

   An additional 1/3
After 3 years    100%

To the extent an Option has vested and become exercisable, the Option may be exercised in whole or from time to time in part by delivery to or as directed or approved by the Company of a properly executed stock option exercise agreement or notice, in a form and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, setting forth the number of shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, the restrictions imposed on the shares purchased under such exercise agreement or notice, if any, and such representations and agreements as may be required by the Committee, accompanied by payment in full as described in Section 7.5. An Option may be exercised only for whole shares and may not be exercised for less than a reasonable number of shares at any one time, as determined by the Committee.

7.5 Payment of Exercise Price

The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be paid in full to the Company by delivery of consideration equal to the product of the Option exercise price and the number of shares purchased. Such consideration must be paid before the Company will issue the shares being purchased and must be in a form or a combination of forms acceptable to the Committee for that purchase, which forms may include:

(a) cash;

(b) check or wire transfer;

(c) having the Company withhold shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued on exercise of the Option that have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased under the Option;

(d) tendering (either actually or, so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, by attestation) shares of Common Stock already owned by the Participant that have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased under the Option;

 

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(e) so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to the extent permitted by law, delivery of a properly executed exercise notice or agreement, together with irrevocable instructions to a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company to deliver promptly to the Company the aggregate amount of proceeds to pay the Option exercise price and any withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with the exercise, all in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board; or

(f) such other consideration as the Committee may permit.

7.6 Post-Termination Exercise

The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option whether the Option shall continue to be exercisable, and the terms and conditions of such exercise, after a Termination of Service, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time. If not so established in the instrument evidencing the Option, the Option shall be exercisable according to the following terms and conditions, which may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time:

(a) Any portion of an Option that is not vested and exercisable on the date of a Participant’s Termination of Service shall expire on such date unless the Participant’s Termination of Service arises as a result of the Participant’s Retirement or death, in which case the provisions of paragraphs (b) or (c) below shall apply.

(b) If the Participant’s Termination of Service is due to Retirement, all Options granted to that Participant shall continue to vest in accordance with the vesting schedule applicable to such Options and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by the Committee in connection with such Options. The Options shall expire on the last day of the maximum term of the Option (the “Option Expiration Date”).

(c) If the Participant’s Termination of Service is due to death, all Options granted to that Participant that have not yet vested as of the date of such termination will immediately vest effective as of such date. The Options shall expire on the earliest to occur of (y) the Option Expiration Date and (z) the two-year anniversary of the date of death, unless the Committee determines otherwise.

(d) Any portion of an Option that is vested and exercisable on the date of a Participant’s Termination of Service shall expire on the earliest to occur of

(i) if the Participant’s Termination of Service occurs for reasons other than Cause, Retirement, Disability or death, the date that is three months after such Termination of Service;

(ii) if the Participant’s Termination of Service occurs by reason of Disability, the five-year anniversary of such Termination of Service: and

 

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(iii) the Option Expiration Date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant dies after his or her Termination of Service but while an Option is otherwise exercisable, the portion of the Option that is vested and exercisable on the date of such Termination of Service shall expire upon the earlier to occur of (y) the Option Expiration Date and (z) the two-year anniversary of the date of death, unless the Committee determines otherwise.

Also, notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Participant’s Termination of Service occurs for Cause, all Options granted to the Participant shall automatically expire upon first notification to the Participant of such termination, unless the Committee determines otherwise. If a Participant’s employment or service relationship with the Company is suspended pending an investigation of whether the Participant shall be terminated for Cause, all the Participant’s rights under any Option shall likewise be suspended during the period of investigation. If any facts that would constitute termination for Cause are discovered after a Participant’s Termination of Service, any Option then held by the Participant may be immediately terminated by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

(e) A Participant’s change in status from an employee to a consultant, advisor or independent contractor or a change in status from a consultant, advisor or independent contractor to an employee shall not be considered a Termination of Service for purposes of this Section 7.6.

