81-102 - Mutual Funds [NI - Rescinded]

Published Date:	2000-01-28
Effective Date:	2000-02-01
Rescinded Date:	2001-09-20

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PARTTITLE

PART 1 DEFINITION AND APPLICATION
1.1 Definition
1.2 Application
1.3 Interpretation

PART 2 INVESTMENTS
2.1 Concentration Restriction
2.2 Control Restrictions
2.3 Restrictions Concerning Types of Investments
2.4 Restrictions Concerning Illiquid Assets
2.5 Investments in Other Mutual Funds
2.6 Investment Practices
2.7 Transactions in Specified Derivatives for Hedging
and Non-hedging Purposes
2.8 Transactions in Specified Derivatives for Purposes
Other Than Hedging
2.9 Transactions in Specified Derivatives for Hedging Purposes
2.10 Adviser Requirements
2.11 Commencement of Use of Specified Derivatives by a
Mutual Fund

PART 3 NEW MUTUAL FUNDS
3.1 Initial Investment in a New Mutual Fund
3.2 Prohibition Against Distribution
3.3 Prohibition Against Reimbursement of Organization Costs

PART 4 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
4.1 Prohibited Investments
4.2 Self-Dealing
4.3 Exception
4.4 Liability and Indemnification

PART 5 FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES
5.1 Matters Requiring Securityholder Approval
5.2 Approval of Securityholders
5.3 Circumstances in Which Approval of Securityholders
Not Required
5.4 Formalities Concerning Meetings of Securityholders
5.5 Approval of Securities Regulatory Authority
5.6 Pre-Approved Reorganizations and Transfers
5.7 Applications
5.8 Matters Requiring Notice
5.9 Relief from Certain Regulatory Requirements
5.10 Significant Changes

PART 6 CUSTODIANSHIP OF PORTFOLIO ASSETS
6.1 General
6.2 Entities Qualified to Act as Custodian or Sub-Custodian
for Assets Held in Canada
6.3 Entities Qualified to Act as Sub-Custodian for Assets
Held outside Canada
6.4 Contents of Custodian and Sub-Custodian Agreements
6.5 Holding of Portfolio Assets and Payment of Fees
6.6 Standard of Care
6.7 Review and Compliance Reports
6.8 Custodial Provisions relating to Derivatives
6.9 Separate Account for Paying Expenses

PART 7 INCENTIVE FEES
7.1 Incentive Fees
7.2 Multiple Portfolio Advisers

PART 8 CONTRACTUAL PLANS
8.1 Contractual Plans

PART 9 SALE OF SECURITIES OF A MUTUAL FUND
9.1 Transmission and Receipt of Purchase Orders
9.2 Acceptance of Purchase Orders
9.3 Issue Price of Securities
9.4 Delivery of Funds and Settlements

PART 10 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES OF A MUTUAL FUND
10.1 Requirements for Redemptions
10.2 Transmission and Receipt of Redemption Orders
10.3 Redemption Price of Securities
10.4 Payment of Redemption Price
10.5 Failure to Complete Redemption Order
10.6 Suspension of Redemptions

PART 11 COMMINGLING OF CASH
11.1 Principal Distributors
11.2 Participating Dealers
11.3 Trust Accounts
11.4 Exemptions
11.5 Right of Inspection

PART 12 COMPLIANCE REPORTS
12.1 Compliance Reports

PART 13 CALCULATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SECURITY
13.1 Frequency and Currency of Calculation of Net Asset
Value per Security
13.2 Portfolio Transactions
13.3 Capital Transactions
13.4 Valuation of Restricted Securities
13.5 Valuation of Specified Derivatives

PART 14 RECORD DATE
14.1 Record Date

PART 15 SALES COMMUNICATIONS AND PROHIBITED
REPRESENTATIONS
15.1 Ability to Make Sales Communications
15.2 Sales Communications - General Requirements
15.3 Prohibited Disclosure in Sales Communications
15.4 Required Disclosure and Warnings in Sales
Communications
15.5 Disclosure Regarding Distribution Fees
15.6 Performance Data - General Requirements
15.7 Advertisements
15.8 Performance Measurement Periods Covered by
Performance Data
15.9 Changes affecting Performance Data
15.10 Formula for Calculating Standard Performance Data
15.11 Assumptions for Calculating Standard Performance Data
15.12 Sales Communications During the Waiting Period
15.13 Prohibited Representations

PART 16 CALCULATION OF MANAGEMENT EXPENSE RATIO
16.1 Calculation of Management Expense Ratio
16.2 Fund of Funds Calculation

PART 17 FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIREMENTS
17.1 Information About Specified Derivatives
17.2 Additional Disclosure Requirements
17.3 Approval of Financial Statements

PART 18 SECURITYHOLDER RECORDS
18.1 Maintenance of Records
18.2 Availability of Records

PART 19 EXEMPTIONS AND APPROVALS
19.1 Exemption
19.2 Exemption or Approval under Prior Policy

PART 20 TRANSITIONAL
20.1 Effective Date
20.2 Sales Communications
20.3 Reports to Securityholders
20.4 Mortgage Funds
20.5 Delayed Coming into Force

APPENDIX 1 - Funds Exchanges for the Purpose of Subsection 2.7(4) - Derivative Counterparty Exposure Limits

APPENDIX B-1, APPENDIX B-2 AND APPENDIX B-3 - Compliance Reports

PART 1 DEFINITIONS AND APPLICATION

1.1 Definitions - In this Instrument

“acceptable clearing corporation” means a clearing corporation that is an acceptable clearing corporation under the Joint Regulatory Financial Questionnaire and Report;

“advertisement” means a sales communication that is published or designed for use on or through a public medium;

“approved credit rating” means, for a security or instrument, a rating at or above one of the following rating categories issued by an approved credit rating organization for that security or instrument or a category that replaces one of the following rating categories if

(a) there has been no announcement by the approved credit rating organization of which the mutual fund or its manager is or ought to be aware that the rating of the security or instrument to which the approved credit rating was given may be down-graded to a rating category that would not be an approved credit rating, and

(b) no approved credit rating organization has rated the security or instrument in a rating category that is not an approved credit rating:

Approved Credit Rating Organization	Commercial Paper/ Short Term Debt	Long Term Debt
CBRS Inc.	A-1	A
Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited	R-1-L	A
Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co.	D-1	A
Fitch IBCA, Inc.	A-1	A
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.	P-1	A2
Standard & Poor’s Corporation	A-1	A
Thomson BankWatch, Inc.	TBW-2	A

“approved credit rating organization” means each of CBRS Inc., Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited, Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., Fitch IBCA, Inc., Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor’s Corporation, and Thomson BankWatch, Inc. and any of their respective successors;

“asset allocation service” means an administrative service under which the investment of a person or company is allocated, in whole or in part, among mutual funds to which this Instrument applies and reallocated among those mutual funds and, if applicable, other assets according to an asset allocation strategy;

“book-based system” means a system for the central handling of securities or equivalent book-based entries under which all securities of a class or series deposited within the system are treated as fungible and may be transferred or pledged by bookkeeping entry without physical delivery;

“cash cover” means any of the following portfolio assets of a mutual fund that are held by the mutual fund, have not been allocated for specific purposes and are available to satisfy all or part of the obligations arising from a position in specified derivatives held by the mutual fund:

1. Cash.
2. Cash equivalents.
3. Synthetic cash.
4. Receivables of the mutual fund that arise from the disposition of portfolio assets, net of payables that arise from the acquisition of portfolio assets;

“cash equivalent” means an evidence of indebtedness that has a remaining term to maturity of 365 days or less and that is issued, or fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest, by

(a) the government of Canada or the government of a jurisdiction,

(b) the government of the United States of America, the government of one of the states of the United States of America, the government of another sovereign state or a permitted supranational agency, if, in each case, the evidence of indebtedness has an approved credit rating, or

(c) a Canadian financial institution, or a financial institution that is not incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or of a jurisdiction if, in either case, evidences of indebtedness of that issuer or guarantor that are rated as short term debt by an approved credit rating organization have an approved credit rating;

“clearing corporation” means an organization through which trades in options or standardized futures are cleared and settled;

“clearing corporation option” means an option, other than an option on futures, issued by a clearing corporation;

“conventional convertible security” means a security of an issuer that is, according to its terms, convertible into, or exchangeable for, other securities of the issuer, or of an affiliate of the issuer;

“conventional floating rate debt instrument” means an evidence of indebtedness of which the interest obligations are based upon a benchmark commonly used in commercial lending arrangements;

“conventional warrant or right” means a security of an issuer, other than a clearing corporation, that gives the holder the right to purchase securities of the issuer or of an affiliate of the issuer;

“currency cross hedge” means the substitution by a mutual fund of a risk to one currency for a risk to another currency, if neither currency is a currency in which the mutual fund determines its net asset value per security and the aggregate amount of currency risk to which the mutual fund is exposed is not increased by the substitution;

“custodian” means the institution appointed by a mutual fund to act as custodian of the portfolio assets of the mutual fund;

“dealer managed mutual fund” means a mutual fund the portfolio adviser of which is a dealer manager;

“dealer manager” means

(a) a specified dealer that acts as a portfolio adviser,

(b) a portfolio adviser in which a specified dealer, or a partner, director, officer, salesperson or principal shareholder of a specified dealer, directly or indirectly owns of record or beneficially, or exercises control or direction over, securities carrying more than 10 percent of the total votes attaching to securities of the portfolio adviser, or

(c) a partner, director or officer of a portfolio adviser referred to in paragraph (b);

“debt-like security” means a security purchased by a mutual fund, other than a conventional convertible security or a conventional floating rate debt instrument, that evidences an indebtedness of the issuer if

(a) either

(i) the amount of principal, interest or principal and interest to be paid to the holder is linked in whole or in part by a formula to the appreciation or depreciation in the market price, value or level of one or more underlying interests on a predetermined date or dates, or

(ii) the security provides the holder with a right to convert or exchange the security into or for the underlying interest or to purchase the underlying interest, and

(b) on the date of acquisition by the mutual fund, the percentage of the purchase price attributable to the component of the security that is not linked to an underlying interest is less than 80 percent of the purchase price paid by the mutual fund;

“delta” means the positive or negative number that is a measure of the change in market value of an option relative to changes in the value of the underlying interest of the option;

“equivalent debt” means, in relation to an option, swap, forward contract or debt-like security, an evidence of indebtedness of approximately the same term as, or a longer term than, the remaining term to maturity of the option, swap, contract or debt-like security and that ranks equally with, or subordinate to, the claim for payment that may arise under the option, swap, contract or debt-like security;

“forward contract” means an agreement, not entered into with, or traded on, a stock exchange or futures exchange or cleared by a clearing corporation, to do one or more of the following on terms or at a price established by or determinable by reference to the agreement and at or by a time in the future established by or determinable by reference to the agreement:

1. Make or take delivery of the underlying interest of the agreement.

2. Settle in cash instead of delivery;

“fundamental investment objectives” means the investment objectives of a mutual fund that define both the fundamental nature of the mutual fund and the fundamental investment features of the mutual fund that distinguish it from other mutual funds;

“futures exchange” means an association or organization operated to provide the facilities necessary for the trading of standardized futures;

“government security” means an evidence of indebtedness issued, or fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest, by any of the government of Canada, the government of a jurisdiction or the government of the United States of America;

“guaranteed mortgage” means a mortgage fully and unconditionally guaranteed, or insured, by the government of Canada, by the government of a jurisdiction or by an agency of any of those governments;

“hedging” means the entering into of a transaction, or a series of transactions, and the maintaining of the position or positions resulting from the transaction or series of transactions

(a) if

(i) the intended effect of the transaction, or the intended cumulative effect of the series of transactions, is to offset or reduce a specific risk associated with all or a portion of an existing investment or position or group of investments or positions,

(ii) the transaction or series of transactions results in a high degree of negative correlation between changes in the value of the investment or position, or group of investments or positions, being hedged and changes in the value of the instrument or instruments with which the investment or position is hedged, and

(iii) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the transaction or series of transactions no more than offset the effect of price changes in the investment or position, or group of investments or positions, being hedged, or

(b) if the transaction, or series of transactions, is a currency cross hedge;

“illiquid asset” means

(a) a portfolio asset that cannot be readily disposed of through market facilities on which public quotations in common use are widely available at an amount that at least approximates the amount at which the portfolio asset is valued in calculating the net asset value per security of the mutual fund, or

(b) a restricted security held by a mutual fund, the resale of which is prohibited by a representation, undertaking or agreement by the mutual fund or by the predecessor in title of the mutual fund;

“index mutual fund” means a mutual fund that has adopted fundamental investment objectives that require it to 

(a) hold the securities that are included in a specified widely quoted market index in substantially the same proportion as those securities are reflected in that index, or

(b) invest in a manner that causes the mutual fund to replicate the performance of that index;

“index participation unit” means a security traded on a stock exchange in Canada or the United States and issued by an issuer the only purpose of which is to 

(a) hold the securities that are included in a specified widely quoted market index in substantially the same proportion as those securities are reflected in that index, or

(b) invest in a manner that causes the issuer to replicate the performance of that index;

“investor fees” means, in connection with the purchase, conversion, holding, transfer or redemption of securities of a mutual fund, all fees, charges and expenses that are or may become payable by a securityholder of the mutual fund to a member of the organization of the mutual fund other than a member of the organization acting solely as a participating dealer;

“Joint Regulatory Financial Questionnaire and Report” means the Joint Regulatory Financial Questionnaire and Report of various Canadian SROs on the date that this Instrument comes into force and every successor to the form that does not materially lessen the criteria for an entity to be recognized as an “acceptable clearing corporation”;

“long position” means a position held by a mutual fund that, for

(a) an option, entitles the mutual fund to elect to purchase, sell, receive or deliver the underlying interest or, instead, pay or receive cash,

(b) a standardized future or forward contract, obliges the mutual fund to accept delivery of the underlying interest or, instead, pay or receive cash,

(c) a call option on futures, entitles the mutual fund to elect to assume a long position in standardized futures,

(d) a put option on futures, entitles the mutual fund to elect to assume a short position in standardized futures, and

(e) a swap, obliges the mutual fund to accept delivery of the underlying interest or receive cash;

“management expense ratio” means the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the expenses of a mutual fund to its average net asset value, calculated in accordance with Part 16;

“manager” means a person or company that directs the business, operations and affairs of a mutual fund;

“member of the organization” has the meaning ascribed to that term in National Instrument 81-105 Mutual Fund Sales Practices;

“money market fund” means a mutual fund that has and intends to continue to have

(a) all of its assets invested in any or all of

(i) cash,

(ii) cash equivalents,

(iii) evidences of indebtedness, other than cash equivalents, that have remaining terms to maturity of 365 days or less, or

(iv) floating rate evidences of indebtedness not referred to in subparagraph (ii) or (iii), if the principal amounts of the obligations will continue to have a market value of approximately par at the time of each change in the rate to be paid to the holders of the evidences of indebtedness,

(b) a portfolio with a dollar-weighted average term to maturity not exceeding 90 days, calculated on the basis that the term of a floating rate obligation is the period remaining to the date of the next rate setting,

(c) not less than 95 percent of its assets invested in cash, cash equivalents or evidences of indebtedness denominated in a currency in which the net asset value per security of the mutual fund is calculated, and

(d) not less than 95 percent of its assets invested in any or all of

(i) cash,

(ii) cash equivalents, or

(iii) evidences of indebtedness of issuers the commercial paper of which has an approved credit rating;

“mortgage” includes a hypothec or security that creates a charge on real property in order to secure a debt;

“mutual fund conflict of interest investment restrictions” means the provisions of securities legislation that

(a) prohibit a mutual fund from knowingly making or holding an investment in an issuer in which the mutual fund, alone or together with one or more mutual funds under common management, is a substantial securityholder as defined by securities legislation, or

(b) prohibit the portfolio adviser of the mutual fund, the mutual fund or a responsible person, as defined in securities legislation, from selling portfolio assets of the mutual fund to, or purchasing portfolio assets from, another mutual fund under common management;

“mutual fund conflict of interest reporting requirements” means the provisions of securities legislation that require the filing of a report with the securities regulatory authority in prescribed form that discloses every transaction of purchase or sale of portfolio assets between the mutual fund and specified related persons or companies;

