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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM F-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English (if applicable))

(Province or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number (if applicable))

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number (if applicable))

(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

(Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code)
of agent for service in the United States)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public
This registration statement and any amendment thereto shall become effective upon filing with
the Commission in accordance with Rule 467(a).
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be oﬀered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to the home jurisdiction’s shelf prospectus oﬀering procedures, check
the following box. ☐

SEC 2290 (05-19)

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE*
Title of each
class of
securities to be
registered

Amount to be
registered

Proposed
maximum
oﬀering price
per unit

Proposed
maximum
aggregate
oﬀering price

Amount of
registration fee

* See General Instructions IV.F.-IV.H. for rules as to calculation of the registration fee.
If, as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions, the number of
securities purported to be registered on this registration statement changes, the provisions of Rule
416 shall apply to this registration statement.

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
I. General Eligibility Requirements for Use of Form F-8
A. Form F-8 may be used for registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”)
of securities to be issued in an exchange oﬀer or in connection with a statutory
amalgamation, merger, arrangement or other reorganization requiring the vote of
shareholders of the participating companies (a “business combination”). Securities may
be registered on this Form whether they constitute the sole consideration for such
exchange oﬀer or business combination, or are oﬀered in conjunction with cash.
B. This Form shall not be used for registration of securities if no takeover bid circular or
issuer bid circular (in the case of an exchange oﬀer) or information circular (in the case of
a business combination) is prepared pursuant to the requirements of any Canadian
jurisdiction due to the availability of an exemption from such requirements.
C. This Form may not be used for registration of derivative securities except:
(1) warrants, options and rights, provided that such securities and the underlying
securities to which they relate are issued by the Registrant, its parent or an aﬃliate of
either; and
(2) convertible securities, provided that such securities are convertible only into
securities of the Registrant, its parent or an aﬃliate of either.
Instruction. For purposes of this Form, an “aﬃliate” of a person is anyone who
beneﬁcially owns, directly or indirectly, or exercises control or direction over, more than
10 percent of the outstanding equity shares of such person. The determination of a
person’s aﬃliates shall be made as of the end of such person’s most recently completed
ﬁscal year.
D. This Form shall not be used if the Registrant or, in the case of an exchange oﬀer, the
issuer of securities to be exchanged (the “subject securities”) for securities of the
Registrant is an investment company registered or required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.
II. Eligibility Requirements for Exchange Oﬀers
A. In the case of an exchange oﬀer, Form F-8 is available to any Registrant that:
(1) is incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or any Canadian province or
territory;
(2) is a foreign private issuer;
(3) has had a class of its securities listed on The Montreal Exchange, The Toronto Stock
Exchange or the Senior Board of the Vancouver Stock Exchange for the 12 calendar
months immediately preceding the ﬁling of this Form, has been subject to the
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continuous disclosure requirements of any securities commission or equivalent
regulatory authority in Canada for a period of at least 36 calendar months
immediately preceding the ﬁling of this Form, and is currently in compliance with
obligations arising from such listing and reporting; and
(4) has an aggregate market value of the public ﬂoat of its outstanding equity shares of
(CN) $75 million or more; provided, however, that such public ﬂoat requirement
need not be satisﬁed if the issuer of the securities to be exchanged is also the
Registrant on this Form.
Instructions.
1. For purposes of this Form, “foreign private issuer” shall be construed in accordance
with Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
2. For purposes of this Form, “equity shares” shall mean common shares, non-voting
equity shares and subordinate or restricted voting equity shares, but shall not include
preferred shares.
3. For purposes of this Form, the “public ﬂoat” of speciﬁed securities shall mean only
such securities held by persons other than aﬃliates of the issuer.
4. For the purposes of this Form, the market value of the public ﬂoat of outstanding
equity shares shall be computed by use of the price at which such shares were last
sold, or the average of the bid and asked prices of such shares, in the principal market
for such shares as of a date within 60 days prior to the date of ﬁling. If there is no
market for any of such securities, the book value of such securities computed as of the
latest practicable date prior to the ﬁling of this Form shall be used for purposes of
calculating the market value, unless the issuer of such securities is in bankruptcy or
receivership or has an accumulated capital deﬁcit, in which case one-third of the
principal amount, par value or stated value of such securities shall be used.
B. In the case of an exchange oﬀer, the securities to be registered on this Form shall be
oﬀered to U.S. holders upon terms and conditions not less favorable than those oﬀered to
any other holder of the same class of the subject securities.
C. In the case of an exchange oﬀer, if the Registrant is a successor Registrant subsisting
after a business combination, the Registrant shall be deemed to meet the 36-month
reporting requirement and the 12-month listing requirement of II.A.(3) above if: (1) the
time the successor registrant has been subject to the continuous disclosure requirements
of any securities commission or equivalent regulatory authority in Canada, when added
separately to the time each predecessor had been subject to such requirements at the time
of the business combination, in each case equals at least 36 calendar months, provided,
however, that any predecessor need not be considered for purposes of the reporting
history calculation if the reporting histories of predecessors whose assets and gross
revenues, respectively, would contribute at least 80 percent of the total assets and gross
revenues from continuing operations of the successor Registrant, as measured based on
pro forma combination of such participating companies’ most recently completed ﬁscal
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years immediately prior to the business combination, when combined with the reporting
history of the successor Registrant in each case satisfy such 36-month reporting
requirement; (2) the time the successor Registrant has been subject to the listing
requirements of the speciﬁed exchanges, when added separately to the time each
predecessor had been subject to such requirements at the time of the business
combination, in each case equals at least 12 calendar months, provided, however, that any
predecessor need not be considered for purposes of the listing history calculation if the
listing histories of predecessors whose assets and gross revenues, respectively, would
contribute at least 80 percent of the total assets and gross revenues from continuing
operations of the successor Registrant, as measured based on pro forma combination of
such participating companies’ most recently completed ﬁscal years immediately prior to
the business combination, when combined with the listing history of the successor
Registrant in each case satisfy such 12-month listing requirement; and (3) the successor
Registrant has been subject to such continuous disclosure requirements and listing
requirements since the business combination, and is currently in compliance with its
obligations thereunder.
D. In the case of an exchange oﬀer, the issuer of the subject securities shall be incorporated
or organized under the laws of Canada or any Canadian province or territory and be a
foreign private issuer, and less than 25 percent of the class of subject securities
outstanding shall be held by U.S. holders.
Instructions.
1. For purposes of exchange oﬀers, the term “U.S. holder” shall mean any person whose
address appears on the records of the issuer of the subject securities, any voting trustee, any
depositary, any share transfer agent or any person acting in a similar capacity on behalf of the
issuer of the subject securities as being located in the United States.
2. With respect to any tender oﬀer, including any exchange oﬀer, otherwise eligible to proceed
in accordance with Rule 14d-1(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange
Act”), the issuer of the subject securities will be presumed to be a foreign private issuer and
U.S. holders will be presumed to hold less than 25 percent of such outstanding securities,
unless (a) the aggregate trading volume of that class on national securities exchanges in the
United States and on NASDAQ exceeded its aggregate trading volume on securities
exchanges in Canada and on the Canadian Dealing Network, Inc. (“CDN”) over the 12
calendar month period prior to commencement of this oﬀer, or if commenced in response to a
prior oﬀer, over the 12 calendar month period prior to commencement of the initial oﬀer
(based on volume ﬁgures published by such exchanges, NASDAQ and CDN); (b) the most
recent annual report or annual information form ﬁled or submitted by the issuer with
securities regulators of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia or Alberta (or, if the issuer of the
subject securities is not a reporting issuer in any of such provinces, with any other Canadian
securities regulator) or with the Commission indicates that U.S. holders hold 25 percent or
more of the outstanding subject class of securities; or (c) the oﬀeror has actual knowledge
that the level of U.S. ownership equals or exceeds 25 percent of such securities.

