Headnote
National Policy 11-203 Process For Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions – Issuer deemed to no longer be a reporting issuer under securities legislation.
Applicable Legislative Provisions
Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.S.5, as am., ss., s. 1(10)
February 24, 2009
Merrill Lynch & Co., Canada Ltd.
BCE Place, 181 Bay Street
Suite 400
Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2V8
Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
RE: Merrill Lynch & Co., Canada Ltd. (the Applicant) - application for a decision under the securities legislation of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon (the Jurisdictions) that the Applicant is not a reporting issuer
The Applicant has applied to the local securities regulatory authority or regulator (the Decision Maker) in each of the Jurisdictions for a decision under the securities legislation (the Legislation) of the Jurisdictions that the Applicant is not a reporting issuer.
As the Applicant has represented to the Decision Makers that:
(a) the outstanding securities of the Applicant, including debt securities, are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by fewer than 15 security holders in each of the jurisdictions in Canada and fewer than 51 security holders in total in Canada;
(b) no securities of the Applicant are traded on a marketplace as defined in National Instrument 21-101 Marketplace Operation;
(c) the Applicant is applying for a decision that it is not a reporting issuer in all of the jurisdictions in Canada in which it is currently a reporting issuer; and
(d) the Applicant is not in default of any of its obligations under the Legislation as a reporting issuer,
each of the Decision Makers is satisfied that the test contained in the Legislation that provides the Decision Maker with the jurisdiction to make the decision has been met and orders that the Applicant is not a reporting issuer.
“Jo-Anne Matear”
Assistant Manager, Corporate Finance
Ontario Securities Commission