40-F for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 40-F
(Check One)
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Registration statement pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 |
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Annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 |
For the twelve months ended: December 31, 2007
Commission file number: 000-24443
DENISON MINES CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ontario, Canada
(Province or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
1090
(Primary standard industrial classification code number)
Not Applicable
(I.R.S. employer identification number)
Atrium on Bay, 595 Bay Street, Suite 402, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C2; Phone number: 416-979-1991
(Address and telephone number of registrants principal executive offices)
Denison Mines (USA) Corp.
1050 17th Street, Suite 950
Denver, CO 80265
Phone: 303-628-7798
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service in the United States)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Not applicable.
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock without par value.
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: Not
applicable.
For annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this form:
þ Annual Information Form þ Audited Annual Financial Statements
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuers classes of capital or common
stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:
189,731,635 Common Shares
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by filing the information contained in this form is
also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act). If Yes is marked, indicate the file number
assigned to the registrant in connection with such rule.
Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13(d) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the proceeding 12 months (or for such shorter
period that the registrant has been required to file such reports); and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements in the past 90 days.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Annual Information Form for the Year Ended December 31, 2007 |
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Managements Discussion and Analysis from the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders |
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Audited Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2007 including Report of the
Independent Auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
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Consent Letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
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Officers Certifications Required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) |
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Officers Certifications Required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter
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INTRODUCTION
On December 1, 2006, International Uranium Corporation (IUC) and Denison Mines Inc. (DMI)
combined their business operations by way of arrangement under the Ontario Business Corporations
Act (the Denison Arrangement). Pursuant to the Denison Arrangement, DMI amalgamated with a
subsidiary of IUC. The amalgamated companies continued as Denison Mines Inc. Under the Denison
Arrangement, IUC acquired all of the shares of the newly amalgamated DMI in exchange for IUC shares
on the basis of 2.88 IUC shares for each DMI share. Effective December 1, 2006, IUCs articles
were amended to change its name to Denison Mines Corp. In this Form 40-F, Denison Mines Corp.
formerly known as International Uranium Corporation, is referred to as the Company.
DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
A. Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be
disclosed in the Companys filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in accordance with the requirements
specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). The
Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of its
management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness
of the design and operation of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
the Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon
that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the
Companys disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2007, are effective to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in reports it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in
the SECs rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to the Registrants management,
including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely
required disclosure.
The Companys disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of
achieving their objectives and, as indicated in the preceding paragraph, the CEO and CFO believe
that the Companys disclosure controls and procedures are effective at that reasonable assurance
level, although the CEO and CFO do not expect that the disclosure controls and procedures or
internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A
control system, no matter how well conceived or operated, can provide only reasonable, not
absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. The Company will continue to
periodically review its disclosure controls and procedures and may make such modifications from
time to time as it considers necessary.
B. Managements Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The Companys management is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of
internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process
to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Companys financial reporting for
external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Canada and the
United States of America. Management conducted an assessment of the Companys internal control
over financial reporting based on the framework established by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control Integrated Framework. Based on
this assessment, management concluded that, as of December 31, 2007, the Companys internal control
over financial reporting is effective.
C. Report of the Independent Auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC
The report of the Companys independent auditors regarding internal control over financial
reporting is included as an Exhibit to this Form 40-F.
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D. Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There was no change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting that occurred
during the twelve month period covered by this annual report that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
The Companys Board of Directors has determined that all three members of its Audit Committee (Mr.
Paul F. Little, Ms. Catherine Stefan, and Mr. William A. Rand), are audit committee financial
experts, within the meaning of the note to paragraph 8(a) of General Instruction B of Form 40-F,
and are also independent within the meaning of United States and Canadian securities regulations.
A description of the education and experience of these persons is set forth in the table below:
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Paul F. Little
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Chartered Accountant (ICAO) |
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M.B.A. (Finance) |
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Held position of Chief Financial Officer of one public company and two private companies. |
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Catherine J.G. Stefan,
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Chartered Accountant (ICAO) |
Chair of the Audit
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Committee
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Held position of Chief Operating Officer of O&Y Properties Inc., President of
Stefan & Associates and Executive Vice-President of Bramalea Group, Chair, Tax
Committee of the Canadian Institute of Public Real Estate Companies (CIPREC). |
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William R. Rand
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B.Comm (Accounting) |
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LLB, LLM, with extensive corporate finance experience |
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Has served on audit committees of a number of public companies |
Through such education and experience, each of these three members has experience overseeing and
assessing the performance of companies and public accountants with respect to the preparation,
auditing and evaluation of financial statements, and has: (1) an understanding of generally
accepted accounting principles and financial statements; (2) the ability to assess the general
application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals and
reserves; (3) experience analyzing and evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and
level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and
complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the Companys financial
statements; (4) an understanding of internal controls over financial reporting; and (5) an
understanding of audit committee functions.
