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Vol. 140, No. 36 September 9, 2006 Going-Private Transaction (Insurance Companies and Insurance Holding Companies) RegulationsStatutory authority Insurance Companies Act Sponsoring department Department of Finance REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT For the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement, see the Civil Remedies (Banks and Bank Holding Companies) Regulations. Notice is hereby given that the Governor in Council, pursuant to the definition "going-private transaction" in subsection 2(1) (see footnote 1) and subsection 1021(1) (see footnote 2) of the Insurance Companies Act (see footnote 3), proposes to make the annexed Going-Private Transaction (Insurance Companies and Insurance Holding Companies) Regulations. Interested persons may make representations with respect to the proposed Regulations within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. All such representations must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, and the date of this notice and be addressed to Mr. Gerry Salembier, Financial Sector Policy Branch, Department of Finance, L'Esplanade Laurier, 15th floor, East Tower, 140 O'Connor Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G5. Ottawa, August 25, 2006
MARY O'NEILL GOING-PRIVATE TRANSACTION (INSURANCE COMPANIES AND INSURANCE HOLDING COMPANIES) REGULATIONS INTERPRETATION 1. In these Regulations, "Act" means the Insurance Companies Act. "GOING-PRIVATE TRANSACTION" 2. (1) For the purpose of the definition "going-private transaction" in subsection 2(1) of the Act, "going-private transaction" means an amalgamation or other transaction involving a distributing company or a distributing insurance holding company, other than an acquisition of shares under section 308 of the Act, that results in the interest of a holder of participating securities of the company or insurance holding company being terminated without the consent of the holder and without the substitution of an interest of equivalent value in participating securities of the company or the insurance holding company or of another company or another insurance holding company that succeeds to the business of the company or the insurance holding company, which participating securities have rights and privileges that are equal to or greater than the affected participating securities. (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), "participating securities" means securities of a company or an insurance holding company that give the holder of the securities a right to share in the earnings of the company or insurance holding company and, after the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the company or insurance holding company, a right to share in its assets. COMING INTO FORCE 3. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered. [36-1-o] S.C. 2005, c. 54, s. 214(2) S.C. 2005, c. 54, s. 364 S.C. 1991, c. 47 |
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