Forward-Looking Statements: Disclosure and Securing the Safe Harbour Defence | Practical Law

Forward-Looking Statements: Disclosure and Securing the Safe Harbour Defence | Practical Law

This Note provides an overview of the information that constitutes forward-looking information and the related disclosure requirements applicable to forward-looking information. It also describes the statutory defence available under the Ontario Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, against civil liability for misrepresentations in forward-looking information and summarizes related guidance provided by the Ontario Securities Commission and the Canadian Securities Administrators with respect to forward-looking information and the defence. This Note provides practical tips to assist reporting issuers and others in relation to the defence and related disclosure matters.

Forward-Looking Statements: Disclosure and Securing the Safe Harbour Defence

Practical Law Canada Practice Note 7-566-9785 (Approx. 24 pages)

Forward-Looking Statements: Disclosure and Securing the Safe Harbour Defence

by Practical Law Canada Corporate & Securities
This Note provides an overview of the information that constitutes forward-looking information and the related disclosure requirements applicable to forward-looking information. It also describes the statutory defence available under the Ontario Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, against civil liability for misrepresentations in forward-looking information and summarizes related guidance provided by the Ontario Securities Commission and the Canadian Securities Administrators with respect to forward-looking information and the defence. This Note provides practical tips to assist reporting issuers and others in relation to the defence and related disclosure matters.