Regulation 71-102 Respecting Continuous Disclosure and Other Exemptions Relating to Foreign Issuers

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 1 Last amendment in force on September 19, 2025 This document has official status chapter V-1.1, r. 37 REGULATION 71-102 RESPECTING CONTINUOUS DISCLOSURE AND OTHER EXEMPTIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN ISSUERS Securities Act (chapter V-1.1, s. 331.1) PART 1 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation In this Regulation: "AIF" means a completed Form 51-102F2 Annual Information Form under Regulation 51-102 respecting Continuous Disclosure Obligations (chapter V-1.1, r. 24) or, in the case of an SEC foreign issuer, a completed Form 51-102F2 or an annual report or transition report under the 1934 Act on Form 10-K or Form 20-F; "business acquisition report" means a completed Form 51-102F4 Business Acquisition Report; "class" includes a series of a class; "convertible security" means a security of an issuer that is convertible into, or carries the right of the holder to acquire, or of the issuer to cause the acquisition of, a security of the same issuer; "designated foreign issuer" means a foreign reporting issuer (a) that does not have a class of securities registered under section 12 of the 1934 Act and is not required to file reports under section 15(d) of the 1934 Act; (b) that is subject to foreign disclosure requirements in a designated foreign jurisdiction; and (c) for which the total number of equity securities owned, directly or indirectly, by residents of Canada does not exceed 10%, on a fully-diluted basis, of the total number of equity securities of the issuer, calculated in accordance with sections 1.2 and 1.3;

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 2 "designated foreign jurisdiction" means Australia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; "exchangeable security" means a security of an issuer that is exchangeable for, or carries the right of the holder to acquire, or of the issuer to cause the acquisition of, a security of another issuer; "exchange-traded security" means a security that is listed on a recognized exchange or is quoted on a recognized quotation and trade reporting system or is listed on an exchange or quoted on a quotation and trade reporting system that is recognized for the purposes of Regulation 21-101 respecting Marketplace Operation (chapter V-1.1, r. 5) and Regulation 23-101 respecting Trading Rules (chapter V-1.1, r. 6); "executive officer" means, for a reporting issuer, an individual who is (a) a chair, vice-chair or president; (b) a vice-president in charge of a principal business unit, division or function including sales, finance or production; or (c) performing a policy-making function in respect of the issuer; "financial statements" has the same meaning as in section 1.1 of Regulation 51-102 respecting Continuous Disclosure Obligations; "foreign disclosure requirements" means the requirements to which a foreign reporting issuer is subject concerning the disclosure made to the public, to securityholders of the issuer or to a foreign regulatory authority (a) relating to the foreign reporting issuer and the trading in its securities; and (b) that is made publicly available in the foreign jurisdiction under (i) the securities laws of the foreign jurisdiction in which the principal trading market of the foreign reporting issuer is located; or (ii) the rules of the marketplace that is the principal trading market of the foreign reporting issuer; "foreign regulatory authority" means a securities commission, exchange or other securities market regulatory authority in a designated foreign jurisdiction; "foreign reporting issuer" means a reporting issuer, other than an investment fund, that is incorporated or organized under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction, unless (a) outstanding voting securities carrying more than 50% of the votes for the election of directors are owned, directly or indirectly, by residents of Canada; and

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 3 (b) any one or more of the following is true: (i) the majority of the executive officers or directors of the issuer are residents of Canada; (ii) more than 50% of the consolidated assets of the issuer are located in Canada; or (iii) the business of the issuer is administered principally in Canada; "inter-dealer bond broker" means a person that is approved by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada under its Rule 36 Inter-Dealer Bond Brokerage Systems, as amended, and is subject to its Rule 36 and its Rule 2100 Inter￾Dealer Bond Brokerage Systems, as amended; "interim period" means, (a) in the case of a year other than a non-standard year or a transition year, a period commencing on the first day of the financial year and ending 9, 6 or 3 months before the end of the financial year; (a.1) in the case of a non-standard year, a period commencing on the first day of the financial year and ending within 22 days of the date that is 9, 6 or 3 months before the end of the financial year; or (b) in the case of a transition year, a period commencing on the first day of the transition year and ending (i) 3, 6, 9 or 12 months, if applicable, after the end of the old financial year; or (ii) 12, 9, 6 or 3 months, if applicable, before the end of the transition year; "marketplace" has the same meaning as in Regulation 21-101 respecting Marketplace Operation; "MD&A" means a completed Form 51-102F1 Management's Discussion & Analysis or, in the case of an SEC foreign issuer, a completed Form 51-102F1 or management's discussion and analysis prepared in accordance with Item 303 of Regulation S-K under the 1934 Act; "multiple convertible security" means a security of an issuer that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, or carries the right of the holder to acquire, or of the issuer to cause the acquisition of, a convertible security, an exchangeable security or another multiple convertible security; "Nasdaq" means Nasdaq National Market and Nasdaq SmallCap Market;

