June 17, 2011
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Table of contents
- Number 1: Definition of "Operating Business" (Section 108 of the Act)
- Number 2: Number of Notices — Multiple Step or Continuous Transactions (Section 114 of the Act)
- Number 3: Exemptions for Acquisitions in the Ordinary Course of Business (Paragraph 111(a) of the Act)
- Number 4: Exemption for Combinations that are Joint Ventures (Section 112 of the Act)
- Number 5: Acquisitions of Non‑voting Shares and Convertible Securities (Subsection 110(3) of the Act)
- Number 6: Amalgamation (Subsections 110(4) and 110(4.1) of the Act)
- Number 7: Creditor Acquisitions (Paragraph 111(d) of the Act)
- Number 8: "Substantially Completed" and "Completed" (Sections 103 and 119 of the Act)
- Number 9: Shareholder Agreements
- Number 10: Notifiable Transactions Regulations — Transactions and Events (Section 14 of the Regulations)
- Number 11: Corporate Spin‑Offs
- Number 12: Requirement to Submit a New Pre‑Merger Notification and/or Advance Ruling Certificate request where a proposed transaction is subsequently amended
- Number 13: Satisfying the Information Requirements set out in Section 16 of the Notifiable Transactions Regulations and Completeness of Notification
- Number 14: Duplication Arising from Transactions Between Affiliates
- Number 16: Definition of “Goods” (Paragraph 111(a) of the Act)