Definitions

1.1  In this Instrument:

"absolute value" means the positive value of any number;

"acquisition of related businesses" means the acquisitions of two or more businesses if

(a) the businesses were under common control or management before the acquisitions were completed,

(b) each acquisition was conditional upon the completion of each other acquisition, or

(c) each acquisition is contingent on a single common event;

"AIF" means an annual information form

(a) in Form 51-102F2,

(b) in Form 51-102F2 or Form 44-101F1 AIF, if the annual information form was filed in respect of financial years beginning before January 1, 2004, or

(c) in the form referred to in section 3.4;

"alternative credit support" means support, other than a guarantee, for the payments to be made by an issuer of securities, as stipulated in the terms of the securities or in an agreement governing rights of, or granting rights to, holders of the securities, that

(a) obliges the person or company providing the support to provide the issuer with funds sufficient to enable the issuer to make the stipulated payments, or

(b) entitles the holder of the securities to receive, from the person or company providing the support, payment if the issuer fails to make a stipulated payment;

"approved rating" means, for a security, a rating at or above one of the following rating categories issued by an approved rating organization for the security or a rating category that replaces a category listed below:

"approved rating organization" means each of CBRS Inc., Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited, Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., Fitch IBCA, Inc., Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor's Corporation, Thomson BankWatch, Inc., and any of their successors;

"asset-backed security" means a security that is primarily serviced by the cash flows of a discrete pool of mortgages, receivables or other financial assets, either fixed or revolving, that by their terms convert into cash within a finite time period, and any rights or other assets designed to assure the servicing or timely distribution of proceeds to securityholders;

"associated party" means, if used to indicate a relationship with a person or company,

(a) a partner, other than a limited partner, of the person or company,

(b) a trust or estate in which the person or company has a substantial beneficial interest or for which the person or company serves as trustee or in a similar capacity,

(c) an issuer in respect of which the person or company beneficially owns or controls, directly or indirectly, securities carrying more than 10 per cent of the voting rights attached to all outstanding securities of the issuer,

(d) a relative of the person who has the same home as that person,

(e) an individual who has the same home as the person and who is either married to the person or is living with the person in a conjugal relationship outside marriage, or

(f) a relative of an individual mentioned in paragraph (e) who has the same home as the person;

"business segment" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Handbook;

"cash equivalent" means an evidence of indebtedness that has a remaining term to maturity of 365 days or less and that is issued, or fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest, by

(a) the government of Canada or the government of a jurisdiction,

(b) the government of the United States of America, the government of one of the states of the United States of America, the government of another sovereign state or a permitted supranational agency, if, in each case, the evidence of indebtedness has an approved rating, or

(c) a Canadian financial institution, or other entity that is regulated as a banking institution, loan corporation, trust company, or insurance company or credit union by the government, or an agency of the government, of the country under whose laws the entity is incorporated or organized or a political subdivision of that country, if, in either case, the Canadian financial institution or other entity has outstanding short term debt securities that have received an approved rating from any approved rating organization;

"cash settled derivative" means a specified derivative, the terms of which provide for settlement only by means of cash or cash equivalent, the amount of which is determinable by reference to the underlying interest of the specified derivative;

"connected issuer" has the meaning ascribed to that term in securities legislation;

"convertible" means, if used to describe securities, that the rights and attributes attached to the securities include the right or option to purchase, convert into or exchange for or otherwise acquire equity securities of an issuer, or any other security that itself includes the right or option to purchase, convert into or exchange for or otherwise acquire equity securities of an issuer;

"credit supporter" means a person or company that provides a guarantee or alternative credit support for any of the payments to be made by an issuer of securities as stipulated in the terms of the securities or in an agreement governing rights of, or granting rights to, holders of the securities;

"current AIF" means

(a) for an issuer other than an issuer subsisting under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction that has filed an AIF in the form of a current annual report on Form 10-K, Form 10-KSB or on Form 20-F under the 1934 Act

(i)  during the period of 140 days following the issuer's most recently completed financial year,

(A)  if the issuer has filed an initial AIF for its most recently completed financial year that has been accepted for filing under this Instrument, the initial AIF,

(B)  if the issuer has filed a renewal AIF under this Instrument for its most recently completed financial year, the renewal AIF,

(C)  if the issuer has not filed an AIF for its most recently completed financial year and has filed an initial AIF for the financial year preceding its most recently completed financial year that has been accepted for filing under this Instrument, the initial AIF, or

(D)  if the issuer has not filed an AIF for its most recently completed financial year and has filed a renewal AIF under this Instrument for the financial year preceding its most recently completed financial year, the renewal AIF,

(ii)  at any time after 140 days following the issuer's most recently completed financial year,

(A)  if the issuer has filed an initial AIF for its most recently completed financial year that has been accepted for filing under this Instrument, the initial AIF, or

(B)  if the issuer has filed a renewal AIF under this Instrument for its most recently completed financial year, the renewal AIF, or

(iii)  an AIF of the issuer filed before this Instrument came into force that would constitute a "Current AIF" for the purposes of NP47 if that instrument was applicable, or

(b) for an issuer subsisting under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction that has filed an AIF in the form of a current annual report on Form 10-K, Form 10-KSB or on Form 20-F under the 1934 Act

(i)  during the period of 180 days following the issuer's most recently completed financial year

(A)  if the issuer has filed an initial AIF for its most recently completed financial year that has been accepted for filing under this Instrument, the initial AIF,

(B)  if the issuer has filed a renewal AIF under this Instrument for its most recently completed financial year, the renewal AIF,

(C)  if the issuer has not filed an AIF for its most recently completed financial year and has filed an initial AIF for the financial year preceding its most recently completed financial year that has been accepted for filing under this Instrument, the initial AIF, or

(D)  if the issuer has not filed an AIF for its most recently completed financial year and has filed a renewal AIF under this Instrument for the financial year preceding its most recently completed financial year, the renewal AIF,

(ii)  at any time after 180 days following the issuer's most recently completed financial year,

(A)  if the issuer has filed an initial AIF for its most recently completed financial year that has been accepted for filing under this Instrument, the initial AIF, or

(B)  if the issuer has filed a renewal AIF under this Instrument for its most recently completed financial year, the renewal AIF, or

(iii)  an AIF of the issuer filed before this Instrument came into force that would constitute a "Current AIF" for the purposes of NP47 if that instrument was applicable

"equity securities" means securities of an issuer that carry a residual right to participate in the earnings of the issuer and, upon the liquidation or winding up of the issuer, in its assets;

"executive officer" with respect to a person or company means an individual who is

(a) a chair of the person or company,

(b) a vice-chair of the person or company,

(c) the president of the person or company,

(d) a vice-president of the person or company in charge of a principal business unit, division or function including sales, finance or production,

(e) an officer of the person or company or any of its subsidiaries, who performed a policy-making function in respect of the person or company, or

(f) any other individual who performed a policy-making function in respect of the person or company;

"Form 51-102F1" means Form 51-102F1 Management's Discussion and Analysis;

"Form 51-102F2" means Form 51-102F2 Annual Information Form;

"44-101 regulator" means, for an issuer filing an AIF, preliminary short form prospectus, short form prospectus or amendment to a short form prospectus,

(a) the regulator in the local jurisdiction, if the issuer has not elected to use the MRRS, or

(b) the person referred to in Appendix D of National Instrument 14-101 Definitions opposite the name of the jurisdiction that acts as principal regulator for the review of the document under National Policy 43-201 Mutual Reliance Review System for Prospectuses and Annual Information Forms, together with the regulator in each jurisdiction, if any, that has opted out of, without having opted back into, the MRRS, if the issuer has elected to use the MRRS;

"income from continuing operations" means income or loss, excluding discontinued operations and extraordinary items, before income taxes and after amortization and write-offs of goodwill;

"initial AIF" means an AIF, as may be revised from time to time, filed by an issuer in the local jurisdiction, if at the time of filing the issuer either

(a) has not previously had a current AIF in the local jurisdiction, or

(b) previously had a current AIF in the local jurisdiction and no longer has one;

"interim period" means a completed three, six or nine month period in the financial year that commenced immediately following the end of the most recently completed financial year for which audited annual financial statements are included in a short form prospectus;

"investee" means an entity that the Handbook recommends that an issuer account for by the equity method or the proportionate consolidation method;

"issuer's GAAP" means the accounting principles used to prepare an issuer's financial statements, as permitted by NI 52-107;

"MD&A" means the management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations of an issuer,

(a) in Form 51-102F1, or

(b) for financial years beginning before January 1, 2004,

(i)  in Form 51-102F1, or

(ii)  required to be disclosed in an AIF in respect of financial years beginning before January 1, 2004;

"mineral project" means any exploration, development or production activity in respect of natural, solid, inorganic or fossilized organic material including base and precious metals, coal and industrial minerals;

"MRRS" has the meaning ascribed to that term in National Policy 43-201;

"NI 51-102" means National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations;

"NI 52-107" means National Instrument 52-107 Acceptable Accounting Principles, Auditing Standards and Reporting Currency;

"non-convertible" means, if used to describe a security, a security that is not convertible;

"NP47" means National Policy Statement No. 47 Prompt Offering Qualification System;

"participant" means an issuer that is a party to a reorganization;

"permitted supranational agency" means the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the African Development Bank and any person or company prescribed under paragraph (g) of the definition of "foreign property" in subsection 206 (1) of the ITA;

"pre-acquisition period" means the period from the first day of the current financial year to the date of the acquisition of a business or to a day not more than 30 days before the date of the acquisition;

"principal obligor" means, for an asset-backed security, a person or company that is obligated to make payments, has guaranteed payments, or has provided alternative credit support for payments, on financial assets that represent a third or more of the aggregate amount owing on all of the financial assets underlying the asset-backed security;

"probable acquisition of a business" means a proposed acquisition of a business that has progressed to a state where a reasonable person would believe that the likelihood of the acquisition being completed is high;

"probable acquisition of related businesses" means

(a) a proposed acquisition of related businesses if each proposed acquisition has progressed to a state where a reasonable person would believe that the likelihood of the acquisition being completed is high, or

(b) a completed acquisition of a business and a proposed acquisition of a business if

(i)  the proposed acquisition has progressed to a state where a reasonable person would believe that the likelihood of the acquisition being completed is high, and

(ii)  if

(A)  the businesses were under common control or management prior to the date of the acquisition,

(B)  the proposed acquisition was conditional upon the completed acquisition; or

(C)  each acquisition is contingent on a single common event;

"related credit supporter" of an issuer means a credit supporter of the issuer that is an affiliate of the issuer;

"renewal AIF" means an AIF filed by an issuer in the local jurisdiction, as may be revised from time to time, if at the time of filing the issuer had a current AIF;

"reorganization" means

(a) a statutory amalgamation,

(b) a statutory merger, or

(c) a statutory arrangement;

"SEDAR" has the meaning ascribed to that term in National Instrument 13-101 System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR);

"significance tests" means the tests set out in subsection 1.2 (2) and, if applicable, subsection 1.2 (3), used to determine if an acquisition of a business, an acquisition of related businesses, a probable acquisition of a business or a probable acquisition of related businesses is a significant acquisition for purposes of this Instrument;

"specified derivative" means an instrument, agreement or security, the market price, value or payment obligation of which is derived from, referenced to, or based on an underlying interest;

"successor issuer" means an issuer existing as a result of a reorganization, other than, in the case where the reorganization involved a divestiture of a portion of a participant's business, an issuer that succeeded to or otherwise acquired the portion of the business divested;

"transition year" means the financial year of an issuer or business in which a change in the ending date of its financial year occurs;

"underlying interest" means, for a specified derivative, the security, commodity, financial instrument, currency, interest rate, foreign exchange rate, economic indicator, index, basket, agreement, benchmark or any other reference, interest or variable, and, if applicable, the relationship between any of the foregoing, from, to or on which the market price, value or any payment obligation of the specified derivative is derived, referenced or based; and

"US GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America that the SEC has identified as having substantial authoritative support as supplemented by Regulation S-X and S-B under the 1934 Act.

[am. B.C. Regs. 112/2004, s. 1; 603/2004, s. 1.]

 Significant Acquisitions

1.2  (1)  Significant Acquisitions — Unless the context otherwise requires, the term "significant acquisition" refers to an acquisition of a business, an acquisition of related businesses, a probable acquisition of a business or a probable acquisition of related businesses that satisfies any of the significance tests.

(2)  Required Significance Tests at Date of Acquisition — For the purposes of this Instrument, an acquisition of a business, an acquisition of related businesses, a probable acquisition of a business or a probable acquisition of related businesses is a significant acquisition, if it satisfies any of the following three tests:

1. The Asset Test. The issuer's proportionate share of the consolidated assets of the business or related businesses exceeds 20 per cent of the consolidated assets of the issuer calculated using the audited financial statements of each of the issuer and the business or the related businesses for the most recently completed financial year of the issuer ended before the date of the acquisition.

2. The Investment Test. The issuer's consolidated investments in and advances to the business or the related businesses exceeds 20 per cent of the consolidated assets of the issuer as at the last day of the most recently completed financial year of the issuer ended before the date of the acquisition for which audited financial statements are included in the short form prospectus, excluding any investments in or advances to the business or the related businesses as at that date.

3. The Income Test. The issuer's proportionate share of the consolidated income from continuing operations of the business or related businesses exceeds 20 per cent of the consolidated income from continuing operations of the issuer calculated using the audited financial statements of each of the issuer and the business or related businesses for the most recently completed financial year of each ended before the date of the acquisition.

(3)  Optional Significance Tests Subsequent to the Date of Acquisition — If an acquisition of a business, an acquisition of related businesses, a probable acquisition of a business or a probable acquisition of related businesses is significant based on the significance tests in subsection (2), the issuer may re-calculate the significance at a more recent date as follows:

1. The Asset Test. The issuer's proportionate share of the total consolidated assets of the business or the related businesses, as at the date of the issuer's most recent balance sheet included in the short form prospectus, exceeds 20 per cent of the consolidated assets of the issuer, as at the date of the issuer's most recent balance sheet included in the short form prospectus, without giving effect to the acquisition.

2. The Investment Test. The issuer's consolidated investments in and advances to the business or the related businesses as at the date of the acquisition or the proposed date of the acquisition exceeds 20 per cent of the consolidated assets of the issuer as at the date of the issuer's most recent balance sheet included in the short form prospectus for a period that ends before the date of the acquisition, excluding any investments in or advances to the business or related business as at that date.

3. The Income Test. The income from continuing operations calculated pursuant to the following clause (a) exceeds 20 per cent of the income from continuing operations calculated pursuant to the following clause (b):

(a) The issuer's proportionate share of the consolidated income from continuing operations of the business or the related businesses for the later of

(i)  the most recently completed financial year of the business or the related businesses that ended more than 90 days before the date of the short form prospectus, or

(ii)  the 12 months ended on the last day of the most recently completed interim period of the business or related businesses that ended more than 60 days before the date of the short form prospectus.

(b) The issuer's consolidated income from continuing operations for the later of

(i)  the most recently completed financial year, without giving effect to the acquisition, or

(ii)  the 12 months ended on the last day of the most recently completed interim period of the issuer for which financial statements are included in the short form prospectus, without giving effect to the acquisition.

(4)  If an issuer re-calculates the significance of an acquisition of a business, an acquisition of related businesses, a probable acquisition of a business or a probable acquisition of related businesses pursuant to subsection (3) and none of the significance tests in that subsection is met, the acquisition is not a significant acquisition for purposes of this Instrument.

(5)  Despite subsection (3), the significance of an acquisition of a business, an acquisition of related businesses, a probable acquisition of a business or a probable acquisition of related businesses may be re-calculated only if, subsequent to the acquisition date, the business or related businesses remained substantially intact, were not significantly reorganized, and no significant assets and liabilities were transferred to other entities.

(6)  Despite subsection (2), the significance of an acquisition of a business, an acquisition of related businesses, a probable acquisition of a business or a probable acquisition of related businesses may be calculated using unaudited financial statements of the business or related businesses prepared in accordance with GAAP if the financial statements of the business or related businesses for the most recently completed financial year prior to the date of the acquisition have not been audited.

(7)  In determining whether an acquisition of related businesses or a probable acquisition of related businesses is a significant acquisition, the related businesses shall be considered on a combined basis.

(8)  If an issuer has accounted for an acquisition as a reverse take-over in accordance with Item 12.7 of Form 44-101F3 for the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), the legal parent, as that term is used in the Handbook, shall be considered the business.

