Alberta Gazette, Part I — Saturday, December 30, 2006
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Alberta — Gazette
The Alberta Gazette
Part I
Vol. 102 Edmonton, Saturday, December 30, 2006 No. 24
GOVERNMENT NOTICES
Education
Ministerial Order (#047/2006)
(School Act)
I, Gene Zwozdesky, Minister of Education, pursuant to Sections 219 and 220 of
the School Act, make the Order in the attached Appendix, being The Beaumont
Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 660 Establishment Order.
Dated at Edmonton, Alberta, December 5, 2006.
Gene Zwozdesky, Minister.
APPENDIX
The Beaumont Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 660
Establishment Order
1 Pursuant to Sections 219 and 220 of the School Act, The Beaumont Roman
Catholic Separate School District No. 660 is established.
2 The Beaumont Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 660 shall be
comprised of the following lands which are included in The Beaumont
School District No. 741 and which are properly assessable for separate
school purposes under the provisions of Sections 153 to 160 of the School
Act:
Township 50, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian
Northwest quarter of
Section 30; West half of
Section 31.
Township 50, Range 24, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 25 to 29 inclusive; Sections 32 to 36 inclusive; Northeast quarters
of Sections 20 and 30; North halves of Sections 21, 22, 23, and 24.
Township 51, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 5 to 8 inclusive.
Township 51, Range 24, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 1 to 4 inclusive; Sections 9 to 12 inclusive.
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Ministerial Order (#048/2006)
(School Act)
I, Gene Zwozdesky, Minister of Education, pursuant to
Section 239 of the
School Act, make the Order in the attached Appendix, being The Leduc Roman
Catholic Separate School District No. 132 (The St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic
Separate Regional Division No. 38 - Leduc Ward) Boundary Adjustment Order.
Dated at Edmonton, Alberta, December 5, 2006.
Gene Zwozdesky, Minister.
APPENDIX
The Leduc Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 132
(The St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division
No. 38 - Leduc Ward)
Boundary Adjustment Order
1 Pursuant to
Section 239 of the School Act, all of the lands are taken from
the following school district and are added to The Leduc Roman Catholic
Separate School District No. 132:
The Beaumont Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 660
2 Pursuant to
Section 239 of the School Act, The Beaumont Roman Catholic
Separate School District No. 660 is dissolved.
3 The Leduc Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 132 (Leduc Ward)
shall be comprised of the following lands:
Township 49, Range 24, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 30 and 31; West half of
Section 19 lying South of the South
boundary of Plan 904 N.Y.
Township 49, Range 25, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 13 and 14; Sections 23 to 27 inclusive; Sections 34 to 36 inclusive;
East halves of Sections 15, 22, 28, and 33.
Township 50, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian
Northwest quarter of
Section 30; West half of
Section 31.
Township 50, Range 24, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 6 and 7; Sections 18 and 19; Sections 25 to 36 inclusive; North
halves of Sections 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24.
Township 50, Range 25, West of the 4th Meridian
Section 1 to 3 inclusive; Sections 9 to 17 inclusive; Sections 19 to 36
inclusive; North half and Southeast quarter of
Section 18.
Township 50, Range 26, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 24 and 25;
Section 36; Northeast quarter of
Section 13.
Township 51, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 5 to 8 inclusive.
Township 51, Range 24, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 1 to 12 inclusive.
Township 51, Range 25, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 1 to 4 inclusive; Sections 9 to 12 inclusive; Those portions of
Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8 lying South and East of the North Saskatchewan
River.
Township 51, Range 26, West of the 4th Meridian
That portion of
Section 1 lying East of the North Saskatchewan River.
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Ministerial Order (#049/2006)
(School Act)
I, Gene Zwozdesky, Minister of Education, pursuant to
Section 239 of the
School Act, make the Order in the attached Appendix, being The Leduc School
District No. 297 (The Black Gold Regional Division No. 18) Boundary Adjustment
Order.
Dated at Edmonton, Alberta, December 5, 2006.
Gene Zwozdesky, Minister.
APPENDIX
The Leduc School District No. 297
(The Black Gold Regional Division No. 18)
Boundary Adjustment Order
1 Pursuant to
Section 239 of the School Act, all of the lands are taken from
the following school districts and are added to The Leduc School District
No. 297:
(
a) The Great West School District No. 486
(
b) The Beaumont School District No. 741
2 Pursuant to
Section 239 of the School Act, the following school districts are
dissolved:
(
a) The Great West School District No. 486
(
b) The Beaumont School District No. 741
3 The Leduc School District No. 297 shall be comprised of the following
lands:
Township 49, Range 24, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 30 and 31; West half of
Section 19 lying South of the South
boundary of Plan 904 N.Y.
Township 49, Range 25, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 13 and 14; Sections 23 to 27 inclusive; Sections 34 to 36 inclusive;
East halves of Sections 15, 22, 28, and 33.
Township 50, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian
Northwest quarter of
Section 30; West half of
Section 31.
Township 50, Range 24, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 6 and 7; Sections 18 and 19; Sections 25 to 36 inclusive; North
halves of Sections 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24.
Township 50, Range 25, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 1 to 3 inclusive; Sections 9 to 17 inclusive; Sections 19 to 36
inclusive; North half and Southeast quarter of
Section 18.
Township 50, Range 26, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 24 and 25;
Section 36; Northeast quarter of
Section 13.
Township 51, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 5 to 8 inclusive.
Township 51, Range 24, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 1 to 12 inclusive.
Township 51, Range 25, West of the 4th Meridian
Sections 1 to 4 inclusive; Sections 9 to 12 inclusive; Those portions of
Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8 lying South and East of the North Saskatchewan
River.
Township 51, Range 26, West of the 4th Meridian
That portion of
Section 1 lying East of the North Saskatchewan River.
Energy
Production Allocation Unit Agreement
(Mines and Minerals Act)
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
section 102 of the Mines and Minerals Act, that
the Minister of Energy on behalf of the Crown has executed counterparts of the
agreement entitled "Production Allocation Unit Agreement - Hussar Viking
Agreement" and that the Unit became effective on July 1, 2006.
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Union of Utilities
(Public Utilities Act)
Notice is hereby given pursuant to s.109 of the Public Utilities Act, R.S.A. 2000
c. P-45, that the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board has approved the union of the
public utilities, EPCOR Distribution Inc. and EPCOR Transmission Inc., effective
January 1, 2007. The merged entity will take the name EPCOR Distribution &
Transmission Inc.
Government Services
Vital Statistics
Notice of Change of Personal Name
(Change of Name Act)
All Notice of Change of Personal Names for 2006 can be viewed in print versions of the
Alberta Gazette or on QP Source Professional.
All Notice of Change of Personal Names for 2006 can be viewed in print versions of the
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Infrastructure and Transportation
Sale or Disposition of Land
(Government Organization Act)
Name of Purchaser: Hillsrivercity Inc.
Consideration: $449,000
Land Description: Plan 9021500, Block 18, Lots 73-76, 78-81, 83-85. Excepting
thereout all mines and minerals. Located in the Town of Swan Hills.
Name of Purchaser: (S.P.A.N.) St. Paul Abilities Network (Society)
Consideration: $1
Land Description: Plan 8220575, Block 5, Lot C. Excepting thereout all mines and
minerals. Area: 2.2 Hectares (5.44 acres) more or less. Located in the town of St.
Paul.
Name of Purchaser: Alain Eugene Joly
Consideration: $3,500
Land Description: Plan 9822895, Lot 6. Excepting thereout all mines and minerals.
Located in the County of St. Paul No. 19.
Name of Purchaser: Wayne Robert Sinclair and Glenda Rose Sinclair
Consideration: $154,000
Land Description: Plan 8921525, Block 29, Lot 38. Excepting thereout all mines
and minerals. Located in the Town of Swan Hills.
Name of Purchaser: Grant Rezewski and Gisele Rezewski
Consideration: $92,000
Land Description: Plan 2955TR, Block 19, Lot 10. Excepting thereout all mines
and minerals. Located in the Town of Swan Hills.
Name of Purchaser: Irene Ness
Consideration: $7,500
Land Description: Plan 8620943, Block 2, Lot 18. Containing 1.39 hectares (3.42
acres) more or less. Excepting thereout all mines and minerals. Located in theCounty
of St. Paul No. 19.
Name of Purchaser: Yanal Abzakh and Suzan Kardan
Consideration: $7,000
Land Description: Plan 8620943, Block 2, Lot 19. Containing 1.34 hectares (3.3
acres) more or less. Excepting thereout Plan 9822145 Road, 0.828 hectares (2.05
acres more or less). Excepting thereout all mines and minerals. Located in theCounty
of St. Paul No. 19.
Alberta Securities Commission
AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 51-102
Continuous Disclosure Obligations
(Securities Act)
Made as an amendment rule by the Alberta Securities Commission on December 29,
2006 pursuant to sections 223 and 224 of the Securities Act.
1. National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations is amended
by this Instrument.