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3. For purposes of this Form, if this Form is ﬁled during the pendency of one or more ongoing
cash tender or exchange oﬀers for securities of the class subject to the oﬀer that was
commenced or was eligible to be commenced on Schedule 13E-4F, Schedule 14D-1F, and/or
Form F-8 or Form F-80, the date for calculation of U.S. ownership shall be the same as that
date used by the initial bidder or issuer.
4. For purposes of this Form, the class of subject securities shall not include any securities that
may be converted into or are exchangeable for the subject securities.
5. For purposes of exchange oﬀers, the calculation of U.S. holders shall be made as of the end
of the subject issuer’s last quarter or, if such quarter terminated within 60 days of the ﬁling
date, as of the end of such issuer’s preceding quarter.
III. Eligibility Requirements for Business Combinations
A. In the case of a business combination, Form F-8 is available if:
(1) each company participating in the business combination, including the successor
Registrant, is incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or any Canadian
province or territory and is a foreign private issuer;
(2) each company participating in the business combination other than the successor
Registrant has had a class of its securities listed on The Montreal Exchange, The
Toronto Stock Exchange or the Senior Board of the Vancouver Stock Exchange for
the 12 calendar months immediately preceding the ﬁling of this Form, has been
subject to the continuous disclosure requirements of any securities commission or
equivalent regulatory authority in Canada for a period of at least 36 calendar months
immediately preceding the ﬁling of this Form, and is currently in compliance with
obligations arising from such listing and reporting; provided, however, that any such
participating company shall not be required to meet such 36-month reporting
requirement or 12-month listing requirement if other participating companies whose
assets and gross revenues, respectively, would contribute at least 80 percent of the
total assets and gross revenues from continuing operations of the successor
Registrant, as measured based on pro forma combination of the participating
companies’ most recently completed ﬁscal years, each meet such reporting and
listing requirements; and
(3) the aggregate market value of the public ﬂoat of the outstanding equity shares of
each company participating in the business combination other than the successor
Registrant is (CN) $75 million or more; provided, however, that any such
participating company shall not be required to meet such public ﬂoat requirement if
other participating companies whose assets and gross revenues, respectively, would
contribute at least 80 percent of the total assets and gross revenues from continuing
operations of the successor Registrant, as measured based on pro forma combination
of the participating companies’ most recently completed ﬁscal years, each meet such
public ﬂoat requirement; and, provided further, that such public ﬂoat requirement
shall be deemed satisﬁed in the case of a participating company whose equity shares

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were the subject of an exchange oﬀer that was registered or would have been eligible
for registration on Form F-8, Form F-10 or Form F-80, or a tender oﬀer in
connection with which Schedule 13E-4F or 14D-1F was ﬁled or could have been
ﬁled, that terminated within the last 12 months, if the participating company would
have satisﬁed such public ﬂoat requirement immediately prior to commencement of
such exchange or tender oﬀer.
B. In the case of a business combination, less than 25 percent of the class of securities to be
oﬀered by the successor Registrant shall be held by U.S. holders, as if measured
immediately after completion of the business combination.
Instructions
1. For purposes of business combinations, the term “U.S. holder” shall mean any
person whose address appears on the records of a participating company, any voting
trustee, any depositary, any share transfer agent or any person acting in a similar
capacity on behalf of a participating company as being located in the United States.
2. For purposes of business combinations, the calculation of U.S. holders shall be made
by a participant as of the end of such participant’s last quarter or, if such quarter
terminated within 60 days of the ﬁling date, as of the end of such participant’s
preceding quarter.
C. In the case of a business combination, the securities to be registered on this Form shall be
oﬀered to U.S. holders upon terms and conditions not less favorable than those oﬀered to
any other holder of the same class of such securities of the participating company.
IV. Application of General Rules and Regulations
A. The rules comprising Regulation C under the Securities Act shall not apply to ﬁlings on
this Form unless speciﬁcally referred to in the Form. Instead, the rules and regulations
applicable in the home jurisdiction regarding the form and method of preparation of
disclosure documents shall apply to ﬁlings on this Form. Securities Act rules and
regulations other than Regulation C shall apply to ﬁlings on this Form unless speciﬁcally
excluded in this Form.
B. Rule 408 under the Securities Act, which provides that in addition to the information
expressly required to be included in the registration statement, there shall be added such
further material information, if any, as may be necessary to make the required statements,
in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, shall apply to
ﬁlings on this Form.
C. A registrant must ﬁle the registration statement in electronic format via the Commission's
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system in accordance with
the EDGAR rules set forth in Regulation S-T (17 CFR part 232). For assistance with
EDGAR questions, call the Filer Support Oﬃce at (202) 551-8900.

