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Some filings with SEDAR require CDS and/or CSA fees to be paid at the time of the filing (see SEDAR Related Fees for more info). TNT Filings does not front payment of SEDAR fees. For filings that do require fee payments, a TNT Filings representative will inform you of the fees and how to send payment ahead of time.
SEDAR DEFINITIONS
A document required to be filed annually with securities commissions by certain public companies and mutual funds; it contains prescribed information aboutthe issuer and its securities
A document commonly prepared for dissemination to security holders of public companies and mutual funds; it usually contains one or more reports from management, the audited annual financial statements and certain other information; if an annual report is prepared and sent to security holders, it must also be filed with the securities commissions
The applicable laws of the provinces and territories of Canada governing dealings in securities
CDS INC., the filing service contractor appointed by the CSA to operate SEDAR
A set of information providing a general profile of a public company or mutual fund
The Canadian Securities Administrators (see "securities commissions")
The date on which a particular document is transmitted to the SEDAR server; not to be confused with the date on which a document is downloaded by a recipient agency or the date on which a document is made publicly accessible by a recipient agency
A single electronic file consisting of text and possibly graphics or images
The prescribed form of a particular document filed through SEDAR; most documents filed through SEDAR are intended to satisfy requirements to file certain prescribed forms of disclosure documents
A person or company that is required by applicable securities laws to file a document through SEDAR
A document that is filed under applicable securities laws in electronic format through SEDAR [or the act of filing a document under applicable securities laws in electronic format through SEDAR, as the context indicates]
The size, in kilobytes, of an electronic file containing a single document filed through SEDAR
The electronic format of a document filed through SEDAR (Note: With Release 6 of the SEDAR software in September, 1999, PDF was adopted as the standard format; previously, documents filed in MSWord or WordPerfect were permitted)
Electronic filers and filing agents and their respective representatives
A document or any data that is submitted to a securities commission [and/or a market centre] under applicable securities laws
A person or company that is authorized to make an electronic filing on behalf of an electronic filer
CDS INC. or a successor appointed by the securities regulatory authorities to provide services in respect of the filing, review, acceptance and dissemination of documents filed electronically
An electronic filer or a filing agent that enters into an agreement with the filing service contractor to make electronic filings through SEDAR
An issuer that is incorporated or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside Canada and that does not meet prescribed criteria indicating significant ties to Canadian capital markets; foreign issuers are not required to file documents through SEDAR but may elect to do so
A country other than Canada, or a political subdivision of a country other than Canada
The jurisdiction that enacted the laws which govern the constitution of a particular public company
An issuer of securities, including any public company or mutual fund
A province or territory of Canada or any country or political subdivision of any country outside Canada
Kilobytes
The Alberta Stock Exchange, Canadian Dealing Network Inc., the Montreal Exchange, the Toronto Stock Exchange, the Vancouver Stock Exchange and the Winnipeg Stock Exchange
An organization that issues securities publicly in Canada on a continuous basis at fair market value and that invests the proceeds in securities and other assets for the mutual benefit of its security holders
A group of mutual funds that have a common manager, that have their affairs conducted in a similar manner, and that file a common prospectus and annual information form qualifying the sale of their securities
A subset of the SEDAR Database containing all of the publicly accessible documents and data filed by or on behalf of mutual funds
A national policy statement adopted by all of the Canadian securities commissions
Portable document format, a format created using Adobe's Acrobat products
The Prompt Offering Prospectus system that is used by senior public companies to clear a short form prospectus based on a previously filed annual information form
An issuer that participates in the POP system and files an annual information form pursuant to National Policy Statement No. 47
A document required to be filed by a public company or mutual fund for clearance by securities commissions in connection with a public offering of securities
An organization, other than a mutual fund, that issues securities publicly in Canada
A subset of the SEDAR Database containing all of the publicly accessible documents and data filed by or on behalf of public companies
A securities commission [or market centre] which receives filings through SEDAR
A public company or mutual fund that is required to file certain prescribed public disclosure documents
The securities regulatory authorities that administer the securities laws of the provinces and territories of Canada; each province or territory has its own securities commission or similar regulatory authority that regulates dealings in securities in the jurisdiction
The computer system for the transmission, receipt, acceptance, review and dissemination of documents filed in electronic format known as the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval
The database of publicly accessible documents and data filed through SEDAR
A set of standards, procedures and guidelines published by the CSA governing electronic filings made through SEDAR
The software provided under license by the filing service contractor (CDS) to electronic filers and filing agents
National Instrument 13-101, adopted by the CSA, which is a body of general rules relating to electronic filing of securities documents with the Canadian securities commissions using SEDAR
The computer system operated by the filing service contractor and used to receive and store documents and data filed through SEDAR
A filing service subscriber
A person or company required to file a document as a result of a securities transaction relating to or affecting an issuer or the issuer's security holders