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Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 22, 2021) - Bluesky Digital Assets Corp. (CSE: BTC) (CSE: BTC.PR.A) (OTCQB: BTCWF) ("Bluesky" or the "Corporation") is providing an update with respect to its previously announced management cease trade order (the "MCTO") issued by the Ontario Securities Commission on May 3, 2021. The MCTO was issued in connection with the delay by the Corporation in filing its annual financial statements, management's discussion and analysis and related officer certifications for the financial year ended December 31, 2020 (collectively, the "Required Filings") before the prescribed deadline of April 30, 2021.
The MCTO was granted pursuant to Bluesky's application made under National Policy 12-203 - Management Cease Trade Orders ("NP 12-203"). The Corporation requested and received an extension relating to the Required Filings due to delays caused by the required review of certain new internal control procedures that have been implemented by the Corporation and due to other issues associated with the current COVID-19 restrictions in the Province of Ontario.
The Corporation's staff and accounting firm is working diligently with its auditors and the Corporation now expects to have the audit of the Required Filings completed, and the Required Filings filed, by May 31, 2021.
The Corporation is providing this status update in accordance with NP 12-203. The Corporation reports that: (i) there are no changes to the information contained in its default announcement on May 3, 2021, that would reasonably be expected to be material to an investor; (ii) the Corporation is satisfying and confirms that it intends to continue to satisfy the provisions of the alternative information guidelines set out under NP 12-203 and issue bi-weekly default status reports for so long as the delay in filing the Required Filings is continuing, which will be issued in the form of a news release; (iii) there has not been any other specified default by the Corporation under NP 12-203 and no such other default is anticipated; and (iv) there is no material information concerning the affairs of the Corporation that has not been generally disclosed.
The MCTO does not affect the ability of shareholders who are not insiders of the Corporation to trade their securities. However, the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities could determine, in their discretion, that it would be appropriate to issue a general cease trade order against the Corporation affecting all of the securities of the Corporation.