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If ﬁling the registration statement in paper under a hardship exemption in Rule 201 or
202 of Regulation S-T (17 CFR 232.201 or 232.202), or as otherwise permitted, a
registrant must ﬁle with the Commission at its principal oﬃce ﬁve copies of the complete
registration statement and any amendments, including exhibits and all other documents
ﬁled as a part of the registration statement or amendment. The registrant must bind, staple
or otherwise compile each copy in one or more parts without stiﬀ covers. The registrant
must further bind the registration statement or amendment on the side or stitching margin
in a manner that leaves the reading matter legible. The registrant must provide three
additional copies of the registration statement or amendment without exhibits to the
Commission.
D. Any amendment to a registration statement on this Form shall be ﬁled under cover of an
appropriate facing sheet, shall be numbered consecutively in the order in which ﬁled, and
shall indicate on the facing sheet the applicable registration form on which the
amendment is prepared and the ﬁle number of the registration statement.
If, however, an amendment to the home jurisdiction document(s) is ﬁled after
eﬀectiveness of this registration statement that increases the number of securities that
may be sold, in lieu of ﬁling a post-eﬀective amendment hereto, a new registration
statement shall be ﬁled on this Form. As provided in Rule 429, the prospectus included in
the new registration statement shall be deemed to include a prospectus covering unsold
securities registered previously. If this is the case, the following legend shall appear at the
bottom of the facing page of the registration statement: “Pursuant to Rule 429 under the
Securities Act, the prospectus contained in this registration statement relates to
registration statement[s] 33-[insert ﬁle numbers of previous registration statements].”
E. An electronic ﬁler must provide the signatures required for the registration statement or
amendment in accordance with Regulation S-T Rule 302 (17 CFR 232.302). A registrant
ﬁling in paper must have at least one copy of the registration statement or amendment
signed in accordance with Securities Act Rule 402(e) (17 CFR 230.402(e)) by the persons
whose signatures are required for this registration statement. A registrant must also
conform the unsigned copies.
F. At the time of ﬁling this registration statement, the Registrant shall pay to the
Commission in accordance with Rule 111 under the Securities Act, a fee in U.S. dollars
in the amount prescribed by Section 6 of the Securities Act. The amount of securities to
be registered on this Form need not exceed the amount to be oﬀered in the United States
as part of the oﬀering.
G. In the case of an exchange oﬀer, the registration fee is to be calculated as follows:
(1) Upon the basis of the market value of the securities that may be received by the
Registrant or cancelled in the exchange oﬀer from United States residents as
established by the price of securities of the same class, as determined in accordance
with paragraph (4) of this section.

