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Nova Scotia Securities Commission

The Nova Scotia Securities Commission regulates activities involving securities and derivatives that occur in Nova Scotia or that involve Nova Scotian residents.

Location:

Ste. 400, Duke Tower, 5251 Duke St., Halifax, NS B3J 1P3 View Map

Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Mailing Address:

PO Box 458, Halifax, NS B3J 2P8

For General Inquiries:

Telephone: (902) 424-7768

Toll Free Number (within Nova Scotia): 1-855-424-2499

Fax: (902) 424-4625

Email: NSSCinquiries@novascotia.ca

Media Inquiries:

David Harrison

Manager, Investor Education & Communications

Phone: (902) 424-8586

Email: David.harrison@novascotia.ca

Policy and Market Regulation

To speak to someone about your investment adviser, their firm, or registration matters.

Phone: (902) 424-2336

Email: NSSC-capital-markets@novascotia.ca

Applications for exemptive relief should be forwarded to NSSCEXEMPTIONS@novascotia.ca

Corporate Finance and Derivatives

To speak to someone about a Nova Scotia company, the CEDIF program, investment funds or derivatives.

Phone: (902) 424-6859

For filings email: NSSC_corp_finance@novascotia.ca

Enforcement

To make a confidential complaint regarding possible violation of Nova Scotia securities laws or to report a scam affecting Nova Scotia residents.

File a Complaint or Report a Scam

Location:

Ste. 600, Duke Tower, 5251 Duke St., Halifax, NS B3J 1P3 View Map

Mailing Address:

PO Box 451, Halifax, NS B3J 2P8

Contact Info:

Phone: (902) 424-8814

Toll Free Number (within Nova Scotia): 1-855-424-2499

Fax: (902) 424-3538

Email: NSSCEnforcement@novascotia.ca

(Please include in the email your mailing address: street, city, province, postal code)

Failure to file annual financial statements.
Failure to file interim financial statements.
Failure to file an annual or interim management’s discussion and analysis (MD&A) or an annual or interim management report of fund performance (MRFP).
Failure to file an Annual Information Form (AIF).
Failure to file a certification of annual or interim filings required by Multilateral Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings (MI 52-109).
Failure to file required proxy materials or a required information circular.
Failure to file an issuer profile supplement on the System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (SEDI).
Failure to file a material change report.
Failure to provide a written update after filing a confidential report of a material change.
Failure to file a business acquisition report.
Failure to file annual oil and gas disclosure prescribed by National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure of Oil and Gas Activities (NI 51-101) or technical reports for a mineral project required under NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (NI 43-101).
Failure to file a mandatory news release.
Failure to file corporate governance disclosure as required by national Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices (NI 58-101).
Failure to file audit committee disclosure as required by Multilateral Instrument 52-110 Audit Committees (MI 52-110) or BC Instrument 52-509 Audit Committees.
Failure to include disclosure in an issuer’s MD&A relating to disclosure controls and procedures and their direct effectiveness that is referred to in a certificate filed under MI 52-109.
Financial statements of the reporting issuer, or the auditors’ report accompanying the financial statements, do not comply with the requirements of NI 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations (NI 51-102), National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure (NI 81-106) or National Instrument 52-107 Acceptable Accounting Principles, Auditing Standards and Reporting Currency (NI 52-107).
The reporting issuer has acknowledged that its financial statements, or the auditors’ report accompanying the financial statements, may no longer be relied upon.
The reporting issuer’s AIF, MD&A, MRFP, information circular, or business acquisition reports do not contain information for each of the content items required by NI 51-102 or NI 81-106.
The reporting issuer’s technical disclosure or other reports do not comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 43-101 or 51-101.
Failure to pay a fee required by the Act or the regulations.
Failure to comply with any other requirement related to continuous disclosure.