OSC v. LeadFX Inc. and Michael Pearson (dilution death spirals, 2018)

Dismissed

Machine-extracted, pending human review. The structured fields on this page were parsed automatically from the regulator's own release, linked below. Read the primary document before relying on any figure here, and tell us if something is wrong.

In 2018, the regulator brought an action, since dismissed, against LeadFX Inc. and Michael Pearson, alleging conduct this library classifies as dilution death spirals. The release does not state a monetary figure that we were able to extract.

The record

What was ordered

Civil penalty

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Disgorgement

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Prejudgment interest

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Total relief

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Alleged gain

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A dash means the release did not state a figure we could extract, not that the figure is zero. Penalty and disgorgement are stored separately so aggregates across the library do not double-count the same dollars.

What is alleged to have happened

the regulator announced this matter on September 21, 2018 as release 2018-53. The respondents named are LeadFX Inc. and Michael Pearson (1 individual, 1 entity). The action was brought in the Capital Markets Tribunal (Ontario).

This library tags the matter as dilution death spirals, based on the conduct the regulator describes. Each tag links to a page explaining how that technique works, what statute it engages, and what penalties comparable actions have attracted. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.

The conduct is recorded against equities.

The action was dismissed. We keep dismissed matters in the library precisely so that the outcome is visible alongside the original allegation.

What technique is this, and how does it work?

This action is tagged with one technique in our taxonomy. The tagging is ours: regulators charge statutory provisions, not technique names, so the mapping is an editorial judgement described in our editorial policy.

• Dilution death spirals — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.

Timeline

1. 2018-09-18 Other
2. 2018-09-21 Notice of Hearing
3. 2018-09-24 Reasons and Decision
4. 2018-09-25 Other
5. 2018-09-28 Reasons and Decision
6. 2018-10-31 Reasons and Decision

Primary documents

Everything on this page derives from the documents below. Where our summary and the primary document disagree, the primary document is right.

• Tribunal proceeding
• Other
• Notice of Hearing
• Reasons and Decision
• Other
• Reasons and Decision
• Reasons and Decision

The linked release is published by the issuing regulator under its own terms. Our summary and narrative above are our own writing.

Record added September 9, 2026. submit a correction.