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(2) If there is no market for the securities to be received by the Registrant or cancelled in
the exchange oﬀer, the book value of such securities computed as of the latest
practicable date prior to the date of ﬁling the registration statement shall be used,
unless the issuer of such securities is in bankruptcy or receivership or has an
accumulated capital deﬁcit, in which case one-third of the principal amount, par
value or stated value of such securities shall be used.
(3) If any cash may be received by the Registrant from United States residents in
connection with the exchange oﬀer, the amount thereof shall be added to the value of
the securities to be received by the Registrant or cancelled as computed in
accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) of this section. If any cash is to be paid by the
Registrant in connection with the exchange oﬀer, the amount thereof shall be
deducted from the value of the securities to be received by the Registrant in
exchange as computed in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) of this section.
(4) For purposes of the registration fee, the market value of the securities received or
cancelled shall be the average of the high and low prices reported or the average of
the bid and asked prices of such stock, in the principal market for such stock as of a
date within 30 days prior to the date of ﬁling.
H. In the case of a business combination, the registration fee is to be calculated as follows:
(1) Upon the basis of the market value of the equity securities of the predecessor
companies held by United States residents being oﬀered the Registrant’s securities,
as established by the price of the predecessors’ securities of the same class
determined in accordance with paragraph (4) of this section.
(2) If there is no market for the securities of the predecessor companies, the book value
of such securities computed as of the latest practicable date prior to the date of ﬁling
the registration statement shall be used, unless the issuer of such securities is in
bankruptcy or receivership or has an accumulated capital deﬁcit, in which case onethird of the principal amount, par value or stated value of such securities shall be
used.
(3) If any cash may be received by the Registrant from United States residents in
connection with the business combination, the amount thereof shall be added to the
value of the securities as computed in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) of this
section. If any cash is to be paid by the Registrant in connection with the business
combination, the amount thereof shall be deducted from the value of the securities as
computed in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) of this section.
(4) For purposes of the registration fee, the market value of a predecessor’s equity
securities shall be the average of the high and low prices reported or the average of
the bid and asked prices of such securities, in the principal market for such securities
as of a date within 30 days prior to the date of ﬁling.
I. A registrant must ﬁle the registration statement or amendment in electronic format in the
English language in accordance with Regulation S-T Rule 306 (17 CFR 232.306). A
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registrant may ﬁle part of the prospectus or exhibit or other attachment to the registration
statement or amendment in both French and English if it included the French text to
comply with the requirements of the Canadian securities administrator or other Canadian
authority and, for an electronic ﬁling, if the ﬁling is an HTML document, as deﬁned in
Regulation S-T Rule 11 (17 CFR 232.11). For both an electronic ﬁling and a paper ﬁling,
a registrant may provide an English translation or English summary of a foreign language
document as an exhibit or other attachment to the registration statement or amendment as
permitted by the rules of the applicable Canadian securities administrator.
J. A paper ﬁler must number sequentially one signed original of the registration statement
or amendment (in addition to any internal numbering that otherwise may be present) by
handwritten, typed, printed or other legible form of notation from the ﬁrst page through
the last page of the registration statement or amendment, including any exhibits or
attachments. A paper ﬁler must disclose the total number of pages on the ﬁrst page of the
sequentially numbered registration statement or amendment.
K. Where the oﬀering registered on this Form is being made pursuant to the home
jurisdiction’s shelf prospectus oﬀering procedures or procedures for pricing oﬀerings
after the ﬁnal receipt has been issued, three copies of each supplement to, or
supplemented version of, the home jurisdiction disclosure document(s) prepared under
such procedures shall be ﬁled with the Commission within one business day after such
supplement or supplemented version is ﬁled with any Canadian jurisdiction. Such ﬁlings
shall be deemed not to constitute amendments to this registration statement. Each such
ﬁling shall contain in the upper right corner of the cover page the following legend,
which may be set forth in longhand if legible: “Filed pursuant to General Instruction
IV.K. of Form F-8; File No. 33-[insert number of the registration statement].”
Note: Oﬀerings registered on this Form, whether or not made contemporaneously in Canada,
may be made pursuant to National Policy Statement No. 44 shelf prospectus oﬀering procedures
and procedures for pricing oﬀerings after the ﬁnal receipt has been issued. Rules 415 and 430A
under the Securities Act are not available for oﬀerings registered on this Form.
V. Compliance with Exchange Act and Auditor Independence and Reporting
Requirements
A. Pursuant to Rule 12h-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”),
a Registrant shall be exempt from reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act if such reporting obligation would have arisen solely from registration of
securities on this Form. Registrants’ attention is directed, however, towards other
provisions of the Exchange Act that may be applicable, and speciﬁcally to the provisions
of Sections 12(b) and 12(g) of the Exchange Act and Regulation M (17 CFR 242.100
through 242.105) and Rule 10b-13 under the Exchange Act. [ See Exchange Act Release
No. 29355 (June 21, 1991) containing an exemption from Rule 10b-13.]
B. The Commission’s rules on auditor independence, as codiﬁed in Section 600 of the
Codiﬁcation of Financial Reporting Policies, apply to auditor reports on all ﬁnancial
statements that are included in this registration statement, except that such rules do not