(9)  Application of Significance Tests — Accounting Principles and Currency — For the purposes of the significance tests in subsections (2) and (3), financial statements of the business or related businesses must be reconciled to the accounting principles used to prepare the issuer's financial statements and translated into the same reporting currency as that used in the issuer's financial statements.

[am. B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 2.]

 Application of the Income Test

1.3  (1)  For the purposes of paragraph 3 of each of subsections 1.2 (2) and 1.2 (3), if any of the issuer, the business or the related businesses has incurred a loss, the test shall be applied using the absolute value of the loss.

(2)  For the purpose of calculating the significance of individually insignificant unrelated multiple acquisitions, entities reporting losses from continuing operations shall not be aggregated with entities reporting income from continuing operations.

(3)  Lower than Average Income of the Issuer-Required Significance Tests — For the purposes of paragraph 3 of subsection 1.2 (2), if the issuer's consolidated income from continuing operations for the most recently completed financial year referred to in subsection 1.2 (2) was

1. positive, and

2. lower by 20 per cent or more than the average consolidated income from continuing operations of the issuer for the three most recently completed financial years,

then, the average consolidated income for the three most recently completed financial years may, subject to subsection (6), be substituted in determining whether the significance test set out in subsection 1.2 (2) is satisfied.

(4)  Lower than Average Income of the Issuer — Optional Significance Tests Using Most Recently Completed Financial Year — For the purposes of paragraph 3 of subsection 1.2 (3), if the issuer's consolidated income from continuing operations for the most recently completed financial year referred to in subclause 3 (b) (i) of subsection 1.2 (3) was

1. positive, and

2. lower by 20 per cent or more than the average consolidated income from continuing operations of the issuer for the three most recently completed financial years,

then, the average consolidated income for the three most recently completed financial years may, subject to subsection (6), be substituted in determining whether the significance test set out in paragraph 3 of subsection 1.2 (3) is satisfied.

(5)  Lower than Average Income of the Issuer — Optional Significance Tests Using Most Recently Completed Twelve Months — For the purposes of paragraph 3 of subsection 1.2 (3), if the issuer's consolidated income from continuing operations for the most recently completed 12 month period referred to in subclause 3 (b) (ii) of subsection 1.2 (3) was

1. positive, and

2. lower by 20 per cent or more than the average consolidated income from continuing operations of the issuer for the three previous 12 month periods,

then, the average consolidated income for the three previous 12 month periods may, subject to subsection (6), be substituted in determining whether the significance test set out in paragraph 3 of subsection 1.2 (3) is satisfied.

(6)  Loss — If the issuer's consolidated income from continuing operations for either of the two earlier financial years referred to in subsection (3) and (4), or either of the two earlier 12 month periods referred to in subsection (5), is a loss, the issuer's income from continuing operations for that period is considered to be zero for the purposes of calculating the average consolidated income for the three previous periods.

 Probable Acquisitions

1.4  (1)  The term "probable acquisition" refers to a probable acquisition of a business and a probable acquisition of related businesses.

(2)  The term "significant probable acquisition" refers to a probable acquisition of a business or a probable acquisition of related businesses that is a significant acquisition under section 1.2.

 Acquisitions

1.5  The term "acquisition of a business" includes an acquisition of an interest in a business accounted for using the equity method or an acquisition of an interest in a joint venture accounted for using the proportionate consolidation method.

 Significant Dispositions

1.6  (1)  Dispositions — Unless the context otherwise requires, the term "disposition" refers to a completed or probable disposition of a business, a business segment, or a significant portion of a business, either by sale, abandonment or distribution to shareholders.

(2)  Required Significance Tests using Most Recently Completed Financial Year — For the purposes of this Instrument, a disposition of a business, a business segment or a significant portion of a business, is a significant disposition if it satisfies either of the following tests:

1. The Asset Test for Dispositions— The issuer's proportionate share of the consolidated assets of the business, business segment or significant portion of a business, exceeds 20 per cent of the consolidated assets of the issuer as at the date of the audited financial statements of the issuer for its most recently completed financial year ended before the date of the disposition for which financial statements are included in the short form prospectus, without giving effect to the disposition.

2. The Income Test for Dispositions— The issuer's proportionate share of the consolidated income from continuing operations of the business, business segment or significant portion of a business, for the most recently completed financial year of the business, business segment or significant portion of a business, before the date of the disposition exceeds 20 per cent of the total consolidated income from continuing operations of the issuer for the most recently completed financial year of the issuer before the date of the disposition for which financial statements are included in the short form prospectus, without giving effect to the disposition.

 References to Information Included in a Document

1.7  References in this Instrument to information included in a document refer to both information contained directly in the document and information incorporated by reference in the document.

 References to Information To Be Included in a Document

1.8  Provisions of this Instrument that require an issuer to include information in a document require an issuer either to insert the information directly in the document or to incorporate the information in the document by reference.

 Incorporation by Reference

1.9  A document deemed by this Instrument to be incorporated by reference in another document is conclusively deemed for purposes of securities legislation to be incorporated by reference in the other document.

 Interpretation of "Short Form Prospectus"

1.10  In this Instrument, unless otherwise stated, a reference to a short form prospectus includes a preliminary short form prospectus.

 Short Form Prospectus

2.1  (1)  An issuer shall not file a prospectus in the form of Form 44-101F3 Short Form Prospectus, unless the issuer is qualified under section 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 or 2.8 to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus.

(2)  An issuer that is qualified under section 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 or 2.8 to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus or that has been exempted from subsection (1) under section 15.1 may file

(a) a preliminary prospectus, prepared and certified in the form of Form 44-101F3 Short Form Prospectus, pertaining to a type of securities for which the issuer is qualified under this Instrument or permitted under any exemption to file a short form prospectus; and

(b) a prospectus, prepared and certified in the form of Form 44-101F3 Short Form Prospectus, pertaining to a type of securities for which the issuer is qualified under this Instrument or permitted under any exemption to file a short form prospectus.

(3)  An issuer that filed and obtained a receipt for a preliminary short form prospectus for a distribution of securities under NP47

(a) is considered to have satisfied the requirement in securities legislation to file and obtain a receipt for a preliminary prospectus for the distribution unless, in the case where securities legislation provides for lapsing of a preliminary prospectus, the issuer's preliminary short form prospectus has lapsed; and

(b) may file a prospectus, prepared and certified in the form of Form 44-101F3 Short Form Prospectus, for the distribution if in the case where securities legislation provides for lapsing of a preliminary prospectus, the issuer's preliminary short form prospectus has not lapsed.

(4)  If an issuer, before the coming into force of this Instrument, filed and obtained a receipt under NP47 for a short form prospectus pertaining to a distribution of securities, the prospectus requirement does not apply to the distribution only insofar as the prospectus requirement concerns the form and content of a preliminary prospectus and prospectus and only for one year from the date of the receipt issued for the short form prospectus pertaining to the distribution.

(5)  A short form prospectus shall, at the issuer's option, be prepared in accordance with securities legislation in effect at either the date of issuance of a receipt for the preliminary short form prospectus or the date of issuance of a receipt for the short form prospectus.

 Basic Qualification Criteria

2.2  An issuer is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus for a distribution of any of its securities in the local jurisdiction, if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

1. Either paragraph (a) or (b) is true:

(a) the issuer is a reporting issuer in the local jurisdiction and the issuer

(i)  has been a reporting issuer in the local jurisdiction for the 12 calendar months preceding the date of the filing of its most recent AIF, or

(ii)  is, and has been for the 12 calendar months preceding the date of the filing of its most recent AIF, a reporting issuer under Canadian securities legislation in at least one jurisdiction, other than the local jurisdiction, and has filed in the local jurisdiction all continuous disclosure documents that it was required to file during the 12 calendar months preceding the date of the filing of its most recent AIF under Canadian securities legislation of any jurisdiction in which it has been a reporting issuer; or

(b) all of the following are true:

1. The issuer is not a reporting issuer in the local jurisdiction.

2. The securities regulatory authority is unable to deem the issuer to be, or designate the issuer as, a reporting issuer.

3. The issuer is, and has been for the 12 calendar months preceding the date of the filing of its most recent AIF, a reporting issuer under Canadian securities legislation in at least one jurisdiction, other than the local jurisdiction.

4. The issuer has filed in the local jurisdiction all continuous disclosure documents that it was required to file during the 12 calendar months preceding the date of the filing of its most recent AIF under Canadian securities legislation of any jurisdiction in which it has been a reporting issuer.

5. The issuer has provided an undertaking to the securities regulatory authority that it will file all continuous disclosure documents that it would be required to file under securities legislation if it were a reporting issuer from the time of the filing of its most recent AIF until the issuer becomes a reporting issuer.

2. The issuer has a current AIF.

3. The aggregate market value of the issuer's equity securities, listed and posted for trading on an exchange in Canada, is $75 000 000 or more on a date within 60 days before the date of the filing of the issuer's preliminary short form prospectus.

4. If the issuer is filing a preliminary short form prospectus more than 90 days after the end of its most recently completed financial year, the issuer has filed audited financial statements for that year.

 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Substantial Issuers

2.3  An issuer is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus for a distribution of any of its securities in the local jurisdiction, if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

1. The issuer is

(a) a reporting issuer in the local jurisdiction; or

(b) a reporting issuer under Canadian securities legislation in at least one jurisdiction, other than the local jurisdiction, and satisfies the criterion in subparagraph 5 of paragraph 1 (b) of section 2.2.

2. The issuer has a current AIF.

3. The aggregate market value of the issuer's equity securities, listed and posted for trading on an exchange in Canada, is $300 000 000 or more on a date within 60 days before the date of the filing of the issuer's preliminary short form prospectus.

4. If the issuer is filing a preliminary short form prospectus more than 90 days after the end of its most recently completed financial year, the issuer has filed audited financial statements for that year.

 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Issuers of Approved Rating Non-Convertible Securities

2.4  (1)  An issuer is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus for a distribution of non-convertible securities in the local jurisdiction, if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

1. The issuer satisfies either of the 12 month reporting issuer history criteria in paragraph 1 of section 2.2.

2. The issuer has a current AIF.

3. The securities to be distributed

(a) have received an approved rating on a provisional basis;

(b) are not the subject of an announcement by an approved rating organization of which the issuer is or ought reasonably to be aware that the approved rating given by the organization may be down-graded to a rating category that would not be an approved rating; and

(c) have not received a provisional or final rating lower than an approved rating from any approved rating organization.

4. If the issuer is filing a preliminary short form prospectus more than 90 days after the end of its most recently completed financial year, the issuer has filed audited financial statements for that year.

(2)  Paragraph 3 of subsection (1) does not apply to an issuer filing a preliminary short form prospectus that is a base shelf prospectus under National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions.

 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Issuers of Guaranteed Non-Convertible Debt Securities, Preferred Shares and Cash Settled Derivatives

2.5  (1)  An issuer is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus for a distribution of non-convertible debt securities, non-convertible preferred shares or non-convertible cash settled derivatives in the local jurisdiction, if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

1. A person or company

(a) fully and unconditionally guarantees the payments to be made by the issuer of securities as stipulated in the terms of the securities or in an agreement governing the rights of holders of the securities such that the holder of the securities is entitled to receive payment from the guarantor within 15 days of any failure by the issuer to make a payment as stipulated; or

(b) provides alternative credit support for the payments to be made by the issuer of securities as stipulated in the terms of the securities or in an agreement governing the rights of holders of the securities, that

(i)  in the case

(A) where the securities are rated, results in the securities receiving the same credit rating as, or a higher credit rating than, the credit rating they would have received if payment had been fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the person or company providing the support, or

(B) where the securities are not rated, would result, if the securities were rated, in the securities receiving the same credit rating as, or a higher credit rating than, the credit rating they would have received if payment had been fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the credit supporter, and

(ii)  entitles the holder of the securities to receive payment from the credit supporter, or enables the holder to receive payment from the issuer, within 15 days of any failure by the issuer to make a payment as stipulated.

2. The credit supporter

(a) satisfies

(i)  either of the 12 month reporting issuer history criteria in paragraph 1 of section 2.2, or

(ii)  both

(A) the reporting issuer criterion in paragraph 1 of section 2.3, and

(B) the criterion that the credit supporter have equity securities, listed and posted for trading on an exchange in Canada, the aggregate market value of which is $300 000 000 or more on a date within 60 days before the date of the filing of the issuer's preliminary short form prospectus; and

(b) has a current AIF.

3. Unless the aggregate market value of the credit supporter's equity securities listed and posted for trading on an exchange in Canada is $75 000 000 or more on a date within 60 days before the date of the filing of the issuer's preliminary short form prospectus, then at the time the preliminary short form prospectus was filed

(a) the credit supporter has outstanding non-convertible securities that

(i)  have received an approved rating,

(ii)  have not been the subject of an announcement by an approved rating organization of which the issuer is or ought reasonably to be aware that the approved rating given by the organization may be down-graded to a rating category that would not be an approved rating, and

(iii)  have not received a rating lower than an approved rating from any approved rating organization; and

(b) the securities to be issued by the issuer

(i)  have received an approved rating on a provisional basis,

(ii)  have not been the subject of an announcement by an approved rating organization of which the issuer is or ought reasonably to be aware that the approved rating given by the organization may be down-graded to a rating category that would not be an approved rating, and

(iii)  have not received a provisional or final rating lower than an approved rating from any approved rating organization.

4. If the issuer is filing a preliminary short form prospectus more than 90 days after the end of the most recently completed financial year of the credit supporter, the credit supporter has filed audited financial statements for that year.

(2)  For the purpose of paragraph 1 of subsection (1), payments to be made by an issuer of securities as stipulated in the terms of the securities include any amounts to be paid as dividends in accordance with, and on the dividend payment dates stipulated in, the provisions of the securities, whether or not the dividends have been declared.

(3)  Subparagraph 3 (b) of subsection 2.5 (1) does not apply to an issuer filing a preliminary short form prospectus that is a base shelf prospectus under National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions.

 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Issuers of Guaranteed Convertible Debt Securities or Preferred Shares

2.6  (1)  An issuer is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus for a distribution of convertible debt securities or convertible preferred shares in the local jurisdiction, if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

1. The debt securities or the preferred shares are convertible into securities of a credit supporter that

(a) fully and unconditionally guarantees the payments to be made by the issuer of the securities as stipulated in the terms of the securities or in an agreement governing the rights of holders of the securities such that the holder of the securities is entitled to receive payment from the guarantor within 15 days of any failure by the issuer to make a payment as stipulated; or

(b) provides alternative credit support for the payments to be made by the issuer of the securities as stipulated in the terms of the securities or in an agreement governing the rights of holders of the securities, that

(i)  in the case

(A) where the securities are rated, results in the securities receiving the same credit rating as, or a higher credit rating than, the credit rating they would have received if payment had been fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the credit supporter, or

(B) where the securities are not rated, would result, if the securities were rated, in the securities receiving the same credit rating as, or a higher credit rating than, the credit rating they would have received if payment had been fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the credit supporter, and

(ii)  entitles the holder of the securities to receive payment from the credit supporter, or enables the holder to receive payment from the issuer, within 15 days of any failure by the issuer to make a payment as stipulated.

2. The credit supporter

(a) satisfies

(i)  both

(A) either of the 12 month reporting issuer history criteria in paragraph 1 of section 2.2, and

(B) the criterion that the credit supporter have equity securities, listed and posted for trading on an exchange in Canada, the aggregate market value of which is $75 000 000 or more on a date within 60 days before the date of the filing of the issuer's preliminary short form prospectus, or

(ii)  both

(A) the reporting issuer criterion in paragraph 1 of section 2.3, and

(B) the criterion that the credit supporter have equity securities, listed and posted for trading on an exchange in Canada, the aggregate market value of which is $300 000 000 or more on a date within 60 days before the date of the filing of the issuer's preliminary short form prospectus; and

(b) has a current AIF.

3. If the issuer is filing a preliminary short form prospectus more than 90 days after the end of the most recently completed financial year of the credit supporter, the credit supporter has filed audited financial statements for that year.

(2)  For the purpose of paragraph 1 of subsection (1), payments to be made by an issuer of securities as stipulated in the terms of the securities include any amounts to be paid as dividends in accordance with, and on the dividend payment dates stipulated in, the provisions of the securities, whether or not the dividends have been declared.

