1. | ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM |
The Registrant’s Revised Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2022 is attached as Exhibit 1 (the “Annual Information Form”) to this annual report on Form 40-F and is incorporated by reference herein.
2. | AUDITED ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
The Registrant’s consolidated audited financial statements as at and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, including the reports of independent registered public accounting firm, prepared by Deloitte LLP (“Deloitte”) with respect thereto, are included in Exhibit 2 attached to this annual report on Form 40-F and are incorporated by reference herein.
3. | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS |
The Registrant’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Operations and Financial Position for the year ended December 31, 2022 is included in Exhibit 3 attached to this annual report on Form 40-F and is incorporated by reference herein.
Notwithstanding any reference to the Registrant’s website on the World Wide Web in the Annual Information Form or in the documents attached or incorporated as exhibits hereto, the information contained in the Registrant’s website, or any other site on the World Wide Web referred to in the Registrant’s website, is not a part of this annual report on Form 40-F and, therefore, is not filed with the Commission.
5. | FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS |
The Registrant has made in the documents filed as part of this annual report on Form 40-F, and from time to time may otherwise make “forward-looking statements”, within the meaning of Section 21E under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, and related assumptions concerning its operations, economic performance and financial matters. Actual results or events could differ materially from those set forth in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements and the related assumptions due to a variety of factors. Reference is made to the section titled “Forward-Looking Statements” on page 2 of the Annual Information Form for a discussion of such factors.
6. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
The Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and its Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer are responsible for establishing and maintaining the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) and internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act).
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Registrant maintains disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that material information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported on a timely basis, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to senior management, including the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to enable them to make timely decisions regarding required disclosure of such information. The Registrant has conducted an evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2022, under the supervision, and with the participation of, its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer. Based on this evaluation, the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as this term is defined in the rules adopted by Canadian securities regulatory authorities and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission) are effective as of December 31, 2022.
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management of the Registrant is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Registrant. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Due to its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. Additionally, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the