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apply with respect to periods prior to the most recent ﬁscal year for which ﬁnancial
statements are included in the registration statement under the Securities Act ﬁled by the
issuer on Form F-8, Form F-10 or Form F-80 or under the Exchange Act ﬁled by the
issuer on Form 40-F. Notwithstanding the exception in the previous sentence, such rules
do apply with respect to any periods prior to the most recent ﬁscal year if the issuer
previously was required to ﬁle with the Commission a report or registration statement
containing an audit report on ﬁnancial statements for such prior periods as to which the
Commission’s rules on auditor independence applied.
C. Independent accountants reporting on ﬁnancial statements included in the registration
statement should consider Canadian auditing guidelines pertaining to the Canada-U.S.
reporting conﬂict with respect to contingencies and going concern considerations. If
additional comments for U.S. readers are appropriate under those guidelines but are not
included in the prospectus itself, those comments should be included with the legends
required by Item 2 of Part I hereof. In addition, the accountant’s consent speciﬁcally
should refer to any additional comments provided for U.S. readers.
D. Pursuant to Rule 13e-4(g) under the Exchange Act, the provisions of Rule 13e-4 are not
applicable, and pursuant to Rule 14d-1(b) under the Exchange Act, the provisions of
Sections 14(d)(1) through 14(d)(7) of the Exchange Act, Regulation 14D under the
Exchange Act and Schedule TO hereunder, and Rule 14e-1 under Regulation 14E, are not
applicable to a transaction involving oﬀerings of securities that may be registered on this
Form in connection with exchange oﬀers, provided that, if an exemption has been granted
from the requirements of Canadian federal, provincial and/or territorial laws, regulations
or policies, and the tender oﬀer does not comply with requirements that otherwise would
be required by Commission tender oﬀer rules, the Registrant shall comply with such
provisions of the Exchange Act. Such transaction is not exempt from the antifraud
provisions of Section 10(b), 13(e) or 14(e) of the Exchange Act or Rule 10b-5, 13e4(b)(1) or 14e-3 thereunder, if the transaction otherwise is subject to those sections.

