The Panel must protect shareholders during affected transactions and offers by:

1. Ensuring integrity of markets and fairness to shareholders during affected transactions;
2. Ensuring that the necessary information is provided timely to shareholders to make an informed decision during affected transactions;
3. Preventing action by companies intended to impede, defeat or frustrate affected transactions;
4. Ensuring that persons undertaking affected transactions are ready, able and willing to implement the transaction;
5. Ensuring that all shareholders are treated equally and equitably during an affected transaction;
6. Ensuring that all shareholders receive the same information during an affected transaction, and that no relevant information is withheld to shareholders;
7. Ensuring that shareholders are provided sufficient information, and permitted sufficient time to enable them to reach a properly informed decision about an affected transactions.