Section 1.1 is amended by,
a. renumbering
section 1.1 as subsection 1.1(1),
b. repealing the definition of "approved rating",
c. adding the following after the definition of "date of acquisition":
"electronic format" has the same meaning as in National
Instrument 13-101 System for Electronic Document Analysis and
Retrieval (SEDAR);
"equity investee" means a business that the issuer has invested in
and accounted for using the equity method;
d. repealing the definition of "executive officer" and substituting
the following:
"executive officer" means, for a reporting issuer, an individual
who is
(
a) a chair, vice-chair or president;
(
b) a vice-president in charge of a principal business unit, division
or function including sales, finance or production; or
(
c) performing a policy-making function in respect of the issuer;
e. in the definition of "interim period",
i. adding "a non-standard year or" after "in the case of a
year other than" in paragraph (a),
ii. striking out "or" at the end of paragraph (a), and
iii. adding the following after paragraph (a):
(a.1) in the case of a non-standard year, a period
commencing on the first day of the financial
year and ending within 22 days of the date that
is nine, six or three months before the end of the
financial year; or
f. adding the following after the definition of "investment fund":
"issuer's GAAP" has the same meaning as in National Instrument
52-107 Acceptable Accounting Principles, Auditing Standards and
Reporting Currency;
g. adding the following after the definition of "new financial year":
"NI 54-101" means National Instrument 54-101 Communication
with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer;
"non-standard year" means a financial year, other than a transition
year, that does not have 365 days, or 366 days if it includes
February 29;
h. repealing the definition of "published market",
i. in the definition of "recognized exchange",
i. striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (a), and
ii. adding the following after paragraph (a):
(a.1) in Qu‚bec, a person or company authorized by
the securities regulatory authority to carry on
business as an exchange; and
j. adding the following after the definition of "restricted voting
security":
"restructuring transaction" means
(
a) a reverse takeover;
(
b) an amalgamation, merger, arrangement or reorganization;
(
c) a transaction or series of transactions involving a
reporting issuer acquiring assets and issuing securities
that results in
(
i) new securityholders owning or controlling more
than 50% of the reporting issuer's outstanding
voting securities; and
(ii) a new person or company, a new combination
of persons or companies acting together, the
vendors of the assets, or new management
(
A) being able to materially affect the
control of the reporting issuer; or
(
B) holding more than 20% of the
outstanding voting securities of the
reporting issuer, unless there is
evidence showing that the holding of
those securities does not materially
affect the control of the reporting
issuer; and
(
d) any other transaction similar to the transactions listed in
paragraphs (
a) to (c),
but does not include a subdivision, consolidation, or other
transaction that does not alter a securityholder's proportionate
interest in the issuer and the issuer's proportionate interest in its
assets;
k. in the definition of "reverse takeover", striking out "by which an
enterprise obtains ownership of the securities of another enterprise
but, as part of the transaction, issues enough voting securities as
consideration that control of the combined enterprise passes to the
securityholders of the acquired enterprise" and substituting "that
the issuer is required under the issuer's GAAP to account for as a
reverse takeover",
l. in the definition of "reverse takeover acquiree", striking out ", as
that term is used in the Handbook,",
m. in the definition of "reverse takeover acquirer", striking out ", as
that term is used in the Handbook, whose securityholders control
the combined enterprise as a result of" and substituting "in",
n. in the definition of "SEC issuer", striking out "a reporting" and
substituting "an",
o. in the definition of "solicit",
i. at the end of paragraph (e), striking out "or", and
ii. adding the following after paragraph (f):
(
g) sending, by an intermediary as defined in NI
54-101, of the documents referred to in NI 54-
101;
(
h) soliciting by a person or company in respect of
securities of which the person or company is the
beneficial owner;
(
i) publicly announcing, by a securityholder, how
the securityholder intends to vote and the
reasons for that decision, if that public
announcement is made by
(
i) a speech in a public forum; or
(ii) a press release, an opinion, a statement
or an advertisement provided through
a broadcast medium or by a
telephonic, electronic or other
communication facility, or appearing
in a newspaper, a magazine or other
publication generally available to the
public;
(
j) communicating for the purposes of obtaining
the number of securities required for a
securityholder proposal under the laws under
which the reporting issuer is incorporated,
organized or continued or under the reporting
issuer's constating or establishing documents;
(
k) communicating, other than a solicitation by or
on behalf of the management of the reporting
issuer, to securityholders in the following
circumstances:
(
i) by one or more securityholders
concerning the business and affairs of
the reporting issuer, including its
management or proposals contained in
a management information circular,
and no form of proxy is sent to those
securityholders by the securityholder
or securityholders making the
communication or by a person or
company acting on their behalf, unless
the communication is made by
(
A) a securityholder who is an
officer or director of the
reporting issuer if the
communication is financed
directly or indirectly by the
reporting issuer;
(
B) a securityholder who is a
nominee or who proposes a
nominee for election as a
director, if the
communication relates to the
election of directors;
(
C) a securityholder whose
communication is in
opposition to an
amalgamation, arrangement,
consolidation or other
transaction recommended or
approved by the board of
directors of the reporting
issuer and who is proposing
or intends to propose an
alternative transaction to
which the securityholder or
an affiliate or associate of the
securityholder is a party;
(
D) a securityholder who,
because of a material interest
in the subject-matter to be
voted on at a
securityholder's meeting, is
likely to receive a benefit
from its approval or non-
approval, which benefit
would not be shared pro rata
by all other holders of the
same class of securities,
unless the benefit arises from
the securityholder's
employment with the
reporting issuer; or
(
E) any person or company
acting on behalf of a
securityholder described in
any of clauses (
A) to (D);
(ii) by one or more securityholders and
concerns the organization of a
dissident's proxy solicitation, and no
form of proxy is sent to those
securityholders by the securityholder
or securityholders making the
communication or by a person or
company acting on their behalf;
(iii) as clients, by a person or company
who gives financial, corporate
governance or proxy voting advice in
the ordinary course of business and
concerns proxy voting advice if
(
A) the person or company
discloses to the
securityholder any
significant relationship with
the reporting issuer and any
of its affiliates or with a
securityholder who has
submitted a matter to the
reporting issuer that the
securityholder intends to
raise at the meeting of
securityholders and any
material interests the person
or company has in relation to
a matter on which advice is
given;
(
B) the person or company
receives any special
commission or remuneration
for giving the proxy voting
advice only from the
securityholder or
securityholders receiving the
advice; and
(
C) the proxy voting advice is
not given on behalf of any
person or company soliciting
proxies or on behalf of a
nominee for election as a
director; or
(iv) by a person or company who does not
seek directly or indirectly the power to
act as a proxyholder for a
securityholder;
p. in the definition of "transition year", adding "or business" after
"issuer", wherever it appears,
q. in the definition of "venture issuer",
i. adding "," after "a U.S. marketplace", and
ii. adding "other than the Alternative Investment Market of
the London Stock Exchange or the market known as
OFEX" after "the United States of America", and
r. adding the following after subsection (1):
(2) Affiliate - In this Instrument, an issuer is an affiliate of another
issuer if
(
a) one of them is the subsidiary of the other, or
(
b) each of them is controlled by the same person.
(3) Control - For the purposes of subsection (2), a person (first
person) is considered to control another person (second person) if
(
a) the first person, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns
or exercises control or direction over securities of the
second person carrying votes which, if exercised, would
entitle the first person to elect a majority of the directors
of the second person, unless that first person holds the
voting securities only to secure an obligation,
(
b) the second person is a partnership, other than a limited
partnership, and the first person holds more than 50% of
the interests of the partnership, or
(
c) the second person is a limited partnership and the general
partner of the limited partnership is the first person.
Part 3 is amended by adding the following after
section 3.1:
If a person or company files a document under this Instrument that is a
translation of a document prepared in a language other than French or
(
a) attach a certificate as to the accuracy of the translation to
the filed document; and
(
b) make a copy of the document in the original language
available to a registered holder or beneficial owner of its
securities, on request.
Part 4 is amended by,
a. in the heading preceding
section 4.1, striking out "Auditor's
Report" and substituting "Audit",
b. in subsection 4.1(2), striking out "accompanied by an auditor's
report" and substituting "audited",
c. in the
preamble to
section 4.2,
i. adding "audited" before "annual financial statements",
and
ii. striking out "and auditor's report",
d. in
section 4.3,
i. repealing subsection 4.3(1) and substituting the
following:
(1) Subject to sections 4.7 and 4.10, a reporting issuer
must file interim financial statements for interim
periods ended after it became a reporting issuer.
ii. in subsection (2), striking out "and 4.8(8)" and
substituting ", 4.8(8) and 4.10(3)", and
iii. in subsection (4), adding "that is a reporting issuer"
after "If an SEC issuer",
e. in
section 4.6,
i. in subsection (2), striking out "National Instrument 54-
101 Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities
of a Reporting Issuer" and substituting "NI 54-101",
ii. repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following:
(3) If a registered holder or beneficial owner of securities,
other than debt instruments, of a reporting issuer requests
the issuer's annual or interim financial statements, the
reporting issuer must send a copy of the requested
financial statements to the person or company that made
the request, without charge, by the later of,
(
a) in the case of a reporting issuer other than a
venture issuer, 10 calendar days after the filing
deadline in subparagraph 4.2(a)(
i) or 4.4(a)(i),
section 4.7, or subsection 4.10(2), as applicable,
for the financial statements requested;
(
b) in the case of a venture issuer, 10 calendar days
after the filing deadline in paragraph 4.2(b)(
i) or
4.4(b)(i),
section 4.7, or subsection 4.10(2), as
applicable, for the financial statements requested;
and
(c) 10 calendar days after the issuer receives the
request. , and
iii. in subsection (5), striking out "all" and adding ", within
140 days of the issuer's financial year-end and in
accordance with NI 54-101" after "debt instruments".
f. in subsection 4.7(1), adding "of the issuer" before "were included
in a document filed";
g. in
section 4.8,
i. in subsection (1), striking out "This
section does not
apply to an SEC issuer" and substituting "An SEC issuer
satisfies this section", and
ii. in subsection (5), striking out "paragraph 4.3(1)(b)" and
substituting "subsection 4.3(1)" and striking out
"within" and substituting "not more than",
h. repealing
section 4.9 and replacing it with the following:
4.9 Change in Corporate Structure
If an issuer is party to a transaction that resulted in,
(
a) the issuer becoming a reporting issuer other than by filing a
prospectus; or
(
b) if the issuer was already a reporting issuer, in
(
i) the issuer ceasing to be a reporting issuer,
(ii) a change in the reporting issuer's financial year end,
(iii) a change in the name of the reporting issuer;
the issuer must, as soon as practicable, and in any event not later
than the deadline for the first filing required under this Instrument
following the transaction, file a notice stating
(
c) the names of the parties to the transaction;
(
d) a description of the transaction;
(
e) the effective date of the transaction;
(
f) the name of each party, if any, that ceased to be a
reporting issuer after the transaction and of each
continuing entity;
(
g) the date of the reporting issuer's first financial year-end
after the transaction if paragraph (
a) or subparagraph
(b)(ii) applies;
(
h) the periods, including the comparative periods, if any, of
the interim and annual financial statements required to be
filed for the reporting issuer's first financial year after the
transaction, if paragraph (
a) or subparagraph (b)(ii)
applies; and
(
i) what documents were filed under this Instrument that
described the transaction and where those documents can
be found in electronic format, if paragraph (
a) or
subparagraph (b)(ii) applies.
i. in
section 4.10,
i. repealing paragraph (2)(
a) and substituting the
following:
(
a) file the following financial statements for the
reverse takeover acquirer, unless the financial
statements have already been filed:
(
i) financial statements for all annual and
interim periods ending before the date of
the reverse takeover and after the date of
the financial statements included in an
information circular or similar document,
or under Item 5.2 of the Form 51-102F3
Material Change Report, prepared in
connection with the transaction; or
(ii) if the reporting issuer did not file a
document referred to in subparagraph (i),
or the document does not include the
financial statements for the reverse
takeover acquirer that would be required to
be included in a prospectus, the financial
statements prescribed by the form of
prospectus, other than a short form
prospectus under National Instrument 44-
101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions,
that the reverse takeover acquirer would be
eligible to use for a distribution of
securities in the jurisdiction;
ii. in paragraph (2)(c),
1. striking out "and" at the end of subparagraph
(ii),
2. striking out "." and adding "; and" at the end
of subparagraph (iii), and
3. adding the following after subparagraph (iii):
(iv) the filing deadline in paragraph (b).
iii. adding the following after subsection (2):
(3) Comparative Financial Information in Interim
Financial Statements after a Reverse Takeover - A
reporting issuer is not required to provide comparative
interim financial information for the reverse takeover
acquirer for periods that ended before the date of a reverse
takeover if
(
a) to a reasonable person it is impracticable to
present prior-period information on a basis
consistent with subsection 4.3(2);
(
b) the prior-period information that is available is
presented; and
(
c) the notes to the interim financial statements
disclose the fact that the prior-period information
has not been prepared on a basis consistent with
the most recent interim financial information. ,
and
j. in
section 4.11,
i. in subsection (1), repealing the definition of "relevant
period" and substituting the following:
"relevant period" means the period
(
a) commencing at the beginning of the reporting
issuer's two most recently completed financial
years and ending on the date of termination or
resignation; or
(
b) during which the former auditor was the
reporting issuer's auditor, if the former auditor
was not the reporting issuer's auditor
throughout the period described in paragraph
(a);
ii. in subsection (3), adding "the following three conditions
are met:" before subparagraph (3)(a)(i),
iii. in subsection (4), striking out "This
section does not
apply to an SEC issuer" and substituting "An SEC issuer
satisfies this section",
iv. in clauses (5)(a)(ii)(
B) and (6)(a)(ii)(B), striking out
"applicable", and
v. in subsection (8), striking out "British Columbia," and
"applicable".
Part 5 is amended by,
a. in
section 5.1,
i. adding the following after subsection (1):
(1.1) Despite subsection (1), a reporting issuer does
not have to file MD&A relating to the annual
and interim financial statements required under
sections 4.7 and 4.10 for financial years and
interim periods that ended before the issuer
became a reporting issuer.
ii. in paragraph (2)(a), striking out ", 4.4 and 4.7" and
substituting "and 4.4", and
iii. in paragraph (2)(b), striking out ", 4.3(1) or 4.7(1)" and
substituting "or 4.3(1)",
b. in
section 5.2,
i. repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:
(1) If an SEC issuer that is a reporting issuer is filing its annual
or interim MD&A prepared in accordance with Item 303 of
Regulation S-K or Item 303 of Regulation S-B under the
1934 Act, the SEC issuer must file that document on or
before the earlier of
(
a) the date the SEC issuer would be required to file
that document under
section 5.1; and
(
b) the date the SEC issuer files that document with
the SEC.
(1.1) An SEC issuer that is a reporting issuer must file a
supplement prepared in accordance with subsection (2) at
the same time it files its annual or interim MD&A, if the
SEC issuer
(
a) has based the discussion in the MD&A on
financial statements prepared in accordance with
U.S. GAAP; and
(
b) is required by subsection 4.1(1) of National
Instrument 52-107 Acceptable Accounting
Principles, Auditing Standards and Reporting
Currency to provide a reconciliation to Canadian
GAAP. , and
ii. in subsection (2), striking out "(1)" and substituting
"(1.1)",
c. in paragraph 5.3(2)(b), adding "year-to-date" after "and the
comparative",
d. in
section 5.6,
i. repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:
(1) If a registered holder or beneficial owner of
securities, other than debt instruments, of a
reporting issuer requests the reporting issuer's
annual or interim MD&A, the reporting issuer
must send a copy of the requested MD&A and any
MD&A supplement required under
section 5.2 to
the person or company that made the request,
without charge, by the delivery deadline set out in
subsection 4.6(3) for the annual or interim
financial statements to which the MD&A relates.
