Trust and Loan Companies Act (S.C. 1991, c. 45)

Marginal note:Directors’ and officers’ insurance

218. A company may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person referred to in section 217 against any liability incurred by the person

• (a) in the capacity of a director or an officer of the company, except where the liability relates to a failure to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the company; or

• (b) in the capacity of a director or officer of another entity or while acting in a similar capacity for another entity, if they act or acted in that capacity at the company’s request, except if the liability relates to a failure to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the entity.

Marginal note:Application to court for indemnification

• 219. (1) A company or a person referred to in section 217 may apply to a court for an order approving an indemnity under that section and the court may so order and make any further order it thinks fit.

• Marginal note:Notice to Superintendent

  (2) An applicant under subsection (1) shall give the Superintendent written notice of the application and the Superintendent is entitled to appear and to be heard at the hearing of the application in person or by counsel.

• Marginal note:Other notice

  (3) On an application under subsection (1), the court may order notice to be given to any interested person and that person is entitled to appear and to be heard in person or by counsel at the hearing of the application.

Marginal note:Incorporating instrument

220. On the application of a company duly authorized by special resolution, the Minister may approve a proposal to add, change or remove any provision that is permitted by this Act to be set out in the incorporating instrument of the company.

Marginal note:Letters patent to amend

• 221. (1) On receipt of an application referred to in section 220, the Minister may issue letters patent to effect the proposal.

• Marginal note:Effect of letters patent

  (2) Letters patent issued pursuant to subsection (1) become effective on the day stated in the letters patent.

Marginal note:By-laws

• 222. (1) The directors of a company may make, amend or repeal any by-laws, in the manner set out in subsections (2) and (3) and sections 223 to 227, to

  • (a) change the maximum number, if any, of shares of any class that the company is authorized to issue;

  • (b) create new classes of shares;

  • (c) change the designation of any or all of the company’s shares, and add, change or remove any rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions, including rights to accrued dividends, in respect of any or all of the company’s shares, whether issued or unissued;

  • (d) change the shares of any class or series, whether issued or unissued, into a different number of shares of the same class or series or into the same or a different number of shares of other classes or series;

  • (e) divide a class of shares, whether issued or unissued, into series and fix the maximum number of shares, if any, in each series and the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached thereto;

  • (f) authorize the directors to divide any class of unissued shares into series and fix the maximum number of shares, if any, in each series and the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached thereto;

  • (g) authorize the directors to change the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to unissued shares of any series;

  • (h) revoke, diminish or enlarge any authority conferred under paragraphs (f) and (g);

  • (i) increase or decrease the number of directors or the minimum or maximum number of directors, subject to subsection 163(1) and section 172;

  • (i.1) change the name of the company; or

  • (j) change the province in which the head office of the company is situated.

• Marginal note:Shareholder approval

  (2) The directors shall submit a by-law, or an amendment to or a repeal of a by-law, that is made under subsection (1) to the shareholders, and the shareholders may, by special resolution, confirm, amend or reject the by-law, amendment or repeal.

• Marginal note:Effective date of by-law

  (3) A by-law, or an amendment to or a repeal of a by-law, made under subsection (1) is not effective until it is confirmed or confirmed as amended by the shareholders under subsection (2) and, in the case of by-laws respecting a change to the name of the company, approved by the Superintendent.

• Marginal note:Letters patent

  (4) If the name of a company or the province in Canada in which the head office of the company is situated is changed under this section, the Superintendent may issue letters patent to amend the company’s incorporating instrument accordingly.

• Marginal note:Effect of letters patent

  (5) Letters patent issued under subsection (4) become effective on the day stated in the letters patent.