“non-resident sub-adviser” means a person or company providing portfolio management advice

(a) whose principal place of business is outside of Canada,

(b) that advises a portfolio adviser to a mutual fund, and

(c) that is not registered under securities legislation in the jurisdiction in which the portfolio adviser that it advises is located;

“option” means an agreement that provides the holder with the right, but not the obligation, to do one or more of the following on terms or at a price established by or determinable by reference to the agreement at or by a time established by the agreement:

1. Receive an amount of cash determinable by reference to a specified quantity of the underlying interest of the option.

2. Purchase a specified quantity of the underlying interest of the option.

3. Sell a specified quantity of the underlying interest of the option;

“option on futures” means an option the underlying interest of which is a standardized future;

“order receipt office” means, for a mutual fund

(a) the principal office of the mutual fund,

(b) the principal office of the principal distributor of the mutual fund, or

(c) a location to which a purchase order or redemption order for securities of the mutual fund is required or permitted by the mutual fund to be delivered by participating dealers or the principal distributor of the mutual fund;

“participating dealer” means a dealer other than the principal distributor that distributes securities of a mutual fund;

“participating fund” means a mutual fund in which an asset allocation service permits investment;

“performance data” means a rating, ranking, quotation, discussion or analysis regarding an aspect of the investment performance of a mutual fund, an asset allocation service, a security, an index or a benchmark;

“permitted gold certificate” means a certificate representing gold if the gold is

(a) available for delivery in Canada, free of charge, to or to the order of the holder of the certificate,

(b) of a minimum fineness of 995 parts per 1,000,

(c) held in Canada,

(d) in the form of either bars or wafers, and

(e) if not purchased from a bank listed in Schedule I or II of the Bank Act (Canada), fully insured against loss and bankruptcy by an insurance company licensed under the laws of Canada or a jurisdiction;

“permitted supranational agency” means the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Caribbean Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, and any person or company prescribed under paragraph (g) of the definition of “foreign property” in subsection 206(1) of the ITA;

“physical commodity”, means, in an original or processed state, an agricultural product, forest product, product of the sea, mineral, metal, hydrocarbon fuel product, precious stone or other gem;

“portfolio adviser” means a person or company that provides investment advice or portfolio management services under a contract with the mutual fund or with the manager of the mutual fund;

“portfolio asset” means an asset of a mutual fund;

“pricing date” means, for the sale of a security of a mutual fund, the date on which the net asset value per security of the mutual fund is calculated for the purpose of determining the price at which that security is to be issued;

“principal distributor” means a person or company through whom securities of a mutual fund are distributed under an arrangement with the mutual fund or its manager that provides

(a) an exclusive right to distribute the securities of the mutual fund in a particular area, or

(b) a feature that gives or is intended to give the person or company a material competitive advantage over others in the distribution of the securities of the mutual fund;

“public quotation” includes, for the purposes of calculating the amount of illiquid assets held by a mutual fund, any quotation of a price for a fixed income security made through the inter-dealer bond market;

“purchase” means, in connection with an acquisition of a portfolio asset by a mutual fund, an acquisition that is the result of a decision made and action taken by the mutual fund;

“report to securityholders” means a report that includes annual or semi-annual financial statements and that is delivered to securityholders of a mutual fund;

“restricted security” means a security, other than a specified derivative, the resale of which is restricted or limited by a representation, undertaking or agreement by the mutual fund or by the mutual fund’s predecessor in title, or by law;

“sales communication” means a communication relating to, and by, a mutual fund or asset allocation service, its promoter, manager, portfolio adviser, principal distributor, a participating dealer or a person or company providing services to any of them, that

(a) is made

(i) to a securityholder of the mutual fund or participant in the asset allocation service, or

(ii) to a person or company that is not a securityholder of the mutual fund or participant in the asset allocation service, to induce the purchase of securities of the mutual fund or the use of the asset allocation service, and

(b) is not contained in any of the following documents of the mutual fund:

1. A preliminary or pro forma prospectus.

2. A simplified prospectus or preliminary or pro forma simplified prospectus.

3. An annual information form or preliminary or pro forma annual information form.

4. Financial statements, including the notes to the financial statements and the auditor’s report on the financial statements.

5. A trade confirmation.

6. A statement of account;

“short position” means a position held by a mutual fund that, for

(a) an option, obliges the mutual fund, at the election of another, to purchase, sell, receive or deliver the underlying interest, or, instead, pay or receive cash,

(b) a standardized future or forward contract, obliges the mutual fund, at the election of another, to deliver the underlying interest or, instead, pay or receive cash,

(c) a call option on futures, obliges the mutual fund, at the election of another, to assume a short position in standardized futures, and

(d) a put option on futures, obliges the mutual fund, at the election of another, to assume a long position in standardized futures;

“significant change” means

(a) a change in the business, operations or affairs of a mutual fund that would be considered important

(i) by a reasonable investor in determining whether to purchase securities of the mutual fund, or

(ii) by a reasonable securityholder of the mutual fund in determining whether to continue to hold securities of the mutual fund, or

(b) a decision to implement a change referred to in paragraph (a) made

(i) by senior management of the mutual fund who believe that confirmation of the decision by the board of directors of the mutual fund is probable, or

(ii) by senior management of the manager of the mutual fund who believe that confirmation of the decision by the board of directors of the manager of the mutual fund is probable;

“special warrant” means a security that, by its terms or the terms of an accompanying contractual obligation, entitles or requires the holder to acquire another security without payment of material additional consideration and obliges the issuer of the special warrant or the other security to undertake efforts to file a prospectus to qualify the distribution of the other security;

“specified asset-backed security” means a security that

(a) is primarily serviced by the cash flows of a discrete pool of receivables or other financial assets, either fixed or revolving, that by their terms convert into cash within a finite time, and any rights or assets designed to assure the servicing or timely distribution of proceeds to securityholders, and

(b) by its terms entitles an investor in that security to a return of the investment of that investor at or by a time established by or determinable by reference to an agreement, except as a result of losses incurred on, or the non-performance of, the financial assets;

“specified dealer” means a dealer other than a dealer whose activities as a dealer are restricted by the terms of its registration to one or both of 

(a) acting solely in respect of mutual fund securities, or

(b) acting solely in respect of transactions in which a person or company registered in the category of limited market dealer in a jurisdiction is permitted to engage;

“specified derivative” means an instrument, agreement or security, the market price, value or payment obligations of which are derived from, referenced to or based on an underlying interest, other than

(a) a conventional convertible security,

(b) a specified asset-backed security,

(c) an index participation unit,

(d) a government or corporate strip bond,

(e) a capital, equity dividend or income share of a subdivided equity or fixed income security,

(f) a conventional warrant or right, or

(g) a special warrant;

“standardized future” means an agreement traded on a futures exchange pursuant to standardized conditions contained in the by-laws, rules or regulations of the futures exchange, and cleared by a clearing corporation, to do one or more of the following at a price established by or determinable by reference to the agreement and at or by a time established by or determinable by reference to the agreement:

1. Make or take delivery of the underlying interest of the agreement.

2. Settle the obligation in cash instead of delivery of the underlying interest;

“sub-custodian” means, for a mutual fund, an entity that has been appointed to hold portfolio assets of the mutual fund in accordance with section 6.1 by either the custodian or a sub-custodian of the mutual fund;

“swap” means an agreement that provides for

(a) an exchange of principal amounts,

(b) the obligation to make, and the right to receive, cash payments based upon the value, level or price, or on relative changes or movements of the value, level or price, of one or more underlying interests, which payments may be netted against each other, or

(c) the right or obligation to make, and the right or obligation to receive, physical delivery of an underlying interest instead of the cash payments referred to in paragraph (b);

“synthetic cash” means a position that in aggregate provides the holder with the economic equivalent of the return on a banker’s acceptance accepted by a bank listed in Schedule I of the Bank Act (Canada) and that consists of

(a) a long position in a portfolio of shares and a short position in a standardized future of which the underlying interest consists of a stock index, if

(i) there is a high degree of positive correlation between changes in the value of the portfolio of shares and changes in the value of the stock index, and

(ii) the ratio between the value of the portfolio of shares and the standardized future is such that, for any change in the value of one, a change of similar magnitude occurs in the value of the other, or

(b) a long position in the evidences of indebtedness issued, or fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest, by any of the government of Canada or the government of a jurisdiction and a short position in a standardized future of which the underlying interest consists of evidences of indebtedness of the same issuer and same term to maturity, if

(i) there is a high degree of positive correlation between changes in the value of the portfolio of evidences of indebtedness and changes in the value of the standardized future, and

(ii) the ratio between the value of the evidences of indebtedness and the standardized future is such that, for any change in the value of one, a change of similar magnitude occurs in the value of the other;

“timely disclosure requirements” means the requirements in securities legislation for a reporting issuer to file a press release and a report when a material change occurs in the affairs of the reporting issuer;

“underlying interest” means, for a specified derivative, the security, commodity, financial instrument, currency, interest rate, foreign exchange rate, economic indicator, index, basket, agreement, benchmark or any other reference, interest or variable, and, if applicable, the relationship between any of the foregoing, from, to or on which the market price, value or payment obligation of the specified derivative is derived, referenced or based; and

“underlying market exposure” means, for a position of a mutual fund in

(a) an option, the quantity of the underlying interest of the option position multiplied by the market value of one unit of the underlying interest, multiplied, in turn, by the delta of the option,

(b) a standardized future or forward contract, the quantity of the underlying interest of the position multiplied by the current market value of one unit of the underlying interest; or

(c) a swap, the underlying market exposure, as calculated under paragraph (b), for the long position of the mutual fund in the swap.

1.2 Application - This Instrument applies only to

(a) a mutual fund that offers or has offered securities under a prospectus or simplified prospectus for so long as the mutual fund remains a reporting issuer; and

(b) a person or company in respect of activities pertaining to a mutual fund referred to in paragraph (a) or pertaining to the filing of a prospectus to which subsection 3.1(1) applies.
1.3 Interpretation - Each section, part, class or series of a class of securities of a mutual fund that is referable to a separate portfolio of assets is considered to be a separate mutual fund for purposes of this Instrument.

PART 2 INVESTMENTS

2.1 Concentration Restriction

(1) A mutual fund shall not purchase a security of an issuer, enter into a specified derivatives transaction or purchase index participation units if, immediately after the transaction, more than 10 percent of the net assets of the mutual fund, taken at market value at the time of the transaction, would be invested in securities of any issuer.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a purchase of a government security or a security issued by a clearing corporation.

(3) In determining a mutual fund’s compliance with the restrictions contained in this section, the mutual fund shall, for each long position in a specified derivative that is held by the mutual fund for purposes other than hedging and for each index participation unit held by the mutual fund, consider that it holds directly the underlying interest of that specified derivative or its proportionate share of the securities held by the issuer of the index participation unit.

(4) Despite subsection (3), the mutual fund shall not include in the determination referred to in subsection (3) a security or instrument that is a component of, but that represents less than 10 percent of

(a) a stock or bond index that is the underlying interest of a specified derivative; or

(b) the securities held by the issuer of an index participation unit.

2.2 Control Restrictions

(1) A mutual fund shall not

(a) purchase a security of an issuer if, immediately after the purchase, the mutual fund would hold securities representing more than 10 percent of

(i) the votes attaching to the outstanding voting securities of that issuer; or

(ii) the outstanding equity securities of that issuer; or

(b) purchase a security for the purpose of exercising control over or management of the issuer of the security.

(2) If a mutual fund acquires a security of an issuer other than as the result of a purchase, and the acquisition results in the mutual fund exceeding the limits described in paragraph (1)(a), the mutual fund shall as quickly as is commercially reasonable, and in any event no later than 90 days after the acquisition, reduce its holdings of those securities so that it does not hold securities exceeding those limits.

(3) In determining its compliance with the restrictions contained in this section, a mutual fund shall

(a) assume the conversion of special warrants held by it; and

(b) consider that it holds directly the underlying securities represented by any American depositary receipts held by it.

2.3 Restrictions Concerning Types of Investments - A mutual fund shall not

(a) purchase real property;

(b) purchase a mortgage, other than a guaranteed mortgage;

(c) purchase a guaranteed mortgage if, immediately after the purchase, more than 10 percent of the net assets of the mutual fund, taken at market value at the time of the purchase, would consist of guaranteed mortgages;

(d) purchase a gold certificate, other than a permitted gold certificate;

(e) purchase gold or a permitted gold certificate if, immediately after the purchase, more than 10 percent of the net assets of the mutual fund, taken at market value at the time of the purchase, would consist of gold and permitted gold certificates;

(f) except to the extent permitted by paragraphs (d) and (e), purchase a physical commodity;

(g) purchase, sell or use a specified derivative other than in compliance with sections 2.7 to 2.11;

(h) purchase, sell or use a specified derivative the underlying interest of which is

(i) a physical commodity other than gold, or

(ii) a specified derivative of which the underlying interest is a physical commodity other than gold; or

(i) purchase an interest in a loan syndication or loan participation if the purchase would require the mutual fund to assume any responsibilities in administering the loan in relation to the borrower.

2.4 Restrictions Concerning Illiquid Assets

(1) A mutual fund shall not purchase an illiquid asset if, immediately after the purchase, more than 10 percent of the net assets of the mutual fund, taken at market value at the time of the purchase, would consist of illiquid assets.

(2) A mutual fund shall not have invested, for a period of 90 days or more, more than 15 percent of its net assets, taken at market value, in illiquid assets.

(3) If more than 15 percent of the net assets of a mutual fund, taken at market value, are illiquid assets, the mutual fund shall, as quickly as is commercially reasonable, take all necessary steps to reduce the percentage of its net assets made up of illiquid assets to 15 percent or less.

2.5 Investments in Other Mutual Funds

(1) A mutual fund shall not purchase a security of another mutual fund unless

(a) immediately after the purchase, not more than 10 percent of the net assets of the mutual fund, taken at market value at the time of the purchase, would be invested in securities of other mutual funds,

(b) there is no duplication of management fees, incentive fees and sales charges between the mutual funds and this is described in the simplified prospectus of the mutual fund, and

(c) either

(i) the other mutual fund is qualified for distribution under a simplified prospectus in the jurisdictions in which the securities of the mutual fund are qualified for distribution under a simplified prospectus, or

(ii) the other mutual fund was established with the approval of the government of a foreign jurisdiction, the only means by which the mutual fund may invest in the securities of issuers of that foreign jurisdiction is through a mutual fund so established, and there is disclosure in the simplified prospectus of the mutual fund of the risk factors that may be associated with the investment in that foreign jurisdiction.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the purchase of

(a) an index participation unit that is a security of a mutual fund; or

(b) a mutual fund that is listed and posted for trading on a Canadian stock exchange.

2.6 Investment Practices - A mutual fund shall not

(a) borrow cash or provide a security interest over any of its portfolio assets unless

(i) the transaction is a temporary measure to accommodate requests for the redemption of securities of the mutual fund while the mutual fund effects an orderly liquidation of portfolio assets, or to permit the mutual fund to settle portfolio transactions and, after giving effect to all transactions undertaken under this subparagraph, the outstanding amount of all borrowings of the mutual fund does not exceed five percent of the net assets of the mutual fund taken at market value at the time of the borrowing,

(ii) the security interest is required to enable the mutual fund to effect a specified derivative transaction under this Instrument, is made in accordance with industry practice for that type of transaction and relates only to obligations arising under that particular specified derivatives transaction, or

(iii) the security interest secures a claim for the fees and expenses of the custodian or a sub-custodian of the mutual fund for services rendered in that capacity as permitted by subsection 6.4(3);

(b) purchase securities on margin, unless permitted by section 2.7 or 2.8;

(c) sell securities short, unless permitted by section 2.7 or 2.8;

(d) purchase a security, other than a specified derivative, that by its terms may require the mutual fund to make a contribution in addition to the payment of the purchase price;

(e) engage in the business of underwriting, or marketing to the public, securities of any other issuer;

(f) lend cash or portfolio assets other than cash;

(g) guarantee securities or obligations of a person or company; or

(h) purchase securities other than through market facilities through which these securities are normally bought and sold unless the purchase price approximates the prevailing market price or the parties are at arm’s length in connection with the transaction.

