In this Act,
“market participant” means,
(a) a registrant,
(b) a person or company exempted from the requirement to be registered under this Act,
(c) a reporting issuer,
(c.1) a person or company that has issued securities to a registrant or through a registrant acting as agent,
(c.2) a director, officer or promoter of a person or company described in clause (c) or (c.1),
(d) a manager or custodian of assets, shares or units of an investment fund,
(e) a recognized clearing agency,
(f) a recognized commodity futures exchange,
(g) a recognized exchange,
(h) a recognized quotation and trade reporting system,
(i) a recognized self-regulatory organization,
(i.1) a person or company that is exempt from the requirement under section 21, 21.1, 21.2 or 21.2.1 to be recognized by the Commission,
(i.2) a designated benchmark administrator,
(i.3) a person or company that engages or participates in the provision of information for use by a benchmark administrator for the purpose of determining a designated benchmark,
(j) a designated credit rating organization,
(k) a designated trade repository,
(k.1) a designated information processor,
(l) a transfer agent for securities of an issuer,
(m) a registrar for securities of an issuer,
(n) the Canadian Investor Protection Fund,
(o) the Ontario Contingency Trust Fund,
(o.1) the MFDA Investor Protection Corporation,
(p) the general partner of a market participant, or
(q) any other person or company or member of a class of persons or companies prescribed by the regulations;