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Evolving tactical defenses by target issuers: Private placements in response to a hostile bid

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By Andrea Brewer & Kassy Corothers (Calgary) on October 13, 2016

The Ontario and British Columbia Securities Commissions (the Commissions) issued orders on July 22, 2016 allowing junior B.C.-based miner, Dolly Varden Silver Corp. (Dolly Varden), the target of a hostile takeover bid from Idaho-based Hecla Mining Co.…

More proxy fights and bully M&A tactics to come for commodity issuers; CSA publishes amendments to the Canadian take-over bid regime

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By Orestes Pasparakis, Trevor Zeyl & Walied Soliman on February 26, 2016

Yesterday morning, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) published the long-awaited amendments to Canada’s take-over bid regime (the Amendments) under Multilateral Instrument 62-104 – Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids. We believe that these Amendments may result in…

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