2.7 Transactions in Specified Derivatives for Hedging and Non-hedging Purposes

(1) A mutual fund shall not purchase an option that is not a clearing corporation option or enter into a swap or a forward contract unless

(a) the option, swap or contract has a remaining term to maturity of 

(i) three years or less, or

(ii) between three and five years if, at the time of the transaction, the option, swap or contract provides the mutual fund with a right, at its election, to
eliminate its exposure under the option, swap or contract no later than three years after the mutual fund has purchased the option or entered into the swap or contract; and

(b) at the time of the transaction, the option, swap or contract, or equivalent debt of the counterparty, or of a person or company that has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the obligations of the counterparty in respect of the option, swap or contract, has an approved credit rating.

(2) If the credit rating of an option that is not a clearing corporation option, the credit rating of a swap or forward contract, or the credit rating of the equivalent debt of the writer or guarantor of the option, swap or contract, falls below the level of approved credit rating while the option, swap or contract is held by a mutual fund, the mutual fund shall take the steps that are reasonably required to close out its position in the option, swap or contract in an orderly and timely fashion.

(3) Despite any other provisions contained in this Part, a mutual fund may enter into a trade to close out all or part of a position in a specified derivative, in which case the cash cover held to cover the underlying market exposure of the part of the position that is closed out may be released.

(4) The mark-to-market value of the exposure of a mutual fund under its specified derivatives positions with any one counterparty other than an acceptable clearing corporation or a clearing corporation that clears and settles transactions made on a futures exchange listed in Appendix A, calculated in accordance with subsection (5), shall not exceed, for a period of 30 days or more, 10 percent of the net assets of the mutual fund.

(5) The mark-to-market value of specified derivatives positions of a mutual fund with any one counterparty shall be, for the purposes of subsection (4),

(a) if the mutual fund has an agreement with the counterparty that provides for netting or the right of set-off, the net mark-to-market value of the specified derivatives positions of the mutual fund; and

(b) in all other cases, the aggregated mark-to-market value of the specified derivative positions of the mutual fund.

2.8 Transactions in Specified Derivatives for Purposes Other than Hedging 

(1) A mutual fund shall not

(a) purchase a debt-like security that has an options component or an option, unless, immediately after the purchase, not more than 10 percent of the net assets of the mutual fund, taken at market value at the time of the purchase, would consist of those instruments held for purposes other than hedging;

(b) write a call option, or have outstanding a written call option, that is not an option on futures unless, as long as the position remains open, the mutual fund holds

(i) an equivalent quantity of the underlying interest of the option,

(ii) a right or obligation, exercisable at any time that the option is exercisable, to acquire an equivalent quantity of the underlying interest of the option, and cash cover that, together with margin on account for the position, is not less than the amount, if any, by which the strike price of the right or obligation to acquire the underlying interest exceeds the strike price of the option, or

(iii) a combination of the positions referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) that is sufficient, without recourse to other assets of the mutual fund, to enable the mutual fund to satisfy its obligations to deliver the underlying interest of the option;

(c) write a put option, or have outstanding a written put option, that is not an option on futures, unless, as long as the position remains open, the mutual fund holds

(i) a right or obligation, exercisable at any time that the option is exercisable, to sell an equivalent quantity of the underlying interest of the option, and cash cover in an amount that, together with margin on account for the position, is not less than the amount, if any, by which the strike price of the option exceeds the strike price of the right or obligation to sell the underlying interest,

(ii) cash cover that, together with margin on account for the option position, is not less than the strike price of the option, or

(iii) a combination of the positions referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) that is sufficient, without recourse to other assets of the mutual fund, to enable the mutual fund to acquire the underlying interest of the option;

(d) open or maintain a long position in a debt-like security that has a component that is a long position in a forward contract, or in a standardized future or forward contract, unless the mutual fund holds cash cover in an amount that, together with margin on account for the specified derivative and the market value of the specified derivative, is not less than, on a daily mark-to-market basis, the underlying market exposure of the specified derivative;

(e) open or maintain a short position in a standardized future or forward contract, unless the mutual fund holds

(i) an equivalent quantity of the underlying interest of the future or contract,

(ii) a right or obligation to acquire an equivalent quantity of the underlying interest of the future or contract and cash cover that together with margin on account for the position is not less than the amount, if any, by which the strike price of the right or obligation to acquire the underlying interest exceeds the forward price of the contract, or

(iii) a combination of the positions referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) that is sufficient, without recourse to other assets of the mutual fund, to enable the mutual fund to deliver the underlying interest of the future or contract; or

(f) enter into, or maintain, a swap position unless

(i) for periods when the mutual fund would be entitled to receive payments under the swap, the mutual fund holds cash cover in an amount that, together with margin on account for the swap and the market value of the swap, is not less than, on a daily mark-to-market basis, the underlying market exposure of the swap; and

(ii) for periods when the mutual fund would be required to make payments under the swap, the mutual fund holds

(A) an equivalent quantity of the underlying interest of the swap,

(B) a right or obligation to acquire an equivalent quantity of the underlying interest of the swap and cash cover that, together with margin on account for the position, is not less than the aggregate amount of the obligations of the mutual fund under the swap, or

(C) a combination of the positions referred to in clauses (A) and (B) that is sufficient, without recourse to other assets of the mutual fund, to enable the mutual fund to satisfy its obligations under the swap.

(2) A mutual fund shall treat any synthetic cash position on any date as providing the cash cover equal to the notional principal value of a banker’s acceptance then being accepted by a bank listed in Schedule I of the Bank Act (Canada) that would produce the same annualized return as the synthetic cash position is then producing.

2.9 Transactions in Specified Derivatives for Hedging Purposes - Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.4 and 2.8 do not apply to the use of specified derivatives by a mutual fund for hedging purposes.

2.10 Adviser Requirements

(1) If a portfolio adviser of a mutual fund receives advice from a non-resident sub-adviser concerning the use of options or standardized futures by the mutual fund, the mutual fund shall not invest in or use options or standardized futures unless

(a) the obligations and duties of the non-resident sub-adviser are set out in a written agreement with the portfolio adviser; and

(b) the portfolio adviser contractually agrees with the mutual fund to be responsible for any loss that arises out of the failure of the non-resident sub-adviser

(i) to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of its office honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the mutual fund, and

(ii) to exercise the degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in the circumstances.

(2) A mutual fund shall not relieve a portfolio adviser of the mutual fund from liability for loss for which the portfolio adviser has assumed responsibility under paragraph (1)(b) that arises out of the failure of the relevant non-resident sub-adviser 

(a) to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of its office honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the mutual fund, or

(b) to exercise the degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in the circumstances. 

(3) Despite subsection 4.4(3), a mutual fund may indemnify a portfolio adviser against legal fees, judgments and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by that person or company in connection with services provided by a non-resident sub-adviser for which the portfolio adviser has assumed responsibility under paragraph (1)(b), only if 

(a) those fees, judgments and amounts were not incurred as a result of a breach of the standard of care described in subsection (1) or (2); and

(b) the mutual fund has reasonable grounds to believe that the action or inaction that caused the payment of the fees, judgments and amounts paid in settlement was in the best interests of the mutual fund.

(4) A mutual fund shall not incur the cost of any portion of liability insurance that insures a person or company for a liability except to the extent that the person or company may be indemnified for that liability under this section.

2.11 Commencement of Use of Specified Derivatives by a Mutual Fund

(1) A mutual fund that has not used specified derivatives shall not begin using specified derivatives unless

(a) its simplified prospectus contains the disclosure required for mutual funds using derivatives; and

(b) the mutual fund has provided to its securityholders, not less than 60 days before it begins using specified derivatives, written notice that discloses its intent to begin using specified derivatives and the disclosure required for mutual funds using derivatives.

(2) A mutual fund is not required to provide the notice referred to in paragraph (1)(b) if each simplified prospectus of the mutual fund since the later of January 1, 1994 and its inception contains the disclosure required for mutual funds using specified derivatives.

PART 3 NEW MUTUAL FUNDS

3.1 Initial Investment in a New Mutual Fund

(1) No person or company shall file a simplified prospectus for a newly established mutual fund unless

(a) an investment of at least $150,000 in securities of the mutual fund has been made, and those securities are beneficially owned, before the time of filing by

(i) the manager, a portfolio adviser, a promoter or a sponsor of the mutual fund,

(ii) the partners, directors, officers or securityholders of any of the manager, a portfolio adviser, a promoter or a sponsor of the mutual fund, or

(iii) a combination of the persons or companies referred to subparagraphs (i) and (ii); or

(b) the simplified prospectus of the mutual fund states that the mutual fund will not issue securities other than those referred to in paragraph (a) unless subscriptions aggregating not less than $500,000 have been received by the mutual fund from investors other than the persons and companies referred to in paragraph (a) and accepted by the mutual fund.

(2) A mutual fund shall not redeem a security issued upon an investment in the mutual fund referred to in paragraph (1)(a) until $500,000 has been received from persons or companies other than the persons and companies referred to in paragraph (1)(a).

3.2 Prohibition Against Distribution - If a simplified prospectus of a mutual fund contains the disclosure described in paragraph 3.1(1)(b), the mutual fund shall not distribute any securities unless the subscriptions described in that disclosure, together with payment for the securities subscribed for, have been received.

3.3 Prohibition Against Reimbursement of Organization Costs - None of the costs of incorporation, formation or initial organization of a mutual fund, or of the preparation and filing of any of the preliminary simplified prospectus, preliminary annual information form, initial simplified prospectus or annual information form of the mutual fund shall be borne by the mutual fund or its securityholders.

PART 4 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

4.1 Prohibited Investments

(1) A dealer managed mutual fund shall not knowingly make an investment in a class of securities of an issuer during, or for 60 days after, the period in which the dealer manager of the mutual fund, or an associate or affiliate of the dealer manager of the mutual fund, acts as an underwriter in the distribution of securities of that class of securities, except as a member of the selling group distributing five percent or less of the securities underwritten.

(2) A dealer managed mutual fund shall not knowingly make an investment in a class of securities of an issuer of which a partner, director, officer or employee of the dealer manager of the mutual fund, or a partner, director, officer or employee of an affiliate or associate of the dealer manager, is a partner, director or officer, unless the partner, director, officer or employee

(a) does not participate in the formulation of investment decisions made on behalf of the dealer managed mutual fund;

(b) does not have access before implementation to information concerning investment decisions made on behalf of the dealer managed mutual fund; and

(c) does not influence, other than through research, statistical and other reports generally available to clients, the investment decisions made on behalf of the dealer managed mutual fund.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to an investment in a class of securities issued or fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the government of Canada or the government of a jurisdiction.

4.2 Self-Dealing - A mutual fund shall not purchase a security from, or sell a security to, any of the following persons or companies, if that person or company would be selling to the mutual fund, or purchasing from the mutual fund, as principal: 

1. The manager, portfolio adviser or trustee of the mutual fund.

2. A partner, director or officer of the mutual fund or of the manager, portfolio adviser or trustee of the mutual fund.

3. An associate or affiliate of a person or company referred to in paragraph 1 or 2.

4. A person or company, having fewer than 100 securityholders of record, of which a partner, director or officer of the mutual fund or a partner, director or officer of the manager or portfolio adviser of the mutual fund is a partner, director, officer or securityholder.

4.3 Exception - Section 4.2 does not apply to a purchase or sale of a security by a mutual fund if the price payable for the security is

(a) not more than the ask price of the security as reported by any available public quotation in common use, in the case of a purchase by the mutual fund; or

(b) not less than the bid price of the security as reported by any available public quotation in common use, in the case of a sale by the mutual fund.

4.4 Liability and Indemnification

(1) An agreement or declaration of trust by which a person or company acts as manager of a mutual fund shall provide that the manager is responsible for any loss that arises out of the failure of the manager, or of any person or company retained by the manager or the mutual fund to discharge any of the manager’s responsibilities to the mutual fund,

(a) to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of its office honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the mutual fund, and

(b) to exercise the degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in the circumstances.

(2) A mutual fund shall not relieve the manager of the mutual fund from liability for loss that arises out of the failure of the manager, or of any person retained by the manager or the mutual fund to discharge any of the manager’s responsibilities to the mutual fund,

(a) to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of its office honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of the mutual fund, or

(b) to exercise the degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in the circumstances.

(3) A mutual fund may indemnify a person or company providing services to it against legal fees, judgments and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by that person or company in connection with services provided by that person or company to the mutual fund, if 

(a) those fees, judgments and amounts were not incurred as a result of a breach of the standard of care described in subsection (1) or (2); and

(b) the mutual fund has reasonable grounds to believe that the action or inaction that caused the payment of the fees, judgments and amounts paid in settlement was in the best interests of the mutual fund.

(4) A mutual fund shall not incur the cost of any portion of liability insurance that insures a person or company for a liability except to the extent that the person or company may be indemnified for that liability under this section.

(5) This section does not apply to any losses to a mutual fund or securityholder arising out of an action or inaction by a custodian or sub-custodian of the mutual fund or by a director of the mutual fund.

PART 5 FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES

5.1 Matters Requiring Securityholder Approval - The prior approval of the securityholders of a mutual fund, given as provided in section 5.2, is required before

(a) the basis of the calculation of a fee or expense that is charged to the mutual fund is changed in a way that could result in an increase in charges to the mutual fund;

(b) the manager of the mutual fund is changed, unless the new manager is an affiliate of the current manager;

(c) the fundamental investment objectives of the mutual fund are changed;

(d) the auditor of the mutual fund is changed;

(e) the mutual fund decreases the frequency of the calculation of its net asset value per security;

(f) the mutual fund undertakes a reorganization with, or transfers its assets to, another mutual fund, if

(i) the mutual fund ceases to continue after the reorganization or transfer of assets, and

(ii) the transaction results in the securityholders of the mutual fund becoming securityholders in the other mutual fund; or

(g) the mutual fund undertakes a reorganization with, or acquires assets from, another mutual fund, if

(i) the mutual fund continues after the reorganization or acquisition of assets,

(ii) the transaction results in the securityholders of the other mutual fund becoming securityholders in the mutual fund, and

(iii) the transaction would be a significant change to the mutual fund.

5.2 Approval of Securityholders 

(1) Unless a greater majority is required by the constating documents of the mutual fund, the laws applicable to the mutual fund or an applicable agreement, the approval of the securityholders of the mutual fund to a matter referred to in section 5.1 shall be given by a resolution passed by at least a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the securityholders of the mutual fund duly called and held to consider the matter.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the holders of securities of a class or series of a class of securities of a mutual fund shall vote separately as a class or series of a class on a matter referred to in section 5.1 if that class or series of a class is affected by the action referred to in section 5.1 in a manner different from holders of securities of other classes or series of a class.

(3) Despite section 5.1 and subsections (1) and (2), if the constating documents of the mutual fund so provide, the holders of securities of a class or series of a class of securities of a mutual fund shall not be entitled to vote on a matter referred to in section 5.1 if they, as holders of the class or series of a class, are not affected by the action referred to in section 5.1.

5.3 Circumstances in Which Approval of Securityholders Not Required

(1) Despite section 5.1, the approval of securityholders of a mutual fund is not required to be obtained for a change referred to in paragraph 5.1(a)

(a) if

(i) the mutual fund is at arm’s length to the person or company charging the fee or expense to the mutual fund referred to in paragraph 5.1(a) that is changed,

(ii) the simplified prospectus of the mutual fund discloses that, although the approval of securityholders will not be obtained before making the changes, securityholders will be sent a written notice at least 60 days before the effective date of the change that is to be made that could result in an increase in charges to the mutual fund, and

(iii) the notice referred to in subparagraph (ii) is actually sent 60 days before the effective date of the change; or

(b) if

(i) the mutual fund is permitted by this Instrument to be described as a “no-load” fund,

(ii) the simplified prospectus of the mutual fund discloses that securityholders will be sent a written notice at least 60 days before the effective date of a change that is to be made that could result in an increase in charges to the mutual fund, and

(iii) the notice referred to in subparagraph (ii) is actually sent 60 days before the effective date of the change.

5.4 Formalities Concerning Meetings of Securityholders 

(1) A meeting of securityholders of a mutual fund called to consider any matter referred to in section 5.1 shall be called on written notice sent not less than 21 days before the date of the meeting.

