Section 1.1(2) Affiliate – In this Instrument, an issuer is an affiliate of another issuer if
(a) one of them is the subsidiary of the other, or
(b) each of them is controlled by the same person or company.
Section 1.1(3) Control – In this Instrument, a person or company (first person or company) is considered to control another person or company (second person or company) if
(a) the first person or company beneficially owns or has control or direction over, whether direct or indirect, securities of the second person or company carrying votes which, if exercised, would entitle the first person or company to elect a majority of the directors of the second person or company, unless that first person or company holds the voting securities only to secure an obligation,
(b) the second person or company is a partnership, other than a limited partnership, and the first person or company holds more than 50 per cent of the interests of the partnership, or
(c) the second person or company is a limited partnership and the general partner of the limited partnership is the first person or company.
Section 1.1(4) Post-conversion beneficial ownership – In this Instrument, a person or company is considered to have, as of a given date, post-conversion beneficial ownership of a security, including an unissued security, if the person or company is the beneficial owner of a security convertible into the security within 60 days following that date or has a right or obligation permitting or requiring the person or company, whether or not on conditions, to acquire beneficial ownership of the security within 60 days, by a single transaction or a series of linked transactions.
Section 1.1(5) Significant shareholder based on post-conversion beneficial ownership – In this Instrument, a person or company is a significant shareholder based on post-conversion beneficial ownership if the person or company is not a significant shareholder but the person or company has beneficial ownership of, post-conversion beneficial ownership of, control or direction over, whether direct or indirect, or any combination of beneficial ownership of, post-conversion beneficial ownership of, or control or direction over, whether direct or indirect, securities of an issuer carrying more than 10 per cent of the voting rights attached to all the issuer’s outstanding voting securities, calculated in accordance with subsections (6) and (7).
Section 1.1(6) For the purposes of the calculation in subsection (5), an issuer’s outstanding voting securities include securities in respect of which a person or company has post-conversion beneficial ownership.
Section 1.1(7) For the purposes of the calculation in subsections (4) and (5), a person or company may exclude any securities held by the person or company as underwriter in the course of a distribution.