Jo-Anne Matear

The Applicant, Leerink Swann LLC, applied for exemptive relief from certain disclosure requirements under National Instrument 33-105 and OSC Rule 45-501.

The Applicant sought relief from the requirement to provide disclosure on conflicts of interest and connected issuer relationships when offering foreign securities to permitted clients in Canada, provided that U.S. registered offering disclosure is provided instead.

The Applicant also sought relief from the requirement to include a description of the statutory right of action for damages and rescission in the offering memorandum.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the requested exemptions, subject to certain conditions, including the delivery of a specific notice to prospective purchasers and the filing of reports of exempt distribution.

The Applicant, Softchoice Corporation, applied for a decision under the securities legislation of multiple Canadian jurisdictions that it is no longer a reporting issuer.

The Applicant represented that its outstanding securities are beneficially owned by fewer than 15 securityholders in each Canadian jurisdiction and fewer than 51 worldwide, and that its securities are not traded on any marketplace.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the requested relief, ordering that the Applicant is not a reporting issuer.

The applicant applied to the Ontario Securities Commission for a decision that it is no longer a reporting issuer.

The applicant represented that its outstanding securities are beneficially owned by fewer than 51 securityholders worldwide and are not traded on any marketplace.

The Commission was satisfied that the statutory test was met and ordered that the applicant is not a reporting issuer.

The Applicants, U.S. registered broker-dealers, applied for exemptive relief from certain disclosure requirements under National Instrument 33-105 and OSC Rule 45-501 when providing foreign offering documents to Canadian permitted clients.

The requested relief included exemptions from providing Canadian-specific connected and related issuer disclosure, as well as statutory right of action disclosure, in offering memoranda for foreign securities.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the relief, subject to conditions including that the offering documents comply with U.S. disclosure requirements for underwriter conflicts of interest and that purchasers provide written consent.

The Applicant applied to the Ontario Securities Commission and other jurisdictions for a decision that it is no longer a reporting issuer.

The Applicant represented that its outstanding securities are beneficially owned by fewer than 15 securityholders in each Canadian jurisdiction and fewer than 51 worldwide, and its securities are not traded on any marketplace.

The Decision Maker was satisfied that the statutory test was met and ordered that the Applicant is not a reporting issuer.

The applicants, a group of investment dealers, applied for exemptive relief from certain disclosure requirements under National Instrument 33-105 and provincial securities legislation.

Specifically, they sought relief from the requirement to include Connected Issuer Disclosure, Related Issuer Disclosure, and Right of Action Disclosure in offering memorandums provided to Canadian permitted clients for private placements of foreign securities.

The Ontario Securities Commission, acting as principal regulator, granted the requested relief subject to conditions, including that the offering documents comply with U.S. disclosure requirements for underwriter conflicts of interest and that purchasers receive a specific notice and provide written consent.

The applicants, who are dealers participating in offerings of foreign securities into Canada on a private placement basis to permitted clients, applied for exemptive relief from certain disclosure requirements.

Specifically, they sought relief from the requirement in National Instrument 33-105 to provide disclosure on conflicts of interest between dealers and issuers, provided that disclosure required for U.S. registered offerings is provided instead.

They also sought relief from the requirement to provide disclosure of a connected issuer relationship where the issuer is a foreign government, and from the requirement in OSC Rule 45-501 to include disclosure of the statutory right of action for damages and rescission.

The principal regulator and coordinated review decision makers granted the requested exemptions, subject to certain conditions including the delivery of a specific notice to prospective purchasers.

The applicants, registered dealers, applied for exemptive relief from certain disclosure requirements under National Instrument 33-105 and OSC Rule 45-501 when offering foreign securities to permitted clients in Canada on a private placement basis.

The requested relief included exemptions from providing Canadian-specific disclosure on conflicts of interest, connected issuer relationships, and statutory rights of action in the foreign offering document.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the relief, subject to conditions including that the offering document complies with U.S. registered offering disclosure requirements for conflicts of interest and that purchasers provide written consent.

The Applicants, who are dealers participating in private placements of foreign securities to permitted clients in Canada, applied for exemptive relief from certain disclosure requirements under National Instrument 33-105 and OSC Rule 45-501.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the relief, allowing the Applicants to provide U.S. registered offering disclosure regarding underwriter conflicts of interest instead of the Canadian-specific connected and related issuer disclosure, and exempting them from including a description of statutory rights of action in the offering memorandum, subject to certain conditions including providing a notice to purchasers.

