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Updates for the week ending April 5, 2002

 

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Policies & Instruments

 

  • BC Notice 2002/16 - Adoption of Multilateral Instrument 45-103 Capital Raising Exemptions

    This BCN announces that effective April 3, 2002, the BCSC has adopted MI 45-103 as a rule. MI 45-103 introduces new exemptions from registration and prospectus requirements in B.C. and Alberta. The BCSC has also adopted MI 45-103CP Companion Policy. The Executive Director has prescribed MI 45-103F1 Offering Memorandum for Non-Qualifying Issuers, MI 45-103F2 Offering Memorandum for Qualifying Issuers and MI 45-103F3 Risk Acknowledgement as the forms required under MI 45-103. The BCSC has also adopted certain consequential amendments to the Securities Rules.

    To provide a six month transition period, the BCSC has also made BCI 45-519 Retention of Current Exemptions for Six Months.

    The BCSC has also made consequential amendments to the following instruments to ensure consistency with the provisions under MI 45-103:
    BCP 12-602 Exempt Purchaser Status
    BCF 12-602F Exempt Purchaser Application
    BCP 13-601   Required Forms and Index of Forms
    BCP 31-601   Registration Requirements
    BCIN 33-701   Trading by Limited Dealers under Registration and Prospectus Exemptions
    BCP 45-501CP Mortgages Companion Policy
    BCP 45-502CP Cooperative Associations Companion Policy
    BCI 45-504   Trades to Trust Companies, Issuers and Portfolio Managers outside BC
    BCI 45-509   Short Form Offerings of Listed Securities and Units by Qualifying Issuers
    BCI 45-516   Amendments to Multilateral Instrument 45-102 Resale of Securities
    BCF 45-901F Offering Memorandum for Syndicated Mortgages
    BCF 45-902F   Report of Exempt Distribution
    BCF 45-903F1 and BCF 45-903F2   Acknowledgement of Purchaser
    BCF 45-904F   Offering Memorandum
    BCF 45-905F   Offering Memorandum - Immigrant Investor Program
    BCF 45-906F Offering Memorandum - Real Estate Securities

  • BC Notice 2002/17 - Advance Notice of Adoption of National Instrument 54-101 - Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer

    This notice announces that the Commission, together with other members of the CSA, plans to adopt NI 54-101, related forms and companion policy 54-101CP, effective July 1, 2002. The Commission has also made consequential amendments to the Securities Rules. This notice describes the changes to NI 54-101 and the companion policy, which, together with the consequential amendments and NI 54-102, deal with communication with beneficial owners of securities of a reporting issuer.

  • BC Notice 2002/18 - Advance Notice of Adoption of National Instrument 54-102 - Interim Financial Statement and Report Exemption

    This notice announces that the Commission, together with other members of the CSA, plans to adopt NI 54-102, effective July 1, 2002. The notice describes changes to NI 54-102, which replaces the provisions of NP 41 pertaining to the sending of interim financial statements and reports to holders of securities of a reporting issuer.

  • CSA Staff Notice 41-303 - Harmonization of Prospectus Requirements Across the CSA

    This Notice advises that the CSA is planning to harmonize the long form prospectus regime across Canada. In the process of harmonizing these prospectus requirements, the CSA plans to make any changes necessary to harmonize the prospectus rules with the changes to the continuous disclosure requirements currently under consideration. Also, the CSA is considering to what extent foreign issuers should be permitted to use the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) International Disclosure Standards to satisfy the long form prospectus requirements. Comments are invited. There is no estimate on the timing of this initiative, but the CSA plans to do it as expeditiously as possible.

 

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