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THE MANITOBA SECURITIES COMMISSION MSC Rule No. 2014-10 (Section 149.1, The Securities Act) AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 41-101 GENERAL PROSPECTUS REQUIREMENTS 1. National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements is amended. 2. Form 41-101F1 is amended by adding the following after item 26.1: Auditor that was not a participating audit firm 26.1.1(1) If the auditor referred to in section 26.1 was not a participating audit firm, as defined in NI 52-108, as at the date of the most recent auditors report on financial statements included in the prospectus, include a statement in substantially the following form: "[Audit Firm A] audited the financial statements of [Entity B] for the year ended [state the period of the most recent financial statements included in the prospectus] and issued an auditor's report dated [state the date of the auditors report for the relevant financial statements]. As at [state the date of the auditors report for the relevant financial statements], [Audit Firm A] was not required by securities legislation to enter, and had not entered, into a participation agreement with the Canadian Public Accountability Board. An audit firm that enters into a participation agreement is subject to the oversight program of the Canadian Public Accountability Board." 26.1.1(2) If an auditor of the financial statements required by Item 32 was not a participating audit firm, as defined in NI 52-108, as at the date of the most recent auditors report issued by that auditor on financial statements included in the prospectus, include a statement in substantially the following form: "[Audit Firm C] audited the financial statements of [Entity D] for the year ended [state the period of the most recent financial statements, if any, included in the prospectus under Item 32] and issued an auditor's report dated [state the date of the auditors report for the relevant financial statements]. As at [state the date of the auditors report for the relevant financial statements], [Audit Firm C] was not required by securities legislation to enter, and had not entered, into a participation agreement with the Canadian Public Accountability Board. An audit firm that enters into a participation agreement is subject to the oversight program of the Canadian Public Accountability Board. 3. This Instrument comes into force on September 30, 2014. 4. This Instrument may be cited as MSC Rule 2014-10.
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