NIN 95/36 - Exchange Offering Prospectus Forms [NIN - Rescinded]
Published Date: | 1995-11-17 |
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Effective Date: | 1995-11-16 |
The Commission is publishing in the Weekly Summary for the week ending November 17, l995:
- Form 12B - Information Required in Exchange Offering Prospectus of an Industrial Issuer,
- Form 14B - Information Required in an Exchange Offering Prospectus of a Natural Resource Issuer, and
- a proposed amendment to Local Policy Statement 3-02 - Prospectus Filing Requirements, together with the proposed repeal of Local Policy Statement 3-26 - Statement of Material Facts Submitted to the Superintendent of Brokers and the Vancouver Stock Exchange for Vetting.
This Notice provides background to the publication of the exchange offering prospectus ("EOP") forms (Form 12B and Form 14B). It also requests comments on the proposed amendment to LPS 3-02 that sets out the Commissions filing requirements applicable to EOPs.
As noted in NIN#95/20, the amendment repealing the statement of material facts ("SMF") exemption contained in section 58(1)(c) of the Securities Act will be brought into force once the EOP forms and the circumstances under which they will be used has been finalized. A request for comment on the draft EOP forms was issued under NIN#95/20. The comments received have been reviewed and, where appropriate, incorporated in the forms. A number of drafting changes were also made.
Effectively, the EOP will replace the SMF as the disclosure form for qualifying distributions of securities by issuers listed on the Vancouver Stock Exchange (the "Exchange"). However, unlike an SMF offering, which is done under an exemption, an EOP offering will be qualified under section 42 of the Act. The EOP is a prospectus document and as such will be subject to all the requirements under the legislation applicable to prospectuses. Similar to SMFs, EOPs will be filed with the Exchange as well as the Commission. Staff of the Commission is currently discussing with the Exchange operating procedures for filing and vetting EOPs.
The EOP forms may be used by Qualifying Issuers wishing to distribute securities in British Columbia. A "Qualifying Issuer", defined in the proposed amendment to LPS 3-02, is a reporting issuer,
(ii) that is not an Ineligible Inactive Issuer.
The Commission anticipates the effective date for the repeal of section 58(1)(c) of the Securities Act will be January 1, l996. Upon proclamation, the specification of Form 24, the form applicable to SMFs filed under section 58(1)(c), lapses. The Commission anticipates repealing LPS 3-26, effective January 1, l996, for all SMF offerings filed on or after January 1, l996.
In NIN#95/37, the Superintendent has specified the final EOP forms under section 158 of the Securities Act, effective January 1, 1996. Prior to January 1, l996, Qualifying Issuers are encouraged to use Forms 12B and 14B, as applicable, to supplement the disclosure required by Form 24. Transitional relief will be provided to permit SMFs filed prior to January 1, l996, in accordance with the exemption set out in section 58(1)(c) of the Securities Act and Form 24, to be accepted notwithstanding the repeal of the exemption. The Commission is considering whether additional transitional relief, either on a blanket or individual basis, should be provided to extend the availability of the SMF exemption where an SMF is filed in accordance with LPS 3-26 for a short period of time following the repeal of section 58(1)(c) and LPS 3-26.
The Summary Prospectus Disclosure System, which is available for junior industrial issuers filing on a Form 12A and natural resource issuers filing on a Form 14A, will be made available to Qualifying Issuers filing an EOP early next year. (For a description of the Summary Prospectus Disclosure System, please refer to NIN#95/31.)
Request for Comments
The Commission is requesting comments on the proposed amendment to LPS 3-02 that sets out the filing requirements applicable to EOPs and on the appropriate thresholds that should be included in the definition of Inactive Issuer. The Commission intends to finalize the amendment to LPS 3-02 prior to January 1, l996. Interested persons are invited to provide comments on the proposed amendment. Comment letters should be submitted by December 8, 1995 to:
Brenda Benham
Director, Policy & Legislation
British Columbia Securities Commission
1100 - 865 Hornby Street
Vancouver, B.C.
V6Z 2H4
Comment letters submitted in response to Requests for Comments are placed on the public file and form part of the public record, unless confidentiality is requested. Although comment letters requesting confidentiality will not be placed on the public file, freedom of information legislation may require the Commission to make comment letters available. Persons submitting comment letters should therefore be aware that the press and members of the public may be able to obtain access to any comment letter.
DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 16, 1995.
Douglas M. Hyndman
Chair
Reference: Form 12B
Form 14B
Form 24
NIN#95/20
NIN#95/31
NIN#95/37
LPS#3-02
LPS#3-26
The prospectus required for distributions of securities by an Industrial Qualifying Issuer intending to file an exchange offering prospectus with the Commission and the Vancouver Stock Exchange in accordance with Local Policy Statement 3-02 shall be in the following form.
FORM 12B
EXCHANGE OFFERING PROSPECTUS FORM
Securities Act
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN EXCHANGE OFFERING PROSPECTUS OF AN INDUSTRIAL ISSUER
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. This form provides a guideline to issuers in determining the extent of disclosure that is required to provide investors with full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts. Depending on the circumstances of the particular issuer, additional disclosure may be necessary.
2. All disclosure contained in the prospectus must be factual and non-promotional. Prospectuses are required to contain material facts. Statements of opinions, beliefs or views must not be made unless the statements are made on the authority of experts and consents are obtained and filed. Verification of disclosure may be required.
3. The disclosure contained in the prospectus must be understandable to readers and, in particular, should avoid the use of jargon. If technical terms are required, these terms shall be defined in a glossary that must be included in the prospectus.
4. Except where the context otherwise requires, "prospectus" refers to preliminary or final exchange offering prospectus as appropriate.
5. This Form may be used as a base disclosure document where the issuer elects to use a summary prospectus as permitted by Local Policy Statement 3-02. In that case, references to prospectus in this Form are to be replaced by references to base disclosure document.
6. In specific items, the instructions indicate that "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries. In other circumstances, "issuer" may include the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries if the context reasonably requires. An entity can only be considered a proposed subsidiary if the entity will be a subsidiary on completion of the offering.
7. Where information as to the identity of a person is disclosed, disclose whether the person is at Arm's Length to the issuer or, if not, the relationship of the person to the issuer. Where the person is not atArm's Length and is not an individual, disclose the name of any individual who is an insider of the person by virtue of paragraph (c) of the definition of insider in the Act.
8. Whenever disclosure is required to be made of costs paid or to be paid by the issuer, disclose the portion of the costs paid or to be paid to insiders or holders of performance shares or escrow securities.
9. When disclosure is required as of a specific date and there has been a significant or material change in the information subsequent to the date the information must be presented as of a date that reflects this change.
10. Each item outlines disclosure requirements. Instructions to assist you in providing this disclosure are printed in smaller type.
11. Certain terms used in this Form are defined in the Securities Act (the "Act"), Securities Rules (the "Rules") and the Interpretation Act. Certain terms defined in specific sections of this Form are in bold. Other defined terms used in this Form, which are capitalized and in bold, are as follows:
"Arm's Length" means in relation to an arms length transaction, unless otherwise determined by the Executive Director orExchange, a transaction between the issuer and a person that, at any time from the date of the transaction until the date of completion of the transaction, the person was not
(a) an insider, associate, affiliate or principal (as defined in Local Policy Statement 3-07) of the issuer,
(b) a person that has a control person, an insider holding 10% or more of the voting securities of the person, or a promoter that is
(i) a control person, insider or promoter of the issuer, or
(ii) an associate or affiliate of a control person, insider or promoter of the issuer.
"Breakdown of Costs" means a schedule of costs associated with the specific classification, separately itemizing each component that represents 10% or more of the total costs, with all other costs being grouped together under the heading "miscellaneous costs".
"Development Costs"means costs incurred by the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries relating to product research and development, material acquisitions of plant, equipment, technology and marketing rights, and does not include general and administrative costs.
"Exchange" means the Vancouver Stock Exchange.
"Funds Available" means the aggregate of
(a) the net proceeds to be derived by the issuer from the sale of the securities offered under the prospectus,
(b) the estimated minimum working capital available to the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries as of the Most Recent Month End, and
(c) the amounts and sources of other funds that will be available to the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries prior to or concurrently with the completion of the offering.
"Management" means all directors, officers, employees and contractors whose expertise is critical to the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries in providing the issuer with a reasonable opportunity to achieve its stated business objectives.
"Most Recent Month End" means the latest month end prior to the date of the prospectus or revised preliminary prospectus or, where the date of the prospectus or revised preliminary prospectus is within ten days of the end of the latest month, the month end prior to the end of that month.
"Product"means any product, service or technology of the issuer
(a) that has a net book value representing more than 10% of the issuer's total assets,
(b) that generates more than 10% of the issuer's gross revenues,
(c) on which more than 10% of the proceeds of the offering will be spent, or
(d) that is or will be the focus of the issuer's stated business objectives.
"Stub Period"means the period between the issuer's most recently completed financial year and the Most Recent Month End.
1. FACE PAGE DISCLOSURE
1.1 Required language
1.2 Preliminary prospectus disclosure
1.3 Basic disclosure about the offering
NEW ISSUE [and/or] SECONDARY OFFERING DATE
[PRELIMINARY] EXCHANGE OFFERING PROSPECTUS
[Name of Issuer
Head Office Address
Telephone Number]
[total number and type of securities qualified for distribution under this prospectus, including any options or warrants, and price per security]
If it is impracticable to state the price, explain the method or formula used for determining the price (e.g., by making reference to the closing price on the Exchange as of a specified date). If the securities are to be offered at market price as of a specified date, disclose the market price of the security at the latest practicable date.
1.4 Distribution spread
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Price to public | Agents discounts or commissions | Proceeds to issuer or selling security holder ------------------------------------------------------- |
Per security | ....... | ....... | ....... |
Total | ....... | ....... | ....... ------------------------------------------------------- |
1. Where amounts are not known to the issuer at the date of the preliminary prospectus, the issuer must estimate the amounts in the table. Where the price is not determined, the issuer must estimate the amounts in the table using the method or formula set out on the face page of the prospectus. Where estimates are used, provide a notation to that effect as a note to the table.
2. Only commissions paid or payable in cash by the issuer or selling security holder and discounts granted are to be included in the table. Other commissions or consideration, including warrants, options, finders fees, sponsorship fees, fiscal agency payments or other similar payments, shall be set out as a note to the table.
3. Where the issuer has granted theAgenta "greenshoe" option, disclose the number of additional securities that may be issued if the option is exercised as a note to the table.
