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National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations
Part 8 Business Acquisition Report
Section 8.3

Determination of Significance

(1) Significant Acquisitions. Subject to subsection (5) and subsections 8.10(1) and (2), an acquisition of a business or related businesses is a significant acquisition,

(a) for a reporting issuer that is not a venture issuer, if the acquisition satisfies 2 or more of the significance tests set out in subsection (2); and

(b) for a venture issuer, if the acquisition satisfies either of the significance tests set out in paragraphs (2)(a) or (b) if “30 percent” is read as “100 percent”.

(2) Required Significance Tests. For the purposes of subsection (1) and subject to subsections (4.1) and (4.2), the significance tests are:

(a) The Asset Test. The reporting issuer’s proportionate share of the consolidated assets of the business or related businesses exceeds 30 percent of the consolidated assets of the reporting issuer calculated using the audited annual financial statements of each of the reporting issuer and the business or the related businesses for the most recently completed financial year of each that ended before the acquisition date.

(b) The Investment Test. The reporting issuer’s consolidated investments in and advances to the business or related businesses as at the acquisition date exceeds 30 percent of the consolidated assets of the reporting issuer as at the last day of the most recently completed financial year of the reporting issuer ended before the acquisition date, excluding any investments in or advances to the business or related businesses as at that date.

(c) The Profit or Loss Test. The reporting issuer’s proportionate share of the consolidated specified profit or loss of the business or related businesses exceeds 30 percent of the consolidated specified profit or loss of the reporting issuer calculated using the audited annual financial statements of each of the reporting issuer and the business or related businesses for the most recently completed financial year of each ended before the acquisition date.

(3) Optional Significance Tests. Despite subsection (1) and subject to subsections 8.10(1) and 8.10(2), if an acquisition of a business or related businesses is significant based on the significance tests in subsection (2),

(a) a reporting issuer that is not a venture issuer may re-calculate the significance using the optional significance tests in subsection (4); and

(b) a venture issuer may re-calculate the significance using the optional significance tests in paragraphs (4)(a) or (b) if “30 percent” is read as “100 percent”.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) and subject to subsections (4.1) and (4.2), the optional significance tests are:

(a) The Asset Test. The reporting issuer’s proportionate share of the consolidated assets of the business or related businesses exceeds 30 percent of the consolidated assets of the reporting issuer, calculated using the financial statements of each of the reporting issuer and the business or the related businesses for the most recently completed interim period or financial year of each, without giving effect to the acquisition.

(b) The Investment Test. The reporting issuer’s consolidated investments in and advances to the business or related businesses as at the acquisition date exceed 30 percent of the consolidated assets of the reporting issuer as at the last day of the most recently completed interim period or financial year of the reporting issuer, excluding any investments in or advances to the business or related businesses as at that date.

(c) The Profit or Loss Test. The specified profit or loss calculated under the following subparagraph (i) exceeds 30 percent of the specified profit or loss calculated under the following subparagraph (ii):

(i) the reporting issuer’s proportionate share of the consolidated specified profit or loss of the business or related businesses for the later of

(A) the most recently completed financial year of the business or related businesses; or

(B) the 12 months ended on the last day of the most recently completed interim period of the business or related businesses;

(ii) the reporting issuer’s consolidated specified profit or loss for the later of

(A) the most recently completed financial year, without giving effect to the acquisition; or

(B) the 12 months ended on the last day of the most recently completed interim period of the reporting issuer, without giving effect to the acquisition.

(4.1) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (4), the reporting issuer must not remeasure its previously held equity interest in the business or related businesses.

(4.2) For the purposes of paragraphs (2)(b) and (4)(b), the reporting issuer’s investments in and advances to the business or related businesses must include

(a) the consideration transferred for the acquisition, measured in accordance with the issuer`s gaap

(b) payments made in connection with the acquisition which do not constitute consideration transferred but which would not have been paid unless the acquisition had occurred, and

(c) contingent consideration for the acquisition measured in accordance with the issuer`s GAAP.

(5) Despite subsection (1) and for the purposes of subsection (3), an acquisition of a business or related businesses is not a significant acquisition,

(a) for a reporting issuer that is not a venture issuer, if the acquisition does not satisfy at least two of the optional significance tests under subsection (4); or

(b) for a venture issuer, if the acquisition would not satisfy the optional significance tests set out in paragraphs (4) (a) and (b) if “30 percent” were read as “100 percent”.

(6) Despite subsection (3), the significance of an acquisition of a business or related businesses may be re-calculated using financial statements for periods that ended after the acquisition date only if, after the acquisition date, the business or related businesses remained substantially intact and were not significantly reorganized, and no significant assets or liabilities were transferred to other entities.

(7) Application of the Profit or Loss Test if a Loss Occurred. For the purposes of paragraphs (2)(c) and (4)(c), if any of the reporting issuer, the business or the related businesses has incurred a loss, the significance test must be applied using the absolute value of the loss from continuing operations attributable to owners of the parent, adjusted to exclude income taxes.

