Farris partner Al Hudec will be a guest speaker at the Canadian Mining Law & Finance Conference in Vancouver on June 16, 2009. The conference is for mining executives, mining lawyers and financial executives and will provide a comprehensive update on the key issues where recent legal developments can impact on mineral financing, exploration and production activities. Al’s topic is titled: The HudBay/Lundin Transaction - OSC signals new rules for Shareholder Approval and covers:
- Key considerations that dictate when shareholder approval might be required including economic impact, dilution, board reconfiguration and timing of meetings
- Best practices in dealing with the TSE listings committee
- Will the TSX policy review result in a bright line test for market dilution and shareholder approval
- Similarities and differences between HudBay and the McEwen vs. Goldcorp decisions of 2006
- Comparison to rules on other Exchanges