New OPP procedures may affect TSX Form 4 filings
Individuals with criminal records that are filing Form 4 - Personal Information Form will now have to be fingerprinted due to new procedures being implemented by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). According to a TSX notice released today, effective immediately, the OPP will no longer provide the TSX with information regarding the positive results of criminal record checks without fingerprint verification from the individual. An RCMP Records Release Form, which will be provided by the TSX on an as-needed basis, will have to be signed and submitted at the time of fingerprinting to give the OPP permission to release the information to the TSX.
Thus, the TSX is recommending that individuals that have pled, or have been found guilty of an offence as defined by the Form, be digitally fingerprinted at an RCMP-accredited agency providing such services. The TSX has also advised that the OPP will only accept criminal consent forms submitted within 90 days from the date the consent was signed.
Similar consideration to the new procedures should be given by those filing Form 2A respecting TSX-Venture companies.
