2024-11-21

Draft Regulation to amend Regulation 13-102 respecting System Fees

The securities regulators amend Regulation 13-102 respecting System Fees to update the fee schedules for various securities filings and applications. The revised Appendices A and B establish specific system fees payable to principal regulators for filing types such as registration applications, prospectuses, and annual financial statements across reference periods starting November 30, 2025. These changes implement adjusted fee amounts for entities including sponsoring firms, investment funds, and reporting issuers to reflect updated cost structures.

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REGULATION TO AMEND REGULATION 13-102 RESPECTING SYSTEM FEES Securities Act (chapter V-1.1, s. 331, 1st par., par. (9))

  1. Section 3 of Regulation 13-102 respecting System Fees (chapter V-1.1, r. 2.2) is amended by replacing paragraph (1) by the following: “(1) If a person described in Column A of Appendix A transmits a filing of a type described in Column B of the Appendix, the person must pay to the person’s principal regulator the system fee specified in Column C of the Appendix for the filing for the reference period corresponding to the date of transmission of the filing.”.
  2. Section 4 of the Regulation is amended by inserting, after “Appendix B”, “for the reference period corresponding to that date”.
  3. Appendices A and B of the Regulation are replaced by the following: “APPENDIX A SYSTEM FEES In this Appendix, “application” means a request transmitted through SEDAR+ for a decision of the regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory authority but, for greater certainty, does not include a pre-filing; “pre-filing” means a request to consult with the principal regulator regarding the application of securities legislation or securities directions generally or the application of securities legislation or a direction to a particular transaction or matter or proposed transaction or matter. Item Column A Column B Column C Person required to file Filing type Reference periods and system fee payable From 11/30/2025 to 11/29/2026 From 11/30/2026 to 11/29/2027 From 11/30/2027 to 11/29/2028 From 11/30/2028 to 11/29/2029 After 11/29/2029 1 Sponsoring firm – in respect of an individual registrant Application for registration or reactivation of registration $138 $143 $148 $153 $158 2 International dealer or international adviser Annual notice of reliance on exemption from dealer registration requirement or adviser registration requirement $560 $577 $595 $613 $632

2 Item Column A Column B Column C Person required to file Filing type Reference periods and system fee payable From 11/30/2025 to 11/29/2026 From 11/30/2026 to 11/29/2027 From 11/30/2027 to 11/29/2028 From 11/30/2028 to 11/29/2029 After 11/29/2029 3 Investment fund that is a reporting issuer Annual financial statements $840 $866 $892 $919 $947 4 Investment fund Preliminary, pro forma, or combined preliminary and pro forma long form prospectus $3520, regardless of whether the applicable long form prospectus relates to the distribution of the securities of one or more than one investment fund $3626, regardless of whether the applicable long form prospectus relates to the distribution of the securities of one or more than one investment fund $3735, regardless of whether the applicable long form prospectus relates to the distribution of the securities of one or more than one investment fund $3848, regardless of whether the applicable long form prospectus relates to the distribution of the securities of one or more than one investment fund $3964, regardless of whether the applicable long form prospectus relates to the distribution of the securities of one or more than one investment fund Preliminary, pro forma, or combined preliminary and pro forma simplified prospectus $3520, regardless of whether the applicable simplified prospectus relates to the distribution of the securities of one or more than one investment fund $3626, regardless of whether the applicable simplified prospectus relates to the distribution of the securities of one or more than one investment fund $3735, regardless of whether the applicable simplified prospectus relates to the distribution of the securities of one or more than one investment fund $3848, regardless of whether the applicable simplified prospectus relates to the distribution of the securities of one or more than one investment fund $3964, regardless of whether the applicable simplified prospectus relates to the distribution of the securities of one or more than one investment fund 5 Reporting issuer other than an investment fund Annual financial statements $1224 $1261 $1299 $1338 $1379 6 Reporting issuer, other than an investment fund, that is not a short form prospectus issuer Annual information form $688 $709 $731 $753 $776

3 Item Column A Column B Column C Person required to file Filing type Reference periods and system fee payable From 11/30/2025 to 11/29/2026 From 11/30/2026 to 11/29/2027 From 11/30/2027 to 11/29/2028 From 11/30/2028 to 11/29/2029 After 11/29/2029 7 Investment fund that is not a short form prospectus issuer Annual information form $688 $709 $731 $753 $776 8 Reporting issuer that is a short form prospectus issuer Annual information form $4048 $4170 $4296 $4425 $4558 9 Issuer other than an investment fund Preliminary long form prospectus Preliminary prospectus governed by a CPC instrument $1520 $1566 $1613 $1662 $1712 Preliminary short form prospectus, preliminary shelf prospectus or preliminary MJDS prospectus $2400 $2472 $2547 $2624 $2703 10 All filers Issuer bid circular filed under Part 2 of Regulation 62-104 respecting Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids (chapter V￾1.1, r. 35) or take-over bid circular filed under Part 2 of Regulation 62-104 respecting Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids $560 $577 $595 $613 $632

4 Item Column A Column B Column C Person required to file Filing type Reference periods and system fee payable From 11/30/2025 to 11/29/2026 From 11/30/2026 to 11/29/2027 From 11/30/2027 to 11/29/2028 From 11/30/2028 to 11/29/2029 After 11/29/2029 11 Issuer, other than an investment fund Rights offering circular $2400 $2472 $2547 $2624 $2703 12 All filers Report of exempt distribution $64 $66 $68 $71 $74 13 All filers Pre-filing that is transmitted through SEDAR+ $560 $577 $595 $613 $632 14 All filers Application that is required to be transmitted through SEDAR+ under Regulation 13-103 respecting System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) (chapter V￾1.1, r. 2.3), (a) if a pre￾filing referred to in Item 13 was previously transmitted in respect of the application, and $0 (b) in any other case $560 $577 $595 $613 $632 “APPENDIX B SYSTEM FEES Column A Column B Column C Filing type Reference periods and system fee payable

5 Person required to file From 11/30/2025 to 11/29/2026 From 11/30/2026 to 11/29/2027 From 11/30/2027 to 11/29/2028 From 11/30/2028 to 11/29/2029 After 11/29/2029 Sponsoring firm – in respect of each individual registrant sponsored by the firm Annual registration renewal $138 $143 $148 $153 $158 ”. 4. (1) This Regulation comes into force on (indicate here the date of coming into force of this Regulation). (2) In Saskatchewan, despite paragraph (1), if this Regulation is filed with the Registrar of Regulations after (indicate here the date of coming into force of this Regulation), this Regulation come into force on the day on which it is filed with the Registrar of Regulations.