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Watercan Inc. - MRRS Decision
Headnote
Mutual Reliance Review System for Exemptive Relief Applications - Reporting issuer deemed to have ceased to be areporting issuer - only one security holder remaining.
Subsection 1(6) of the OBCA - Issuer deemed to have ceased to be offering its securities to the public under theBusiness Corporations Act (Ontario).
Applicable Ontario Statutory Provisions
Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.S.5, as am., ss.1(1), 6(3) and 83.
Business Corporations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.B.16, as am., s.1(6).
IN THE MATTER OF
THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION
OF ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN,
ONTARIO, NOVA SCOTIA AND NEWFOUNDLAND
AND
IN THE MATTER OF THE
MUTUAL RELIANCE REVIEW SYSTEM
FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF APPLICATIONS
AND
IN THE MATTER OF
WATERCAN INC.
MRRS DECISION DOCUMENT
WHEREAS the local securities regulatory authority or regulator (the "Decision Maker") in each of Alberta,Saskatchewan, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland (the "Jurisdictions") has received an application from WatercanInc. (the "Filer") for:
(i) a decision under the securities legislation of the Jurisdictions (the "Legislation") that the Filer bedeemed to have ceased to be a reporting issuer or its equivalent under the Legislation; and
(ii) in Ontario only, an order pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the "OBCA") that theFiler be deemed to have ceased to be offering its securities to the public;
AND WHEREAS under the Mutual Reliance Review System for Exemptive Relief Applications (the "System"),the Ontario Securities Commission is the principal regulator for this Application;
AND WHEREAS the Filer has represented to the Decision Markers that:
1. The Filer is a company existing under the OBCA with its head office located in Toronto, Ontario.
2. The Filer was formed on November 9, 2000 by the amalgamation of Jascan Resources Inc. ("Jascan") and awholly-owned subsidiary of Breakwater Resources Ltd. ("Breakwater") pursuant to an arrangement (the"Arrangement") completed under section 182 of the OBCA.
3. Following the completion of the Arrangement, the Filer became a reporting issuer or its equivalent under theLegislation by virtue of Jascan having been a reporting issuer under the Legislation for at least twelve months.
4. Other than a failure to file interim financial statements on or before November 29, 2000 for the period endingSeptember 30, 2000, the Filer is not in default of any requirement of the Legislation.
5. The authorized capital of the Filer consists of, among other securities, an unlimited number of common shares("Watercan Shares"), of which one Watercan Share is outstanding. The single outstanding Watercan Shareis owned and controlled by Breakwater, and there are no other securities, including debt securities, of the Fileroutstanding.
6. Prior to the Arrangement becoming effective, the common shares of Jascan were listed on The Toronto StockExchange. The common shares of Jascan were delisted from The Toronto Stock Exchange on November 16,2000 and there are no securities of Jascan or the Filer listed or quoted on any exchange or market in Canada.
7. The Filer does not intend to seek public financing by way of an issue of securities of the Filer.
AND WHEREAS pursuant to the System, this MRRS Decision Document evidences the decision of eachDecision Maker (collectively the "Decision");
AND WHEREAS each of the Decision Makers is satisfied that the test contained in the Legislation that providesthat Decision Maker with the jurisdiction to make the Decision has been met;
THE DECISION of the Decision Makers under the Legislation is that the Filer is deemed to have ceased to bea reporting issuer or its equivalent under the Legislation.
December 21, 2000.
John Hughes
Manager, Continuous Disclosure
AND IT IS HEREBY ORDERED by the Ontario Securities Commission pursuant to subsection 1(6) of theOBCA that the Filer is deemed to have ceased to be offering its securities to the public for the purposes of the OBCA.
December 21, 2000.
"Howard I. Wetston" "J.A. Gellar"