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PART I — INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE DELIVERED TO OFFEREES OR
PURCHASERS
Item 1. Home Jurisdiction Document
In the case of an exchange oﬀer, the prospectus shall consist of the entire disclosure
document or documents used to oﬀer the securities of the Registrant in any Canadian
jurisdiction. Except as noted hereinafter, such disclosure document(s) shall be prepared in
accordance with the disclosure requirements of such jurisdiction(s) as interpreted and applied by
the securities commission(s) or other regulatory authorities in such jurisdiction(s).
In the case of a business combination, the prospectus shall consist of the entire disclosure
document or documents used to solicit votes of security holders in connection with the proposed
business combination in any Canadian jurisdiction. Except as noted hereinafter, such disclosure
documents(s) shall be prepared in accordance with the disclosure requirements of the
jurisdiction(s) governing such solicitation as interpreted and applied by the securities
commission(s) or other regulatory authorities in such jurisdiction(s).
The prospectus used in the United States shall contain additional information and legends
required by this Form. It need not include any documents incorporated by reference into the
disclosure document(s) used in Canada and not required to be delivered to oﬀerees or purchasers
(in the case of an exchange oﬀer) or security holders being solicited (in the case of a business
combination) pursuant to Canadian law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such prospectus used in the United States need not contain
any disclosure applicable solely to Canadian oﬀerees or purchasers that would not be material to
oﬀerees or purchasers in the United States, including, without limitation, (i) any Canadian “red
herring” legend; (ii) any discussion of Canadian tax considerations other than those material to
U.S. oﬀerees or purchasers; (iii) the names of any Canadian underwriters not acting as
underwriters in the United States or a description of the Canadian plan of distribution (except to
the extent necessary to describe the material facts of the U.S. plan of distribution); (iv) any
description of oﬀerees’ or purchasers’ statutory rights under applicable Canadian, provincial or
territorial securities legislation (except to the extent such rights are available to U.S. oﬀerees or
purchasers); or (v) certiﬁcates of the issuer or any underwriter.
Item 2. Informational Legends
The following legends, to the extent applicable, shall appear on the outside front cover
page of the prospectus (or on a sticker thereto) in bold-face roman type at least as high as tenpoint modern type and at least two points leaded:
“This oﬀering is made by a foreign issuer that is permitted, under a multijurisdictional
disclosure system adopted by the United States, to prepare this prospectus in accordance
with the disclosure requirements of its home country. Prospective investors should be
aware that such requirements are diﬀerent from those of the United States. The ﬁnancial
statements included or incorporated herein, if any, have been prepared in accordance with
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and auditor independence standards, and, thus, may not be comparable to ﬁnancial
statements of United States companies.”
“Prospective investors should be aware that acquisition of the securities described
herein may have tax consequences both in the United States and in the home country of the
Registrant. Such consequences for investors who are resident in, or citizens of, the United
States may not be described fully herein.”
“The enforcement by investors of civil liabilities under the federal securities laws
may be aﬀected adversely by the fact that the Registrant is incorporated or organized under
the laws of a foreign country, that some or all of its oﬃcers and directors may be residents
of a foreign country, that some or all of the underwriters or experts named in the
registration statement may be residents of a foreign country, and that all or a substantial
portion of the assets of the Registrant and said persons may be located outside the United
States.”
“THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION
PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.”
The following legend shall appear in the manner noted above in any prospectus relating to
an exchange oﬀer.
“Prospective investors should be aware that, during the period of the exchange oﬀer,
the Registrant or its aﬃliates, directly or indirectly, may bid for or make purchases of the
securities to be distributed or to be exchanged, or certain related securities, as permitted by
applicable laws or regulations of Canada or its provinces or territories.”
The Registrant should also include in the prospectus any legend or information required by
the laws of any jurisdiction in which the securities are to be oﬀered.
Note to Item 2. If the home-jurisdiction document(s) are delivered through an electronic medium,
the issuer may satisfy the legibility requirements for the required legends relating to type size
and font by presenting the legends in any manner reasonably calculated to draw investor
attention to it.
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference
Information called for by this Form, including exhibits, may be incorporated by reference
at the Registrant’s option from documents that the Registrant has ﬁled previously with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or submitted to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act. For information that you are
incorporating by reference, identify the document where the information was originally ﬁled or
submitted and the speciﬁc location of the information within that document. The statement must
be made at the particular place where the information is required, if applicable. Unless expressly
permitted or required, disclosure must not be incorporated by reference from a second document
if that second document incorporates information pertinent to such disclosure by reference to a
