In this Instrument
“interested party” means
(a) for a take-over bid including an insider bid, the offeror or a joint actor with the offeror,
(b) for an issuer bid
(i) the issuer, and
(ii) any control person of the issuer, or any person that would reasonably be expected to be a control person of the issuer upon successful completion of the issuer bid,
(c) for a business combination, a related party of the issuer at the time the transaction is agreed to, if the related party
(i) would, as a consequence of the transaction, directly or indirectly acquire the issuer or the business of the issuer, or combine with the issuer, through an amalgamation, arrangement or otherwise, whether alone or with joint actors,
(ii) is a party to any connected transaction to the business combination, or
(iii) is entitled to receive, directly or indirectly, as a consequence of the transaction
(A) consideration per affected security that is not identical in amount and form to the entitlement of the general body of holders in Canada of securities of the same class,
(B) a collateral benefit, or
(C) consideration for securities of a class of equity securities of the issuer if the issuer has more than one outstanding class of equity securities, unless that consideration is not greater than the entitlement of the general body of holders in Canada of every other class of equity securities of the issuer in relation to the voting and financial participating interests in the issuer represented by the respective securities, and
(d) for a related party transaction, a related party of the issuer at the time the transaction is agreed to, if the related party
(i) is a party to the transaction, unless it is a party only in its capacity as a holder of affected securities and is treated identically to the general body of holders in Canada of securities of the same class on a per security basis, or
(ii) is entitled to receive, directly or indirectly, as a consequence of the transaction
(A) a collateral benefit, or
(B) a payment or distribution made to one or more holders of a class of equity securities of the issuer if the issuer has more than one outstanding class of equity securities, unless the amount of that payment or distribution is not greater than the entitlement of the general body of holders in Canada of every other class of equity securities of the issuer in relation to the voting and financial participating interests in the issuer represented by the respective securities;