Questrade Wealth Management Inc. (Re), 2015 CanLII 2707

January 23, 2015

IN THE MATTER OF THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF ONTARIO

(the Jurisdiction)

AND IN THE MATTER OF THE PROCESS FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF APPLICATIONS IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS

AND

IN THE MATTER OF QUESTRADE WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC. (the Filer)

AND

QUESTRADE RUSSELL US MIDCAP GROWTH INDEX ETF HEDGED TO CAD

QUESTRADE RUSSELL US MIDCAP VALUE INDEX ETF HEDGED TO CAD

QUESTRADE RUSSELL 1000 EQUAL WEIGHT US TECHNOLOGY INDEX ETF HEDGED TO CAD

QUESTRADE RUSSELL 1000 EQUAL WEIGHT US INDUSTRIALS INDEX ETF HEDGED TO CAD

QUESTRADE RUSSELL 1000 EQUAL WEIGHT US HEALTH CARE INDEX ETF HEDGED TO CAD

QUESTRADE RUSSELL 1000 EQUAL WEIGHT US CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY INDEX ETF HEDGED TO CAD

(the Proposed ETFs)

DECISION

Background

The principal regulator in the Jurisdiction has received an application from the Filer on behalf of the Proposed ETFs and such other exchange-traded mutual funds as the Filer, or an affiliate of the Filer, may establish in the future (the Future ETFs, and together with the Proposed ETFs, the ETFs and each, an ETF) for a decision under the securities legislation of the principal regulator (the Legislation) that exempts the Filer and each ETF from:

(a) the requirement to include a certificate of an underwriter in an ETF’s prospectus (the Underwriter’s Certificate Requirement);

(b) the requirements of the Legislation related to take-over bids, including the requirement to file a report of a take-over bid and the accompanying fee with each applicable Jurisdiction, in connection with purchases of ETF Securities of the ETFs in the normal course through the facilities of the TSX (the Take-over Bid Requirements); and

(c) the requirement to include in an ETF’s prospectus the statement respecting purchasers’ statutory rights of withdrawal and remedies of rescission or damages in substantially the form prescribed in Item 36.2 of Form 41-101F2 - Information Required in an Investment Fund Prospectus (the Prospectus Form Requirement)

(collectively, the Exemption Sought)

Under the Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions (for a passport application):

(a) the Ontario Securities Commission is the principal regulator for this application, and

(b) the Filer has provided notice that section 4.7(1) of Multilateral Instrument 11-102 – Passport System (MI 11-102) is intended to be relied upon in all of the provinces and territories of Canada other than Ontario (together with Ontario, the Jurisdictions).

II. INTERPRETATION

Terms defined in National Instrument 14-101 Definitions, MI 11-102 and National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds (NI 81-102) have the same meaning if used in this decision, unless otherwise defined.

“Affiliate Dealer” means a registered dealer that is an affiliate of an Authorized Dealer or Designated Broker and that participates in the re-sale of Creation Units (as defined herein) from time to time.

“Authorized Dealer” means a registered dealer that has entered, or intends to enter, into an agreement with the manager of an ETF (an ETF Manager) authorizing the dealer to subscribe for, purchase and redeem Creation Units from one or more ETFs on a continuous basis from time to time.

“Designated Broker” means a registered dealer that has entered, or intends to enter, into an agreement with an ETF Manager to perform certain duties in relation to the ETF, including posting a liquid two-way market for the trading of the ETF Securities on the TSX or another marketplace.

“ETF Security” means a redeemable, transferable share of an exchange-traded class or series of units of an ETF.

“Other Dealer” means a registered dealer that acts as an authorized dealer or designated broker to other exchange-traded funds that are not managed by the Filer and that has received relief under a Prospectus Delivery Decision.

“Prospectus Delivery Decision” means a decision previously issued, or to be issued, granting relief from the Prospectus Delivery Requirement to a Designated Broker, Authorized Dealer, Affiliate Dealer or Other Dealer, and any future decision granted to a Designated Broker, Authorized Dealer, Affiliate Dealer or Other Dealer that grants similar relief.

“Prospectus Delivery Requirement” means the requirement that a dealer, not acting as agent of the purchaser, who receives an order or subscription for a security offered in a distribution to which the prospectus requirement of the Legislation applies, send or deliver to the purchaser or its agent, unless the dealer has previously done so, the latest prospectus and any amendment either before entering into an agreement of purchase and sale resulting from the order or subscription, or not later than midnight on the second business day after entering into that agreement.

