Canada Cooperatives Regulations

29 For the purpose of section 30, dissident means a person, other than the management of the cooperative or its affiliates and associates, by or on behalf of whom a solicitation is made, and includes a committee or group that solicits proxies, any member of the committee or group and any person whether or not named as a member who, acting alone or with one or more other persons, directly or indirectly, takes the initiative or engages in organizing, directing or financing the committee or group, except

• (a) a person who contributes not more than $250 and who is not otherwise a person by whom or on whose behalf the solicitation is made;

• (b) a bank or other lending institution or a broker or dealer that, in the ordinary course of business, lends money or executes orders for the purchase or sale of shares and is not otherwise a person by whom or on whose behalf the solicitation is made;

• (c) a person, retained or employed by a person by whom or on whose behalf a solicitation is made to solicit proxies, who is not otherwise a person by whom or on whose behalf a solicitation is made and whose activities are limited to the performance of duties in the course of the employment or retainment;

• (d) a person who only transmits proxy soliciting material or performs administrative or clerical duties in connection with the solicitation;

• (e) a person, retained or employed by a person by whom or on whose behalf a solicitation is made in the capacity of lawyer, accountant, publicity agent or financial or public relations adviser;

• (f) a person who is regularly employed as an officer or employee of the cooperative or any of its affiliates and who is not otherwise a person by whom or on whose behalf a solicitation is made; and

• (g) an officer or a director of, or a person employed by, a person by or on behalf of whom a solicitation is made, if the officer, director or employee is not otherwise a person by whom or on whose behalf a solicitation is made.