(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall contain or be accompanied by a statement that includes

(a) a description of the change or transaction proposed to be made or entered into and, if the matter is one referred to in paragraph 5.1(a), the effect that the change would have had on the management expense ratio of the mutual fund had the change been in force throughout the mutual fund’s last completed financial year;

(b) the date of the proposed implementation of the change or transaction; and

(c) all other information and documents necessary to comply with the applicable proxy solicitation requirements of securities legislation for the meeting.

5.5 Approval of Securities Regulatory Authority

(1) The approval of the securities regulatory authority is required before 

(a) the manager of a mutual fund is changed, unless the new manager is an affiliate of the current manager;

(b) a reorganization or transfer of assets of a mutual fund is implemented, if the transaction will result in the securityholders of the mutual fund becoming securityholders in another mutual fund;

(c) a change of the custodian of a mutual fund is implemented, if there has been or will be, in connection with the proposed change, a change of the type referred to in paragraph (a); or

(d) a mutual fund suspends, other than under section 10.6, the rights of securityholders to request that the mutual fund redeem their securities.

(2) No person or company, or affiliate or associate of that person or company, may act as manager of a mutual fund if that person or company, or an affiliate or associate of that person or company, has acquired control of a manager of the mutual fund unless the approval of the securities regulatory authority has been obtained for the change in control.

5.6 Pre-Approved Reorganizations and Transfers 

(1) Despite subsection 5.5(1), the approval of the securities regulatory authority is not required to implement a transaction referred to in paragraph 5.5(1)(b) if

(a) the mutual fund is being reorganized with, or its assets are being transferred to, another mutual fund to which this Instrument applies and that

(i) is managed by the manager, or an affiliate of the manager, of the mutual fund,

(ii) a reasonable person would consider to have substantially similar fundamental investment objectives, valuation procedures and fee structure as the mutual fund,

(iii) is not in default of any requirement of securities legislation, and

(iv) has a current simplified prospectus in the local jurisdiction;

(b) the transaction is a “qualifying exchange” within the meaning of section 132.2 of the ITA or is a tax-deferred transaction under subsection 85(1), 85.1(1), 86(1) or 87(1) of the ITA;

(c) the transaction contemplates the wind-up of the mutual fund as soon as reasonably possible following the transaction;

(d) the portfolio assets of the mutual fund to be acquired by the other mutual fund as part of the transaction

(i) may be acquired by the other mutual fund in compliance with this Instrument, and

(ii) are acceptable to the portfolio adviser of the other mutual fund and consistent with the other mutual fund’s fundamental investment objectives;

(e) the transaction is approved

(i) by the securityholders of the mutual fund in accordance with paragraph 5.1(f), and

(ii) if required, by the securityholders of the other mutual fund in accordance with paragraph 5.1(g);

(f) the materials sent to securityholders of the mutual fund in connection with the approval under paragraph 5.1(f) include

(i) a circular that, in addition to other requirements prescribed by law, describes the proposed transaction, the mutual fund into which the mutual fund will be reorganized, the income tax considerations for the mutual funds participating in the transaction and their securityholders, and, if the mutual fund is a corporation and the transaction involves its shareholders becoming securityholders of a mutual fund that is established as a trust, a description of the material differences between being a shareholder of a corporation and being a securityholder of a trust,

(ii) if not previously sent to all securityholders, the current simplified prospectus and the most recent annual and interim financial statements that have been made public for the mutual fund into which the mutual fund will be reorganized, and

(iii) a statement that securityholders may obtain an annual information form for the mutual fund into which the mutual fund will be reorganized by contacting that mutual fund at a specified address or telephone number;

(g) the mutual fund has complied with section 5.10 in connection with the making of the decision to proceed with the transaction by the board of directors of the manager of the mutual fund or of the mutual fund;

(h) the mutual funds participating in the transaction bear none of the costs and expenses associated with the transaction; and

(i) securityholders of the mutual fund continue to have the right to redeem securities of the mutual fund up to the close of business on the business day immediately before the effective date of the transaction.

(2) A mutual fund that has continued after a transaction described in paragraph 5.5(1)(b) shall, if the audit report accompanying its audited financial statements for its first completed financial year after the transaction contains a reservation in respect of the value of the portfolio assets acquired by the mutual fund in the transaction, send a copy of those financial statements to each person or company that was a securityholder of a mutual fund that was terminated as a result of the transaction and that is not a securityholder of the mutual fund.

5.7 Applications 

(1) An application for an approval required under section 5.5 shall contain,

(a) if the application is required by paragraph 5.5(1)(a) or subsection 5.5(2),

(i) details of the proposed transaction,

(ii) details of the proposed new manager or the person or company proposing to acquire control of the manager,

(iii) as applicable, the names, residence addresses and birthdates of

(A) all proposed new partners, directors or officers of the manager,

(B) all partners, directors or officers of the person or company proposing to acquire control of the manager,

(C) any proposed new individual trustee of the mutual fund, and

(D) any new directors or officers of the mutual fund,

(iv) all information necessary to permit the securities regulatory authority to conduct security checks on the individuals referred to in subparagraph (iii),

(v) sufficient information to establish the integrity and experience of the persons or companies referred to in subparagraphs (ii) and (iii), and

(vi) details of how the proposed transaction will affect the management and administration of the mutual fund;

(b) if the application is required by paragraph 5.5(1)(b),

(i) details of the proposed transaction,

(ii) details of the total annual returns of each of the mutual funds for each of the previous five years,

(iii) a description of the differences between the fundamental investment objectives, investment strategies, valuation procedures and fee structure of each of the mutual funds and any other material differences between the mutual funds, and

(iv) a description of those elements of the proposed transaction that make section 5.6 inapplicable;

(c) if the application is required by paragraph 5.5(1)(c), sufficient information to establish that the proposed custodial arrangements will be in compliance with Part 6;

(d) if the application relates to a matter that would constitute a significant change for the mutual fund, a draft of an amendment to the simplified prospectus of the mutual fund reflecting the change; and

(e) if the matter is one that requires the approval of securityholders, confirmation that the approval has been obtained or will be obtained before the change is implemented.

(2) A mutual fund that applies for an approval under paragraph 5.5(1)(d) shall

(a) make that application to the securities regulatory authority or regulator in the jurisdiction in which the head office or registered office of the mutual fund is situate; and

(b) concurrently file a copy of the application so made with the securities regulatory authority or the regulator in the local jurisdiction if the head office or registered office of the mutual fund is not situated in the local jurisdiction.

(3) A mutual fund that has complied with subsection (2) in the local jurisdiction may suspend the right of securityholders to request that the mutual fund redeem their securities if

(a) the securities regulatory authority or regulator in the jurisdiction in which the head office or registered office of the mutual fund is situate has granted approval to the application made under paragraph (2)(a); and

(b) the securities regulatory authority or regulator in the local jurisdiction has not notified the mutual fund, by the close of business on the business day immediately following the day on which the copy of the application referred to in paragraph (2)(b) was received, either that

(i) the securities regulatory authority or regulator has refused to grant approval to the application, or

(ii) this subsection may not be relied upon by the mutual fund in the local jurisdiction.

5.8 Matters Requiring Notice

(1) No person or company that is a manager of a mutual fund may continue to act as manager of the mutual fund following a direct or indirect change of control of the person or company unless

(a) notice of the change of control was given to all securityholders of the mutual fund at least 60 days before the change; and

(b) the notice referred to in paragraph (a) contains the information that would be required by law to be provided to securityholders if securityholder approval of the change were required to be obtained.

(2) No mutual fund shall terminate unless notice of the termination is given to all securityholders of the mutual fund at least 60 days before termination.

(3) The manager of a mutual fund that has terminated shall give notice of the termination to the securities regulatory authority within 30 days of the termination.

5.9 Relief from Certain Regulatory Requirements

(1) The mutual fund conflict of interest investment restrictions and the mutual fund conflict of interest reporting requirements do not apply to a transaction referred to in paragraph 5.5(1)(b) if the approval of the securities regulatory authority has been given to the transaction.

(2) The mutual fund conflict of interest investment restrictions and the mutual fund conflict of interest reporting requirements do not apply to a transaction described in section 5.6.

5.10 Significant Changes - Upon the occurrence of a significant change with respect to a mutual fund, the mutual fund shall

(a) comply with the timely disclosure requirements in connection with the significant change as if the significant change were a material change in the affairs of the mutual fund; and

(b) file an amendment to its simplified prospectus that discloses the significant change in accordance with the requirements of securities legislation as if the amendment were required to be filed under securities legislation.

PART 6 CUSTODIANSHIP OF PORTFOLIO ASSETS

6.1 General 

(1) Except as provided in sections 6.8 and 6.9, all portfolio assets of a mutual fund shall be held under the custodianship of one custodian that satisfies the requirements of section 6.2.

(2) Except as provided in subsection 6.5(3) and sections 6.8 and 6.9, portfolio assets of a mutual fund shall be held

(a) in Canada by the custodian or a sub-custodian of the mutual fund; or

(b) outside Canada by the custodian or a sub-custodian of the mutual fund, if appropriate to facilitate portfolio transactions of the mutual fund outside Canada.

(3) The custodian or a sub-custodian of a mutual fund may appoint one or more sub-custodians to hold portfolio assets of the mutual fund, if, for each appointment,

(a) written consent to the appointment has been provided by the mutual fund and, if the appointment is by a sub-custodian, the custodian of the mutual fund;

(b) the sub-custodian that is to be appointed is a person or company described in section 6.2 or 6.3, as applicable;

(c) the arrangements under which a sub-custodian is appointed are such that the mutual fund may enforce rights directly, or require the custodian or a sub-custodian to enforce rights on behalf of the mutual fund, to the portfolio assets held by the appointed sub-custodian; and

(d) the appointment is otherwise in compliance with this Instrument.

(4) The written consent referred to in paragraph (3)(a) may be in the form of a general consent, contained in the agreement governing the relationship between the mutual fund and the custodian, or the custodian and the sub-custodian, to the appointment of persons or companies that are part of an international network of sub-custodians within the organization of the appointed custodian or sub-custodian.

(5) A custodian or sub-custodian shall provide to the mutual fund a list of each person or company that is appointed sub-custodian under a general consent referred to in subsection (4).

(6) Despite any other provisions of this Part, the manager of a mutual fund shall not act as custodian or sub-custodian of the mutual fund.

6.2 Entities Qualified to Act as Custodian or Sub-Custodian for Assets Held in Canada - The custodian of a mutual fund, and a sub-custodian of a mutual fund that is to hold portfolio assets of the mutual fund in Canada, shall be one of the following:

1. A bank listed in Schedule I or II of the Bank Act (Canada).

2. A trust company that is incorporated under the laws of Canada or a jurisdiction and licensed or registered under the laws of Canada or a jurisdiction, and that has shareholders’ equity, as reported in its most recent audited financial statements, of not less than $10,000,000.

3. A company that is incorporated under the laws of Canada or of a jurisdiction, and that is an affiliate of a bank or trust company referred to in paragraph 1 or 2, if

(a) the company has shareholders’ equity, as reported in its most recent audited financial statements that have been made public, of not less than $10,000,000; or

(b) the bank or trust company has assumed responsibility for all of the custodial obligations of the company in respect of that mutual fund.

6.3 Entities Qualified to Act as Sub-Custodian for Assets Held outside Canada - A sub-custodian of a mutual fund that is to hold portfolio assets of the mutual fund outside of Canada shall be one of the following:

1. An entity referred to in section 6.2.

2. An entity that

(a) is incorporated or organized under the laws of a country, or a political subdivision of a country, other than Canada;

(b) is regulated as a banking institution or trust company by the government, or an agency of the government, of the country under whose laws it is incorporated or organized or a political subdivision of that country; and

(c) has shareholders’ equity, as reported in its most recent audited financial statements, of not less than the equivalent of $100,000,000.

3. An affiliate of an entity referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 if 

(a) the affiliate has shareholders’ equity, as reported in its most recent audited financial statements that have been made public, of not less than the equivalent of $100,000,000; or

(b) the entity referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 has assumed responsibility for all of the custodial obligations of the subsidiary in respect of that mutual fund.

6.4 Contents of Custodian and Sub-Custodian Agreements  

(1) All custodian agreements and sub-custodian agreements of a mutual fund shall provide for matters relating to

(a) the requirements concerning the location of portfolio assets contained in subsection 6.1(2);

(b) the appointment of a sub-custodian required by subsection 6.1(3);

(c) the requirements concerning lists of sub-custodians contained in subsection 6.1(5);

(d) the method of holding portfolio assets required by section 6.5 and subsection 6.8(4);

(e) the standard of care and responsibility for loss required by section 6.6; and

(f) the review and compliance reports required by section 6.7.

(2) A sub-custodian agreement concerning the portfolio assets of a mutual fund shall provide for the safekeeping of portfolio assets on terms consistent with the custodian agreement of the mutual fund.

(3) No custodian agreement or sub-custodian agreement concerning the portfolio assets of a mutual fund shall

(a) provide for the creation of any security interest on the portfolio assets of the mutual fund except for a good faith claim for payment of the fees and expenses of the custodian or sub-custodian for acting in that capacity or to secure the obligations of the mutual fund to repay borrowings by the mutual fund from a custodian or sub-custodian for the purpose of settling portfolio transactions; or

(b) contain a provision that would require the payment of a fee to the custodian or sub-custodian for the transfer of the beneficial ownership of portfolio assets of the mutual fund, other than for safekeeping and administrative services in connection with acting as custodian or sub-custodian.

6.5 Holding of Portfolio Assets and Payment of Fees

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) and sections 6.8 and 6.9, portfolio assets of a mutual fund not registered in the name of the mutual fund shall be registered in the name of the custodian or a sub-custodian of the mutual fund or any of their respective nominees with an account number or other designation in the records of the custodian sufficient to show that the beneficial ownership of the portfolio assets is vested in the mutual fund.

(2) Portfolio assets of a mutual fund issued in bearer form shall be designated or segregated by the custodian or a sub-custodian of the mutual fund or the applicable nominee so as to show that the beneficial ownership of the property is vested in the mutual fund.

(3) A custodian or sub-custodian of a mutual fund may deposit portfolio assets of the mutual fund with a depository, or a clearing agency, that operates a book-based system.

(4) The custodian or sub-custodian of a mutual fund arranging for the deposit of portfolio assets of the mutual fund with, and their delivery to, a depository, or clearing agency, that operates a book-based system shall ensure that the records of any of the applicable participants in that book-based system or the custodian contain an account number or other designation sufficient to show that the beneficial ownership of the portfolio assets is vested in the mutual fund.

(5) A mutual fund shall not pay a fee to a custodian or sub-custodian for the transfer of beneficial ownership of portfolio assets of the mutual fund other than for safekeeping and administrative services in connection with acting as custodian or sub-custodian.

6.6 Standard of Care

(1) The custodian and each sub-custodian of a mutual fund, in carrying out their duties concerning the safekeeping of, and dealing with, the portfolio assets of the mutual fund, shall exercise

(a) the degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in the circumstances; or

(b) at least the same degree of care as they exercise with respect to their own property of a similar kind, if this is a higher degree of care than the degree of care referred to in paragraph (a).

(2) A mutual fund shall not relieve the custodian or a sub-custodian of the mutual fund from liability to the mutual fund or to a securityholder of the mutual fund for loss that arises out of the failure of the custodian or sub-custodian to exercise the standard of care imposed by subsection (1).

(3) A mutual fund may indemnify a custodian or sub-custodian against legal fees, judgments and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by that entity in connection with custodial or sub-custodial services provided by that entity to the mutual fund, if those fees, judgments and amounts were not incurred as a result of a breach of the standard of care described in subsection (1).

(4) A mutual fund shall not incur the cost of any portion of liability insurance that insures a custodian or sub-custodian for a liability, except to the extent that the custodian or sub-custodian may be indemnified for that liability under this section.

6.7 Review and Compliance Reports

(1) The custodian of a mutual fund shall, on a periodic basis not less frequently than annually,

(a) review the custodian agreement and all sub-custodian agreements of the mutual fund to determine if those agreements are in compliance with this Part;

(b) make reasonable enquiries as to whether each sub-custodian satisfies the applicable requirements of section 6.2 or 6.3; and

(c) make or cause to be made any changes that may be necessary to ensure that

(i) the custodian and sub-custodian agreements are in compliance with this Part; and

(ii) all sub-custodians of the mutual fund satisfy the applicable requirements of section 6.2 or 6.3.