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 4 "non-standard year" means a financial year, other than a transition year, that does not have 365 days, or 366 days if it includes February 29; "old financial year" means the financial year of a reporting issuer that immediately precedes its transition year; "principal trading market" means the published market on which the largest trading volume in the equity securities of the issuer occurred during the issuer's most recent financial year that ended before the date the determination is being made; "published market" means, for a class of securities, a marketplace on which the securities have traded that discloses regularly in a publication of general and regular paid circulation or in a form that is broadly distributed by electronic means the prices at which those securities have traded; "recognized exchange" means (a) in Ontario, an exchange recognized by the securities regulatory authority to carry on business as a stock exchange; (a.1) in Québec, a person or company authorized by the securities regulatory authority to carry on business as an exchange; and (b) in every other jurisdiction, an exchange recognized by the securities regulatory authority as an exchange, self-regulatory organization or self-regulatory body, or a legal person, a partnership or any other entity authorized by the securities regulatory authority to carry on securities trading in accordance with securities legislation; "recognized quotation and trade reporting system" means (a) in every jurisdiction other than British Columbia, a quotation and trade reporting system recognized by the securities regulatory authority under securities legislation to carry on business as a quotation and trade reporting system; and (b) in British Columbia, a quotation and trade reporting system recognized by the securities regulatory authority under securities legislation as a quotation and trade reporting system or as an exchange; "SEC foreign issuer" means a foreign reporting issuer that (a) has a class of securities registered under section 12 of the 1934 Act or is required to file reports under section 15(d) of the 1934 Act; and (b) is not registered or required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 of the United States of America, as amended;

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 5 "transition year" means the financial year of a reporting issuer in which the issuer changes its financial year-end; "TSX" means the Toronto Stock Exchange; "underlying security" means a security issued or transferred, or to be issued or transferred, in accordance with the terms of a convertible security, an exchangeable security or a multiple convertible security; "U.S. market" means an exchange in the United States of America or Nasdaq; and "U.S. market requirements" means the requirements of the U.S. market on which the reporting issuer's securities are listed or quoted. M.O. 2005-07, s. 1.1; M.O. 2006-05, s. 1; M.O. 2007-09, s. 1; M.O. 2010-17, s. 1; M.O. 2015-15, s. 1. 1.2 Securities Owned by Canadian Shareholders (1) For the purposes of section 4.14 and paragraph (c) of the definition of "designated foreign issuer", a reference to equity securities owned, directly or indirectly, by residents of Canada, includes (a) the underlying securities that are equity securities of the foreign reporting issuer; and (b) the equity securities of the foreign reporting issuer represented by an American depositary receipt or an American depositary share issued by a depositary holding equity securities of the foreign reporting issuer. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of "foreign reporting issuer", securities represented by American depositary receipts or American depositary shares issued by a depositary holding voting securities of the foreign reporting issuer must be included as outstanding in determining both the number of votes attached to securities owned, directly or indirectly, by residents of Canada and the number of votes attached to all of the issuer's outstanding voting securities. M.O. 2005-07, s. 1.2. 1.3 Status of Designated Foreign Issuer and Foreign Reporting Issuer For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of "designated foreign issuer", paragraph (a) of the definition of "foreign reporting issuer" and section 4.14, the calculation is made, (a) if the issuer has not completed a financial year since becoming a reporting issuer, at the date that the issuer became a reporting issuer; and (b) for all other issuers,

