77 (1) On a purchase, redemption or other acquisition by a bank of shares or fractions of shares, or of membership shares, issued by it, other than shares or membership shares acquired under section 72 or acquired through the realization of security and sold under subsection 73(2), the bank must deduct from the stated capital account maintained for the class or series of shares, or for the membership shares, as the case may be, so purchased, redeemed o ...[+++]r otherwise acquired an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying the stated capital in respect of the shares of that class or series, or in respect of the membership shares, as the case may be, by the number of shares of that class or series, or the number of membership shares, as the case may be, so purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired and dividing by the number of shares of that class or series, or the number of membership shares, as the case may be, outstanding immediately before the purchase, redemption or other acquisition.

(a) if a person has a substantial investment in a federal credit union under subparagraph (1)(c)(i) and the person, or any entity controlled by the person, purchases or otherwise acquires beneficial ownership of shares or membership shares of the federal credit union or acquires control of any entity that beneficially owns shares or membership shares of the federal credit union, the acquisition is deemed to cause the person to increase a substantial investment in the federal credit union if the percentage of the members’ and shareholders’ equity of the fe ...[+++]deral credit union represented by the aggregate of the shares and membership shares of the federal credit union beneficially owned by the person and by any entities controlled by the person exceeds 25 per cent of the members’ and shareholders’ equity of the federal credit union; or

(e) any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness, share, stock, unit, unit certificate, participation certificate, certificate of share or interest, preorganization certificate or subscription other than a contract of insurance issued by an insurance company or a fraternal benefit society incorporated or formed under the Insurance Companies Act or an insurance corporation incorporated by or under an Act of the legislature of a province, and an evidence of deposit issued by a bank, by an association to which the Cooperative Credit Associations Act applies, a central cooperative credit society for which an order has been made under subsection 473(1) of ...[+++] that Act or a cooperative credit society incorporated and regulated by or under an Act of the legislature of a province or by a body corporate to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies or a trust or loan corporation incorporated by or under an Act of the legislature of a province; (f) any agreement under which the interest of the purchaser is valued for purposes of conversion or surrender by reference to the value of a proportionate interest in a specified portfolio of assets, except a contract issued by an insurance company or a fraternal benefit society incorporated or formed under the Insurance Companies Act or an insurance corporation incorporated by or under an Act of the legislature of a province, which provides for payment at maturity of an amount not less than three quarters of the premiums paid by the purchaser for a benefit payable at maturity; (g) any agreement providing that money received will be repaid or treated as a subscription to shares, stock, units or interests at the option of the recipient or of any person or company; (h) any certificate of share or interest in a trust, estate or association; (i) any profit-sharing agreement or certificate;

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(ba) the holding of a majority share.