Definitions

1   (1) In this Instrument:

"annual information form" means an "AIF" as defined by National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations or an annual information form for the purposes of Part 9 of National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure;

"initial filer profile" means a filer profile filed in accordance with subsection 5.1 (1) of National Instrument 13-101 System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR);

"issuer bid" means an issuer bid to which Part 2 of National Instrument 62-104 Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids applies;

"shelf prospectus" means a prospectus filed under National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions;

"take-over bid" means a take-over bid to which Part 2 of National Instrument 62-104 Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids applies.

(2) In this Instrument, a term referred to in Column 1 of the following table has the meaning ascribed to it in the Instrument referred to in Column 2 opposite that term:

[am. B.C. Regs. 67/2015, Sch. B, s. 1 (b); 230/2015, Sch. G, s. 1; 106/2016, Sch. D.]

Inconsistency with other instruments

2   If there is any conflict or inconsistency between this Instrument and National Instrument 13-101 System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) or National Instrument 31-102 National Registration Database, this Instrument prevails.

Local system fees

3   In Québec, a person or company making the type of filing described in Column C of Appendix A with the Autorité des marchés financiers must pay to the Autorité des marchés financiers the system fee specified in Column D of that Appendix.

System fees

4   (1) A person or company making a filing, in the local jurisdiction, of the type described in Column B of Appendix B, and of the category referred to in Column A of that Appendix, must pay to the securities regulatory authority the system fee specified in Column C or D of that Appendix, as the case may be.

(2) Despite subsection (1), if a person or company pays a fee referred to in item 1 or 2 of Appendix B, the person or company is not required to pay a fee with respect to any other filing referred to in that item made during the calendar year in which the payment was made.

(3) Despite subsection (1), in the calendar year that a person or company files its initial filer profile, the fee referred to in item 1 or 2 of Appendix B is prorated in accordance with the following formula:

where

A = the amount referred to in item 1 or 2 of Appendix B, as applicable, and

B = the number of months remaining in the calendar year following the month in which the initial filer profile was filed.

Enrolment fee

5   If the local jurisdiction is a firm filer's principal jurisdiction, the firm filer must pay to the securities regulatory authority an enrolment fee of $500 upon enrolment in NRD.

NRD submission fee

6   (1) A firm filer must pay an NRD system fee in respect of an individual filer to the securities regulatory authority in the local jurisdiction if

(a) the firm filer is the sponsoring firm for the individual filer, and

(b) through the filing of a Form 33-109F4 Registration of Individuals and Review of Permitted Individuals, the individual filer registers or reactivates their registration in the local jurisdiction.

(2) The NRD system fee payable to the securities regulatory authority under subsection (1) by a sponsoring firm in respect of an individual filer is,

(a) if the securities regulatory authority is the principal regulator of the individual filer, $75.00, and

(b) in any other case, $20.50.

Annual NRD system fee

7   On December 31 of each year, a firm filer must pay an annual NRD system fee to the securities regulatory authority in the local jurisdiction equal to the total of the following:

(a) if the securities regulatory authority in the local jurisdiction is the principal regulator of one or more individuals who are individual filers on that date, and for which the firm filer is the sponsoring firm in that jurisdiction,

$75.00 × the number of those individuals, and

(b) if there are individual filers on that date for which the securities regulatory authority in the local jurisdiction is not the principal regulator, and for which the firm filer is the sponsoring firm in that jurisdiction,

$20.50 × the number of those individuals.

Means of payment

8   A fee under section 3, 4, 6 or 7 must be paid through SEDAR or NRD, as the case may be.

Exemption

9   (1) The regulator or the securities regulatory authority may grant an exemption from this Instrument, in whole or in part, subject to such conditions or restrictions as may be imposed in the exemption.

(2) Despite subsection (1), in Ontario, only the regulator may grant such an exemption.

(3) Except in Ontario, an exemption referred to in subsection (1) is granted under the statute referred to in Appendix B of National Instrument 14-101 Definitions, opposite the name of the local jurisdiction.