Exemption Orders (Discretionary)

ALR TECHNOLOGIES INC.


2001 BCSECCOM 271

IN THE MATTER OF THE SECURITIES ACT
R.S.B.C. 1996, C. 418

AND

IN THE MATTER OF ALR TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Order Under Section 88

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WHEREAS ALR Technologies Inc. (“ALRT”) has applied to the Executive Director for an order under section 88 of the Securities Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 418that ALRT be deemed to have ceased to be a reporting issuer;

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AND WHEREAS ALRT has represented to the Executive Director that:

1. ALRT is a corporation continued under the laws of the State of Nevada in the United States of America and is a reporting issuer under the Act;

2. ALRT is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the United States (the “1934 Act”) and is not in default of any requirements under the 1934 Act;

3. the authorized capital of ALRT consists of 75,000,000 common shares, of which 26,078,446 were issued and outstanding as of September 6, 2000;

4. ALRT has no other securities, including debt securities, outstanding;

5. the common shares of ALRT are only traded on the NASD OTC Bulletin Board and are not traded on any stock exchange or other organized market in Canada;

6. 7,004,497 common shares of ALRT, representing approximately 27% of the outstanding common shares, are shown on the books of ALRT as of September 6, 2000 as being held by 36 Canadian holders and of these holders 21 have addresses in British Columbia; the 21 shareholders who have addresses in British Columbia hold 5,134,275 common shares of ALRT;

7. of the 7,004,497 common shares of ALRT held by residents of Canada, only 1,870,222 common shares (representing approximately 7.2% of the issued and outstanding shares of ALRT) are held by shareholders who are not insiders of ALRT or who are not closely connected to directors or officers of ALRT;

8. of the 5,134,275 common shares of ALRT held by residents of British Columbia, only 134,275 common shares (representing approximately 0.51% of the issued and outstanding shares of ALRT) are held by shareholders who are not insiders of ALRT or who are not closely connected to directors or officers of ALRT;

9. the management, business and assets of ALRT are located primarily in the United States and its business is conducted outside of Canada;

10. there is no market in Canada for the shares of ALRT;

11. ALRT will comply with Rule 14a-13 under the 1934 Act with respect to Canadian intermediaries so that the beneficial owners of common shares of ALRT resident in Canada will continue to receive copies of all disclosure materials provided to holders of common shares of ALRT resident in the United States; and

12. ALRT does not intend to seek public financing by way of an offering of its securities in Canada;

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AND WHEREAS the Commission considers that to do so would not be prejudicial to the public interest;

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IT IS ORDERED under section 88 of the Act that ALRT is deemed to have ceased to be a reporting issuer.

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DATED March 2, 2001.




Derek E. Patterson
Acting Director