Part I – Canadian Securities Regulators Propose New ‘Commercial Paper’ Exemption

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By: Brian Koscak, Alison Manzer, Jonathan Fleisher and Michael Brown  The Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) have published for comment proposed amendments (the 2014 Proposals) to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions . The 2014 Proposals seek to amend the existing prospectus exemption for short-term debt securities by imposing different credit rating requirements and […]

Proposed Changes on Who Can Sell Commercial Paper in Canada

The Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) have published proposed amendments to National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions And Ongoing Registrant Obligations (NI 31-103) on December 5, 2013 (the Proposed NI 31-103 Amendments), which included, among other things, a new short-term debt registration exemption under s. 8.22.1 of NI 31-103 (the Proposed registration exemption). Currently, all CSA […]

Proposed Short-Term Debt Exemption in Canada – A Chart Simplifying the Credit Rating Requirement

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This is a follow-up to a recently posted blog on January 30, 2014 titled, “Changes Proposed for Exempt Offerings of Short-Term Debt and Securitized Products in Canada.” The designated rating provision under the existing Short-Term Debt Exemption in Section 2.35 of National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions (NI 45-106) requires an issuer of short-term […]

Changes Proposed for Exempt Offerings of Short-Term Debt and Securitized Products in Canada

The Canadian Securities Administrators (the “CSA”) have published for comment proposed amendments (the “Proposal”) to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus and Registration Exemptions (“NI 45-106”). The Proposal seeks to: amend the existing prospectus exemption relating to short-term debt securities (the “Short-Term Debt Exemption”); and create a new prospectus exemption for the sale of short-term securitized products […]