“Summary Document” means a document, in respect of one or more classes or series of ETF Securities being distributed under a prospectus, prepared in accordance with Appendix A to the draft decision attached hereto as Schedule B.

“TSX” means the Toronto Stock Exchange.

III. REPRESENTATIONS

This decision is based on the following facts represented by the Filer:

1. The Filer is a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of Ontario, with a head office in Toronto, Ontario.

2. Each ETF will be a mutual fund governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and a reporting issuer under the laws of some or all of the Jurisdictions.

3. Each ETF will be subject to NI 81-102, subject to any exemptions therefrom that have been, or may be, granted by the applicable securities regulatory authorities.

4. The Filer has applied, or will apply, to list the ETF Securities on the TSX. The Filer will not file a final prospectus for the ETFs until the TSX has conditionally approved the listing of the ETF Securities.

5. The Filer has filed, or will file, a long form prospectus in accordance with National Instrument 41-101 -- General Prospectus Requirements on behalf of the ETFs, subject to any exemptions that have been or may be granted by the applicable securities regulatory authorities.

6. The Filer, a registered investment fund manager, exempt market dealer and restricted portfolio manager in Ontario, will be the trustee, manager and portfolio manager of the ETFs and will be responsible for the administration of the ETFs.

7. ETF Securities will be distributed on a continuous basis in one or more of the Jurisdictions under a prospectus. A prescribed number of ETF Securities (a Creation Unit) may generally only be subscribed for or purchased directly from the ETFs by Authorized Dealers or Designated Brokers on any trading day when there is a trading session on the TSX. Authorized Dealers or Designated Brokers subscribe for Creation Units for the purpose of facilitating investor purchases of ETF Securities on the TSX or another marketplace in Canada.

8. Each Authorized Dealer or Designated Broker that subscribes for ETF Securities must deliver, in respect of each Creation Unit to be issued, a group of securities determined by the Filer from time to time representing the constituents of the investment portfolio held by the ETFs (a Basket of Securities) and cash in an amount sufficient so that the value of the Basket of Securities and cash delivered is equal to the net asset value of the ETF Securities subscribed for next determined following the receipt of the subscription order. In the discretion of the Filer, the ETFs may also accept subscriptions for ETF Securities in cash only, in securities other than Baskets of Securities and/or in a combination of cash and securities other than Baskets of Securities, in an amount equal to the net asset value of the ETF Securities next determined following the receipt of the subscription order.

9. In addition to subscribing for and re-selling Creation Units, Authorized Dealers, Designated Brokers and Affiliate Dealers are also generally engaged in purchasing and selling ETF Securities of the same class or series as the Creation Units in the secondary market. Other Dealers may also be engaged in purchasing and selling ETF Securities of the same class or series as the Creation Units in the secondary market despite not being an Authorized Dealer, Designated Broker or Affiliate Dealer.

10. According to the Authorized Dealers and Designated Brokers, Creation Units are generally commingled with other ETF Securities purchased by the Authorized Dealers, Designated Brokers and Affiliate Dealers in the secondary market. As such, it is not practicable for the Authorized Dealers, Designated Brokers or Affiliate Dealers to determine whether a particular re-sale of ETF Securities involves Creation Units or ETF Securities purchased in the secondary market.

11. Designated Brokers appointed by the ETFs perform certain other functions, which include standing in the market with a bid and ask price for ETF Securities for the purpose of maintaining liquidity for the ETF Securities.

12. Except for Authorized Dealer and Designated Broker subscriptions for Creation Units, as described above, and other distributions that are exempt from the Prospectus Delivery Requirement under the Legislation, ETF Securities generally may not be purchased directly from an ETF. Investors are generally expected to purchase and sell ETF Securities, directly or indirectly, through dealers executing trades through the facilities of the TSX or another marketplace in Canada. ETF Securities may also be issued directly to ETF investors upon the reinvestment of distributions of income or capital gains.

13. Unitholders that wish to dispose of their ETF Securities may generally do so by selling their ETF Securities on the TSX, through a registered broker or dealer, subject only to customary brokerage commissions. A Unitholder that holds a Creation Unit or an integral multiple thereof may exchange such ETF Securities for Baskets of Securities and cash; Unitholders may also redeem their ETF Securities for cash at a redemption price equal to 95% of the closing price of the ETF Securities on the TSX on the date of redemption.