 Alternative Qualification Criteria for Issuers of Asset-Backed Securities

2.7  (1)  An issuer established in connection with a distribution of asset-backed securities is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus for a distribution of asset-backed securities in the local jurisdiction, if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

1. The issuer has a current AIF.

2. The asset-backed securities to be distributed

(a) have received an approved rating on a provisional basis;

(b) have not been the subject of an announcement by an approved rating organization of which the issuer is or ought reasonably to be aware that the approved rating given by the organization may be down-graded to a rating category that would not be an approved rating; and

(c) have not received a provisional or final rating lower than an approved rating from any approved rating organization.

3. If the issuer is filing a preliminary short form prospectus more than 90 days after the end of its most recently completed financial year, the issuer has filed financial statements for that year.

(2)  Paragraph 2 of subsection 2.7 (1) does not apply to an issuer filing a preliminary short form prospectus that is a base shelf prospectus under National Instrument 44-102 Shelf Distributions.

 Alternative Qualification Criteria Following Reorganizations

2.8  A successor issuer is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus for a distribution of any of its securities in the local jurisdiction, if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

1. The successor issuer is deemed, under section 2.10, to have, or otherwise has, a current AIF.

2. The successor issuer is a reporting issuer under Canadian securities legislation of any jurisdiction.

3. The aggregate market value of the successor issuer's equity securities, listed and posted for trading on an exchange in Canada, is $75 000 000 or more on a date within 60 days before the date of the filing of the successor issuer's preliminary short form prospectus.

4. The aggregate market value of the equity securities of at least one of the participants, listed and posted for trading on an exchange in Canada, is $75 000 000 or more on a date within 60 days before the date of the reorganization.

5. One of the participants satisfies the criterion in paragraph 4 and the 12 month reporting issuer history criterion in paragraph 1 of section 2.2.

6. If the successor issuer is filing a preliminary short form prospectus more than 90 days after the end of its most recently completed financial year, the successor issuer has filed audited financial statements for that year.

 Calculation of the Aggregate Market Value of an Issuer's Securities

2.9  (1)  For the purposes of this Part,

(a) the aggregate market value of the equity securities of an issuer on a date is the aggregate of the market value of each class of its equity securities on the date, calculated by multiplying

(i)  the total number of equity securities of the class outstanding on the date, by

(ii)  the closing price on the date of the equity securities of the class on the exchange in Canada on which that class of equity securities is principally traded; and

(b) instalment receipts may, at the option of the issuer, be deemed to be equity securities if

(i)  the instalment receipts are listed and posted for trading on an exchange in Canada, and

(ii)  the outstanding equity securities, the beneficial ownership of which is evidenced by the instalment receipts, are not listed and posted for trading on an exchange in Canada.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1), in calculating the total number of equity securities of a class outstanding, an issuer shall exclude those equity securities of the class that are beneficially owned, or over which control or direction is exercised, by persons or companies that, alone or together with their respective affiliates and associated parties, beneficially own or exercise control or direction over more than 10 per cent of the outstanding equity securities of the issuer.

(3)  Despite subsection (2), if a portfolio manager of a pension fund, mutual fund or non-redeemable investment fund, alone or together with its affiliates and associated parties, exercises control or direction in the aggregate over more than 10 per cent of the outstanding equity securities of an issuer, and the fund beneficially owns or exercises control or direction over 10 per cent or less of the issued and outstanding equity securities of the issuer, the securities that the fund beneficially owns or exercises control or direction over are not excluded unless the portfolio manager is an affiliate of the issuer.

 Adoption by Successor Issuer of a Participant's AIF Following a Reorganization

2.10  A successor issuer that notifies the regulator that it has adopted as its own AIF the AIF of a participant in the reorganization, as a result of which the successor issuer exists, is deemed to have a current AIF for the purposes of securities legislation, if the AIF was a current AIF of the participant at the time of the reorganization, until the earlier of

(a) the date the successor issuer files an AIF; and

(b) either

(i)  the date the AIF ceases to be a current AIF of the participant, if the participant continues to exist after the reorganization, or

(ii)  the date that is 140 days following the end of the financial year to which the AIF relates, if the participant did not continue to exist after the reorganization.

 Initial AIF

3.1  (1)  An issuer filing an initial AIF under this Instrument shall file the AIF

(a) in Form 51-102F2;

(b) in respect of financial years beginning before January 1, 2004, in Form 51-102F2 or Form 44-101F1; or

(c) in the form referred to in section 3.4.

(2)  If an issuer revises its initial AIF, the issuer shall promptly

(a) file in all jurisdictions in which the initial AIF was filed the revised initial AIF and a copy of the revised initial AIF, blacklined to show changes from the initial AIF; and

(b) send a copy of the revised initial AIF to each person and company that was sent an initial AIF.

(3)  An issuer shall file a French language version of its initial AIF before sending the French language version of the AIF to an investor or prospective investor.

(4)  An issuer that has prepared a French language version of its initial AIF shall file the French language version of the initial AIF and any supporting documents in New Brunswick concurrently with or as soon as practicable after filing the English language version of those documents in that Province.

[am. B.C. Reg. 112/2004, s. 2.]

 Renewal AIF Filing Procedures

3.2  (1)  An issuer filing a renewal AIF under this Instrument shall file the AIF

(a) in Form 51-102F2;

(b) in respect of financial years beginning before January 1, 2004, in Form 51-102F2 or Form 44-101F1; or

(c) in the form referred to in section 3.4.

(2)  An issuer filing a renewal AIF for a financial year in which the issuer made a significant acquisition of a business or a significant acquisition of related businesses, or was a party to a reorganization that was material to the issuer, shall state in a covering letter accompanying the renewal AIF that the acquisition or reorganization occurred.

(3)  An issuer that intends to file a preliminary short form prospectus within 10 days of filing its renewal AIF should notify the 44-101 regulator of this intention at the time of filing its renewal AIF or, if the decision is not yet made at that time, then immediately upon making the decision.

(4)  The 44-101 regulator may decide to review a renewal AIF at any time, in which case the 44-101 regulator shall

(a) notify the issuer that the 44-101 regulator will be reviewing the renewal AIF;

(b) review the renewal AIF; and

(c) send the issuer upon completion of the review a notice that the review of the renewal AIF has been completed.

(5)  Upon receipt of a notice from the 44-101 regulator that its renewal AIF is being reviewed, an issuer shall promptly file the renewal AIF again, in all jurisdictions in which the renewal AIF was filed, with

(a) the following statement added in bold type to the cover page of the renewal AIF, if the renewal AIF is in Form 51-102F2, until the issuer is notified that the review has been completed:

This annual information form is currently under review by the provincial and territorial securities regulatory authorities of one or more jurisdictions. Information contained in this form is subject to change.

or

(b) the statement required under Item 1.2 of Form 44-101F1, if the renewal AIF is in Form 44-101F1.

(6)  An issuer shall promptly notify the 44-101 regulator if the issuer intends to file a short form prospectus after the 44-101 regulator has notified the issuer that its renewal AIF will be reviewed and before the 44-101 regulator has notified the issuer that the review has been completed.

(7)  If an issuer revises its renewal AIF, the issuer shall promptly

(a) file in all jurisdictions in which the renewal AIF was filed the revised renewal AIF and a copy of the revised renewal AIF, blacklined to show changes from the renewal AIF; and

(b) send a copy of the revised renewal AIF to each person and company that was sent a renewal AIF.

(8)  An issuer shall file a French language version of its renewal AIF before sending the French language version of the AIF to an investor or prospective investor.

(9)  An issuer that has prepared a French language version of its renewal AIF shall file the French language version of the renewal AIF and any supporting documents in New Brunswick concurrently with or as soon as practicable after filing the English language version of those documents in that Province.

[am. B.C. Reg. 112/2004, ss. 3 and 4.]

 Supporting Documents

3.3  (1)  In addition to any other requirement of securities legislation, an issuer that files an initial AIF and a renewal AIF shall

(a) file the following:

1. Material Incorporated by Reference — Copies of all material incorporated by reference in the initial AIF or renewal AIF and not previously filed.

2. Mining Reports — The technical reports required to be filed with an AIF under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and not previously filed, if the issuer has a mineral project; and

(b) deliver to the regulator the following:

1. Personal Information — For each director and executive officer of the issuer for whom the issuer has not previously delivered to the regulator the following information, a statement containing that individual's

(a) full name;

(b) position with or relationship to the issuer;

(c) employer's name and address, if other than the issuer;

(d) full residential address;

(e) date and place of birth; and

(f) citizenship.

2. Authorization of Collection of Information — An authorization in the form set out in Appendix A to the collection of personal information.

(2)  An issuer that files an AIF under this Instrument shall file an undertaking with the regulator to the effect that, when the securities of the issuer are in the course of a distribution under a preliminary short form prospectus or a short form prospectus, the issuer will provide to any person or company, upon request to the secretary of the issuer,

(a) one copy of the AIF of the issuer, together with one copy of any document, or the pertinent pages of any document, incorporated by reference in the AIF,

(b) one copy of the financial statements of the issuer for its most recently completed financial year for which financial statements have been filed together with the accompanying report of the auditor and one copy of the most recent interim financial statements of the issuer that have been filed, if any, for any period after the end of its most recently completed financial year,

(c) one copy of the information circular of the issuer in respect of its most recent annual meeting of shareholders that involved the election of directors, and

(d) one copy of any other documents that are incorporated by reference into the preliminary short form prospectus or the short form prospectus and are not required to be provided under paragraphs (a), (b) or (c).

[am. B.C. Reg. 112/2004, s. 5.]

 Alternative Forms of AIF

3.4  An issuer that

(a) has a class of securities registered under section 12 of the 1934 Act or is required to file reports under section 15 (d) of the 1934 Act, and

(b) is not registered or required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 of the United States of America,

may file an AIF in the form of an annual report or transition report under the 1934 Act on Form 10-K, Form 10-KSB or on Form 20-F.

[en. B.C. Reg. 112/2004, s. 6.]

 Scope

4.1  This Part applies only to

(a) acquisitions completed during an issuer's three most recently completed financial years;

(b) acquisitions completed during an issuer's current financial year; and

(c) probable acquisitions.

 Financial Statement Disclosure for Significant Acquisitions Completed during the Issuer's Three Most Recently Completed Financial Years

4.2  (1)  If an issuer made a significant acquisition during its three most recently completed financial years, the issuer shall include in its short form prospectus the following financial statements of each business acquired:

Annual Financial Statements

1. Statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for at least the periods specified in section 4.6.

Interim Financial Statements

2. Statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for

(a) either

(i)  the most recently completed interim period of the acquired business that ended before the date of the acquisition and more than 60 days before the date of the short form prospectus; or

(ii)  the pre-acquisition period; and

(b) the comparable period in the preceding financial year of the acquired business.

Pro Forma Income Statement

3. A pro forma income statement prepared in accordance with subsection 4.5 (1) 2 (a).

4. Pro forma earnings per share based on the pro forma income statement referred to in paragraph 3.

(2)  If an issuer is required under subsection (1) to include financial statements in a short form prospectus for more than one business because the significant acquisition involves an acquisition of related businesses, the financial statements required under subsection (1) shall be presented separately for each business, except that the issuer may present the financial statements of the businesses on a combined basis for the periods during which the businesses were under common control or management.

 Financial Statement Disclosure for Significant Acquisitions Completed during the Issuer's Current Financial Year

4.3  (1)  If an issuer has made a significant acquisition during its current financial year, the issuer shall include in its short form prospectus the following financial statements of each business acquired:

Annual Financial Statements

1. Statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for at least the periods specified in section 4.6.

2. A balance sheet as at the date on which each of the periods specified in section 4.6 ended, except that, if section 4.6 specifies that separate financial statements of the business are to be included for three financial years, a balance sheet as at the last day of the earliest of the three financial years is not required.

Interim Financial Statements

3. Statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for

(a) either

(i)  the most recently completed interim period of the acquired business that ended before the date of the acquisition and more than 60 days before the date of the short form prospectus; or

(ii)  the pre-acquisition period; and

(b) the comparable period in the preceding financial year of the acquired business.

4. A balance sheet as at the date on which the interim period referred to in paragraph 3 (a) (i) or 3 (a) (ii) ended.

Pro Forma Financial Statements

5. Pro forma financial statements prepared in accordance with subsection 4.5.

6. Pro forma earnings per share based on the pro forma financial statements referred to in paragraph 5.

(2)  If an issuer is required under subsection (1) to include financial statements in a short form prospectus for more than one business because the significant acquisition involves an acquisition of related businesses or a probable acquisition of related businesses, the financial statements required under subsection (1) shall be presented separately for each business except the issuer may present the financial statements of the businesses on a combined basis for the periods during which the businesses have been under common control or management.

 Financial Statement Disclosure for Significant Probable Acquisitions

4.4  (1)  If an issuer is proposing to make a significant probable acquisition, the issuer shall include in its short form prospectus the following financial statements of each business to be acquired:

Annual Financial Statements

1. Statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for at least the periods specified in section 4.6.

2. A balance sheet as at the date on which each of the periods specified in section 4.6 ended, except that, if section 4.6 specifies that separate financial statements of the business are to be included for three financial years, a balance sheet as at the last day of the earliest of the three financial years is not required.

Interim Financial Statements

3. Statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for

(a) the most recently completed interim period of the business to be acquired that ended more than 60 days before the date of the short form prospectus; and

(b) the comparable period in the preceding financial year.

4. A balance sheet as at the date on which the interim period referred to in paragraph 3 (a) ended.

Pro Forma Financial Statements

5. Pro forma financial statements prepared in accordance with subsection 4.5.

6. Pro forma earnings per share based on the pro forma financial statements referred to in paragraph 5.

(2)  If an issuer is required under subsection (1) to include financial statements in a short form prospectus for more than one business because the significant acquisition involves an acquisition of related businesses or a probable acquisition of related businesses, the financial statements required under subsection (1) shall be presented separately for each business, except the issuer may present the financial statements of the businesses on a combined basis for periods during which the businesses have been under common control or management.

 Pro Forma Financial Statements

4.5  (1)  If an issuer is required to include pro forma financial statements in the short form prospectus under sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 or 5.2, the issuer shall prepare pro forma financial statements as follows:

1. Pro forma balance sheet— A pro forma balance sheet of the issuer shall be prepared as at the date of the issuer's most recent balance sheet included in the short form prospectus to give effect to, as if they had taken place as at the date of the pro forma balance sheet,

(a) significant acquisitions that have been completed, but are not reflected in the issuer's most recent balance sheet included in the short form prospectus; and

(b) significant probable acquisitions.

2. Pro forma income statement— A pro forma income statement of the issuer shall be prepared to give effect to

(a) significant acquisitions completed during the most recently completed financial year of the issuer as if they had taken place at the beginning of the most recently completed financial year of the issuer for which audited financial statements are included in the short form prospectus; and

(b) the acquisitions referred to in clauses (i) and (ii)

(i)  significant acquisitions completed during the issuer's current financial year; and

(ii)  significant probable acquisitions,

for each of the financial periods referred to in the following paragraphs:

A. the most recently completed financial year of the issuer for which audited financial statements are included in the short form prospectus; and

B. the most recently completed interim period of the issuer for which financial statements are included in the short form prospectus,

as if they had taken place at the beginning of the most recently completed financial year of the issuer for which audited financial statements are included in the short form prospectus.

(2)  If an issuer includes in a short form prospectus a pro forma financial statement prepared in accordance with subsection (1) which gives effect to more than one significant acquisition or significant probable acquisition, the pro forma financial statement shall separately identify each significant completed or probable acquisition.

(3)  If an issuer is required to include pro forma financial statements in a short form prospectus, the issuer shall include in the pro forma financial statements a description of the underlying assumptions on which the pro forma financial statements are prepared, cross-referenced to each related pro forma adjustment.

(4)  If an issuer is required under paragraph 2 of subsection (1) to include a pro forma income statement in a short form prospectus for the most recently completed financial year of the issuer and both of the following conditions are satisfied:

(a) the pro forma income statement is not prepared using the income statement of the business for the pre-acquisition period, and

(b) the financial year end of a business differs from the issuer's year end by more than 93 days,

then, despite paragraph 2 of subsection (1), for purposes of preparing the pro forma income statement, the income statement of the business shall be for a period of twelve consecutive months ending no more than 93 days from the issuer's year end.

(5)  Subject to subsection (4), if an issuer is required to prepare the pro forma income statements referred to in clauses (1) 2 (b) A and (1) 2 (b) B, and the pro forma income statement referred to in clause A includes results of the business which are also included in the pro forma income statement referred to in clause B, there shall be disclosed in a note to the pro forma financial statements the revenue, expenses, gross profit and income from continuing operations included in the pro forma income statements for the overlapping period.