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 6 (i) for the purpose of financial statement and MD&A filings under this Regulation , on the first day of the most recent financial year or year-to-date interim period for which financial performance is presented in the financial statements or MD&A; and (ii) for the purpose of other continuous disclosure filing obligations under this Regulation , on the first day of the issuer's current financial year. M.O. 2005-07, s. 1.3; M.O. 2010-17, s. 2. PART 2 LANGUAGE OF DOCUMENTS 2.1. French or English (1) A person or company must file a document required to be filed under this Regulation in either French or English. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if a person or company files a document only in French or only in English but delivers to securityholders of an issuer a version of the document in the other language, the person or company must file that other version not later than when it is first delivered to securityholders. (3) In Québec, a reporting issuer must comply with linguistic obligations and rights prescribed by Québec law. M.O. 2005-07, s. 2.1. 2.2. Filings Prepared in a Language other than French or English (1) If a person or company files a document that is required to be filed under this Regulation that is a translation of a document prepared in a language other than French or English, the person or company must file the document upon which the translation was based. (2) A foreign reporting issuer filing a document upon which the translation was based under subsection (1) must attach to the document a certificate as to the accuracy of the translation. M.O. 2005-07, s. 2.2. PART 3 FILING AND SENDING OF DOCUMENTS 3.1. Timing of Filing of Documents A person or company filing a document under this Regulation must file the document at the same time as, or as soon as practicable after, the filing or furnishing of the document to the SEC or to a foreign regulatory authority.

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 7 M.O. 2005-07, s. 3.1. 3.2. Sending of Documents to Canadian Securityholders If a person or company sends a document to holders of securities of any class under U.S. federal securities law, or the laws or requirements of a designated foreign jurisdiction, and that document is required to be filed under this Regulation , then the document must be sent in the same manner and at the same time, or as soon as practicable after, to holders of securities of that class in the local jurisdiction. M.O. 2005-07, s. 3.2. PART 4 SEC FOREIGN ISSUERS 4.1. Amendments and Supplements Any amendments or supplements to disclosure documents filed by an SEC foreign issuer under this Regulation must also be filed. M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.1. 4.2. Material Change Reporting An SEC foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to disclosure of material changes if the issuer (a) complies with the U.S. market requirements for making public disclosure of material information on a timely basis; (b) complies with foreign disclosure requirements for making public disclosure of material information on a timely basis, if securities of the issuer are not listed or quoted on a U.S. market; (c) promptly files each news release issued by it for the purpose of complying with the requirements referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); (d) complies with the requirements of U.S. federal securities law for filing or furnishing current reports to the SEC; and (e) files the current reports filed with or furnished to the SEC. M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.2; M.O. 2006-05, s. 2. 4.3. Financial Statements An SEC foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to the preparation, approval, filing and delivery of financial statements and auditor's reports on annual financial statements if it

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 8 (a) complies with the requirements of U.S. federal securities law relating to financial statements and auditor's reports on annual financial statements; (b) complies with the U.S. market requirements relating to financial statements, if securities of the issuer are listed or quoted on a U.S. market; (c) files the financial statements and auditor's reports on annual financial statements required to be filed with or furnished to the SEC or a U.S. market; (d) complies with section 3.2 of this Regulation; and (e) complies with Regulation 52-107 respecting Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards (chapter V-1.1, r. 25) as it relates to financial statements of the issuer that are included in any documents specified in paragraph (c). (f) complies with Regulation 52-108 respecting Auditor Oversight (chapter V-1.1, r. 26.1). M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.3; M.O. 2010-17, s. 3 and 8; M.O. 2014-07, s. 2. 4.4. AIFs and MD&A An SEC foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to the preparation, approval, filing and delivery of AIFs and MD&A if it (a) complies with the requirements of U.S. federal securities law relating to annual reports, quarterly reports, current reports and management's discussion and analysis; (b) files each annual report, quarterly report, current report and management's discussion and analysis filed with or furnished to the SEC; (c) complies with section 3.2 of this Regulation ; and (d) complies with Regulation 52-107 respecting Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards (chapter V-1.1, r. 25) as it relates to financial statements of the issuer that are included in any documents specified in paragraph (b). M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.4; M.O. 2006-05, s. 17. 4.5. Business Acquisition Reports An SEC foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to the preparation and filing of business acquisition reports if it (a) complies with the requirements of U.S. federal securities law relating to business acquisition reports; (b) files each business acquisition report filed with or furnished to the SEC;

