2023-06-01

Amendment to Policy Statement to Regulation 45-102 Respecting Resale of Securities

The Canadian Securities Administrators amended Policy Statement to Regulation 45-102 to mandate electronic transmission of documents to regulators via the System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval Plus (SEDAR+). The update replaces references to the legacy SEDAR system with SEDAR+ and Regulation 13-103, excluding Québec from this electronic filing requirement. These changes align the resale of securities policy with the phased implementation of the new electronic data analysis and retrieval framework.

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AMENDMENTS TO POLICY STATEMENT TO REGULATION 45-102 RESPECTING RESALE OF SECURITIES

  1. Section 1.1 of Policy Statement to Regulation 45-102 respecting Resale of Securities is amended by inserting, after paragraph (3), the following: “(4) Electronic transmission – Regulation 13-103 respecting System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) (insert reference) prescribes that each document that is required or permitted to be provided to a regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory authority must be transmitted to the regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory authority electronically through the System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+). The reference to a document includes any report, form, application, information, material and notice, as well as a copy thereof, and applies to documents that are required or permitted to be filed or deposited with, or delivered, furnished, sent, provided, submitted or otherwise transmitted to, a regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory authority. To reflect the phased implementation of SEDAR+, the Appendix of Regulation 13-103 respecting System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) sets out securities legislation under which documents are excluded from being filed or delivered in SEDAR+. Regulation 13-103 respecting System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) should be consulted when providing any document to a regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory authority under Regulation 45-102 and this policy statement.”.
  2. Section 1.16 of the Policy Statement is amended by replacing “SEDAR” by “SEDAR+” and “Regulation 13-101 respecting System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) and the current CSA SEDAR Filer Manual (including code updates)” by “Regulation 13-103 respecting System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) and its Policy Statement”.