CLE Online

Day 1: Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Securities Case Law Update (12:00 – 1:00)

• Sandpiper v. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust
• Wong v. Pretium Resources Inc.
• Politan Capital Management LP v. Masimo Corporation
• Sharpe (Re), 2022 ONSEC 3
• Gascon v. Newmont Goldcorp., 2022 ONSC 2511
• Bam Bam Resources et al., Re New Point Exploration, 2023 BCSECCOM 170
• Eley v. Ontario Securities Commission, 2023 ONSC 2168

Cory Kent — McMillan LLP, Vancouver
Fred R. Pletcher — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Day 2: Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Corporate Finance Update (12:00 – 1:00) (pre-recorded presentation)

• TSX policy update on price of public offerings and Voting Agreements and Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (LIFE)
• LIFE: what it is, eligibility requirements, offering limitations, content of form, and process
• Well-Known Seasoned Issuer Exemption (WKSI): what is it, eligibility requirements, process, and disclosure requirements

James Beeby — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Chris Birkett, CPA, CA — Vice President, Toronto Stock Exchange, Vancouver

BREAK (1:00 – 1:15)

Digital Assets—A Primer and Discussion with the BCSC (1:15 – 2:15)

• what are digital assets and how do you classify them?
• Canadian regulatory regime vs. the global regulatory regime?
• use cases for digital assets
• key M&A considerations 
• other considerations

Julie Bogle — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Michael Brady — Deputy Director, Capital Market Regulation, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver
James R. Munro — McMillan LLP, Vancouver

Regulatory Update (2:15 – 3:00)

• new Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO)
  • amalgamation of IIROC and the MFDA
  • new SRO implementation and integration process
  • what to expect post-amalgamation
• TSX-V update
  • recap: CPC and Security Based Compensation Changes
  • $0.05 Minimum Price Changes
  • Listed Issuer Financing Exemption (LIFE)
  • Private Placements of Flow-through Securities involving Charities
  • LINX

Charlotte Bell — Senior Policy Counsel, TMX Group, Vancouver
Liz Coape-Arnold — Senior Legal Counsel, Capital Market Regulation, BC Securities Commission, Vancouver

Day 3: Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Executive Compensation and Clawback Policies (12:00 – 1:00)

Narendra Acharya — Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago
Andrew MacDougall — Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto

BREAK (1:00 – 1:15)

ESG Disclosure for Public Companies (1:15 – 2:15)

M. Joanna Cameron — Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Vancouver
Tamara Howarth — Vice President, Legal, Wheaton Precious Metals Corp., Vancouver

Advanced Notice Bylaws and Universal Proxy Rules in the US (2:15 – 3:15)

Jennifer Hansen — Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Vancouver
Ian Hazlett — Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Toronto