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 9 (c) complies with section 3.2 of this Regulation ; and (d) complies with Regulation 52-107 respecting Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards (chapter V-1.1, r. 25) as it relates to financial statements that are included in any documents specified in paragraph (b). M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.5; M.O. 2006-05, s. 17; M.O. 2010-17, s. 8. 4.6. Proxies and Proxy Solicitation by the Issuer and Information Circulars An SEC foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to information circulars, proxies and proxy solicitation if it (a) complies with the requirements of U.S. federal securities law relating to proxy statements, proxies and proxy solicitation; (b) files all material relating to a meeting of securityholders that is filed with or furnished to the SEC; (c) sends each document filed under paragraph (b) to securityholders in the local jurisdiction in the manner and at the time required by U.S. federal securities laws and U.S. market requirements; and (d) complies with Regulation 52-107 respecting Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards (chapter V-1.1, r. 25) as it relates to financial statements of the issuer that are included in any documents specified in paragraph (b). M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.6; M.O. 2006-05, s. 17; M.O. 2010-17, s. 8. 4.7. Form of Proxy, Proxy Solicitation and Information Circular Sent by Another Person or Company (1) A person or company, other than the SEC foreign issuer, satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to information circulars, proxies and proxy solicitation with respect to an SEC foreign issuer if the person or company complies with the requirements of subsection 4.6. (2) If a proxy solicitation is made with respect to an SEC foreign issuer by a person or company other than the SEC foreign issuer and the person or company soliciting proxies lacks access to the relevant list of securityholders of the SEC foreign issuer, subsection (1) is not available, if (a) the aggregate published trading volume of the class on the TSX, Cboe Canada Inc., the Canadian Securities Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange exceeded the aggregate published trading volume of the class on all U.S. markets (i) for the 12 calendar month period before commencement of the proxy solicitation, if there is no other proxy solicitation for securities of the same class in progress, or

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 10 (ii) for the 12 calendar month period before commencement of the first proxy solicitation, if another proxy solicitation for securities of the same class is already in progress; (b) the information disclosed by the SEC foreign issuer in its most recent Form 10-K or Form 20-F filed with the SEC under the 1934 Act demonstrated that paragraph (a) of the definition of “foreign reporting issuer” applied to the SEC foreign issuer; or (c) the person or company soliciting proxies reasonably believes that paragraph (a) of the definition of "foreign reporting issuer" applies to the SEC foreign issuer. M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.7; M.O. 2006-05, s. 3; M.O. 2010-17, s. 4; M.O. 2015-15, s. 2; M.O. 2025-16, s. 1. 4.8. Disclosure of Voting Results An SEC foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to disclosure of securityholder voting results if the issuer (a) complies with the requirements of U.S. federal securities law relating to disclosure of securityholder voting results; and (b) files a copy of all disclosure of securityholder voting results filed with or furnished to the SEC. M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.8; M.O. 2006-05, s. 4. 4.9. Filing of Certain News Releases An SEC foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to the filing of news releases that disclose information regarding its financial performance or financial condition if the issuer (a) complies with the requirements of U.S. federal securities laws relating to the filing of news releases disclosing financial information; and (b) files a copy of each news release disclosing financial information that is filed with or furnished to the SEC. M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.9; M.O. 2006-05, s. 5; M.O. 2010-17, s. 8. 4.10. Filing of Certain Documents Securities legislation requirements relating to the filing of documents affecting the rights of securityholders and the filing of material contracts do not apply to an SEC foreign issuer. M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.10; M.O. 2006-05, s. 6.

