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Private equity co-investor strategy trips up JLL Partners’ bid for Patheon

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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November 30 2009

On December 8, 2008, JLL Partners, a US-based private equity group, announced its intention to make a cash take-over bid offer, through a subsidiary, to purchase "any and all" of the restricted voting shares of Patheon Inc

Ontario prospectus and registration exemptions - amendments to National Instrument 45-106 and OSC Rule 45-501 arising from Ontario Budget Bill 162: other changes to National Instrument 45-106

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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September 2 2009

In its May 22, 2009 Notice (Notice), the Ontario Securities Commission published for comment proposed changes (Proposed Modifications) to proposed amendments to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions (NI 45-106), National Instrument 45-102 Resale of Securities (NI 45-102) and OSC Rule 45-501 Ontario Prospectus and Registration Exemptions (OSC Rule 45-501) that were originally published for comment on February 29, 2008 (Proposed Rule Amendments

Regulation of derivatives an update

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada, USA
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June 11 2009

In our previous articles on the Regulation of Credit Default Swaps, published on September 26, 2008 and November 28, 2008, we described how regulators in the United States and Canada were addressing the issues of systemic risk and the instability of the financial system attributed to credit default swaps in the aftermath of the financial credit crisis that started in the summer of 2007

Developments in executive compensation disclosure for Canadian issuers

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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January 11 2010

On November 20, 2009, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued CSA Staff Notice 51-331 (the Staff Notice) reporting findings of their targeted compliance review of executive compensation disclosure of 70 (unnamed) reporting issuers in relation to compliance with the new executive compensation rules that were implemented on December 31, 2008

Executive compensation disclosure items to consider in preparing this year’s disclosure

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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January 11 2010

CCGG releases draft Say-on-Pay Policy

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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November 30 2009

On October 22, 2009, the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) released its draft "Model Say-on-Pay Policy for Boards of Directors."

Changeover to IFRS drives proposed changes to securities legislation

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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November 30 2009

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have recently published for comments a series of notices that address proposed changes to securities legislation arising from the upcoming changeover to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS

OSC targets derivatives

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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November 30 2009

On October 30, 2009, the staff of the Ontario Securities Commission issued Staff Notice 91-702 Offerings of Contracts for Difference and Foreign Exchange Contracts to Investors in Ontario

CCGG advances ‘say-on-pay’ policy and executive compensation principles

McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canada
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September 2 2009

The views of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) on executive compensation have evolved and advanced with the release in April 2009 of the CCGG’s Shareholder Engagement and ‘Say-on-Pay’ Policy and in June 2009 of the CCGG’s Executive Compensation Principles