Ontario Securities Commission
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Headnote
National Policy 11-203 Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions –Exemption from section 2.3(1) of National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements to permit filing of a final prospectus more than 90 days after the date of receipt for the preliminary prospectus.
Applicable Legislative Provisions
National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements, sections 2.3(1).
VIA SEDAR
August 6, 2010
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Attention: Munier Saloojee
Dear Sir:
Re: BetaPro Management Inc. (the Manager) Horizons BetaPro S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF (the ETF) Exemptive Relief Application under Section 19.1 of National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements (NI 41-101) Application No. 2010/0548, SEDAR Project No. 1577962
By letter dated August 3, 2010 (the Application), the Manager applied on behalf of the ETF 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 ETF’s prospectus, provided the ETF’s final prospectus is filed no later than November 6, 2010.
Yours very truly,
“Darren McKall”
Darren McKall Assistant Manager, Investment Funds Branch
Headnote
National Policy 11-203 Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions –Exemption from section 2.3(1) of National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements to permit filing of a final prospectus more than 90 days after the date of receipt for the preliminary prospectus.
Applicable Legislative Provisions
National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements, sections 2.3(1).