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third document. If any information is incorporated by reference into the prospectus, the
prospectus must provide the name, address, and telephone number of an oﬃcer of the Registrant
from whom copies of such information may be obtained upon request without charge.
Item 4. List of Documents Filed with the Commission
There shall be set forth in or attached to the prospectus a list of all documents ﬁled with the
Commission as part of the registration statement.
PART II — INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED TO BE DELIVERED TO OFFEREES
OR PURCHASERS
Provide a brief description of the indemniﬁcation provisions relating to directors, oﬃcers
and controlling persons of the Registrant against liability arising under the Securities Act
(including any provision of the underwriting agreement which relates to indemniﬁcation of the
underwriter or its controlling persons by the Registrant against such liabilities where a director,
oﬃcer or controlling person of the Registrant is such an underwriter or controlling person thereof
or a member of any ﬁrm which is such an underwriter), together with a statement in substantially
the following form:
Insofar as indemniﬁcation for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, oﬃcers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemniﬁcation is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is therefore unenforceable.
The exhibits speciﬁed below shall be ﬁled as part of the registration statement. Exhibits
shall be appropriately lettered or numbered for convenient reference.
(1) Any reports or information that, in accordance with the requirements of the
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of the subject issuer or, in the case of an
business combination, in accordance with the requirements of the jurisdiction(s) of
incorporation or organization of companies involved in the transaction other than the
Registrant, must be made publicly available by the Registrant in connection with the
transaction.
(2) A copy of any agreement relating to the proposed acquisition or business
combination, as applicable.
(3) Copies of any documents incorporated by reference into the registration statement
and any publicly available documents ﬁled with any other Canadian regulatory
authority concurrently with the prospectus.
(4) If any accountant, engineer or appraiser, or any person whose profession gives
authority to a statement made by him, is named as having prepared or certiﬁed any
part of the registration statement, or is named as having prepared or certiﬁed a report
or valuation for use in connection with the oﬀering document, the manually signed,
written consent of such person.
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If any such person is named as having prepared or certiﬁed any other report or
valuation (other than a public oﬃcial document or statement) which is used in
connection with the registration statement, but is not named as having prepared or
certiﬁed such report or valuation for use in connection with the registration
statement, the manually signed, written consent of such person, unless the
Commission dispenses with such ﬁling as impracticable or as involving undue
hardship in accordance with Rule 437 under the Securities Act.
Any other consent required by Rule 436, 438, or 439 under the Securities Act. Every
amendment relating to a certiﬁed ﬁnancial statement shall include the manually
signed, written consent of the certifying accountant to the use of his certiﬁcate in
connection with the amended ﬁnancial statements in the registration statement and to
being named as having certiﬁed such ﬁnancial statements.
NOTE: The consents required by this item shall speciﬁcally indicate consent
regarding use of the report or valuation in the registration statement ﬁled in the
United States.
(5) If any name is signed to the registration statement pursuant to power of attorney,
manually signed copies of such power of attorney and, if the name of any oﬃcer
signing on behalf of the Registrant is signed pursuant to a power of attorney,
certiﬁed copies of a resolution of the Registrant’s board of directors or similar
governing body authorizing such signature.
(6) A copy of any indenture relating to the registered securities.
PART III — UNDERTAKINGS AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
Item 1. Undertakings
This Form shall set forth the following undertakings of the Registrant:
(a) Registrant undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to
respond to inquiries made by the Commission staﬀ, and to furnish promptly, when
requested to do so by the Commission staﬀ, information relating to the securities
registered pursuant to Form F-8 or to transactions in said securities.
(b) In the case of an exchange oﬀer, Registrant further undertakes to disclose in the
United States, on the same basis as it is required to make such disclosure pursuant to
any applicable Canadian federal and/or provincial or territorial law, regulation or
policy, information regarding purchases of the Registrant’s securities or of the subject
issuer’s securities during the exchange oﬀer. Such information shall be set forth in
amendments to this Form.
Item 2. Consent to Service of Process
(a) At the time of ﬁling Form F-8, the Registrant shall ﬁle with the Commission a written
irrevocable consent and power of attorney on Form F-X.
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(b) At the time of ﬁling Form F-8, any non-U.S. person acting as trustee with respect to
the registered securities shall ﬁle with the Commission a written irrevocable consent
and power of attorney on Form F-X.
(c) Any change to the name or address of the agent for service of the Registrant or the
trustee shall be communicated promptly to the Commission by amendment to Form
F-X referencing the ﬁle number of the relevant registration statement.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certiﬁes that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for ﬁling on Form F-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of
, Country of
,
on

