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For the last 20 years, Canadian shareholders, corporate governance advocates, directors and securities regulators have focused on ensuring that public company boards are independent of management, and that boards are actually elected by shareholders.
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he Canadian Securities Administrators have adopted useful amendments to the rules for communication between reporting issuers and their shareholders, effective for meetings held on or after March 1, 2013.
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Whether it's a shooting in the workplace, a toxic chemical spill, industrial accident or natural disaster, the majority of employers are unprepared to deal with a workplace crisis.
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On December 20, 2012, the Canadian Securities Administrators, excluding Ontario and British Columbia, announced that they would be publishing harmonized interim local orders to provide exemptions from certain disclosure requirements relating to the use of the "OM exemption" under NI 45-106 and the use of Form 45-106F2 Offering memorandum for non-qualifying issuers.
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Food producer Ralcorp Holdings Inc. (RAH) refused to accept a takeover bid from rival ConAgra Foods Inc. in 2011. A year later, 39-year-old activist investor Keith Meister stepped in.
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The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has published OSC Staff Consultation Paper 45-710 Considerations for New Capital Raising Exemptions (the Paper) that discusses four concepts for new prospectus exemptions in Ontario on which the OSC is seeking feedback.
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Small and micro-cap firms seek disclosure and tick increment relief
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As management and the boards of public companies prepare for the challenges of 2013, there are several proxy advisory, corporate governance and securities law developments that should be considered and addressed by those companies and their counsel. The key changes for 2013 are summarized below.
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As companies spent the recent year-end holidays closing their fiscal books and creating program budgets for new products and services into 2013, a small and seemingly obscure clause in one of the widest reaching financial reform acts in modern history has added concern and challenge to product manufacturers across industry segments.
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2012 was a watershed for shareholder activism in Canada. While the number of proxy contests has increased over the last decade, rarely have Canada's largest companies been the target of activist activity, let alone the target of a successful activist campaign. This changed dramatically in 2012.
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