(2) The custodian of a mutual fund shall, not more than 60 days after the end of each financial year of the mutual fund, advise the mutual fund in writing

(a) of the names and addresses of all sub-custodians of the mutual fund;

(b) whether the custodian and sub-custodian agreements are in compliance with this Part; and

(c) whether, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the custodian, each sub-custodian satisfies the applicable requirements of section 6.2 or 6.3.

(3) A copy of the report referred to in subsection (2) shall be delivered by or on behalf of the mutual fund to the securities regulatory authority within 30 days after the filing of the annual financial statements of the mutual fund.

6.8 Custodial Provisions relating to Derivatives 

(1) A mutual fund may deposit portfolio assets as margin for transactions in Canada involving clearing corporation options, options on futures or standardized futures with a dealer that is a member of an SRO that is a participating member of CIPF if the amount of margin deposited does not, when aggregated with the amount of margin already held by the dealer on behalf of the mutual fund, exceed 10 percent of the net assets of the mutual fund, taken at market value as at the time of deposit.

(2) A mutual fund may deposit portfolio assets with a dealer as margin for transactions outside Canada involving clearing corporation options, options on futures or standardized futures if

(a) in the case of standardized futures and options on futures, the dealer is a member of a futures exchange or, in the case of clearing corporation options, is a member of a stock exchange, and, as a result in either case, is subject to a regulatory audit;

(b) the dealer has a net worth, determined from its most recent audited financial statements that have been made public, in excess of the equivalent of $50 million; and

(c) the amount of margin deposited does not, when aggregated with the amount of margin already held by the dealer on behalf of the mutual fund, exceed 10 percent of the net assets of the mutual fund, taken at market value as at the time of deposit.

(3) A mutual fund may deposit with its counterparty portfolio assets over which it has granted a security interest in connection with a particular specified derivatives transaction.

(4) The agreement by which portfolio assets of a mutual fund are deposited in accordance with this section shall require the person or company holding portfolio assets of the mutual fund so deposited to ensure that its records show that mutual fund is the beneficial owner of the portfolio assets.

6.9 Separate Account for Paying Expenses - A mutual fund may deposit cash in Canada with an institution referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 of section 6.2 to facilitate the payment of regular operating expenses of the mutual fund.

PART 7 INCENTIVE FEES

7.1 Incentive Fees - A mutual fund shall not pay, or enter into arrangements that would require it to pay, and no securities of a mutual fund shall be sold on the basis that an investor would be required to pay, a fee that is determined by the performance of the mutual fund, unless

(a) the fee is calculated with reference to a benchmark or index that 

(i) reflects the market sectors in which the mutual fund invests according to its fundamental investment objectives,

(ii) is available to persons or companies other than the mutual fund and persons providing services to it, and

(iii) is a total return benchmark or index;

(b) the payment of the fee is based upon a comparison of the cumulative total return of the mutual fund against the cumulative total percentage increase or decrease of the benchmark or index for the period that began immediately after the last period for which the performance fee was paid; and

(c) the method of calculation of the fee and details of the composition of the benchmark or index are described in the simplified prospectus of the mutual fund.

7.2 Multiple Portfolio Advisers - Section 7.1 applies to fees payable to a portfolio adviser of a mutual fund that has more than one portfolio adviser, if the fees are calculated on the basis of the performance of the portfolio assets under management by that portfolio adviser, as if those portfolio assets were a separate mutual fund.

PART 8 CONTRACTUAL PLANS

8.1 Contractual Plans - No securities of a mutual fund shall be sold by way of a contractual plan unless

(a) the contractual plan was established, and its terms described in a prospectus or simplified prospectus that was filed with the securities regulatory authority, before the date that this Instrument came into force;

(b) there have been no changes made to the contractual plan or the rights of securityholders under the contractual plan since the date that this Instrument came into force; and

(c) the contractual plan has continued to be operated in the same manner after the date that this Instrument came into force as it was on that date.

PART 9 SALE OF SECURITIES OF A MUTUAL FUND

9.1 Transmission and Receipt of Purchase Orders

(1) Each purchase order for securities of a mutual fund received by a participating dealer at a location that is not its principal office shall, on the day the order is received, be sent by same day or next day courier, same day or next day priority post, telephone or electronic means, without charge to the person or company placing the order or to the mutual fund, to the principal office of the participating dealer.

(2) Each purchase order for securities of a mutual fund received by a participating dealer at its principal office or by the principal distributor of the mutual fund at a location that is not an order receipt office of the mutual fund shall, on the day the order is received, be sent by same day or next day courier, same day or next day priority post, telephone or electronic means, without charge to the person or company placing the order or to the mutual fund, to an order receipt office of the mutual fund.

(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), a purchase order for securities of a mutual fund received at a location referred to in those subsections after normal business hours on a business day, or on a day that is not a business day, may be sent, in the manner and to the place required by those subsections, on the next business day.

(4) A participating dealer or principal distributor that sends purchase orders electronically may

(a) specify a time on a business day by which a purchase order must be received in order that it be sent electronically on that business day; and

(b) despite subsections (1) and (2), send electronically on the next business day a purchase order received after the time so specified.

(5) A mutual fund is deemed to have received a purchase order for securities of the mutual fund when the order is received at an order receipt office of the mutual fund.

(6) Despite subsection (5), a mutual fund may provide that a purchase order for securities of the mutual fund received at an order receipt office of the mutual fund after a specified time on a business day, or on a day that is not a business day, will be considered to be received by the mutual fund on the next business day following the day of actual receipt.

(7) A principal distributor or participating dealer shall ensure that a copy of each purchase order received in a jurisdiction is sent, by the time it is sent to the order receipt office of the mutual fund under subsection (2), to a person responsible for the supervision of trades made on behalf of clients for the principal distributor or participating dealer in the jurisdiction.

9.2 Acceptance of Purchase Orders - A mutual fund may reject a purchase order for the purchase of securities of the mutual fund if

(a) the rejection of the order is made no later than one business day after receipt by the mutual fund of the order;

(b) on rejection of the order, all cash received with the order is refunded immediately; and

(c) the simplified prospectus of the mutual fund states that the right to reject a purchase order for securities of the mutual fund is reserved and reflects the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b).

9.3 Issue Price of Securities - The issue price of a security of a mutual fund to which a purchase order pertains shall be the net asset value per security of that class, or series of a class, next determined after the receipt by the mutual fund of the order.

9.4 Delivery of Funds and Settlement

(1) A principal distributor or participating dealer shall forward any cash received for payment of the issue price of securities of a mutual fund to an order receipt office of the mutual fund so that the cash arrives at the order receipt office as soon as practicable and in any event no later than the third business day after the pricing date.

(2) Payment of the issue price of securities of a mutual fund shall be made to the mutual fund on or before the third business day after the pricing date for the securities by

(a) a payment of cash in a currency in which the net asset value per security of the mutual fund is calculated; or

(b) good delivery of securities if

(i) the mutual fund would at the time of payment be permitted to purchase those securities,

(ii) the securities are acceptable to the portfolio adviser of the mutual fund and consistent with the mutual fund’s investment objectives, and

(iii) the value of the securities is at least equal to the issue price of the securities of the mutual fund for which they are payment, valued as if the securities were portfolio assets of the mutual fund.

(3) If payment of the issue price of securities of a mutual fund is made by the good delivery of securities as contemplated by paragraph (2)(b), the statement of portfolio transactions next prepared by the mutual fund shall include a note providing details of the securities so delivered.

(4) If payment of the issue price of the securities of a mutual fund to which a purchase order pertains is not made on or before the third business day after the pricing date or if the mutual fund has been paid the issue price by a cheque or method of payment that is subsequently not honoured,

(a) the mutual fund shall redeem the securities to which the purchase order pertains as if it had received an order for the redemption of the securities immediately before the close of business on the fourth business day after the pricing date or on the day on which the mutual fund first knows that the method of payment will not be honoured; and

(b) the amount of the redemption proceeds derived from the redemption shall be applied to reduce the amount owing to the mutual fund on the purchase of the securities and any banking costs incurred by the mutual fund in connection with the dishonoured cheque.

(5) If the amount of the redemption proceeds referred to in subsection (4) exceeds the aggregate of issue price of the securities and any banking costs incurred by the mutual fund in connection with the dishonoured cheque, the difference shall belong to the mutual fund.

(6) If the amount of the redemption proceeds referred to in subsection (4) is less than the issue price of the securities and any banking costs incurred by the mutual fund in connection with the dishonoured cheque,

(a) if the mutual fund has a principal distributor, the principal distributor shall pay, immediately upon notification by the mutual fund, to the mutual fund the amount of the deficiency; or

(b) if the mutual fund does not have a principal distributor, the participating dealer that delivered the relevant purchase order to the mutual fund shall pay immediately, upon notification by the mutual fund, to the mutual fund the amount of the deficiency.

PART 10 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES OF A MUTUAL FUND

10.1 Requirements for Redemptions

(1) No mutual fund shall pay redemption proceeds unless

(a) if the security of the mutual fund to be redeemed is represented by a certificate, the mutual fund has received the certificate or appropriate indemnities in connection with a lost certificate; and

(b) either

(i) the mutual fund has received a written redemption order, duly completed and executed by or on behalf of the securityholder, or

(ii) the mutual fund permits the making of redemption orders by telephone or electronic means by, or on behalf of, a securityholder who has made prior arrangements with the mutual fund in that regard and the relevant redemption order is made in compliance with those arrangements. 

(2) A mutual fund may establish reasonable requirements applicable to securityholders who wish to have the mutual fund redeem securities, not contrary to this Instrument, as to procedures to be followed and documents to be delivered 

(a) by the time of delivery of a redemption order to an order receipt office of the mutual fund; or

(b) by the time of payment of redemption proceeds.

(3) The manager shall provide to securityholders of a mutual fund at least annually a statement outlining the requirements referred to in subsection (1) and established by the mutual fund under subsection (2), and containing 

(a) detailed reference to all documentation required for redemption of securities of the mutual fund;

(b) detailed instructions on the manner in which documentation is to be delivered to participating dealers or the mutual fund;

(c) a description of all other procedural or communication requirements; and

(d) an explanation of the consequences of failing to meet timing requirements.

(4) The statement referred to in subsection (3) is not required to be separately provided, in any year, if the requirements are described in the mutual fund’s annual financial statements or annual report, or in a simplified prospectus that is sent to all securityholders in that year.

10.2 Transmission and Receipt of Redemption Orders

(1) Each redemption order for securities of a mutual fund received by a participating dealer at a location that is not its principal office shall, on the day the order is received, be sent by same day or next day courier, same day or next day priority post, telephone or electronic means, without charge to the relevant securityholder or to the mutual fund, to the principal office of the participating dealer.

(2) Each redemption order for securities of a mutual fund received by a participating dealer at its principal office or by the principal distributor of the mutual fund at a location that is not an order receipt office of the mutual fund shall, on the day the order is received, be sent by same day or next day courier, same day or next day priority post, telephone or electronic means, without charge to the relevant securityholder or to the mutual fund, to an order receipt office of the mutual fund.

(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), a redemption order for securities of a mutual fund received at a location referred to in those subsections after normal business hours on a business day, or on a day that is not a business day, may be sent, in the manner and to the place required by those subsections, on the next business day.

(4) A participating dealer or principal distributor that sends redemption orders electronically may

(a) specify a time on a business day by which a redemption order must be received in order that it be sent electronically on that business day; and

(b) despite subsections (1) and (2), send electronically on the next business day a redemption order received after the time so specified.

(5) A mutual fund is deemed to have received a redemption order for securities of the mutual fund when the order is received at an order receipt office of the mutual fund or all requirements of the mutual fund established under paragraph 10.1(2)(a) have been satisfied, whichever is later.

(6) If a mutual fund determines that its requirements established under paragraph 10.1(2)(a) have not been satisfied, the mutual fund shall notify the securityholder making the redemption order, by the close of business on the business day after the date of the delivery to the mutual fund of the incomplete redemption order, that its requirements established under paragraph 10.1(2)(a) have not been satisfied and shall specify procedures still to be followed or the documents still to be delivered by that securityholder.

(7) Despite subsection (5), a mutual fund may provide that orders for the redemption of securities that are received at an order receipt office of the mutual fund after a specified time on a business day, or on a day that is not a business day, will be considered to be received by the mutual fund on the next business day following the day of actual receipt.

10.3 Redemption Price of Securities - The redemption price of a security of a mutual fund to which a redemption order pertains shall be the net asset value of a security of that class, or series of a class, next determined after the receipt by the mutual fund of the order.

10.4 Payment of Redemption Price

(1) Subject to subsection 10.1(1) and to compliance with any requirements established by the mutual fund under paragraph 10.1(2)(b), a mutual fund shall pay the redemption price for securities that are the subject of a redemption order

(a) within three business days after the date of calculation of the net asset value per security used in establishing the redemption price; or

(b) if payment of the redemption price was not made at the time referred to in paragraph (a) because a requirement established under paragraph 10.1(2)(b) or a requirement of subsection 10.1(1) had not been satisfied, within three business days of

(i) the satisfaction of the relevant requirement, or

(ii) the decision by the mutual fund to waive the requirement, if the requirement was a requirement established under paragraph 10.1(2)(b).

(2) The redemption price of a security, less any applicable investor fees, shall be paid to or to the order of the securityholder of the security.

(3) A mutual fund shall pay the redemption price of a security

(a) in the currency in which the net asset value per security of the redeemed security was denominated; or

(b) with the prior written consent of the securityholder, by making good delivery to the securityholder of portfolio assets, the value of which is equal to the amount at which those portfolio assets were valued in calculating the net asset value per security used to establish the redemption price.

(4) If payment of the redemption price of securities of a mutual fund is made under paragraph (3)(b), the statement of portfolio transactions next prepared by the mutual fund shall include a note describing the portfolio assets delivered to the securityholder and the value assigned to the portfolio assets.

(5) If the redemption price of a security is paid in currency, a mutual fund is deemed to have made payment

(a) when the mutual fund, its manager or principal distributor mails a cheque or transmits funds in the required amount to or to the order of the securityholder of the securities; or

(b) if the securityholder has requested that redemption proceeds be delivered in a currency other than that permitted in subsection (3), when the mutual fund delivers the redemption proceeds to the manager or principal distributor of the mutual fund for conversion into that currency and delivery forthwith to the securityholder.

10.5 Failure to Complete Redemption Order

(1) If a requirement of a mutual fund referred to in subsection 10.1(1) or established under paragraph 10.1(2)(b) has not been satisfied on or before the close of business on the tenth business day after the date of the redemption of the relevant securities, and, in the case of a requirement established under paragraph 10.1(2)(b), the mutual fund does not waive satisfaction of the requirement, the mutual fund shall 

(a) issue, to the person or company that immediately before the redemption held the securities that were redeemed, a number of securities equal to the number of securities that were redeemed, as if the mutual fund had received from the person or company on the tenth business day after the redemption, and accepted immediately before the close of business on the tenth business day after the redemption, an order for the purchase of that number of securities; and

(b) apply the amount of the redemption proceeds to the payment of the issue price of the securities.

(2) If the amount of the issue price of the securities referred to in subsection (1) is less than the redemption proceeds, the difference shall belong to the mutual fund.

(3) If the amount of the issue price of the securities referred to in subsection (1) exceeds the redemption proceeds

(a) if the mutual fund has a principal distributor, the principal distributor shall pay immediately to the mutual fund the amount of the deficiency;

(b) if the mutual fund does not have a principal distributor, the participating dealer that delivered the relevant redemption order to the mutual fund shall pay immediately to the mutual fund the amount of the deficiency; or

(c) if the mutual fund has no principal distributor and no dealer delivered the relevant redemption order to the mutual fund, the manager of the mutual fund shall pay immediately to the mutual fund the amount of the deficiency.