 Reporting Periods

4.6  (1)  Exception to Requirement to Include Financial Statements — No financial statements are required under section 4.2 to be included in a short form prospectus if

(a) the results of the business for a complete financial year have been reflected in the audited consolidated financial statements of the issuer included in the short form prospectus; and

(b) none of the significance tests would be satisfied if the 20 per cent threshold in the significance tests was changed to 100 per cent.

(2)  Acquisitions at the 100% Significance Level — If the results of the business for a complete financial year have been reflected in the audited consolidated financial statements of the issuer included in the short form prospectus and any of the significance tests would be satisfied if the 20 per cent threshold in the significance tests was changed to 100 per cent, separate financial statements of the business are required for as many periods before the acquisition as may be necessary so that when these periods are added to the periods for which the issuer's financial statements in the short form prospectus include the results of the business, financial statements reflecting the results of the business, either separately or on a consolidated basis, are included for a total of three years or each of the completed financial years of the business, if the business has not been in existence for three completed financial years.

(3)  Subject to subsections (1) and (2), the periods for which the financial statements are required under paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsections 4.2 (1), 4.3 (1) and 4.4 (1) to be included in a short form prospectus shall be determined by reference to the significance tests as follows:

1. Acquisitions Significant between 20% and 40%— If none of the significance tests is satisfied if the 20 per cent threshold is changed to 40 per cent, financial statements shall be included for

(a) the most recently completed financial year of the business ended more than 90 days before the date of the short form prospectus; or

(b) if the business has not completed one financial year, the financial period from the date of formation to a date not more than 90 days before the date of the short form prospectus.

2. Acquisitions Significant between 40% and 50%— If any of the three significance tests are satisfied if the 20 per cent threshold is changed to 40 per cent, but none of the three significance tests is satisfied if the 20 per cent threshold is changed to 50 per cent, financial statements shall be included for

(a) each of the three most recently completed financial years of the business ended more than 90 days before the date of the short form prospectus;

(b) if the business has not completed two financial years, each completed financial year ended more than 90 days before the date of the short form prospectus; or

(c) if the business has not completed one financial year, the financial period from the date of formation to a date not more than 90 days before the date of the short form prospectus.

3. Acquisitions Significant at 50% or greater — If any of the three significance tests are satisfied if the 20 per cent threshold is changed to 50 per cent, financial statements shall be included for

(a) each of the three most recently completed financial years of the business ended more than 90 days before the date of the short form prospectus;

(b) if the business has not completed three financial years, each completed financial year ended more than 90 days before the date of the short form prospectus; or

(c) if the business has not completed one financial year, the financial period from the date of formation to a date not more than 90 days before the date of the short form prospectus.

 Additional Financial Statements or Financial Information of the Business Filed or Released

4.7  (1)  An issuer shall include in its short form prospectus annual and interim financial statements of a business for a financial period that ended before the date of the acquisition and is more recent than the periods for which financial statements are required under subsections 4.2 (1), 4.3 (1) and 4.4 (1) if, before the short form prospectus is filed, the financial statements for the more recent period have been filed.

(2)  If, before the short form prospectus is filed, financial information of a business for a period more recent than for the period for which financial statements are required under subsections 4.2 (1), 4.3 (1) and 4.4 (1), is publicly disseminated by news release or otherwise by or on behalf of the issuer, the issuer shall include in the short form prospectus the content of the news release or public communication.

 Exceptions to Disclosure Requirements for Significant Acquisitions if More Recent Financial Statements Included

4.8  (1)  Despite subsection 4.6 (3), an issuer may omit separate financial statements of a business for the earliest financial year otherwise required under subsection 4.6 (3), if audited financial statements of the business are included in the short form prospectus for a financial year ended 90 days or less before the date of the short form prospectus.

(2)  Despite subsection 4.6 (3), an issuer may omit separate financial statements of a business for the earliest financial year otherwise required under subsection 4.6 (3) if

(a) separate financial statements of a business are required under subsection 4.6 (3) for more than one financial year;

(b) audited financial statements are included in the short form prospectus for a period of at least nine months in the financial year after the most recent year for which separate financial statements are required under subsection 4.6 (3);

(c) the issuer has not relied upon the exception in section 4.9; and

(d) the business is not seasonal.

(3)  Despite subsections 4.2 (1), 4.3 (1) and 4.4 (1), an issuer may omit from a short form prospectus the financial statements of a business for the interim period otherwise required under subsections 4.2 (1), 4.3 (1) and 4.4 (1) if annual financial statements of the business are included in the short form prospectus for a financial year ended 90 days or less before the date of the short form prospectus.

 Exception to Disclosure Requirements for Significant Acquisitions if Financial Year End Changed

4.9  Despite section 4.6, if a business changed its financial year end once during any of its financial years for which financial statements are required to be included in the short form prospectus, the issuer may include financial statements for the transition year in satisfaction of the financial statements for one of the years under section 4.6 provided that the transition year is at least nine months.

 Exception to Disclosure Requirements for Significant Acquisitions Accounted for Using the Equity Method

4.10  Despite subsections 4.2 (1), 4.3 (1) and 4.4 (1), an issuer may omit from its short form prospectus the financial statements of a business and the pro forma financial statements of an issuer otherwise required under subsections 4.2 (1), 4.3 (1) and 4.4 (1) if

(a) the acquisition is, or will be, an investment accounted for using the equity method, as that term is defined in the Handbook;

(b) the short form prospectus includes disclosure for the periods for which financial statements are otherwise required under subsections 4.2 (1), 4.3 (1) and 4.4 (1) that

(i)  summarizes the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the business, and

(ii)  describes the issuer's proportionate interest in the business and any contingent issuance of securities by the business that might significantly affect the issuer's share of earnings;

(c) the financial information provided under paragraph (b) for any completed financial year

(i)  has been derived from audited financial statements of the business, or

(ii)  has been audited;

(d) the short form prospectus

(i)  identifies the financial statements referred to in paragraph (c) (i) from which the disclosure provided under paragraph (b) has been derived; or

(ii)  discloses that the financial information provided under paragraph (b), if not derived from audited financial statements, has been audited; and

(iii)  discloses that the audit opinion with respect to the financial statements referred to in (i), or the financial information referred to in (ii), was issued without a reservation of opinion.

 Additional Disclosure for Significant Acquisitions after Financial Year End Accounted for Using the Purchase Method

4.11  (1)  An issuer shall include in a subsequent event note to its financial statements included in a short form prospectus or elsewhere in a short form prospectus the information referred to in subsection (2), if

(a) the issuer has made a significant acquisition since its most recent financial year end; and

(b) the purchase method is used to account for the acquisition.

(2)  The information required under subsection (1) is

(a) if

(i)  determined by the date of the subsequent event note, details of the purchase equation, namely the allocation of the purchase price to the underlying assets being acquired, the underlying liabilities being assumed and any resulting goodwill, or

(ii)  not determined by the date of the subsequent event note, the issuer's reasonable estimate of the allocation; and

(b) the terms and status of the acquisition.

 Audit Requirement for Financial Statements of a Business

4.12  Financial statements of a business included in a short form prospectus under this Part, other than pro forma financial statements, must be audited.

[am. B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 3.]

 Exception to Audit Requirement for Interim Financial Statements of a Business

4.13  Despite section 4.12, interim financial statements of a business included in a short form prospectus under this Part do not have to be audited.

[en. B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 4.]

 Exception to Audit Requirement for Recent Financial Statements of a Business

4.14  Despite section 4.12, an issuer may omit from its short form prospectus an audit report for the annual financial statements referred to in subsection 4.8 (3) if the financial statements have not been audited.

[en. B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 5.]

 Exception to Audit Requirement for Financial Statements of a Business Included in a Previous Prospectus without an
Audit Opinion

4.15  Despite section 4.12, an issuer may omit from its short form prospectus an auditor's report for the annual financial statements of a business included in the short form prospectus, other than for the most recently completed financial year of the business for which financial statements are included in the short form prospectus, if

(a) those financial statements were previously included in a short form prospectus of the issuer without an audit report as permitted by this Instrument or pursuant to an exemption granted under this Instrument; and

(b) the financial statements have not been audited.

[am. B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 6.]

 Compilation Report for Pro Forma Financial Statements

4.16  The pro forma financial statements included in a short form prospectus under this Part shall be accompanied by a compilation report signed by the auditor and prepared in accordance with the Handbook.

 Scope

5.1  This Part applies only to an issuer that

(a) has acquired two or more businesses during its most recently completed financial year;

(b) has acquired two or more business during its current financial year;

(c) is proposing to make two or more probable acquisitions of a business; or

(d) has acquired one or more businesses since the beginning of its current financial year and is proposing to make one or more probable acquisitions of a business,

excluding, in each case, acquisitions that individually meet the significance tests.

 Historical Financial Statement Disclosure

5.2  (1)  Application of the Significance Tests — An issuer shall include in a short form prospectus separate financial statements of each business required under subsection (2) for the periods referred to in subsection (3) if any of the significance tests would be satisfied if

(a) the 20 per cent threshold in the significance tests was changed to 50 per cent;

(b) the total consolidated assets of the businesses referred to in section 5.1 were considered on a combined basis;

(c) the issuer's consolidated investments in and advances to the businesses referred to in section 5.1 were considered on a combined basis; and

(d) the consolidated income from continuing operations of the businesses referred to in section 5.1 for the most recently completed financial year of each business ended prior to the acquisition date of each business were considered on a combined basis.

(2)  Significant Businesses for Reporting Purposes — An issuer shall include in a short form prospectus the financial statements for a majority of the businesses that satisfy the asset, investment or income test at the highest percentage and which on a combined basis, represent a majority of

(a) the total consolidated assets of all of the businesses referred to in section 5.1;

(b) the issuer's consolidated investments in and advances to all of the businesses referred to in section 5.1; or

(c) the consolidated income from continuing operations of all of the businesses referred to in section 5.1.

(3)  An issuer shall include the following financial statements for each business required under subsection (2):

Annual Financial Statements

1. Statements of income, retained earnings, and cash flows for

(a) the most recently completed financial year of the business before the date of the acquisition, if the acquisition was completed more than 90 days before the date of the short form prospectus;

(b) the most recently completed financial year of the business ended more than 90 days before the date of the short form prospectus, if the acquisition either has not been completed at the date of the short form prospectus or was completed 90 days or less before the date of the short form prospectus; or

(c) if a business has not completed one financial year, the financial period from the date of formation to a date not more than 90 days before the date of the short form prospectus.

2. A balance sheet as at the date on which the periods referred to in paragraph 1 ended.

Interim Financial Statements

3. Statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for

(a) the most recently completed interim period of the business ended before the date of the acquisition or the proposed date of the acquisition and more than 60 days before the date of the short form prospectus; or

(b) the pre-acquisition period.

4. A balance sheet as at the date on which the period referred to in paragraph 3 ended.

Pro Forma Financial Statements

5. Pro forma financial statements prepared in accordance with section 4.5.

6. Pro forma earnings per share based on the financial statement referred to in paragraph 5.

(4)  Despite subsection (3), if the business was acquired before the date of the most recent audited balance sheet of the issuer included in the short form prospectus, the issuer may omit from the short form prospectus the balance sheets of the business referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4.

 Additional Financial Statements or Financial Information of the Business Filed or Released

5.3  (1)  An issuer shall include in its short form prospectus annual and interim financial statements of a business for a financial period that ended before the date of the acquisition and is more recent than the periods for which financial statements are required under section 5.2 if, before the short form prospectus is filed, the financial statements for the more recent period have been filed.

(2)  If, before the short form prospectus is filed, financial information of a business for a period more recent than the period for which financial statements are required under section 5.2 is publicly disseminated by news release or otherwise by, or on behalf of, the issuer, the issuer shall include in the short form prospectus the content of the news release or public communication.

 Exceptions to Disclosure Requirements for Multiple Acquisitions if More Recent Financial Statements Included

5.4  (1)  Despite section 5.2, an issuer may omit from a short form prospectus, the financial statements of a business for the financial year otherwise required under subsection 5.2 (3) if audited financial statements of the business are included in the short form prospectus for a financial year ended 90 days or less before the date of the short form prospectus.

(2)  Despite section 5.2, an issuer may omit from a short form prospectus the financial statements of a business for the interim period otherwise required under subsection 5.2 (3) if annual financial statements of the business are included in the short form prospectus for a financial year ended 90 days or less before the date of the short form prospectus.

 Exception to Disclosure Requirements for Multiple Acquisitions if Financial Year End Changed

5.5  Despite section 5.2, if a business changed its financial year end during the year for which financial statements are required to be included in the short form prospectus, the issuer may include financial statements for the transition year in satisfaction of the financial statements for the year under paragraphs 1 (a) and 1 (b) of subsection 5.2 (3) provided that the transition year is at least nine months.

 Audit Requirement for Financial Statements of a Business

5.6  Financial statements of a business included in a short form prospectus under this Part, other than pro forma financial statements, must be audited.

[am. B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 7.]

 Exception to Audit Requirement for Interim Financial Statements of a Business

5.7  Despite section 5.6, interim financial statements of a business included in a short form prospectus under this Part do not have to be audited.

[en. B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 8.]

 Exception to Audit Requirement for Recent Financial Statements of a Business

5.8  Despite section 5.6, an issuer may omit from its short form prospectus an audit report for the annual financial statements referred to in subsection 5.3 (2) if the financial statements have not been audited.

[en. B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 9.]

 Compilation Report for Pro Forma Financial Statements

5.9  The pro forma financial statements included in a short form prospectus under this Part shall be accompanied by a compilation report signed by the auditor and prepared in accordance with the Handbook.

 Scope

6.1  This Part applies only to

(a) significant dispositions completed during an issuer's most recently completed financial year; and

(b) significant dispositions completed during an issuer's current financial year,

but not to significant dispositions of business segments.

 Pro Forma Financial Statements

6.2  If an issuer has made a significant disposition referred to in clause (a) or (b) of section 6.1, the issuer shall include in its short form prospectus the following pro forma financial statements:

(1)  Pro Forma Balance Sheet — A pro forma balance sheet of the issuer prepared as at the date of the issuer's most recent balance sheet included in the short form prospectus to give effect to, as if they had taken place as at the date of the pro forma balance sheet, significant dispositions that have been completed, but are not reflected in the issuer's most recent balance sheet included in the short form prospectus.

(2)  Pro Forma Income Statement — Pro forma income statements of the issuer prepared to give effect to significant dispositions completed during

(a) the most recently completed financial year of the issuer as if they had taken place at the beginning of the most recently completed financial year of the issuer for which audited financial statements are included in the short form prospectus; and

(b) the issuer's current financial year for each of the financial periods referred to in clause (i) and (ii)

(i)  the most recently completed financial year of the issuer for which audited financial statements are included in the short form prospectus; and

(ii)  the most recently completed interim period of the issuer for which financial statements are included in the short form prospectus,

as if they had taken place at the beginning of the most recently completed financial year of the issuer for which audited financial statements are included in the short form prospectus.

(3)  If an issuer includes in a short form prospectus a pro forma financial statement prepared in accordance with subsection (2) which gives effect to more than one significant disposition, the pro forma financial statement shall separately identify each significant disposition.

(4)  If an issuer is required under this Part to include pro forma financial statements in a short form prospectus, the issuer shall include in the pro forma financial statements a description of the underlying assumptions on which the pro forma financial statements are prepared, cross-referred to each related pro forma adjustment.

(5)  Pro Forma Earnings per Share — If an issuer is required under this Part to include in a short form prospectus pro forma financial statements, the short form prospectus shall include pro forma earnings per share based on the pro forma financial statements referred to in this Part.

(6)  Presentation of Pro Forma Financial Statements for Significant Dispositions — Despite subsection (2), if an issuer is required to include in its short form prospectus pro forma financial statements prepared under section 4.5 and subsection (2) of this Part, the issuer shall prepare one set of pro forma financial statements which give effect to the significant acquisitions referred to in section 4.5 and the significant dispositions referred to in subsection 6.2 (2).

 Audit Requirement

7.1  The financial statements of an issuer included in a short form prospectus must be audited.

[en. B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 11.]

 Repealed

7.2  Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 12.]

 Exception to Audit Requirement

7.3  Despite section 7.1, the following financial statements do not have to be audited:

1. Comparative interim financial statements required to be incorporated by reference under paragraph (1) 3 of Item 12.1 or paragraph 2 of 12.2 of Form 44-101F3.

