40. The applicant companies cannot amalgamate unless they show that(1) where the company resulting from the amalgamation is a savings company, the common shareholders’ equity is at least $3,000,000;
(2) where the company resulting from the amalgamation is a trust company, the common shareholders’ equity is at least $5,000,000 or, if it is provided that power to receive deposits is expressly excluded from its proposed activities, at least $3,000,000;
(3) it is expedient, for the convenience of the public, that a company be established in the locality where the head office of the company resulting from the amalgamation will be situated;
(4) each proposed director and officer is fit as to character and competence in view of the proposed activities;
(5) the project is financially feasible;
(6) the proposed activities will be carried on within a reasonable time;
(7) where one of the applicants is a trust company and the company resulting from the amalgamation is a savings company, arrangements have been made to the satisfaction of the Authority to transfer the business of the trust company that cannot legally be continued by a savings company, other than deposits, to another Québec trust company having a licence and capable of carrying on that business.