4. Where the prospectus discloses a plan of distribution not involving a firm underwriting or other subscription guarantee, the closing of the distribution under the prospectus must be subject to a minimum subscription and, where the prospectus also discloses a maximum subscription that differs from the minimum subscription, totals must be provided for both the minimum and maximum subscriptions.
5. If any of the securities being offered are for the account of a security holder, provide a cross-reference to "Plan of Distribution - Secondary Offering".
6. Where the prospectus is used in connection with a special warrant or similar transaction, state the amount that has been received by the issuer in the sale of the special warrants or in a similar transaction as a note to the table. If the funds are held in a special trust disclose the conditions for release or whether the funds have already been released.
1.5 Risk factors
Where the above statement does not apply to an issuer listed on the senior board of the Exchange, a cross-reference to "Risk Factors" need only be provided.
1.6 Public and insider ownership
If there is a minimum subscription, disclose the aggregate ownership of securities on both a minimum and maximum basis.
1.7 Foreign issuers
1.9 Plan of distribution
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. SUMMARY OF PROSPECTUS
Provide a brief description of the following items:
(a) the principal business of the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries,
(b) the securities offered by the issuer, including the offering price and the net proceeds expected to be realized by the issuer,
(c) the intended use of the Funds Available, including the amount allocated for each use,
(d) the stated business objectives that the issuer expects to accomplish using the Funds Available,
(f) any other information considered appropriate under the circumstances.
2. Appropriate cross-references must be made to items and page numbers in the prospectus.
3. Normally, the summary should not exceed two pages in length.
4.1 Name and incorporation
(a) the full name of the issuer, the address of its registered office and its address for service in Canada,
(b) the laws under which the issuer was incorporated or organized, the laws under which the issuer is presently governed, and the date the issuer came into existence,
(c) the full name of each of the issuer's subsidiaries or proposed subsidiaries, the laws under which they were incorporated or organized, the laws under which they are presently governed, the date they came into existence and the date they became subsidiaries of the issuer,
(d) if applicable, that the issuer has been a party to any amalgamation, arrangement or continuance or has changed its name, the laws governing the event, any prior names of the issuer, and that the issuer has consolidated or split its share capital, the date of the share consolidation or split and the ratio,
(e) relevant details of the issuer's form of organization and structure, where the issuer is not a company, and
(f) if material, a summary of the differences, with respect to security holder rights and remedies, between the laws under which the issuer is presently governed and the British Columbia Company Act.
4.2 Intercorporate relationships
If the securities offered under the prospectus are being issued in connection with, or pursuant to, an amalgamation, merger, reorganization or arrangement, illustrate by way of a diagram or otherwise the intercorporate relationships both before and after the completion of the proposed transaction.
5.1 Description and general development
Disclose the year of commencement of operations and summarize the general development of the business of the issuer during the five preceding financial years and the Stub Period, or such shorter period as the issuer may have been in existence. Provide disclosure for earlier periods if material to an understanding of the development of the business.
2. Where this document will be used as a base disclosure document, the disclosure in this section should be in sufficient detail so that when it is extracted to the summary prospectus from the base disclosure document it will provide investors with a reasonable understanding of the issuers business.
3. In this section, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries, proposed subsidiaries and predecessor(s).
5.2 Summary and analysis of financial operations
TABLE
* Month Period Ending * | Year Ending * | Year Ending * | |
Sales Gross Profit Research and Development Expenses Sales and Marketing Expenses General and Administrative Expenses Net Income (Loss) Working Capital Property, Plant and Equipment Deferred Research and Development Other Intangibles Long Term Liabilities Shareholders' Equity Dollar Amount Number of securities | __________________________________________________________________ |
Discuss and compare the issuer's results of operations, including the reasons for any substantial variations, for the periods included in the table, and the anticipated impact of these historical operations on the future activities of the issuer. Include, to the extent reasonably practicable, a description of the impact of acquisitions or dispositions disclosed in section 5.5 on the operating results and financial position of the issuer.
Also, include a discussion of liquidity on a historical and prospective basis in the context of the issuer's business and focus on the ability of the issuer to generate adequate amounts of cash and cash equivalents when needed. This discussion, at a minimum, should identify and describe the following,
(a) any known trends or expected fluctuations in the issuer's liquidity, taking into account known demands, commitments, events or uncertainties, and where a deficiency is identified indicate the course of action that has been taken or is proposed to be taken to remedy the deficiency,
(b) those balance sheet conditions or income or cash flow items that may be indicators of the issuer's liquidity condition,
(c) the requirements relating to working capital items (e.g., where significant quantities of inventory are required to be carried to meet rapid delivery requirements of customers or where extended payment terms have been provided to customers),
(d) the nature and extent of legal or practical restrictions on the ability of subsidiaries to transfer funds to the issuer and the impact such restrictions have had or are expected to have on the ability of the issuer to meet its obligations,
(e) whether the issuer is in arrears on the payment of dividends, interest, or principal payment on borrowing, and
(f) whether the issuer is in default on any debt covenants at the present time or was in default during the most recently completed financial year and any period subsequent to the most recent financial year end for which financial statements are included in the prospectus.
1. The sales and gross profit disclosed in the table must be separately presented by industry and geographic segment.
2. Net income disclosed in the table is net income after tax.
3. Where it would be meaningful to an investor, include in the table any prior periods covered by the financial statements included in the prospectus and provide an analysis of the issuer's results of operations for those periods.
4. Where the closing of the distribution under the prospectus is subject to a minimum subscription, adjust the required statement as appropriate.
5. The analysis must discuss all significant expenditures. An expenditure would generally be considered significant where the expenditure represents 20% or more of the total expenditures included in a material classification, such as deferred or expensed research and development, sales and marketing expenses, or general and administrative expenses.
6. In the discussion identify any unusual or extraordinary events or transactions or any significant economic changes that materially affect income from continuing operations and describe the extent to which income from continuing operations was affected.
7. Describe in the discussion the extent to which any changes in net sales or revenues are attributable to changes in selling prices or to changes in the volume or quantity of goods or services being sold or to the introduction of new Products or services. Where the issuer knows of events that are expected to materially affect costs or revenues, describe the event(s).
8. Where there has been a significant or material change in operations from the date of the information in the table, the analysis of operations and variations in operations must discuss the change.
9. In this section, "issuer" includes the issuers subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
2. Where the closing of the distribution under the prospectus is subject to a minimum subscription, the description of the issuer'sstated business objectives should reflect both the minimum and maximum net proceeds to be derived by the issuer.
3. In this section, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
5.4 Milestones
2. The milestones must be cross-referenced to the related items in the prospectus.
5.5 Acquisitions and dispositions
(a) the nature of the assets acquired or disposed of or to be acquired or disposed of,
(b) the actual or proposed date of each acquisition or disposition,
(c) the name of the vendor or purchaser and whether the transaction was or will be at Arm's Length,
(d) for an acquisition or disposition not at Arm's Length, the vendor's out of pocket costs as described in Local Policy Statement 3-07,
(e) the consideration, both monetary and non-monetary, paid or to be paid to or by the issuer,
(f) any material obligations that must be complied with in order to keep any acquisition or disposition agreement in good standing,
(g) how the consideration was determined (e.g., limited to out of pocket costs, valuation opinion or Arm's Length negotiations), and
(h) any valuation opinion required by a policy of a securities regulatory authority or a stock exchange to support the value of the consideration paid in connection with a transaction not previously approved by the Executive Director or the stock exchange, or that has been approved within the preceding financial year and the Stub Period, including the name of the author, the date of the opinion, the assets to which the opinion relates and the value attributed to the assets.
1. The disclosure required by this section is also required of all acquisitions and dispositions where material terms of the acquisition or disposition are still outstanding.
2. Out of pocket costs must be supported by either audited financial statements or an audited statement of costs.
3. The granting or acquiring of any material licence agreement by the issuer or any predecessor is considered to be an acquisition or disposition for purposes of this section.
4. In this section, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries, proposed subsidiaries and predecessor[s].
5.6 Management
(a) state the individual's name, age, position and responsibilities with the issuer and relevant educational background,
(b) state whether the individual works full time for the issuer or what proportion of the individual's time will be devoted to the issuer,
(c) state whether the individual is an employee or independent contractor of the issuer,
(d) state the individual's principal occupations or employment during the five years prior to the date of the prospectus, disclosing with respect to each organization as of the time such occupation or employment was carried on:
(i) its name and principal business,
(ii) if applicable, that the organization was an affiliate of the issuer,
(iii) positions held by the individual,
(iv) whether it is still carrying on business, if known to the individual,
(e) describe the individual's experience in the issuer's industry, and
(f) state whether the individual has entered into a non-competition or non-disclosure agreement with the issuer.
2. The disclosure in (d)(iv) is only required where the individual was or is an officer or director of the organization.
3. In this section, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
5.7 Organizational structure
5.8 Products
(b) the history of development of the Products, including estimated Development Costs to the Most Recent Month End,
(c) the stage of development of the Products, including whether they are at the design, prototype, market test or commercial production stage,
(d) if the Products are not at the commercial production stage or if part of the Funds Available will be used for research and development,
(f) where the development of documentation is considered to be necessary in the issuer's industry, the stage of development of documentation, including manuals, relating to the Products, and
(g) the potential impact of any laws, such as industry or environmental regulations or controls on ownership or profit repatriation, or economic or political conditions that may materially affect the issuer's operations.
2. In this section, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
5.9 Future developments
2. In this section, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
5.10 Proprietary protection
(a) the proprietary protection of the Products including the duration of all material patents, copyrights and trade marks,
(b) if no proprietary protection has been obtained, the steps Management intends to take to secure proprietary protection and, if known, the time periods for completing these steps, or explain why this proprietary protection has not or will not be obtained, and
(c) the steps taken by the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries to protect their respective know how, trade secrets and other intellectual property, including physical possession of source codes and any use of confidentiality or non-competition agreements.
Where the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries are the licensees under any material licence agreement, provide the information required by this section, where known after reasonable investigation, with respect to the licensor.
