115.9. For the purposes of sections 115.5 to 115.8,(1) “shareholder” refers exclusively to a natural person who holds, directly or indirectly, shares that carry 20% or more of the voting rights in a legal person that is not a reporting issuer under the Securities Act (chapter V-1.1); (2) “loan of money” does not include a loan granted by insurers as defined by the Act respecting insurance (chapter A-32), financial services cooperatives as defined by the Act respecting financial services cooperatives (chapter C-67.3), trust companies or savings companies as defined by the Act respecting trust companies and savings companies (chapter S-29.01) or banks listed in Schedule I or II of the Bank Act (S.C. 1991, c. 46), insofar as those financial institutions are duly authorized to act in that capacity; (3) in the case of a conviction for an indictable offence, the administrative penalty does not apply if the person has obtained a pardon for the offence.