(date)

,

.

Registrant
By (Signature and Title)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
(Signature)
(Name and Title)
(Date)
Instructions
A. The registration statement shall be signed by the Registrant, its principal executive oﬃcer or
oﬃcers, its principal ﬁnancial oﬃcer, its controller or principal accounting oﬃcer, at least a
majority of the board of directors or persons performing similar functions and its authorized
representative in the United States. Where the Registrant is a limited partnership, the
registration statement shall be signed by a majority of the board of directors of any corporate
general partner signing the registration statement.
B. The name of each person who signs the registration statement shall be typed or printed
beneath his signature. Any person who occupies more than one of the speciﬁed positions
shall indicate each capacity in which the registration statement is signed.
C. If the securities to be oﬀered are those of a corporation not yet in existence at the time the
registration statement is ﬁled and which will be a party to a consolidation involving two or
more existing corporations, then each such existing corporation shall be deemed a Registrant
and shall be so designated on the cover page of this Form, and the registration statement shall
be signed by each such existing corporation and by the oﬃcers and directors of each such
existing corporation as if each such existing corporation were the sole Registrant.
D. By signing this Form, the Registrant consents without power of revocation that any
administrative subpoena may be served, or any administrative proceeding, civil suit or civil
action where the cause of action arises out of or relates to or concerns any oﬀering made or
purported to be made in connection with the securities registered pursuant to Form F-8 or any
purchases or sales of any security in connection therewith, may be commenced against it in

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any administrative tribunal or in any appropriate court in any place subject to the jurisdiction
of any state or of the United States or of the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico by service
of said subpoena or process upon the Registrant’s designated agent.

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/agency%3Asec%3Ac16221553f82a878. Public record. Not legal advice.