(1) Despite subsection 3.2(1), a foreign issuer’s financial statements referred to in paragraphs 2.1(2)(b), (c), (e) and (i) that are filed with or delivered to a securities regulatory authority or regulator, other than acquisition statements, may be prepared in accordance with
(a) IFRS,
(b) U.S. GAAP, if the issuer is an SEC foreign issuer,
(c) accounting principles that meet the disclosure requirements for foreign private issuers, as that term is defined for the purposes of the 1934 Act, if
(i) the issuer is an SEC foreign issuer,
(ii) on the last day of the most recently completed financial year the total number of equity securities of the issuer beneficially owned by residents of Canada does not exceed 10%, on a fully-diluted basis, of the total number of equity securities of the issuer, and
(iii) the financial statements include any reconciliation to U.S. GAAP required by the SEC, or
(d) accounting principles that meet the foreign disclosure requirements of the designated foreign jurisdiction to which the issuer is subject, if the issuer is a designated foreign issuer.
(2) The notes to the financial statements must identify the accounting principles used to prepare the financial statements.