5.11 Operations
(a) describe the actual or proposed method of production of the Products or, if the Products are services, the method of providing the services,
(b) state whether the issuer is producing the Products itself, is subcontracting out production, is purchasing the Products or is using a combination of these methods,
(c) disclose the location of existing property, plant and equipment, indicating whether the property, plant or equipment is owned or leased by the issuer,
(d) state the payment terms, expiration dates and the terms of any renewal options of any material leases or mortgages, whether the leases or mortgages are in good standing and, if applicable, that the landlord or mortgagee is not at Arm's Length with the issuer,
(e) disclose any specialized skill or knowledge requirements necessary for the Products to be produced and describe the extent that this skill or knowledge is available to the issuer,
(f) disclose sources and availability of raw materials, component parts or finished products including factors that may have a material impact on the issuer's operations such as:
(ii) potential shortages of raw materials, component parts or finished products, or
(iii) any unusual payment terms under any agreements or other arrangements with the issuer's principal suppliers, that may impact on the issuer's cash flow,
(h) disclose the extent to which the issuer's business is dependent upon a single or a limited number of customers,
(i) where any existing or proposed principal customer is not at Arm's Length with the issuer, disclose its name, relationship with the issuer, the material terms of any contract or arrangement with the issuer and the proportion of the issuer's total net sales made to that customer during the preceding financial year and the Stub Period,
(j) describe any unusual payment terms under any agreements or other arrangements with the issuer's principal customers that may impact on the issuer's cash flow, and
(k) disclose any proposed material changes to plant, property and equipment, manpower or sources of supply required to enable the issuer to meet its stated business objectives and provide a Breakdown of Costs for the major components of the proposed material changes that will be funded using the Funds Available.
In this section, "issuer" including the issuer's, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
5.12 Market
(a) describe the market segment and specific geographical area in which the issuer is selling or expects to sell its Products as contemplated by its stated business objectives or intends to sell its Products upon completion of its product development,
(b) describe material industry trends within the market segments and specific geographical areas referred to in paragraph (a) that may impact on the issuer's ability to meet the issuer's stated business objectives,
(c) describe the competition within the market segments and specific geographical areas referred to in paragraph (a) including, to the extent known after reasonable investigation by the issuer,
(ii) a comparison of the principal aspects of competition (e.g., price, service, warranty or product performance) between the issuer and its principal competitors, and
(iii) potential sources of significant new competition,
(d) disclose the extent of market acceptance of the Products and the method used to determine whether market acceptance exists (e.g., market testing or surveys), including the names of the parties who performed the appropriate procedures and, if not at Arm's Length with the issuer, their relationship with the issuer,
(e) if applicable, state that obsolescence is a factor in the issuer's industry and describe how the issuer intends to maintain its competitive position,
2. In discussing competition, consideration must be given to substitute or alternative products that may impact on theissuer's ability to meet its stated business objectives.
5.13 Marketing plans and strategies
(a) describe when, how and by whom the Products are or will be marketed and, if not at Arm's Length with the
issuer, their relationship with the issuer,
(b) disclose any marketing programs actual or proposed to meet the issuer's stated business objectives and the major components of the marketing programs (e.g., trade shows, magazines, television or radio advertising),
(c) provide a Breakdown of Costs for major components of the marketing programs,
(d) disclose the issuer's pricing policy (e.g., at market, discount or premium), and
(e) where after sales service, maintenance or warranties are a significant competitive factor, describe the differences between the issuer's policies and those of its principal competitors.
In this section, "issuer" means the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
5.14 Administration
(a) the estimated aggregate monthly and total administration costs that will be incurred in order for the issuer to achieve its stated business objectives, the time period during which these costs will be incurred and any anticipated variations in the monthly amounts during that period, and
(b) a Breakdown of Costs of the monthly administration costs disclosed in paragraph (a), including any anticipated variations.
2. The disclosure under this item is not required where the issuer is listed on the senior board of the Exchange and has material operating revenues.
6. USE OF PROCEEDS
6.1 Funds Available
(a) the net proceeds to be derived by the issuer from the sale of the securities offered under the prospectus,
(b) the estimated working capital available to the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries as of the Most Recent Month End, and
(c) the amounts and sources of other funds that will be available to the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries prior to or concurrently with the completion of the offering.
2. Where other sources of funds will be available to the issuer, identify the material terms, including the timing, and identity of the person providing the funds.
6.2 Principal purposes
State the following:
2. Statements as to principal purposes for which the Funds Available are to be used must be specific and be cross-referenced to the estimated costs disclosed in Item 5. Where the issuer has not had material operating revenues, the table must include the administrative costs required for the issuer to achieve its stated business objectives, or that will be incurred over a period of 12 months, whichever is greater.
3. Funds Available not allocated to one of the principal purposes must be identified as "Working Capital To Fund Ongoing Operations" and must be sufficient to fund the issuer's operations during the offering period and, following completion of the offering, to maintain the reporting issuer in good standing under corporate and securities legislation during the time frame contemplated by its stated business objectives.
4. Where Funds Available will be paid to an insider or holder of performance shares or escrow securities, identify, either in the table or by way of a note to the table, the person, amount of the payments and principal purposes to which the payments relate.
5. Where more than 10% of theFunds Available will be used to reduce or retire indebtedness incurred within the two preceding years, the principal purposes for which the indebtedness was used and to whom the money was paid must be disclosed. Where more than 10% of the Funds Availablewill be used to reduce or retire indebtedness incurred to a creditor that is an insider to the issuer or is a holder of performance shares or escrow securities, identify the creditor, the nature of the relationship to the issuer and the principal purpose for which the indebtedness was used. Disclose the particulars of the indebtedness (e.g., cash advances, wages purchased debt, etc.).
6. Where the prospectus is used in connection with a special warrant or similar transaction, the principal purposes for which the funds raised in such transaction must be disclosed. Where all or a portion of these funds have been spent provide a cross-reference to the detailed discussion in Item 5 and explain how the funds were spent. TheFunds Available must include the balance of the funds, if any, raised by the special warrant or similar transaction that have not been spent.
6.3 Conflicts of interest
7. RISK FACTORS
(a) risks relating to the nature of the business of the issuer,
(b) risks relating to the nature of the offering, and
(c) any other risks.
2. With respect to (a), the most significant risk factors should be disclosed at the top of the list.
3. In this Item, "issuer" means the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
8. DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND PROMOTERS
2. In sections 8.3 through 8.6, information for periods prior to those indicated in the section, depending upon the materiality of the events, may be required.
3. Provide the information required by this Item for each proposed nominee for election or appointment as a director of theissuerand indicate clearly that the individual is a proposed nominee.
8.1 Name, address, occupation and security holding
(a) the current positions and offices with the issuer,
(b) the principal occupations during the five years prior to the date of the prospectus and, where the principal occupation is that of an officer of a company other than the issuer, state the name of the company and the principal business in which it was engaged, and
(c) as of the conclusion of the offering, the number of securities (including options) of the issuer beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, indicating the number of performance shares or escrow securities held in escrow and the percentage that the securities represent of the issued and outstanding securities of the issuer.
Where a director, officer or promoter is an associate of another director, officer or promoter, disclose as a footnote the relationship.
2. Upon application, the disclosure required by this section may be waived where the operations of a subsidiary or a proposed subsidiary are not material to theissuer'soperations.
3. The description of the principal occupation of a director, officer or promoter must be specific. The terms "businessman" or "entrepreneur" are not sufficiently specific.
4. Where the director, officer or promoter is a member of Management, the information in (b), other than a current occupation, may be disclosed by a cross-reference to the page on which the information required by section 5.6 is disclosed.
5. If there is a maximum subscription that differs from the minimum subscription, disclose the percentage of the class held by the directors, officers and promoters on both a minimum and maximum basis.
8.2 Aggregate ownership of securities
2. If there is a minimum subscription, disclose the aggregate ownership of securities on a minimum and maximum basis.
8.3 Other reporting issuers
8.4 Corporate cease trade orders or bankruptcies
(a) was the subject of a cease trade or similar order or an order that denied the issuer access to any statutory exemptions for a period of more than 30 consecutive days, state the fact and describe the reasons and whether the order is still in effect, or
(b) was declared bankrupt or made a voluntary assignment in bankruptcy, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or been subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold the assets of that person, state the fact.
8.5 Penalties or sanctions
1. Penalties or sanctions include charges that have been laid or notices of hearing that have been issued as of the date of the prospectus.
2. Information relating to other penalties and sanctions depending on the materiality of the events may be required.
8.6 Individual bankruptcies
8.7 Conflicts of interest
9. INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND OTHER MANAGEMENT
(a) the largest amount of indebtedness outstanding at any time,
(b) the nature of the indebtedness and the purpose for which it was incurred,
(c) the amount presently outstanding,
(d) the rate of interest paid or charged,
(e) the terms of repayment,
(f) the nature of any security granted to the issuer, and
(g) if the person is an associate or affiliate of a director, officer or member of Management, the person's relationship to the director, officer or member of Management of the issuer.
2. Provide the information required by this Item for each proposed nominee for election or appointment as a director of the issuer and indicate clearly that the individual is a proposed nominee.
10. PAYMENTS TO INSIDERS AND PROMOTERS
In this Item, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
10.1 Executive compensation
(a) disclosure must be provided for each of the issuer's four most highly compensated executive officers, in addition to the CEO, regardless of the amount of their compensation, and
(b) in addition to the periods required under Form 41, disclosure must be provided for the Stub Period.
1. Disclosure of compensation paid to persons other than executive officers, may be required.
2. Where the issueris listed on the senior board of the Exchange and has material operating revenues, the issuer need not provide the information required by (a).
10.2 Related party transactions
(a) the name of the individual,
(b) the nature of the assets or services,
(c) the form and value of the consideration, and
(d) where the issuer has acquired assets,
(ii) where the consideration referred to in paragraph (c) above exceeds the seller's out of pocket costs, a cross-reference to the valuation opinion disclosed in section 5.5.
1. The disclosure required by this section is also required for all related party transactions where material terms of the transactions are still outstanding.
2. Information with respect to executive compensation need not be disclosed in this section.
3. Any debt settlement made by theissuer to any insider or promoter must be disclosed in this section.
4. For acquisitions where the consideration is not in excess of the greater of 10% of the aggregate compensation or consideration paid to the individual under sections 10.1 and 10.2 or $5,000, the information required by this item may be aggregated together and classified as "miscellaneous".
5. As an alternative to the disclosure required in (b), provide a cross-reference to the page(s) of the prospectus where the required disclosure is made.
10.3 Proposed compensation
2. Where the issuer is listed on the senior board of the Exchange and has material operating revenues, theissuer need only provide the information required by Form 41.
11.1 Existing and proposed share and long-term debt
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
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Number of Price per Total
issued securities security consideration
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(a) Issued as of [the Most Recent Month End] | [N/A] | ||
(b) Offering | |||
(c) To be issued if all securities being offered are sold | [N/A] | ________________________________________________________________________ |
2. If there is a minimum subscription, disclose the number of securities that are offered and that would be issued on both a minimum and maximum basis.