2. The comparative annual financial statements of the issuer for the most recently completed financial year if

(a) the financial statements are required to be incorporated by reference in a short form prospectus solely by reason of paragraph (1) 5 of Item 12.1 of Form 44-101F3;

(b) the auditor of the issuer has not issued an audit report on the financial statements; and

(c) comparative financial statements for the year preceding the most recently completed financial year are audited and are included in the short form prospectus.

3. The comparative interim financial statements of a credit supporter required to be incorporated by reference under Item 13.2 of Form 44-101F3.

[en. B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 13.]

 Repealed

7.4-7.5  Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 14.]

 Audit Committee Review of Financial Statements Included in a Short Form Prospectus

8.1  An issuer shall not file a short form prospectus unless each financial statement of a person or company included in the short form prospectus has been reviewed by the audit committee of the board of directors of the person or company, if the person or company has, or is required to have, an audit committee, and approved by the board of directors.

 Deemed Incorporation by Reference of Filed Documents

9.1  If an issuer does not incorporate by reference in its short form prospectus a document required to be incorporated by reference under Item 12.1 of Form 44-101F3, the document is deemed for purposes of securities legislation to be incorporated by reference in the issuer's short form prospectus as of the date of the short form prospectus to the extent not otherwise modified or superseded by a statement contained in the short form prospectus or in any other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference in the short form prospectus.

 Deemed Incorporation by Reference of Subsequently Filed Documents

9.2  If an issuer does not incorporate by reference in its short form prospectus a document required to be incorporated by reference under Item 12.2 of Form 44-101F3, the document is deemed for purposes of securities legislation to be incorporated by reference in the issuer's short form prospectus as of the date the issuer filed the document to the extent not otherwise modified or superseded by a statement contained in the short form prospectus or in any other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference in the short form prospectus.

 Interpretation of "Prospectus"

10.1  In this Part, a reference to a short form prospectus does not include a preliminary short form prospectus.

 Required Documents for Filing a Preliminary Short Form Prospectus

10.2  An issuer that files a preliminary short form prospectus shall

(a) file the following with the preliminary short form prospectus:

1. Signed Copy —A signed copy of the preliminary short form prospectus.

2. Qualification Certificate —A certificate executed on behalf of the issuer by one of its executive officers certifying that all of the criteria on which the issuer is relying in order to be qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus have been satisfied.

3. Material Incorporated by Reference —Copies of all material incorporated by reference in the preliminary short form prospectus and not previously filed.

4. Mining Reports —If the issuer has a mineral project, the technical reports required to be filed with a preliminary short form prospectus under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects if that National Instrument is in force and until that National Instrument is in force any technical report or certificate requested to be filed by the regulator.

5. Oil and Gas Reports — Any technical report or certificate relating to oil and gas properties prepared in accordance with National Policy Statement No. 2-B Guide for Engineers and Geologists Submitting Oil and Gas Reports to Canadian Provincial Securities Administrators that the regulator requests be filed and that was not previously filed, if the preliminary short form prospectus is filed on or before June 30, 2005, the issuer is engaged in oil and gas activities (as defined in National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities) and:

(i)  the issuer has not filed and is not required to have filed (alone or in the preliminary short form prospectus or as part of another filed document) the statement referred to in Item 1 of section 2.1 of National Instrument 51-101;

(ii)  the preliminary short form prospectus does not include and is not required to include audited financial statements for a financial year ended on or after December 31, 2003;

(iii)  if the preliminary short form prospectus is filed on or before March 30, 2004 for an initial public offering of securities, it does not include financial statements for a financial year or interim period that ends on or after December 31, 2003; and

(iv)  if the preliminary short form prospectus is filed after December 31, 2003 and during the issuer's first financial year, it does not include financial statements for an interim period that ends on or after December 31, 2003.

(b) deliver to the regulator, concurrently with the filing of the preliminary short form prospectus, the following:

1. Personal Information —For each director and executive officer of an issuer, each promoter of the issuer or, if the promoter is not an individual, each director and executive officer of the promoter, for whom the issuer has not previously delivered the following information, a statement containing that individual's

(i)  full name;

(ii)  position with or relationship to the issuer;

(iii)  employer's name and address, if other than the issuer;

(iv)  full residential address;

(v)  date and place of birth; and

(vi)  citizenship.

2. Authorization to Collect Information —An authorization in the form set out in Appendix A to the collection of personal information.

3. Calculation of Earnings Coverage —If the preliminary short form prospectus is filed for a proposed distribution of debt securities having a term to maturity in excess of one year or for a proposed distribution of preferred shares, a letter setting out the calculation of the earnings coverage.

4. Material Contracts —Copies of all material contracts to which the issuer is a party that have not previously been filed.

5. Reports and Valuations —A copy of each report or valuation referred to in the preliminary short form prospectus for which a consent is required to be filed under section 10.4 and that has not previously been filed, other than a technical report that

(i)  deals with a mineral project or oil and gas operations; and

(ii)  is not otherwise required to be filed under paragraphs 4 and 5 of clause 10.2 (a).

6. Auditor's Comfort Letter Regarding Audited Financial Statements — A signed letter to the regulator from the auditor of the issuer or of the business, as applicable, prepared in accordance with the form suggested for this circumstance by the Handbook, if a financial statement of an issuer or a business included in a preliminary short form prospectus is accompanied by an unsigned audit report.

7. Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 603/2004, s. 15 (b).]

[am. B.C. Regs. 342/2003, Sch. C, s. (a); 603/2004, s. 15.]

 Required Documents for Filing a Short Form Prospectus

10.3  An issuer that files a short form prospectus shall

(a) file the following with the short form prospectus:

1. Signed Copy —A signed copy of the short form prospectus.

2. Material Incorporated by Reference —Copies of all material incorporated by reference in the short form prospectus and not previously filed.

3. Issuer's Submission to Jurisdiction —A submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process of the issuer in the form set out in Appendix B, if an issuer is incorporated or organized in a foreign jurisdiction and does not have an office in Canada.

4. Non-Issuer's Submission to Jurisdiction —A submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process of the selling securityholder, promoter or credit supporter, as applicable, in the form set out in Appendix C, if a selling securityholder, promoter or credit supporter of an issuer is incorporated or organized under a foreign jurisdiction and does not have an office in Canada or is an individual who resides outside of Canada.

5. Expert's Consent —The consents required to be filed under section 10.4.

6. Credit Supporter's Consent —The written consent of the credit supporter to the inclusion of its financial statements in the short form prospectus, if financial statements of a credit supporter are required under Item 13.2 of Form 44-101F3 to be included in a short form prospectus and a certificate of the credit supporter is not required under Item 20.3 of Form 44-101F3 to be included in the short form prospectus.

7. Material Contracts —Copies of all material contracts to which the issuer is a party that have not previously been filed.

8. Other Mining Reports —If the issuer has a mineral project, any technical report, certificate or consent required to be filed with a short form prospectus under National Instrument 43-101, if that National Instrument is in force and until that National Instrument is in force, any technical report or certificate requested to be filed by a regulator and not previously filed.

9. Other Oil and Gas Reports — Any technical report or certificate relating to oil and gas properties prepared in accordance with National Policy Statement No. 2-B that the regulator requests be filed and that was not previously filed, if the short form prospectus is filed on or before June 30, 2005, the issuer is engaged in oil and gas activities (as defined in National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities) and:

(i)  the issuer has not filed and is not required to have filed (alone or in the short form prospectus or as part of another filed document) the statement referred to in Item 1 of section 2.1 of National Instrument 51-101;

(ii)  the short form prospectus does not include and is not required to include audited financial statements for a financial year ended on or after December 31, 2003;

(iii)  if the short form prospectus is filed on or before March 30, 2004 for an initial public offering of securities, it does not include financial statements for a financial year or interim period that ends on or after December 31, 2003; and

(iv)  if the short form prospectus is filed after December 31, 2003 and during the issuer's first financial year, it does not include financial statements for an interim period that ends on or after December 31, 2003.

10. Other Reports and Valuations — A copy of each report or valuation referred to in the short form prospectus, for which a consent is required to be filed under section 10.3 and that has not previously been delivered, other than a technical report that

(i)  deals with a mineral project or oil and gas activities of the issuer; and

(ii)  is not otherwise required to be filed under paragraph 8 or 9; and

(b) deliver to the regulators, no later than the filing of the short form prospectus,

1. Auditor's Comfort Letter Regarding Unaudited Financial Statements —

(i)  a comfort letter to the regulators from the auditor of the issuer or the business, as applicable, prepared in accordance with the relevant standards in the Handbook, if an unaudited financial statement of an issuer or a business is included in a short form prospectus;

(ii)  a comfort letter to the regulators from the auditor of the business, prepared in accordance with the relevant standards in the Handbook, if the prospectus includes unaudited financial information of a business that has been derived from financial statements of a business that are not included in the short form prospectus;

(iii)  a comfort letter to the regulators from the auditor of the business, prepared in accordance with the relevant standards in the Handbook, if a pro forma income statement of the issuer included in the short form prospectus includes results of the business that have been prepared in accordance with subsection 4.5 (4);

(iv)  a comfort letter to the regulators from the auditor of the issuer, prepared in accordance with the relevant standards of the Handbook, if a pro forma financial statement of the issuer included in the short form prospectus reflects the results of a significant disposition in accordance with Part 6 of this Instrument.

2. Blacklined Prospectus —A copy of the short form prospectus, blacklined to show changes from the preliminary short form prospectus.

[am. B.C. Reg. 342/2003, Sch. C, ss. (b) and (c).]

 Consent of Experts

10.4  (1)  If any solicitor, auditor, accountant, engineer or appraiser, or any other person or company whose profession gives authority to a statement made by that person or company, is named in a short form prospectus or an amendment to a short form prospectus, either directly or in a document incorporated by reference

(a) as having prepared or certified any part of the short form prospectus or the amendment,

(b) as having opined on financial statements from which selected information included in the short form prospectus has been derived and which audit opinion is referred to in the short form prospectus either directly or in a document incorporated by reference, or

(c) as having prepared or certified a report or valuation referred to in the short form prospectus or the amendment, either directly or in a document incorporated by reference,

the issuer shall file no later than the time the short form prospectus or the amendment is filed, the written consent of the person or company to being named and to that use of the report or valuation.

(2)  The consent referred to in subsection (1) shall

(a) refer to the report, valuation, statement or opinion stating the date of the report, valuation, statement or opinion, and

(b) contain a statement that the person or company referred to in subsection (1)

(i)  has read the short form prospectus, and

(ii)  has no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained in it that are

(A)  derived from the report, valuation, statement or opinion, or

(B)  within the knowledge of the person or company as a result of the services performed by the person or company in connection with the report, financial statements, valuation, statement or opinion.

(3)  In addition to any other requirement of this section, the consent of an auditor or accountant shall also state

(a) the dates of the financial statements on which the report of the person or company is made, and

(b) that the person or company has no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained in the short form prospectus that are

(i)  derived from the financial statements on which the person or company has reported, or

(ii)  within the knowledge of the person or company as a result of the audit of the financial statements.

(4)  Subsection (1) does not apply to an approved rating organization that issues a rating to the securities being distributed under the preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus.

 Filing of French Language Version

10.5  (1)  Except when the prospectus is filed in Québec, an issuer shall file a French language version of a preliminary short form prospectus, short form prospectus, any amendment to a preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus before sending the French language version of a preliminary short form prospectus, a short form prospectus or an amendment to an investor or prospective investor.

(2)  An issuer that has prepared a French language version of a preliminary short form prospectus, short form prospectus, amendment to a preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus shall file the French language version of the document in New Brunswick concurrently with or as soon as practicable after filing the English language version of the document in that Province.

 Prohibition on Filing

10.6  An issuer shall not file a preliminary short form prospectus or a short form prospectus if the issuer is in default in filing or delivering to the regulator a document required to be filed or delivered under securities legislation.

 Material Contracts

10.7  An issuer shall make available all material contracts referred to in a short form prospectus for inspection at a reasonable time and place in the local jurisdiction, without charge, during the distribution of the securities being offered under the short form prospectus.

 Form of Amendment

11.1  (1)  An amendment to a preliminary short form prospectus or a short form prospectus shall consist of either an amendment that does not fully restate the text of the preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus or an amended and restated preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus.

(2)  An amendment to a preliminary short form prospectus or a short form prospectus shall contain the certificates required by securities legislation and in the case of an amendment that does not restate the text of the preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus, shall be numbered and dated as follows:

"Amendment No. [insert amendment number] dated [insert date of amendment] to [Preliminary] Short Form Prospectus dated [insert date of preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus]."

 Required Documents for Filing an Amendment

11.2  An issuer that files an amendment to a preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus shall

(a) file a signed copy of the amendment;

(b) deliver to the regulator a copy of the preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus blacklined to show the changes made by the amendment, if the amendment is also a restatement of the preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus;

(c) file or deliver any supporting documents required under this Instrument or other provisions of securities legislation to be filed or delivered with a preliminary short form prospectus or a short form prospectus, as the case may be, unless the documents originally filed or delivered with the preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus as the case may be, are correct as of the date the amendment is filed; and

(d) file any consent letter required under this Instrument to be filed with a preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus, as the case may be.

 Auditor's Letter

11.3  If an amendment to a preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus materially affects, or relates to, an auditor's comfort letter filed under section 10.2 or 10.3 refers, the issuer shall file with the amendment a new auditor's comfort letter.

 Forwarding Amendments

11.4  An amendment to a preliminary short form prospectus shall be forwarded to each recipient of the preliminary short form prospectus according to the record of recipients to be maintained under securities legislation.

 Amendment to Preliminary Short Form Prospectus

11.5  The regulator shall issue a receipt for an amendment to a preliminary short form prospectus as soon as reasonably possible after the amendment is filed.

 Amendment to Short Form Prospectus

11.6  (1)  If, after a receipt is issued for a short form prospectus but prior to the completion of the distribution under such short form prospectus, securities in addition to the securities previously disclosed in the prospectus are to be distributed, the person or company making the distribution must file an amendment to the short form prospectus disclosing the additional securities, as soon as practical, and in any event no later than 10 days after the decision to increase the number of securities offered is made.

(2)  Except as required by securities legislation, the regulator shall issue a receipt for an amendment to a short form prospectus required to be filed under this section or under securities legislation unless the regulator considers that it is not in the public interest to do so.

(3)  The regulator shall not refuse to issue a receipt under subsection (2) without giving the person or company who filed the short form prospectus an opportunity to be heard.

(4)  Subject to subsection (5), a distribution or an additional distribution must not proceed until a receipt for an amendment to a short form prospectus that is required to be filed is issued by the regulator.

(5)  Subsection (4) does not apply to amendments to short form prospectuses of mutual funds.

 Non-fixed Price Offerings and Reduction of Offering Price under Short Form Prospectus

12.1  (1)  Every security distributed under a short form prospectus shall be distributed at a fixed price.

(2)  Despite subsection (1), securities for which the issuer is qualified under Part 2 to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus may be distributed for cash at non-fixed prices under a short form prospectus if, at the time of the filing of the preliminary short form prospectus, the securities have received a rating, on a provisional or final basis, from at least one approved rating organization.

(3)  Despite subsection (1), if securities are distributed for cash under a short form prospectus, the price of the securities may be decreased from the initial offering price disclosed in the short form prospectus and, after such a decrease, changed from time to time to an amount not greater than the initial offering price, without filing an amendment to the short form prospectus to reflect the change, if

(a) the securities are distributed through one or more underwriters that have agreed to purchase all of the securities at a specified price;

(b) the proceeds to be received by the issuer or selling securityholders or by the issuer and selling securityholders are disclosed in the short form prospectus as being fixed; and

(c) the underwriters have made a reasonable effort to sell all of the securities distributed under the short form prospectus at the initial offering price disclosed in the short form prospectus.

(4)  Despite subsections (2) and (3), the price at which securities may be acquired on exercise of rights shall be fixed.

 Use of Short Form Prospectus Disclosure in Securities Exchange Take-Over Bid Circular and Securities Exchange Issuer Bid Circular

13.1  (1)  An issuer that makes a take-over bid or an issuer bid that includes consideration consisting, in whole or in part, of the issuer's securities satisfies the requirement in securities legislation to include, in a securities exchange take-over bid circular or a securities exchange issuer bid circular, the information prescribed by the form of prospectus appropriate for the issuer by including, in the securities exchange take-over bid circular or the securities exchange issuer bid circular, the information required under this Instrument to be included in a short form prospectus, if the issuer's securities offered as consideration are of a type for which the issuer is qualified under section 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 or 2.8 to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus.

