Increase in Shareholding Deemed to be Acquisitions
TMA-4.1.1
If as a result of a
share repurchase a shareholder's proportionate interest in the voting rights of the repurchasing company increases, such increase will be treated as an acquisition of voting rights for purposes of this Module.Amended: October 2019TMA-4.1.2
As a result, a shareholder, or group of shareholders
acting in concert , could obtain or consolidate control of a repurchasing company and thereby become obliged to make amandatory offer . If so the CBB should be consulted at the earliest opportunity.Amended: October 2019TMA-4.1.3
In the case of a
share repurchase by general offer the CBB will treat an application for a waiver from the requirement to make amandatory offer as if it were an application for a whitewash waiver. The CBB will normally grant such a waiver if:(a) The TMA Module implications of theshare repurchase are disclosed in the repurchasing company'soffer document ;(b) Theshare repurchase is approved in accordance with applicable shareholder approval requirements by those shareholders who could not become obliged to make amandatory offer as a result of theshare repurchase ; and(c) For the purpose of this Section, dealings in relevant securities includeshare repurchases of the relevant securities of a repurchasing company.Amended: October 2019
Amended: April 2013