, and
ii. in subsection (3),
1. striking out "all", and
2. adding ", within 140 days of the issuer's
financial year-end and in accordance with NI
54-101" after "holders of debt instruments",
and
e. adding the following after
section 5.6:
5.7 Additional Disclosure for Reporting Issuers with Significant
Equity Investees
(1) A reporting issuer that has a significant equity investee
must disclose in its MD&A, or in its MD&A supplement
if one is required under
section 5.2, for each period
referred to in subsection (2),
(
a) summarized information as to the assets,
liabilities and results of operations of the equity
investee; and
(
b) the reporting issuer's proportionate interest in
the equity investee and any contingent issuance
of securities by the equity investee that might
significantly affect the reporting issuer's share
of earnings.
(2) The disclosure in subsection (1) must be provided for the
following periods:
(
a) in the case of annual MD&A, for the two most
recently completed financial years; and
(
b) in the case of interim MD&A, for the most
recent year-to-date interim period and the
comparative year-to-date period presented in
the interim financial statements.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if
(
a) the information required under that subsection
has been disclosed in the financial statements to
which the MD&A or MD&A supplement
relates; or
(
b) the issuer files separate financial statements of
the equity investee for the periods referred to in
subsection (2).
Part 6 is amended by repealing
section 6.3.
Part 7 is amended by,
a. in subsection 7.1(1)(a), striking out "a senior" and substituting
"an executive", and
b. in subsection 7.1(7) striking out "paragraph 1(a)" and
substituting "subsection (1)".
Part 8 is amended by,
a. in subsection 8.1(1),
i. in the definition of "business", adding "to which
reserves, as defined in National Instrument 51-101
Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities, have
been specifically attributed" after "oil and gas property",
and
ii. repealing subsection (2) and replacing it with the
following:
(2) This Part does not apply to a transaction that is a
reverse takeover.
b. in the heading preceding
section 8.2, adding "and Filing
Deadline" after "Business Acquisition Report",
c. renumbering
section 8.2 as subsection 8.2(1) and adding the
following after subsection (1):
(2) Despite subsection (1), if the most recently completed
financial year of the acquired business ended 45 days or
less before the date of acquisition, a reporting issuer must
file a business acquisition report
(
a) within 90 days after the date of acquisition, in
the case of an issuer other than a venture issuer,
(
b) within 120 days after the date of acquisition, in
the case of a venture issuer.
d. in
section 8.3,
i. in subsection (1), adding "and subsections 8.10(1) and
8.10(2)" after "subsection (3)",
ii. in subsection (3), adding "and subject to subsections
8.10(1) and 8.10(2)" after "Despite subsection (1)",
iii. in paragraph (4)(a),
1. striking out ", as at the last day of the reporting
issuer's most recently completed interim
period,",
2. striking out "as at the last day of the reporting
issuer's" and substituting "calculated using the
financial statements of each of the reporting
issuer and the business or the related businesses
for the", and
3. adding "or financial year of each" after
"completed interim period",
iv. in paragraph 4(b), adding "or financial year" after
"recently completed interim period" and striking out
"ended before the date of the acquisition",
v. in paragraph (4)(c),
1. renumbering item 1. and item 2. as
subparagraph (
i) and subparagraph (ii),
respectively,
2. striking out "item 1." and substituting
"subparagraph (i)",
3. striking out "item 2." and substituting
"subparagraph (ii)",
4. in subparagraph (
i) and (ii), striking out
"The", and substituting "the",
5. in clauses (i)(
A) and (ii)(A), striking out ", or"
and substituting "; or", and
6. in clause (i)(B), striking out "." and
substituting ";",
vi. repealing subsection (5) and substituting the following:
(5) If an acquisition does not meet any of the
significance tests under subsection (4), the
acquisition is not a significant acquisition.
vii. repealing subsections (8) and (9) and substituting the
following:
(8) Application of the Income Test if Lower
Than Average Income for the Most Recent
Year - For the purposes of paragraph (2)(
c) and
clause (4)(c)(ii)(A), if the reporting issuer's
consolidated income from continuing operations
for the most recently completed financial year
was lower by 20 percent or more than its
average consolidated income from continuing
operations for the three most recently completed
financial years, the issuer may, subject to
subsection (10), substitute the average
consolidated income from continuing operations
for the three most recently completed financial
years in determining whether the significance
test set out in paragraph (2)(
c) or (4)(
c) is
satisfied.
(9) Application of the Optional Income Test if
Lower Than Average Income for the Most
Recent Year - For the purpose of clause
(4)(c)(ii)(
B) if the reporting issuer's
consolidated income from continuing operations
for the most recently completed 12-month
period was lower by 20 percent or more than its
average consolidated income from continuing
operations for the three most recently completed
12-month periods, the issuer may, subject to
subsection (10), substitute the average
consolidated income for the three most recently
completed 12-month periods in determining
whether the significance test set out in
paragraph (4)(
c) is satisfied. ,
viii. in paragraph 11(c), adding "reporting" after "audited
annual financial statements of the",
ix. adding the following after subsection (11):
(11.1) Application of the Optional Income Test based on Pro
Forma Financial Information. For the purposes of
calculating the optional income test under clause
(4)(c)(ii)(A), a reporting issuer may use pro forma
consolidated income from continuing operations for its
most recently completed financial year that was included in
a previously filed document if
(
a) the reporting issuer has made a significant acquisition
of a business after its most recently completed
financial year; and
(
b) the previously filed document included
(
i) audited annual financial statements of that
acquired business for the periods required by
this Part; and
(ii) the pro forma financial information required by
subsection 8.4(5) or (6). , and
x. adding the following after subsection (14):
(15) Application of Significance Tests - Use of Previous
Audited Financial Statements - Despite subsections
(2) and (4), the significance of an acquisition of a business or
related businesses may be calculated using the audited
financial statements for the financial year immediately
preceding the reporting issuer's most recently completed
financial year if the reporting issuer has not been required
to file, and has not filed, audited financial statements for its
most recently completed financial year.
e. repealing
section 8.4 and substituting the following:
8.4 Financial Statement Disclosure for Significant Acquisitions
(1) Comparative Annual Financial Statements - If a reporting issuer
is required to file a business acquisition report under
section 8.2,
subject to sections 8.6 through 8.11, the business acquisition report
must include the following for each business or related businesses:
(
a) an income statement, a statement of retained earnings and a
cash flow statement for the following periods:
(
i) if the business has completed one financial year,
(
A) the most recently completed financial year
ended on or before the date of acquisition; and
(
B) the financial year immediately preceding the
most recently completed financial year, if any;
(ii) if the business has not completed one financial year, the
financial period commencing on the date of formation
and ending on a date not more than 45 days before the
date of acquisition;
(
b) a balance sheet as at the end of each of the periods specified in
paragraph (a); and
(
c) notes to the financial statements.
(2) Audit - The most recently completed financial period referred to
in subsection (1) must be audited.
(3) Interim Financial Statements - Subject to subsection (4) and
sections 8.6 through 8.11, if a reporting issuer is required to
include financial statements in a business acquisition report under
subsection (1), the business acquisition report must include
financial statements for
(
a) the most recently completed interim period or other
period that started the day after the date of the balance
sheet specified in paragraph (1)(
b) and ended,
(
i) in the case of an interim period, before the date
of acquisition; or
(ii) in the case of a period other than an interim
period, after the interim period referred to in
subparagraph (
i) and on or before the date of
acquisition; and
(
b) a comparable period in the preceding financial year of the
business.
(4) Earlier Interim Financial Statements Permitted - Despite
subsection (3), the business acquisition report may include
financial statements for a period ending not more than one interim
period before the period referred to in subparagraph (3)(a)(
i) if
(
a) the business does not, or related businesses do not,
constitute a material departure from the business or
operations of the reporting issuer immediately before the
acquisition;
(
b) the reporting issuer will not account for the acquisition as
a continuity of interests; and
(
c) either
(
i) the date of acquisition is, and the reporting
issuer files the business acquisition report,
within the following time after the business's or
related businesses' most recently completed
interim period:
(A) 45 days, if the reporting issuer is not a
venture issuer; or
(B) 60 days, if the reporting issuer is a
venture issuer; or
(ii) the reporting issuer filed a document before the
date of acquisition that included financial
statements for the business or related businesses
that would have been required if the document
were a prospectus, and those financial
statements are for a period ending not more than
one interim period before the interim period
referred to in subparagraph (3)(a)(i).
(5) Pro Forma Financial Statements Required in a Business
Acquisition Report - If a reporting issuer is required to include
financial statements in a business acquisition report under
subsection (1) or (3), the business acquisition report must include
(
a) a pro forma balance sheet of the reporting issuer,
(
i) as at the date of the reporting issuer's most
recent balance sheet filed, that gives effect, as if
they had taken place as at the date of the pro
forma balance sheet, to significant acquisitions
that have been completed, but are not reflected
in the reporting issuer's most recent balance
sheet for an annual or interim period; or
(ii) if the reporting issuer has not filed a balance
sheet for any annual or interim period, as at the
date of the acquired business's most recent
balance sheet, that gives effect, as if they had
taken place as at the date of the pro forma
balance sheet, to significant acquisitions that
have been completed;
(
b) a pro forma income statement of the reporting issuer that
gives effect to significant acquisitions completed after the
ending date of the financial year referred to in clause
(i)(
A) or (ii)(A), as applicable, as if they had taken place
at the beginning of that financial year, for each of the
following financial periods:
(
i) the reporting issuer's
(
A) most recently completed financial year
for which it has filed financial
statements; and
(
B) interim period for which it has filed
financial statements that started after
the period in clause (
A) and ended
immediately before the date of
acquisition or, in the reporting issuer's
discretion, after the date of
acquisition; or
(ii) if the reporting issuer has not filed an income
statement for any annual or interim period, for
the business's or related businesses'
(
A) most recently completed financial year
that ended before the date of
acquisition; and
(
B) period for which financial statements
are included in the business
acquisition report under paragraph
(3)(a); and
(
c) pro forma earnings per share based on the pro forma
financial statements referred to in paragraph (b).
(6) Pro Forma Financial Statements based on Earlier Interim
Financial Statements Permitted - Despite paragraph (5)(
a) and
clauses (5)(b)(i)(
B) and (5)(b)(ii)(B), if the reporting issuer relies
on subsection (4), the business acquisition report may include
(
a) a pro forma balance sheet as at the date of the balance
sheet filed immediately before the reporting issuer's most
recent balance sheet filed; and
(
b) a pro forma income statement for the period ending not
more than one interim period before the interim period
referred to in clause (5)(b)(i)(
B) or (5)(b)(ii)(B), as
applicable.
(7) Preparation of Pro Forma Financial Statements - If a reporting
issuer is required to include pro forma financial statements in a
business acquisition report under subsection (5),
(
a) the reporting issuer must identify in the pro forma
financial statements each significant acquisition, if the
pro forma financial statements give effect to more than
one significant acquisition;
(
b) the reporting issuer must include in the pro forma
financial statements a description of the underlying
assumptions on which the pro forma financial statements
are prepared, cross-referenced to each related pro forma
adjustment;
(
c) if the financial year-end of the business differs from the
reporting issuer's year-end by more than 93 days, for the
purpose of preparing the pro forma income statement for
the reporting issuer's most recently completed financial
year, the reporting issuer must construct an income
statement of the business for a period of 12 consecutive
months ending no more than 93 days before or after the
reporting issuer's year-end, by adding the results for a
subsequent interim period to a completed financial year
of the business and deducting the comparable interim
results for the immediately preceding year;
(
d) if a constructed income statement is required under
paragraph (c), the pro forma financial statements must
disclose the period covered by the constructed income
statement on the face of the pro forma financial
statements and must include a note stating that the
financial statements of the business used to prepare the
pro forma financial statements were prepared for the
purpose of the pro forma financial statements and do not
conform with the financial statements for the business
included elsewhere in the business acquisition report;
(
e) if a reporting issuer is required to prepare a pro forma
income statement for an interim period required by
paragraph (5)(b), and the pro forma income statement for
the most recently completed financial year includes
results of the business which are also included in the pro
forma income statement for the interim period, the
reporting issuer must disclose in a note to the pro forma
financial statements the revenue, expenses, gross profit
and income from continuing operations included in each
pro forma income statement for the overlapping period;
and
(
f) a constructed period referred to in paragraph (
c) does not
have to be audited.
