By Order dated 13 October 2026 under section 147 of the Securities Act (Ontario), the Ontario Securities Commission exempted OptAxe Limited from recognition as an exchange under subsection 21(1) of the Act, and from National Instruments 21-101, 23-101 and 23-103, subject to the terms and conditions in Schedule A to the Order.
Ontario participants may be given direct access to the OptAxe MTF to trade the FX instruments named in the Order: FX spot, forwards, swaps, options, strategies and non-deliverable forwards. Any other product, including commodity derivatives, requires the prior approval of the Commission and is not currently available to Ontario participants.
Each Ontario participant must be a permitted client under National Instrument 31-103 that is not an individual, and an eligible counterparty or professional client, and must confirm its registration status under Ontario securities law in writing before access is granted.