Headnote
National Policy 11-203 Process For Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions - NI 41-101 - Relief granted to an investment fund to file a prospectus more than 90 days after the date of the receipt for the preliminary prospectus.
Applicable Legislative Provisions
National Instrument 41-101 – General Prospectus Requirements, ss. 2.3(1) and 19.1.
Ontario Commission des P.O. Box 55, 19th Floor CP 55, 19e étage
Securities valeurs mobilières 20 Queen Street West 20, rue queen ouest
Commission de l’Ontario Toronto ON M5H 3S8 Toronto ON M5H 3S8
Web site: www.osc.gov.on.ca
VIA SEDAR
October 30, 2009
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
Attention: Mary Sum
Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
Re: ScotiaMocatta Physical Copper Fund (the “Fund”)
Exemptive Relief Application under Section 19.1 of National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements (“NI 41-101”)
Application No. 2009/0674, SEDAR Project No. 1452758
By letter dated October 26, 2009 (the “Application”), the Fund applied to the Director of the Ontario Securities Commission (the “Director”) pursuant to section 19.1 of NI 41-101 for relief from the operation of subsection 2.3(1) of NI 41-101, which prohibits an issuer from filing a prospectus more than 90 days after the date of the receipt for the preliminary prospectus.
This letter confirms that, based on the information and representations made in the Application, and for the purposes described in the Application, the Director grants the requested exemption to be evidenced by the issuance of a receipt for the Fund’s prospectus, provided the Fund’s final prospectus is filed no later than January 30, 2010.
Yours very truly,
“Vera Nunes”
Vera Nunes
Assistant Manager, Investment Funds Branch