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ISS Updates 2025 Proxy Voting Guidelines

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has released updates to its Canadian proxy voting guidelines for the 2025 proxy season. The ISS updates are effective for shareholder meetings occurring on or after February 1, 2025....more

1/15/2025  /  Board of Directors , Canada , Corporate Governance , Disclosure Requirements , Diversity , Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) , Investors , Proxy Voting , Publicly-Traded Companies , Shareholders

Ontario Tribunal Refines Public Interest Test in Cease Trade Decision on Shareholder Rights Plans

On November 19, 2024, the Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal (Tribunal) released its reasons for its July 2024 decision granting an application by Riot Platforms, Inc. (Riot) to cease trade a shareholder rights plan (Plan)...more

12/16/2024  /  Canada , Canadian Securities Administration , Capital Markets , Financial Services Industry , Investment Funds , Securities Regulation , Securities Transactions , Shareholder Rights , Shareholders

Capital Markets Tribunal Keeps High Bar to Establish Improper Defensive Private Placement

On March 11, 2024, the Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal (Tribunal) released its reasons for dismissing Mithaq Capital Inc.'s (Mithaq) application on December 14, 2023, to cease trade a private placement that Aimia Inc....more

3/28/2024  /  Board of Directors , Canada , Canadian Securities Administration , Capital Markets , Shareholders , Takeover Bids , Target Company

New CSA Exemption Relating to Proxy Requirements For Uncontested Director Elections

Clarity for CBCA Incorporated Reporting Issuers On January 31, 2023, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published an exemption (the Exemption) for reporting issuers incorporated under the Canada Business...more

2/6/2023  /  Board of Directors , Canada , Canadian Securities Administration , Disclosure Requirements , Proxy Season , Publicly-Traded Companies , Securities Regulation , Shareholders

Canadian Government Proposes New CBCA Standard for Electing Directors (Updated)

The federal government has introduced proposed regulations that would, among other things, change the director election process for certain corporations established under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). The...more

5/5/2021  /  Board of Directors , Canada , Controlling Stockholders , Corporate Counsel , Corporate Governance , Corporate Officers , Shareholder Litigation , Shareholders

Corporations Canada Holds Public Consultations on Proposed CBCA Amendments

Corporations Canada has launched public consultations on proposed regulations under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) related to recent amendments to the CBCA regarding executive compensation and the well-being of...more

2/15/2021  /  Canada , Corporate Governance , Pensions , Retirement , Shareholders

COVID-19 and Annual Shareholder Meetings

As a result of measures designed to limit the spread of COVID-19, Canadian public companies are reconsidering typical approaches to annual meetings of shareholders. Many public companies are deciding to hold virtual or hybrid...more

3/21/2020  /  Annual Meeting , Canada , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Shareholder Meetings , Shareholders , Virtual Meetings
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