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The Ontario Securities Commission OSC Bulletin February 20, 2020 Volume 43, Issue 8 (2020), 43 OSCB The Ontario Securities Commission administers the Securities Act of Ontario (R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5) and the Commodity Futures Act of Ontario (R.S.O. 1990, c. C.20) The Ontario Securities Commission Published under the authority of the Commission by: Cadillac Fairview Tower Thomson Reuters 22nd Floor, Box 55 One Corporate Plaza 20 Queen Street West 2075 Kennedy Road Toronto, Ontario Toronto, Ontario M5H 3S8 M1T 3V4 416-593-8314 or Toll Free 1-877-785-1555 416-609-3800 or 1-800-387-5164 Contact Centre – Inquiries, Complaints: Fax: 416-593-8122 TTY: 1-866-827-1295 Office of the Secretary: Fax: 416-593-2318 42711424 The OSC Bulletin is published weekly by Thomson Reuters Canada, under the authority of the Ontario Securities Commission. 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One Corporate Plaza Customer Support 2075 Kennedy Road 1-416-609-3800 (Toronto & International) Toronto, Ontario 1-800-387-5164 (Toll Free Canada & U.S.) M1T 3V4 Fax 1-416-298-5082 (Toronto) Fax 1-877-750-9041 (Toll Free Canada Only) Email [email protected] Table of Contents Chapter 1 Notices ................................................... 1575 4.2.1 Temporary, Permanent & Rescinding 1.1 Notices .......................................................... 1575 Management Cease Trading Orders ............. 1629 1.1.1 Ontario Securities Commission Notice and 4.2.2 Outstanding Management & Insider Request for Comment – Proposed Ontario Cease Trading Orders ................................... 1629 Securities Commission Rule 81-502 Restrictions on the Use of the Deferred Chapter 5 Rules and Policies .................................. (nil) Sales Charge Option for Mutual Funds and Proposed Companion Policy 81-502 Chapter 6 Request for Comments .......................... (nil) to Ontario Securities Commission Rule 81-502 Restrictions on the Use of the Chapter 7 Insider Reporting .................................. 1631 Deferred Sales Charge Option for Mutual Funds and Related Consequential Chapter 9 Legislation ............................................... (nil) Amendments .................................................. 1575 1.2 Notices of Hearing ......................................... (nil) Chapter 11 IPOs, New Issues and Secondary 1.3 Notices of Hearing with Related Financings ............................................. 1719 Statements of Allegations ............................ (nil) 1.4 Notices from the Office Chapter 12 Registrations ......................................... 1725 of the Secretary ............................................ 1594 12.1.1 Registrants ..................................................... 1725 1.4.1 Sean Daley and Kevin Wilkerson ................... 1594 1.4.2 Sean Daley et al. ............................................ 1594 Chapter 13 SROs, Marketplaces, 1.4.3 MOAG Copper Gold Resources Inc. et al....... 1595 Clearing Agencies and 1.5 Notices from the Office Trade Repositories ................................. (nil) of the Secretary with Related 13.1 SROs ............................................................... (nil) Statements of Allegations ............................ (nil) 13.2 Marketplaces .................................................. (nil) 13.3 Clearing Agencies ......................................... (nil) Chapter 2 Decisions, Orders and Rulings ............ 1597 13.4 Trade Repositories ........................................ (nil) 2.1 Decisions ...................................................... 1597 2.1.1 Brent (BC) Participation S.À R.L. ................... 1597 Chapter 25 Other Information ................................... (nil) 2.1.2 DTR LLC ........................................................ 1600 2.1.3 Sun Life Global Investments (Canada) Inc. .... 1603 Index ................................................................ 1727 2.1.4 Organigram Holdings Inc. et al. ...................... 1606 2.1.5 Addenda Capital Inc. ...................................... 1612 2.1.6 AGF Investments Inc. ..................................... 1614 2.1.7 Ovintiv Inc. ...................................................... 1617 2.1.8 I.G. Investment Management, Ltd. ................. 1621 2.2 Orders............................................................ 1624 2.2.1 Intertain Group Limited ................................... 1624 2.2.2 Sean Daley et al. – ss. 127(8), 127(1) ............ 1625 2.2.3 Detour Gold Corporation ................................ 1626 2.2.4 Cautivo Mining Inc. – s. 1(6) of the OBCA ...... 1627 2.2.5 MOAG Copper Gold Resources Inc. et al....... 1627 2.3 Orders with Related Settlement Agreements .................................................... (nil) 2.4 Rulings ........................................................... (nil) Chapter 3 Reasons: Decisions, Orders and Rulings .................................................... (nil) 3.1 OSC Decisions ............................................... (nil) 3.2 Director’s Decisions ...................................... (nil) Chapter 4 Cease Trading Orders ........................... 1629 4.1.1 Temporary, Permanent & Rescinding Issuer Cease Trading Orders ......................... 1629 February 20, 2020 (2020), 43 OSCB Chapter 1 Notices 1.1 Notices 1.1.1 Ontario Securities Commission Notice and Request for Comment – Proposed Ontario Securities Commission Rule 81-502 Restrictions on the Use of the Deferred Sales Charge Option for Mutual Funds and Proposed Companion Policy 81-502 to Ontario Securities Commission Rule 81-502 Restrictions on the Use of the Deferred Sales Charge Option for Mutual Funds and Related Consequential Amendments ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION NOTICE AND REQUEST FOR COMMENT PROPOSED ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION RULE 81-502 RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THE DEFERRED SALES CHARGE OPTION FOR MUTUAL FUNDS AND PROPOSED COMPANION POLICY 81-502 TO ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION RULE 81-502 RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THE DEFERRED SALES CHARGE OPTION FOR MUTUAL FUNDS AND RELATED CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS February 20, 2020 Introduction The Ontario Securities Commission (the OSC or we) are publishing for comment: • proposed Ontario Securities Commission Rule 81-502 Restrictions on the Use of the Deferred Sales Charge Option for Mutual Funds (the Proposed Rule), • proposed Companion Policy 81-502CP to Ontario Securities Commission Rule 81-502 Restrictions on the Use of the Deferred Sales Charge Option for Mutual Funds (the Proposed CP), and • proposed consequential amendments to National Instrument 81-105 Mutual Fund Sales Practices (the Proposed Consequential Amendments). The text of the Proposed Rule, Proposed CP and Proposed Consequential Amendments are contained in Annexes A to C of this notice and will also be available on the OSC website at www.osc.gov.on.ca. Substance and Purpose The purpose of the Proposed Rule is to implement the OSC’s policy response to address the investor protection issues arising from the use of the deferred sales charges option (DSC option)1 in the sale of mutual fund securities. The Proposed Rule introduces restrictions on the use of the DSC option that are designed to mitigate potential negative investor outcomes. In particular, the restrictions are intended to address the “lock-in”2 effect associated with the DSC option and reduce the potential for mis-selling, while allowing dealers to offer the DSC option to clients with smaller accounts. 1 Under the traditional deferred sales charge option, the investor does not pay an initial sales charge for fund securities purchased but may have to pay a redemption fee to the investment fund manager (i.e. a deferred sales charge) if the securities are sold before a predetermined period of typically 5 to 7 years from the date of purchase. Redemption fees decline according to a redemption fee schedule that is based on the length