SECTION 8. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

8.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights

The Committee may grant share appreciation rights (“Stock Appreciation Rights” or “SARs”) to Participants at any time on such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. A SAR may be granted in tandem with an Option (“tandem”) or alone (“freestanding”). The grant price of a tandem SAR shall be equal to the exercise price of the related Option, and the grant price of a freestanding SAR shall be established in accordance with procedures for Options set forth in Section 7.2. A SAR may be exercised upon such terms and conditions and for such term as the Committee determines in its sole discretion; provided, however, that, subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the SAR, the maximum term of a freestanding SAR shall be as established for that SAR by the Committee or, if not so established, shall be ten years, and in the case of a tandem SAR, (a) the term shall not exceed the term of the related Option and (b) the tandem SAR may be exercised for all or part of the shares subject to the related Option upon the surrender of the right to exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option, except that the tandem SAR may be exercised only with respect to the shares for which its related Option is then exercisable.

8.2 Payment of SAR Amount

Upon the exercise of a SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment in an amount determined by multiplying (a) the difference between the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise over the grant price of the SAR by (b) the number of shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. At the discretion of the Committee as set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award, the payment upon exercise of a SAR may be in cash, in shares, in some combination thereof or in any other manner approved by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

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8.3 Post Termination Exercise

The provisions of Section 7.6 above shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the right of a Participant to exercise a SAR after the Participant’s Termination of Service.

SECTION 9. STOCK AWARDS, RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK UNITS

9.1 Grant of Stock Awards, Restricted Stock and Stock Units

The Committee may grant Stock Awards, Restricted Stock and Stock Units on such terms and conditions and subject to such repurchase or forfeiture restrictions, if any (which may be based on continuous employment or service with the Company or a Related Company or the achievement of any performance goals, as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion), which terms, conditions and restrictions shall be set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award.

9.2 Issuance of Shares; Settlement of Awards

Upon the satisfaction of any terms, conditions and restrictions prescribed with respect to Restricted Stock or Stock Units, or upon a Participant’s release from any terms, conditions and restrictions on Restricted Stock or Stock Units, as determined by the Committee, and subject to the provisions of Section 11, (a) the shares covered by each Award of Restricted Stock shall become freely transferable by the Participant and (b) Stock Units shall be paid in shares of Common Stock or, if set forth in the instrument evidencing the Awards, in a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. Any fractional shares subject to such Awards shall be paid to the Participant in cash.

9.3 Dividends and Distributions

Participants holding shares of Restricted Stock or Stock Units may, if the Committee so determines, be credited with dividends paid with respect to the underlying shares or dividend equivalents while they are so held in a manner determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee may apply any restrictions to the dividends or dividend equivalents that the Committee deems appropriate. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine the form of payment of dividends or dividend equivalents, including cash, shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or Stock Units.

9.4 Waiver of Restrictions

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may waive the repurchase or forfeiture period and any other terms, conditions or restrictions on any Restricted Stock or Stock Unit under such circumstances and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem appropriate.

9.5 Post-Termination Vesting

The Committee may establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences a Stock Unit whether the Stock Unit shall vest after a Termination of Service, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time. If not so established in the instrument evidencing the Stock Unit, the Stock Unit shall vest according to the following terms and conditions, which may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time:

 

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(a) Any portion of a Stock Unit that is not vested on the date of a Participant’s Termination of Service shall be cancelled on such date unless the Participant’s Termination of Service arises as a result of the Participant’s Retirement or death, in which case the provisions of paragraph (b) or (c) below shall apply.

(b) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (d) below, if the Participant’s Termination of Service is due to Retirement, all Stock Units granted to that Participant shall continue to vest in accordance with the vesting schedule applicable to such Stock Units and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by the Committee in connection with such Stock Units.

(c) Subject to the provisions of paragraph of (d) below, if Participant’s Termination of Service is due to death, Stock Units granted to that Participant that have not yet vested as of the date of such termination will immediately vest effective as of such date.

