Corporate articles and by-laws
Corporate articles
Great-West Lifeco Inc. was incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act on November 8, 1979 as 94972 Canada Inc. Its name was changed to Great-West Lifeco Inc. and its capital structure was reorganized by Certificate of Amendment dated May 15, 1986. Its Articles of Incorporation, as further amended, were restated by Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated August 7, 1997.
Since August 7, 1997 further amendments to the Articles of Incorporation have been made. Those amendments which are still in effect are as follows:
- November 6, 1997 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - Class A Preferred Shares, Series 1 Opens in a new window
- September 9, 1998 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - Common Shares Two-for-One Split Opens in a new window
- March 3, 1999 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series D Opens in a new window
- July 7, 2003 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series E and First Preferred Shares Series F Opens in a new window
- September 9, 2004 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series G Opens in a new window
- September 24, 2004 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - Common Shares Two-for-One Split effective October 6, 2004 Opens in a new window
- August 8, 2005 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series H Opens in a new window
- April 5, 2006 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series I Opens in a new window
- November 24, 2008 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series J and First Preferred Shares Series K Opens in a new window
- September 29, 2009 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series L Opens in a new window
- March 1, 2010 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series M Opens in a new window
- November 18, 2010 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series N Opens in a new window
- February 17, 2012 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series P Opens in a new window
- June 29, 2012 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series Q Opens in a new window
- October 4, 2012 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series R Opens in a new window
- May 16, 2014 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series S Opens in a new window
- May 15, 2017 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - First Preferred Shares Series T Opens in a new window
- May 3, 2018 - Certificate and Articles of Amendment - Increase in number of Directors from 21 to 22 Opens in a new window