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GOING-PRIVATE TRANSACTIONS AND SQUEEZE-OUT TRANSACTIONS |
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Going-private
transactions
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193. A corporation may carry out a
going-private transaction. However, if there
are any applicable provincial securities laws,
a corporation may not carry out a
going-private transaction unless the
corporation complies with those laws.
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Squeeze-out
transactions
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194. A corporation may not carry out a
squeeze-out transaction unless, in addition to
any approval by holders of shares required by
or under this Act or the articles of the
corporation, the transaction is approved by
ordinary resolution of the holders of each class
of shares that are affected by the transaction,
voting separately, whether or not the shares
otherwise carry the right to vote. However, the
following do not have the right to vote on the
resolution:
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98. The Act is amended by adding the
following before section 206:
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PART XVII |
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COMPULSORY AND COMPELLED ACQUISITIONS |
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99. (1) The portion of subsection 206(1) of
the Act before the definition ``dissenting
offeree'' is replaced by the following:
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Definitions
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206. (1) The definitions in this subsection
apply in this Part.
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(2) The definition ``take-over bid'' in
subsection 206(1) of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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``take-over
bid'' « offre d'achat visant à la mainmise »
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``take-over bid'' means an offer made by an
offeror to shareholders of a distributing
corporation at approximately the same time
to acquire all of the shares of a class of
issued shares, and includes an offer made by
a distributing corporation to repurchase all
of the shares of a class of its shares.
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(3) Subsection 206(1) of the Act is
amended by adding the following in
alphabetical order:
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``offer'' « pollicitation »
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``offer'' includes an invitation to make an
offer.
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``offeree'' « pollicité »
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``offeree'' means a person to whom a
take-over bid is made.
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``offeree
corporation'' « société pollicitée »
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``offeree corporation'' means a distributing
corporation whose shares are the object of
a take-over bid.
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``offeror'' « pollicitant »
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``offeror'' means a person, other than an
agent, who makes a take-over bid, and
includes two or more persons who, directly
or indirectly,
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``share'' « action »
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``share'' means a share, with or without voting
rights, and includes
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(4) Paragraph 206(3)(a) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(5) Paragraph 206(3)(d) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(6) Subsections 206(5) and (6) of the Act
are replaced by the following:
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Share
certificate
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(5) A dissenting offeree to whom an
offeror's notice is sent under subsection (3)
shall, within twenty days after receiving the
notice,
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Deemed
election
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(5.1) A dissenting offeree who does not
notify the offeror in accordance with
subparagraph (5)(b)(ii) is deemed to have
elected to transfer the shares to the offeror on
the same terms on which the offeror acquired
the shares from the offerees who accepted the
take-over bid.
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Payment
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(6) Within twenty days after the offeror
sends an offeror's notice under subsection (3),
the offeror shall pay or transfer to the offeree
corporation the amount of money or other
consideration that the offeror would have had
to pay or transfer to a dissenting offeree if the
dissenting offeree had elected to accept the
take-over bid under subparagraph (5)(b)(i).
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(7) Section 206 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (7):
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When
corporation is
offeror
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(7.1) A corporation that is an offeror
making a take-over bid to repurchase all of the
shares of a class of its shares is deemed to hold
in trust for the dissenting shareholders the
money and other consideration that it would
have had to pay or transfer to a dissenting
offeree if the dissenting offeree had elected to
accept the take-over bid under subparagraph
(5)(b)(i), and the corporation shall, within
twenty days after a notice is sent under
subsection (3), deposit the money in a separate
account in a bank or other body corporate any
of whose deposits are insured by the Canada
Deposit Insurance Corporation or guaranteed
by the Quebec Deposit Insurance Board, and
shall place the other consideration in the
custody of a bank or such other body
corporate.
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(8) Subsections 206(8) and (9) of the Act
are replaced by the following:
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Duty of
offeree
corporation
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(8) Within thirty days after the offeror sends
a notice under subsection (3), the offeree
corporation shall
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Application to
court
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(9) If a dissenting offeree has elected to
demand payment of the fair value of the shares
under subparagraph (5)(b)(ii), the offeror may,
within twenty days after it has paid the money
or transferred the other consideration under
subsection (6), apply to a court to fix the fair
value of the shares of that dissenting offeree.
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(9) Subsection 206(13) of the French
version of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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Absence de
cautionnemen
t pour frais
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(13) Dans le cadre d'une demande visée aux
paragraphes (9) ou (10), les pollicités
dissidents ne sont pas tenus de fournir de
cautionnement pour les frais.
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(10) Paragraph 206(14)(a) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(11) Paragraph 206(18)(a) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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100. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 206:
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Obligation to
acquire shares
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206.1 (1) If a shareholder holding shares of
a distributing corporation does not receive an
offeror's notice under subsection 206(3), the
shareholder may
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require the offeror to acquire those shares.
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Conditions
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(2) If a shareholder requires the offeror to
acquire shares under subsection (1), the
offeror shall acquire the shares on the same
terms under which the offeror acquired or will
acquire the shares of the offerees who
accepted the take-over bid.
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1992, c. 27,
par. 90(1)(h)
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101. (1) Subsection 208(1) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Application of
Part
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208. (1) This Part, other than sections 209
and 212, does not apply to a corporation that
is an insolvent person or a bankrupt as those
terms are defined in subsection 2(1) of the
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.
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1992, c. 27,
par. 90(1)(h)
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(2) Subsection 208(2) of the English
version of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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Staying
proceedings
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(2) Any proceedings taken under this Part to
dissolve or to liquidate and dissolve a
corporation shall be stayed if the corporation
is at any time found, in a proceeding under the
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, to be an
insolvent person as defined in subsection 2(1)
of that Act.
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102. Subsections 209(2) to (4) of the Act
are replaced by the following:
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Articles of
revival
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(2) Articles of revival in the form that the
Director fixes shall be sent to the Director.
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Certificate of
revival
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(3) On receipt of articles of revival, the
Director shall issue a certificate of revival in
accordance with section 262, if
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Date of
revival
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(3.1) A body corporate is revived as a
corporation under this Act on the date shown
on the certificate of revival.
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Rights
preserved
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(4) Subject to any reasonable terms that
may be imposed by the Director, to the rights
acquired by any person after its dissolution
and to any changes to the internal affairs of the
corporation after its dissolution, the revived
corporation is, in the same manner and to the
same extent as if it had not been dissolved,
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Legal actions
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(5) Any legal action respecting the affairs of
a revived corporation taken between the time
of its dissolution and its revival is valid and
effective.
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Definition of
``interested
person''
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(6) In this section, ``interested person''
includes
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103. (1) Paragraph 210(3)(b) of the
French version of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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(2) Subsection 210(4) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Articles of
dissolution
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(4) Articles of dissolution in the form that
the Director fixes shall be sent to the Director.
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104. (1) Subsection 211(4) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Statement of
intent to
dissolve
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(4) A statement of intent to dissolve in the
form that the Director fixes shall be sent to the
Director.
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(2) Paragraph 211(7)(b) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(3) Subsection 211(10) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Revocation
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(10) At any time after issue of a certificate
of intent to dissolve and before issue of a
certificate of dissolution, a certificate of intent
to dissolve may be revoked by sending to the
Director a statement of revocation of intent to
dissolve in the form that the Director fixes, if
such revocation is approved in the same
manner as the resolution under subsection (3).
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(4) Subsection 211(14) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Articles of
dissolution
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(14) Articles of dissolution in the form that
the Director fixes shall be sent to the Director.
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1994, c. 24,
s. 25
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105. (1) Subsection 212(1) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Dissolution by
Director
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212. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3),
the Director may
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