(2)  In determining, for the purpose of subsection (1), whether an issuer is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus under section 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 or 2.8, references in those sections to the time of the filing of a preliminary short form prospectus shall be read as references to the time of the filing of the securities exchange take-over bid circular or securities exchange issuer bid circular.

 Use of Short Form Prospectus Disclosure in Information Circular

13.2  (1)  An issuer, that sends an information circular to securityholders disclosing information on a proposed reorganization that involves the issuer distributing its securities, satisfies the requirement in securities legislation to include in an information circular the information prescribed by the form of prospectus appropriate for the issuer by including in the information circular, the information required under this Instrument to be included in a short form prospectus, if the issuer's securities to be distributed in connection with the reorganization are of a type for which the issuer is qualified under section 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 or 2.8 to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus.

(2)  In determining, for the purpose of subsection (1), whether an issuer is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus under section 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 or 2.8, references in those sections to the time of the filing of a preliminary short form prospectus shall be read as references to the time of the filing of the information circular.

 Information Circular Disclosure Regarding Availability of Information

13.3  An issuer that has a current AIF and sends its information circular, as required under securities legislation, to securityholders shall

(a) send, upon request to the secretary of the issuer, a copy of the following documents to the person or company making the request and, in the case of a securityholder, without charge:

1. The issuer's current AIF, together with one copy of any document, or the pertinent pages of any document, incorporated by reference in the current AIF.

2. The issuer's most recently filed comparative annual financial statements, together with the accompanying report of the auditor, and any interim financial statements of the issuer that have been filed for any period after the end of its most recently completed financial year.

3. The issuer's information circular for its most recent annual meeting of shareholders that involved the election of directors or any annual filing prepared instead of that information circular, as appropriate; and

(b) include in its information circular a statement describing the availability, without charge to a securityholder, upon request made to the secretary of the issuer, of the documents listed in paragraph (a).

 Solicitations of Expressions of Interest

14.1  The prospectus requirement does not apply to solicitations of expressions of interest before the filing of a preliminary short form prospectus for securities to be qualified for distribution under a short form prospectus in accordance with this Instrument, if

(a) the issuer has entered into an enforceable agreement with an underwriter who has, or underwriters who have, agreed to purchase the securities;

(b) the agreement referred to in paragraph (a) has fixed the terms of the distribution and requires that the issuer file a preliminary short form prospectus for the securities and obtain a receipt for the preliminary short form prospectus from

(i)  the 44-101 regulator dated not more than two business days after the date that the agreement is entered into, if the issuer has elected to use the MRRS; or

(ii)  if the issuer has not elected to use the MRRS

(A)  the regulator in at least one jurisdiction, dated not more than two business days after the date that the agreement is entered into, and

(B)  the Canadian securities regulatory authorities in any other jurisdictions in which the distribution is to be made, dated not more than three business days after the date that the agreement is entered into;

(c) the issuer has issued and filed a news release announcing the agreement immediately upon entering into the agreement;

(d) upon issuance of a receipt for the preliminary short form prospectus, a copy of the preliminary short form prospectus is sent to each person or company who has expressed an interest in acquiring the securities; and

(e) except as provided in paragraph (a), no agreement of purchase and sale for the securities is entered into until the short form prospectus has been filed and a receipt obtained.

 Exemption

15.1  (1)  The regulator or the securities regulatory authority may grant an exemption from the provisions of 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 and Alberta, only the regulator may grant such an exemption.

(3)  An application made to the securities regulatory authority or regulator for an exemption from the provisions of this Instrument shall include a letter or memorandum describing the matters relating to the exemption, and indicating why consideration should be given to the granting of the exemption.

 Evidence of Exemption

15.2  (1)  Subject to subsection (2) and without limiting the manner in which an exemption under this Part may be evidenced, the granting under this Part of an exemption, other than an exemption, in whole or in part, from Part 2, may be evidenced by the issuance of a receipt for a short form prospectus or an amendment to a short form prospectus.

(2)  An exemption under this Part may be evidenced in the manner set out in subsection (1) only if

(a) the person or company that sought the exemption

(i)  sent to the regulator the letter or memorandum referred to in subsection 15.1 (3) on or before the date of the filing of the preliminary short form prospectus, or

(ii)  sent to the regulator the letter or memorandum referred to in subsection 15.1 (3) after the date of the filing of the preliminary short form prospectus and received a written acknowledgement from the regulator that the exemption may be evidenced in the manner set out in subsection (1); and

(b) the Director has not before, or concurrently with, the issuance of the receipt sent notice to the person or company that sought the exemption, that the exemption sought may not be evidenced in the manner set out in subsection (1).

 Exemption under Prior Policy

15.3  An issuer that, immediately before the time this Instrument came into force, was eligible to participate in the prompt offering qualification system contemplated by NP47 under an exemption, ruling, order, decision or other action of the securities regulatory authority or regulator, other than a blanket ruling or order, is qualified to file a prospectus in the form of a short form prospectus, in reliance on the exemption, ruling, order, decision or other action and subject to the same conditions, if any, as are in the action, until the earliest of

(a) the end of the period for which the AIF filed by the issuer before this Instrument came into force is a current AIF under this Instrument;

(b) the expiration of the action; and

(c) the revocation of the action by the securities regulatory authority or the regulator.

 Effective Date

16.1  This Instrument shall come into force on December 31, 2000.

(a) has been notified by the Issuer

(i)  of the Issuer's delivery to the regulator of the information pertaining to the person or company as set out in Schedule 1,

(ii)  that such information is being collected indirectly by the regulator under the authority granted to it in securities legislation,

(iii)  that such information is being collected for the purpose of enabling the regulator to discharge his/her obligations under the provisions of securities legislation that, among other things, require or permit the regulator to refuse to issue a receipt for a prospectus if it appears to the regulator that the past conduct of management or promoters of the issuer affords reasonable grounds for belief that the business of the issuer will not be conducted with integrity and in the best interests of its securityholders, and

(iv)  that the title, business address and business telephone number of the public official in the local jurisdiction as set out in the attached Schedule 2, who can answer questions about the regulator's indirect collection of the information; and

(b) has authorized the indirect collection of the information by the regulator.

1. Name of issuer (the "Issuer"):
.........................................................................................

2. Jurisdiction of incorporation, or equivalent, of Issuer:
.........................................................................................

3. Address of principal place of business of Issuer:
.........................................................................................

4. Description of securities (the "Securities"):
.........................................................................................

5. Date of the short form prospectus (the "Short Form Prospectus") under which the Securities are offered:
.........................................................................................

6. Name of agent for service of process (the "Agent"):
..........................................................................................

7. Address for service of process of Agent in Canada (the address may be anywhere in Canada):
..........................................................................................

8. The Issuer designates and appoints the Agent at the address of the Agent stated above as its agent upon whom may be served any notice, pleading, subpoena, summons or other process in any action, investigation or administrative, criminal, quasi-criminal, penal or other proceeding (the "Proceeding") arising out of, relating to or concerning the distribution of the Securities made or purported to be made under the Short Form Prospectus or the obligations of the Issuer as a reporting issuer, and irrevocably waives any right to raise as a defence in any such Proceeding any alleged lack of jurisdiction to bring such Proceeding.

9. The Issuer irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of

(a) the judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative tribunals of each of the provinces [and territories] of Canada in which the securities are distributed under the Short Form Prospectus; and

(b) any administrative proceeding in any such province [or territory],

in any Proceeding arising out of or related to or concerning the distribution of the Securities made or purported to be made under the Short Form Prospectus or the obligations of the issuer as a reporting issuer.

10. Until six years after it has ceased to be a reporting issuer in any Canadian province or territory, the Issuer shall file a new submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process in this form at least 30 days before termination of this submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process.

11. Until six years after it has ceased to be a reporting issuer in any Canadian province or territory, the Issuer shall file an amended submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process at least 30 days before any change in the name or above address of the Agent.

12. This submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [insert province or territory of above address of Agent].

1. Name of issuer (the "Issuer"):
......................................................................................

2. Jurisdiction of incorporation, or equivalent, of Issuer:
......................................................................................

3. Address of principal place of business of Issuer:
......................................................................................

4. Description of securities (the "Securities"):
.......................................................................................

5. Date of the short form prospectus (the "Short Form Prospectus") under which the Securities are offered:
......................................................................................

6. Name of person filing this form (the "Filing Person"):
.......................................................................................

7. Filing Person's relationship to Issuer:
........................................................................................

8. Jurisdiction of incorporation, or equivalent, of Filing Person, if applicable, or jurisdiction of residence of Filing Person:
........................................................................................

9. Address of principal place of business of Filing Person:
........................................................................................

10. Name of agent for service of process (the "Agent"):
........................................................................................

11. Address for service of process of Agent in Canada (which address may be anywhere in Canada):
........................................................................................

12. The Filing Person designates and appoints the Agent at the address of the Agent stated above as its agent upon whom may be served any notice, pleading, subpoena, summons or other process in any action, investigation or administrative, criminal, quasi-criminal, penal or other proceeding (the "Proceeding") arising out of, relating to or concerning the distribution of the Securities made or purported to be made under the Short Form Prospectus, and irrevocably waives any right to raise as a defence in any such Proceeding any alleged lack of jurisdiction to bring the Proceeding.

13. The Filing Person irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of

(a) the judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative tribunals of each of the provinces [and territories] of Canada in which the securities are distributed under the Short Form Prospectus; and

(b) any administrative proceeding in any such province [or territory],

in any Proceeding arising out of or related to or concerning the distribution of the Securities made or purported to be made under the Short Form Prospectus.

14. Until six years after completion of the distribution of the Securities made under the Short Form Prospectus, the Filing Person shall file a new submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process in this form at least 30 days before termination of this submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process.

15. Until six years after completion of the distribution of the Securities under the Short Form Prospectus, the Filing Person shall file an amended submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process at least 30 days before a change in the name or above address of the Agent.

16. This submission to jurisdiction and appointment of agent for service of process shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [insert province or territory of above address of Agent].

(1) The objective of the short form prospectus is to provide information concerning the issuer that an investor needs in order to make an informed investment decision. This Form sets out specific disclosure requirements that are in addition to the general requirement under securities legislation to provide full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts relating to the securities to be distributed. Certain rules of specific application impose prospectus disclosure obligations in addition to those described in this Form.

(2) Terms used and not defined in this Form that are defined or interpreted in National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions shall bear that definition or interpretation. Other definitions are set out in National Instrument 14-101 Definitions.

(3) In determining the degree of detail required a standard of materiality should be applied. Materiality is a matter of judgement in the particular circumstance, and should generally be determined in relation to an item's significance to investors, analysts and other users of information. An item of information, or an aggregate of items, is considered material if it is probable that its omission or misstatement would influence or change an investment decision with respect to the issuer's securities. In determining whether information is material, take into account both quantitative and qualitative factors. The potential significance of items should be considered individually rather than on a net basis, if the items have an offsetting effect. This concept of materiality is consistent with the financial reporting notion of materiality contained in the Handbook.

(4) Unless an item specifically requires disclosure only in the preliminary short form prospectus, the disclosure requirements set out in this Form apply to both the preliminary short form prospectus and the short form prospectus. Details concerning the price and other matters dependent upon or relating to price, such as the number of securities being distributed, may be left out of the preliminary short form prospectus, along with specifics concerning the plan of distribution, to the extent that these matters have not been decided.

(5) Any information required in a short form prospectus may be incorporated by reference in the short form prospectus, other than confidential material change reports. Clearly identify in a short form prospectus any document incorporated by reference. If an excerpt of a document is incorporated by reference, clearly identify the excerpt in the short form prospectus by caption and paragraph of the document. Any material incorporated by reference in a short form prospectus is required under sections 10.2 and 10.3 of National Instrument 44-101 to be filed with the short form prospectus unless it has been previously filed.

(6) The disclosure must be understandable to readers and presented in any easy to read format. The presentation of information should comply with the plain language principles listed in section 9.2 of Companion Policy 44-101CP Short Form Prospectus Distributions. If technical terms are required, clear and concise explanations should be included.

(7) No reference need be made to inapplicable items and, unless otherwise required in this Form, negative answers to items may be omitted.

(8) Where the term "issuer" is used, it may be necessary, in order to meet the requirement for full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts, to also include disclosure with respect to the issuer's subsidiaries and investees. If it is more likely than not that a person or company will become a subsidiary or investee, it may be necessary to also include disclosure with respect to the person or company.

(9) An issuer that is a special purpose vehicle may have to modify the disclosure items to reflect the special purpose nature of its business.

(10) If disclosure is required as of a specific date and there has been a material change or change that is otherwise significant in the required information subsequent to that date, present the information as of the date of the change or a date subsequent to the change instead.

(11) If the term "class" is used in any item to describe securities, the term includes a series of a class.

(12) Disclosure in a preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus must be consistent with National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities if the issuer is engaged in oil and gas activities (as defined in National Instrument 51-101) and:

(a) has filed or is required to have filed (or has included or is required to have included in another filed document) audited annual financial statements for a financial year that ends on or after December 31, 2003;

(b) has, prior to the date on which it is required to have filed audited financial statements for a financial year that ends on or after December 31, 2003, filed or is required to have filed (or has included or is required to have included in another filed document) the statement referred to in Item 1 of section 2.1 of National Instrument 51-101;

(c) is filing a preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus:

(i)  that includes or is required to include audited financial statements for a financial year ended on or after December 31, 2003;

(ii)  after March 30, 2004 for an initial public offering of securities, and the prospectus includes financial statements for a financial year or interim period that ends on or after December 31, 2003; or

(iii)  after December 31, 2003 and during the issuer's first financial year, and the prospectus includes financial statements for an interim period that ends on or after December 31, 2003; or

(d) indicates in the preliminary short form prospectus or short form prospectus that information disclosed therein is presented in accordance with National Instrument 51-101.

"No securities regulatory authority has expressed an opinion about these securities and it is an offence to claim otherwise."

"A copy of this preliminary short form prospectus has been filed with the securities regulatory authority(ies) in [each of/certain of the provinces/provinces and territories of Canada] but has not yet become final for the purpose of the sale of securities. Information contained in this preliminary short form prospectus may not be complete and may have to be amended. The securities may not be sold until a receipt for the short form prospectus is obtained from the securities regulatory authority(ies)."

(i)  inserting the names of each jurisdiction in which the issuer intends to offer securities under the short form prospectus;

(ii)  stating that the filing has been made in each of the provinces of Canada or each of the provinces and territories; or

(iii)  identifying the filing jurisdictions by exception (i.e., every province of Canada or every province and territory of Canada, except [excluded jurisdiction]).

[number and type of securities qualified for distribution under the short form prospectus, including any options or warrants, and the price per security]

(1) The description of the number and type of securities being distributed shall include the restricted share terms, if any, prescribed by securities legislation.

(2) If the offering price is in a currency other than the Canadian dollar or the U.S. dollar, comply with the exchange rate disclosure requirements of National Policy Statement No. 14 Acceptability of Currencies in Material Filed with Securities Regulatory Authorities, or any successor instrument.

(1) If the securities are being distributed for cash, provide the information called for below, in substantially the following tabular form or in a note to the table:

(2) If there is an over-allotment option, describe the terms of the option and the fact that the short form prospectus qualifies both the grant of the option and the issuance or transfer of securities that will be issued or transferred if the option is exercised.

(3) If the distribution of the securities is to be on a best efforts basis, provide totals for both the minimum and maximum subscriptions, if applicable.

(4) If debt securities are distributed at a premium or a discount, state in bold type the effective yield if held to maturity.

(5) Disclose separately those securities that are underwritten, those under option and those to be sold on a best efforts basis and, in the case of a best efforts distribution, the latest date that the distribution is to remain open.

(6) In column (b) of the table, disclose only commissions paid or payable in cash by the issuer or selling securityholder and discounts granted. Set out in a note to the table

(a) commissions or other consideration paid or payable by persons or companies other than the issuer or selling securityholder;

(b) consideration other than discounts granted and cash paid or payable by the issuer or selling securityholder, including warrants and options; and

(c) any finder's fees or similar required payment.

