Enhanced Disclosure Requirements On Women In The Boardroom

The securities regulators in 7 provinces and 2 territories announced on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, that the final version of the amendments to National Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices (NI 58-101) and Form 58-101F1 Corporate Governance Disclosure (Form 58-101F1) would include stringent requirements pertaining to female representation on boards and in executive officer positions. Securities regulators in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan have all signed on to the long-awaited amendments.

Disclosure Requirements

The enhanced disclosure requirements pertaining to females on boards, while significant, do not go so far as mandating quotas, as seen in parts of Europe. The amendments will instead require all TSX-listed issuers to disclose, either in their proxy circular or annual information form, the following: any director term limits and