(8) Financial Statements of Related Businesses - If a reporting
issuer is required under subsection (1) to include financial
statements for more than one business because the significant
acquisition involves an acquisition of related businesses, the
financial statements required under subsection (1) must be
presented separately for each business, except for the periods
during which the businesses have been under common control or
management, in which case the reporting issuer may present the
financial statements of the businesses on a combined basis.
f. repealing
section 8.5,
g. in
section 8.6,
i. in paragraph (a), striking out "an investment accounted
for using the equity method" and substituting "of an
equity investee",
ii. in subparagraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (c)(i), striking out
"business" and substituting "equity investee" wherever
it appears, and
iii. in paragraph (c), striking out "any" and substituting
"the most recently",
h. repealing
section 8.7,
i. in
section 8.8,
i. striking out "8.5" and substituting "8.4", and
ii. striking out "for two completed financial years",
j. in
section 8.9, striking out "(2)" and substituting "(3)",
k. repealing
section 8.10 and substituting the following:
8.10 Acquisition of an Interest in an Oil and Gas Property
(1) Asset Test - Despite subsections 8.3(2) and 8.3(4), the asset tests
in paragraphs 8.3(2)(
a) and 8.3(4)(
a) do not apply to an acquisition
(
a) of a business that is an interest in an oil and gas property
or related businesses that are interests in oil and gas
properties; and
(
b) that is not of securities of another issuer.
(2) Income Test - Despite subsections 8.3(2), 8.3(4), 8.3(8), 8.3(9),
8.3(10) and 8.3(11.1), a reporting issuer must substitute "operating
income" for "consolidated income from continuing operations" for
the purposes of the income test in paragraphs 8.3(2)(
c) and
8.3(4)(
c) if the acquisition is one described in subsection (1).
(3) Exemption from Financial Statement Disclosure - A reporting
issuer is exempt from the requirements in
section 8.4 if
(
a) the significant acquisition is an acquisition described in
subsection (1);
(
b) the reporting issuer is unable to provide the financial
statements in respect of the significant acquisition
otherwise required under this Part because those financial
statements do not exist or because the reporting issuer
does not have access to those financial statements;
(
c) the acquisition does not constitute a reverse takeover;
(
d) the business or related businesses did not, immediately
before the time of completion of the acquisition,
constitute a "reportable segment" of the vendor, as
defined in the Handbook;
(
e) subject to subsection (4), in respect of the business or
related businesses, for each of the financial periods for
which financial statements would, but for this section, be
required under
section 8.4, the business acquisition report
includes
(
i) an operating statement presenting for the
business or related businesses at least the
following:
(
A) gross revenue;
(
B) royalty expenses;
(
C) production costs; and
(
D) operating income;
(ii) a pro forma operating statement of the reporting
issuer that gives effect to significant
acquisitions completed after the ending date of
the reporting issuer's most recently completed
financial year for which financial statements are
required to have been filed, as if they had taken
place at the beginning of that financial year, for
each of the financial periods referred to in
paragraph 8.4(5)(b);
(iii) a description of the property or properties and
the interest acquired by the reporting issuer; and
(iv) disclosure of the annual oil and gas production
volumes from the business or related
businesses;
(
f) the operating statement for the most recently completed
financial period referred to in subsection 8.4(1) is
audited; and
(
g) the business acquisition report discloses
(
i) the estimated reserves and related future net
revenue attributable to the business or related
businesses, the material assumptions used in
preparing the estimates and the identity and
relationship to the reporting issuer or to the
vendor of the person who prepared the
estimates; and
(ii) the estimated oil and gas production volumes
from the business or related businesses for the
first year reflected in the estimates disclosed
under subparagraph (i).
(4) Exemption from Alternative Disclosure - A reporting issuer is
exempt from the requirements of subparagraphs (3)(e)(i), (ii) and
(iv), if
(
a) production, gross revenue, royalty expenses, production
costs and operating income were nil for the business or
related businesses for each financial period; and
(
b) the business acquisition report discloses this fact. , and
l. in
section 8.11, striking out "(3)" and substituting "(5)".
Section 9.5 is amended by
a. striking out "from
Part 9" in the heading preceding
section 9.5,
b. striking out "This Part does" and substituting "Sections 9.1 to 9.4
do",
c. striking out "of the jurisdiction in" and substituting "under"
d. adding "(a)" after "organized or continued, if",
e. striking out "." and substituting "; and", and
f. adding the following after paragraph (a):
(
b) the person or company promptly files a copy of any
information circular and form of proxy, or other
documents that contain substantially similar information,
sent by the person or company in connection with the
meeting.;
Part 11 is amended by
a. in the heading preceding
section 11.1, striking out "Filing" and
substituting "Disclosure";
b. in subsection 11.1(1),
i. striking out "or" at the end of paragraph (1)(a),
ii. striking out "." and substituting "; or" at the end of
paragraph (1)(b),
iii. in paragraph (b), adding "under the 1934 Act" after
"furnishes to the SEC", and
iv. adding the following after paragraph (1)(b):
(
c) that it files with another provincial or territorial securities
regulatory authority or regulator other than in connection
with a distribution.
c. in subsection 11.1(2),
i. striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (a),
ii. striking out "." and substituting "; and" at the end of
paragraph (b), and
iii. adding the following after paragraph (b):
(
c) the date on which the reporting issuer files that material
with the other provincial or territorial securities
regulatory authority or regulator. , and
d. adding the following after
section 11.4:
11.5 Re-filing Documents
If a reporting issuer decides it will
(
a) re-file a document filed under this Instrument, or
(
b) re-state financial information for comparative periods in
financial statements for reasons other than retroactive
application of a change in an accounting standard or
policy or a new accounting standard,
and the information in the re-filed document, or re-stated financial
information, will differ materially from the information originally
filed, the issuer must immediately issue and file a news release
authorized by an executive officer disclosing the nature and
substance of the change or proposed changes.
Part 12 is amended by,
a. in subsection 12.1(1), adding "material" before "amendments to
the following documents", and
b. in paragraph 12.1(2)(b), striking out "under National Instrument
13-101 System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval
(SEDAR)".
Part 13 is amended by,
a. adding the following after subsection 13.1(2):
(3) Except in Ontario, an exemption referred to in subsection
(1) is granted under the statute referred to in Appendix B
of National Instrument 14-101
Definitions opposite the
name of the local jurisdiction.
b. in subsection 13.3(1), adding the following before the definition
of "designated exchangeable security":
"designated Canadian jurisdiction" means Alberta, British
Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario,
Qu‚bec, or Saskatchewan;
c. in subsection 13.3(2),
i. striking out "this Instrument does not apply to",
ii. adding "satisfies the requirements in this Instrument"
before "if",
iii. striking out "direct or indirect" in paragraph (a),
iv. repealing paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (
e) and (
f) and
substituting the following:
(
b) the parent issuer is either
(
i) an SEC issuer with a class of securities listed or
quoted on a U.S. marketplace that has filed all
documents it is required to file with the SEC; or
(ii) a reporting issuer in a designated Canadian
jurisdiction that has filed all documents it is
required to file under this Instrument;
(
c) the exchangeable security issuer does not issue any
securities, and does not have any securities outstanding,
other than
(
i) designated exchangeable securities;
(ii) securities issued to and held by the parent issuer
or an affiliate of the parent issuer;
(iii) debt securities issued to and held by banks, loan
corporations, loan and investment corporations,
savings companies, trust corporations, treasury
branches, savings or credit unions, financial
services cooperatives, insurance companies or
other financial institutions; or
(iv) securities issued under exemptions from the
registration requirement and prospectus
requirement in
section 2.35 of National
Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration
Exemptions;
(
d) the exchangeable security issuer files in electronic
format,
(
i) if the parent issuer is not a reporting issuer in a
designated Canadian jurisdiction, copies of all
documents the parent issuer is required to file
with the SEC under the 1934 Act, at the same
time as, or as soon as practicable after, the filing
by the parent issuer of those documents with the
SEC; or
(ii) if the parent issuer is a reporting issuer in a
designated Canadian jurisdiction,
(
A) a notice indicating that the
exchangeable security issuer is relying
on the continuous disclosure
documents filed by its parent issuer
and setting out where those documents
can be found in electronic format, if
the parent issuer is a reporting issuer
in the local jurisdiction; or
(
B) copies of all documents the parent
issuer is required to file under
securities legislation, other than in
connection with a distribution, at the
same time as the filing by the parent
issuer of those documents with a
securities regulatory authority or
regulator;
(
e) the exchangeable security issuer concurrently sends to all
holders of designated exchangeable securities all
disclosure materials that are sent to holders of the
underlying securities in the manner and at the time
required by
(
i) U.S. laws and any U.S. marketplace on which
securities of the parent issuer are listed or
quoted, if the parent issuer is not a reporting
issuer in a designated Canadian jurisdiction; or
(ii) securities legislation, if the parent issuer is a
reporting issuer in a designated Canadian
jurisdiction;
(
f) the parent issuer
(
i) complies with U.S. laws and the requirements
of any U.S. marketplace on which the securities
of the parent issuer are listed or quoted if the
parent issuer is not a reporting issuer in a
designated Canadian jurisdiction, or securities
legislation if the parent issuer is a reporting
issuer in a designated Canadian jurisdiction, in
respect of making public disclosure of material
information on a timely basis; and
(ii) immediately issues in Canada and files any
news release that discloses a material change in
its affairs;
d. in subsection 13.3(3),
i. in the
preamble, adding "," after "so long as",
ii. by repealing paragraphs (a), (
b) and (
c) and
substituting the following:
(
a) if the insider is not the parent issuer,
(
i) the insider does not receive, in the
ordinary course, information as to
material facts or material changes
concerning the parent issuer before the
material facts or material changes are
generally disclosed, and
(ii) the insider is not an insider of the
parent issuer in any capacity other
than by virtue of being an insider of
the exchangeable security issuer;
(
b) the parent issuer is the beneficial owner of all of the
issued and outstanding voting securities of the
exchangeable security issuer;
(
c) if the insider is the parent issuer, the insider does not
beneficially own any designated exchangeable
securities other than securities acquired through the
exercise of the exchange right and not subsequently
traded by the insider;
iii. in paragraph (d), adding "or a reporting issuer in a
designated Canadian jurisdiction" after "SEC issuer",
iv. in paragraph (e),
1. adding "and does not have any securities
outstanding" after "has not issued any
securities",
2. in subparagraph (ii), adding "and held by the
parent issuer or an affiliate of" after "securities
issued to" and striking out "or" at the end of
the subparagraph,
3. in subparagraph (iii),
a. striking out "the parent issuer or to"
and substituting "and held by",
b. adding "loan and investment
corporations, savings companies, "
after "loan corporations, ",
c. adding "savings or" after "treasury
branches, ",
d. adding "financial services
cooperatives, " after "credit unions, ",
e. striking out "." and substituting ";
and", and
4. adding the following after subparagraph (iii):
(iv) securities issued under exemptions from the
registration requirement and prospectus
requirement in
section 2.35 of National
Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration
Exemptions.
e. repealing subsections 13.4(1) and (2), and substituting the
following:,
(1) In this section:
"alternative credit support" means support, other than a guarantee,
for the payments to be made by the issuer, as stipulated in the
terms of the securities or in an agreement governing rights of, or
granting rights to, holders of the securities that
(
a) obliges the person or company providing the support to
provide the issuer with funds sufficient to enable the
issuer to make the stipulated payments, or
(
b) entitles the holder of the securities to receive, from the
person or company providing the support, payment if the
issuer fails to make a stipulated payment;
"credit support issuer" means an issuer of securities for which a
credit supporter has provided a guarantee or alternative credit
support;
"credit supporter" means a person or company that provides a
guarantee or alternative credit support for any of the payments to
be made by an issuer of securities as stipulated in the terms of the
securities or in an agreement governing rights of, or granting rights
to, holders of the securities;
"designated Canadian jurisdiction" means Alberta, British
Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario,
Qu‚bec or Saskatchewan;
"designated credit support securities" means
(
a) non-convertible debt or convertible debt that is
convertible into securities of the credit supporter; or
(
b) non-convertible preferred shares or convertible preferred
shares that are convertible into securities of the credit
supporter,
in respect of which a credit supporter has provided
(
c) alternative credit support that
(
i) entitles the holder of the securities to receive
payment from the credit supporter, or enables
the holder to receive payment from the credit
support issuer, within 15 days of any failure by
the credit support issuer to make a payment; and
(ii) results in the securities receiving the same
credit rating as, or a higher credit rating than,
the credit rating they would have received if
payment had been fully and unconditionally
guaranteed by the credit supporter, or would
result in the securities receiving such a rating if
they were rated; or
(
d) a full and unconditional guarantee of the payments to be
made by the credit support issuer, as stipulated in the
terms of the securities or in an agreement governing the
rights of holders of the securities, that results in the
holder of such securities being entitled to receive
payment from the credit supporter within 15 days of any
failure by the credit support issuer to make a payment;
and
"summary financial information" includes the following line items:
(
a) sales or revenues;
(
b) income from continuing operations;
(
c) net earnings or loss; and
(
d) unless the accounting principles used to prepare the
financial statements of the person or company permits the
preparation of the person or company's balance sheet
without classifying assets and liabilities between current
and non-current and the person or company provides
alternative meaningful financial information which is
more appropriate to the industry,
(
i) current assets;
(ii) non-current assets;
(iii) current liabilities; and
(iv) non-current liabilities.
