Significant Shareholder means any person who beneficially owns, directly
or indirectly, through entities controlled by such person or persons associated with or acting jointly or in concert with such person (as determined in accordance with the Bank Act (Canada)), shares of any class of the Bank in excess of 10%
of the total number of outstanding shares of that class in contravention of the Bank Act (Canada).
Subordinated
Indebtedness at any time means the Banks subordinated indebtedness within the meaning of the Bank Act.
Superintendent means the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) appointed pursuant to the Office of the
Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act (Canada).
surrender or delivery of a Note by a
Holder means: (a) with respect to any Definitive Notes or Global Notes in certificated form, delivery of the certificates representing such Notes and (b) with respect to any Notes or Global Notes in uncertificated form, delivery of a
written order signed by the Holder or Holders entitled to request that one or more actions be taken in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustees requesting one or more such actions to be taken in respect of such uncertificated Note,
and the terms surrendered and delivered have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Tax Act
has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.
Tax Event Date means the date on which:
(i) the Bank has received an opinion of independent counsel of a nationally recognized law firm in Canada experienced in such matters (who may
be counsel to the Bank) to the effect that, as a result of:
(A) any amendment to, clarification of, or change (including any announced
prospective change) in, the laws, or any regulations thereunder, or any application or interpretation thereof, of Canada or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, affecting taxation;
(B) any Administrative Action; or
(C) any amendment to, clarification of, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the official position with respect to or the
interpretation of any Administrative Action or any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to such Administrative Action that differs from the theretofore generally accepted position,
in each of case (A), (B) or (C), by any legislative body, court, governmental authority or agency, regulatory body or taxing authority in
Canada, irrespective of the manner in which such amendment, clarification, change, Administrative Action, interpretation or pronouncement is made known, which amendment, clarification, change or Administrative Action is effective or which
interpretation, pronouncement or Administrative Action is announced on or after the date of issue of the Notes, there is more than an insubstantial risk (assuming any proposed or announced amendment, clarification, change, interpretation,
pronouncement or Administrative Action is effective and applicable) that the Bank is, or may be, subject to more than a de minimis amount of
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