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 11 4.11. Early Warning A person or company satisfies the early warning requirements and acquisition announcement provisions of securities legislation in respect of securities of an SEC foreign issuer that has a class of securities registered under section 12 of the 1934 Act if the person or company (a) complies with the requirements of U.S. federal securities law relating to the reporting of beneficial ownership of equity securities of the SEC foreign issuer; and (b) files each report of beneficial ownership that is filed with or furnished to the SEC. M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.11; M.O. 2006-05, s. 7. 4.12. Insider Reporting The insider reporting requirement does not apply to an insider of an SEC foreign issuer that has a class of securities registered under section 12 of the 1934 Act if the insider complies with the requirements of U.S. federal securities law relating to insider reporting. M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.12; M.O. 2006-05, s. 8. 4.13. Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities An SEC foreign issuer that has a class of securities registered under section 12 of the 1934 Act satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to communications with, delivery of materials to and conferring voting rights upon non-registered holders of its securities who hold their interests in the securities through one or more intermediaries if the issuer (a) complies with the requirements of Rule 14a-13 under the 1934 Act for any depositary and any intermediary whose last address as shown on the books of the issuer is in Canada; and (b) complies with the requirements of Regulation 54-101 respecting Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer (chapter V￾1.1, r. 29) with respect to fees payable to intermediaries, for any depositary and any intermediary whose last address as shown on the books of the issuer is in Canada. M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.13. 4.14. Business Combinations and Related Party Transactions Securities legislation requirements relating to business combinations and related party transactions in Regulation 61-101 respecting Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (chapter V-1.1, r. 33) do not apply to an SEC foreign issuer carrying out a business combination or related party transaction if the total

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 12 number of equity securities of the SEC foreign issuer owned, directly or indirectly, by residents of Canada, does not exceed 20%, on a diluted basis, of the total number of equity securities of the SEC foreign issuer. M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.14; M.O. 2010-17, s. 5. 4.15. Change of Auditor An SEC foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to a change of auditor if the issuer (a) complies with the requirements of U.S. federal securities laws relating to a change of auditor; and (b) files a copy of all materials relating to a change of auditor that are filed with or furnished to the SEC. M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.15. 4.16. Restricted Securities (1) Securities legislation continuous disclosure requirements relating to restricted securities do not apply in respect of SEC foreign issuers. (2) Securities legislation minority approval requirements relating to restricted securities do not apply in respect of SEC foreign issuers. M.O. 2005-07, s. 4.16. PART 5 DESIGNATED FOREIGN ISSUERS 5.1. Amendments and Supplements Any amendments or supplements to disclosure documents filed by a designated foreign issuer under this Regulation must also be filed. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.1. 5.2. Mandatory Annual Disclosure by Designated Foreign Issuer To rely on this Part, a designated foreign issuer must, at least once a year, disclose in, or as an appendix to, a document that it is required by foreign disclosure requirements to send to its securityholders and that it sends to its securityholders in Canada (a) that it is a designated foreign issuer as defined in this Regulation;

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 13 (b) that it is subject to the foreign regulatory requirements of a foreign regulatory authority; and (c) the name of the foreign regulatory authority referred to in paragraph (b). M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.2. 5.3. Material Change Reporting A designated foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to disclosure of material changes if the issuer (a) complies with foreign disclosure requirements for making public disclosure of material information on a timely basis; (b) promptly files each news release issued by it for the purpose of complying with the requirements referred to in paragraph (a); and (c) files the documents disclosing the material information filed with or furnished to the foreign regulatory authority or disseminated to the public or securityholders of the issuer. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.3; M.O. 2006-05, s. 9. 5.4. Financial Statements A designated foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to the preparation, approval, filing and delivery of financial statements and auditor's reports on annual financial statements if it (a) complies with the foreign disclosure requirements relating to financial statements and auditor's reports on annual financial statements; (b) files the financial statements and auditor's reports on annual financial statements required to be filed with or furnished to the foreign regulatory authority; (c) complies with section 3.2 of this Regulation; and (d) complies with Regulation 52-107 respecting Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards (chapter V-1.1, r. 25) as it relates to financial statements of the issuer that are included in any documents specified in paragraph (b). (e) complies with Regulation 52-108 respecting Auditor Oversight (chapter V-1.1, r. 26.1). M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.4; M.O. 2006-05, s. 17; M.O. 2010-17, s. 6 and 8; M.O. 2014-07, s. 3. 5.5. AIFs & MD&A

