Background
1. ABC Inc. (the Issuer) is a reporting issuer in all provinces and territories.
2. On January 1, 2009, I became the CEO of the Issuer. I am therefore an “insider” of the Issuer under Canadian securities legislation. I have filed all required insider reports since becoming CEO.
3. On April 30, 2010, NI 55-104 came into force.
4. NI 55-104 contains a new definition of “reporting insider”. The definition of “reporting insider” includes a CEO of a reporting issuer. I am therefore a “reporting insider” for this Issuer under NI 55-104.
5. Section 3.2 of NI 55-104 states that a reporting insider must file an insider report in respect of a reporting issuer, “within 10 days of becoming a reporting insider”, disclosing certain prescribed information.
Question
1. Do I have to file a new initial report under section 3.2 within 10 days of April 30, 2010? (In other words, have I “become” a reporting insider as a result of NI 55-104 coming into force?) I do not otherwise have any transactions involving securities or related financial instruments to report.
Response
1. No, you do not have to file a new initial report. The term “reporting insider” is simply intended to refer to a defined class of insiders who have reporting obligations. A person is determined to be an insider by operation of the statutory definition of “insider”. A person is a reporting insider for the purposes of the insider reporting requirements in NI 55-104 if the person has a position or function, such as CEO or director, or has a particular type of relationship to a reporting issuer, described in the definition of “reporting insider”. We do not consider you to have “become” a reporting insider simply through the introduction of this term in NI 55-104.