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Securities Law

45-102 - Resale of Securities [NI Amendment Proposed - Lapsed]

Published Date: 2011-04-01
Rescinded Date: 2014-01-23
Document(s):

Concurrently Published:

1. National Instrument 45-102 Resale of Securities is amended by this Instrument.

2. Part 1 – Definitions is amended by adding the following definition:

“”securitized product” has the same meaning as in NI 45-106;”

3. Part 2 – First Trades is amended by adding the following section:

“2.15 First Trade in a Securitized Product – The first trade of a securitized product distributed under section 2.44 of NI 45-106 is a distribution.”

4. Companion Policy 45-102CP – To National Instrument 45-102 Resale of Securities is amended by adding the following section:

“1.18 First trades of securitized products – The first trade of a securitized product distributed under section 2.44 of NI 45-106 is deemed to be a distribution to which the prospectus requirement would then apply. Consequently, an investor who acquires a securitized product under that exemption from the prospectus requirement may typically only resell the securitized product if the investor does one of the following:

(a) relies on section 2.44 of NI 45-106,

(b) qualifies the distribution of the securitized product by prospectus,

(c) applies for and obtains a discretionary exemption from the prospectus requirement.

It is not necessary for a certificate issued in respect of a securitized product to bear a legend stating the resale restrictions; however, the information memorandum used to distribute the securitized product is required to disclose these resale restrictions.”

5. This Instrument is effective on ●.