I-3 - Taxation Act

Section 21.11.12 Disposition versions

2015-10-26

21.11.12. For the purposes of this chapter, the following rules apply:

(a)  where at any particular time after 15 December 1987, otherwise than pursuant to a written arrangement entered into before 16 December 1987, the terms or conditions of a share of the capital stock of a corporation that are relevant to any matter referred to in any of paragraphs a and b of section 21.11.11 or d and f of this section are established or modified, or any agreement in respect of any such matter to which the corporation or a specified person in relation to it is a party, is entered into or changed, the share is deemed after that particular time to have been issued at that particular time;

(b)  where, at any particular time after 15 December 1987, a particular share of the capital stock of a corporation has been issued or its terms or conditions have been modified or an agreement in respect of the share is entered into or modified, the particular share is deemed after that particular time to have been issued at that particular time and to be a short-term preferred share of the corporation, if it may reasonably be considered, having regard to all the circumstances, including the rate of interest on any debt obligation or the dividend provided on any short-term preferred share, that

i.  but for the existence at any time of such a debt obligation or such a short-term preferred share, the particular share would not have been issued or its terms or conditions modified or the agreement in respect of the share would not have been entered into or modified;

ii.  one of the main purposes for the issue of the particular share or the modification of its terms or conditions or the entering into or modification of the agreement in respect of the share was to avoid or limit the tax payable under subsection 1 of section 191.1 of the Income Tax Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter 1, 5th Supplement);

(c)  where at any particular time after 15 December 1987, otherwise than pursuant to a written arrangement entered into before 16 December 1987, the terms or conditions of a share of the capital stock of a corporation are established or modified or any agreement in respect of the share has been entered into or changed, and as a consequence thereof the corporation or a specified person in relation to it may reasonably be expected to acquire, cancel or redeem the share, in whole or in part, otherwise than by reason of the death of the shareholder or by reason only of a right to convert or exchange the share that would not cause the share to be a short-term preferred share by reason of paragraph b of section 21.11.11, or to reduce its paid-up capital, within five years from the particular time, the share is deemed to have been issued at that particular time and to be a short-term preferred share of the corporation from the particular time until the time that such reasonable expectation ceases to exist;

(d)  where a share of the capital stock of a corporation was issued after 15 December 1987 and at the time the share was issued the existence of the corporation was, or there was an arrangement under which it could be, limited to a period that was within five years from the date of its issue, the share is deemed to be a short-term preferred share of the corporation unless

i.  the share is a grandfathered share and the arrangement is a written arrangement entered into before 16 December 1987, or

ii.  the share is issued to an individual after 14 April 2005 under an agreement referred to in section 48, if at the time the individual last acquired a right under the agreement to acquire a share of the capital stock of the corporation, the existence of the corporation was not, and no arrangement was in effect under which it could be, limited to a period that was within five years from that time;

(e)  where a share of the capital stock of a corporation is acquired at any time after 15 December 1987 by the corporation or a specified person in relation to it and the share is at any particular time after that time acquired from the corporation or a specified person in relation to it by a person with whom the corporation or a specified person in relation to it was dealing at arm’s length if this Part were read without reference to paragraph b of section 20, the share is deemed after that particular time to have been issued at that particular time;

(f)  where at any particular time after 15 December 1987, otherwise than pursuant to a written arrangement entered into before 16 December 1987, as a result of the terms or conditions of a share of the capital stock of a corporation or any agreement entered into by the corporation or a specified person in relation to it, any person, other than the corporation or an individual other than a trust, was obligated, either absolutely or contingently and either immediately or in the future, to effect any undertaking within five years after the date on which the share was issued, including any guarantee, covenant or agreement to purchase or repurchase the share, and including the lending of funds to or the placing of amounts on deposit with, or on behalf of, the shareholder or a specified person in relation to the shareholder, the share is deemed after that particular time to have been issued at the particular time and to be at and immediately after the particular time a short-term preferred share, if the undertaking is given

i.  to ensure that any loss that the shareholder or a specified person in relation to the shareholder may sustain by reason of the ownership, holding or disposition of the share or any other property is limited in any respect, and

ii.  as part of a transaction or event or series of transactions or events that included the issuance of the share;

(g)  for the purposes of paragraph f where the undertaking referred to therein in respect of a share is given after 15 December 1987, otherwise than pursuant to a written arrangement entered into before 16 December 1987, the share is deemed to have been issued at that time and the undertaking is deemed to have been given as part of a series of transactions that included the issuance of the share;

(h)  a share that is, at the time a dividend is paid thereon, a share described in section 21.6.1 during the applicable time period referred to in that section or a prescribed share is, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, deemed not to be a short-term preferred share at that time;

(i)  the expression “specified person” has the meaning assigned by paragraph f of section 21.11.16.