(7) If a security is being distributed for the account of a selling securityholder, state the name of the selling securityholder and a cross-reference to the applicable section in the short form prospectus where further information about the selling securityholder is provided. State the portion of expenses of the distribution to be borne by the selling securityholder and, if none of the expenses of the distribution are being borne by the selling securityholder, include a statement to that effect and discuss the reasons why this is the case.

(8) If the underwriter has been granted a compensation option, state whether the short form prospectus qualifies the grant of all or part of the compensation option and provide a cross-reference to the applicable section in the short form prospectus where further information about the compensation option is provided.

(1) Estimate amounts, if necessary. For non-fixed price distributions that are being made on a best efforts basis, disclosure of the information called for by the table may be set forth as a percentage or a range of percentages and need not be set forth in tabular form.

(2) If debt securities are being distributed, express the information as a percentage.

(a) the discount allowed or commission payable to the underwriter;

(b) any other compensation payable to the underwriter and, if applicable, that the underwriter's compensation will be increased or decreased by the amount by which the aggregate price paid for the securities by the purchasers exceeds or is less than the gross proceeds paid by the underwriter to the issuer or selling securityholder;

(c) that the securities to be distributed under the short form prospectus will be distributed, as applicable, at

(i)  prices determined by reference to the prevailing price of a specified security in a specified market,

(ii)  market prices prevailing at the time of sale, or

(iii)  prices to be negotiated with purchasers;

(d) that prices may vary as between purchasers and during the period of distribution;

(e) if the price of the securities is to be determined by reference to the prevailing price of a specified security in a specified market, the price of the specified security in the specified market at the latest practicable date;

(f) if the price of the securities will be the market price prevailing at the time of sale, the market price at the latest practicable date; and

(g) the net proceeds or, if the distribution is to be made on a best efforts basis, the minimum amount of net proceeds, if any, to be received by the issuer or selling securityholder.

(1) Identify the exchange(s) and quotation system(s), if any, on which securities of the issuer of the same class as the securities being distributed are traded or quoted and the market price of those securities as of the latest practicable date.

(2) Disclose any intention to stabilize the market and provide a cross-reference to the section in the short form prospectus where further information about market stabilization is provided.

(3) If no market for the securities being distributed under the short form prospectus exists or is to exist after the distribution, state the following in bold type:

"There is no market through which these securities may be sold and purchasers may not be able to resell securities purchased under the short form prospectus."

(1) State the name of each underwriter.

(2) If applicable,

(a) until Multilateral Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts comes into force, provide the disclosure required by Item 15 of Appendix B of National Policy Statement No. 47 Prompt Offering Qualification System as that National Policy read immediately before it was revoked; and

(b) after Multilateral Instrument 33-105 comes into force, comply with the requirements of Multilateral Instrument 33-105 for cover page prospectus disclosure.

(3) If an underwriter has agreed to purchase all of the securities being distributed at a specified price and the underwriter's obligations are subject to conditions, state the following, with the bracketed information completed:

"We, as principals, conditionally offer these securities, subject to prior sale, if, as and when issued by [name of issuer] and accepted by us in accordance with the conditions contained in the underwriting agreement referred to under Plan of Distribution."

(4) If an underwriter has agreed to purchase a specified number or principal amount of the securities at a specified price, state that the securities are to be taken up by the underwriter, if at all, on or before a date not later than 42 days after the date of the receipt for the short form prospectus.

(5) If there is no underwriter involved in the distribution, provide a statement in bold type to the effect that no underwriter has been involved in the preparation of the short form prospectus or performed any review of the contents of the short form prospectus.

(a) the percentage of the votes attaching to all voting securities of the subsidiary represented by voting securities beneficially owned, or over which control or direction is exercised, by the issuer;

(b) the percentage of each class of non-voting securities beneficially owned, or over which control or direction is exercised, by the issuer; and

(c) the place of incorporation or continuance.

(a) the total assets of the subsidiary do not constitute more than 10 per cent of the consolidated assets of the issuer at the most recent financial year end;

(b) the sales and operating revenues of the subsidiary do not exceed 10 per cent of the consolidated sales and operating revenues of the issuer at the most recent financial year end; and

(c) the conditions in paragraphs (a) and (b) would be satisfied if

(i)  the subsidiaries that may be omitted under paragraphs (a) and (b) were considered in the aggregate, and

(ii)  the reference to 10 per cent in those paragraphs were changed to 20 per cent.

(1) If the securities being distributed are debt securities having a term to maturity in excess of one year or are preferred shares, disclose the following earnings coverage ratios adjusted in accordance with paragraph (2):

1 The earnings coverage ratio based on the 12 month period ended on the last day of the most recently completed period for which audited annual financial statements of the issuer have been, or are required to have been, filed with any Canadian securities regulatory authority.

2. The earnings coverage ratio based on the 12 month period ended on the last day of the most recently completed period for which interim financial statements of the issuer have been, or are required to have been, filed with any Canadian securities regulatory authority, if the period is subsequent to the last day of the most recently completed period for which audited annual financial statements of the issuer have been, or are required to have been, filed with any Canadian securities regulatory authority.

(2) Adjust the ratios referred to in paragraph (1) to reflect

(a) the issuance of the securities being distributed under the short form prospectus, based on the price at which these securities are expected to be distributed;

(b) in the case of a distribution of preferred shares,

(i)  all preferred shares issued since the date of the annual or interim financial statements, and

(ii)  all preferred shares repurchased, redeemed, or otherwise retired since the date of the annual or interim financial statements and all preferred shares to be repurchased, redeemed, or otherwise retired from the proceeds to be realized from the sale of securities under the short form prospectus;

(c) the issuance of all long-term financial liabilities, as defined in accordance with the issuer's GAAP;

(d) the repayment, redemption or other retirement of all long-term financial liabilities, as defined in accordance with the issuer's GAAP, since the date of the annual or interim financial statements and all long-term financial liabilities to be repaid or redeemed from the proceeds to be realized from the sale of securities distributed under the short form prospectus; and

(e) the servicing costs that were incurred, or are expected to be incurred, in relation to the adjustments.

(3) If the issuer is distributing, or has outstanding, debt securities that are accounted for, in whole or in part, as equity, disclose in notes to the ratios required under paragraph (1)

(a) that the ratios have been calculated excluding the carrying charges for those securities that have been reflected in equity in the calculation of the issuer's interest and dividend obligations;

(b) that if those securities had been accounted for in their entirety as debt for the purpose of calculating the ratios required under paragraph (1), the entire amount of the annual carrying charges for those securities would have been reflected in the calculation of the issuer's interest and dividend obligations; and

(c) the earnings coverage ratios for the periods referred to in paragraph (1), calculated as though those securities had been accounted for as debt.

(1) Cash flow coverage may be disclosed but only as a supplement to earnings coverage and only if the method of calculation is fully disclosed. Earnings coverage is calculated by dividing an entity's earnings (the numerator) by its interest and dividend obligations (the denominator).

(2) For the earnings coverage calculation

(a) the numerator should be calculated using consolidated net income before interest and income taxes;

(b) imputed interest income from the proceeds of a distribution should not be added to the numerator;

(c) an issuer may also present, as supplementary disclosure, a coverage calculation based on earnings before discontinued operations and extraordinary items;

(d) for distributions of debt securities, the appropriate denominator is interest expense determined in accordance with the issuer's GAAP, after giving effect to the new debt issue and any retirement of obligations plus the amount of interest that has been capitalized during the period;

(e) for distributions of preferred shares

(i)  the appropriate denominator is dividends declared during the period, together with undeclared dividends on cumulative preferred shares, after giving effect to the new preferred share issue, plus the issuer's annual interest requirements, including the amount of interest that has been capitalized during the period, less any retirement obligations,

(ii)  the coverage calculation should gross up dividends to a before-tax equivalent (the "prior deduction method") using the issuer's effective income tax rate (the rate that is reconciled to the basic income tax rate in the issuer's financial statement notes), and

(iii)  the combined interest and dividend method (the "combined method"), and not the prior deduction method, should be used to calculate earnings coverage; and

(f) for distributions of both debt securities and preferred shares, the appropriate denominator is the same as for a preferred share issue, except that the denominator should also reflect the effect of the debt being offered pursuant to the short form prospectus.

(3) The prior deduction method referred to in Instruction 2 (e) (ii) reflects the net coverage for preferred dividends after meeting interest obligations and results in a higher ratio than the combined method. As investors may falsely interpret the higher ratio as indicating less risk, without appreciating the fact that debtholders rank before preferred shareholders, the combined method should be used, although disclosure of a supplementary coverage ratio calculated using the prior deduction method is permitted.

(4) The denominator represents a pro forma calculation of the aggregate of an issuer's interest obligations on all long-term debt and dividend obligations (including both dividends declared and undeclared dividends on cumulative preferred shares) with respect to all outstanding preferred shares, as adjusted to reflect

(a) the issuance of all long-term debt and, in addition in the case of an issuance of preferred shares, all preferred shares issued, since the date of the annual or interim financial statements;

(b) the issuance of the securities that are to be distributed under the short form prospectus, based on a reasonable estimate of the price at which these securities will be distributed;

(c) the repayment or redemption of all long-term debt since the date of the annual or interim financial statements, all long-term debt to be repaid or redeemed from the proceeds to be realized from the sale of securities under the short form prospectus and, in addition, in the case of an issuance of preferred shares, all preferred shares repaid or redeemed since the date of the annual or interim financial statements and all preferred shares to be repaid or redeemed from the proceeds to be realized from the sale of securities under the short form prospectus; and

(d) the servicing costs that were incurred, or will be incurred, in relation to the above adjustments.

(5) If meaningful in the circumstances, the earnings coverage ratio must be calculated and disclosed based on a pro forma income statement that is included in a short form prospectus.

(6) For debt securities, disclosure of earnings coverage shall include language similar to the following:

"The Company's interest requirements, after giving effect to the issue of [the debt securities to be distributed under the short form prospectus], amounted to $• for the 12 months ended •. The Company's earnings before interest and income tax for the 12 months then ended was $•, which is • times the Company's interest requirements for this period."

(7) For preferred share issues, disclosure of earnings coverage shall include language similar to the following:

"The Company's dividend requirements on all of its preferred shares, after giving effect to the issue of [the preferred shares to be distributed under the short form prospectus], and adjusted to a before-tax equivalent using an effective income tax rate of •%, amounted to $• for the 12 months ended •. The Company's interest requirements for the 12 months then ended amounted to $•. The Company's earnings before interest and income tax for the 12 months ended • was $•, which is • times the Company's aggregate dividend and interest requirements for this period."

(8) If the issuer is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a credit supporter, has no operations or only minimal operations, that are independent of the credit supporter and is an entity that functions essentially as a special purpose vehicle, disclose the earnings coverage of the credit supporter. If this disclosure is included, the earnings coverage of the issuer may not be material and, if not material, may be omitted. If the issuer is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the credit supporter but has more than minimal operations that are independent of the credit supporter, or if the issuer is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of the credit supporter, the earnings coverage of both the credit supporter and the issuer shall be disclosed.

(9) If the earnings coverage is less than one-to-one, disclose this fact in bold-face on the cover page of the short form prospectus. While the actual coverage ratio should not be disclosed in these circumstances, the dollar amount of the coverage deficiency (i.e., the dollar amount of earnings required to attain a ratio of one-to-one) should be disclosed in the body of the short form prospectus.

(10) Other earnings coverage calculations may be included as supplementary disclosure to the required earnings coverage calculations outlined above as long as their derivation is disclosed and they are not given greater prominence than the required earnings coverage calculations.

(a) dividend rights;

(b) voting rights;

(c) rights upon dissolution or winding up;

(d) pre-emptive rights;

(e) conversion or exchange rights;

(f) redemption, retraction, purchase for cancellation or surrender provisions;

(g) sinking or purchase fund provisions;

(h) provisions permitting or restricting the issuance of additional securities and any other material restrictions; and

(i) provisions requiring a shareholder to contribute additional capital.

(a) provisions for interest rate, maturity and premium, if any;

(b) conversion or exchange rights;

(c) redemption, retraction, purchase for cancellation or surrender provisions;

(d) sinking or purchase fund provisions;

(e) the nature and priority of any security for the debt securities, briefly identifying the principal properties subject to lien or charge;

(f) provisions permitting or restricting the issuance of additional securities, the incurring of additional indebtedness and other material negative covenants including restrictions against payment of dividends and restrictions against giving security on the assets of the issuer or its subsidiaries and provisions as to the release or substitution of assets securing the debt securities;

(g) the name of the trustee under any indenture relating to the debt securities and the nature of any material relationship between the trustee or any of its affiliates and the issuer or any of its affiliates; and

(h) any financial arrangements between the issuer and any of its affiliates or among its affiliates that could affect the security for the indebtedness.

(a) the material attributes and characteristics of the asset-backed securities, including

(i)  the rate of interest or stipulated yield and any premium,

(ii)  the date for repayment of principal or return of capital and any circumstances in which payments of principal or capital may be made before such date, including any redemption or pre-payment obligations or privileges of the issuer and any events that may trigger early liquidation or amortization of the underlying pool of financial assets,

(iii)  provisions for the accumulation of cash flows to provide for the repayment of principal or return of capital,

(iv)  provisions permitting or restricting the issuance of additional securities and any other material negative covenants applicable to the issuer,

(v)  the nature, order and priority of the entitlements of holders of asset-backed securities and any other entitled persons or companies to receive cash flows generated from the underlying pool of financial assets, and

(vi)  any events, covenants, standards or preconditions that may reasonably be expected to affect the timing or amount of payments or distributions to be made under the asset-backed securities, including those that are dependent or based on the economic performance of the underlying pool of financial assets;

(b) information on the underlying pool of financial assets, for the period from the date as at which the following information was presented in the issuer's current AIF to a date not more than 90 days before the date of the issuance of a receipt for the preliminary short form prospectus, of

(i)  the composition of the pool as of the end of the period,

(ii)  income and losses from the pool for the period, presented on an at least an annual basis or such shorter period as is reasonable given the nature of the underlying pool of assets, and

(iii)  the payment, prepayment and collection experience of the pool for the period on at least an annual basis or such shorter period as is reasonable given the nature of the underlying pool of assets,

(c) the type or types of the financial assets, the manner in which the financial assets originated or will originate and, if applicable, the mechanism and terms of the agreement governing the transfer of the financial assets comprising the underlying pool to or through the issuer, including the consideration paid for the financial assets;

(d) any person or company who

(i)  originated, sold or deposited a material portion of the financial assets comprising the pool, or has agreed to do so,

(ii)  acts, or has agreed to act, as a trustee, custodian, bailee or agent of the issuer or any holder of the asset-backed securities, or in a similar capacity,

(iii)  administers or services a material portion of the financial assets comprising the pool or provides administrative or managerial services to the issuer, or has agreed to do so, on a conditional basis or otherwise, if

(A)  finding a replacement provider of the services at a cost comparable to the cost of the current provider is not reasonably likely,

(B)  a replacement provider of the services is likely to achieve materially worse results than the current provider,

(C)  the current provider of the services is likely to default in its service obligations because of its current financial condition, or

(D)  the disclosure is otherwise material,

(iv)  provides a guarantee, alternative credit support or other credit enhancement to support the obligations of the issuer under the asset-backed securities or the performance of some or all of the financial assets in the pool, or has agreed to do so, or

(v)  lends to the issuer in order to facilitate the timely payment or repayment of amounts payable under the asset-backed securities, or has agreed to do so;

(e) the general business activities and material responsibilities under the asset-backed securities of a person or company referred to in paragraph (d);

(f) the terms of any material relationships between

(i)  any of the persons or companies referred to in paragraph (d) or any of their respective affiliates, and

(ii)  the issuer;

(g) any provisions relating to termination of services or responsibilities of any of the persons or companies referred to in paragraph (d) and the terms on which a replacement may be appointed; and

(h) any risk factors associated with the asset-backed securities, including disclosure of material risks associated with changes in interest rates or prepayment levels, and any circumstances where payments on the asset-backed securities could be impaired or disrupted as a result of any reasonably foreseeable event that may delay, divert or disrupt the cash flows dedicated to service the asset-backed securities.

(1) Present the information required under paragraph (b) in a manner that will enable a reader to easily determine whether, and the extent to which, the events, covenants, standards and preconditions referred to in clause (a)(vi) have occurred, are being satisfied or may be satisfied.

