Ark Fund Management Ltd. - 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 pooled funds and future pooled funds 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).

March 28, 2008

Attention: Greg McNab

Dear Sirs/Medames:

Further to your application dated January 2, 2008 (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 the assets of Ark Canadian Long/Short Fund, SciVest Conservative Market Neutral Equity Fund, SciVest Market Neutral Equity Fund, SciVest Aggressive Market Neutral Fund, SciVest Net Short Equity Fund, SciVest Oil Sands Index Plus Fund and SciVest Commodity Index Plus Fund (the "Funds") and such other trusts as the Applicant may establish from time to time, will be held in the custody of: (1) 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; or (2) an affiliate of a trust company in the U.S. qualified to act as a sub-custodian under section 6.3 of NI 81-102, 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 Funds and such other trusts which may be established and managed by the Applicant from time to time, the securities of which will be offered pursuant to a prospectus exemption.

Yours truly,

"Carol S. Perry"

"Margot C. Howard"