Exhibit 99.5
CERTIFICATE OF ABRIDGEMENT
Section 2.20(c) of National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer
TO: | Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan British Columbia Securities Commission |
Alberta Securities Commission
The Manitoba Securities Commission
Ontario Securities Commission
Autorité des marchés financiers
Nova Scotia Securities Commission
Financial and Consumer Services Commission, New Brunswick
Office of the Superintendent of Securities, Prince Edward Island
Office of the Superintendent of Securities Service Newfoundland and Labrador
Office of the Superintendent of Securities, Northwest Territories
Nunavut Securities Office
Office of the Yukon Superintendent of Securities
RE: | Annual General Meeting of the holders of First Phosphate Corp. (the “Company”) to be held on August 23, 2024 (the “Meeting”) |
With reference to National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer (“NI 54-101”), the undersigned, Bennett Kurtz, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certifies for and on behalf of the Company, and not in his personal capacity and without personal liability, that:
(a) | in accordance with the requirements set out in section 2.20(a) of NI 54-101, arrangements have been made to have the proxy-related materials for the Meeting sent in compliance with the applicable timing requirements in section 2.9 and section 2.12 of NI 54-101; |
(b) | in accordance with the requirements set out in section 2.20(b) of NI 54-101, arrangements have been made to carry out all of the requirements of NI 54-101 applicable to the Meeting, in addition to those described in paragraph (a) above; and |
(c) | the Company is relying on section 2.20 of NI 54-101 to abridge the time periods prescribed in section 2.2(1) of NI 54-101 applicable to the Meeting. |
DATED this 24th day of July, 2024.
FIRST PHOSPHATE CORP. | |||
Per: | /s/ “Bennett Kurtz” | ||
Bennett Kurtz | |||
Chief Financial Officer |