3. Set out in the table or a note thereto the number of securities of each class authorized to be issued.
4. The information shall be updated to the Most Recent Month End.
5. In columns 1 and 3 of the table, (c) is equal to the total of (a) and (b).
6. Where the issuer has outstanding long-term debt, the information required by Item 7 of Form 12 shall be provided.
7. As a note to the table, indicate whether there are restrictions on the transferability of the securities (e.g., hold periods, escrow or pooling agreements) and summarize the nature of the restrictions (including the dates hold periods expire and shares are released, and the related number of shares. Where the information is provided elsewhere the disclosure may be provided by a cross-reference to the page in the prospectus where the disclosure is contained.
(ii) the name of the grantor and the nature of the option granted to each person (e.g., options, Agent's warrants or other warrants),
(iii) the designation and number of securities subject to the option, and any material anti-dilution provisions,
(iv) the purchase price of the securities subject to the option or the formula by which the purchase price will be determined,
(v) the expiration date of the option, and
(vi) the market value of the securities subject to the option as of the date of grant and the Most Recent Month End.
(c) State the following:
2. In this section, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
3. The information shall be updated to the Most Recent Month End.
4. Where the issuer has material operating revenues, the information required for directors, officers and employees under (a) may be aggregated for options of the same type, grant date, exercise price and expiry date on the basis of the following categories:
(ii) all members of management of all subsidiaries of the issuer as a group and all directors of such subsidiaries who are not also members of management as a group, without naming them, excluding individuals referred to in clause (i),
(iii) by all other employees of the issuer as a group, without naming them, and
(iv) by all other employees of the subsidiaries of the issuer as a group, without naming them.
Number of Percentage securities of Total
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(a) Issued as of the Most
Recent Month End
(b) Offered under
the prospectus
(c) Securities reserved for
future issue as of
the Most Recent
Month End
_________ ________
Total 100
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2. If there is a minimum subscription, disclose the number of securities offered and total on both a minimum and maximum basis.
3. (c) is the amount indicated in paragraph (b) from section 11.2 (with respect to options in securities of the issuer granted by the issuer only).
4. A separate table shall be prepared for each class or kind of securities that the issuer has issued or will have issued upon completion of the offering.
5. The information shall be updated to the Most Recent Month End.
(a) direct or indirect beneficial ownership of,
(b) control or direction over, or
(c) a combination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership of and of control or direction over,
voting securities that will constitute more than 10% of any class of such securities upon completion of the offering.
TABLE
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 __________________________________________________________________ |
Name and municipality of residence | Number of securities | Percentage of class prior to the offering | Percentage of class after the offering __________________________________________________________________ |
2. If voting securities will be issued prior to, concurrently with or immediately following the offering, indicate as far as practicable the respective holding of voting securities that will exist after giving effect to the issue.
3. If there is a maximum subscription that differs from the minimum subscription, disclose the percentage of the class held by the principal holders on both a minimum and maximum basis.
4. If, to the knowledge of the issuer or the Agent, more than 10% of any class of voting securities of the issuer are held or are to be held subject to any voting trust or other similar agreement/arrangement, state the designation of such securities, the number or amount held or to be held and the duration of the agreement. Give the names and addresses of the voting trustees and outline briefly their voting rights and other powers under the agreement.
5. Where a person identified in the table is a control person of the issuer and is not a director, officer or promoter of the issuer, provide the disclosure required under sections 8.3 - 8.6 for the control person. If the control person is a corporation, the disclosure must be provided for the control persons of the corporation.
6. A separate table shall be prepared for each class or kind of voting securities that the issuer has issued or will have issued upon completion of the offering.
7. The information shall be updated to the Most Recent Month End.
Where the issuer has performance shares or escrow securities issued as of the date of the prospectus, state
(a) the number of performance shares or escrow securities,
(b) the estimated percentage that the performance shares or escrow securities will represent of the total issued and outstanding voting securities of the issuer, upon the completion of the offering,
(c) the names of the beneficial owners of the performance shares or escrow securities and the number of performance shares or escrow securities owned by each and, with respect to owners of performance shares, why the person is a principal as defined in Local Policy Statement 3-07,
(d) the name of the escrow agent,
(e) the date of the escrow agreement and the conditions governing the transfer, release and cancellation of the performance shares or escrow securities, and
(f) the rights or obligations of a person who ceases to be a principal, dies or becomes bankrupt to retain, transfer or surrender to the issuer for cancellation the performance shares or escrow securities.
Dividends should be set out on a per security basis, shown separately for each class of securities in respect of each of the financial years and the Stub Period. Appropriate adjustments shall be made to reflect changes in capitalization during the period.
13. PRIOR SALES AND TRADING INFORMATION
For each exchange or quotation system upon which the securities offered are listed or quoted, provide a weekly trading history (high, low and volume) for at least six weeks prior to the date of the prospectus and monthly for the preceding 12 months.
14.1 Terms of the distribution agreement
With respect to the agreement entered into between the issuer and the Agents, state
(b) the date of the agreement,
(c) the nature of the Agents' obligation to take up and pay for any of the securities being offered,
(d) the number of securities expected to be sold by each of the Agents, and whether any arrangements have been made for selling group participation,
(e) the number of additional securities that may be issued, if the issuer has granted the Agent a "greenshoe" option,
(f) the conditions, if any, under which the Agent may "market out",
(g) the nature of the consideration to be paid to the Agent,
(h) the conditions, if any, under which any of the proceeds are to be held in trust or escrow pending completion of the offering,
(i) the number of days following the completion of the offering by which the issuer will receive the net proceeds of the offering from the Agents or the date by which the Agents are to purchase the securities, and
(j) whether there is any intention to stabilize the market.
14.3 Secondary offering
14.4 Extraprovincial offerings
Agreements or arrangements include those made with a selling group outside of British Columbia or with clients of the Agents who are not residents of British Columbia.
15. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OFFERED
15.1 Terms
applicable:
(a) dividend rights,
(b) voting rights,
(c) liquidation or distribution rights,
(d) pre-emptive rights,
(e) conversion rights,
(f) if the securities are subscription warrants or rights, the period during which, and the price at which, the warrants or rights are exercisable,
(g) redemption, purchase for cancellation or surrender provisions,
(h) sinking or purchase fund provisions,
(i) if the securities are obligations, provisions with respect to interest rate, maturity, nature and priority of any security for the obligations, permissible substitutions for security, negative covenants, name of the trustee under any indenture relating to the obligations and the nature of any material relationship between the trustee and the issuer or any of its affiliates, and
(j) provisions as to modification, amendment or variation of any such rights or provisions.
If the rights attaching to the securities being offered are materially limited or qualified by the rights of any other class of securities, or if any other class of securities ranks ahead of or equally with the securities being offered, include information regarding such other securities in order to enable investors to understand the rights attaching to the securities being offered.
15.2 Modification of terms
16. SPONSORSHIP AND FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENTS
(a) the date of the agreement,
(b) the name of the registrant,
(c) the consideration, both monetary and non-monetary, paid or to be paid by the issuer, and
(d) a summary of the nature of the services to be provided, including the period during which the services will be provided, activities to be carried out and, where market making services will be provided, whether the registered broker or dealer will commit its own funds to the purchase of securities of the issuer or whether the registered broker or dealer will act as agent for others to do so.
(c) the background of the person providing the services,
(d) whether the person has, or is known by the issuer to have
(ii) control or direction over, or
(iii) a combination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership of and of control or direction over
securities of the issuer,
(e) whether the person has any right to acquire securities of the issuer, either in full or partial compensation for services,
(g) if the issuer does not have sufficient funds to pay for the services, how the issuer intends to pay for the services, and
(h) the nature of the services to be provided, including the period during which the services will be provided.
1. Include any arrangements made by the issuer or any other person on behalf of the issuer or on the person's own initiative where the issuer knows, after reasonable enquiry, that such an arrangement exists.
2. The disclosure in (c) and (h) need only summarize the background and nature of services.
3. Indicate whether the person providing promotional, investor relations or market stabilization securities has a market making account with the Exchange pursuant to Exchange rules.
4. If there are no promotional or investor relations arrangements, or arrangements to stabilize the market, so state.
18. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISSUER OR SELLING SECURITY HOLDER AND AGENT
(a) the nature of the relationship or connection between the issuer and the Agent or the selling security holder and the Agent, as the case may be, including
Agent,
(ii) the name of each relevant related party of the Agent,
(iii) the details of the ability of the Agent or any related party of the Agent to affect materially the operations of the issuer, and
(iv) whether the issuer is indebted to the Agent or any related party of the Agent and, if so, provide particulars of such indebtedness, and
(For example, where the issuer has received a loan from the Agent, the issuer would be a connected party of the Agent and would have to comply with section 78 of the Rules.)
2. In this item, "issuer" means the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
19. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISSUER AND PROFESSIONAL PERSONS
issuer, or is a promoter of the issuer, or of an associate or affiliate of the issuer.
2. In this section,responsible solicitor means the solicitor who is primarily responsible for the preparation of or for advice to theissuer, selling security holder or Agent with respect to the contents of the prospectus.
3. In this section, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
20. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Include the name of the court or agency, the date the proceedings were instituted, the principal parties to the proceedings, the nature of the proceedings, the amount claimed, if any, whether the proceedings are being contested, the present status of the proceedings and, if a legal opinion is referred to in the prospectus, the name of counsel providing that opinion.
21. AUDITOR
22. REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
23. MATERIAL CONTRACTS
23.1 Particulars of material contracts
(a) the parties to each contract,
(b) the consideration paid or payable by or to the issuer,
(c) the date of each contract, and
(d) the general nature of each contract.
23.2 Inspection of material contracts
24. OTHER MATERIAL FACTS
25. PURCHASERS' STATUTORY RIGHTS
Where the distribution involves a distribution of securities to be issued pursuant to the exercise of special warrants (or in connection with a similar type of transaction), state the following (with bracketed information completed as appropriate):
26. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, REPORTS AND OTHER EXHIBITS
27. CERTIFICATES
IT IS AN OFFENCE FOR A PERSON TO MAKE A STATEMENT IN A DOCUMENT REQUIRED TO BE FILED OR FURNISHED UNDER THE ACT OR THE RULES THAT, AT THE TIME AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH IT IS MADE, IS A MISREPRESENTATION.
The prospectus required for distributions of securities by a Natural Resource Qualifying Issuer intending to file an exchange offering prospectus with the Commission and the Vancouver Stock Exchange in accordance with Local Policy Statement 3-02 shall be in the following form.
FORM 14B
EXCHANGE OFFERING PROSPECTUS FORM
Securities Act
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN EXCHANGE OFFERING PROSPECTUS OF A NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUER
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. This form provides a guideline to issuers in determining the extent of disclosure that is required to provide investors with full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts. Depending on the circumstances of the particular issuer, additional disclosure may be necessary.
