Cooperative Credit Associations Act (S.C. 1991, c. 48)

Marginal note:Sale by association

• 233.1 (1) An association may sell all or substantially all of its assets to a financial institution incorporated by or under an Act of Parliament, a central cooperative credit society for which an order has been made under subsection 473(1), a bank holding company or an authorized foreign bank in respect of its business in Canada if the purchasing financial institution, central cooperative credit society, bank holding company or authorized foreign bank assumes all or substantially all of the liabilities of the association.

• Marginal note:Sale agreement

  (2) An agreement of purchase and sale (in subsection (3), section 233.2, subsections 233.3(1) and (4) and section 233.5 referred to as a “sale agreement”) must set out the terms of, and means of effecting, the sale of assets referred to in subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Consideration

  (3) Despite anything in this Act, the consideration for a sale referred to in subsection (1) may be cash or fully paid securities of the purchasing financial institution, central cooperative credit society for which an order has been made under subsection 473(1), bank holding company or authorized foreign bank or in part cash and in part fully paid securities of the purchasing financial institution, central cooperative credit society, bank holding company or authorized foreign bank or any other consideration that is provided for in the sale agreement.

• Meaning of “authorized foreign bank” and “bank holding company”

  (4) In this section, “authorized foreign bank” and “bank holding company” have the meaning assigned to those expressions by section 2 of the Bank Act.

Marginal note:Agreement to Superintendent

233.2 A sale agreement must be sent to the Superintendent before it is submitted to members and shareholders of the selling association under subsection 233.3(1).

Marginal note:Approval

• 233.3 (1) The directors of a selling association shall submit a sale agreement for approval to a meeting of the members, and to a meeting of shareholders, of the association and, subject to subsection (3), to the holders of each class or series of shares of the association.

• Marginal note:Right to vote

  (2) Each share of a selling association carries the right to vote in respect of a sale referred to in subsection 233.1(1) whether or not the share otherwise carries the right to vote.

• Marginal note:Class vote

  (3) The holders of shares of a class or series of shares of a selling association are entitled to vote separately as a class or series in respect of a sale referred to in subsection 233.1(1) only if the shares of the class or series are affected by the sale in a manner different from the shares of another class or series.

• Marginal note:Special resolution

  (4) A sale agreement is approved when the members and shareholders, and the holders of each class or series of shares entitled to vote separately as a class or series under subsection (3), of the selling association have approved the sale by special resolution.