Peregrine Investment Management Inc. – s. 213(3)(b) of the LTCA

Headnote:

Clause 213(3)(b) of the Loan and Trust Corporations Act -- application by manager, with no prior track record acting as trustee, for approval to act as trustee of mutual fund trusts and any future mutual fund trusts to be established and managed by the applicant and offered pursuant to a prospectus exemption.

Statutes Cited

Loan and Trust Corporations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.25, as am., s. 213(3)(b).

June 8, 2018

Attention: Shahen Mirakian

Dear Sirs/Mesdames:

Re: Peregrine Investment Management Inc.

Application under Clause 213(3)(b) of the Loan and Trust Corporations Act (Ontario) for approval to act as Trustee

Application No. 2018/0209

Further to your application dated April 23, 2018 (the Application) filed on behalf of Peregrine Investment Management Inc. (the Applicant), and based on the facts set out in the Application and the representation by the Applicant that the assets of Peregrine Investment Management Trust and any other future mutual fund trusts that the Applicant may establish and manage from time to time, the securities of which will be offered pursuant to prospectus exemptions, will be held in the custody of a trust company incorporated, and licensed or registered, under the laws of Canada or a jurisdiction, or a bank listed in Schedule I, II or III of the Bank Act (Canada), or a qualified affiliate of such bank or trust company, the Ontario Securities Commission (the Commission) makes the following order:

Pursuant to the authority conferred on the Commission in clause 213(3)(b) of the Loan and Trust Corporations Act (Ontario), the Commission approves the proposal that the Applicant act as trustee of Peregrine Investment Management Trust and any other future mutual fund trusts which may be established and managed by the Applicant from time to time, the securities of which will be offered pursuant to prospectus exemptions.

Yours truly,