2. All disclosure contained in the prospectus must be factual and non-promotional. Prospectuses are required to contain material facts. Statements of opinions, beliefs or views must not be made unless the statements are made on the authority of experts and consents are obtained and filed. Verification of disclosure may be required.
3. The disclosure contained in the prospectus must be understandable to readers and, in particular, should avoid the use of jargon. If technical terms are required, these terms shall be defined in a glossary that must be included in the prospectus.
4. Except where the context otherwise requires, "prospectus" refers to preliminary or final exchange offering prospectus as appropriate.
5. This form may be used as a base disclosure document where the issuer elects to use a summary prospectus as permitted by Local Policy Statement 3-02. In that case, references to "prospectus" in this form are to be replaced by references to "base disclosure document".
6. In specific items, the instructions indicate that "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries. In other circumstances, "issuer" may include the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries if the context reasonably requires. An entity can only be considered a proposed subsidiary if the entity will be a subsidiary on completion of the offering.
7. Where information as to the identity of a person is disclosed, disclose whether the person is at Arm's Length to the issuer or, if not, the relationship of the person to the issuer. Where the person is not at Arm's Length and is not an individual, disclose the name of any individual who is an insider of the person by virtue of paragraph (c) of the definition of insider in the Act.
8. Whenever disclosure is required to be made of costs paid or to be paid by the issuer, disclose the portion of the costs paid or to be paid to insiders or holders of performance shares or escrow securities.
9. When disclosure is required as of a specific date and there has been a significant or material change in the requested information subsequent to that date, the information must be presented as of a date that reflects this change.
10. Each item outlines disclosure requirements. Instructions to assist you in providing this disclosure are printed in smaller type.
11. Certain terms used in this Form are defined in the Securities Act (the "Act"), Securities Rules, (the "Rules"), Interpretation Act, and National Policy Statements, Nos. 2-A and 2-B. Certain terms defined in specific sections of the form are in bold type. Other defined terms used in this Form, which are capitalized and in bold type, are as follows:
"Agent" means underwriter.
"Arm's Length" means in relation to an arm's length transaction, unless otherwise determined by the Executive Director or Exchange, a transaction between the issuer and a person that, at any time from the date of the transaction until the date of completion of the transaction, the person was not
(a) an insider, associate, affiliate or principal (as defined in Local Policy Statement 3-07) of the issuer,
(ii) an associate or affiliate of a control person, insider or promoter of the issuer
"Breakdown of Costs" means a schedule of costs associated with the specific classification, separately itemizing each component that represents 10% or more of the total costs, with all other costs being grouped together under the heading "miscellaneous costs".
Exchange means the Vancouver Stock Exchange.
"Funds Available" means the aggregate of
(b) the estimated minimum working capital available to the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries as of the Most Recent Month End, and
(c) the amounts and sources of other funds that will be available to the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries prior to or concurrently with the completion of the offering.
"Most Recent Month End" means the latest month end prior to the date of the prospectus or revised preliminary prospectus or, where the date of the prospectus or revised preliminary prospectus is within ten days of the end of the latest month, the month end prior to the end of that month.
"Principal Properties" means the Properties on which the issuer intends to expend a material part of the Funds Available.
"Properties" includes all the properties, mines, plants, facilities, and installations presently owned, leased, held under option, or presently intended to be owned, leased, or held under option by the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
"Stub Period" means the period between the issuer's most recently completed financial year and the Most Recent Month End.
1. FACE PAGE DISCLOSURE
1.1 Required language
THIS PROSPECTUS CONSTITUTES A PUBLIC OFFERING OF THESE SECURITIES ONLY IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS WHERE THEY MAY BE LAWFULLY OFFERED FOR SALE AND THEREIN ONLY BY PERSONS PERMITTED TO SELL SUCH SECURITIES. NO SECURITIES COMMISSION OR SIMILAR AUTHORITY IN CANADA HAS IN ANY WAY PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREUNDER AND ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS AN OFFENCE.
1.2 Preliminary prospectus disclosure
1.3 Basic disclosure about the offering
NEW ISSUE [and/or] SECONDARY OFFERING DATE
[PRELIMINARY] EXCHANGE OFFERING PROSPECTUS
[Name of Issuer
Head Office Address
Telephone Number]
[total number and type of securities qualified for distribution under this prospectus, including any options or warrants, and price per security]
Price to public | Agents discounts or commissions | Proceeds to issuer or selling security holder | |
Per security | . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . |
Total | . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
1. Where amounts are not known to the issuer at the date of the preliminary prospectus, the issuer must estimate the amounts in the table. Where the price is not determined, the issuer must estimate the amounts in the table using the method or formula set out on the face page of the prospectus. Where estimates are used, provide a notation to that effect as a note to the table.
2. Only commissions paid or payable in cash by the issuer or selling security holder and discounts granted are to be included in the table. Other commissions or consideration, including warrants, options, finders fees, sponsorship fees, fiscal agency payments or other similar payments, shall be set out as a note to the table.
3. Where the issuer has granted the Agent a "greenshoe" option, disclose the number of additional securities that may be issued if the option is exercised as a note to the table.
4. Where the prospectus discloses a plan of distribution not involving a firm underwriting or other subscription guarantee, the closing of the distribution under the prospectus must be subject to a minimum subscription and, where the prospectus also discloses a maximum subscription that differs from the minimum subscription, totals must be provided for both the minimum and maximum subscriptions.
5. If any of the securities being offered are for the account of a security holder, provide a cross-reference to "Plan of Distribution - Secondary Offering".
6. Where the prospectus is used in connection with a special warrant or similar transaction, state the amount that has been received by the issuer in the sale of the special warrants or in a similar transaction as a note to the table. If the funds are held in a special trust disclose the conditions for release or whether the funds have already been released.
AN INVESTMENT IN NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUERS INVOLVE A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF RISK. THE DEGREE OF RISK INCREASES SUBSTANTIALLY WHERE THE ISSUERS PROPERTIES ARE IN THE EXPLORATION AS OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE. REFER TO "RISK FACTORS". · Where the above statement does not apply to an issuer listed on the senior board of the Exchange, a cross-reference to Risk Factors need only be provided.
1.6 Public and insider ownership
1.7 Foreign issuers
· In this subsection, issuerincludes the issuers subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries. 1.9 Plan of distribution
(b) the name and location of the Principal Properties and the natural resource(s) being targeted.
(c) the securities offered by the issuer, including the offering price and the net proceeds expected to be realized by the issuer,
(d) the intended use of the Funds Available, including the amount allocated for each use,
(e) the expertise and experience of Management with respect to the business of the issuer,
(f) the specific risks relating to the business and to the Principal Properties disclosed in paragraph (a) and (b), and
(g) any other information considered appropriate under the circumstances.
1. Where this document is a base disclosure document used in connection with a summary prospectus, this section is not required in the base disclosure document.
2. Appropriate cross-references must be made to items and page numbers in the prospectus.
3. Normally, the summary should not exceed two pages in length.
4.1 Name and incorporation
(b) the laws under which the issuer was incorporated or organized, the laws under which the issuer is presently governed, and the date the issuer came into existence,
(c) the full name of each of the issuer's subsidiaries or proposed subsidiaries, the laws under which they were incorporated or organized, the laws under which they are presently governed, the date they came into existence and the date they became subsidiaries of the issuer,
(d) if applicable, that the issuer has been a party to any amalgamation, arrangement or continuance or has changed its name, the laws governing the event, any prior names of the issuer, and that the issuer has consolidated or split its share capital, the date of the share consolidation or split and the ratio,
(e) relevant details of the issuer's form of organization and structure, where the issuer is not a company, and
(f) if material, a summary of the differences, with respect to security holder rights and remedies, between the laws under which the issuer is presently governed and the British Columbia Company Act.
4.2 Intercorporate relationships
If the securities offered under the prospectus are being issued in connection with, or pursuant to, an amalgamation, merger, reorganization or arrangement, illustrate by way of a diagram or otherwise the intercorporate relationships both before and after the completion of the proposed transaction.
5. BUSINESS OF THE ISSUER
5.1 Description and general development
Disclose the year of commencement of operations and summarize the general development of the business of the issuer during the five preceding financial years and the Stub Period, or such shorter period as the issuer may have been in existence. Provide disclosure for earlier periods if material to an understanding of the development of the business.
1. In describing developments, include disclosure of the following: the nature and results of any bankruptcy, receivership or similar proceedings; the nature and results of any material reorganization; material prior litigation (including any series of proceedings based on similar causes of action); the nature and date of any prior trading, suspensions, or cease trade orders made against theissuerby any regulatory authority; and material changes in the type of business undertaken.
2. Where this document will be used as a base disclosure document, the disclosure in this section should be in sufficient detail so that when it is extracted to the summary prospectus from the base disclosure document it will provide investors with a reasonable understanding of the issuer's business.
3. In this section, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries, proposed subsidiaries and predecessor(s).
TABLE
*Month Period Ending | Year Ending | Year Ending | |
Revenues Gross Profit Exploration and Development Expenses General and Administrative Expenses Net Income (Loss) Working Capital Properties Deferred Exploration and Development Other Assets Long Term Liabilities Shareholders' Equity Dollar Amount Number of Securities | * | * | * |
State the following as a note to the number of securities in the table (with the bracketed information completed as appropriate):
There are [* shares] issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, of which [*] are [performance shares or escrow securities] that will be released from escrow only [[upon obtaining the consent of the appropriate regulatory authority] or [upon meeting the following conditions: [*]]]. Upon the successful completion of this offering, a total of [* shares] will be issued and outstanding.
Where an issuer has material operating revenues include a discussion of liquidity on a historical and prospective basis in the context of the issuers business and focus on the ability of the issuer to generate adequate amounts of cash and cash equivalents when needed. This discussion, at a minimum, should identify and describe the following,
(b) those balance sheet conditions or income or cash flow items that may be indicators of the issuers liquidity condition,
(c) the nature and extent of legal or practical restrictions on the ability of subsidiaries to transfer funds to the issuer and the impact such restrictions have had or are expected to have on the ability of the issuer to meet its obligations,
(d) whether the issuer is in arrears on the payment of dividends, interest, or principal payment on borrowing, and
(e) whether the issuer is in default on any debt covenants at the present time or was in default during the most recently completed financial year and any period subsequent to the most recent financial year end for which financial statements are included in the prospectus.
1. Net income disclosed in the table is net income after tax.
2. Where it would be meaningful to an investor, include in the table any prior periods covered by the financial statements included in the prospectus and provide an analysis of the issuer's results of operations for those periods.
3. Where the closing of the distribution under the prospectus is subject to a minimum subscription, adjust the required statement as appropriate.
