Toubani Resources Ltd T.TRE

From the OSC

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Just released from The Ontario Securities Commission:

IN THE MATTER OF THE SECURITIES ACT
R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5 as amended

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IN THE MATTER OF
SINO-FOREST CORPORATION, ALLEN CHAN, ALBERT IP, ALFRED C.T. HUNG,
GEORGE HO AND SIMON YEUNG

TEMPORARY O R D E R

(Section 127(1) & (5))

    WHEREAS it appears to the Ontario Securities Commission (the "Commission") that:

1. Sino-Forest Corporation (“Sino-Forest”) is a publicly traded Canadian company and a “reporting issuer” in Ontario and other provinces, as that term is defined in section 1(1) of the Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, as amended (the "Act");
2. Allen Chan (“Chan”) is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Sino-Forest;
3. Albert Ip (“Ip”) is the Senior Vice President Development and Operations North–East and South-West China of Sino-Forest;
4. Alfred C.T. Hung (“Hung”) is Vice-President Corporate Planning and Banking of Sino-Forest;
5. George Ho (“Ho”) is Vice-President Finance of Sino-Forest;
6. Simon Yeung (“Yeung”) is Vice President - Operation within the Operation / Project Management group of Sino-Panel (Asia) Inc., a subsidiary of Sino-Forest (“Yeung”);
7. Since 2003, Sino-Forest has raised approximately $2.986 billion from public investment and/or debt securities issues including four public offerings between 2004 and 2009 which approximately raised $1.05 billion;
8. Sino-Forest has over 150 subsidiaries, the majority of which are registered in the British Virgin Islands and Peoples Republic of China (“PRC”);
9. Sino-Forest’s operations are predominately in the PRC and its management has offices in Hong Kong primarily and also in the PRC and Ontario;
10. Staff of the Commission is conducting an investigation into the activities and business of Sino-Forest and its subsidiaries and their management;
11. The Independent Committee of Sino-Forest has also been conducting an investigation into the activities and business of Sino-Forest and its subsidiaries and their management. As a result, Sino-Forest has recently suspended Ho, Hung, and Yeung temporarily and curtailed Ip’s duties and responsibilities.
12. Sino-Forest, through its subsidiaries, appears to have engaged in significant non-arm’s length transactions which may have been contrary to Ontario securities laws and the public interest;
13. Sino-Forest and certain of its officers and directors appear to have misrepresented some of its revenue and/or exaggerated some of its timber holdings by providing information to the public in documents required to be filed or furnished under Ontario securities laws which may have been false or misleading in a material respect contrary to section 122 or 126.2 of the Act and contrary to the public interest;
14. Sino-Forest and certain of its officers and directors including Chan appear to be engaging or participating in acts, practices or a course of conduct related to its securities which it and/or they know or reasonably ought to know perpetuate a fraud on any person or company contrary to section 126.1 of the Act and contrary to the public interest;

    AND WHEREAS, the Commission is of the opinionthat the time required to conclude a hearing could be prejudicial to thepublic interest as set out in section 127(5) of the Act;

    AND WHEREAS the Commission considers it to be in the public interest to make this order;

    AND WHEREAS by Authorization Order made July 14,2011, pursuant to subsection 3.5(3) of the Act, each of Howard I.Wetston, James E. A. Turner, Kevin J. Kelly, James D. Carnwath, Mary G.Condon, Paulette L. Kennedy, Vern Krishna, Christopher Portner andEdward P. Kerwin, acting alone, is authorized, to exercise the powers ofthe Commission under the Act, subject to subsection 3.5(4) of the Act,to make orders under section 17 of the Act.

    IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pursuant to clause 2 of section 127(1) of the Act that all trading in the securities of Sino-Forest shall cease;

    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to clauses 7and 8 of section 127(1) of the Act that Chan, Ip, Hung, Ho and Yeungresign any and all positions that they hold as a director or officer ofSino-Forest or any other registrant and that they are prohibited frombecoming or acting as director or officer of an issuer;

    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to clause 2of section 127(1) of the Act that all trading by Chan, Ip, Hung, Ho andYeung in securities shall cease;

    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to section127(6) of the Act that this order shall take effect immediately andshall expire on the fifteenth day after its making unless extended byorder of the Commission.

 

    DATED at Toronto this 26th day of August, 2011.