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Significant changes proposed to early warning regime key disclosure trigger lowered to 5

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • March 15 2013

The Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) have proposed significant amendments to the "early warning" regime with respect to the disclosure of

New rights plan and defensive tactics proposals shift Canadian M&A landscape

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • March 15 2013

A newly-proposed Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) rule on shareholder rights plans and an alternative proposal on defensive tactics from the

2012 capital markets review

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • January 9 2013

Global capital markets experienced mixed results in 2012. Optimism regarding the economic recovery underway in some Countries was tempered by the

Major reforms enacted to stimulate public and private capital raising in the United States

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • April 5 2012

On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, which makes significant changes to existing U.S. federal securities laws intended to make it easier for small and emerging companies to conduct public and private securities offerings in the United States

Mining in Canada in 2011

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • January 19 2012

In 2011, the importance of mining and exploration companies to the Canadian capital markets was once again reaffirmed

2011 corporate finance review

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 19 2012

In 2011, we were reminded of the old saying that “timing is everything”

Afexa Life Sciences Inc. shareholder rights plan survives to end of “go shop” period

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • October 18 2011

The Alberta Securities Commission was the first Canadian tribunal to consider the effect of a “go shop” provision on a shareholder rights plan in Re Afexa Life Sciences Inc., a written decision released on October 14, 2011

The role of litigation in M&A tactics and strategy - greater than ever

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • January 13 2011

New situations as well as differences in viewpoints among provincial securities commissions, and between the commissions and the courts, will continue to shape the framework in which M&A transactions take place

Reverse take-overs: an alternative entrance to Canadian capital markets

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 24 2010

Over the last few months the European debt crisis, the general lack of liquidity in the credit markets and volatile stock markets have caused significant concerns for companies attempting to go public by way of an initial public offering (IPO

Proposed replacement of NI 43-101 - “standards of disclosure for mineral projects” published for comment

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • April 29 2010

On April 23, 2010, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) published for comment proposed changes to National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (NI 43-101