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ARTICLE · 06 FEBRUARY 2008

New Canadian Take-Over Bid Rules Effective February 1, 2008

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Effective February 1, 2008, a new infrastructure to govern take-over bids and issuer bids is now in place across Canada.

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Simon Romano
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Ramandeep Grewal
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Effective February 1, 2008, a new infrastructure to govern take-over bids and issuer bids is now in place across Canada. While substantively the same, the new regime is structured differently in Ontario as compared to all other Canadian jurisdictions (the Other Jurisdictions), and is comprised principally of the following:

In Ontario,

  • new and/or amended provisions contained in Part XX of the OSA (OSA Amendments);
  • OSC Rule 62-504 Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids (OSC Rule); and
  • National Policy 62-203 Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids (National Policy).

In The Other Jurisdictions,

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