United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form
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For the fiscal year ended
Commission File Number
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Ontario,
(Province or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number (if applicable))
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number (if applicable))
(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
Profound Medical (U.S.) Inc.
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(Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code) of agent for service in the United States)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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| Name of each exchange on which registered |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.
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Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.
Not Applicable
(Title of Class)
For annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form:
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Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.
Common Shares as of December 31, 2021: |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Emerging growth company |
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If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ¨
FORM 40-F
Principal Documents
The following documents, filed as Exhibits 99.1 through 99.3 hereto, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 40-F:
| ● | Annual Information Form of Profound Medical Corp. (the “Company”) for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “AIF”); |
| ● | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the Company for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the “MD&A”); and |
| ● | Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company as at December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for the two years in the period ended December 31, 2021 and the related notes and the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID# |
In addition, the certifications and consents required by Form 40-F are filed as Exhibits 99.4 through 99.6 hereto.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The information under the heading “Disclosure Controls and Procedures and Internal Controls over Financial Reporting” in the MD&A is incorporated by reference herein.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The information under the heading “Disclosure Controls and Procedures and Internal Controls over Financial Reporting” in the MD&A is incorporated by reference herein.
Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company is an “emerging growth company” as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and accordingly is not required to provide an attestation report of the registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The information under the heading “Disclosure Controls and Procedures and Internal Controls over Financial Reporting” in the MD&A is incorporated by reference herein.
Identification of Audit Committee
The information under the heading “Item 17. Audit Committee Information” in the AIF is incorporated by reference herein.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
The Company’s board of directors has determined that each of Kenneth Galbraith, Cynthia Lavoie and Murielle Lortie, members of its audit committee, is an “audit committee financial expert” (as such term is defined in Form 40-F) and that each member is “independent” (as defined in the listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”)).
Code of Ethics
The Company has adopted a “code of ethics” (as that term is defined in Form 40-F), entitled “Code of Business Conduct” (the “Code of Ethics”), that applies to all of its directors, officers and employees. A copy of the Code of Ethics is available on our website at www.profoundmedical.com. All amendments to the Code of Ethics, and all waivers of the Code of Ethics with respect to the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, will be posted promptly on our website. In addition, we will provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of such Code of Ethics by contacting: Rashed Dewan, Chief Financial Officer, VP Finance, Manufacturing and HR Operations, Profound Medical Corp., 2400 Skymark Avenue, Unit 6, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 5K5, Telephone: (647) 476-1350.
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Information contained or otherwise accessed through the Company’s website or any other website, other than those documents filed as exhibits hereto, does not form part of this Annual Report on Form 40-F, and any reference to the Company’s website herein is as an inactive textual reference only.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information under the heading “Item 17. Audit Committee Information—External Auditor Service Fees (By Category)” in the AIF is incorporated by reference herein. None of the audit-related fees, tax fees and other fees listed under such heading were approved by the audit committee pursuant to a waiver of its pre-approval policies in accordance with paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X in 2021 or 2020.
Notices Pursuant to Regulation BTR
None.
Comparison with Nasdaq Governance Rules
As a “foreign private issuer” (as such term is defined in Rule 3b-4 under the Exchange Act) whose common shares are listed on Nasdaq, we are permitted to follow certain home country corporate governance practices instead of certain requirements of the Nasdaq rules. We intend to adopt and approve material changes to equity incentive plans in accordance with Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) listing rules, which do not impose a requirement of shareholder approval for such actions. In addition, we intend to follow the TSX listing rules in respect of private placements instead of Nasdaq requirements to obtain shareholder approval for certain dilutive events (such as issuances that will result in a change of control, certain transactions other than a public offering involving issuances of a 20% or greater interest in us and certain acquisitions of the stock or assets of another company) and the minimum quorum requirement for a shareholders meeting. Under Nasdaq listing rules, the required minimum quorum for a shareholders meeting is 33 1/3% of the outstanding common shares, and our minimum quorum requirement is only 10% of the total number of voting rights attaching to all outstanding Common Shares.
UNDERTAKING
The Company undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information relating to: the securities registered pursuant to Form 40-F; the securities in relation to which the obligation to file an annual report on Form 40-F arises; or transactions in said securities.
CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
Concurrently with this Annual Report on Form 40-F, the Company is filing an amended Form F-X in respect of its Common Shares, the class of securities in relation to which the obligation to file this Annual Report on Form 40-F arises. Any future change to the name or address of the Company’s agent for service of process will be communicated promptly to the Commission by a future amendment to the Form F-X referencing the file number of the relevant filing of the Company.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 40-F and has duly caused this Annual Report on Form 40-F to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
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| By: | /s/ Rashed Dewan |
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| Rashed Dewan Chief Financial Officer |
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| Dated: March 3, 2022 | |
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EXHIBITS
99.1 |
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99.2 | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the Company for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 | |
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101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document | |
101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |
101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | |
101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
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