58. For the purposes of this division, except section 53, and of sections 725.2, 725.2.2 and 725.3, if a particular qualifying person has entered into an arrangement under which one of its securities, or a security of a qualifying person with which it does not deal at arm’s length, is sold or issued by either person to a trustee to be held by the trustee in trust for sale to an employee of the particular qualifying person or of a qualifying person with which it does not deal at arm’s length, the following rules apply:(a) any particular right of the employee under the arrangement in respect of the security is deemed to be a right under a particular agreement referred to in section 48;
(b) any security acquired under the arrangement by the employee or by a person in whom the particular right has become vested is deemed to be a security acquired under the particular agreement referred to in section 48; and
(c) any amount paid or agreed to be paid to the trustee for any security acquired under the arrangement by the employee or by a person in whom the particular right has become vested is deemed to be an amount paid or agreed to be paid to the particular qualifying person for a security acquired under the particular agreement referred to in section 48.
However, section 53 does not apply to the case contemplated by this section.
1972, c. 23, s. 52; 1993, c. 16, s. 33; 1997, c. 3, s. 71; 1997, c. 14, s. 21; 2001, c. 53, s. 22; 2003, c. 2, s. 22.