10.6 Suspension of Redemptions 

(1) A mutual fund may suspend the right of securityholders to request that the mutual fund redeem its securities for the whole or any part of a period during which normal trading is suspended on a stock exchange, options exchange or futures exchange within or outside Canada on which securities are listed and traded, or on which specified derivatives are traded, if those securities or specified derivatives represent more than 50 percent by value, or underlying market exposure, of the total assets of the mutual fund without allowance for liabilities and if those securities or specified derivatives are not traded on any other exchange that represents a reasonably practical alternative for the mutual fund.

(2) A mutual fund that has an obligation to pay the redemption price for securities that have been redeemed in accordance with subsection 10.4(1) may postpone payment during a period in which the right of securityholders to request redemption of their securities is suspended, whether that suspension was made under subsection (1) or pursuant to an approval of the securities regulatory authority.

(3) A mutual fund shall not accept a purchase order for securities of the mutual fund during a period in which it is exercising rights under subsection (1) or at a time in which it is relying on an approval of the securities regulatory authorities contemplated by paragraph 5.5(1)(d).

PART 11 COMMINGLING OF CASH

11.1 Principal Distributors

(1) Cash received by a principal distributor of a mutual fund, or by a person or company providing services to the mutual fund or the principal distributor, for investment in, or on the redemption of, securities of the mutual fund, or on the distribution of assets of the mutual fund, until disbursed as permitted by subsection (3),

(a) shall be accounted for separately and be deposited in a trust account or trust accounts established and maintained in accordance with the requirements of section 11.3; and

(b) may be commingled only with cash received by the principal distributor or service provider for the sale or on the redemption of other mutual fund securities.

(2) Except as permitted by subsection (3), the principal distributor or person or company providing services to the mutual fund or principal distributor shall not use any of the cash referred to in subsection (1) to finance its own or any other operations in any way.

(3) The principal distributor or person or company providing services to a mutual fund or principal distributor may withdraw cash from a trust account referred to in paragraph (1)(a) for the purpose of

(a) remitting to the mutual fund the amount or, if subsection (5) applies, the net amount, to be invested in the securities of the mutual fund;

(b) remitting to the relevant persons or companies redemption or distribution proceeds being paid on behalf of the mutual fund; or

(c) paying fees, charges and expenses that are payable by an investor in connection with the purchase, conversion, holding, transfer or redemption of securities of the mutual fund.

(4) All interest earned on cash held in a trust account referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall be paid to securityholders or to each of the mutual funds to which the trust account pertains, pro rata based on cash flow,

(a) no less frequently than monthly if the amount owing to a mutual fund or to a securityholder is $10 or more; and

(b) no less frequently than once a year.

(5) When making payments to a mutual fund, the principal distributor or service provider may offset the proceeds of redemption of securities of the mutual fund or amounts held for distributions to be paid on behalf of the mutual fund held in the trust account against amounts held in the trust account for investment in the mutual fund.

11.2 Participating Dealers 

(1) Cash received by a participating dealer, or by a person or company providing services to a participating dealer, for investment in, or on the redemption of, securities of a mutual fund, or on the distribution of assets of a mutual fund, until disbursed as permitted by subsection (3)

(a) shall be accounted for separately and shall be deposited in a trust account or trust accounts established and maintained in accordance with section 11.3; and

(b) may be commingled only with cash received by the participating dealer or service provider for the sale or on the redemption of other mutual fund securities.

(2) Except as permitted by subsection (3), the participating dealer or person or company providing services to the participating dealer shall not use any of the cash referred to subsection (1) to finance its own or any other operations in any way.

(3) A participating dealer or person or company providing services to the participating dealer may withdraw cash from a trust account referred to in paragraph (1)(a) for the purpose of

(a) remitting to the mutual fund or the principal distributor of the mutual fund the amount or, if subsection (5) applies, the net amount, to be invested in the securities of the mutual fund;

(b) remitting to the relevant persons or companies redemption or distribution proceeds being paid on behalf of the mutual fund; or

(c) paying fees, charges and expenses that are payable by an investor in connection with the purchase, conversion, holding, transfer or redemption of securities of the mutual fund.

(4) All interest earned on cash held in a trust account referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall be paid to securityholders or to each of the mutual funds to which the trust account pertains, pro rata based on cash flow,

(a) no less frequently than monthly if the amount owing to a mutual fund or to a securityholder is $10 or more; and

(b) no less frequently than once a year.

(5) When making payments to a mutual fund, a participating dealer or service provider may offset the proceeds of redemption of securities of the mutual fund and amounts held for distributions to be paid on behalf of a mutual fund held in the trust account against amounts held in the trust account for investment in the mutual fund.

(6) A participating dealer or person providing services to the participating dealer shall permit the mutual fund and the principal distributor, through their respective auditors or other designated representatives, to examine the books and records of the participating dealer to verify the compliance with this section of the participating dealer or person providing services.

11.3 Trust Accounts - A principal distributor or participating dealer that deposits cash into a trust account in accordance with section 11.1 or 11.2 shall

(a) advise, in writing, the financial institution with which the account is opened at the time of the opening of the account that 

(i) the account is established for the purpose of holding client funds in trust,

(ii) the account is to be labelled by the financial institution as a “trust account”,

(iii) the account is not to be accessed by any person other than authorized representatives of the principal distributor or participating dealer, and

(iv) the cash in the trust account may not be used to cover shortfalls in any accounts of the principal distributor or participating dealer;

(b) ensure that the trust account bears interest at rates equivalent to comparable accounts of the financial institution; and

(c) ensure that any charges against the trust account are not paid or reimbursed out of the trust account.

11.4 Exemption 

(1) Sections 11.1 and 11.2 do not apply to members of The Investment Dealers Association of Canada, The Alberta Stock Exchange, The Montreal Exchange, The Toronto Stock Exchange or the Vancouver Stock Exchange.

(2) A participating dealer that is a member of an SRO referred to in subsection (1) shall permit the mutual fund and the principal distributor, through their respective auditors or other designated representatives, to examine the books and records of the participating dealer to verify the participating dealer’s compliance with the requirements of its association or exchange that relate to the commingling of cash.

11.5 Right of Inspection - The mutual fund, its trustee, manager and principal distributor shall ensure that all contractual arrangements made between any of them and any person or company providing services to the mutual fund permit the representatives of the mutual fund, its manager and trustee to examine the books and records of those persons or companies in order to monitor compliance with this Instrument.

PART 12 COMPLIANCE REPORTS

12.1 Compliance Reports  

(1) A mutual fund that does not have a principal distributor shall complete and file, within 140 days after the financial year end of the mutual fund

(a) a report in the form contained in Appendix B-1 describing compliance by the mutual fund during that financial year with the applicable requirements of Parts 9, 10 and 11; and

(b) a report by the auditor of the mutual fund, in the form contained in Appendix B-1, concerning the report referred to in paragraph (a).

(2) The principal distributor of a mutual fund shall complete and file, within 90 days after the financial year end of the principal distributor

(a) a report in the form contained in Appendix B-2 describing compliance by the principal distributor during that financial year with the applicable requirements of Parts 9, 10 and 11; and

(b) a report by the auditor of the principal distributor or by the auditor of the mutual fund, in the form contained in Appendix B-2, concerning the report referred to in paragraph (a).

(3) Each participating dealer that distributes securities of a mutual fund in a financial year of the participating dealer shall complete and file, within 90 days after the end of that financial year

(a) a report in the form contained in Appendix B-3 describing compliance by the participating dealer during that financial year with the applicable requirements of Parts 9, 10 and 11 in connection with its distribution of securities of all mutual funds in that financial year; and

(b) a report by the auditor of the participating dealer, in the form contained in Appendix B-3, concerning the report referred to in paragraph (a).

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to members of The Investment Dealers Association of Canada, The Alberta Stock Exchange, The Montreal Exchange, The Toronto Stock Exchange or the Vancouver Stock Exchange.

PART 13 CALCULATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SECURITY

13.1 Frequency and Currency of Calculation of Net Asset Value per Security 

(1) The net asset value per security of a mutual fund shall be calculated

(a) if the mutual fund does not use specified derivatives, at least once in each week; or

(b) if the mutual fund uses specified derivatives, at least once every business day.

(2) Despite subsection (1)(a), a mutual fund that, at the date that this Instrument comes into force, calculates net asset value per security no less frequently than once a month may continue to calculate net asset value per security at least as frequently as it does at that date.

(3) The net asset value per security of a mutual fund shall be calculated in the currency of Canada or in the currency of the United States of America or both.

(4) A mutual fund that arranges for the publication of its net asset value per security in the financial press shall ensure that its current net asset value per security is provided on a timely basis to the financial press.

13.2 Portfolio Transactions - Each transaction of purchase or sale of a portfolio asset effected by a mutual fund shall be reflected in a calculation of net asset value per security of the mutual fund made not later than the first calculation of net asset value per security made after the date on which the transaction becomes binding.

13.3 Capital Transactions - The issue or redemption of a security of a mutual fund shall be reflected in the first calculation of net asset value per security of the mutual fund made after the calculation of net asset value per security used to establish the issue or redemption price.

13.4 Valuation of Restricted Securities - A mutual fund shall value a restricted security at the lesser of

(a) the value based on reported quotations of that restricted security in common use; and

(b) that percentage of the market value of the securities of the class or series of a class of which the restricted security forms part that are not restricted securities, equal to the percentage that the mutual fund’s acquisition cost was of the market value of the securities at the time of acquisition, but taking into account, if appropriate, the amount of time remaining until the restricted securities will cease to be restricted securities.

13.5 Valuation of Specified Derivatives - A mutual fund shall value specified derivatives transactions and positions in accordance with the following principles: 

1. A long position in an option or a debt-like security shall be valued at the current market value of the position.

2. For options written by a mutual fund

(a) the premium received by the mutual fund for those options shall be reflected as a deferred credit that shall be valued at an amount equal to the current market value of the option that would have the effect of closing the position;

(b) any difference resulting from revaluation shall be treated as an unrealized gain or loss on investment;

(c) the deferred credit shall be deducted in calculating the net asset value per security of the mutual fund; and

(d) any securities that are the subject of a written option shall be valued at their current market value.

3. The value of a forward contract or swap shall be the gain or loss on the contract that would be realized if, on the date that valuation is made, the position in the forward contract or swap were to be closed out.

4. The value of a standardized future shall be

(a) if daily limits imposed by the futures exchange through which the standardized future was issued are not in effect, the gain or loss on the standardized future that would be realized if, on the date that valuation is made, the position in the standardized future were to be closed out; or

(b) if daily limits imposed by the futures exchange through which the standardized future was issued are in effect, based on the current market value of the underlying interest of the standardized future.

5. Margin paid or deposited on standardized futures or forward contracts 

(a) shall be reflected as an account receivable; and

(b) if not in the form of cash, shall be noted as held for margin.

PART 14 RECORD DATE

14.1 Record Date - The record date for determining the right of securityholders of a mutual fund to receive a dividend or distribution by the mutual fund shall be one of

(a) the day on which the net asset value per security is determined for the purpose of calculating the amount of the payment of the dividend or distribution;

(b) the last day on which the net asset value per security of the mutual fund was calculated before the day referred to in paragraph (a); or

(c) if the day referred to in paragraph (b) is not a business day, the last day on which the net asset value per security of the mutual fund was calculated before the day referred to in paragraph (b).

PART 15 SALES COMMUNICATIONS AND PROHIBITED REPRESENTATIONS

15.1 Ability to Make Sales Communications - Sales communications pertaining to a mutual fund may be made by a person or company only in accordance with this Part.

15.2 Sales Communications - General Requirements

(1) Despite any other provision of this Part, no sales communication shall

(a) be untrue or misleading; or

(b) include a statement that conflicts with information that is contained in the preliminary simplified prospectus, the preliminary annual information form, the simplified prospectus or annual information form 

(i) of a mutual fund, or

(ii) in which an asset allocation service is described.

(2) All performance data or disclosure specifically required by this Instrument and contained in a written sales communication shall be at least as large as 10-point type.

15.3 Prohibited Disclosure in Sales Communications 

(1) A sales communication shall not compare the performance of a mutual fund or asset allocation service with the performance or change of any benchmark or investment unless

(a) it includes all facts that, if disclosed, would be likely to alter materially the conclusions reasonably drawn or implied by the comparison;

(b) it presents data for each subject of the comparison for the same period or periods;

(c) it explains clearly any factors necessary to make the comparison fair and not misleading; and

(d) in the case of a comparison with a benchmark

(i) the benchmark existed and was widely recognized and available during the period for which the comparison is made, or

(ii) the benchmark did not exist for all or part of the period, but a reconstruction or calculation of what the benchmark would have been during that period, calculated on a basis consistent with its current basis of calculation, is widely recognized and available.

(2) A sales communication for a mutual fund or asset allocation service that is prohibited by paragraph 15.6(a) from disclosing performance data shall not provide performance data for any benchmark or investment other than a mutual fund or asset allocation service under common management with the mutual fund or asset allocation service to which the sales communication pertains.

(3) Despite subsection (2), a sales communication for an index mutual fund may provide performance data for the index on which the investments of the mutual fund are based if the index complies with the requirements for benchmarks contained in paragraph (1)(d).

(4) A sales communication shall not refer to a performance rating or ranking of a mutual fund or asset allocation service unless 

(a) the rating or ranking is prepared by an organization that is not a member of the organization of the mutual fund;

(b) standard performance data is provided for any mutual fund or asset allocation service for which a performance rating or ranking is given; and

(c) the rating or ranking is provided for each period for which standard performance data is required to be given. 

(5) A sales communication shall not refer to a credit rating of securities of a mutual fund unless

(a) the rating is current and was prepared by an approved credit rating organization;

(b) there has been no announcement by the approved credit rating organization of which the mutual fund or its manager is or ought to be aware that the credit rating of the securities may be down-graded; and

(c) no approved credit rating organization is currently rating the securities at a lower level.

(6) A sales communication shall not refer to a mutual fund as, or imply that it is, a money fund, cash fund or money market fund unless, at the time the sales communication is used and for each period for which money market fund standard performance data is provided, the mutual fund is and was a money market fund, either under National Policy Statement No. 39 or under this Instrument.

(7) A sales communication shall not state or imply that a registered retirement savings plan, registered retirement income fund or registered education savings plan in itself, rather than the mutual fund to which the sales communication relates, is an investment.

15.4 Required Disclosure and Warnings in Sales Communications 

(1) A written sales communication shall

(a) bear the name of the principal distributor or participating dealer that distributed the sales communication; and

(b) if the sales communication is not an advertisement, contain the date of first publication of the sales communication.

(2) A sales communication that includes a rate of return or a mathematical table illustrating the potential effect of a compound rate of return shall contain a statement in substantially the following words:

“[The rate of return or mathematical table shown] is used only to illustrate the effects of the compound growth rate and is not intended to reflect future values of [the mutual fund or asset allocation service] or returns on investment [in the mutual fund or from the use of the asset allocation service].”.

(3) A sales communication, other than a report to securityholders, of a mutual fund that is not a money market fund and that does not contain performance data shall contain a warning in substantially the following words:

“Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.”.

(4) A sales communication, other than a report to securityholders, of a money market fund that does not contain performance data shall contain a warning in substantially the following words:

“Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. Mutual fund securities are not covered by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other government deposit insurer. There can be no assurances that the fund will be able to maintain its net asset value per security at a constant amount or that the full amount of your investment in the fund will be returned to you. Past performance may not be repeated.”.

(5) A sales communication for an asset allocation service that does not contain performance data shall contain a warning in substantially the following words:

“Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments and the use of an asset allocation service. Please read the prospectus of the mutual funds in which investment may be made under the asset allocation service before investing. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.”.

(6) A sales communication, other than a report to securityholders, of a mutual fund that is not a money market fund and that contains performance data shall contain a warning in substantially the following words:

“Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. The indicated rate[s] of return is [are] the historical annual compounded total return[s] including changes in [share or unit] value and reinvestment of all [dividends or distributions] and does [do] not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.”. 

(7) A sales communication, other than a report to securityholders, of a money market fund that contains performance data shall contain 

(a) a warning in substantially the following words:

“Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. The performance data provided assumes reinvestment of distributions only and does not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns. Mutual fund securities are not covered by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other government deposit insurer. There can be no assurances that the fund will be able to maintain its net asset value per security at a constant amount or that the full amount of your investment in the fund will be returned to you. Past performance may not be repeated.”; and

(b) a statement in substantially the following words, immediately following the performance data:

“This is an annualized historical yield based on the seven day period ended on [date] [annualized in the case of effective yield by compounding the seven day return] and does not represent an actual one year return.”.

