Securities Fundamentals 2019


Course Date: November 21, 2019

Full Course Materials
Total: 5h 44min
Total Ethics: 1h 3min

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement

Lucy H. Schilling — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver

Handling Funds and Practice Points

  • best practices for handling funds coming in and out of trust
  • cash transactions—what you can and can’t accept
  • Law Society requirements for electronic funds transfers
  • dealing with time sensitive transactions

Tina Kaminski, CPA, CGA, CFE, CAMS — Audit Team Leader, Law Society of BC, Vancouver

Governance—Board and Management

  • appointment of officers and committees
  • equity compensation
  • board composition
  • governance documents

Lucy H. Schilling — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver

Break

Listing on the TSX and TSX-Venture

  • listing requirements
  • tips, tricks, and best practices

David Babstock — Senior Manager, Listed Issuer Services, Toronto Stock Exchange, Vancouver
Jonathan Hudolin
— Senior Manager, Capital Formation, TSX Venture Exchange, Vancouver

Networking Lunch (Provided)

Listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE)

  • differences between the CSE and the TSX/TSXV
  • listing requirements
  • tips, tricks, and best practices

Mark Faulkner — Vice President, Listings & Regulation, Canadian Securities Exchange, Toronto

Pre-Public Financing

  • exemptions—how to use them and nuances
  • pricing
  • escrow agreements

Kathleen Keilty — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Trevor Simpson — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver

Break

Ways to Go Public

  • initial public offerings ("IPO")
  • non-offering prospectuses
  • reverse takeovers ("RTO")
  • capital pool company ("CPC"/QT)

Larissa M. Streu — Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate Finance, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
Kathy Tang — Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver

Living as a Public Company

  • new way of thinking—being a reporting issuer
  • continuous disclosure obligations
  • trading halts, insider trading/tipping, liability
  • corporate governance

Julie Bogle — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Melanie Bradley
— Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Closing Remarks