14. The Authorized Dealers and Designated Brokers do not provide the same services in connection with a distribution of Creation Units as would typically be provided by an underwriter in a conventional underwriting.

15. The Filer, on behalf of the ETFs, may enter into various continuous distribution dealer agreements with registered dealers (that may or may not be Designated Brokers) pursuant to which the Authorized Dealers may subscribe for ETF Securities of one or more of the ETFs. The Authorized Dealers and Designated Brokers are not involved in the preparation of an ETF's prospectus and would not perform any review or any independent due diligence of the contents of the ETFs’ prospectus. In addition, the Authorized Dealers and Designated Brokers do not incur any marketing costs or receive any underwriting fees or commissions from the ETFs or the ETF Managers in connection with the distribution of Creation Units. The Authorized Dealers and Designated Brokers generally seek to profit from their ability to create and redeem ETF Securities by engaging in arbitrage trading to capture spreads between the trading prices of ETF Securities and their underlying securities and by making markets for their clients to facilitate client trading in ETF Securities. As the Authorized Dealers will not receive any remuneration for distributing ETF Securities and as the Authorized Dealers will change from time to time, it is not practical to provide an underwriters' certificate in the prospectus of the ETFs.

16. Upon notice given by the Filer from time to time, and in any event, not more than once quarterly, a Designated Broker may be contractually required to subscribe for ETF Securities of an ETF for cash in a dollar amount not to exceed a specified percentage of the net asset value of the ETF Securities of the class, or such other amount established by the Filer and disclosed in the prospectus of the ETFs, next determined following delivery of the notice of subscription to that Designated Broker.

17. The net asset value per ETF Security of each class or series of the ETFs will be calculated and published daily on the website of the ETFs.

18. The Filer generally conducts its own marketing, advertising and promotion of the ETFs. Neither the Authorized Dealers nor the Designated Brokers will receive any fees or commissions in connection with the issuance of ETF Securities to them. The Filer may, at its discretion, charge an administration fee on the issuance of Creation Units to Authorized Dealers or Designated Brokers.

19. Unitholders have, or will have, the right to vote at a meeting of Unitholders in respect of the matters prescribed by NI 81-102 Investment Funds.

20. Although ETF Securities of the ETFs will trade on the TSX and the acquisition of ETF Securities can therefore be subject to the Take-over Bid Requirements:

(a) it is not, or will not, be possible for one or more Unitholders to exercise control or direction over an ETF as the declaration of trust of the ETFs will provide that a person who holds (either alone or jointly with another person or persons) 20% or more of the ETF Securities of an ETF may not exercise any voting rights attached to ETF Securities that represent more than 20% of the votes attached to all outstanding ETF Securities of that ETF;

(b) it will be difficult for purchasers of ETF Securities of an ETF to monitor compliance with Take-over Bid Requirements because the number of outstanding ETF Securities will always be in flux as a result of the ongoing issuance and redemption of ETF Securities by each ETF; and

(c) the way in which ETF Securities of an ETF will be priced deters anyone from either seeking to acquire control, or offering to pay a control premium, for outstanding ETF Securities because pricing for ETF Securities of each ETF will be dependent upon the performance of the portfolio of the ETF as a whole.

21. The application of the Take-over Bid Requirements to the ETFs would have an adverse impact on liquidity of the ETF Securities because they could cause Designated Brokers and other large Unitholders to cease trading ETF Securities once prescribed take-over bid thresholds are reached. This, in turn, could serve to provide conventional mutual funds with a competitive advantage over the ETF

22. The principal regulator has advised that it takes the view that the first re-sale of a Creation Unit on the TSX or another marketplace in Canada will generally constitute a distribution of Creation Units under the Legislation and that the Authorized Dealers, Designated Brokers and Affiliate Dealers are subject to the Prospectus Delivery Requirement in connection with such re-sales. Re-sales of ETF Securities in the secondary market that are not Creation Units would not ordinarily constitute a distribution of such ETF Securities.

23. Under a Prospectus Delivery Decision, Authorized Dealers, Designated Brokers and Affiliate Dealers are exempt from the Prospectus Delivery Requirement in connection with the re-sale of Creation Units to investors on the TSX or another marketplace in Canada. Under a Prospectus Delivery Decision, Other Dealers are also exempt from the Prospectus Delivery Requirement in connection with the re-sale of creation units of other exchange-traded funds that are not managed by the Filer.