(1.1) For the purposes of subparagraph (2)(g)(ii), consolidating
summary financial information must be prepared on the following
basis:
(
a) an entity's annual or interim
summary financial
information must be derived from the entity's financial
information underlying the corresponding consolidated
financial statements of the credit supporter for the
corresponding period;
(
b) the credit supporter column of consolidating
summary
financial information must account for investments in all
subsidiaries under the equity method; and
(
c) the other subsidiaries of the credit supporter column must
account for these subsidiaries under the equity method.
(2) Except as provided in this subsection, a credit support issuer
satisfies the requirements in this Instrument if
(
a) the credit supporter is the beneficial owner of all the
outstanding voting securities of the credit support issuer;
(
b) the credit supporter is either
(
i) an SEC issuer that is incorporated or organized
under the laws of the United States of America
or any state or territory of the United States of
America or the District of Columbia and that
has filed all documents it is required to file with
the SEC; or
(ii) subject to subsection (4), a reporting issuer in a
designated Canadian jurisdiction that has filed
all documents it is required to file under this
Instrument;
(
c) the credit support issuer does not issue any securities, and
does not have any securities outstanding, other than
(
i) designated credit support securities;
(ii) securities issued to and held by the credit
supporter or an affiliate of the credit supporter;
(iii) debt securities issued to and held by banks, loan
corporations, loan and investment corporations,
savings companies, trust corporations, treasury
branches, savings or credit unions, financial
services cooperatives, insurance companies or
other financial institutions; or
(iv) securities issued under exemptions from the
registration requirement and prospectus
requirement in
section 2.35 of National
Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration
Exemptions;
(
d) the credit support issuer files in electronic format,
(
i) if the credit supporter is not a reporting issuer in
a designated Canadian jurisdiction, copies of all
documents the credit supporter is required to
file with the SEC under the 1934 Act, at the
same time or as soon as practicable after the
filing by the credit supporter of those
documents with the SEC; or
(ii) if the credit supporter is a reporting issuer in a
designated Canadian jurisdiction,
(
A) a notice indicating that the credit
support issuer is relying on the
continuous disclosure documents filed
by the credit supporter and setting out
where those documents can be found
for viewing in electronic format, if the
credit support issuer is a reporting
issuer in the local jurisdiction; or
(
B) copies of all documents the credit
supporter is required to file under
securities legislation, other than in
connection with a distribution, at the
same time as the filing by the credit
supporter of those documents with a
securities regulatory authority or
regulator;
(
e) if the credit supporter is not a reporting issuer in a
designated Canadian jurisdiction, the credit supporter
(
i) complies with U.S. laws and the requirements
of any U.S. marketplace on which securities of
the credit supporter are listed or quoted in
respect of making public disclosure of material
information on a timely basis; and
(ii) immediately issues in Canada and files any
news release that discloses a material change in
its affairs;
(
f) the credit support issuer issues in Canada a news release
and files a material change report in accordance with
Part
7 for all material changes in respect of the affairs of the
credit support issuer that are not also material changes in
the affairs of the credit supporter;
(
g) the credit support issuer files, in electronic format, in the
notice referred to in clause (d)(ii)(
A) or in or with the
copy of the interim and annual consolidated financial
statements filed under subparagraph (d)(
i) or clause
(d)(ii)(B), either
(
i) a statement that the financial results of the
credit support issuer are included in the
consolidated financial results of the credit
supporter, if at that time,
(
A) the credit support issuer has minimal
assets, operations, revenues or cash
flows other than those related to the
issuance, administration and
repayment of the securities described
in paragraph (c), and
(
B) each item of the
summary financial
information of the subsidiaries of the
credit supporter on a combined basis,
other than the credit support issuer,
represents less than 3% of the
corresponding items on the
consolidated financial statements of
the credit supporter being filed or
referred to under paragraph (d), or
(ii) for the periods covered by the interim or annual
consolidated financial statements of the credit
supporter filed, consolidating
summary
financial information for the credit supporter
presented with a separate column for each of the
following:
(
A) the credit supporter;
(
B) the credit support issuer;
(
C) any other subsidiaries of the credit
supporter on a combined basis;
(
D) consolidating adjustments; and
(
E) the total consolidated amounts;
(
h) the credit support issuer files a corrected notice under
clause (d)(ii)(
A) if the credit support issuer filed the
notice with the statement contemplated in subparagraph
(g)(
i) and the credit support issuer can no longer rely on
subparagraph (g)(i);
(
i) in the case of designated credit support securities that
include debt, the credit support issuer concurrently sends
to all holders of such securities all disclosure materials
that are sent to holders of similar debt of the credit
supporter in the manner and at the time required by
(
i) U.S. laws and any U.S. marketplace on which
securities of the credit supporter are listed or
quoted, if the credit supporter is not a reporting
issuer in a designated Canadian jurisdiction; or
(ii) securities legislation, if the credit supporter is a
reporting issuer in a designated Canadian
jurisdiction; and
(
j) in the case of designated credit support securities that
include preferred shares, the credit support issuer
concurrently sends to all holders of such securities all
disclosure materials that are sent to holders of similar
preferred shares of the credit supporter in the manner and
at the time required by
(
i) U.S. laws and any U.S. marketplace on which
securities of the credit supporter are listed or
quoted, if the credit supporter is not a reporting
issuer in a designated Canadian jurisdiction; or
(ii) securities legislation, if the credit supporter is a
reporting issuer in a designated Canadian
jurisdiction.
f. in subsection 13.4(3),
i. in the
preamble, adding "," after "so long as",
ii. by repealing paragraphs (a), (b), (
c) and (
d) and
substituting the following:
(
a) if the insider is not the credit supporter,
(
i) the insider does not receive, in the ordinary
course, information as to material facts or
material changes concerning the credit
supporter before the material facts or material
changes are generally disclosed, and
(ii) the insider is not an insider of the credit
supporter in any capacity other than by virtue of
being an insider of the credit support issuer;
(
b) the credit supporter is the beneficial owner of all the
issued and outstanding voting securities of the credit
support issuer;
(
c) if the insider is the credit supporter, the insider does not
beneficially own any designated credit support securities;
(
d) the credit supporter is either
(
i) an SEC issuer that is incorporated or organized
under the laws of the United States of America
or any state or territory of the United States of
America or the District of Columbia and that
has filed all documents it is required to file with
the SEC; or
(ii) subject to subsection (4), a reporting issuer in a
designated Canadian jurisdiction that has filed
all documents it is required to file under this
Instrument; and
iii. in paragraph (e),
1. adding "and does not have any securities
outstanding" after "has not issued any
securities",
2. in subparagraph (ii), adding "and held by"
after "issued to" and striking out "or" at the
end of subparagraph (ii),
3. in subparagraph (iii),
a. adding "and held by" after "issued
to",
b. adding "loan and investment
corporations, savings companies, "
after "loan corporations, ",
c. adding "savings or" after "treasury
branches, ",
d. adding "financial services
cooperatives, " after "credit unions, ",
and
e. striking out "." and substituting ";
or", and
4. adding the following after subparagraph (iv):
(iv) securities issued under exemptions
from the registration requirement and
prospectus requirement in
section 2.35
of National Instrument 45-106
Prospectus and Registration
Exemptions.
g. adding the following after subsection 13.4(3):
(4) A credit supporter is not a reporting issuer in a designated
Canadian jurisdiction for the purposes of subparagraph
(2)(b)(ii) if the credit supporter complies with a
requirement of this Instrument by relying on a provision
of National Instrument 71-102 Continuous Disclosure
and Other Exemptions Relating to Foreign Issuers.
Part 14 is amended by adding the following as
section 14.2:
14.2 Transition
Despite
section 14.1,
section 5.7 applies for financial years of the reporting
issuer beginning on or after January 1, 2007.
14. This amendment comes into force December 29, 2006.
______________
AMENDMENTS TO
Form 51-102F1 Management's Discussion and Analysis,
Form 51-102F2 Annual Information Form,
Form 51-102F3 Material Change Report,
Form 51-102F4 Business Acquisition Report,
Form 51-102F5 Information Circular, and
Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive Compensation
(Securities Act)
Made as an amendment rule by the Alberta Securities Commission on December 29,
2006 pursuant to sections 223 and 224 of the Securities Act.
1. Form 51-102F1 Management's Discussion and Analysis, Form 51-102F2
Annual Information Form, Form 51-102F3 Material Change Report,
Form 51-102F4 Business Acquisition Report, Form 51-102F5
Information Circular, and Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive
Compensation are amended by this Instrument.
2. Form 51-102F1 Management's Discussion and Analysis is amended by,
a. repealing the heading "General Instructions and
Interpretation"
Part 1 and substituting "General Provisions",
b. after paragraph (
o) to
Part 1, adding the following:
(
p) Available Prior Period Information
If you have not presented comparative financial information in
your financial statements, in your MD&A you must provide prior
period information relating to results of operations that is
available.
c. in Instruction (ii) to
section 1.2,
i. adding "reflects the overall health of the company and"
after " includes your company's financial position", and
ii. striking out "and capital resources." and substituting ",
capital resources and solvency. A discussion of financial
condition should include important trends and risks that
have affected the financial statements, and trends and
risks that are reasonably likely to affect them in the
future.",
d. in
section 1.5,
i. at the end of instruction (iii)(I), striking out "and",
ii. at the end of instruction (iii)(J), striking out "." and
substituting "; and", and
iii. after instruction (iii)(J), adding the following:
(
K) if you have an equity investee that is significant to
your company, the nature of the investment and
significance to your company.
e. in paragraph 1.6(h),
i. striking out "anticipated" and substituting "significant
risk of",
ii. in subparagraph (ii), striking out "during the most
recently completed financial year", and
iii. adding "or address the risk" after "cure the default or
arrears",
f. in
section 1.10, adding "If your company has filed separate
MD&A for its fourth quarter, you may satisfy this requirement by
incorporating that MD&A by reference." after "business and
dispositions of business segments.",
g. repealing paragraph 1.12(c),
h. after
section 1.12,
i. striking out the heading "Instruction" and substituting
"Instructions",
ii. numbering the paragraph under the heading
"Instructions" as paragraph (i), and
iii. adding the following after paragraph (
i) under the
heading "Instructions":
(ii) As part of your description of each critical
accounting estimate, in addition to qualitative
disclosure, you should provide quantitative
disclosure when quantitative information is
reasonably available and would provide
material information for investors. Similarly, in
your discussion of assumptions underlying an
accounting estimate that relates to matters
highly uncertain at the time the estimate was
made, you should provide quantitative
disclosure when it is reasonably available and
it would provide material information for
investors. For example, quantitative
information may include a sensitivity analysis
or disclosure of the upper and lower ends of the
range of estimates from which the recorded
estimate was selected.
i. in paragraph 1.15(b),
i. adding ", if applicable" after "National Instrument 51-
102",
ii. at the end of subparagraph (b)(i), striking out "and",
iii. at the end of subparagraph (b)(ii), striking out "." and
substituting "; and", and
iv. adding the following after subparagraph (b)(ii):
(iii)
Section 5.7 - Additional Disclosure for
Reporting Issuers with Significant Equity
Investees. , and
j. in the instructions after
section 2.2,
i. in paragraph (i), striking out "not an annual" and
substituting "an interim",
ii. in paragraph (i), adding "Base the disclosure, except the
disclosure for
section 1.3, on your interim financial
statements. Since you do not have to update the
disclosure required in
section 1.3 in your interim MD&A,
your first MD&A will provide disclosure under
section
1.3 based on your annual financial statements." after "in
your first MD&A.", and
iii. adding the following after paragraph (v):
(vi) In your interim MD&A, update the
summary of
quarterly results in
section 1.5 by providing
summary information for the eight most recently
completed quarters.
