SEAMARK Asset Management (2013) Ltd. – s. 213(3)(b) of the LTCA

Approval

Headnote

Approval granted under the Loan and Trust Corporations Act (Ontario) for Filer to act as trustee for mutual funds. Filer is investment fund manager of applicable mutual funds. Filer could not rely on blanket approval under Approval 81-901 Approval of Trustees of Mutual Fund Trusts to act as trustee because applicable funds are not distributed by prospectus.

Statutes Cited

Loan and Trust Corporations Act (Ontario), s. 213(3)(b).

August 22, 2013

McInnes Cooper
Purdy's Wharf Tower II
1300-1969 Upper Water Street
P.O. Box 730
Halifax, NS B3J 2V1

Attention: Julie Robinson

Dear Sirs/Mesdames:

Re:

SEAMARK Asset Management (2013) Ltd. (the "Applicant")

 

 

Application pursuant to clause 213(3)(b) of the Loan and Trust Corporations Act (Ontario) for approval to act as trustee

 

 

Application No. 2013/0486

Further to your application dated July 30, 2013 (the "Application") filed on behalf of the Applicant, and based on the facts set out in the Application and the representation by the Applicant that assets of the SEAMARK Pooled Funds and any other future mutual fund trusts that the Applicant may establish and manage from time to time, 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 an 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 the SEAMARK Pooled Funds 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,

"Christopher Portner"
Commissioner
 
"Vern Krishna"
Commissioner