851.22.33. For the purposes of the definition of “Canadian affiliate” in section 851.22.32, where an entrant bank was formed because of a qualifying foreign merger, after 11 February 1999 of two or more corporations, in this section referred to as “predecessors”, and at the time immediately before the merger, there were one or more Canadian corporations, in this section referred to as “predecessor affiliates”, each of which at that time would have been a Canadian affiliate of a predecessor if the predecessor were an entrant bank at that time, the following rules apply: (a) each predecessor affiliate is deemed to have been affiliated with the entrant bank throughout the period that began on 11 February 1999 and ended at the time of the merger;
(b) the expression “entrant bank” in subparagraph iii of paragraph b of the definition of “Canadian affiliate” is deemed to include a predecessor; and
(c) if two or more of the predecessor affiliates are amalgamated or merged after 11 February 1999 to form a new corporation, the new corporation is deemed to have been affiliated with the entrant bank throughout the period that began on 11 February 1999 and ended at the time of the amalgamation or merger of the predecessor affiliates.