Information circular
(1) No person shall solicit proxies in respect of an offering corporation unless,
(a) in the case of solicitation by or on behalf of the management of the corporation, a management information circular in prescribed form, either as an appendix to or as a separate document accompanying the notice of the meeting; or
(b) in the case of any other solicitation, a dissident’s information circular in prescribed form,
is sent to the auditor of the corporation, to each shareholder whose proxy is solicited and, if clause (b) applies, to the corporation.
Exception
(1.1) Despite subsection (1), a person may solicit proxies, other than by or on behalf of the management of the corporation, without sending a dissident’s information circular, if the total number of shareholders whose proxies are solicited is 15 or fewer, two or more joint holders being counted as one shareholder.
Same
(1.2) Despite subsection (1), a person may solicit proxies, other than by or on behalf of the management of the corporation, without sending a dissident’s information circular, if the solicitation is, in the prescribed circumstances, conveyed by public broadcast, speech or publication.
Filing copy
(2) A person, upon sending a management or dissident’s information circular, shall concurrently file with the Commission,
(a) in the case of a management information circular, a copy thereof together with a copy of the notice of meeting, form of proxy and of any other documents for use in connection with the meeting; and
(b) in the case of a dissident’s information circular, a copy thereof together with a copy of the form of proxy and of any other documents for use in connection with the meeting.