Regulation to amend Regulation 61-101 respecting Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions

REGULATION TO AMEND REGULATION 61-101 RESPECTING PROTECTION OF MINORITY SECURITY HOLDERS IN SPECIAL TRANSACTIONS Securities Act (chapter V-1.1, s. 331.1, par. 11° and 34°)

1. Section 1.1 of Regulation 61-101 respecting Protection of Minority Security Holders
   in Special Transactions (chapter V-1.1, r. 33) is amended by inserting, after the definition of “convertible”, the following:
   “CSE senior tier” has the same meaning as “senior tier” as defined in the Interpretation section of the listing rules of the Canadian Securities Exchange, as amended from time to time;”.
2. Section 4.4 of the Regulation is amended by replacing subparagraph (a) of
   paragraph (1) by the following:
   “(a) Issuer Not Listed on Specified Markets – the issuer is not a CSE senior tier issuer and no securities of the issuer are listed or quoted on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Cboe Canada Inc., the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market, or a stock exchange outside of Canada and the United States other than the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange or the AQSE Growth Market operated by Aquis Stock Exchange Limited,”.
3. Section 5.5 of the Regulation is amended by replacing paragraph (b) by the following:
   “(b) Issuer Not Listed on Specified Markets – the issuer is not a CSE senior tier issuer and no securities of the issuer are listed or quoted on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Cboe Canada Inc., the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market, or a stock exchange outside of Canada and the United States other than the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange or the AQSE Growth Market operated by Aquis Stock Exchange Limited,”.
4. Section 5.7 of the Regulation is amended by replacing subparagraph (i) of
   subparagraph (b) of paragraph (1) by the following:
   “(i) the issuer is not a CSE senior tier issuer and no securities of the issuer are listed or quoted on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Cboe Canada Inc., the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market, or a stock exchange outside of Canada and the United States other than the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange or the AQSE Growth Market operated by Aquis Stock Exchange Limited,”. Effective Date
5. 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 comes into force on the day on which it is filed with the Registrar of Regulations.