4. The analysis must discuss all significant expenditures. An expenditure would generally be considered significant where the expenditure represents 20% or more of the total expenditures included in a material classification, such as deferred or expensed exploration and development, properties, or general and administrative expenses.
5. In the discussion identify any unusual or extraordinary events or transactions or any significant economic changes that materially affect income from continuing operations and describe the extent to which income from continuing operations was affected.
6. Describe in the discussion the extent to which any changes in net sales or revenues are attributable to changes in selling prices or to changes in the volume or quantity of products being sold.
7. Where there has been a significant or material change in operations from the date of the information in the table, the analysis of operations and variations in operations must discuss the change.
8. In this section "issuer" includes the issuerssubsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
2. All information required in this item shall be presented on a property by property basis.
3. When disclosure is required for the Propertiesof the issuer, describe all Principal Properties first, identifying them as such, before discussing the remaining Propertiesof theissuer.
4. Sufficient detail should be included in this item, so as to provide an investor with an opportunity to adequately evaluate the geological merits and/or economic prospects of the Principal Properties without having to refer to the Form 54 or Form 55 property reports.
5. At a minimum, include a property location map and a property plan map. Additional maps that would facilitate an investor's evaluation of the Properties may be required.
6. In this item, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries, proposed subsidiaries and predecessor[s].
6A MINERAL PROPERTIES
6.1 Location, description and acquisition
(b) the nature (claim, title, lease, option, or other interest) and status (patented, unpatented, etc.) of the interest under which the issuer has or will have the rights to hold or operate the Property, and the expiry date, if applicable, and
(c) the details of the acquisition or proposed acquisition of the Property by the issuer, including particulars of:
(i) the actual or proposed date of each acquisition,
(ii) the name of the vendor and whether the transaction was or will be at Arm's Length,
(iii) for an acquisition not at Arm's Length, the vendor's out of pocket costs as described in Local Policy Statement 3-07,
(iv) the consideration, both monetary and non-monetary, including securities, carried interest, royalties and finders fees, paid or to be paid by the issuer,
(v) any material obligations that must be complied with in order to keep any acquisition agreement and property in good standing, including work progress with stated due dates where applicable,
(vi) how the consideration was determined (e.g., limited to out of pocket costs, valuation opinion, or Arm's Length negotiations), and
(vii) any valuation opinion required by a policy of a securities regulatory authority or a stock exchange to support the value of the consideration paid in connection with a transaction not previously approved by the Executive Director or the stock exchange, or that has been approved within the preceding financial year and the Stub Period, including the name of the author, the date of the opinion, the assets to which the opinion relates and the value attributed to the assets.
1. A description of the location of the Properties will include such things as the country, province, state, latitude and longitude, township and range, distance from a geographic marker, and elevation.
2. In providing the information requested by (b), indicate the type of interest (e.g., fee simple, leasehold, royalty, reservation, option, farmout, farmin or other type of interest and any variation thereof), including the percentage interest in the Propertiesheld by the issuer, as well as the date on which the issuer has the right to hold or operate the Properties. In addition, indicate whether or not a title report has been obtained. If so, disclose any material qualifications to the title report and the relationship to the issuer of the individual providing the title report.
3. Out of pocket costs must be supported by either audited financial statements or an audited statement of costs.
4. The disclosure required by (c) need only be provided for all acquisitions within the last three years and for all acquisitions where material obligations under the terms of the acquisition are still outstanding.
6.2 Exploration and development history
(a) all prospecting, exploration, development and operations previously done by operators other than the issuer on the Principal Properties, including the names of the previous operators, years during which the work was done and the results they achieved, in so far as known after reasonable inquiry, and
(b) all prospecting, exploration, development and operations previously done by the issuer on the Properties, including a Breakdown of Costs for the work done, referring to section 5.2, where appropriate.
(b) the type of, dimensions of, and grade of any mineralization,
(c) the mineral deposits and their dimensions, including the identity of their principal metallic or other constituents, in so far as known, and where the work done has established the existence of reserves of proven, probable or possible ore, or other mineralization,
(i) the estimated tonnage and grade of such class of mineral reserves,
(ii) whether the reserve is mineable or in situ, and
(iii) the name of the person making the estimates, the nature of the persons relationship to the issuer, and the date the estimates were made,
(d) the current extent and condition of any underground exploration and development, and any underground plant and equipment,
(e) the current extent and condition of any surface exploration and development, and any surface plant and equipment, and
(f) any other results that would allow for a more accurate evaluation of the geological merits of each Principal Property.
1. In providing the disclosure requested in (a), include such information as the rock type, amount of alluvial cover, faults, fissures and alterations.
2. Disclose whether any of the Principal Properties are without a known body of commercial ore and whether the proposed program is an exploratory search for ore.
6.4 Proposed exploration and development program
(a) a timetable for this program, describing each significant component of the program, and identifying the planned commencement and completion date of each significant component,
(b) a Breakdown of Costs for this proposed program with reference to Item 8, and
(c) a description of the general topography, vegetation, climate, infrastructure, means of access, source of labour and power sources that may affect the program.
2. Significant components of the program include geological mapping, trenching, drilling, underground works, bulk sampling, feasibility study, etc.
3. If the exploration and development program is divided into stages, indicate whether proceeding with a subsequent stage in the program is contingent upon the results achieved on an earlier stage.
4. Disclose the name and relationship to the issuer of the engineer on whose recommendation or report the issueris relying in formulating its exploration and development program.
5. The disclosure in (c) is only required when these factors may be potential impediments to commercial exploration. Examples may include limitations on the exploration season due to climate or effects on operations due to environmental regulations.
6.5 Other properties
6.6 Dispositions
6b OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES
· The disclosure required under this item with respect to minor interests in Properties that are not material to theissuer, may be aggregated in summary form by geographical location provided that the interest and the consideration paid is set out for each of the Propertiesin which the minor interest is held.
6.7 Location, description and acquisition(a) the name and location by field (or geographical area if a field name has not been designated),
(b) the nature (title, lease, option or other interest) and status of the interest under which the issuer has or will have the rights to hold or operate the Property, and the expiry date, if applicable,
(c) the working interest, the net revenue interest (both before and after pay out), together with the gross area of the lease, the assigned petroleum and natural gas rights (all depths, certain depths or formation), the expiry date of the lease and the royalties payable,
(d) the total number of wells, including producing, shut-in, disposal, suspended and abandoned (identifying separately oil and gas wells in each category), and the amount of acreage available for further exploration and/or development,
(e) the proximity of the Property to pipelines or other means of transportation, and
(f) the details of the acquisition or proposed acquisition of the Property by the issuer, including particulars of:
(i) the actual or proposed date of each acquisition,
(ii) the name of the vendor and whether the transaction was or will be at Arm's Length,
(iii) for an acquisition not at Arm's Length, the vendor's out of pocket costs as described in Local Policy Statement 3-07,
(iv) the consideration, both monetary and non-monetary, including securities, carried interest, royalties and finders fees, paid or to be paid by the issuer,
(v) any material obligations that must be complied with in order to keep any acquisition agreement and property in good standing, including work progress with stated due dates where applicable,
(vi) how the consideration was determined (e.g., limited to out of pocket costs, valuation opinion or Arm's Length negotiations), and
(vii) any valuation opinion required by a policy of a securities regulatory authority or a stock exchange to support the value of the consideration paid in connection with a transaction not previously approved by the Executive Director or the stock exchange, or that has been approved within the preceding financial year and the Stub Period, including the name of the author, the date of the opinion, the assets to which the opinion relates and the value attributed to the assets.
1. In providing the information requested by (b), indicate the type of interest (e.g., fee simple, leasehold, royalty, reservation, option, farmout, farmin or other types of interests and variations thereof) including the percentage interest in theProperties held by the issuer. In addition, indicate whether or not a title report has been obtained. If so, disclose any material qualifications to the title report and the relationship to the issuerof the individual providing the title report.
2. Out of pocket costs must be supported by either audited financial statements or an audited statement of costs.
3. The disclosure required by (f) need only be provided for all acquisitions within the last three years and for all acquisitions where material obligations under the terms of the acquisition are still outstanding.
6.8 Production history
· The disclosure required in this section includes any production in which the issuer has had any type of interest. 6.9 Drilling activity
(a) the number of wells the issuer has drilled or has participated in the drilling of,
(b) the number of such wells completed as producing wells and the number abandoned as dry holes, and
(c) the amount expended by the issuer and its subsidiaries on these drilling and exploration activities with reference to section 5.2.
· In providing the information requested in (c), do not include the amounts expended for payments made for and under leases or other similar interest.
6.10 Geology and reserve summaries
(b) the net quantity (after the deduction of royalties) and type (crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, sulphur, etc.) of the estimated reserves of the issuer, together with the value assigned to the reserves on a net cash flow basis, using discount rates at 0, 10, 15, and 20%, and
(c) any other relevant details that will be of assistance to a prospective investor in evaluating the geological merits of each Principal Property.
2. The information required by (b) should be provided by jurisdiction, category (producing, non-producing, etc.) and type of reserve.
3. In accordance with National Policy Statement No. 2-B, dollar values must be calculated at current prices and costs, unless under contract as to price, to all future time.
4. Provide a summary table of the assumptions employed regarding prices, costs, inflation and other factors used. Identify the source of the data used in the estimates, including any comments the author of the report might have respecting the soundness of the data.
5. Provide the estimated total capital costs necessary to achieve the net cash flow and the amount of such costs estimated to be incurred in each of the first two years of cash flow estimates.
(b) a Breakdown of Costs for this proposed program with reference to Item 8, and
(c) a description of the general topography, vegetation, climate, infrastructure (including pipelines), means of access, source of labour and power sources that may affect the program.
2. If the exploration and development program is divided into stages, disclose whether proceeding with a subsequent stage in the program is contingent upon the results achieved on an earlier stage.
3. The disclosure in (c) is only required when these factors may be potential impediments to commercial exploration. Examples may include limitations on the exploration season due to climate or effects on operations due to environmental regulations.
4. Disclose the name and relationship to theissuer of the engineer on whose recommendation or report theissuer is relying in formulating its exploration and development program.
6.12 Other properties
6.13 Dispositions
7. ADMINISTRATION
(b) a Breakdown of Costs for the monthly administration costs disclosed in paragraph (a), including any anticipated variations.
8.1 Funds Available
(a) the net proceeds to be derived by the issuer from the sale of the securities offered under the prospectus,
(b) the estimated working capital available to the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries as of the Most Recent Month End, and
(c) the amounts and sources of other funds that will be available to the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries prior to or concurrently with the completion of the offering.
2. Where other sources of funds will be available to the issuer, identify the material terms, including the timing, and identity of the person providing the funds.