(d) The provisions of this Section 9.5 shall not apply to Stock Units which only vest upon the achievement of certain performance criteria established by the Committee, such performance-based Stock Units to be governed by the provisions of Section 10.3 below.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Participant’s Termination of Service occurs for Cause, all Stock Units granted to the Participant shall automatically expire upon first notification to the Participant of such termination, unless the Committee determines otherwise. If a Participant’s employment or service relationship with the Company is suspended pending an investigation of whether the Participant shall be terminated for Cause, all the Participant’s rights under any Stock Unit shall likewise be suspended during the period of investigation. If any facts that would constitute termination for Cause are discovered after a Participant’s Termination of Service, any Stock Unit then held by the Participant may be immediately terminated by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

(e) A Participant’s change in status from an employee to a consultant, advisor or independent contractor or a change in status from a consultant, advisor or independent contractor to an employee shall not be considered a Termination of Service for purposes of this Section 9.5.

SECTION 10. PERFORMANCE STOCK AND PERFORMANCE UNITS

10.1 Grant of Performance Stock

The Committee may grant Awards of Performance Stock and designate the Participants to whom Performance Stock is to be awarded and determine the number of shares of Performance Stock, the length of the performance period and the other terms and conditions of each such Award. Each Award of Performance Stock shall entitle the Participant to a payment in the form of Common Stock, cash or a combination, as the Committee may determine, upon the attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions specified by the Committee. Notwithstanding the satisfaction of any performance goals, the number of shares to be issued or the amount of cash to be paid under an Award of Performance Stock may be adjusted on the basis of such further consideration as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion.

 

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10.2 Grant of Performance Units

The Committee may grant Awards of Performance Units and designate the Participants to whom Performance Units are to be awarded and determine the number of Performance Units, the length of the performance period and the terms and conditions of each such Award. Each Award of Performance Units shall entitle the Participant to a payment in the form of Common Stock, cash or a combination, as the Committee may determine, upon the attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions specified by the Committee. Notwithstanding the satisfaction of any performance goals, the number of shares to be issued or the amount of cash to be paid under an Award of Performance Units may be adjusted on the basis of such further consideration as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion.

10.3 Post-Termination Vesting

The Committee may establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences a Performance Unit whether the Performance Unit shall continue to vest, and the terms and conditions of such vesting, after a Termination of Service, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time. If not so established in the instrument evidencing the Performance Unit, the Performance Unit shall be vest according to the following terms and conditions, which may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time:

(a) Any portion of a Performance Unit that is not vested on the date of a Participant’s Termination of Service shall be cancelled on such date unless the Participant’s Termination of Service arises as a result of the Participant’s Retirement or death, in which case the provisions of paragraph (b) or (c) below shall apply.

(b) If the Participant’s Termination of Service is due to Retirement, a pro rata portion of the Performance Units granted to that Participant, calculated in each case to reflect the proportion of the performance period served by the Participant prior to his/her Retirement, shall vest and be paid to the Retired Participant in accordance with the performance vesting schedule applicable to such Performance Units and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by the Committee in connection with such Performance Units.

(c) If the Participant’s Termination of Service is due to death, a pro rata portion of the Performance Units granted to that Participant, calculated in each case to reflect the proportion of the performance period served by the Participant prior to his/her death, shall vest effective as of the date of such Termination of Service and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by the Committee in connection with such Performance Units.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Participant’s Termination of Service occurs for Cause, all Performance Units granted to the Participant shall automatically expire upon first notification to the Participant of such termination, unless the Committee determines otherwise. If a Participant’s employment or service relationship with the Company is suspended pending an investigation of whether the Participant shall be terminated for Cause, all the Participant’s rights under any Performance Unit shall likewise be suspended during the period of investigation. If any facts that would constitute termination for Cause are discovered after a Participant’s Termination of Service, any Performance Unit then held by the Participant may be immediately terminated by the Committee, in its sole discretion.