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 14 A designated foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to the preparation, approval, filing and delivery of AIFs and MD&A if it (a) complies with the foreign disclosure requirements relating to annual reports, quarterly reports and management's discussion and analysis; (b) files each annual report, quarterly report and management's discussion and analysis required to be filed with or furnished to the foreign regulatory authority; (c) complies with section 3.2 of this Regulation ; and (d) complies with Regulation 52-107 respecting Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards (chapter V-1.1, r. 25) as it relates to financial statements of the issuer that are included in any documents specified in paragraph (b). M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.5; M.O. 2006-05, s. 17; M.O. 2010-17, s. 8. 5.6. Business Acquisition Reports A designated foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to the preparation and filing of business acquisition reports if it (a) complies with the foreign disclosure requirements relating to business acquisitions; (b) files each report in respect of a business acquisition required to be filed with or furnished to the foreign regulatory authority; (c) complies with section 3.2 of this Regulation ; and (d) complies with Regulation 52-107 respecting Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards (chapter V-1.1, r. 25) as it relates to financial statements that are included in any documents specified in paragraph (b). M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.6; M.O. 2006-05, s. 17; M.O. 2010-17, s. 8. 5.7. Form of Proxy, Proxy Solicitation and Information Circular Sent by the Issuer A designated foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to information circulars, proxies and proxy solicitation if it (a) complies with the foreign disclosure requirements relating to proxy statements, proxies and proxy solicitation; (b) files all material relating to a meeting of securityholders that is filed with or furnished to the foreign regulatory authority; (c) complies with section 3.2 of this Regulation ; and

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 15 (d) complies with Regulation 52-107 respecting Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards (chapter V-1.1, r. 25) as it relates to financial statements of the issuer that are included in any documents specified in paragraph (b). M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.7; M.O. 2006-05, s. 17; M.O. 2010-17, s. 8. 5.8. Proxy Solicitation by Another Person or Company (1) A person or company, other than the designated foreign issuer, satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to information circulars, proxies and proxy solicitation with respect to a designated foreign issuer if the person or company satisfies the requirements of section 5.7. (2) If a proxy solicitation is made with respect to a designated foreign issuer by a person or company other than the designated foreign issuer and the person or company soliciting proxies lacks access to the relevant list of securityholders of the designated foreign issuer, subsection (1) is not available, if (a) the aggregate published trading volume of the class on the TSX, Cboe Canada Inc., the Canadian Securities Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange exceeded the aggregate trading volume on securities marketplaces outside Canada (i) for the 12 calendar months before commencement of the proxy solicitation, if there is no other proxy solicitation for securities of the same class in progress, or (ii) for the 12 calendar month period before the commencement of the first proxy solicitation, if another proxy solicitation for securities of the same class is already in progress; (b) the information disclosed by the designated foreign issuer in a document filed within the previous 12 months with a foreign regulatory authority, demonstrated that paragraph (a) of the definition of "foreign reporting issuer" applied to the designated foreign issuer; or (c) the person or company soliciting proxies reasonably believes that paragraph (a) of the definition of "foreign reporting issuer" applies to the designated foreign issuer. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.8; M.O. 2006-05, s. 10; M.O. 2015-15, s. 3; M.O. 2025-16, s. 2. 5.9. Disclosure of Voting Results A designated foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to disclosure of securityholder voting results if the issuer (a) complies with the foreign disclosure requirements relating to disclosure of securityholder voting results; and

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 16 (b) files each report disclosing securityholder voting results that is filed with or furnished to a foreign regulatory authority. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.9; M.O. 2006-05, s. 11. 5.10. Filing of Certain News Releases A designated foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to the filing of news releases that disclose information regarding its financial performance or financial condition if the issuer (a) complies with the foreign disclosure requirements relating to the filing of news releases disclosing financial information; and (b) files a copy of each news release disclosing financial information that is filed with or furnished to a foreign regulatory authority. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.10; M.O. 2006-05, s. 12; M.O. 2010-17, s. 8. 5.11. Filing of Certain Documents Securities legislation requirements relating to the filing of documents affecting the rights of securityholders and the filing of material contracts do not apply to a designated foreign issuer. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.11; M.O. 2006-05, s. 13. 5.12. Early Warning A person or company satisfies the early warning requirements and acquisition announcement provisions of securities legislation in respect of securities of a designated foreign issuer if the person or company (a) complies with the foreign disclosure requirements relating to reporting of beneficial ownership of equity securities of the designated foreign issuer; and (b) files each report of beneficial ownership that is filed with or furnished to the foreign regulatory authority. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.12; M.O. 2006-05, s. 14. 5.13. Insider Reporting The insider reporting requirement does not apply to an insider of a designated foreign issuer if the insider complies with foreign disclosure requirements relating to insider reporting. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.13; M.O. 2006-05, s. 15.