8.2 Principal purposes
State the following:
Where the issuer does not have material operating revenues, state the following (with the bracketed information completed as appropriate):
The issuer's working capital available to fund ongoing operations will be sufficient to meet its administration costs for [ * ] months.
2. Statements as to principal purposes for which theFunds Available are to be used must be specific and be cross-referenced to the estimated costs disclosed in Items 6 and 7. Where the issuer has not had material operating revenues, the table must include the administration costs required for the issuer to achieve its objectives or that will be incurred over a period of 12 months, whichever is greater.
3. When disclosing expenditures made on specific Properties, indicate whether they are Principal Properties, or not.
4. Funds Available not allocated to one of the principal purposes must be identified as "Working Capital to Fund Ongoing Operations".
5. WhereFunds Available will be paid to an insider or holder of performance shares or escrow securities, identify, either in the table or by way of a note to the table, the person, amount of the payments and principal purposes to which the payments relate.
6. Where more than 10% of the Funds Available will be used to reduce or retire indebtedness incurred within the two preceding years, the principal purposes for which the indebtedness was used and to whom the money was paid must be disclosed. Where more than 10% of the Funds Available will be used to reduce or retire indebtedness incurred to a creditor that is an insider to the issuer or is a holder of performance shares or escrow securities, identify the creditor, the nature of the relationship to the issuer and the principal purpose for which the indebtedness was used. Disclose the particulars of the indebtedness (e.g., cash advances, wages, purchased debt, etc.).
7. Where the prospectus is used in connection with a special warrant or similar transaction, the principal purposes for which the funds were raised in such transaction must be disclosed. Where all or a portion of these funds have been spent, provide cross-reference to the detailed discussion in Item 6 and explain how the funds were spent. The Funds Availablewill include the balance of the funds, if any, raised by the special warrant or similar transaction that have not been spent.
8.3 Conflicts of interest
· For the purposes of this section, reference to an Agent includes a special selling group member, as defined in section 78 of the Rules.
9. RISK FACTORS
(a) risks relating to the nature of the business of the issuer,
(b) risks relating to the nature of the offering, and
(c) any other risks.
1. Risk factors may include but are not limited to such matters as cash flow and liquidity problems, inexperience of Management in start up operations, inexperience of Management in the natural resource industry, lack of financial expertise, general risks inherent in natural resource exploration, environmental regulations, economic or political conditions, unpredictability of resource prices, absence of an operating history, absence of profitable operations in recent periods, an erratic financial history, conflicts of interest with Management, reliance on the efforts of a single individual, possible land title conflicts (e.g. native land claims, title uncertainty), foreign property laws (e.g., limited rights to property, susceptibility to expropriation, etc.), the arbitrary establishment of offering price and any material differences between the laws presently governing the issuer and the British Columbia Company Act relating to security holder rights and remedies.
2. With respect to (a), the most significant risk factors should be disclosed at the top of the list.
3. In this Item, "issuer" means the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
1. In this Item, "issuer" means the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
2. In sections 10.3 through 10.6, information for periods prior to those indicated in the section depending upon the materiality of the events may be required.
3. Provide the information required by this Item for each proposed nominee for election or appointment as a director of theissuer and indicate clearly that the individual is a proposed nominee.
10.1 Name, address, occupation and security holding
(a) the current position and office with the issuer,
(b) the nature of expertise and relevant educational background in the issuer's business,
(c) the principal occupation during the five years prior to the date of the prospectus and, where the principal occupation is that of an officer of a company other than the issuer, state the name of the company and the principal business in which it was engaged, and
(d) as of the conclusion of the offering, the number of securities (including options) of the issuer beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, indicating the number of performance shares or escrow securities held in escrow and the percentage that the securities represent of the issued and outstanding securities of the issuer.
Where a director, officer, promoter or other member of Management is an associate of another director, officer, promoter or other member of Management, disclose as a footnote the relationship.
2. Upon application, the disclosure required by this section may be waived where the operations of a subsidiary or a proposed subsidiary are not material to the issuer's operations.
3. The description of the principal occupation of a director, officer, promoter or other member of Management must be specific. The terms "businessman" or "entrepreneur" are not sufficiently specific.
4. If there is a maximum subscription that differs from the minimum subscription, disclose the percentage of the class held by the principal holders on both a minimum and maximum basis.
10.2 Aggregate ownership of securities
1. In this section, "issuer" does not include the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
2. If there is a minimum subscription, disclose the aggregate ownership of securities on a minimum and maximum basis.
(b) was declared bankrupt or made a voluntary assignment in bankruptcy, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or been subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold the assets of that person, state the fact.
10.5 Penalties or sanctions
2. Information relating to other penalties and sanctions depending on the materiality of the events may be required.
10.7 Conflicts of interest
11. INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND OTHER MANAGEMENT
(a) the largest amount of indebtedness outstanding at any time,
(b) the nature of the indebtedness and the purpose for which it was incurred,
(c) the amount presently outstanding,
(d) the rate of interest paid or charged,
(e) the terms of repayment,
(f) the nature of any security granted to the issuer, and
(g) if the person is an associate or affiliate of a director, officer or member of Management, the person's relationship to the director, officer or member of Management of the issuer.
1. In this Item, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
2. Provide the information required by this Item for each proposed nominee for election or appointment as a director of the issuer and indicate clearly that the individual is a proposed nominee.
· In this Item, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
12.1 Executive compensation
(a) disclosure must be provided for each of the issuer's four most highly compensated executive officers, in addition to the CEO, regardless of the amount of their compensation, and
(b) in addition to the periods required under Form 41, disclosure must be provided for the Stub Period.
1. Disclosure of compensation paid to persons other than executive officers may be required.
2. Where the issuer is listed on the senior board of the Exchange and has material operating revenues, theissuer need not provide the information required by (a).
(b) the nature of the assets or services,
(c) the form and value of the consideration, and
(d) where the issuer has acquired assets,
(ii) where the consideration referred to in paragraph (c) above exceeds the seller's out of pocket costs, a cross-reference to the valuation opinion disclosed in section 6.1(c)(vii) or 6.7(f)(vii).
2. Information with respect to executive compensation need not be disclosed in this section.
3. Any debt settlements made by the issuer to any insider or promoter must be disclosed in this section.
4. For acquisitions where the consideration is not in excess of the greater of 10% of the aggregate compensation or consideration paid to the individual under sections 12.1 and 12.2 or $5,000, the information required by this item may be aggregated together and classified as "miscellaneous".
5. As an alternative to the disclosure required in (b), provide a cross-reference to the page(s) of the prospectus where the required disclosure is made.
1. The amounts referred to in this section include the forms of compensation referred to in sections 12.1 and 12.2 above.
2. Where theissuer is listed on the senior board of the Exchange and has material operating revenues, the issuer need only provide the information required by Form 41.
13. SHARE CAPITAL
13.1 Existing and proposed share and long-term debt capital
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |
Number of issued securities | Price per security | Total consideration | |
(a) Issued as of [the Most Recent Month End] | [N/A] | ||
(b) Offering | |||
(c) To be issued if all securities being offered are sold | [N/A] |
2. Set out in the table or a note thereto the number of securities of each class authorized to be issued.
3. If there is a minimum subscription, disclose the number of securities that are offered and that would be issued on both a minimum and maximum basis.
4. The information shall be updated to theMost Recent Month End.
5. In columns 1 and 3 of the table, (c) is equal to the total of (a) and (b).
6. Where the issuer has outstanding long-term debt, the information required by Item 7 of Form 14 shall be provided.
7. As a note to the table, indicate whether there are any restrictions on the transferability of the securities (e.g., hold periods, escrow or pooling agreements) and summarize the nature of the restrictions (including the dates hold periods expire and shares are released, and the related number of shares). Where the information is provided elsewhere the disclosure may be provided by a cross-reference to the page in the prospectus where the disclosure is contained.
(ii) the name of the grantor and the nature of the option granted to each person (e.g., options, Agent's warrants or other warrants),
(iii) the designation and number of securities subject to the option and any material anti-dilution provisions,
(iv) the purchase price of the securities subject to the option or the formula by which the purchase price will be determined,
(v) the expiration date of the option, and
(vi) the market value of the securities subject to the option as of the date of grant and the Most Recent Month End.
(b) State the aggregate number of each class or kind of securities that are subject to options described in paragraph (a)(iii) above.
(c) State the following:
There are no assurances that the options, warrants or other rights described above will be exercised in whole or in part.
2. In this section, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
3. The information shall be updated to the Most Recent Month End.
4. Where the issuer has material operating revenues, the information required for directors, officers and employees under (a) may be aggregated for options of the same type, grant date, exercise price and expiry date on the basis of the following categories:
(ii) all members of management of all subsidiaries of the issuer as a group and all directors of such subsidiaries who are not also members of management as a group, without naming them, excluding individuals referred to in clause (i),
(iii) by all other employees of the issuer as a group, without naming them, and
(iv) by all other employees of the subsidiaries of the issuer as a group, without naming them.
Number of Securities | Percentage of Total | |
(a) Issued as of the Most Recent Month End (b) Offered under the prospectus (c) Securities reserved for future issue as of the Most Recent Month End | ||
Total | __________ | ___________ 100 |
2. If there is a minimum subscription, disclose the number of securities offered and total on both a minimum and maximum basis.
3. (c) is the amount indicated in paragraph (b) from section 13.2 (with respect to options on securities of the issuer granted by the issuer only).
4. A separate table shall be prepared for each class or kind of securities that the issuer has issued or will have issued upon completion of the offering.
5. The information shall be updated to the Most Recent Month End.
13.4 Principal holders of voting securities
(b) control or direction over, or
(c) a combination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership of and of control or direction over,
voting securities that will constitute more than 10 per cent of any class of such securities upon completion of the offering.
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Name and municipality of residence | Number of securities | Percentage of class prior to the offering | Percentage of class after the offering |
2. If voting securities will be issued prior to, concurrently with or immediately following the offering, indicate as far as practicable the respective holding of voting securities that will exist after giving effect to the issue.
3. If there is a maximum subscription that differs from the minimum subscription, disclose the percentage of the class held by the principal holders on both a minimum and maximum basis.
4. If, to the knowledge of the issuer or theAgent, more than 10 per cent of any class of voting securities of the issuer are held or are to be held subject to any voting trust or other similar agreement/arrangement, state the designation of such securities, the number or amount held or to be held and the duration of the agreement. Give the names and addresses of the voting trustees and outline briefly their voting rights and other powers under the agreement.
5. Where a person identified in the table is a control person of the issuer and is not a director, officer or promoter of the issuer, provide the disclosure required under sections 10.3 - 10.6 for the control person. If the control person is a corporation, the disclosure must be provided for the control persons of the corporation.
