The Filer, a foreign reporting issuer listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, applied for a decision that it is no longer a reporting issuer in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia.
The Filer demonstrated that Canadian resident shareholders beneficially own less than 2% of its outstanding securities and represent less than 2% of its total beneficial securityholders.
The Filer has no securities trading on any Canadian market and has not conducted any financing in Canada since August 2008.
The Ontario Securities Commission, as principal regulator, granted the requested exemptive relief, noting the Filer's undertaking to continue providing Canadian shareholders with all disclosure materials required under Hong Kong securities laws.