1. In this act,(a) “share” means an outstanding voting share, whether the right to vote is absolute or contingent;
(b) “major shareholder” means a personi. holding twenty per cent or more of the shares of a company;
ii. holding shares of a company which, added to the shares held by a person related to that person within the meaning of section 49 of the Act respecting insurance (chapter A-32), amount to twenty per cent or more of the shares of that company; or
iii. designated by the Minister as a major shareholder of a company in accordance with section 2;
(c) “Minister” means the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Cooperatives and Financial Institutions;
(d) “company” means a corporation incorporated under an act of Québec to make loans secured by hypothec or hypothecary claim, with or without complementary objects, whose assets, according to its latest yearly balance-sheet, are in excess of $100 millions.