7 March 2007 External T.I. 2005-0157381E5 - Regulation 6204 -- summary under Paragraph 6204(1)(a)

Although it would appear that Regulation 6204(1)(a)(i) would cause shares not to be prescribed shares if a loan agreement by the corporation stipulated that it would not pay a dividend of greater than 50% of cumulative net income under the terms of the loan agreement, a different response was given at the 1989 TEI Round Table so that the Directorate would be prepared to deal conclusively with this issue in the context of advance ruling request where all the facts and definitions of terms were known. Further, the TEI response only referred to Regulation 6204 and would not apply inter alia to the definition of "taxable preferred share" in s. 248(1).