Can a company be liable for misrepresentation in a prospectus for funds distributed on the primary market?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Wright v. Horizons ETFS Management (Canada) Inc., 2020 ONCA 337 (CanLII):

Section 130 provides a statutory cause of action for misrepresentations in a prospectus for funds distributed on the primary market: Tucci v. Smart Technologies Inc, 2013 ONSC 802, 114 O.R. (3d) 294, at paras. 21, 40. Section 130 in Part XXIII provides that: 130. (1) Where a prospectus, together with any amendment to the prospectus, contains a misrepresentation, a purchaser who purchases a security offered by the prospectus during the period of distribution or during distribution to the public has, without regard to whether the purchaser relied on the misrepresentation, a right of action for damages against, (a) the issuer or a selling security holder on whose behalf the distribution is made…

Section 138.3 provides a statutory cause of action for misrepresentations for purchasers who acquire securities on the secondary market: Sharma v. Timminco Limited, 2012 ONCA 107, 109 O.R. (3d) 569, at paras. 7-8, leave to appeal refused, [2012] S.C.C.A. No. 157. Section 138.3 in Part XXIII.1 provides that: 138.3 (1) Where a responsible issuer or a person or company with actual, implied or apparent authority to act on behalf of a responsible issuer releases a document that contains a misrepresentation, a person or company who acquires or disposes of the issuer’s security during the period between the time when the document was released and the time when the misrepresentation contained in the document was publicly corrected has, without regard to whether the person or company relied on the misrepresentation, a right of action for damages against, (a) the responsible issuer; …

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