(vii) Your annual MD&A may not include all the
information in Item 1 if you were a venture
issuer as at the end of your last financial year.
If you ceased to be a venture issuer during your
interim period, you do not have to restate the
MD&A you previously filed. Instead, provide
the disclosure for the additional sections in Item
1 that you were exempt from as a venture issuer
in the next interim MD&A you file. Base your
disclosure for those sections on your interim
financial statements.
3. Form 51-102F2 Annual Information Form is amended by,
a. repealing the heading "General Instructions and
Interpretation"
Part 1 and substituting "General Provisions",
b. in paragraph 1(d), adding "and
section 12.2" after "with Item
10";
c. in paragraph 1(f), adding ", including any documents
incorporated by reference into the document or excerpt," before
"under your SEDAR profile",
d. repealing
section 4.2 and substituting the following:
4.2 Significant Acquisitions
Disclose any significant acquisition completed by your company during
its most recently completed financial year for which disclosure is
required under
Part 8 of National Instrument 51-102, by providing a
brief
summary of the significant acquisition and stating whether your
company has filed a Form 51-102F4 in respect of the acquisition.
e. preceding subsection 5.1(2), striking out the heading
"Bankruptcy, etc" and substituting "Bankruptcy and Similar
Procedures",
f. in subsection 5.1(2), striking out "and up to the date of the AIF"
and substituting "or during or proposed for the current financial
year",
g. repealing paragraph 5.5(1)(c),
h. in subsection 5.5(2), striking out "paragraphs (1)(
a) and (1)(
b) above" and substituting "subsection (1)",
i. adding the following after subsection 5.5(3):
(4) Material Changes - To the extent not reflected in the information
disclosed in response to subsection (1), disclose the information
contemplated by
Part 6 of National Instrument 51-101 Standards of
Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities in respect of material changes that
occurred after your company's most recently completed financial year-
end.
j. in
section 7.3,
i. striking out "one or more ratings, including provisional
ratings, has been received" and substituting "you have
asked for and received a stability rating, or if you receive
any other kind of rating, including a provisional rating,",
ii. adding "approved" after "has been received from one or
more",
iii. in paragraph (a), adding "or stability rating" after "a
provisional rating", and
iv. in paragraph (f), adding "or a stability rating" after "a
security rating",
k. after subsection 10.2(3),
i. striking out the heading "Instruction" and substituting
"Instructions",
ii. numbering the paragraph under the heading
"Instructions" as paragraph (i), and
iii. adding the following after paragraph (
i) under the
heading "Instructions":
(ii) A management cease trade order is "a cease trade or
similar order" for the purposes of subparagraph
10.2(1)(a)(
i) and so must be disclosed, whether or
not the director, executive officer or shareholder was
named in the order.
(iii) A late filing fee, such as a filing fee that applies to
the late filing of an insider report, is not a "penalty
or sanction" for the purposes of
section 10.2.
l. repealing the heading "Legal Proceedings" to Item 12 and
substituting "Legal Proceedings and Regulatory Actions",
m. adding the heading "Legal Proceedings" to
section 12.1,
n. in
section 12.1, striking out "Describe any legal proceedings to
which your company is a party or of which any of its property is
the subject and any such proceedings known to your company to
be contemplated, including" and substituting "Describe any legal
proceedings your company is or was a party to, or that any of its
property is or was the subject of, during your financial year.
Describe any such legal proceedings your company knows are
contemplated. Include", and
o. adding the following after the Instruction after
section 12.1:
12.2 Regulatory Actions
Describe any
(
a) penalties or sanctions imposed against your company by
a court relating to securities legislation or by a securities
regulatory authority during your financial year,
(
b) any other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or
regulatory body against your company that would likely
be considered important to a reasonable investor in
making an investment decision, and
(
c) settlement agreements your company entered into with a
court relating to securities legislation or with a securities
regulatory authority during your financial year.
4. Form 51-102F3 Material Change Report is amended by
a. repealing the heading "General Instructions and
Interpretation"
Part 1 and substituting "General Provisions", and
b. in Item 5,
i. numbering the paragraph under the heading for Item 5
section 5.1,
ii. adding the heading "Full Description of Material
Change" to
section 5.1,
iii. adding the following after
section 5.1:
5.2 Disclosure for Restructuring Transactions
This item applies to a material change report filed in respect
of the closing of a restructuring transaction under which
securities are to be changed, exchanged, issued or
distributed. This item does not apply if, in respect of the
transaction, your company sent an information circular to
its securityholders or filed a prospectus or a securities
exchange takeover bid circular.
Include the disclosure for each entity that resulted from the
restructuring transaction, if your company has an interest in
that entity, required by
section 14.2 of Form 51-102F5. You
may satisfy the requirement to include this disclosure by
incorporating the information by reference to another
document.
iv. striking out the heading "Instruction" and substituting
"Instructions",
v. numbering the paragraph under the heading
"Instructions" as paragraph (i), and
vi. adding the following after paragraph (
i) under the
heading "Instructions":
(ii) If you incorporate information by reference to
another document, clearly identify the
referenced document or any excerpt from it.
Unless you have already filed the referenced
document or excerpt, you must file it with the
material change report. You must also disclose
that the document is on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com.
5. Form 51-102F4 Business Acquisition Report is amended by
a. repealing the heading "General Instructions and
Interpretation"
Part 1 and substituting "General Provisions", and
b. in paragraph 1(d),
i. striking out ", other than the financial statements or other
information required by Item 3,"
ii. adding "you have already filed" after "Unless",
iii. striking out "has already been filed" and substituting ",
including any documents incorporated by reference into
the document or excerpt", and
iv. adding "You must also disclose that the document is on
SEDAR at www.sedar.com." after "file it with this
Report.".
6. Form 51-102F5 Information Circular is amended by
a. repealing the heading "General Instructions and
Interpretation"
Part 1 and substituting "General Provisions",
b. in paragraph 1(c), adding "including any documents incorporated
by reference into the document or excerpt," after "document or
excerpt,",
c. in
section 7.1, adding "(a "proposed director")" after "nominated
for election as a director",
d. adding the following after
section 7.2:
7.2.1 Describe the penalties or sanctions imposed and the
grounds on which they were imposed, or the terms of the
settlement agreement and the circumstances that gave rise
to the settlement agreement, if a proposed director has
been subject to
(
a) any penalties or sanctions imposed by a court relating to
securities legislation or by a securities regulatory
authority or has entered into a settlement agreement with
a securities regulatory authority; or
(
b) any other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or
regulatory body that would likely be considered
important to a reasonable securityholder in deciding
whether to vote for a proposed director.
7.2.2 Despite
section 7.2.1, no disclosure is required of a
settlement agreement entered into before December 31,
2000 unless the disclosure would likely be important to a
reasonable securityholder in deciding whether to vote for
a proposed director.
INSTRUCTIONS
(
i) The disclosure required by sections 7.2 and 7.2.1 also
applies to any personal holding companies of the
proposed director.
(ii) A management cease trade order is "a cease trade or
similar order" for the purposes of paragraph 7.2(a)(
i) and so must be disclosed, whether or not the proposed
director was named in the order.
(iii) A late filing fee, such as a filing fee that applies to the
late filing of an insider report, is not a "penalty or
sanction" for the purposes of
section 7.2.1.
e. repealing Item 8, and substituting the following:
Item 8 Executive Compensation
If you are sending this information circular in connection with a
meeting
(
a) that is an annual general meeting,
(
b) at which the company's directors are to be elected, or
(
c) at which the company's securityholders will be asked to
vote on a matter relating to executive compensation,
include a completed Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive
Compensation.,
f. in
section 9.1,
i. adding the heading "Equity Compensation Plan
Information",
ii. renumbering
section 9.1 as subsection 9.1(2), and
iii. preceding subsection 9.1(2), adding the following:
(1) Provide the information in subsection (2) if you are sending
this information circular in connection with a meeting
(
a) that is an annual general meeting,
(
b) at which the company's directors are to be
elected, or
(
c) at which the company's securityholders will be
asked to vote on a matter relating to executive
compensation or a transaction that involves the
company issuing securities.
g. in
section 10.3, striking out "You do not need to disclose
information required by this Item for any indebtedness that has
been entirely repaid on or before the date of the information
circular or for routine indebtedness" and substituting the
following:
You do not need to disclose information required by this Item
(
a) if you are not sending this information circular in connection with
a meeting
(
i) that is an annual general meeting,
(ii) at which the company's directors are to be elected, or
(iii) at which the company's securityholders will be asked to
vote on a matter relating to executive compensation,
(
b) for any indebtedness that has been entirely repaid on or before the
date of the information circular, or
(
c) for routine indebtedness.
h. repealing
section 14.2 and substituting the following:
14.2 If the action to be taken is in respect of a significant acquisition as
determined under
Part 8 of National Instrument 51-102 under
which securities of the acquired business are being exchanged for
the company's securities, or in respect of a restructuring
transaction under which securities are to be changed, exchanged,
issued or distributed, include disclosure for
(
a) the company, if the company has not filed all documents
required under National Instrument 51-102,
(
b) the business being acquired, if the matter is a significant
acquisition,
(
c) each entity, other than the company, whose securities are
being changed, exchanged, issued or distributed, if
(
i) the matter is a restructuring transaction, and
(ii) the company's current securityholders will have
an interest in that entity after the restructuring
transaction is completed, and
(
d) each entity that would result from the significant
acquisition or restructuring transaction, if the company's
securityholders will have an interest in that entity after
the significant acquisition or restructuring transaction is
completed.
The disclosure must be the disclosure (including financial
statements) prescribed by the form of prospectus, other than a short
form prospectus under National Instrument 44-101 Short Form
Prospectus Distributions, that the entity would be eligible to use
for a distribution of securities in the jurisdiction.
i. in
section 14.5,
i. striking out "Section 14.2 does not apply to an
information circular that is prepared" and substituting
"A company satisfies
section 14.2 if it prepares an
information circular",
ii. adding "," after "connection with a Qualifying
Transaction",
iii. striking out "(as such terms" and substituting ", or in
connection with a Reverse Take-Over (as Qualifying
Transaction, CPC and Reverse Take-Over",
iv. striking out "policy on Capital Pool Companies" and
substituting "policies", and
v. adding "or Reverse Take-Over" after "in respect of that
Qualifying Transaction", and
j. adding the following after
section 14.5:
INSTRUCTION
For the purposes of
section 14.2, a securityholder will not be
considered to have an interest in an entity after an acquisition or
restructuring transaction is completed if the securityholder will only
hold a redeemable security that is immediately redeemed for cash.
7. Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive Compensation is amended by
a. repealing the heading "General Instructions and
Interpretation"
to Item 1 and substituting "General Provisions",
b. in
section 1.1,
i. adding ", whatever the source," after "disclosure of all
compensation", and
ii. adding "The particular requirements in this Form should
be interpreted with regard to this purpose, the definition
of "executive officer" in the Instrument, and in a manner
that gives priority to substance over form." after
"unincorporated business entities.",
c. in paragraph 1.4(e), striking out the second sentence and
substituting the following:
Also, the company must include in the appropriate
compensation category any compensation paid under an
understanding, arrangement or agreement existing among
(
i) any of
(
A) the company,
(
B) its subsidiaries, or
(
C) an officer or director of the company
or its subsidiary, and
(ii) another entity,
for the purpose of the entity compensating the officer or
director for employment services or office.
