IR Leader
March 17, 2020
Things continue to move fast and change quickly. 

The health and safety of our members, sponsors, event attendees and employees are our first priority. As such, we have cancelled all in-person events until the end of April and will make some of these events available via webcast. 

For now, our Annual Conference in June will proceed as planned. We will continue to monitor developments and provide updates as the situation evolves. CIRI is accepting Conference registrations. Should the Conference be postponed or change format, your registration will be carried over to the new date/format. In the unlikely event that the Conference is canceled, CIRI will provide full refunds of registration fees to attendees.

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As COVID-19 continues to significantly impact our members personally and professionally, we felt it was important to keep you informed on how other organizations are being affected and responding. As such, CIRI conducted a second survey of corporate and consultant IROs on March 12 and have found that practices have changed considerably since the initial survey initiated on March 9. The data presented in the updated report is based on 26 responses and notes variances to our initial survey.

To view the updated (March 12) report, click here.
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In light of the rapidly evolving developments relating to COVID-19 and the social distancing measures being widely implemented, public companies are rethinking their plans to hold in-person annual shareholder meetings. As annual meeting season fast approaches, companies that want to move towards a virtual meeting but preserve their scheduled meeting date must move quickly.

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Canadian Securities Regulators Provide Update on COVID-19 and Potential Filing Delays by Reporting Issuers

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) encourages reporting issuers to contact their principal regulator to discuss any potential effect of the current COVID-19 outbreak on their ability to comply with their obligations under securities legislation, including filing deadlines or delivery of meeting materials.

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Staff Notice to Applicants, Listed Issuers, Securities Lawyers and Participating Organizations

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is providing notice on a measure we have undertaken in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To ensure our staff's safety and continuity of our operations, most of our Listed Issuer Services (LIS) staff are working from home effective as of the end of the day on March 13, 2020.

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Issuers Explore Virtual AGMs Amid COVID-19 Uncertainty

More companies than ever considering virtual options, Broadridge says.

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IR Magazine Awards - Canada 2020

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You Say You Want Evolution? Well…Canadian Securities Regulators Are Now Reshaping Yesterday's Rules

No longer content to just 'let it be,' Canadian securities regulators are now proposing to reshape yesterday's rules to work for today's modern capital markets and practices. Over the past few years, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and other members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have assessed, and are just now starting to propose, a wide range of initiatives to reduce regulatory burden for issuers, registrants and other market participants.

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OSC Reinforces Board Governance Imperatives

The role of the Board and Board conduct in relation to change of control and other strategic transactions is a key focus of regulators and investors and has been the subject of much recent comment, including in the recently released decision of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) concerning the HBC going private transaction.

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