Notices of Hearing & Temporary Orders

CORPORATE EXPRESS INC., et. al. [Adjournment]

BCSECCOM #:
2000 BCSECCOM 251
Document Type:
Adjournment
Published Date:
2000-11-14
Effective Date:
2000-11-14
Details:


2000 BCSECCOM 251


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

AND

IN THE MATTER OF CORPORATE EXPRESS INC., ALSO KNOWN AS CORPORATE EXPRESS CLUB AND CORPORATE EXPRESS CLUB (CEC) 1998, FORTRESS INTERNATIONAL LTD., GREAT AMERICAN GOLD LTD., AND OFFSHORE KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

AND

IN THE MATTER OF JOHN THOMAS MCCARTHY, CAMERON WILLARD MCEWEN, PATRICK THOMAS STOJAK AND LYNN ILENE SORSDAHL


Notice of Adjournment of Hearing


WHEREAS on December 19, 1999, under section 161 of the Securities Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 418, the Executive Director gave notice to Corporate Express Inc., also known as Corporate Express Club and Corporate Express Club (CEC) 1998, Fortress International Ltd., Great American Gold Ltd., and Offshore Knowledge Network and John Thomas McCarthy, Cameron Willard McEwen, Patrick Thomas Stojak and Lynn Ilene Sorsdahl (collectively, the “Respondents”), of a hearing to be held before the British Columbia Securities Commission to determine whether it is in the public interest to make orders under the Act against the Respondents;

AND WHEREAS on December 19, 1999, the Executive Director ordered under section 161(2) of the Act (the “Temporary Orders”) that

· under section 161(1)(b) of the Act, all persons cease trading in and are prohibited from purchasing the Securities;

· under section 161(1)(c) of the Act, any and all of the exemptions described in any of sections 44 to 47, 74, 75, 98 and 99 of the Act do not apply to the Corporate Respondents and the Individual Respondents;

· under section 161(1)(d) of the Act, each of the Individual Respondents resign any positions they hold as a director or officer of any issuer and are each prohibited from becoming or acting as a director or officer of any issuer;

· under section 161(1)(d) of the Act, the Individual Respondents are each prohibited from engaging in investor relations activities; and

· under section 161(1)(f) of the Act, Sorsdahl’s registration as a registered representative with a scholarship plan dealer be suspended;

AND WHEREAS on January 5, 2000, the Commission extended the Temporary Orders until a hearing is held and a decision is rendered;

AND WHEREAS on July 5, 2000, the Commission ordered that the hearing be adjourned to November 14-16 and November 22-24, 2000.

TAKE NOTICE that the hearing scheduled for November 14-16 and November 22-24, 2000 has been adjourned to February 16, 2001, at 10:00 a.m. at the British Columbia Securities Commission, 12th Floor, 701 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, at which time a date will be set for the hearing.


DATED November 14, 2000.






Brent W. Aitken
Member
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