 

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(d) A Participant’s change in status from an employee to a consultant, advisor or independent contractor shall be considered a Termination of Service for purposes of this Section 10.3.

SECTION 11. WITHHOLDING

The Company may require a Participant to pay to the Company the amount of (a) any taxes that the Company is required by applicable law to withhold with respect to the grant, vesting or exercise of an Award (“tax withholding obligations”) and (b) any amounts due from the Participant to the Company or to any Related Company (“other obligations”). The Company shall not be required to issue any shares of Common Stock or otherwise settle an Award under the Plan until such tax withholding obligations and other obligations are satisfied.

The Committee may permit or require a Participant to satisfy all or part of the Participant’s tax withholding obligations and other obligations by (a) paying cash to the Company, (b) having the Company withhold an amount from any cash amounts otherwise due or to become due from the Company to the Participant, (c) having the Company withhold a number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued to the Participant (or become vested in the case of Restricted Stock) having a Fair Market Value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations, or (d) surrendering a number of shares of Common Stock the Participant already owns having a value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations. The value of the shares so withheld may not exceed the employer’s minimum required tax withholding rate, and the value of the shares so tendered may not exceed such rate to the extent the Participant has owned the tendered shares for less than six months, if such limitation is necessary to avoid a charge to the Company for financial reporting purposes.

SECTION 12. ASSIGNABILITY

No Award or interest in an Award may be sold, assigned, pledged (as collateral for a loan or as security for the performance of an obligation or for any other purpose) or transferred by a Participant or made subject to attachment or similar proceedings otherwise than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, except to the extent the Participant designates one or more beneficiaries on a Company-approved form who may exercise the Award or receive payment under the Award after the Participant’s death. During a Participant’s lifetime, an Award may be exercised only by the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit a Participant to assign or transfer an Award; provided, however, that any Award so assigned or transferred shall be subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the Award.

 

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SECTION 13. ADJUSTMENTS

13.1 Adjustment of Shares

In the event, at any time or from time to time, a stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, distribution to shareholders other than a normal cash dividend that has a material effect on the price of the Common Stock, or other similar occurrence occurs, or a change in the Company’s corporate or capital structure results in (a) the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or any securities exchanged therefor or received in their place, being exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company or any other company or (b) new, different or additional securities of the Company or any other company being received by the holders of shares of Common Stock, then the Committee shall make proportional adjustments as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate in (i) the maximum number and kind of securities available for issuance under the Plan; and (ii) the number and kind of securities that are subject to any outstanding Award and, if applicable, the per share price of such securities.

The determination by the Committee as to the terms of any of the foregoing adjustments shall be conclusive and binding.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance by the Company of shares of any class, or securities convertible into shares of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or services rendered, either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, outstanding Awards. Also, notwithstanding the foregoing, a dissolution or liquidation of the Company or a Company Transaction or Change in Control shall not be governed by this Section 13.1 but shall be governed by Sections 13.2 and 13.3, respectively.

13.2 Dissolution or Liquidation

To the extent not previously exercised or settled, and unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Stock Units shall terminate immediately prior to the dissolution or liquidation of the Company. To the extent a forfeiture provision or repurchase right applicable to an Award has not been waived by the Committee, the Award shall be forfeited immediately prior to the consummation of the dissolution or liquidation.

13.3 Company Transaction; Change in Control

13.3.1 Effect of a Company Transaction That Is Not a Change in Control or a Related Party Transaction. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, unless the Committee shall determine otherwise at the time of grant with respect to a particular Award, in the event of a Company Transaction that is not a Change in Control or a Related Party Transaction:

(a) All outstanding Awards, other than Performance Stock and Performance Units, shall become fully and immediately exercisable, and all applicable deferral and restriction limitations shall lapse immediately prior to the Company Transaction, unless such Awards are converted, assumed, or replaced by the Successor Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may instead provide that a Participant’s outstanding Options shall terminate upon consummation of such Company Transaction and that each such Participant shall receive, in exchange therefor, a cash payment equal to the amount (if any) by which (i) the Acquisition Price multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Options or SARs (whether or not then exercisable) exceeds (ii) the aggregate exercise price for such Options or SARs.

