44. Each of the following persons is a sophisticated purchaser to the extent that he subscribes for or purchases securities for his own account:(1) a company all of the voting securities of which belong to the Gouvernement du Québec, the Government of Canada or the government of a Canadian province, or to one of their departments or agencies;
(2) a bank governed by the Bank Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter B-1) or by the Quebec Savings Banks Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter B-4);
(3) a savings company holding a licence under the Act respecting trust companies and savings companies (chapter S-29.01) and a loan and savings society registered in accordance with the Loan and Investment Societies Act (chapter S-30);
(4) a federation or a confederation of savings and credit unions within the meaning of the Savings and Credit Unions Act (chapter C-4.1);
(5) the Caisse centrale Desjardins du Québec established under the Act respecting the Confédération des caisses populaires et d’économie Desjardins du Québec (1971, chapter 80);
(6) a trust company licensed under the Act respecting trust companies and savings companies;
(7) an insurance company licensed under the Act respecting insurance (chapter A-32);
(8) a municipal corporation, an urban community or regional community, a school corporation, the Conseil scolaire de l’île de Montréal, an intermunicipal management board or a public agency or body established pursuant to an Act of the Government of Canada or of the government of a Canadian province;
(9) a dealer or an adviser registered in conformity with section 148;
(10) a pension fund with assets of over $100 000 000 and governed by the Act respecting supplemental pension plans (chapter R-17) or the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter 32, 2nd Supplement);
(11) the subsidiary of a person mentioned in paragraph 2, 6 or 7, to the extent that such person holds all the voting securities;
(12) a person designated in an order of the Commission on such conditions as it may determine.