93.248. A corporation may acquire and hold bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued by a corporation incorporated in Canada and carrying on business in Québec(1) if they are secured by privilege or first hypothec on real estate or equipment or by pledge of evidences of indebtedness admissible as investments under this division;
(2) if they are secured by first privilege on equipment and if the corporation has paid in full the interest on its other debts during the ten years preceding the acquisition; or
(3) if the common shares of the corporation are listed on a recognized Canadian Stock Exchange and if the corporation, during each of the five years preceding the acquisition, has earned and paid on its common shares a dividend at least equal to 4% of their book value.