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
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Headnote
National Policy 11-203 Process For Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions - NI 41-101 - Relief 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), 19.1 and 19.3.
VIA SEDAR
November 10, 2009
McMillan
Attention: Jason Chertin
Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
Re: AHL Investment Strategies SPC – Class D Man AHL Diversified 2 CAD Notes (the Fund)
Exemptive Relief Application under Section 19.1 of National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements (“NI 41-501”)
Application No. 2009/0692, SEDAR Project No. 1447984
By letter dated October 15, 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 Funds’ prospectus, provided the Fund’s final prospectus is filed no later than November 13, 2009.
Yours very truly,
Rhonda Goldberg
Rhonda Goldberg
Manager, Investment Funds Branch