Use this template to prepare an Offering Circular for a take-over bid in Canada, to be distributed to the shareholders and security holders of the corporation. The offering circular 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 is a Canadian legal document in MS Word format.