24. The Prospectus Delivery Decision includes a condition that the Authorized Dealer, Designated Broker, Affiliate Dealer or Other Dealer undertakes that it will, unless it has previously done so, send or deliver to each purchaser of an ETF Security who is a customer of the Authorized Dealer, Designated Broker, Affiliate Dealer or Other Dealer, and to whom a trade confirmation is required under the Legislation to be sent or delivered by the Authorized Dealer, Designated Broker, Affiliate Dealer or Other Dealer in connection with the purchase, the latest Summary Document filed in respect of the ETF Security, not later than midnight on the second day, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, after the purchase of the ETF Security.

25. The Filer will file with the applicable Jurisdictions on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) a Summary Document for each class or series of ETF Securities offered by the Filer and provide or make available to the Authorized Dealers, Designated Brokers, Affiliate Dealers and Other Dealers, the requisite number of copies of the Summary Document for the purpose of facilitating their compliance with the Prospectus Delivery Decision.

26. The Filer will file a Summary Document for each class or series of ETF Securities offered by the Filer within the timeframe necessary to allow Authorized Dealers, Designated Brokers, Affiliate Dealers and Other Dealers to effect delivery of the Summary Document as contemplated in the Prospectus Delivery Decision.

27. The Exemption Sought from the Prospectus Form Requirement is required to reflect the relief provided in the Prospectus Delivery Decision. Accordingly, the Filer will include language in each ETF's prospectus explaining the impact on a purchaser's statutory rights as a result of the Prospectus Delivery Decision in replacement of the language prescribed by the Prospectus Form Requirement.

IV. DECISION

The principal regulator is satisfied that the decision meets the test set out in the Legislation for the principal regulator to make the decision.

The decision of the principal regulator under the Legislation is that the Exemption Sought is granted provided that by the date a particular condition is first applicable to a Filer, and on an ongoing basis thereafter, the Filer will be in compliance with the following conditions:

(a) The Filer files with the applicable Jurisdictions on SEDAR and displays on its website in a manner that would be considered prominent to a reasonable investor the Summary Document for each class or series of ETF Securities of an ETF.

(b) The Filer files concurrently on SEDAR the Summary Document for each class or series of ETF Securities when filing a final prospectus for that ETF.

(c) The Filer amends the Summary Document at the same time it files any amendments to the ETF's prospectus that affect the disclosure in the Summary Document and files the amended Summary Document with the applicable Jurisdictions on SEDAR and makes it available on its website in a manner that would be considered prominent to a reasonable investor.

(d) The Filer provides or makes available to each Authorized Dealer, Designated Broker, Affiliate Dealer or Other Dealer, the number of copies of the Summary Document of each ETF Security that the Authorized Dealer, Designated Broker, Affiliate Dealer or Other Dealer reasonably requests in support of compliance with its respective Prospectus Delivery Decision.

(e) Each ETF's prospectus will,

(i) incorporate the relevant Summary Document by reference;

(ii) contain the disclosure referred to in paragraph 27 above; and

(iii) disclose both this decision and the Prospectus Delivery Decision under Item 34.1 of Form 41-101F2 -- Information Required in an Investment Fund Prospectus, as applicable.

(f) The Filer obtains an executed acknowledgement from each Authorized Dealer, Designated Broker and Affiliate Dealer, and uses its best efforts to obtain an acknowledgment from each Other Dealer:

(i) indicating its election, in connection with the re-sale of Creation Units on the TSX or another marketplace in Canada, to send or deliver the Summary Document in accordance with a Prospectus Delivery Decision or, alternatively, to comply with the Prospectus Delivery Requirement; and

(ii) if the Authorized Dealer, Designated Broker, Affiliate Dealer or Other Dealer agrees to deliver the Summary Document in accordance with a Prospectus Delivery Decision:

(A) an undertaking that the Authorized Dealer, Designated Broker, Affiliate Dealer or Other Dealer will attach or bind one ETF's Summary Document with another ETF's Summary Document only if the documents are being sent or delivered under the Prospectus Delivery Decision at the same time to an investor purchasing ETF Securities of each such ETF; and

(B) confirming that the Authorized Dealer, Designated Broker, Affiliate Dealer or Other Dealer has in place written policies and procedures to ensure that it is in compliance with the conditions of the Prospectus Delivery Decision.