If the company's executive management is employed or
retained by an external management company (including
a subsidiary, affiliate or associate) and the company has
entered into an understanding, arrangement or agreement
of any kind for the provision of executive management
services by the external management company to the
company directly or indirectly, the company must
disclose any compensation payable
(iii) directly by the company to any persons
employed or retained by the external
management company who are acting as
executive officers and directors of the company;
and
(iv) by the external management company to such
persons that is attributable to services rendered
to the company directly or indirectly.
d. in paragraph 1.4(f), striking out "primary", and
e. adding the following as paragraph (g):
(
g) Allocation of Compensation - If the company's executive
management is provided through an external management
company, and the external management company has other clients
in addition to the company, the company must disclose either,
(
i) the portion of the compensation paid to the officer or
director by the external management company that can be
attributed to services rendered to the company; or
(ii) the entire compensation paid by the external management
company to the officer or director.
If the company does allocate the compensation paid to the officer
or director, it should disclose the basis for the allocation. , and
f. in paragraph 2.1 1.(
a) relating to column (e), adding "or Qu‚bec
Pension Plan" after "CPP".
8. This amendment comes into force December 29, 2006.
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AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 52-107
Acceptable Accounting Principles, Auditing Standards and Reporting
Currency
(Securities Act)
Made as an amendment rule by the Alberta Securities Commission on December 29,
2006 pursuant to sections 223 and 224 of the Securities Act.
1. National Instrument 52-107 Acceptable Accounting Principles, Auditing
Standards and Reporting Currency is amended by this Instrument.
Section 1.1 is amended by,
a. in paragraph (
b) of the definition of "designated foreign issuer",
adding "in a designated foreign jurisdiction" after "foreign
disclosure requirements",
b. repealing the definition of "executive officer" and substituting
the following:
"executive officer" means, for an issuer, an individual who is
(
a) a chair, vice-chair or president;
(
b) a vice-president in charge of a principal business unit,
division or function including sales, finance or
production; or
(
c) performing a policy-making function in respect of the
issuer; , and
c. in the definition of "recognized exchange",
i. striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (a), and
ii. adding the following after paragraph (a):
(a.1) in Qu‚bec, a person or company authorized by
the securities regulatory authority to carry on
business as an exchange; and
3. Subsection 4.1(1) and
section 4.2 are amended by striking out "filed by an
SEC issuer" and substituting "of an SEC issuer that are filed with or
delivered to a securities regulatory authority or regulator" wherever it
appears.
4. Sections 5.1 and 5.2 are amended by striking out "filed by a foreign issuer"
and substituting "of a foreign issuer that are filed with or delivered to a
securities regulatory authority or regulator" wherever it appears.
5. Paragraph 5.2(
a) is repealed and substituted with the following:
(
a) U.S. GAAS, if the auditor's report
(
i) contains an unqualified opinion;
(ii) identifies all financial periods presented for which the
auditor has issued an auditor's report;
(iii) refers to the former auditor's reports on the comparative
periods, if the issuer has changed its auditor and one or
more of the comparative periods presented in the
financial statements were audited by a different auditor;
and
(iv) identifies the auditing standards used to conduct the audit
and the accounting principles used to prepare the
financial statements;
6. The following is added after subsection 9.1(2):
(3) Except in Ontario, an exemption referred to in subsection (1) is
granted under the statute referred to in Appendix B of National
Instrument 14-101
Definitions opposite the name of the local
jurisdiction.
7. This amendment comes into force December 29, 2006.
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AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 71-102
Continuous Disclosure and Other Exemptions Relating to Foreign Issuers
(Securities Act)
Made as an amendment rule by the Alberta Securities Commission on December 29,
2006 pursuant to sections 223 and 224 of the Securities Act.
1. National Instrument 71-102 Continuous Disclosure and Other
Exemptions Relating to Foreign Issuers is amended by this Instrument.
Section 1.1 is amended by,
a. repealing the
definitions of "board of directors" and "SEDI
issuer",
b. in paragraph (
b) of the definition of "designated foreign issuer",
adding "in a designated foreign jurisdiction" after "foreign
disclosure requirements",
c. repealing the definition of "executive officer" and substituting
the following:
"executive officer" means, for a reporting issuer, an individual who is
(
a) a chair, vice-chair or president;
(
b) a vice-president in charge of a principal business unit,
division or function including sales, finance or
production; or
(
c) performing a policy-making function in respect of the
issuer;
d. in the definition of "interim period",
i. in paragraph (a), adding "a non-standard year
or" after "in the case of a year other than",
ii. at the end of paragraph (a), striking out "or",
and
iii. adding the following after paragraph (a):
(a.1) in the case of a non-standard year, a
period commencing on the first day of
the financial year and ending within 22
days of the date that is nine, six or three
months before the end of the financial
year; or
e. adding the following after the definition of "NI 52-107":
"non-standard year" means a financial year, other than a transition
year, that does not have 365 days, or 366 days if it includes
February 29; , and
f. in the definition of "recognized exchange",
i. striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (a), and
ii. adding the following after paragraph (a):
(a.1) in Qu‚bec, a person or company authorized by
the securities regulatory authority to carry on
business as an exchange; and
3. Sections 4.2, 4.8, 4.9, 4.11, 5.3, 5.9, 5.10 and 5.12 are amended by striking
out "is exempt from" and substituting "satisfies" wherever it appears.
4. Subsections 4.7(2) and 5.8(2) are amended by striking out "the exemption
in", wherever it appears.
Section 4.10 is amended by
a. striking out "An SEC foreign issuer is exempt from securities"
and substituting "Securities", and
b. adding "do not apply to an SEC foreign issuer" after "material
contracts".
Section 4.12 is repealed and substituted with the following:
4.12 Insider Reporting
The insider reporting requirement does not apply to an insider of
an SEC foreign issuer that has a class of securities registered under
section 12 of the 1934 Act if the insider complies with the
requirements of U.S. federal securities law relating to insider
reporting.
Section 5.11 is amended by
a. striking out "A designated foreign issuer is exempt from
securities" and substituting "Securities", and
b. adding "do not apply to a designated foreign issuer" after
"material contracts".
Section 5.13 is repealed and substituted with the following:
5.13 Insider Reporting
The insider reporting requirement does not apply to an insider of a
designated foreign issuer if the insider complies with foreign
disclosure requirements relating to insider reporting.
9. This amendment comes into force December 29, 2006
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CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 44-101
Short Form Prospectus Distributions
(Securities Act)
Made as an amendment rule by the Alberta Securities Commission on December 29,
2006 pursuant to sections 223 and 224 of the Securities Act.
1. National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions is
amended by this Instrument.
Section 1.1 is amended by,
a. repealing the definition of "approved rating" and substituting the
following:
"approved rating" means, for a security, a rating at or above one of the
following rating categories issued by an approved rating organization
for the security or a rating category that replaces a category listed
below:
Approved Rating
Organization
Long
Term
Debt
Short
Term Debt
Preferred
Shares
Dominion Bond
Rating Service
Limited
BBB
R-2
Pfd-3
Fitch Ratings Ltd.
BBB
BBB
Moody's Investors
Service
Baa
Prime-3
"baaa"
Standard & Poor's
BBB
A-3
P-3
b. repealing the definition of "approved rating organization" and
substituting the following:
"approved rating organization" means each of Dominion Bond Rating
Service Limited, Fitch Ratings Ltd., Moody's Investors Service,
Standard & Poor's and any of their successors;
3. This amendment comes into force December 29, 2006.
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AMENDMENTS TO FORM 44-101F1
Short Form Prospectus
(Securities Act)
Made as an amendment rule by the Alberta Securities Commission on December 29,
2006 pursuant to sections 223 and 224 of the Securities Act.
1. Form 44-101F1 Short Form Prospectus is amended by this Instrument.
Section 7.9 is amended by striking out "If one or more ratings, including
provisional ratings or stability ratings, have been received" and substituting
"If the issuer has asked for and received a stability rating, or if the issuer
receives any other kind of rating, including a provisional rating,"
3. Item 10 is amended by,
a. in paragraphs 10.1(1)(
b) and 10.1(2)(b), adding "or would be if it
were not a reverse takeover, as defined in NI 51-102," after "NI
51-102".
b. in Instruction (2) following
section 10.1, adding "for significant
acquisitions" after "NI 51-102".
4. Item 11 is amended by
a. repealing item 11.1(1) 6. and substituting the following:
6. Any business acquisition report filed by the issuer under
Part 8 of
NI 51-102 for acquisitions completed since the beginning of the
financial year in respect of which the issuer's current AIF is filed,
unless the issuer
(
a) incorporated the BAR by reference into its current AIF,
(
b) incorporated at least 9 months of the acquired business or
related businesses operations into the issuer's most recent
audited financial statements.
b. in item 11.1(1) 7., striking out "end" and substituting
"beginning".
5. This amendment comes into force December 29, 2006.
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AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 21-101
Marketplace Operation
(Securities Act)
Made as an amendment rule by the Alberta Securities Commission on December 13,
2006 pursuant to sections 223(j), 223(
w) and 224 of the Securities Act.
PART 1 AMENDMENTS
1.1 Amendments
(1) This Instrument amends National Instrument 21-101 Marketplace
Operation.
(2) Part 1 is amended by repealing the definition of "government debt
security" and substituting the following definition:
"government debt security" means
(
a) a debt security issued or guaranteed by the government of
Canada, or any province or territory of Canada,
(
b) a debt security issued or guaranteed by any municipal
corporation in Canada, or secured by or payable out of
rates or taxes levied under the law of a jurisdiction of
Canada on property in the jurisdiction and to be collected
by or through the municipality in which the property is
situated,
(
c) a debt security of a crown corporation,
(
d) in Ontario, a debt security of any school board in Ontario
or of a corporation established under
section 248(1) of
the Education Act (Ontario), or
(
e) in Qu‚bec, a debt security of the Comit‚ de gestion de la
taxe scolaire de l'Œle de Montr‚al
that is not listed on a recognized exchange or quoted on a
recognized quotation and trade reporting system or listed on an
exchange or quoted on a quotation and trade reporting system that
has been recognized for the purposes of this Instrument and NI 23-
(3) Section 6.2 is repealed and the following substituted:
"Except as provided in this Instrument, the registration exemptions
applicable to dealers under securities legislation are not available to an
ATS."
(4) Part 7 is amended by:
a. striking out the reference in
section 7.2 to "orders" and
substituting "trades";
b. striking out the reference in
section 7.4 to "orders" and
substituting "trades";
c. repealing
section 7.5; and
d. adding the following:
"7.5 Consolidated Feed - Exchange-Traded Securities - An
information processor shall produce an accurate and timely
consolidated feed showing the information provided to the
information processor under sections 7.1 and 7.2.
7.6 Compliance with Requirements of an Information
Processor - A marketplace shall comply with the reasonable
requirements of the information processor to which it is required to
provide information under this Part."
(5) Part 8 is amended by
a. repealing subsection 8.2(1) and substituting the
following:
A marketplace that displays orders of corporate debt
securities to a person or company shall provide accurate
and timely information regarding orders for designated
corporate debt securities displayed on the marketplace to
an information processor, as required by the information
processor, or if there is no information processor, to an
information vendor that meets the standards set by a
regulation services provider, as required by the regulation
services provider;
b. repealing subsection 8.2(3) and substituting the
following:
A marketplace shall provide accurate and timely
information regarding details of trades of designated
corporate debt securities executed on the marketplace to
an information processor, as required by the information
processor, or if there is no information processor, to an
information vendor that meets the standards set by a
regulation services provider, as required by the regulation
services provider;
c. repealing subsection 8.2(4) and substituting the
following:
An inter-dealer bond broker shall provide accurate and
timely information regarding details of trades of
designated corporate debt securities executed through the
inter-dealer bond broker to an information processor, as
required by the information processor, or if there is no
information processor, to an information vendor that
meets the standards set by a regulation services provider,
as required by the regulation services provider;
d. repealing subsection 8.2(5) and substituting the
following:
A dealer executing trades of corporate debt securities
outside of a marketplace shall provide accurate and
timely information regarding details of trades of
designated corporate debt securities traded by or through
the dealer to an information processor, as required by the
information processor, or if there is no information
processor, to an information vendor that meets the
standards set by a regulation services provider, as
required by the regulation services provider;
e. repealing
section 8.5 and substituting the following:
"8.5 Reporting Requirements for the Information
Processor -
(1) The information processor shall report,
within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, the
process and criteria for selection of government debt
securities, as applicable, and designated corporate debt
securities and the list of government debt securities, as
applicable, and designated corporate debt securities.