 

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For the purposes of this Section 13.3.1, an Award shall be considered assumed or substituted for if following the Company Transaction the option or right confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Common Share subject to the Award immediately prior to the Company Transaction, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the Company Transaction by holders of Common Stock for each share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Company Transaction is not solely common stock of the Successor Company, the Committee may, with the consent of the Successor Company, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Option, for each share of Common Stock subject thereto, to be solely common stock of the Successor Company substantially equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Company Transaction. The determination of such substantial equality of value of consideration shall be made by the Committee and its determination shall be conclusive and binding.

(b) All Performance Stock or Performance Units earned and outstanding as of the date the Company Transaction is determined to have occurred shall be payable in full in accordance with the payout schedule pursuant to the Award agreement. Any remaining Performance Stock or Performance Units (including any applicable performance period) for which the payout level has not been determined shall be prorated at the target payout level up to and including the date of such Company Transaction and shall be payable in full in accordance with the payout schedule pursuant to the Award agreement.

Any existing deferrals or other restrictions shall remain in effect. If the Participant’s employment is terminated without Cause following the Company Transaction, any Awards remaining to be paid will be paid in accordance with the employment termination provision of the Award agreement. If the Participant’s employment is terminated for Good Reason following the Company Transaction, any Awards remaining to be paid will be paid in accordance with the payout schedule pursuant to the Award agreement.

13.3.2 Effect of a Change in Control. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, unless the Committee shall determine otherwise at the time of grant with respect to a particular Award, in the event of a Change in Control:

(a) any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding as of the date such Change in Control is determined to have occurred, and which are not then exercisable and vested, shall become fully exercisable and vested to the full extent of the original grant;

(b) any restrictions and deferral limitations applicable to any Restricted Stock or Stock Units shall lapse, and such Restricted Stock or Stock Units shall become free of all restrictions and limitations and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant;

 

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(c) all Performance Stock and Performance Units shall be considered to be earned and payable in full, and any deferral or other restriction shall lapse and such Performance Stock and Performance Units shall be immediately settled or distributed; and

(d) any restrictions and deferral limitations and other conditions applicable to any other Awards shall lapse, and such other Awards shall become free of all restrictions, limitations or conditions and become fully vested and transferable to the full extent of the original grant.

13.3.3 Change in Control Cash-Out. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, during the 60-day period from and after a Change in Control (the “Exercise Period”), if the Committee shall so determine at, or at any time after, the time of grant, a Participant holding an Option or SAR shall have the right, whether or not the Option or SAR is fully exercisable and in lieu of the payment of the purchase price for the shares of Common Stock being purchased under the Option, and by giving notice to the Company, to elect (within the Exercise Period) to surrender all or part of the Option or SAR to the Company and to receive cash, within 30 days of such notice, in an amount equal to the amount by which the Acquisition Price per share of Common Stock on the date of such election shall exceed the exercise price per share of Common Stock under the Option or SAR multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock granted under the Option or SAR as to which the right granted under this Section 13.3.3 shall have been exercised.

13.3.4 Acceleration and Exercise Following a Company Transaction. If following a Change in Control or a Company Transaction that is not a Related Party Transaction, a Participant’s employment is subsequently terminated without Cause or for Good Reason within 24 months of the Change in Control or Company Transaction, any such Awards (other than Performance Awards) that remain unvested shall become fully and immediately exercisable upon the date of the Participant’s termination, all applicable deferral and restriction limitations shall lapse, and an Award that is an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right shall remain exercisable until the later of the date five years after the date of such termination and the date the Award would have expired by its terms if the Participant’s employment had not been terminated.

