Takeover Bid Offering Circular (Canada)

Use this template to prepare a Takeover Bid Offering Circular for use in Canada. The Offering Circular will be distributed to the shareholders and security holders of the target corporation. It contains information required by the shareholders, including:

• history of the purchaser and its business,
• purpose of the offering and the purchaser's plans,
• beneficial ownership and trading of securities,
• securities subject to the offering,
• effects of the offer on the market for the corporation's securities,
• source of the purchaser's funds,
• income tax considerations,
• Competition Act legislation,
• statutory rights of offerees.

This Canadian Takeover Bid Offering Circular template is available in MS Word format. Fully editable to meet your needs.