Bill C-5
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Power to issue
investment
shares
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135. Subject to this Act, the articles, the
by-laws and any unanimous agreement, mem
bership shares may only be issued to mem
bers, and investment shares may be issued to
any person, at any time and for money or in
exchange for any thing or service that the
directors may determine.
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Payment for
investment
shares
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136. (1) A cooperative may not issue an
investment share until it is fully paid in money,
or past service or any other thing that is not less
in value than the fair equivalent of the money
that the cooperative would have received if
the investment share had been issued for
money, but neither a promissory note nor a
promise to pay made by a person to whom the
investment shares are issued or a person not
dealing at arm's length with that person is
acceptable in payment of an investment share.
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Payment for
membership
shares
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(2) Membership shares may be paid for in
money, or past service or any other thing that
is not less in value than the fair equivalent of
the money that the cooperative would have
received if the membership share had been
issued for money.
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Borrowing
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137. Unless the articles, the by-laws or a
unanimous agreement provide otherwise, the
articles of a cooperative are deemed to state
that the directors may, subject to subsection
126(2), without the authorization of the mem
bers or shareholders,
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Stated capital
account
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138. (1) A cooperative that is authorized to
issue shares must maintain a stated capital
account for each class and series of shares that
it issues.
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Amounts
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(2) A cooperative must add to the appropri
ate stated capital account the full amount of
any money, or the value or any thing or
service, that it receives for shares it issues.
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Exception for
non-arm's
length
transactions
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(3) Despite subsection (2), a cooperative
may, subject to subsection (4), add to the
stated capital accounts maintained for the
shares of classes or series the whole or any part
of the amount of the money, or the value of the
things and services, it receives in an exchange
if the cooperative issues shares
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Limit on
addition to a
stated capital
account
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(4) On the issue of a share, a cooperative
may not add to a stated capital account in
respect of the share it issues an amount greater
than the amount of the money, or the value of
the thing or service, it received for the share.
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Constraint on
addition to a
stated capital
account
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(5) The proposed addition of an amount to
a stated capital account maintained by a
cooperative in respect of a class or series of
shares must be approved in advance by a
special resolution of the members and, if the
cooperative has issued investment shares, by
a separate special resolution of the sharehold
ers, the class of shareholders or the holders of
the series of investment shares that is affected
by the special resolution, if
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Membership
share
inclusion
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(6) For greater certainty, if a cooperative
issues membership shares with a par value, the
cooperative is deemed, for the purposes of
subsection 147(2), sections 151 and 154 and
paragraphs 160(1)(d) and 299(2)(d), to have a
stated capital account for its membership
shares that includes each amount that has been
received by the cooperative for the member
ship shares.
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Other
additions to
stated capital
account
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139. (1) When a body corporate is contin
ued under this Act, it may add to a stated
capital account any money, or the value of any
thing or service, received by it for a share it
issued.
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Transitional
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(2) When a body corporate is continued
under this Act, subsection 138(2) does not
apply to the money, or the value of things or
services, received by it before it was so
continued unless the share in respect of which
the money, thing or service received is issued
after the body corporate is continued.
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Transitional
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(3) When a body corporate is continued
under this Act, any amount unpaid in respect
of a share issued by the body corporate before
it was so continued and paid after it was so
continued is added to the stated capital
account maintained for the shares of that class
or series.
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Continued
cooperative
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(4) For the purposes of subsection 147(2),
sections 151 and 154 and paragraphs
160(1)(d) and 299(2)(d), when a cooperative
is continued under this Act, its stated capital
account is deemed to include the amount that
would have been included if the cooperative
had been incorporated under this Act.
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Membership
shares with a
par value
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(5) When a cooperative is continued under
this Act, subsection 138(6) applies if the
cooperative has membership shares with a par
value.
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Restriction
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(6) A cooperative must not reduce its stated
capital or any stated capital account except in
the manner provided in this Act.
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Surplus
accounts
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140. Subject to subsection 138(5), a cooper
ative continued under this Act may at any time
add to a stated capital account any amount it
has credited to a retained earnings or other
surplus account.
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Shares not
assessable
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141. The shares of a cooperative are
non-assessable and the members and share
holders are not liable to the cooperative or to
its creditors in respect of them.
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Options and
rights
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142. (1) A cooperative may issue certifi
cates, warrants or other evidence of conver
sion privileges, options or rights to acquire
shares or securities of the cooperative.
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Conversion
for members
only
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(2) A conversion privilege, option or right
to acquire membership shares may be granted
only to members, and is non-transferable.
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Conditions
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(3) The conditions of the conversion privi
leges, options or rights must be set out in
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Transferabi- lity
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(4) Subject to subsection (2), conversion
privileges, options or rights to acquire securi
ties of a cooperative may be made transferable
or non-transferable, and options and rights to
acquire securities of a cooperative may be
made separable or inseparable from any
securities to which they are attached.
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Reserves
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143. If the articles limit the number of
authorized shares, the cooperative must re
serve sufficient authorized shares to meet the
exercise of any conversion privileges, or any
options or rights issued or granted by the
cooperative to acquire shares.
