CLE Online

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