20. A carrier holding corporation may refuse to accept any subscription for, issue, register the transfer of, purchase or otherwise acquire, any of its voting shares unless a declaration is submitted to the carrier holding corporation and the carrier holding corporation determines that the effect of the information appearing on the declaration, together with any other information in any books or records of the carrier holding corporation, or the Canadian carrier or either of their transfer agents or registrars is that the subscription, issue, transfer, purchase or acquisition would not ...[+++] result in

(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 mad ...[+++]e 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; ...

As for the subscription right method, it has been under attack in court in the United States, because in fact if the policy holders receiving subscription rights don't have the money to buy those shares of the company that is demutualizing, they completely lose their interest.

reconcile the subscription orders with the subscription proceeds, and the number of units or shares issued with the subscription proceeds received by the AIF.

4. This Article shall apply to the issue of all securities which are convertible into shares or which carry the right to subscribe for shares, but not to the conversion of such securities, nor to the exercise of the right to subscribe.

6. Paragraphs 1 to 5 shall apply to the issue of all securities which are convertible into shares or which carry the right to subscribe for shares, but not to the conversion of such securities, nor to the exercise of the right to subscribe.