VPN Technologies Inc.
Headnote
National Policy 11-207 Failure-to-File Cease Trade Orders and Revocations in Multiple Jurisdictions -- Application by an issuer for a full revocation of a cease trade order issued by the British Columbia Securities Commission, as principal regulator, and the Ontario Securities Commission -- cease trade order issued because the issuer had failed to file certain continuous disclosure materials required by securities legislation -- defaults subsequently remedied by bringing continuous disclosure filings up-to-date -- Ontario opt-in to revocation order issued by British Columbia Securities Commission, as principal regulator.
Applicable Legislative Provisions
Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, as am., s. 144.
Citation: 2022 BCSECCOM 224
REVOCATION ORDER
VPN TECHNOLOGIES INC.
UNDER THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ONTARIO (Legislation)
Background
¶ 1 VPN Technologies Inc. (the Issuer) is subject to a failure-to-file cease trade order (the FFCTO) issued by the regulator in each of British Columbia (the Principal Regulator) and Ontario (each a Decision Maker) respectively on November 3, 2021.
¶ 2 The Issuer has applied to each of the Decision Makers under National Policy 11-207 Failure-to-File Cease Trade Orders and Revocations in Multiple Jurisdictions (NP 11-207) for an order revoking the FFCTOs.
¶ 3 This order is the order of the Principal Regulator and evidences the decision of the Decision Maker in Ontario.
Interpretation
¶ 4 Terms defined in National Instrument 14-101 Definitions and NP 11-207 have the same meaning if used in this order, unless otherwise defined.
Order
¶ 5 Each of the Decision Makers is satisfied that the order to revoke the FFCTO meets the test set out in the Legislation to make this decision.
¶ 6 The decision of the Decision Makers under the Legislation is that the FFCTO is revoked.
June 15, 2022
"Allan Lim", CPA, CA
Manager, Corporate Disclosure
Corporate Finance
OSC File #: 2022/0159