System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+)

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Glossary

System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+)

System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) is an electronic means of submitting information to the Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities and certain Stock Exchanges in Canada (the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) and Cboe Canada require documents to be delivered directly to the exchange) that replaced SEDAR, the National Cease Trade Order Database, the Disciplined List, and certain filings in the British Columbia Securities Commission’s eServices system and the Ontario Securities Commission’s Electronic Filing Portal effective July 25, 2023.

All references to the SEDAR+ website should be to www.sedarplus.com because this is the address referenced in all rules and regulations that reference the SEDAR+ website. Although using this address automatically redirects to www.sedarplus.ca/ landingpage/, references to the website should remain as www.sedarplus.com.

Documents filed on SEDAR+ will be publicly available.

On March 23, 2023, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced in Canadian securities regulators announce rules to support new SEDAR+ filing system that the following will be effective June 9, 2023:

Adoption of National Instrument 13-103 System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) (NI 13-103) and Companion Policy 13-103 System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR+) (13-103CP) (see CSA Notice of National Instrument 13-103 System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (SEDAR+) (Notice 13-103)).
Repeal of National Instrument 13-101 System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (NI 13-101), which includes the repeal of the SEDAR Filer Manual (see Notice 13-103).
Consequential amendments and changes to existing instruments and policies as set out in Annex E to Notice 13-103.
Repeal and replacement of Multilateral Instrument 13-102 System Fees for SEDAR and NRD (MI 13-102) with a new instrument called Multilateral Instrument 13-102 System Fees (see CSA Notice of Repeal and Replacement of Multilateral Instrument 13-102 System Fees for SEDAR and NRD).

The CSA announced on June 1, 2023 in Canadian securities regulators defer launch of new SEDAR+ filing system that intended to launch SEDAR+ on July 25, 2023, which it did. SEDAR is no longer available. See SEDAR+ About page on the CSA website.

The Ontario Securities Commission announced that as the CSA continues to stabilize SEDAR+, there are intermittent performance problems with filings and search functionality. Time-sensitive filings that cannot be filed through SEDAR+ should be emailed to:

Jurisdiction	Email
Alberta	[email protected]
British Columbia	[email protected]
Manitoba	[email protected]
New Brunswick	[email protected]
Newfoundland and Labrador	[email protected]
Northwest Territories	[email protected]
Nova Scotia	[email protected]
Nunavut	[email protected]
Ontario	For investment funds: [email protected] and for all other cases: [email protected]
Prince Edward Island	[email protected]
Québec	For investment funds: [email protected] and for all other cases: [email protected]
Saskatchewan	[email protected]
Yukon	[email protected]

For reports of exempt distribution, filers are to continue to attempt to use SEDAR+ and not email the documents.

For more information, see the following Legal Updates:

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