(8) A sales communication for an asset allocation service that contains performance data shall contain a warning in substantially the following words:

“Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments and the use of an asset allocation service. Please read the prospectus of the mutual funds in which investment may be made under the asset allocation service before investing. The indicated rate[s] of return is [are] the historical annual compounded total return[s] assuming the investment strategy recommended by the asset allocation service is used and after deduction of the fees and charges in respect of the service. The return[s] is [are] based on the historical annual compounded total returns of the participating funds including changes in [share] [unit] value and reinvestment of all [dividends or distributions] and does [do] not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder in respect of a participating fund that would have reduced returns. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.”. 

(9) A sales communication distributed after the issue of a receipt for a preliminary prospectus or preliminary simplified prospectus of the mutual fund described in the sales communication but before the issue of a receipt for its prospectus or simplified prospectus shall contain a warning in substantially the following words:

“A preliminary simplified prospectus relating to the fund has been filed with certain Canadian securities commissions or similar authorities. You cannot buy [units] [shares] of the fund until the relevant securities commissions or similar authorities issue receipts for the simplified prospectus of the fund.”.

(10) A sales communication for a mutual fund or asset allocation service that purports to arrange a guarantee or insurance in order to protect all or some of the principal amount of an investment in the mutual fund or asset allocation service shall

(a) identify the person or company providing the guarantee or insurance;

(b) provide the material terms of the guarantee or insurance, including the maturity date of the guarantee or insurance;

(c) if applicable, state that the guarantee or insurance does not apply to the amount of any redemptions before the maturity date of the guarantee or before the death of the securityholder and that redemptions before that date would be based on the net asset value per security of the mutual fund at the time; and

(d) modify any other disclosure required by this section appropriately.

(11) The warnings referred to in this section shall be communicated in a manner that a reasonable person would consider clear and easily understood at the same time as, and through the medium by which, the related sales communication is communicated.

(12) A mutual fund that files a prospectus rather than a simplified prospectus shall amend the warnings required by this section to refer to a prospectus, as applicable.

15.5 Disclosure Regarding Distribution Fees

(1) No person or company shall describe a mutual fund in a sales communication as a “no-load fund” or use words of like effect if on a purchase or redemption of securities of the mutual fund investor fees are payable by an investor or if any fees, charges or expenses are payable by an investor to a participating dealer of the mutual fund named in the sales communication, other than

(a) fees and charges related to specific optional services;

(b) for a mutual fund that is not a money market fund, redemption fees on the redemption of securities of the mutual fund that are redeemed within 90 days after the purchase of the securities, if the existence of the fees is disclosed in the sales communication, or in the simplified prospectus of the mutual fund; or

(c) costs that are payable only on the set-up or closing of a securityholder’s account and that reflect the administrative costs of establishing or closing the account, if the existence of the costs is disclosed in the sales communication, or in the simplified prospectus of the mutual fund.

(2) If a sales communication describes a mutual fund as “no-load” or uses words to like effect, the sales communication shall 

(a) indicate the principal distributor or a participating dealer through which an investor may purchase the mutual fund on a no-load basis;

(b) disclose that management fees and operating expenses are paid by the mutual fund; and

(c) disclose the existence of any trailing commissions paid by a member of the organization of the mutual fund.

(2) A sales communication containing a reference to the existence or absence of fees or charges, other than the disclosure required by section 15.4 or a reference to the term “no-load”, shall disclose the types of fees and charges that exist.

(3) The rate of sales charges or commissions for the sale of securities of a mutual fund or the use of an asset allocation service shall be expressed in a sales communication as a percentage of the amount paid by the purchaser and as a percentage of the net amount invested if a reference is made to sales charges or commissions.

15.6 Performance Data - General Requirements - No sales communication pertaining to a mutual fund or asset allocation service shall contain performance data of the mutual fund or asset allocation service unless

(a) either 

(i) the mutual fund has offered securities under a simplified prospectus in a jurisdiction for at least one completed financial year, or the asset allocation service has been operated for at least 12 months and has invested only in participating mutual funds each of which has offered securities under a simplified prospectus in a jurisdiction for at least one completed financial year, or

(ii) if the sales communication pertains to a mutual fund or asset allocation service that does not satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (i), the sales communication is sent only to 

(A) securityholders of the mutual fund or participants in the asset allocation service, or

(B) securityholders of a mutual fund or participants in an asset allocation service under common management with the mutual fund or asset allocation service;

(b) the sales communication also contains standard performance data of the mutual fund or asset allocation service and, in the case of a written sales communication, the standard performance data is presented in type size that is equal to or larger than that used to present the other performance data;

(c) the performance data reflects or includes references to all elements of return; and

(d) except as permitted by subsection 15.3(3), the sales communication does not contain performance data for a period that is before the time when the mutual fund offered its securities under a simplified prospectus or before the asset allocation service commenced operation.

15.7 Advertisements - An advertisement for a mutual fund or asset allocation service shall not compare the performance of the mutual fund or asset allocation service with any benchmark or investment other than

(a) one or more mutual funds or asset allocation services that are under common management or administration with the mutual fund or asset allocation service to which the advertisement pertains;

(b) one or more mutual funds or asset allocation services that have fundamental investment objectives that a reasonable person would consider similar to the mutual fund or asset allocation service to which the advertisement pertains; or

(c) an index.

15.8 Performance Measurement Periods Covered by Performance Data

(1) A sales communication, other than a report to securityholders, that relates to a money market fund may provide standard performance data only if

(a) the standard performance data has been calculated for the most recent seven day period for which it is practicable to calculate, taking into account publication deadlines; and

(b) the seven day period does not start more than 45 days before the date of the appearance, use or publication of the sales communication.

(2) A sales communication, other than a report to securityholders, that relates to an asset allocation service or to a mutual fund other than a money market fund may provide standard performance data only if

(a) the standard performance data has been calculated for the 10, five, three and one year periods and the period since the inception of the mutual fund if the mutual fund has been offering securities by way of simplified prospectus for more than one and less than 10 years; and

(b) the periods referred to in paragraph (a) end on the same calendar month end that is

(i) not more than 45 days before the date of the appearance or use of the advertisement in which it is included, and

(ii) not more than three months before the date of first publication of any other sales communication in which it is included.

(3) A report to securityholders may contain standard performance data only if

(a) the standard performance data has been calculated for the 10, five, three and one year periods and the period since the inception of the mutual fund if the mutual fund has been offering securities by way of simplified prospectus for more than one and less than 10 years; and

(b) the periods referred to in paragraph (a) end on the day as of which the balance sheet of the financial statements contained in the report to securityholders was prepared.

(4) A sales communication shall clearly identify the periods for which performance data is calculated.

15.9 Changes affecting Performance Data

(1) If, during or after a performance measurement period of performance data contained in a sales communication, there have been changes in the business, operations or affairs of the mutual fund or asset allocation service to which the sales communication pertains that could have materially affected the performance of the mutual fund or asset allocation service, the sales communication shall contain

(a) summary disclosure of the changes, and of how those changes could have affected the performance had those changes been in effect throughout the performance measurement period; and

(b) for a money market fund that during the performance measurement period did not pay or accrue the full amount of any fees and charges of the type described under paragraph 15.11(1)1, disclosure of the difference between the full amounts and the amounts actually charged, expressed as an annualized percentage on a basis comparable to current yield.

(2) If a mutual fund has, in the last 10 years, undertaken a reorganization with, or acquired assets from, another mutual fund in a transaction that was a significant change for the mutual fund or would have been a significant change for the mutual fund had this Instrument been in force at the time of the transaction, then, in any sales communication of the mutual fund,

(a) the mutual fund shall provide summary disclosure of the transaction;

(b) the mutual fund may include its performance data covering any part of a period before the transaction only if it also includes the performance data for the other fund for the same periods;

(c) the mutual fund shall not include its performance data for any part of a period after the transaction unless

(i) 12 months have passed since the transaction, or

(ii) the mutual fund includes in the sales communication the performance data for itself and the other mutual fund referred to in paragraph (b); and

(d) the mutual fund shall not include any performance data for any period that is composed of both time before and after the transaction.

15.10 Formula for Calculating Standard Performance Data

(1) The standard performance data of a mutual fund shall be calculated in accordance with this section.

(2) In this Part

“current yield” means the yield of a money market fund expressed as a percentage and determined by applying the following formula:

current yield = [seven day return x 365/7] x 100;

“effective yield” means the yield of a money market fund expressed as a percentage and determined by applying the following formula:

effective yield = [(seven day return + 1)365/7 - 1] x 100;

“seven day return” means the income yield of an account of a securityholder in a money market fund that is calculated by

(a) determining the net change, exclusive of new subscriptions other than from the reinvestment of distributions or proceeds of redemption of securities of the money market fund, in the value of the account,

(b) subtracting all fees and charges of the type referred to in paragraph 15.11(1)3 for the seven day period, and

(c) dividing the result by the value of the account at the beginning of the seven day period;

“standard performance data” means

(a) for a money market fund 

(i) the current yield, or

(ii) the current yield and effective yield, if the effective yield is reported in a type size that is at least equal to that of the current yield, and

(b) for any mutual fund other than a money market fund, the total return calculated in each case in accordance with this section; and

“total return” means the annual compounded rate of return for a mutual fund for a period that would equate the initial value to the redeemable value at the end of the period, expressed as a percentage, and determined by applying the following formula: 

total return = [(redeemable value/initial value)(1/N)-1] x 100

where N = the length of the performance measurement period in years, with a minimum value of 1.

(3) If there are fees and charges of the type described in paragraph 15.11(1)1 relevant to the calculation of redeemable value and initial value of the securities of a mutual fund, the redeemable value and initial value of securities of a mutual fund shall be the net asset value of one unit or share of the mutual fund at the beginning or at the end of the performance measurement period, minus the amount of those fees and charges calculated by applying the assumptions referred to in that paragraph to a hypothetical securityholder account.

(4) If there are no fees and charges of the type described in paragraph 15.11(1)1 relevant to a calculation of total return, the calculation of total return for a mutual fund may assume a hypothetical investment of one security of the mutual fund and be calculated as follows:

(a) “initial value” means the net asset value of one unit or share of a mutual fund at the beginning of the performance measurement period; and

(b) “redeemable value” =

R x (1 + D1/P1) x (1 + D2/P2) x (1 + D3/P3) . . . x (1 + Dn/Pn)

where R = the net asset value of one unit or security of the mutual fund at the end of the performance measurement period,

D = the dividend or distribution amount per security of the mutual fund at the time of each distribution,

P = the dividend or distribution reinvestment price per security of the mutual fund at the time of each distribution, and

n = the number of dividends or distributions during the performance measurement period.

(5) Standard performance data of an asset allocation service shall be based upon the standard performance data of its participating funds.

(6) Performance data 

(a) for a mutual fund other than a money market fund shall be calculated to the nearest one-tenth of one percent; and

(b) for a money market fund shall be calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent.

15.11 Assumptions for Calculating Standard Performance Data 

(1) The following assumptions shall be made in the calculation of standard performance data of a mutual fund:

1. Recurring fees and charges that are payable by all securityholders 

(a) are accrued or paid in proportion to the length of the performance measurement period;

(b) if structured in a manner that would result in the performance information being dependent on the size of an investment, are calculated on the basis of an investment equal to the greater of $10,000 or the minimum amount that may be invested; and

(c) if fully negotiable, are calculated on the basis of the average fees paid by accounts of the size referred to in paragraph (b).

2. There are no fees and charges related to specific optional services. 

3. All fees and charges payable by the mutual fund are accrued or paid.

4. Dividends or distributions by the mutual fund are reinvested in the mutual fund at the net asset value per security of the mutual fund on the reinvestment dates during the performance measurement period.

5. There are no non-recurring fees and charges that are payable by some or all securityholders and no recurring fees and charges that are payable by some but not all securityholders.

6. A complete redemption occurs at the end of the performance measurement period so that the ending redeemable value includes elements of return that have been accrued but not yet paid to securityholders.

(2) The following assumptions shall be made in the calculation of standard performance data of an asset allocation service:

1. Fees and charges that are payable by participants in the asset allocation service 

(a) are accrued or paid in proportion to the length of the performance measurement period;

(b) if structured in a manner that would result in the performance information being dependent on the size of an investment, are calculated on the basis of an investment equal to the greater of $10,000 or the minimum amount that may be invested; and

(c) if fully negotiable, are calculated on the basis of the average fees paid by accounts of the size referred to in paragraph (b).

2. There are no fees and charges related to specific optional services.

3. The investment strategy recommended by the asset allocation service is utilized for the performance measurement period.

4. Transfer fees are

(a) accrued or paid;

(b) if structured in a manner that would result in the performance information being dependent on the size of an investment, calculated on the basis of an account equal to the greater of $10,000 or the minimum amount that may be invested; and

(c) if the fees and charges are fully negotiable, calculated on the basis of the average fees paid by an account of the size referred to in paragraph (b).

5. A complete redemption occurs at the end of the performance measurement period so that the ending redeemable value includes elements of return that have been accrued but not yet paid to securityholders.

(3) The calculation of standard performance data shall be based on actual historical performance and the fees and charges payable by the mutual fund and securityholders, or the asset allocation service and participants, in effect during the performance measurement period.

15.12 Sales Communications During the Waiting Period - If a sales communication is used after the issue of a receipt for a preliminary simplified prospectus of the mutual fund described in the sales communication but before the issue of a receipt for its simplified prospectus, the sales communication shall state only 

(a) whether the security represents a share in a corporation or an interest in a non-corporate entity;

(b) the name of the mutual fund and its manager;

(c) the fundamental investment objectives of the mutual fund;

(d) without giving details, whether the security is or will be a qualified investment for a registered retirement savings plan, registered retirement income fund or registered education savings plan or qualifies or will qualify the holder for special tax treatment; and

(e) any additional information permitted by securities legislation.

15.13 Prohibited Representations

(1) Securities issued by an unincorporated mutual fund shall be described by a term that is not and does not include the word “shares”.

(2) No communication by a mutual fund or asset allocation service, its promoter, manager, portfolio adviser, principal distributor, participating dealer or a person providing services to the mutual fund or asset allocation service shall describe a mutual fund as a commodity pool or as a vehicle for investors to participate in the speculative trading of, or leveraged investment in, derivatives, unless the mutual fund is a commodity pool as defined in National Instrument 81-101 Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure.

PART 16 CALCULATION OF MANAGEMENT EXPENSE RATIO

16.1 Calculation of Management Expense Ratio 

(1) A mutual fund may disclose its management expense ratio only if the management expense ratio is calculated for a financial year of the mutual fund and if it is calculated by

(a) dividing

(i) the total expenses of the mutual fund for the financial year as shown on its income statement,

by

(ii) the average net asset value of the mutual fund for the financial year, obtained by

(A) adding together the net asset values of the mutual fund as at the close of business of the mutual fund on each day during the financial year on which the net asset value of the mutual fund has been calculated, and

(B) dividing the amount obtained under clause (A) by the number of days during the financial year on which the net asset value of the mutual fund has been calculated; and 

(b) multiplying the result obtained under paragraph (a) by 100.

(2) If any fees and expenses otherwise payable by a mutual fund in a financial year were waived or otherwise absorbed by a member of the organization of the mutual fund, the mutual fund shall disclose in a note to the disclosure of its management expense ratio, details of

(a) what the management expense ratio would have been without any waivers or absorptions;

(b) the length of time that the waiver or absorption is expected to continue;

(c) whether the waiver or absorption can be terminated at any time by the member of the organization of the mutual fund; and

(d) any other arrangements concerning the waiver or absorption.

(3) All non-optional fees, charges and expenses paid directly by investors of a mutual fund in connection with the holding of securities of the mutual fund during the period to which the disclosed management expense ratio relates shall be included by the mutual fund in its calculation of the management expense ratio with an appropriate explanation in a note to the disclosure.

