7.4. After a reduction of share capital and a repayment of capital are effected under the Act respecting the reduction of the share capital of legal persons established in the public interest and of their subsidiaries (chapter R-2.2.1), the Minister of Finance may also pay to the Company, out of the consolidated revenue fund, with prior approval of the Government and on the conditions it determines, an amount not exceeding the difference between the Company’s authorized capital and its issued and paid-up capital, for fully paid-up shares of its capital stock at par value and for which certificates shall be issued to him by the Company.