Headnote
National Policy 11-203 Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions – Exemption from general instruction 8 of the Form to include fund codes in the Fund Facts document. Applicable Legislative Provisions National Instrument 81-101 Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure, Part 6. General Instruction 8 to Form 81-101F3 Contents of Fund Facts Document.
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VIA SEDAR
December 21, 2011
Mackenzie Financial Corporation
180 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 3K1
Attention: Matthew Grant
Dear Mr. Grant:
Re: Laurentian Funds (the “Laurentian Funds”)
Exemptive Relief Application under Part 6 of National Instrument 81-101 Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure (NI 81-101)
Application No. 2011/0917; SEDAR Project No. 1825561
By letter dated December 6, 2011 (the Application), Mackenzie Financial Corporation, on behalf of the Laurentian Funds, applied to the Director of the Ontario Securities Commission (the Director) under Part 6 of NI 81-101 for relief from General Instruction 8 to Form 81-101F3 Contents of Fund Facts (the Form), which prohibits an issuer from including any information not specifically prescribed by the Form, to include fund codes in the Fund Facts document.
This letter confirms that, based on the information and representations made in the Application, and for the purposes described in the Application, the Director intends to grant the requested exemption to be evidenced by the issuance of a receipt for the Laurentian Funds’ prospectus.
Yours very truly,
“Sonny Randhawa”
Sonny Randhawa
Manager, Investment Funds Branch
ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION