10. A cooperative or federation of cooperatives wishing to obtain the Minister’s authorization to issue preferred shares for the purposes of this Act must send the Minister a written application along with(1) an excerpt from the by-law of the cooperative or federation of cooperatives authorizing the issue of preferred shares;
(2) a copy of the resolution of the board of directors determining how the preferred shares are to be issued;
(3) an attestation signed by two directors certifying that the conditions set out in subparagraphs 1 to 4 of the first paragraph of section 3 or paragraphs 1 to 4 of section 4 have been met;
(4) an attestation signed by two directors certifying that the conditions set out in the second paragraph of section 3 have been met;
(5) the following information and documents:(a) a certificate signed by the auditor of the books of the cooperative or federation of cooperatives certifying that its capitalization rate is less than 60%, except in the case of a work cooperative or shareholding workers cooperative, or
(b) the information and documents specified in section 18 in respect of an expansion or development project;
(6) a certificate signed by the auditor of the books of the cooperative or federation of cooperatives certifying that the condition set out in subparagraph 6 of the first paragraph of section 3 or paragraph 6 of section 4 has been met;
(7) a copy of the last annual report of the cooperative or federation of cooperatives, subject, in the case of a cooperative, to the third paragraph of section 3; and
(8) any other information required in relation to the qualification of the cooperative or federation of cooperatives.