(g) The Filer will keep records of which Authorized Dealers, Designated Brokers, Affiliate Dealers and Other Dealers, have provided it with an acknowledgement under a Prospectus Delivery Decision, and which intend to rely on and comply with the Prospectus Delivery Decision or intend to comply with the Prospectus Delivery Requirement.

(h) The Filer files with its principal regulator, to the attention of the Director, Investment Funds Branch, on or before January 31st in each calendar year, a certificate signed by an ultimate designated person certifying that, to the best of the knowledge of such person, after making due inquiry, the Filer has complied with the terms and conditions of this decision during the previous calendar year.

(i) Any purchaser of ETF Securities of an ETF (“Unit Purchaser”), and any person or company acting jointly or in concert with the Unit Purchaser (a “Concert Party”), prior to making any take-over bid for ETF Securities of the ETF that is not otherwise exempt from the Take-over Bid Requirements, provides the Filer with an undertaking not to exercise any votes attached to the ETF Securities held by the Unit Purchaser and any Concert Party that represent more than 20% of the votes attached to the outstanding ETF Securities of the ETF.

This decision solely as it relates to the Exemption Sought from the Underwriter’s Certificate Requirement and the Prospectus Form Requirement shall terminate on September 1, 2015.

As to the Exemption Sought from the Underwriter’s Certificate Requirement and Take-over Bid Requirements:

“Edwin P. Kerwin” “Judith N. Robertson”

Name: Edwin P. Kerwin Name: Judith N. Robertson

Title: Commissioner Title: Commissioner

Ontario Securities Commission Ontario Securities Commission

As to the Exemption Sought from the Prospectus Form Requirement:

“Raymond Chan”

Name: Raymond Chan

Title: Manager, Investment Funds and Structured Products

Ontario Securities Commission

APPENDIX A

CONTENTS OF SUMMARY DOCUMENT

General Instructions:

1. Items 1 to 10 represent the minimum disclosure required in a Summary Document for a fund. The inclusion of additional information is not precluded so long as the Summary Document does not exceed a total of four pages in length (two pages double-sided).

2. Terms defined in National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds, National Instrument 81-105 Mutual Fund Sales Practices or National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure and used in this Summary Document have the meanings that they have in those national instruments.

3. Information in the Summary Document must be clear and concise and presented in plain language.

4. The format and presentation of information in the Summary Document is not prescribed but the information must be presented in a manner that assists in readability and comprehension.

5. The order of the Items outlined below is not prescribed, except for Items 1 and 2, which must be presented as the first 2 items in the Summary Document.

6. Each reference to a fund in this Appendix A refers to an ETF as defined in the decision above.

Item 1 -- Introduction

Include at the top of the first page a heading consisting of:

(a) the title “Summary Document”;

(b) the name of the manager of the fund;

(c) the name of the fund to which the Summary Document pertains; and

(d) the date of the document.

Item 2 -- Cautionary Language

Include a statement in italics in substantially the following form:

“The following is a summary of the principal features of this fund. You can find more detailed information about the fund in the prospectus. The prospectus is available on [insert name of the manager of the fund] website at [insert manager of the fund website], or by contacting [insert name of the manager of the fund] at [insert manager of the fund's email address], or by calling [insert telephone number of the manager of the fund”.

Item 3 -- Fund Details

Include the following disclosure:

(a) ticker symbol;

(b) fund identification code(s);

(c) index ticker (as applicable);

(d) exchange;

(e) currency;

(f) inception date;

(g) RSP eligibility;

(h) DRIP eligibility;

(i) expected frequency and timing of distributions, and if applicable, the targeted amount for distributions;

(j) management expense ratio, if available; and

(k) portfolio manager, when the fund is actively managed.

Item 4 -- Investment Objectives

Include a description of the fundamental nature of the fund, or the fundamental features of the fund that distinguishes it from other funds.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Include a description of what the fund primarily invests in, or intends to primarily invest in, such as

(a) a description of the fund, including what the fund invests in, and if it is trying to replicate an index, the name of the index, and an overview of the nature of securities covered by the index or the purpose of the index; and

(b) the key investment strategies of the fund.

Item 5 -- Investments of the Fund

1. Include a table disclosing:

(a) the top 10 positions held by the fund; and

(b) the percentage of net asset value of the fund represented by the top 10 positions.

2. Include at least one, and up to two, charts or tables that illustrate the investment mix of the fund's investment portfolio.

INSTRUCTIONS:

(a) The information required under this Item is intended to give a snapshot of the composition of the fund’s investment portfolio. The information required to be disclosed under this Item must be as at a date within 30 days before the date of the Summary Document.

