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Changes to National Policy 11-206 Process for Cease to be a Reporting Issuer Applications
Changes to National Policy 11-206 Process for Cease to be a Reporting Issuer Applications
CHANGES TO NATIONAL POLICY 11-206 PROCESS FOR CEASE TO BE A REPORTING ISSUER APPLICATIONS
1. National Policy 11-206 Process for Cease to be a Reporting Issuer Applications is changed by this Document.
2. The third paragraph of section 14 is changed:
(a) by replacing the words “the number of Canadian securityholders who purchased securities pursuant to a prospection exemption and” with the words “whether Canadian security holders who purchased securities pursuant to a prospectus exemption”; and
(b) by replacing the last sentence with the following:
The issuer should provide an analysis of whether those Canadian security holders can rely on section 2.14, section 2.15 or any other provision in National Instrument 45-102 Resale of Securities to sell their securities following the issuance of the order that the issuer has ceased to be a reporting issuer. In Ontario, similar exemptions to sections 2.14 and 2.15 are found in sections 2.7 and 2.8 of Ontario Securities Commission Rule 72-503 Distributions Outside Canada. In Alberta, similar exemptions to sections 2.14 and 2.15 are found in Alberta Securities Commission Blanket Order 45-519 Prospectus Exemptions for Resale Outside Canada..
3. These changes become effective on June 12, 2018.