The SEC has provided that the designation of an audit committee financial expert does not make him
or her an expert for any purpose, impose on him or her any duties, obligations or liability that
are greater than the duties, obligations or liability imposed on him or her as a member of the
Audit Committee and the Board of Directors in the absence of such designation, or affect the
duties, obligations or liability of any other member of the Audit Committee or Board of Directors.
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CODE OF ETHICS
The Company has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Companys directors, officers and
employees, including the chief executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting
officer or controller, persons performing similar functions and other officers, directors and
employees of the Company. A current copy of the code of ethics is available on the Companys
website at http://www.denisonmines.com.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The following table discloses the fees billed to the Company by its external auditor during the
financial year ended December 31, 2007 and the fifteen month period ended December 31, 2006.
Services were billed and paid in Canadian dollars and have been translated into U.S. dollars using
an average annual exchange rate of: 1.0749 for 2007, and 1.134 for 2006. The Companys external
auditor was also the auditor for DMI prior to the Denison Arrangement. Fees billed to DMI by the
external auditor for the fifteen month period ended December 31, 2006 are also noted below.
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December 31, 2006 |
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79,075 |
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93,821 |
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33,183 |
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301,882 |
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247,832 |
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108,889 |
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29,710 |
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The aggregate fees billed for audit services. Corresponding amounts for DMI for
2006 are $65,894. |
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The aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably
related to the performance of the audit or review of the companys financial statements and
are not disclosed in the Audit Fees column. Corresponding amounts for DMI for 2006 are
$49,334. |
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The aggregate fees billed for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning services.
Corresponding amounts for DMI for 2006 are $32,717. |
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The aggregate fees billed for professional services other than those listed in the
other three columns. For 2007, All Other Fees relates to due diligence reporting of the
IUC/DMI merger. For 2006, the amount was billed on account of services relating to the
Denison Arrangement. Corresponding amounts for DMI for 2006 are $111,640. DMI amounts in
2006 were billed on account of services relating to DMIs public offering completed in March
2006, as to $87,830, and on account of services relating to the Denison Arrangement, as to
$23,810. |
The Companys audit committee mandate provides All auditing services and non-audit services
provided to the Corporation by the Corporations auditors shall, to the extent and in the manner
required by applicable law or regulation, be pre-approved by the Audit Committee of the
Corporation. In no circumstances shall the Corporations auditors provide any non-audit services
to the Corporation that are prohibited by applicable law or regulation.
The following sets forth the percentage of services described above that were approved by the audit
committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X:
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OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
The Company does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
TABULAR DISCLOSURE OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
At December 31, 2007, the Company had a reclamation liability of $20,389,000, the timing of which
will depend upon the Companys business objectives.
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In addition, the Companys contractual obligations as of December 31, 2007, were as follows:
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Operating lease
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IDENTIFICATION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Company has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with
Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The committee members are Mr. Paul F. Little, Ms.
Catherine Stefan, and Mr. William A. Rand. For further information on these members, see
discussion above under Audit Committee Financial Experts.
UNDERTAKING AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
A. Undertaking
The Company undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to
inquiries made by the staff of the SEC, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the SEC
staff, information relating to the securities in relation to which the obligation to file an annual
report on Form 40-F arises; or transactions in said securities.
B. Consent to Service of Process
The Company has previously filed with the SEC a Form F-X in connection with its common stock. Any
change to the name or address of the Companys agent for service shall be communicated promptly to
the SEC by amendment to the Form F-X referencing the file number 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 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
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Registrant: Denison Mines Corp. |
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s/E. Peter Farmer
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Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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Date: March 28, 2008
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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99.1
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Annual Information Form for the Year Ended December 31, 2007 |
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99.2
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Managements Discussion and Analysis |
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99.3
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Audited Annual Financial Statements for the Year ended December 31, 2007 including Report from
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Auditors |
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99.4
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
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Officers Certifications Required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
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99.6
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Officers Certifications Required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of
Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code |
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