1990, c. 59, s. 23; 1997, c. 3, s. 71; 2003, c. 2, s. 10; 2015, c. 24, s. 16.

2006-03-01

21.11.12. For the purposes of this chapter, the following rules apply:

(a)  where at any particular time after 15 December 1987, otherwise than pursuant to a written arrangement entered into before 16 December 1987, the terms or conditions of a share of the capital stock of a corporation that are relevant to any matter referred to in any of paragraphs a and b of section 21.11.11 or d and f of this section are established or modified, or any agreement in respect of any such matter to which the corporation or a specified person in relation to it is a party, is entered into or changed, the share is deemed after that particular time to have been issued at that particular time;

(b)  where, at any particular time after 15 December 1987, a particular share of the capital stock of a corporation has been issued or its terms or conditions have been modified or an agreement in respect of the share is entered into or modified, the particular share is deemed after that particular time to have been issued at that particular time and to be a short-term preferred share of the corporation, if it may reasonably be considered, having regard to all the circumstances, including the rate of interest on any debt obligation or the dividend provided on any short-term preferred share, that

i.  but for the existence at any time of such a debt obligation or such a short-term preferred share, the particular share would not have been issued or its terms or conditions modified or the agreement in respect of the share would not have been entered into or modified;

ii.  one of the main purposes for the issue of the particular share or the modification of its terms or conditions or the entering into or modification of the agreement in respect of the share was to avoid or limit the tax payable under subsection 1 of section 191.1 of the Income Tax Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter 1, 5th Supplement);

(c)  where at any particular time after 15 December 1987, otherwise than pursuant to a written arrangement entered into before 16 December 1987, the terms or conditions of a share of the capital stock of a corporation are established or modified or any agreement in respect of the share has been entered into or changed, and as a consequence thereof the corporation or a specified person in relation to it may reasonably be expected to acquire, cancel or redeem the share, in whole or in part, otherwise than by reason of the death of the shareholder or by reason only of a right to convert or exchange the share that would not cause the share to be a short-term preferred share by reason of paragraph b of section 21.11.11, or to reduce its paid-up capital, within five years from the particular time, the share is deemed to have been issued at that particular time and to be a short-term preferred share of the corporation from the particular time until the time that such reasonable expectation ceases to exist;

(d)  where a share of the capital stock of a corporation was issued after 15 December 1987 and at the time the share was issued the existence of the corporation was, or there was an arrangement under which it could be, limited to a period that was within five years from the date of its issue, the share is deemed to be a short-term preferred share of the corporation unless the share is a grandfathered share and the arrangement is a written arrangement entered into before 16 December 1987;

(e)  where a share of the capital stock of a corporation is acquired at any time after 15 December 1987 by the corporation or a specified person in relation to it and the share is at any particular time after that time acquired from the corporation or a specified person in relation to it by a person with whom the corporation or a specified person in relation to it was dealing at arm’s length if this Part were read without reference to paragraph b of section 20, the share is deemed after that particular time to have been issued at that particular time;

(f)  where at any particular time after 15 December 1987, otherwise than pursuant to a written arrangement entered into before 16 December 1987, as a result of the terms or conditions of a share of the capital stock of a corporation or any agreement entered into by the corporation or a specified person in relation to it, any person, other than the corporation or an individual other than a trust, was obligated, either absolutely or contingently and either immediately or in the future, to effect any undertaking within five years after the date on which the share was issued, including any guarantee, covenant or agreement to purchase or repurchase the share, and including the lending of funds to or the placing of amounts on deposit with, or on behalf of, the shareholder or a specified person in relation to the shareholder, the share is deemed after that particular time to have been issued at the particular time and to be at and immediately after the particular time a short-term preferred share, if the undertaking is given

i.  to ensure that any loss that the shareholder or a specified person in relation to the shareholder may sustain by reason of the ownership, holding or disposition of the share or any other property is limited in any respect, and

ii.  as part of a transaction or event or series of transactions or events that included the issuance of the share;

(g)  for the purposes of paragraph f where the undertaking referred to therein in respect of a share is given after 15 December 1987, otherwise than pursuant to a written arrangement entered into before 16 December 1987, the share is deemed to have been issued at that time and the undertaking is deemed to have been given as part of a series of transactions that included the issuance of the share;

(h)  a share that is, at the time a dividend is paid thereon, a share described in section 21.6.1 during the applicable time period referred to in that section or a prescribed share is, notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, deemed not to be a short-term preferred share at that time;

(i)  the expression “specified person” has the meaning assigned by paragraph f of section 21.11.16.

1990, c. 59, s. 23; 1997, c. 3, s. 71; 2003, c. 2, s. 10.