The Filer, Foxpoint Capital Corp., applied for exemptive relief from the requirement under National Instrument 51-102 to file financial statements for the Telegraph Property in connection with a reverse takeover.

The Telegraph Property was acquired in an arm's length transaction, had been dormant, and historical financial statements were never prepared.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the requested relief, subject to the condition that the management information circular is filed on SEDAR.

The Applicant applied for a decision under the securities legislation of multiple Canadian jurisdictions that it is no longer a reporting issuer.

The Decision Makers found that the Applicant met the statutory test, as its securities are beneficially owned by fewer than 15 securityholders in each jurisdiction and fewer than 51 worldwide, and are not traded on any marketplace.

The application was granted, and the Applicant was ordered not to be a reporting issuer.

The applicants, a U.K. listed parent company and its Canadian wholly-owned subsidiary, applied for exemptive relief from continuous disclosure, certification, audit committee, and insider reporting requirements.

The subsidiary could not rely on the credit support issuer exemption in section 13.4 of NI 51-102 because the parent was not an SEC issuer.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the requested relief, subject to conditions substantially analogous to those in section 13.4 of NI 51-102, including that the parent meets the definition of a designated foreign issuer.

The Applicant, Queenston Mining Inc., applied for a decision under the securities legislation of Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec that it is no longer a reporting issuer.

The Applicant represented that its outstanding securities are beneficially owned by fewer than 15 securityholders in each Canadian jurisdiction and fewer than 51 worldwide, and its securities are not traded on any marketplace.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the requested relief, ordering that the Applicant is not a reporting issuer.

The applicant applied for a decision under the securities legislation of multiple jurisdictions that it is not a reporting issuer.

The applicant represented that its outstanding securities are beneficially owned by fewer than 15 securityholders in each Canadian jurisdiction and fewer than 51 worldwide, and that its securities are not traded on any marketplace.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the requested relief, ordering that the applicant is not a reporting issuer.

The Applicant, Scotiabank Subordinated Notes Trust, applied to the securities regulatory authorities in multiple Canadian jurisdictions for a decision that it is not a reporting issuer.

The Applicant represented that its outstanding securities are beneficially owned by fewer than 15 securityholders in each Canadian jurisdiction and fewer than 51 worldwide, and that its securities are not traded on any marketplace.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the application, ordering that the Applicant is no longer a reporting issuer.

The Filer applied on behalf of itself and two newly formed limited partnerships for exemptive relief from continuous disclosure, certification, audit committee, corporate governance, and insider reporting requirements under various National Instruments.

The application was made in connection with a conversion transaction to a stapled unit real estate investment trust structure.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the requested exemptions, subject to conditions including that the stapled structure remains in place and the entities comply with modified credit support issuer conditions.

The Commission also granted an order designating the two limited partnerships as reporting issuers in Ontario.

The Filer, on behalf of a newly formed real estate investment trust and a corporation, applied for exemptive relief from various continuous disclosure, corporate governance, certification, and prospectus requirements under Ontario securities legislation.

The relief was sought in connection with a proposed reorganization into a 'stapled unit' structure, where units of the trust and the corporation would trade together.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the requested exemptions, subject to several conditions, including that the entities file combined financial statements and that the units remain stapled.

Chieftain Metals Inc. applied to the Ontario Securities Commission for exemptive relief from the requirement under National Instrument 43-101 to file a supporting technical report no later than the time it files its annual information form (AIF).

The Filer had disclosed a revised reserve and resource estimate but required additional time to finalize the supporting technical report.

The Commission granted the requested relief, permitting the Filer to file the technical report within 45 days of the news release announcing the updated estimate, provided the AIF includes appropriate cautionary language and a revised AIF is filed shortly after the technical report.

The applicant, a wholly-owned subsidiary of a global financial services provider, applied for exemptive relief from the qualification requirements of National Instrument 44-102.

The applicant sought to distribute non-principal protected indexed notes under a base shelf short form prospectus, despite its equity securities not being listed on a short form eligible exchange.

The principal regulator granted the exemption, noting the applicant's parent company's securities were listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the NYSE, subject to specific disclosure conditions regarding the unrated nature of the notes and the risks to the investor's principal.

The Filer applied for an exemption under section 13.1 of National Instrument 51-102 from the financial statement requirements of subsection 8.4(1) for a business acquisition report.

The Filer acquired properties that had been owned by multiple owners over the previous two years, making the preparation of comparative period financial statements impractical.

The Ontario Securities Commission granted the exemption, permitting the Filer to include alternative financial disclosure in the business acquisition report.