Lexata note: changes to this section effective April 14, 2022 are shown in green (additions) and redline (deletions).
(1) Filing of a Material Change Report – The requirement in the Instrument for a reporting issuer to file a business acquisition report is in addition to the reporting issuer’s obligation to file a material change report, if the significant acquisition constitutes a material change.
(2) Filing of a Business Acquisition Report by SEC Issuers – If a document or a series of documents that an SEC issuer files with or furnishes to the SEC in connection with a business acquisition contains all of the information, including financial statements, required to be included in a business acquisition report under the Instrument, the SEC issuer may file a copy of the documents as its business acquisition report.
(3) Financial Statement Disclosure of Significant Acquisitions – Reporting issuers are reminded that National Instrument 52-107 Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards prescribes the accounting principles and auditing standards that must be used to prepare and audit the financial statements required by Part 8 of the Instrument.
(4) Acquisition of a Business – A reporting issuer that has made a significant acquisition must include in its business acquisition report certain financial statements of each business acquired. The term business” should be evaluated in light of the facts and circumstances involved. We generally consider that a separate entity, a subsidiary or a division is a business and that in certain circumstances a smaller component of a company may also be a business, whether or not the business previously prepared financial statements. In determining whether an acquisition constitutes the acquisition of a business, a reporting issuer should consider the continuity of business operations, including the following factors:
(a) whether the nature of the revenue producing activity or potential revenue producing activity will remain generally the same after the acquisition; and
(b) whether any of the physical facilities, employees, marketing systems, sales forces, customers, operating rights, production techniques or trade names are acquired by the reporting issuer instead of remaining with the vendor after the
acquisition.
Reporting issuers are reminded that an acquisition may constitute the acquisition of a business for securities legislation purposes, even if the acquired set of activities or assets does not meet the definition of a “business” for accounting purposes.
(4.1) Determination of what constitutes a business — mining assets
While an acquisition of mining assets may constitute an acquisition of a business for securities legislation purposes even if the acquired assets do not meet the definition of a “business” for accounting purposes, we would not consider an acquisition of mining assets to be a business requiring a business acquisition report if all of the following apply:
(a) the acquisition of the mining assets was an arm’s length transaction;
(b) no other assets were transferred and no other liabilities were assumed as part
of the acquisition;
(c) there has been no exploration, development or production activity on the mining assets in the 2 years prior to the acquisition.
(5) Acquisition by a Subsidiary – If a reporting issuer’s subsidiary, which is also a reporting issuer, has acquired a business, both the parent and subsidiary must test the significance of the acquisition. Even if the subsidiary files a business acquisition report, the parent must also file a business acquisition report if the acquisition is also significant for the parent.