{"id":8534,"date":"2015-05-07T16:48:17","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T20:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.edilex.com\/precisions-sur-la-notion-de-changement-de-controle\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:58:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:58:11","slug":"precisions-sur-la-notion-de-changement-de-controle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edilex.com\/fr\/blog\/2015\/05\/07\/precisions-sur-la-notion-de-changement-de-controle\/","title":{"rendered":"Pr\u00e9cisions sur la notion de changement de contr\u00f4le"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malgr\u00e9 l’emploi fr\u00e9quent des termes \u00abchangement de contr\u00f4le\u00bb dans certains types de conventions, cette notion demeure une source de confusion. Dans un jugement r\u00e9cent<\/span><\/a>, la Cour sup\u00e9rieure a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que la notion de changement de contr\u00f4le dans le contrat d’emploi du demandeur n\u00e9cessite une acquisition permettant de nommer une majorit\u00e9 des membres du conseil d’administration.<\/p>\n

Cette affaire oppose le demandeur M. Dumont, vice-pr\u00e9sident d\u00e9veloppement durable (\u00abDumont\u00bb), \u00e0 son employeur, Rona inc. (\u00abRona\u00bb). Dans sa r\u00e9clamation, Dumont all\u00e8gue avoir fait l’objet d’un cong\u00e9diement r\u00e9sultant d’un changement de contr\u00f4le. Ce faisant, il pr\u00e9tend que l’article 7.2 de son contrat d’emploi lui donne droit aux \u00e9moluments du R\u00e9gime d’option d’achat d’actions et du \u00abShare Unit Plan\u00bb de Rona. Cet article pr\u00e9voit que pour y avoir droit, le cong\u00e9diement doit survenir, au plus tard, dans les 8 mois suivant le changement de contr\u00f4le.<\/p>\n

Or, la Cour est d’avis que bien que le cong\u00e9diement de Dumont s’inscrive dans un contexte o\u00f9 Lowes, une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 am\u00e9ricaine, souhaite acheter les actions de Rona, aucun changement de contr\u00f4le n’a eu lieu. Plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment, la question \u00e0 trancher se r\u00e9sume \u00e0 d\u00e9terminer si un changement de contr\u00f4le est survenu dans les 8 mois pr\u00e9c\u00e9dant le cong\u00e9diement.<\/p>\n

De son c\u00f4t\u00e9, Dumont est d’avis que la Cour doit analyser la question en proc\u00e9dant \u00e0 une analyse de facto<\/em>, tandis que Rona estime que l’analyse de jure<\/em> est appropri\u00e9e. La Cour adopte l’approche de Rona, en pr\u00e9cisant toutefois que sa conclusion serait la m\u00eame dans les deux cas.<\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s avoir examin\u00e9 les pr\u00e9tentions des parties, elle est d’avis que la d\u00e9finition de changement de contr\u00f4le en vertu du contrat d’emploi de Dumont est claire. De plus, en s’appuyant sur la l\u00e9gislation applicable en mati\u00e8re de valeurs mobili\u00e8res, la Cour d\u00e9finit la notion de changement de contr\u00f4le comme suit:<\/p>\n

[96] Ainsi, \u00e0 chaque occasion qu’une personne acqui\u00e8re un nombre suffisant de titres, lui permettant d’\u00e9lire la majorit\u00e9 du conseil d’administration, il survient un changement de contr\u00f4le qui doit \u00eatre rapport\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Elle distingue \u00e9galement la notion de changement mat\u00e9riel de celle de changement de contr\u00f4le :<\/p>\n

<\/a>[120] On constate que la notion de contr\u00f4le d\u00e9pend du pourcentage des droits de vote que d\u00e9tient un actionnaire et la notion de changement mat\u00e9riel d\u00e9pend d\u2019un changement dans les activit\u00e9s ou un autre \u00e9l\u00e9ment important au sein de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9.<\/p>\n

[121] \u00a0Un tel changement n\u2019\u00e9quivaut pas n\u00e9cessairement \u00e0 un changement de contr\u00f4le et avec \u00e9gards, le Tribunal estime que M. Dumont confond les deux notions.<\/p>\n

Les raisons pour lesquelles la Cour a conclu \u00e0 l’absence d’un changement de contr\u00f4le en l’esp\u00e8ce sont nombreuses. Or, voici celles ayant attir\u00e9 davantage notre attention.<\/p>\n

Dans les faits, la Caisse de d\u00e9p\u00f4t et de placements (la \u00abCaisse\u00bb) n’a jamais d\u00e9tenu plus de 20% des droits de vote. Ainsi, le refus du plan de privatisation de Rona par la Caisse n’\u00e9tait pas une tentative de cette derni\u00e8re d’exercer le contr\u00f4le de Rona. En effet, elle ne disposait pas d’un nombre d’actions lui permettant d’\u00e9lire la majorit\u00e9 des administrateurs de Rona.<\/p>\n

De plus, la Cour est d’avis qu’on ne peut conclure \u00e0 un changement de contr\u00f4le du fait que Rona ait sollicit\u00e9 le vice-pr\u00e9sident des finances en attendant qu’un nouveau pr\u00e9sident soit nomm\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Enfin, la Cour pr\u00e9cise que comme le d\u00e9veloppement durable \u00abn’a jamais occup\u00e9 une place capitale dans la strat\u00e9gie commerciale de Rona\u00bb, l’abandon de cette strat\u00e9gie, incluant le cong\u00e9diement de Dumont, ne constitue pas un changement de contr\u00f4le.<\/p>\n

Ainsi, puisque personne n’a acquis suffisamment d’actions de Rona pour pouvoir \u00e9lire la majorit\u00e9 des membres du conseil d’administration, aucun changement de contr\u00f4le n’est survenu. La Cour n’a donc pas pu donner effet \u00e0 l’article 7.2 du contrat d’emploi de Dumont.<\/p>\n

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