(b) The information required under Item 5(2) must show a breakdown of the fund's investment portfolio into appropriate subgroups and the percentage of the aggregate net asset value of the fund constituted by each subgroup. The names of the subgroups are not prescribed and can include security type, industry segment or geographic location. The fund should use the most appropriate categories given the nature of the fund. The choices made must be consistent with disclosure provided under “Summary of Investment Portfolio” in the fund's MRFP.

(c) For new funds where the information required to be disclosed under this Item is not available, provide a brief statement explaining why the required information is not available.

Item 6 -- Risk

1. Include a statement in italics in substantially the following form:

“All investments involve risk. When you invest in the fund the value of your investment can go down as well as up. For a description of the specific risks of this fund, see the fund's prospectus.”

2. If the cover page of the fund’s prospectus contains text box risk disclosure, also include a description of those risk factors in the Summary Document.

Item 7 -- Fund Expenses

1. Include an introduction using wording similar to the following:

“You don't pay these expenses directly. They affect you because they reduce the fund's returns.”

2. Provide information about the expenses of the fund in the form of the following table:

Annual rate (as a % of the fund’s value)

Management expense ratio (MER) This is the total of the fund’s management fee and operating expenses.

Trading expense ratio (TER) These are the fund’s trading costs.

Fund expenses The amount included for fund expenses is the amount arrived at by adding the MER and the TER.

3. If the information in (2) is unavailable because the fund is new including wording similar to the following:

“The fund's expenses are made up of the management fee, operating expenses and trading costs. The fund's annual management fee is [ ]% of the fund's value. Because this fund is new, its operating expenses and trading costs are not yet available.”

INSTRUCTIONS:

Use a bold font or other formatting to indicate that fund expenses is the total of all ongoing expenses set out in the chart and is not a separate expense charged to the fund.

Item 8 -- Trailing Commissions

1. If the manager of the fund or another member of the fund’s organization pays trailing commissions, include a brief description of these commissions.

2. The description of any trailing commission must include a statement in substantially the following words:

“The trailing commission is paid out of the management fee. The trailing commission is paid for as long as you own the fund.”

Item 9 -- Other Fees

1. Provide information about the amount of fees payable by an investor, other than those already described or payable by designated brokers and underwriters.

2. Include a statement using wording similar to the following:

“You may pay brokerage fees to your dealer when you purchase and sell units of the fund.”

INSTRUCTIONS:

(a) Examples include any redemption charges, sales charges or other fees, if any, associated with buying and selling securities of the fund.

(b) Provide a brief description of each fee disclosing the amount to be paid as a percentage (or, if applicable, a fixed dollar amount) and state who charges the fee.

Item 10 -- Statement of Rights

State in substantially the following words:

Under securities law in some provinces and territories, you have:

• the right to cancel your purchase within 48 hours after you receive confirmation of the purchase, or

• other rights and remedies if this document or the fund's prospectus contains a misrepresentation. You must act within the time limit set by the securities law in your province or territory.

For more information, see the securities law of your province or territory or ask a lawyer.

Item 11 -- Past Performance

If the fund includes past performance:

1. Include an introduction using wording similar to the following:

This section tells you how the fund has performed over the past [insert the lesser of 10 years or the number of completed calendar years] years. Returns are after expenses have been deducted. These expenses reduce the fund’s returns.

It’s important to note that this doesn’t tell you how the fund will perform in the future as past performance may not be repeated. Also, your actual after-tax return will depend on your personal tax situation.

2. Show the annual total return of the fund, in chronological order for the lesser of:

(a) each of the 10 most recently completed calendar years; and

(b) each of the completed calendar years in which the fund has been in existence and which the fund was a reporting issuer.

3. Show the

(a) final value, of a hypothetical $1,000 investment in the fund as at the end of the period that ends within 30 days before the date of the Summary Document and consists of the lesser of:

(i) 10 years, or

(ii) the time since inception of the fund,

and

(b) the annual compounded rate of return that would equate the initial $1,000 investment to the final value.

INSTRUCTIONS:

In responding to the requirements of this Item, a fund must comply with the relevant sections of Part 15 of National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds as if those sections applied to a Summary Document.

Item 12 -- Benchmark Information

If the Summary Document includes benchmark information, ensure this information is consistent with the fund’s MRFP and presented in the same format as Item 11.