13.4 Further Adjustment of Awards

Subject to Sections 13.2 and 13.3, the Committee shall have the discretion, exercisable at any time before a sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or change of control of the Company, as defined by the Committee, to take such further action as it determines to be necessary or advisable with respect to Awards. Such authorized action may include (but shall not be limited to) establishing, amending or waiving the type, terms, conditions or duration of, or restrictions on, Awards so as to provide for earlier, later, extended or additional time for exercise, lifting restrictions and other modifications, and the Committee may take such actions with respect to all Participants, to certain categories of Participants or only to individual Participants. The Committee may take such action before or after granting Awards to which the action relates and before or after any public announcement with respect to such sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or change of control that is the reason for such action.

 

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13.5 No Limitations

The grant of Awards shall in no way affect the Company’s right to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

13.6 Fractional Shares

In the event of any adjustment in the number of shares covered by any Award, each such Award shall cover only the number of full shares resulting from such adjustment.

SECTION 14. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

14.1 Amendment, Suspension or Termination

The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion of the Plan at any time and in such respects as it shall deem advisable; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule, shareholder approval shall be required for any amendment to the Plan. Subject to Section 14.3, the Board may amend the terms of any outstanding Award, prospectively or retroactively.

14.2 Term of the Plan

Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, the Plan shall terminate ten years from the Effective Date. After the Plan is terminated, no future Awards may be granted, but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the Plan’s terms and conditions.

14.3 Consent of Participant

The amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan or a portion thereof or the amendment of an outstanding Award shall not, without the Participant’s consent, materially adversely affect any rights under any Award theretofore granted to the Participant under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to Section 13 shall not be subject to these restrictions.

SECTION 15. GENERAL

15.1 No Individual Rights

No individual or Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and the Company has no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants under the Plan.

Furthermore, nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall be deemed to constitute an employment contract or confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Related Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Related Company to terminate a Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.

 

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15.2 Issuance of Shares

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock under the Plan or make any other distribution of benefits under the Plan unless, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, such issuance, delivery or distribution would comply with all applicable laws (including, without limitation, the requirements of the Securities Act or the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction) and the applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar entity.

The Company shall be under no obligation to any Participant to register for offering or resale or to qualify for exemption under the Securities Act, or to register or qualify under the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction, any shares of Common Stock, security or interest in a security paid or issued under, or created by, the Plan, or to continue in effect any such registrations or qualifications if made.

As a condition to the exercise of an Option or any other receipt of Common Stock pursuant to an Award under the Plan, the Company may require (a) the Participant to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise or receipt that such shares are being purchased or received only for the Participant’s own account and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares and (b) such other action or agreement by the Participant as may from time to time be necessary to comply with the federal, state and foreign securities laws. At the option of the Company, a stop-transfer order against any such shares may be placed on the official stock books and records of the Company, and a legend indicating that such shares may not be pledged, sold or otherwise transferred, unless an opinion of counsel is provided (concurred in by counsel for the Company) stating that such transfer is not in violation of any applicable law or regulation, may be stamped on stock certificates to ensure exemption from registration. The Committee may also require the Participant to execute and deliver to the Company a purchase agreement or such other agreement as may be in use by the Company at such time that describes certain terms and conditions applicable to the shares.

To the extent the Plan or any instrument evidencing an Award provides for issuance of stock certificates to reflect the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the issuance may be effected on a noncertificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules of any stock exchange.

15.3 Indemnification

Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Board, or a committee appointed by the Board, or an officer of the Company to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Section 3 shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such person in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which such person may be a party or in which such person may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by such person in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by such person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such claim, action, suit or proceeding against such person; provided, however, that such person shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before such person undertakes to handle and defend it on such person’s own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability or expense is a result of such person’s own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute.

 

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The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such person may be entitled under the Company’s bye-laws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or of any power that the Company may have to indemnify or hold harmless.