(2) The information processor shall report, within 30
days after the end of each calendar year, the process to
communicate the designated securities to the
marketplaces, inter-dealer bond brokers and dealers
providing the information as required by the Instrument,
including where the list of designated securities can be
found."; and
f. adding the following section:
"8.6 Exemption for Government Debt Securities -
Section 8.1 does not apply until January 1, 2012."
(6) Part 11 is amended by repealing
section 11.2(2) and substituting
the following:
"11.2(2) Transmittal of Order Information - A marketplace
shall transmit to a securities regulatory authority or a regulation
services provider, if it has entered into an agreement with a
regulation services provider in accordance with NI 23-101, the
information required by the securities regulatory authority or the
regulation services provider, within ten business days, in electronic
form as required by the securities regulatory authority or regulation
services provider.
11.2(3) Electronic Form - The record kept by a marketplace
under
section 11.1 and subsection 11.2(1) and the transmission of
information to a securities regulatory authority or a regulation
services provider under subsection 11.2(2) shall be in electronic
form as prescribed by a securities regulatory authority or a
regulation services provider."
(7) Part 12 is amended by adding the following
section 12.3:
"12.3 Availability of technology specifications and testing
facilities -
(1) For at least two months immediately prior to
operating, a marketplace shall make available to the public any
technology requirements regarding interfacing with or access to
the marketplace.
(2) After the technology requirements set out in subsection
(1) have been published, a marketplace shall make available to the
public, for at least one month, testing facilities for interfacing with
and access to the marketplace."
(8) Appendix A to National Instrument 21-101 Marketplace Operation
is repealed.
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AMENDMENTS TO FORM 21-101 F2
Initial Operation Report Alternative Trading System
(Securities Act)
Made as an amendment rule by the Alberta Securities Commission on December 13,
2006 pursuant to sections 223(j), 223(
w) and 224 of the Securities Act.
PART 1 AMENDMENTS
(1) This Instrument amends Form 21-101F2 Initial Operation Report
Alternative Trading System.
(2) Exhibit G is amended by adding the following at the end of item 5:
"Where applicable, the description should include, at a minimum: the
parties involved in settling the trades; the trades being settled; and the
procedures to manage counterparty and settlement risk."
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AMENDMENTS TO FORM 21-101 F5
Initial Operation Report For Information Processor
(Securities Act)
Made as an amendment rule by the Alberta Securities Commission on December 13,
2006 pursuant to sections 223(j), 223(
w) and 224 of the Securities Act.
PART 1 AMENDMENTS
(1) This Instrument amends Form 21-101F5 Initial Operation Report for
Information Processor.
(2) Part 1 Corporate Governance is amended by:
a. adding "identifying the processes and procedures which promote
independence from the marketplaces, inter-dealer bond brokers
and dealers that provide data." after "all subsequent amendments"
in the description of Exhibit A;
b. adding "identifying those individuals with overall responsibility
for the integrity and timeliness of data reported to and displayed by
the system (the "System") of the information processor," after "the
previous year" in the description of Exhibit C; and
c. adding "identifying the employees responsible for monitoring the
timeliness and integrity of data reported to and displayed by the
System." at the end of the first sentence of the description of
Exhibit E.
(3) Part 2 Systems and Operations is amended by:
a. replacing "the system (the "System") of the information processor"
with "the System" in the description of Exhibit G;
b. adding "including data validation processes" at the end of
subsection 2 of the description of Exhibit G;
c. repealing the current description of Exhibit H and replacing it
with:
"A description in narrative form of each service or function
performed by the information processor. Include a description of
all procedures utilized for the collection, processing, distribution,
validation and publication of information with respect to orders
and trades in securities."; and
d. removing the last sentence of the description of Exhibit J and
replacing it with:
"Describe any measures used to verify the timeliness and accuracy
of information received and disseminated by the System, including
the processes to resolve data integrity issues identified."
(4) Part 4 Fees is amended by:
a. adding "and Revenue Sharing" after "Fees" to the title; and
b. adding "Where arrangements to share revenue from the sale of
data disseminated by the information processor with marketplaces,
inter-dealer bond brokers and dealers that provide data to the
information processor in accordance with National Instrument 21-
101 are in place, a complete description of the arrangements and
the basis for these arrangements." at the end of the description of
Exhibit O.
(5) The following
section is added after
Part 5:
"6. - Selection of Securities Reported to the Information Processor
Exhibit T
Where the information processor is responsible for making a determination
of the data which must be reported, including the securities for which
information must be reported in accordance with National Instrument 21-
101, describe the manner of selection and communication of these securities.
This description should include the following:
1. The criteria used to determine which securities should be reported
to the information processor.
2. The process for selection of the securities, including a description
of the parties consulted in the process and the frequency of the
selection process.
3. The process to communicate the securities selected to the
marketplaces, inter-dealer bond brokers and dealers providing the
information as required by National Instrument 21-101. The
description should include where this information is located."
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AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 23-101
Trading Rules
(Securities Act)
Made as an amendment rule by the Alberta Securities Commission on December 13,
2006 pursuant to sections 223(j), 223(
w) and 224 of the Securities Act.
PART 1 AMENDMENTS
1.1 Amendments
(1) This Instrument amends National Instrument 23-101 Trading
Rules.
(2) Part 3 is amended by repealing subsection 3.1(2) and substituting
the following:
"In Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Qu‚bec and Saskatchewan,
instead of subsection (1), the provisions of the Securities Act
(Alberta), the Securities Act (British Columbia), the Securities Act
(Ontario), the Securities Act (Qu‚bec) and The Securities Act, 1988
(Saskatchewan), respectively, relating to manipulation and fraud
apply."
(3) Part 7 is amended by
a. striking out "recognized exchange and its members" and
substituting "members of a recognized exchange" in
subsection 7.2(a); and
b. striking out "recognized quotation and trade reporting
system and its users" and substituting "users of a
recognized quotation and trade reporting system" in
subsection 7.4(a).
(4) Part 11 is amended by
a. adding subsection 11.1(2):
A dealer or inter-dealer bond broker is exempt from this
Part if the
dealer or inter-dealer bond broker complies with similar
requirements, for any securities specified, established by a
regulation services provider and approved by the applicable
securities regulatory authority.
b. in subsection 11.2(1), by striking out "Immediately following the
receipt or origination of an order for securities" and substituting
"Immediately following the receipt or origination of an order for
equity, fixed income and other securities identified by a regulation
services provider";
c. in subsection 11.2(1)(q), striking out the word "and";
d. in subsection 11.2(1)(r), striking out "an insider marker" and
adding "an insider marker; and";
e. adding the following subsection 11.2(1)(s): "any other markers
required by a regulation services provider.";
f. deleting subsection 11.2(5) and substituting:
"Transmittal of Order Information - A dealer and inter-dealer
bond broker shall record and shall transmit within 10 business days
to a securities regulatory authority or a regulation services provider
the information required by the securities regulatory authority or
the regulation services provider, in electronic form, as required by
the securities regulatory authority or the regulation services
provider.";
g. deleting subsection 11.2(6) and substituting the following:
"Electronic Form - The record kept by the dealer and inter-dealer
bond broker under subsections (1) through (4) and the transmission
of information to a securities regulatory authority or a regulation
services provider under subsection (5) shall be in electronic form
by January 1, 2010."; and
h. adding subsection 11.2(7):
"Record preservation requirements - A dealer and an inter-dealer
bond broker shall keep all records for a period of not less than
seven years from the creation of the record referred to in this
section, and for the first two years in a readily accessible location."
Sustainable Resource Development
Alberta Fishery Regulations, 1998
Notice of Variation Order 33-2006
Commercial Fishing Seasons
The close times and quotas set out in
Schedule 8 to the Alberta Fishery Regulations in
respect of the waters listed in the
Schedule to this Notice have been varied by
Variation Order 33-2006 by the Director of Fisheries Management in accordance with
section 3 of the Alberta Fishery Regulations.
Where fishing with gill nets is permitted during an open season established by the
Order, the gill net mesh size has been specified in the Order.
SCHEDULE
PART 1
Item - 3
Column 1 Waters - In respect of:
(6) Moose Lake (61-7-W4)
Column 2 Gear - trap net
Column 3 Open Time - 08:00 hours October 31, 2006 to 16:00 hours November 15,
Column 4 Species and Quota - 1) Lake whitefish: 18,000 kg; 2) Walleye: 1 kg; 3)
Yellow perch: 1 kg; 4) Northern pike: 1 kg; 5) Tullibee: 9,050 kg; 6) Lake trout: 1 kg.
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Notice of Variation Order 36-2006
Commercial Fishing Seasons
The close times and quotas set out in
Schedule 8 to the Alberta Fishery Regulations in
respect of the waters listed in the
Schedule to this Notice have been varied by
Variation Order 36-2006 by the Director of Fisheries Management in accordance with
section 3 of the Alberta Fishery Regulations.
Where fishing with gill nets is permitted during an open season established by the
Order, the gill net mesh size has been specified in the Order.
Pursuant to Variation Order 36-2006 commercial fishing is permitted in accordance
with the following schedule..
SCHEDULE
PART 1
Item - 1
Column 1 Waters - In respect of:
(64) McGregor Lake (18-22-W4)
Column 2 Gear - Gill net not less than 140 mm mesh
Column 3 Open Time - A. In respect of McGregor Lake excluding the following
portions:
- that portion north of the southern boundaries of sections 25 and 26-18-22-W4 and
30-18-21-W4;
- that portion which is south of secondary road 531:
08:00 hours October 15, 2006 to 16:00 hours October 25, 2006;
08:00 hours December 11, 2006 to 16:00 hours December 12, 2006.
B. In respect of all other waters:
Closed.
Column 4 Species and Quota - 1) Lake whitefish: 40,825 kg; 2) Walleye: 227 kg; 3)
Yellow perch: 1 kg; 4) Northern pike: 681 kg; 5) Tullibee: 1 kg; 6) Lake trout: 1 kg.
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Notice of Variation Order 37-2006
Commercial Fishing Seasons
The close times and quotas set out in
Schedule 8 to the Alberta Fishery Regulations in
respect of the waters listed in the
Schedule to this Notice have been varied by
Variation Order 37-2006 by the Director of Fisheries Management in accordance with
section 3 of the Alberta Fishery Regulations.
Where fishing with gill nets is permitted during an open season established by the
Order, the gill net mesh size has been specified in the Order.
Pursuant to Variation Order 37-2006 commercial fishing is permitted in accordance
with the following schedule.
SCHEDULE
PART 1
Item - 1
Column 1 Waters -
(9.1) Buck Lake (46-5-W5)
- excluding the following portions:
- that portion south of a line drawn from the northernmost point of land in NW11-46-
6-W5 to the northernmost point of land in NW12-46-6-W5;
- that portion south of a line drawn from the northernmost point of land in NW12-46-
6-W5 to the nearest point of land in SE13-46-6-W5;
- that portion east of a line drawn from the westernmost point of land in SW25-46-6-
W5 to the point where the northern shoreline is intersected by the western boundary
of 36-46-6-W5
Column 2 Gear - Gill net not less than 152 mm mesh
Column 3 Open Time - 08:00 hours January 3, 2007 to 16:00 hours January 4, 2007
Column 4 Species and Quota - 1) Lake whitefish: 20,000 kg; 2) Walleye: 250 kg; 3)
Yellow perch: 250 kg; 4) Northern pike: 250 kg; 5) Tullibee: 1 kg; 6) Lake trout: 1
kg.
Column 1 Waters -
(54.1) Lac Ste. Anne (55-3-W5)
-excluding that portion southeast of a line drawn from the water tower in Gunn
Townsite to the point of land in 10-20-54-3-W5
Column 2 Gear - Gill net not less than 140 mm mesh
Column 3 Open Time - 08:00 hours March 12, 2007 to 16:00 hours March 16, 2007
Column 4 Species and Quota - 1) Lake whitefish: 45,000 kg; 2) Walleye: 4