1832 Asset Management L.P. and Dynamic Energy Evolution Fund

Headnote

National Policy 11-203 Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions -- relief granted under subsection 62(5) of the Securities Act to permit extension of fund's prospectus lapse date by 32 days to facilitate consolidation with the manager's primary fund family prospectus.

Applicable Legislative Provisions

Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, as am., s. 62(5).

September 27, 2021

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 1832 ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. (the Filer) AND IN THE MATTER OF DYNAMIC ENERGY EVOLUTION FUND (THE FUND)

DECISION

Background

The principal regulator in the Jurisdiction has received an application from the Filer on behalf of the Fund for a decision under the securities legislation of the Jurisdiction (the Legislation) that the time limits for the renewal of the simplified prospectus, annual information form and fund facts of the Fund (the Prospectus) be extended to those time limits that would apply if the lapse date of the Prospectus was November 16, 2021 (the Requested Relief).

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

(i) the Ontario Securities Commission is the principal regulator for this application; and

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

Interpretation

Terms defined in National Instrument 14-101 Definitions and MI 11-102 have the same meaning if used in this decision unless otherwise defined.

Representations

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

1. The Filer is an Ontario limited partnership, which is wholly-owned by the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS). The general partner of the Filer is 1832 Asset Management G.P. Inc., an Ontario corporation wholly-owned by BNS with its head office located in Toronto, Ontario.

2. The Filer is registered as (i) a portfolio manager in all of the provinces of Canada and in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon; (ii) an exempt market dealer in all of the provinces of Canada (except Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan); (iii) an investment fund manager in Ontario, Québec, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Northwest Territories; and (iv) a commodity trading manager in Ontario.

3. The Filer is the investment fund manager of the Fund.

4. The Fund is a mutual fund for purposes of National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds established as a trust under the laws of the Province of Ontario.

5. The Fund is a reporting issuer as defined in the securities legislation of each of the Jurisdictions.

6. Neither the Filer nor the Fund are in default of securities legislation in any of the Jurisdictions.

7. The Fund currently distributes securities in the Jurisdictions under the Prospectus.

8. Pursuant to subsection 62(1) of the Act, the lapse date of the Prospectus is October 15, 2021 (the Lapse Date). Accordingly, under subsection 62(2) of the Act, the distribution of securities of the Fund would have to cease on the Lapse Date unless: (i) the Fund files a pro forma prospectus at least 30 days prior to the Lapse Date; (ii) the final prospectus is filed no later than 10 days after the Lapse Date; and (iii) a receipt for the final prospectus is obtained within 20 days of the Lapse Date.

9. The Filer is the investment fund manager of 120 other mutual funds (the Other Funds and together with the Fund, the Funds) that currently distribute their securities to the public under a simplified prospectus, annual information form and fund facts that has a lapse date of November 16, 2021 (the Other Funds Prospectus).

10. The Filer wishes to combine the Prospectus with the Other Funds Prospectus in order to reduce renewal, printing and related costs of the Funds. Offering the Funds under one prospectus would facilitate the distribution of the securities of the Funds in the Jurisdictions and enable the Filer to streamline disclosure across the Filer's fund platform. As the Fund and the Other Funds are managed by the Filer, offering the Funds under the same prospectus will allow investors to more easily compare their features.

11. It would be unreasonable to incur the costs and expenses associated with preparing two separate renewal prospectuses given how close in proximity the lapse dates are to one another.

12. There have been no material changes in the affairs of the Fund since the date of the Prospectus. Accordingly, the Prospectus represents current information regarding the Fund.

13. Given the disclosure obligations of the Filer and the Fund, should any material change in the business, operations or affairs of the Fund occur, the Prospectus will be amended as required under the Legislation.

14. New investors in the Fund will receive delivery of the most recently filed fund facts of the Fund. The current Prospectus will remain available to investors upon request.

15. The Requested Relief will not affect the accuracy of the information contained in the Prospectus and will therefore not be prejudicial to the public interest.

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 Requested Relief is granted.

"Darren McKall"

Manager, Investment Funds and Structured Products

Ontario Securities Commission

Application File #: 2021/0521