(4) If the aggregate amount of a non-optional fee, charge and expense payable directly by investors of a mutual fund in connection with the holding of securities of the mutual fund during the period to which the disclosed management expense ratio relates is not ascertainable, the mutual fund shall include the maximum amount of the non-optional investor fee that could have been paid by those investors in its calculation of the management expense ratio.

(5) Mutual fund expenses rebated by a manager or a mutual fund to a securityholder shall not be deducted from total expenses of the mutual fund in determining the management expense ratio of the mutual fund.

(6) A mutual fund that has separate classes or series of securities shall calculate a management expense ratio for each class or series, in the manner required by this section, modified as appropriate.

(7) In this section, the phrase “financial year” includes, for an issuer, a period other than 12 months for which the issuer is required by securities legislation to prepare audited financial statements.

(8) The management expense ratio of a mutual fund for a financial year of less than 12 months shall be annualized.

16.2 Fund of Funds Calculation - For the purposes of subparagraph 16.1(1)(a)(i), the total expenses of a mutual fund for a financial year that invests in securities of one or more other mutual funds is equal to the sum of

(a) the total expenses incurred by the mutual fund attributable to its investment in each underlying mutual fund, as calculated by

(i) multiplying the total expenses of each underlying mutual fund for the financial year as shown on the income statement of each underlying mutual fund,

by

(ii) the average proportion of securities of the underlying mutual fund held by the mutual fund during the financial year, calculated by

(A) adding together the proportion of securities of the underlying mutual fund held by the mutual fund on each day in the financial year, and

(B) dividing the amount obtained under clause (A) by the number of days in the financial year; and

(b) the total expenses of the mutual fund for the financial year as shown on its income statement.

PART 17 FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIREMENTS

17.1 Information About Specified Derivatives 

(1) A mutual fund shall, in the statement of investment portfolio included in the annual and interim financial statements of the mutual fund, or in the notes to that statement, disclose

(a) for long positions in clearing corporation options, the number of options, the underlying interest, the strike price, the expiration month and year, the cost and the market
value;

(b) for long positions in options on futures, the number of options on futures, the futures contracts that form the underlying interest, the strike price, the expiration month and year of the option on futures, the delivery month and year of the futures contract that forms the underlying interest of the option on futures, the cost and the market value;

(c) for clearing corporation options written by the mutual fund, the particulars of the deferred credit account, indicating the number of options, the underlying interest, the strike price, the expiration month and year, the premium received and the value as determined under section 13.5;

(d) for options purchased by the mutual fund that are not clearing corporation options, the number of options, the credit rating of the issuer of the options, whether the rating has fallen below the approved credit rating, the underlying interest, the principal amount or quantity of the underlying interest, the strike price, the expiration date, the cost and the market value;

(e) for options written by the mutual fund that are not clearing corporation options, the particulars of the deferred credit account, indicating the number of options, the underlying interest, the principal amount or quantity of the underlying interest, the exercise price, the expiration date, the premium received and the value as determined under section 13.5;

(f) for positions in standardized futures, the number of standardized futures, the underlying interest, the price at which the contract was entered into, the delivery month and year and the value as determined under section 13.5;

(g) for positions in forward contracts, the number of forward contracts, the credit rating of the counterparty, whether the rating has fallen below the approved credit rating level, the underlying interest, the quantity of the underlying interest, the price at which the contract was entered into, the settlement date and the value as determined under section 13.5; and

(h) for debt-like securities, the principal amount of the debt, the interest rate, the payment dates, the underlying interest, the principal amount or quantity of the underlying interest, a description of whether the derivative component is an option or a forward contract with respect to the underlying interest, the strike price in the case of an options component and the set price in the case of a forward component, and the value as determined under section 13.5.

(2) If applicable, the statement of investment portfolio included in the annual and interim financial statements of the mutual fund, or the notes to that statement, shall identify by an asterisk or other notation the underlying interest that is being hedged by each position taken by the mutual fund in a specified derivative.

17.2 Additional Disclosure Requirements 

(1) The annual financial statements of a mutual fund shall

(a) set out in appropriate detail the amounts of all fees, charges and expenses, if any, that have been charged to the mutual fund during each financial year reported upon in the financial statements; and

(b) set out the net asset value per security of the mutual fund as at the end of the last completed financial year and as at the end of each of the four preceding completed financial years, or such fewer number of financial years as the mutual fund has been in existence.

(2) The annual and interim financial statements of a mutual fund shall disclose 

(a) the management expense ratio of each class or series of a class of securities of the mutual fund for each of the last five completed financial years of the mutual fund or such
fewer number of financial years as the mutual fund has been in existence, and shown for periods of less than 12 months on an annualized basis with reference to the period covered and the fact that the management expense ratio shown is annualized; and

(b) a brief description of the method of calculating the management expense ratio.

17.3 Approval of Financial Statements

(1) The board of directors of a mutual fund that is a corporation shall

(a) approve the annual financial statements of the mutual fund that are to be delivered on request to purchasers of its securities; and

(b) authorize two directors of the mutual fund to sign those financial statements to evidence that approval.

(2) The manager or the trustee or trustees of a mutual fund that is a trust, or another person or company authorized to do so by the constating documents of the mutual fund, shall

(a) approve the annual financial statements of the mutual fund that, on and after the date the simplified prospectus of the mutual fund is filed, are to be delivered to purchasers of its securities with the prospectus or the simplified prospectus or are incorporated by reference into the simplified prospectus; and

(b) authorize two appropriate persons to sign those financial statements to evidence that approval.

PART 18 SECURITYHOLDER RECORDS

18.1 Maintenance of Records - A mutual fund that is not a corporation shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, up to date records of

(a) the names and latest known addresses of each securityholder of the mutual fund;

(b) the number and class or series of a class of securities held by each securityholder of the mutual fund; and

(c) the date and details of each issue and redemption of securities, and each distribution, of the mutual fund.

18.2 Availability of Records

(1) A mutual fund that is not a corporation shall make, or cause to be made, the records referred to in section 18.1 available for inspection, free of charge, during normal business hours at its principal or head office by a securityholder or a representative of a securityholder, if the securityholder has agreed in writing that the information contained in the register will not be used by the securityholder for any purpose other than attempting to influence the voting of securityholders of the mutual fund or a matter relating to the relationships among the mutual fund, the members of the organization of the mutual fund, and the securityholders, partners, directors and officers of those entities.

(2) A mutual fund shall, upon written request by a securityholder of the mutual fund, provide, or cause to be provided, to the securityholder a copy of the records referred to in paragraphs 18.1(a) and (b) if the securityholder

(a) has agreed in writing that the information contained in the register will not be used by the securityholder for any purpose other than attempting to influence the voting of securityholders of the mutual fund or a matter relating to the administration of the mutual fund; and

(b) has paid a reasonable fee to the mutual fund that does not exceed the reasonable costs to the mutual fund of providing the copy of the register.

PART 19 EXEMPTIONS AND APPROVALS

19.1 Exemption

(1) The regulator or securities regulatory authority may grant an exemption from this Instrument, in whole or in part, subject to such conditions or restrictions as may be imposed in the exemption.

(2) Despite subsection (1), in Ontario only the regulator may grant such an exemption.

19.2 Exemption or Approval under Prior Policy

(1) A mutual fund that has obtained, from the regulator or securities regulatory authority, an exemption or waiver from, or approval under, a provision of National Policy Statement No. 39 before this Instrument came into force is exempt from any substantially similar provision of this Instrument, if any, on the same conditions, if any, as are contained in the earlier exemption or approval, unless the regulator or securities regulatory authority has revoked that exemption or waiver under authority provided to it in securities legislation.

(2) Despite Part 7, a mutual fund that has obtained, from the regulator or securities regulatory authority, approval under National Policy Statement No. 39 to pay incentive fees may continue to pay incentive fees on the terms of that approval if disclosure of the method of calculation of the fees and details of the composition of the benchmark or index used in calculating the fees are described in the simplified prospectus of the mutual fund.

(3) A mutual fund that intends to rely upon subsection (1) shall, at the time of the first filing of its pro forma simplified prospectus after this Instrument comes into force, send to the regulator a letter or memorandum containing

(a) a brief description of the nature of the exemption from, or approval under, National Policy Statement No. 39 previously obtained; and

(b) the provision in the Instrument that is substantially similar to the provision in National Policy Statement No. 39 from or under which the exemption or approval was previously obtained.

PART 20 TRANSITIONAL

20.1 Effective Date - This Instrument comes into force on February 1, 2000.

20.2 Sales Communications - Sales communications, other than advertisements, that were printed before December 31, 1999 may be used until August 1, 2000, despite any requirements in this Instrument.

20.3 Reports to Securityholders - This Instrument does not apply to reports to securityholders printed before this Instrument came into force.

20.4 Mortgage Funds - Paragraphs 2.3(b) and (c) do not apply to a mutual fund that has adopted fundamental investment objectives to permit it to invest in mortgages in accordance with National Policy Statement No. 29 if

(a) a National Instrument replacing National Policy Statement No. 29 has not come into force;

(b) the mutual fund was established, and has a prospectus or simplified prospectus for which a receipt was issued, before the date that this Instrument came into force; and

(c) the mutual fund complies with National Policy Statement No. 29.

20.5 Delayed Coming into Force

(1) Despite section 20.1, subsection 4.4(1) does not come into force until August 1, 2000.

(2) Despite section 20.1, the following provisions of this Instrument do not come into force until February 1, 2001:

1. Subsection 2.4(2).

2. Subsection 2.7(4).

3. Subsection 6.4(1).

4. Subsection 6.8(4).

Futures Exchanges

Australia

Sydney Futures Exchange
Australian Financial Futures Market

Austria

Osterreichische Termin-und Option Borse (OTOB - The Austrian Options and Futures Exchange)

Belgium

Belfox CV (Belgium Futures and Options Exchange)

Brazil

Bolsa Brasileira de Futuros
Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros
Bolsa de Valores de Rio de Janeiro

Canada

The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
The Toronto Futures Exchange
The Montreal Exchange

Denmark

Kobenhavus Fondsbors (Copenhagen Stock Exchange)
Garenti fonden for Dankse Optioner og Futures (Guarantee Fund for Danish Options and Futures)
Futop (Copenhagen Stock Exchange)

Finland

Helsinki Stock Exchange
Oy Suomen Optiopörssi (Finnish Options Exchange)
Suomen Optionmeklarit Oy (Finnish Options Market)

France

Marché à terme international de France S.A. (MATIF S.A.)
Marché des option négociables à Paris (MUNCP)

Germany

DTB Deutsche Terminbörse GmbH
EUREX

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited

Ireland

Irish Futures and Options Exchange

Italy

Milan Italiano Futures Exchange

Japan

Osaka Shoken Torihikisho (Osaka Securities Exchange)
The Tokyo Commodity Exchange for Industry
The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange
Tokyo Grain Exchange
Tokyo Stock Exchange

Netherlands

AEX Options & Futures Exchange
EOE-Optiebeurs (European Options Exchange)
Financiele Termijnmarkt Amsterdam N.V.

New Zealand

New Zealand Futures and Options Exchange

Norway

Oslo Stock Exchange

Philippines

Manila International Futures Exchange

Portugal

Bosa de Derivatives de Porto

Singapore

Singapore Commodity Exchange (SICOM)
Singapore International Monetary Exchange Limited (SIMEX)

Spain

Meff Renta Fija
Meff Renta Variable

Sweden

OM Stockholm Fondkommission AB

Switzerland

EUREX

United Kingdom

International Petroleum Exchange (IPE)
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE)
London Metal Exchange (LME)
OM London

United States

Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE)
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX)
Financial Instrument Exchange (Finex) a division of the New York Cotton Exchange
Board of Trade of Kansas City, Missouri, Inc.
Mid-America Commodity Exchange
Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE)
New York Futures Exchange, Inc. (NYFE)
New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMECX)
New York Board of Trade (NYBOT)
Pacific Stock Exchange
Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT)
Twin Cities Board of Trade
TO: [The appropriate securities regulatory authorities]

FROM: [Name of mutual fund]

RE: Compliance Report on National Instrument 81-102
For the year ended [insert date]



We hereby confirm that we have complied with the applicable requirements of Parts 9, 10 and 11 of National Instrument 81-102 for the year ended [insert date]
[except as follows:] [list exceptions, if any].


[NAME of mutual fund]



Signature



Name and office of the person
executing this report



Date
TO: [The appropriate securities regulatory authorities]

RE: Compliance Report on National Instrument 81-102
For the year ended [insert date]

We have audited [name of mutual fund]’s report made under section 12.1 of National Instrument 81-102 regarding its compliance for the year ended [insert date] with the applicable requirements of Parts 9, 10 and 11 of that National Instrument. Compliance with these requirements is the responsibility of the management of [name of mutual fund] (the “Fund”). Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s compliance report based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards for assurance engagements established by The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance as a basis for our opinion. Such an audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the assertions in management’s compliance report.

In our opinion, the Fund’s report presents fairly, in all material respects, the Fund’s compliance for the year ended [insert date] with the applicable requirements of Parts 9, 10 and 11 of National Instrument 81-102.

This report is provided solely for the purpose of assisting the securities regulatory authority [ies] to which it is addressed in discharging its [their] responsibilities and should not be used for any other purpose.


City
Date Chartered Accountants

TO: [The appropriate securities regulatory authorities]

FROM: [Name of principal distributor] (the “Distributor”)

RE: Compliance Report on National Instrument 81-102
For the year ended [insert date]

FOR: [Name(s) of the mutual fund (the “Fund[s]”)]



We hereby confirm that we have complied with the applicable requirements of Parts 9, 10 and 11 of National Instrument 81-102 in respect of the Fund[s] for the year ended [insert date] [except as follows:] [list exceptions, if any].


[NAME of the Distributor]



Signature



Name and office of the person
executing this report



Date
TO: [The appropriate securities regulatory authorities]

RE: Compliance Report on National Instrument 81-102
For the year ended [insert date]

We have audited [name of principal distributor]’s report made under section 12.1 of National Instrument 81-102 regarding its compliance for the year ended [insert date] with the applicable requirements of Parts 9, 10 and 11 of that National Instrument in respect of the [name of mutual funds] (the “Funds”). Compliance with these requirements is the responsibility of the management of [name of principal distributor] (the “Company”). Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s compliance report based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards for assurance engagements established by The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance as a basis for our opinion. Such an audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the assertions in management’s compliance report.

In our opinion, the Company’s report presents fairly, in all material respects, the Company’s compliance for the year ended [insert date] with the applicable requirements of Parts 9, 10 and 11 of National Instrument 81-102 in respect of the Funds.

This report is provided solely for the purpose of assisting the securities regulatory authority [ies] to which it is addressed in discharging its [their] responsibilities and should not be used for any other purpose.


City
Date Chartered Accountants

TO: [The appropriate securities regulatory authorities]

FROM: [Name of participating dealer] (the “Distributor”)

RE: Compliance Report on National Instrument 81-102
For the year ended [insert date]


We hereby confirm that we have sold mutual fund securities to which National Instrument 81-102 is applicable. In connection with our activities in distributing these securities, we have complied with the applicable requirements of Parts 9, 10 and 11
of National Instrument 81-102 for the year ended [insert date] [except as follows:]
[list exceptions, if any].

[NAME of the Distributor]



Signature



Name and office of the person
executing this report



Date
TO: [The appropriate securities regulatory authorities]

RE: Compliance Report on National Instrument 81-102
For the year ended [insert date]

We have audited [name of participating dealer]’s report made under section 12.1 of National Instrument 81-102 regarding its compliance for the year ended [insert date] with the applicable requirements of Parts 9, 10 and 11 of that National Instrument in respect of sales of mutual fund securities. Compliance with these requirements is the responsibility of the management of [name of participating dealer] (the “Company”). Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s compliance report based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards for assurance engagements established by The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance as a basis for our opinion. Such an audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the assertions in management’s compliance report.

In our opinion, the Company’s report presents fairly, in all material respects, the Company’s compliance for the year ended [insert date] with the applicable requirements of Parts 9, 10 and 11 of National Instrument 81-102 in respect of sales of mutual fund securities.

This report is provided solely for the purpose of assisting the securities regulatory authority [ies] to which it is addressed in discharging its [their] responsibilities and should not be used for any other purpose.


City
Date Chartered Accountants