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 17 5.14. Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities A designated foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to communications with, delivery of materials to and conferring voting rights upon non￾registered holders of its securities who hold their interests in the securities through one or more intermediaries if the issuer (a) complies with foreign disclosure requirements relating to communication with beneficial owners of securities; and (b) complies with the requirements of Regulation 54-101 respecting Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer (chapter V-1.1, r. 29) with respect to fees payable to intermediaries, for any depositary and any intermediary whose last address as shown on the books of the issuer is in Canada. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.14; M.O. 2006-05, s. 16. 5.15. Business Combinations and Related Party Transactions Securities legislation requirements relating to business combinations and related party transactions in Regulation 61-101 respecting Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (chapter V-1.1, r. 33) do not apply to a designated foreign issuer carrying out a business combination or related party transaction. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.15; M.O. 2010-17, s. 7. 5.16. Change in Year-End A designated foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to a change in year-end if the issuer (a) complies with foreign disclosure requirements relating to a change in year￾end; and (b) files a copy of all filings made under foreign disclosure requirements relating to the change in year-end. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.16. 5.17. Change of Auditor A designated foreign issuer satisfies securities legislation requirements relating to a change of auditor if the issuer (a) complies with foreign disclosure requirements relating to a change of auditor; and

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 18 (b) files a copy of all filings made under foreign disclosure requirements relating to the change of auditor. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.17. 5.18. Restricted Securities (1) Securities legislation continuous disclosure requirements relating to restricted securities do not apply in respect of SEC foreign issuers; (2) Securities legislation minority approval requirements relating to restricted securities do not apply in respect of designated foreign issuers. M.O. 2005-07, s. 5.18. PART 6 EFFECTIVE DATE 6.1. Effective Date (Omitted). M.O. 2005-07, s. 6.1. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS M.O. 2010-17, 2010 G.O. 2, 3918 9. This Regulation only applies to documents required to be prepared, filed, delivered or sent under Regulation 71-102 respecting Continuous Disclosure and Other Exemptions Relating to Foreign Issuers for periods relating to financial years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. However, an issuer may apply the amendments set out in this Regulation to all documents required to be prepared, filed, delivered or sent under Regulation 71-102 respecting Continuous Disclosure and Other Exemptions Relating to Foreign Issuers for periods relating to a financial year that begins before January 1, 2011 if the immediately preceding financial year ends no earlier than December 21, 2010 and if the issuer is relying on the exemption in section 5.3 of Regulation 52-107 respecting Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards. Decision 2005-PDG-0115, 2005-05-09 Bulletin de l'Autorité: 2005-06-03, Vol. 2 n° 22 M.O. 2005-07, 2005 G.O. 2, 1591

Regulation 71-102 September 19, 2025 PAGE 19 Amendments Decision 2006-PDG-0220, 2006-12-12 Bulletin de l'Autorité: 2007-01-05, Vol. 4 n° 1 M.O. 2006-05, 2006 G.O. 2, 4146 Decision 2007-PDG-0210, 2007-11-30 Bulletin de l'Autorité: 2008-01-11, Vol. 5 n° 1 M.O. 2007-09, 2007 G.O. 2, 4077 Decision 2010-PDG-0216, 2010-11-22 Bulletin de l'Autorité: 2010-12-17, Vol. 7 n° 50 M.O. 2010-17, 2010 G.O. 2, 3918 Decision 2014-PDG-0094, 2014-08-19 Bulletin de l’Autorité:2014-09-25, Vol. 11 n° 38 M.O. 2014-07, 2014 G.O. 2, 2287 Decision 2015-PDG-0152, 2015-09-30 Bulletin de l’Autorité: 2015-11-05, Vol. 12 n° 44 M.O. 2015-15, 2015 G.O. 2, 2911 Decision 2025-PDG-0041, 2025-07-22 Bulletin de l’Autorité : 2025-09-04, Vol. 22 n° 35 M.O. 2025-16, 2025 G.O. 2, 3121