(8) Application of the Profit or Loss Test if Lower Than Average Profit or Loss for the Most Recent Year. For the purposes of paragraph (2)(c) and clause (4)(c)(ii)(A), if the reporting issuer’s consolidated specified profit or loss for the most recently completed financial year was lower by 20 percent or more than its average consolidated specified profit or loss for the three most recently completed financial years, the issuer may, subject to subsection (10), substitute the average consolidated specified profit or loss for the three most recently completed financial years in determining whether the significance test set out in paragraph (2)(c) or (4)(c) is satisfied.

(9) Application of the Optional Profit or Loss Test if Lower Than Average Profit or Loss for the Most Recent Year. For the purpose of clause (4)(c)(ii)(B) if the reporting issuer’s consolidated specified profit or loss for the most recently completed 12-month period was lower by 20 percent or more than its average consolidated specified profit or loss for the three most recently completed 12-month periods, the issuer may, subject to subsection (10), substitute the average consolidated specified profit or loss for the three most recently completed 12-month periods in determining whether the significance test set out in paragraph (4)(c) is satisfied.

(10) Lower than Average Profit or Loss of the Issuer if a Loss Occurred. If the reporting issuer’s consolidated specified profit or loss for either of the two earlier financial periods referred to in subsections (8) and (9) is a loss, the reporting issuer’s specified profit or loss for that period is considered to be zero for the purposes of calculating the average consolidated specified profit or loss for the three financial periods.

(11) Application of Significance Tests—Multiple Investments in the Same Business. If a reporting issuer has made multiple investments in the same business, then for the purposes of applying subsections (2) and (4),

(a) if the initial investment and one or more incremental investments were made during the same financial year, the investments must be aggregated and tested on a combined basis;

(b) if one or more incremental investments were made in a financial year subsequent to the financial year in which an initial or incremental investment was made and the initial or previous incremental investments are reflected in audited annual financial statements of the reporting issuer previously filed, the reporting issuer must apply the significance tests set out in subsections (2) and (4) on a combined basis to the incremental investments not reflected in audited financial statements of the reporting issuer previously filed; and

(c) if one or more incremental investments were made in a financial year subsequent to the financial year in which the initial investment was made and the initial investment is not reflected in audited annual financial statements of the reporting issuer previously filed, the reporting issuer must apply the significance tests set out in subsections (2) and (4) to the initial and incremental investments on a combined basis.

(11.1) Application of the Optional Profit or Loss Test based on Pro Forma Financial Information. For the purposes of calculating the optional profit or loss test under clause (4)(c)(ii)(A), a reporting issuer may use pro forma consolidated specified profit or loss for its most recently completed financial year that was included in a previously filed document if

(a) the reporting issuer has made a significant acquisition of a business after its most recently completed financial year; and

(b) the previously filed document included

(i) audited annual financial statements of that acquired business for the periods required by this Part; and

(ii) the pro forma financial information required by subsection 8.4(5) or (6).

(12) Application of Significance Tests—Related Businesses. In determining whether an acquisition of related businesses is a significant acquisition, related businesses acquired after the ending date of the most recently filed audited annual financial statements of the reporting issuer must be considered on a combined basis.

(13) Application of Significance Tests—Accounting Principles and Currency. For the purposes of calculating the significance tests in subsections (2) and (4), the amounts used for the business or related businesses must

(a) subject to subsection (13.1), be based on the issuer`s GAAP, and

(b) be translated into the same presentation currency as that used in the reporting issuer’s financial statements.

(13.1) Application of Significance Tests—Exemption—Canadian GAAP Applicable to Private Enterprises. Paragraph 8.3(13)(a) does not apply to a venture issuer if

(a) the financial statements for the business or related businesses referred to in subsections 8.3(2) and (4)

(i) are prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP applicable to private enterprises, and

(ii) are prepared in a manner that consolidates any subsidiaries and accounts for significantly influenced investees and joint ventures using the equity method; and

(b) none of the accounting principles described in paragraphs 3.11(1)(a) through (e) of National Instrument 52-107 Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards were used to prepare financial statements for the business or related businesses referred to in subsections 8.3(2) and (4).

(14) Application of Significance Tests—Use of Unaudited Financial Statements. subsections (2) and (4), the significance of an acquisition of a business or related businesses may be calculated using unaudited financial statements of the business or related businesses that comply with section 3.11 of National Instrument 52-107 Acceptable Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards if the financial statements of the business or related businesses for the most recently completed financial year have not been audited.

(15) Application of Significance Tests—Use of Previous Audited Financial Statements. Despite subsections (2) and (4), the significance of an acquisition of a business or related businesses may be calculated using the audited financial statements for the financial year immediately preceding the reporting issuer’s most recently completed financial year if the reporting issuer has not been required to file, and has not filed, audited financial statements for its most recently completed financial year.