6. A separate table shall be prepared for each class or kind of voting securities that the issuer has issued or will have issued upon completion of the offering.
7. The information shall be updated to theMost Recent Month End.
13.5 Performance shares or escrow securities
(b) the estimated percentage that the performance shares or escrow securities will represent of the total issued and outstanding voting securities of the issuer, upon the completion of the offering,
(c) the names of the beneficial owners of the performance shares or escrow securities and the number of performance shares or escrow securities owned by each and, with respect to owners of performance shares, why the person is a principal as defined in Local Policy Statement 3-07,
(d) the name of the escrow agent,
(e) the date of the escrow agreement and the conditions governing the transfer, release and cancellation of the performance shares or escrow securities, and
(f) the rights or obligations of a person who ceases to be a principal, dies or becomes bankrupt to retain, transfer or surrender to the issuer for cancellation the performance shares or escrow securities.
· If there is a maximum subscription that differs from the minimum subscription, disclose the percentage that the performance shares or escrow securities will represent on both a minimum and maximum basis. 14. DIVIDEND RECORD
For each exchange or quotation system upon which the securities offered are listed or quoted, provide a weekly trading history (high, low and volume) for at least six weeks prior to the date of the prospectus and monthly for the preceding 12 months.
16. PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
16.1 Terms of the distribution agreement
(b) the date of the agreement,
(c) the nature of the Agents' obligation to take up and pay for any of the securities being offered,
(d) the number of securities expected to be sold by each of the Agents and whether any arrangements have been made for selling group participation,
(e) the number of additional securities that may be issued, if the issuer has granted the Agents a "greenshoe" option,
(f) the conditions, if any, under which the Agents may "market out",
(g) the nature of the consideration to be paid to the Agents,
(h) the conditions, if any, under which any of the proceeds are to be held in trust or escrow pending completion of the offering,
(i) the number of days following the completion of the offering by which the issuer will receive the net proceeds of the offering from the Agents or the date by which the Agents are to purchase the securities, and
(j) whether there is any intention to stabilize the market.
· Where the prospectus is used in connection with a special warrant or similar transaction and the funds are held in a special trust, disclose the conditions for release or whether the funds have been released. 16.2 Minimum and maximum subscription
16.4 Extraprovincial offerings
17.1 Terms
(b) voting rights,
(c) liquidation or distribution rights,
(d) pre-emptive rights,
(e) conversion rights,
(f) if the securities are subscription warrants or rights, the period during which, and the price at which, the warrants or rights are exercisable,
(g) redemption, purchase for cancellation or surrender provisions,
(h) sinking or purchase fund provisions,
(i) if the securities are obligations, provisions with respect to interest rates, maturity, nature and priority of any security for the obligations, permissible substitutions for security, negative covenants, name of the trustee under any indenture relating to the obligations and the nature of any material relationship between the trustee and the issuer or any of its affiliates, and
(j) provisions as to modification, amendment or variation of any such rights or provisions.
17.2 Modification of terms
18. SPONSORSHIP AND FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENTS
(b) the name of the registrant,
(c) the consideration, both monetary and non-monetary, paid or to be paid by the issuer, and
19. INVESTOR RELATIONS ARRANGEMENTS
(b) the name, principal business and place of business of the person providing the services,
(c) the background of the person providing the services,
(d) whether the person has, or is known by the issuer to have:
(i) direct or indirect beneficial ownership of,
(ii) control or direction over, or
(iii) a combination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership of and of control or direction over,
securities of the issuer,
(e) whether the person has any right to acquire securities of the issuer, either in full or partial compensation for services,
(f) the consideration both monetary and non-monetary paid or to be paid by the issuer, including whether any payments will be made in advance of services being provided,
(g) if the issuer does not have sufficient funds to pay for the services, how the issuer intends to pay for the services, and
(h) the nature of the services to be provided, including the period during which the services will be provided.
2. The disclosure in (c) and (h) need only summarize the background and nature of services.
3. Indicate whether the person providing promotional, investor relations or market stabilization services has a market making account with the Exchange pursuant to Exchangerules.
4. If there are no promotional or investor relations arrangements, or arrangements to stabilize the market, so state.
20. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISSUER OR SELLING SECURITY HOLDER AND AGENT
(a) the nature of the relationship or connection between the issuer and the Agent or the selling security holder and the Agent, as the case may be, including,
(ii) the name of each relevant related party of the Agent,
(iii) the details of the ability of the Agent or any related party of the Agent to affect materially the operations of the issuer, and
(iv) whether the issuer is indebted to the Agent or any related party of the Agent and, if so, provide particulars of such indebtedness, and
(b) the extent to which the proceeds of the issue will be applied, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Agent or any related party of the Agent.
(For example, where the issuer has received a loan from the Agent, the issuer would be a connected party of the Agent and would have to comply with section 78 of the Rules.)
1. For the purpose of this item, reference to an Agent includes a special selling group member as defined in section 167.4 of the Rules.
2. In this item,"issuer"means the issuer, its subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
21. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISSUER AND PROFESSIONAL PERSONS
2. In this section, "responsible solicitor" means the solicitor who is primarily responsible for the preparation of or for advice to the issuer, selling security holder or Agent with respect to the contents of the prospectus.
3. In this section, "issuer" includes the issuer's subsidiaries and proposed subsidiaries.
· Include the name of the court or agency, the date the proceedings were instituted, the principal parties to the proceedings, the nature of the proceedings, the amount claimed, if any, whether the proceedings are being contested, the present status of the proceedings and, if a legal opinion is referred to in the prospectus, the name of counsel providing that opinion.
23. AUDITOR
24. REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
25.1 Particulars of material contracts
(b) the parties to each contract,
(c) the consideration paid or payable by or to the issuer, and
(d) the general nature of each contract.
· As an alternative to the disclosure required in this section, provide a cross-reference to the page(s) of the prospectus where the required disclosure with respect to a particular contract is made.
25.2 Inspection of contracts and reports
26. OTHER MATERIAL FACTS
27. PURCHASERS' STATUTORY RIGHTS
· Where this document is a base disclosure document used in connection with a summary prospectus, this section is not required in the base disclosure document because it is contained in the summary prospectus.
28. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, REPORTS AND OTHER EXHIBITS
29. CERTIFICATES
IT IS AN OFFENCE FOR A PERSON TO MAKE A STATEMENT IN A DOCUMENT REQUIRED TO BE FILED OR FURNISHED UNDER THE ACT OR THE RULES THAT, AT THE TIME AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH IT IS MADE, IS A MISREPRESENTATION.
Draft Amendments to Local Policy Statement 3-02 and
Repeal of Local Policy Statement 3-26
I. Effective January 1, 1996, Local Policy Statement 3-02 is amended as follows:
1. By adding Part 12 to the Table of Contents:
12.2 Eligibility
12.3 Procedure
12.4 Pricing and Amendments
Part 12 Exchange Offering Prospectus Filing Requirements
12.l Definitions - In this Part,
(i) if a natural resources issuer, the issuer either:
B. has not issued during the previous 12 months, by way of prospectus, statement of material facts or rights offerings, its securities for cash that in the aggregate exceeds $250,000;
C. has not received any significant operating revenue during the previous 6 months; and
D. does not have adequate working capital for a 6 month period of normal operations; or
has a market capitalization of shares free of resale restrictions of less than $100,000; or
B. has not issued during the previous 18 months, by way of prospectus, statement of material facts or rights offerings, its securities for cash that in the aggregate exceeds $250,000;
C. has not received any significant operating revenue during the previous 12 months; and
D. does not have adequate working capital for a 12 month period of normal operations; or
(c) "Policies" means the National, Uniform and Local Policy Statements, and Notices and Interpretation Notes of the Commission, as amended from time to time;
(d) "Qualifying Issuer" means a reporting issuer,
(i) whose securities are listed on the Exchange, and
(ii) is not an Ineligible Inactive Issuer;
(e) "Statutory Requirements" means the Act, Regulation, Commission Rules, Forms and decisions;
(b) Form 14B - Information Required in Exchange Offering Prospectus of a Natural Resource Issuer if the Qualifying Issuer is a natural resource issuer.
(See NIN#95/37)
12.4 Pricing and Amendments - Sections 47 and 48 of the Securities Act apply to preliminary EOPs and final EOPs. Issuers complying with the pricing requirements set out in Exchange Rule B.3, Part D or Part E, are reminded of their obligation to file an amendment in the event that the Funds Available or the estimated price disclosed in the EOP is materially different from the price set pursuant to Exchange Rule B.3, Part D or Part E.
12.5 Applications for Waivers or Exemptions from the Statutory Requirements - A Qualifying Issuer seeking relief from the application of Statutory Requirements is required to apply to the Director or Commission, as appropriate.
II. Effective January 1, l996, Local Policy Statement 3-26 - Statement of Material Facts Submitted to the Superintendent of Brokers and Vancouver Stock Exchange for Vetting, is repealed.
DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, on *, l995.
Douglas M. Hyndman
Chair
Appendix "C"
Exchange Offering Prospectus - Commission Filing Requirements
The following types and numbers of documents should be filed with: fee check list | Preliminary EOP 1 | Final EOP - |
prospectus - signed - unsigned - blacklined | 1 1 - | 1 1 1 |
cross reference sheet | 1 | 1 |
audited financial statements | 2 | 2 |
stub period unaudited financial statements including a review engagement report | 2 | 2 |
future-oriented financial statements, if any | 2 | 2 |
audited statement of costs, if any | 2 | 2 |
auditors comfort letter for - financial statements - future-oriented financial information - audited statement of costs | 1 1 1 | - - - |
auditors consent letter for - financial statements - future-oriented financial information - audited statement of costs | - - - | 1 1 1 |
public accountants consent letter | - | 1 |
certified copy of director's resolutions | 1 | 1 |
signed engineering report (under section 102 of the Regulation) and certificate of qualification, if applicable | 2 | 2 |
signed assessment/specialist report certificate of qualification and undertaking (under Local Policy Statement 3-17), if applicable | 1 | 1 |
signed valuation/appraisal opinion (under Local Policy Statement 3-07), if applicable | 2 | 2 |
underwriters undertaking to provide a due diligence report (under Local Policy Statement 3-17), if applicable | - | 1 |
consent of legal counsel and other professionals | - | 1 |
all material agreements including underwriters/ agency agreement | 1 | - |
Form 4Bs, if applicable | 1 | - |
escrow agreement and undertakings, if not previously filed | 1 | - |
estimate of proceeds and undertaking to pay fees, if applicable | - | 1 |
commercial copies | - | 2 |