(2) If the information required under paragraph (b) is not compiled specifically from the underlying pool of financial assets, but is compiled from a larger pool of the same assets from which the securitized assets are randomly selected such that the performance of the larger pool is representative of the performance of the pool of securitized assets, then an issuer may comply with paragraph (b) by providing the information required based on the larger pool and disclosing that it has done so.

(3) Issuers are required to summarize contractual arrangements in plain language and may not merely restate the text of the contracts referred to. The use of diagrams to illustrate the roles of, and the relationship among, the persons and companies referred to in paragraph (d) and the contractual arrangements underlying the asset-backed securities is encouraged.

(a) the calculation of the value or payment obligations under the derivatives;

(b) the exercise of the derivatives;

(c) the settlement of exercises of the derivatives;

(d) the underlying interest of the derivatives;

(e) the role of a calculation expert in connection with the derivatives;

(f) the role of any credit supporter of the derivatives; and

(g) the risk factors associated with the derivatives.

(a) each security rating, including a provisional rating, received from an approved rating organization;

(b) the name of each approved rating organization that has assigned a rating for the securities to be distributed;

(c) a definition or description of the category in which each approved rating organization rated the securities to be distributed and the relative rank of each rating within the organization's overall classification system;

(d) an explanation of what the rating addresses and what attributes, if any, of the securities to be distributed are not addressed by the rating;

(e) any factors or considerations identified by the approved rating organization as giving rise to unusual risks associated with the securities to be distributed;

(f) a statement that a security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the rating organization; and

(g) any announcement made by, or any proposed announcement known to the issuer to be made by, an approved rating organization that the organization is reviewing or intends to revise or withdraw a rating previously assigned and required to be disclosed under this paragraph.

(1) If the rights attaching to the securities being distributed are materially limited or qualified by the rights of any other class of securities, or if any other class of securities ranks ahead of or equally with the securities being distributed, include information about the other securities that will enable investors to understand the rights attaching to the securities being distributed.

(2) If securities of the class being distributed may be partially redeemed or repurchased, state the manner of selecting the securities to be redeemed or repurchased.

(1) This Item requires only a brief summary of the provisions that are material from an investment standpoint. The provisions attaching to the securities being distributed or any other class of securities do not need to be set out in full. They may, in the issuer's discretion, be attached as a schedule to the prospectus.

(2) No information need be given as to any class of securities that is to be redeemed or otherwise retired if appropriate steps to assure redemption or retirement have been or will be taken before or contemporaneously with the delivery of the securities being distributed.

1. The name of the securityholder.

2. The number or amount of securities owned by the securityholder of the class being distributed.

3. The number or amount of securities of the class being distributed for the account of the securityholder.

4. The number or amount of securities of the issuer of any class to be owned by the securityholder after the distribution, and the percentage that number or amount represents of the total outstanding.

5. Whether the securities referred to in paragraph 2, 3 or 4 are owned both of record and beneficially, of record only, or beneficially only.

6. The date or dates the securityholder acquired the securities.

7. If the securityholder in the 12 months preceding the date of the preliminary short form prospectus acquired any securities of the same class as the securities being distributed, the cost to the securityholder in the aggregate and on a per security basis.

(1) Disclose

(a) any significant acquisition completed by the issuer or any significant probable acquisition proposed by the issuer, for which financial statements are required under Part 4 or 5 of the National Instrument; and

(b) any significant disposition completed by the issuer during the most recently completed financial year or the current financial year for which pro forma financial statements are required under Part 6 of the National Instrument.

(2) Include particulars of

(a) the nature of the assets acquired or disposed of or to be acquired or disposed of;

(b) the actual or proposed date of each significant acquisition or significant disposition;

(c) the consideration, both monetary and non-monetary, paid or to be paid to or by the issuer;

(d) any material obligations that must be complied with to keep any significant acquisition or significant disposition agreement in good standing;

(e) the effect of the significant acquisition or significant disposition on the operating results and financial position of the issuer;

(f) any valuation opinion obtained within the last 12 months required under Canadian securities legislation or Canadian securities directions of a Canadian securities regulatory authority or a requirement of a Canadian stock exchange to support the value of the consideration received or paid by the issuer or any of its subsidiaries for the assets, including the name of the author, the date of the opinion, the assets to which the opinion relates and the value attributed to the assets; and

(g) whether the transaction is with an insider, associate, or affiliate of the issuer and if so, disclose the identity of the other parties and the relationship of the other parties to the issuer.

(3) Include the financial statements required under Part 4 of National Instrument 44-101.

(1) In addition to any other document that an issuer may choose to incorporate by reference, specifically incorporate by reference in the short form prospectus, by means of a statement in the short form prospectus to that effect, the documents set forth below:

1. The issuer's current AIF, if it has one.

2. Material change reports, except confidential material change reports, filed after the commencement of the issuer's current financial year.

3. The comparative interim financial statements for the issuer's most recently completed financial period for which the issuer prepares interim financial statements that have been filed.

4. The comparative financial statements, together with the accompanying report of the auditor, for the issuer's most recently completed financial year for which annual financial statements have been filed.

5. If, before the prospectus is filed, financial information about the issuer for a financial period more recent that the period for which financial statements are required under paragraphs 3 or 4 is publicly disseminated by, or on behalf of, the issuer through news release or otherwise, the content of the news release or public communication.

6. MD&A for the annual comparative financial statements referred to in paragraph 4.

7. MD&A relating to the issuer's interim financial statements included in the short form prospectus.

8. Except as provided in Item 12.5, information circulars or, for financial years beginning before January 1, 2004, if the issuer is not required under securities legislation to prepare information circulars, annual filings that, in each case, have been filed after the commencement of the issuer's current financial year.

(2) In the statement incorporating the documents listed in paragraph (1) by reference in a short form prospectus, clarify that the documents are not incorporated by reference to the extent their contents are modified or superseded by a statement contained in the short form prospectus or in any other subsequently filed document that is also incorporated by reference in the short form prospectus.

(3) If the issuer

(a) has filed an AIF in a form of current annual report on Form 10-K, Form 10-KSB or Form 20-F under the 1934 Act, as permitted under section 3.4 of National Instrument 44-101 and under NI 51-102;

(b) is required by subsection 4.1 (1) of NI 52-107 to provide a reconciliation to Canadian GAAP; and

(c) has based the discussion in the MD&A that forms part of the AIF on financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP,

the issuer shall incorporate by reference a supplement which shall restate, based on financial statements of the issuer prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP, those parts of the annual MD&A that are based on financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP which would read differently if they were based on financial statements prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP.

(1) Paragraph 3 of subsection (1), requires issuers to include interim financial statements for only the most recently completed three, six or nine month period. (See the definition of "interim period" in National Instrument 44-101.) Issuers that choose to incorporate additional interim financial statements are reminded that subsection 10.3 of National Instrument 44-101 requires a comfort letter from an auditor to be delivered, commenting on any unaudited financial statement included in the short form prospectus.

(2) Paragraph 5 of subsection (1) requires issuers to incorporate only the news release or other public communication through which more recent financial information is released to the public. However, if the financial statements from which the information in the news release has been derived have been filed, then the financial statements must be incorporated by reference.

(3) Paragraph 6 of subsection (1) is a document that forms part of or is incorporated by reference in an issuer's AIF.

(4) Any material incorporated by reference in a short form prospectus is required under sections 10.2 and 10.3 of National Instrument 44-101 to be filed with the short form prospectus unless it has been previously filed.

1. Material change reports, except confidential material change reports.

2. Comparative interim financial statements.

3. Comparative financial statements for the issuer's most recently completed financial year, together with the accompanying report of the auditor.

4. Except as provided in Item 12.5, information circulars or, for financial years beginning before January 1, 2004, if the issuer is not required under securities legislation to prepare information circulars, annual filings.

(1) An issuer is not required to incorporate by reference in a short form prospectus the disclosure required under securities legislation in an information circular or annual filing of

(a) the repricing downward of options or freestanding stock appreciation rights;

(b) the composition of the compensation committee of the board of directors of an issuer and its report on executive compensation; and

(c) a graph comparing the yearly percentage change in the issuer's cumulative total shareholder return on publicly traded securities with the cumulative total return of a broad equity market index or a published industry or line-of-business index or other issuers.

(2) An issuer is not required to incorporate by reference in a short form prospectus disclosure in an information circular of an issuer's corporate governance practices, if that disclosure is in the information circular in order to comply with disclosure requirements of an exchange or other market on which the issuer's securities trade.

(1) If a credit supporter has provided a guarantee or alternative credit support to the issuer for all or substantially all of the payments to be made under the securities to be distributed, provide the following disclosure about the issuer:

1. If the issuer is a wholly owned subsidiary of the credit supporter, has no operations or only minimal operations that are independent of the credit supporter and is an entity that functions essentially as a special purpose division of the credit supporter, a statement that the financial results of the issuer are included in the consolidated financial results of the credit supporter.

2. If the issuer is a wholly owned subsidiary of the credit supporter but has more than minimal operations that are independent of the credit supporter, a summary of financial information relating to the issuer's operations in a note to the most recent audited annual financial statements of the credit supporter included in the short form prospectus.

3. If the issuer is not a wholly owned subsidiary of the credit supporter, a full narrative description of the business of the issuer.

(2) If paragraph 3 of paragraph (1) applies to an issuer and the issuer does not have a current AIF that is incorporated by reference into the short form prospectus, include the required description either

(a) directly, or

(b) by incorporating by reference

(i)  if the issuer is a reporting issuer and has an annual information form that has been prepared in compliance with and filed under Canadian securities legislation of a jurisdiction and would be a current AIF if that annual information form had been filed under National Instrument 44-101, the issuer's annual information form and all other documents required to be incorporated by reference in a short form prospectus under Item 12, or

(ii)  if clause (i) is not applicable and the issuer has a class of securities registered under section 12 (b) or 12 (g) of the 1934 Act or is required to file reports under section 15 (d) of the 1934 Act, the issuer's latest annual report on Form 10-K or Form 20-F filed with the SEC under the 1934 Act or any other document that would be required to be incorporated by reference in a Form S-3 or Form F-3 registration statement filed under the 1933 Act if the issuer were registering on Form S-3 or Form F-3 the securities distributed under the short form prospectus.

1. If the credit supporter is a reporting issuer and has a current AIF or an annual information form that has been prepared in compliance with and filed under Canadian securities legislation of a jurisdiction and would be a current AIF if that annual information form had been filed under National Instrument 44-101, incorporating by reference into the short form prospectus the credit supporter's annual information form and all other documents that would be required to be incorporated by reference under Item 12 if the credit supporter were the issuer of the securities.

2. If paragraph 1 is not applicable and the credit supporter has a class of securities registered under section 12 (b) or 12 (g) of the 1934 Act or is required to file reports under section 15 (d) of the 1934 Act, incorporating by reference into the short form prospectus all documents that would be required to be incorporated by reference in a Form S-3 or Form F-3 registration statement filed under the 1933 Act if the securities distributed under the short form prospectus were being registered on Form S-3 or Form F-3.

3. If neither paragraph 1 nor paragraph 2 applies to the credit supporter, providing directly in the short form prospectus the same disclosure that would be contained in the short form prospectus through the incorporation by reference of the documents referred to in Item 12.1 if the credit supporter were the issuer of the securities and those documents had been prepared by the credit supporter.

4. Providing such other information about the credit supporter as is necessary to provide full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts concerning the securities to be distributed.

(a) until Multilateral Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts comes into force, provide the disclosure required by Item 15 of Appendix B of National Policy Statement No. 47 Prompt Offering Qualification System as that National Policy read immediately before it was revoked; and

(b) after Multilateral Instrument 33-105 comes into force, comply with the requirements of that Multilateral Instrument.

(1) Disclose all direct or indirect interests in the property of the issuer or of an associated party or affiliate of the issuer received or to be received by a person or company whose profession or business gives authority to a statement made by the person or company and who is named in a short form prospectus or a document specifically incorporated by reference in a short form prospectus as having prepared or certified a part of that document or a report or valuation described in a short form prospectus or in a document specifically incorporated by reference into a short form prospectus.

(2) Disclose the beneficial ownership, direct or indirect, by a person or company referred to in paragraph (1) of any securities of the issuer or any associated party or affiliate of the issuer.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), if ownership is less than one per cent, a general statement to that effect shall be sufficient.

(4) If a person, or a director, officer or employee of a person or company, referred to in paragraph (1) is or is expected to be elected, appointed or employed as a director, officer or employee of the issuer or of any associated party or affiliate of the issuer, disclose the fact or expectation.

(1) For a person or company that is, or has been within the two years immediately preceding the date of the preliminary short form prospectus, a promoter of the issuer or of a subsidiary of the issuer state

(a) the person or company's name;

(b) the number and percentage of each class of voting securities of the issuer or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or over which control is exercised by the person or company;

(c) the nature and amount of anything of value, including money, property, contracts, options or rights of any kind received or to be received by the promoter or a subsidiary of the promoter, directly or indirectly, from the issuer or from a subsidiary of the issuer, and the nature and amount of any assets, services or other consideration therefor received or to be received by the issuer or a subsidiary of the issuer; and

(d) for an asset acquired within the two years before the date of the preliminary short form prospectus or thereafter, or to be acquired, by the issuer or by a subsidiary of the issuer from a promoter or a subsidiary of a promoter

(i)  the consideration paid or to be paid for the asset and the method by which the consideration has been or will be determined,

(ii)  the person or company making the determination referred to in subparagraph (i) and the person or company's relationship with the issuer, the promoter, or an affiliate of the issuer or of the promoter, and

(iii)  the date that the asset was acquired by the promoter and the cost of the asset to the promoter.

(2) If a promoter or past promoter referred to in paragraph (1) has been a director, officer or promoter of any person or company during the 10 years ending on the date of the preliminary short form prospectus that

(a) was the subject of a cease trade or similar order, or an order that denied the person or company access to any exemptions under Canadian securities legislation, for a period of more than 30 consecutive days, state the fact and describe the basis on which the order was made and whether the order is still in effect; or

(b) became bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or been subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets, state the fact.

(3) Describe the penalties or sanctions imposed and the grounds on which they were imposed or the terms of the settlement agreement and the circumstances that gave rise to the settlement agreement, if a promoter or past promoter referred to in paragraph (1) has

(a) been subject to any penalties or sanctions imposed by a court relating to Canadian securities legislation or by a Canadian securities regulatory authority or has entered into a settlement agreement with a Canadian securities regulatory authority; or

(b) been subject to any other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or regulatory body that would be likely to be considered important to a reasonable investor in making an investment decision.

(4) Despite paragraph (3), no disclosure is required of a settlement agreement entered into before the date National Instrument 44-101 came into force unless the disclosure would likely be considered important to a reasonable investor in making an investment decision.

(5) If a promoter or past promoter referred to in paragraph (1) has, within the 10 years before the date of the preliminary short form prospectus, become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or was subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold the assets of the promoter, state the fact.

(a) the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer or, if no such officers have been appointed, a person acting on behalf of the issuer in a capacity similar to a chief executive officer and a person acting on behalf of the issuer in a capacity similar to that of a chief financial officer;

(b) on behalf of the board of directors of the issuer, any two directors of the issuer duly authorized to sign, other than the persons referred to in paragraph (a), and

(c) any person or company who is a promoter of the issuer:

"This short form prospectus, together with the documents incorporated herein by reference, constitutes full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts relating to the securities offered by this prospectus as required by the securities legislation of [insert name of each jurisdiction in which qualified]. [Insert if offering made in Québec — "For the purpose of the Province of Québec, this simplified prospectus, as supplemented by the permanent information record, contains no misrepresentation that is likely to affect the value or the market price of the securities to be distributed."]"

(a) the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer or, if no such officers have been appointed, a person acting on behalf of the related credit supporter in a capacity similar to a chief executive officer and a person acting on behalf of the related credit supporter in a capacity similar to that of a chief financial officer; and

(b) on behalf of the board of directors of the related credit supporter, any two directors of the related credit supporter duly authorized to sign, other than the persons referred to in paragraph (a).

(1) Include in an amendment to a short form prospectus that does not restate the short form prospectus the certificates required under Items 21.1, 21.2 and, if applicable, Item 21.3 with the reference in each certificate to "this short form prospectus" omitted and replaced by "the short form prospectus dated [insert date] as amended by this amendment".

(2) Include in an amended and restated short form prospectus the certificates required under Items 21.1, 21.2 and, if applicable, Item 21.3 with the reference in each certificate to "this short form prospectus" omitted and replaced by "this amended and restated short form prospectus".