15.4 No Rights as a Shareholder

Unless otherwise provided by the Committee or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement, no Option, Stock Appreciation Right, or Award denominated in units shall entitle the Participant to any cash dividend, voting or other right of a shareholder unless and until the date of issuance under the Plan of the shares that are the subject of such Award.

15.5 Global Participants

The Committee shall have the authority to adopt such modifications, procedures and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of any countries in which the Company or any Related Company may operate, to ensure the viability of the benefits from Awards granted to Participants employed in such countries, to comply with applicable laws and to meet the objectives of the Plan.

15.6 No Trust or Fund

The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan. Nothing contained herein shall require the Company to segregate any monies or other property, or shares of Common Stock, or to create any trusts, or to make any special deposits for any immediate or deferred amounts payable to any Participant, and no Participant shall have any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

15.7 Successors

All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all the business and/or assets of the Company.

15.8 Severability

If any provision of the Plan or any Award is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or, if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the Committee’s determination, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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15.9 Choice of Law

The Plan, all Awards granted thereunder and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto shall be governed by the laws of Bermuda without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

SECTION 16. EFFECTIVE DATE

The effective date (the “Effective Date”) is the date on which the Plan is adopted by the Board.

 

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PLAN ADOPTION AND AMENDMENTS/ADJUSTMENTS

SUMMARY PAGE

 

Date of Board

Action

   Action   

Section/Effect of

Amendment

   Date of Shareholder
Approval
March 8, 2023    Initial Plan Adoption       N/A
September 18, 2024    Adjustments   

Updates to reflect

Redomiciliation

   N/A

Exhibit 107

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

Form S-8

(Form Type)

TEEKAY CORPORATION LTD.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

               
Security Type  

Security

Class

Title

  Fee
Calculation
Rule
  Amount
Registered(1)
  Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Unit
 

Maximum

Aggregate Offering

Price

 

Fee

Rate

 

Amount of
Registration

Fee

               
Equity   Common Shares   Other   4,910,345(2)   $9.16(3)   $44,978,760.20   0.0001531   $6,886.25
               
Equity   Common Shares   Other   742,385(4)   $9.16(3)   $6,800,246.60   0.0001531   $1,041.12
               
Equity   Common Shares   Other   506,579(5)   $5.81(6)   $2,943,223.99   0.0001531   $450.61
               
Equity   Common Shares   Other   4,032,326(7)   $7.74(8)   $31,210,203.24   0.0001531   $4,778.28
         
Total Offering Amounts     $85,932,434.03     $13,156.26
         
Total Fee Offsets         $— 
         
Net Fee Due               $13,156.26

 

(1) 

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional common shares, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Shares”), of Teekay Corporation Ltd. (the “Registrant”) that become issuable under the Teekay Corporation Ltd. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”) and the Teekay Corporation Ltd. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2023 Plan”, and together with the 2013 Plan, the “Plans”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of Common Shares.

(2) 

This Registration Statement registers 4,313,489 of the Registrant’s Common Shares available for issuance under the 2023 Plan and 596,856 of the Registrant’s Common Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding awards under the 2023 Plan.

(3) 

Estimated in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The price for the Common Shares being registered hereby is based on a price of $9.16 per Common Share, which is the average of the high ($9.24) and low ($9.07) trading prices for Common Shares of the Registrant on September 25, 2024, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.

(4) 

This Registration Statement registers 742,385 of the Registrant’s Common Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding awards under the 2013 Plan.

(5) 

Represents 506,579 of the Registrant’s Common Shares authorized to be issued upon the exercise of outstanding stock options under the 2023 Plan.

(6) 

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, and based on $5.81, which is the weighted average exercise price (rounded up to the nearest cent) of the outstanding stock options under the 2023 Plan.

(7) 

Represents 4,032,326 of the Registrant’s Common Shares authorized to be issued upon the exercise of outstanding stock options under the 2013 Plan.

(8) 

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, and based on $7.74, which is the weighted average exercise price (rounded up to the nearest cent) of the outstanding stock options under the 2013 Plan.


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