965.99. For the purposes of section 965.98, if the subsidiary, in this section referred to as the “particular subsidiary”, does not meet the requirement set out in subparagraph b of the first paragraph of that section and a winding-up as described in section 556 of a subsidiary within the meaning of that section, in this section referred to as the “other subsidiary”, in respect of which the particular subsidiary is, immediately before the winding-up, the parent within the meaning of that section, terminates within the 12-month period immediately before the date of the receipt for the final prospectus or of the exemption from filing a prospectus, the requirement is replaced by the following requirements:(a) the particular subsidiary shall, throughout the part of the period between the time the winding-up of the other subsidiary terminates and the time the winding-up referred to in the first paragraph of section 965.98 terminates, have had not fewer than five full-time employees who are neither insiders within the meaning of section 89 of the Securities Act (chapter V-1.1) nor persons related to such insiders; and
(b) the other subsidiary shall, throughout the part of the period immediately before the date of the receipt for the final prospectus or of the exemption from filing a prospectus that precedes the time its winding-up terminates, have had not fewer than five full-time employees who are neither insiders within the meaning of section 89 of the Securities Act nor persons related to such insiders.
For the purposes of subparagraph b of the first paragraph, the other subsidiary is deemed to have had not fewer than five full-time employees who are neither insiders within the meaning of section 89 of the Securities Act nor persons related to such insiders, if(a) a class of shares of its capital stock is listed on a Canadian stock exchange throughout the part of the period described in that subparagraph b; and
(b) a person, other than such an insider or a person related to such an insider, or a partnership provides the other subsidiary, in the part of the period referred to in subparagraph a, with services under a service contract and that other subsidiary would normally have required the services of more than five full-time employees if those services had not been provided.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, if the other subsidiary does not meet the requirement set out in subparagraph b of that paragraph and a winding-up as described in section 556 of a subsidiary within the meaning of that section, in this paragraph referred to as the “underlying subsidiary”, in respect of which the other subsidiary is, immediately before the winding-up, the parent within the meaning of that section, terminates within the 12-month period described in the first paragraph, the rules set out in subparagraphs a and b of the first paragraph apply to the other subsidiary and to the underlying subsidiary, respectively.
The rules of the first, second and third paragraphs apply, with the necessary modifications, to the requirement relating to the carrying on of a business set out in paragraph d of section 965.90.