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Holding own
shares
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144. (1) Subject to sections 145 to 149, a
cooperative may not
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Disposal of
shares
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(2) A cooperative must cause any subsid
iary that holds shares in the cooperative
contrary to subsection (1) to dispose of those
shares no later than five years after the date on
which
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Exception for
holding own
shares
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145. (1) A cooperative may, and may permit
its subsidiaries to, hold, in the capacity of a
legal representative, shares in itself or in its
holding body corporate only if the coopera
tive, holding body corporate or subsidiary
does not have a beneficial interest in the
shares.
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Holding
shares by way
of security
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(2) A cooperative may hold shares in itself
or its holding body corporate by way of
security for the purposes of a transaction
entered into by it in the ordinary course of a
business that includes the lending of money.
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Redemption
of
membership
shares
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146. Subject to section 149, a cooperative
may at any time redeem any of its membership
shares, if issued on a par-value basis at par
value and if issued on a no-par-value basis in
accordance with the price or formula that is set
out in its articles, or, if no such price or
formula is set out in the articles, at a fair value.
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Acquisition of
investment
shares
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147. (1) Subject to its articles and to
subsection (2), a cooperative may at any time
acquire any investment share issued by it.
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Limitation
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(2) A cooperative may not make a payment
to acquire investment shares if there are
reasonable grounds to believe that
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Redemption
of investment
shares
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(3) Subject to section 149, a cooperative
may at any time redeem any of its investment
shares that are redeemable, in accordance
with any price or formula that may be set out
in its articles or, if the articles do not so
provide, at fair market value.
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Alternative
share
acquisition
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148. Despite section 146 and subsection
147(2), but subject to section 149 and to its
articles, a cooperative may acquire shares
issued by it
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Limitation on
acquisition or
redemption
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149. A cooperative may not make a pay
ment to acquire or redeem a share under
section 146 or 148 if there are reasonable
grounds to believe that
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Cancellation
or
resurrection
of shares
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150. Shares of a cooperative that are
redeemed or otherwise acquired by it are
cancelled or, if the articles limit the number of
authorized shares, restored to the status of
unissued shares.
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Reduction of
capital
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151. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a cooper
ative may reduce its stated capital for any
purpose, by special resolution of its members
and, if an investment share is proposed to be
affected by the reduction, by the holders of the
investment shares.
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Limitation on
reductions
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(2) A cooperative may not reduce its stated
capital if there are reasonable grounds to
believe that
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Exception
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(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a
reduction of stated capital that is not repre
sented by realizable assets.
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If several
stated capital
accounts
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(4) If a cooperative maintains more than
one stated capital account, the special resolu
tion to reduce stated capital required by
subsection (1) must specify the stated capital
account or accounts from which the reduction
will be deducted.
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Court order
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(5) A creditor of a cooperative may apply to
a court for an order compelling a person
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Limitation
period
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(6) No action may be commenced to
enforce a liability imposed by this section
more than two years after the date of the act
complained of.
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Adjustment of
stated capital
account
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152. (1) On a redemption or acquisition of
any of its shares, a cooperative must adjust the
stated capital account in relation to that share
by the ratio of the stated capital for that class
to that share.
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If special
resolution
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(2) A cooperative must adjust its stated
capital account in accordance with any special
resolution made under subsection 151(1).
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Class or series
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(3) On a conversion of investment shares of
a cooperative into investment shares of anoth
er class or series or a change under section
289, a reorganization under section 303 or the
redemption or exchange of investment shares
under an order made under section 340, the
cooperative must
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Stated capital
of
interconver- tible shares
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(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) and
subject to its articles, if a cooperative issues
two classes of investment shares and there is
attached to each such class a right to convert
an investment share of the one class into an
investment share of the other class, if an
investment share of one class is converted into
a share of the other class, the amount of stated
capital attributable to a share in either class is
the aggregate of the stated capital of both
classes divided by the number of issued
investment shares of both classes immediately
before the conversion.
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Exception
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(5) For the purposes of this section, a
cooperative holding shares in itself as per
mitted by section 145 is deemed not to have
redeemed or acquired them.
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Conversion or
change of
investment
shares
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(6) Investment shares issued by a coopera
tive and converted into shares of another class
or series or changed under section 289, or
subject to a reorganization under section 303
or the redemption or exchange of investment
shares under an order made under section 340,
become shares of the other class or series of
shares.
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Effect of
change of
investment
shares on
number of
unissued
shares
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(7) If the articles limit the number of
authorized shares of a class of investment
shares of a cooperative and issued shares of
that class or of a series of shares of that class
have become, under subsection (6), issued
investment shares of another class or series,
the number of unissued shares of the first-
mentioned class is, unless the articles provide
otherwise, increased by the number of invest
ment shares that, under subsection (6), be
came investment shares of another class or
series.
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Form of
dividend
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153. (1) A cooperative may pay a dividend
by issuing fully paid shares of the cooperative
and, subject to section 154, a cooperative may
pay a dividend in money or property, except
that membership shares may only be issued to
members.
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