Tagged: OTCQX

Capital Markets

Dorsey releases Updated Guide for Canadian issuers to trade on the OTCQX and OTCQB

In conjunction with the OTC Markets, Dorsey has updated its Guide to Joining the OTCQX or the OTCQB Markets for Canadian and other Foreign issuers. Canadian issuers who trade on a qualified foreign stock exchange (which include the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Canadian Securities Exchange and the NEO Exchange) and who meet certain financial criteria can trade in the United States on the OTCQX or the OTCQB by relying on their Canadian disclosure and without needing to register with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The OTCQX is for more established companies that meet higher financial standards while the OTCQB is for early-stage and developing companies. The OTCQX and OTCQB...

Capital Markets

OTCQX International Rule Changes Will Push Certain Canadian Companies to the OTCQB Tier

The OTC Markets has published proposed rule changes that would, effective September 23, 2021, require that in order to be quoted on the OTCQX International, a company must either be an SEC reporting company, file reports with the SEC under the Regulation A+ reporting system, or be exempt from SEC reporting requirements by virtue of Rule 12g3-2(b).  Companies relying on the Rule 12g3-2(b) exemption must annually certify to the OTC Markets that they continue to comply with that exemption.  Another alternative, which had allowed companies to be quoted on the OTCQX International if they are exempt from SEC reporting requirements for other reasons, is being eliminated.  Companies previously relying on that exemption may...

Capital Markets

Dorsey releases new Guide for Canadian issuers to trade on the OTCQX and OTCQB

In conjunction with the OTC Markets, Dorsey has updated its Guide to Joining the OTCQX or the OTCQB Markets for Canadian and other Foreign issuers. Canadian issuers who trade on a qualified foreign stock exchange (which include the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Canadian Securities Exchange and the Aequitas NEO Exchange) and who meet certain financial criteria can trade in the United States on the OTCQX or the OTCQB by relying on their Canadian disclosure and without needing to register with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The OTCQX is for more established companies that meet higher financial standards while the OTCQB is for early-stage and developing companies. The OTCQX and...

Capital Markets / Securities

OTC Markets Provides Temporary Relief to OTCQX and OTCQB Issuers Due to Covid-19

The OTC Markets Group Inc. (the “OTC”) has announced that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is providing relief to certain OTCQB and OTCQX issuers until June 30, 2020. Until June 30, 2020, no new compliance deficiency notices will be sent related to having a low bid price, low market capitalization, or low market value of public float (as those terms are used in the OTCQB Standards, the OTCQX Rules for International Companies or the OTCQX Rules for U.S. Companies, as applicable). Additionally, any OTCQX or OTCQB company that has already received a compliance notice related to bid price, market capitalization, or market value of public float with a cure period expiring between...

Corporate / Securities

OTCQX Proposed Rule Changes

The OTC Markets Group published this week proposed amendments to the OTCQX Rules for U.S. Companies, U.S. Banks and International Companies. The rules will become effective on December 12, 2019; comments will be accepted until December 11, 2019. To qualify for the OTCQX, International Companies must, among other qualifications, have a class of securities traded on a Qualified Foreign Exchange (includes the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange and the Canadian Securities Exchange), be an SEC Reporting Company or be a Regulation A Reporting Company. The proposed rules contain several amendments for International Companies, which will be the focus of this update. First, if an International Company applying to trade on the...

Securities

OTCQX Update

In recent years, many Canadian companies have sought to create a U.S. market for their shares by listing on the OTCQX. Qualifying Canadian companies that have their primary listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange or the Canadian Securities Exchange may generally obtain a quotation on the OTCQX or the next lower tier of the OTC Markets, the OTCQB, without filing a registration statement with, or becoming subject to ongoing reporting requirements with, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. During 2016, the initial listing requirements for OTCQX included a minimum share price of US$0.25, a minimum market capitalization of US$10 million, an operating business, no current bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings,...