40. Any person may examine the securities register of a corporation that is a reporting issuer provided the person undertakes in writing to use the information it contains solely in connection with an effort to influence the voting of shareholders, a solicitation of proxies, an offer to acquire shares of the corporation or any other matter relating to the affairs of the corporation.
The undertaking must state the person’s name and domicile. In the case of a legal person, the undertaking must be made in the legal person’s name by a natural person authorized by the board of directors of the legal person.
On receipt of the undertaking, the corporation must allow access to the register during its regular office hours, and provide extracts from the register on payment of a reasonable fee.