July 2016 RBC SPARQS™, F-Class Global Investment Solutions FOR THE INFORMATION OF INVESTORS IN OUTSTANDING RBC SPARQS™, F-CLASS SECURITIES ONLY Investment Objective: PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS – JULY 2016 The RBC Stock PARticipating Quantitative model Dividend Securities (SPARQs)™ are designed for investors Sector Symbol Company Weight Rank Yield (%) seeking long term growth of capital by holding a Materials FM First Quantum Minerals Ltd 4.00% 1 0.22 portfolio of large-cap Canadian equities that are YRI Yamana Gold Inc 4.00% 3 0.39 selected and transacted based on a proprietary G Goldcorp Inc 4.00% 4 0.42 8-factor quantitative model. PAA Pan American Silver Corp 4.00% 5 0.31 Tax Deferred: TCK.B Teck Resources Ltd 4.00% 7 0.59 No taxable event until maturity or disposition. THO Tahoe Resources Inc 4.00% 8 1.59 No tax as a result of portfolio changes or AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 4.00% 9 0.60 rebalancing. AGI Alamos Gold Inc 4.00% 10 0.23 ABX Barrick Gold Corp 4.00% 12 0.38 Strategy Inception: Industrials RBA Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc 4.00% 6 1.92 August 5, 2011 SNC SNC-Lavalin Group Inc 4.00% 13 1.92 WJA WestJet Airlines Ltd 4.00% 39 2.66 Holdings: Consumer Discretionary QBR.B Quebecor Inc 4.00% 11 0.49 25 stocks CTC.A Canadian Tire Corp Ltd 4.00% 31 1.63 Strategy: DOL Dollarama Inc 4.00% 35 0.44 Quantitative: A rules based, systematic Consumer Staples MFI Maple Leaf Foods Inc 4.00% 22 1.30 approach to investing in large cap, dividend MRU Metro Inc 4.00% 37 1.24 paying stocks. Financials BNS The Bank of Nova Scotia 4.00% 21 4.55 CM Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce/Canada 4.00% 26 4.99 Asset Class: BMO Bank of Montreal 4.00% 28 4.20 Canadian equity SLF Sun Life Financial Inc 4.00% 30 3.82 IAG Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services Inc 4.00% 32 3.15 Minimum Purchase: TD The Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.00% 41 3.97 $5,000.00 Information Technology OTC Open Text Corp 4.00% 16 1.56 RRSPs, RRIFs, RESPs, RDSPs, DPSPs & TFSAS Utilities ACO.X Atco Ltd/Canada 4.00% 2 2.52 eligible * The indicated annual dividend yield of the Portfolio as of June 30, 2016 was 1.804%. 1This Historical Secondary Market Price chart reflects the historical Portfolio Additions Price Portfolio Deletions Price closing secondary market price of RBC SPARQS™, Series 2, F-Class AGI Alamos Gold Inc $12.68 CCL.B CCL Industries Inc $217.98 (the “Series 2F”) for each day such secondary market was open for PAA Pan American Silver Corp $23.34 HCG Home Capital Group Inc $30.57 trading and the percentage change of the level of the Index since the Issue Date of Series 2F on August 5, 2011. The closing secondary QBR.B Quebecor Inc $37.73 LNR Linamar Corp $44.69 market price of Series 2F on its Issue Date was $100.00. For Series SNC SNC-Lavalin Group Inc $54.77 SAP Saputo Inc $38.56 2F, an amount equal to $99.80 per Debt Security was notionally invested in the Portfolio on the Issue Date. The secondary market price at any particular time is the price at which a holder of RBC 1,2 SPARQS™ Securities could dispose of such securities resold using the INDUSTRY ALLOCATION HISTORICAL SECONDARY MARKET PRICE FundSERV network, excluding any applicable Early Trading Charge. The secondary market price may not be the same as, and may be Materials 36.00% substantially different from the NAV per Debt Security. The NAV per Debt Security between different series of RBC SPARQS™ Debt Industrials 12.00% Securities may differ for various reasons including as a result of Consumer Discretionary 12.00% different levels of Note Program Amounts, applicable Early Trading Charges and the issue date for a particular series. The difference in Consumer Staples 8.00% NAV per Debt Security between the Debt Securities for different series of RBC SPARQS™ Securities could result in different secondary Financials 24.00% market prices for Debt Securities of different series of RBC SPARQS™ Securities. The historical secondary market price for RBC SPARQS™ Information Technology 4.00% Securities which are not Series 2F may differ from the historical Utilities 4.00% secondary market price for Series 2F because the different Note Program Amounts for the different series of RBC SPARQS™ Securities may affect the secondary market price of such Debt Securities. A series of RBC SPARQS™ Securities with a Note Program Amount which is higher than the Note Program Amount for Series 2F would likely have a lower secondary market price than the secondary market price for Series 2F. Prior historical secondary Returns as of June 30, 2016 1 month 3 months YTD 1 year Since Inception market prices of Series 2F are not necessarily indicative of any future secondary market price for Series 2F or other RBC SPARQS™ RBC SPARQS, Series 2F 2.35% 2.92% 4.44% 2.32% 8.11% Securities. There is no assurance that a secondary market for the Debt Securities will develop or be sustained. S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index 0.34% 5.07% 9.84% -0.20% 6.18% 2Refer to footnote 2 on page 2. This3361401 fact sheet is qualified in its entirety by a pricing supplement, the base shelf prospectus dated December 20, 2013, the program prospectus supplement dated December 23, 2013, and the product prospectus supplement dated December 23, 2013 in respect of Equity, Unit and Debt Linked securities. 201 Global Investment Solutions S&P/TSX Composite Secondary SPARQS Total Market Price as Series Number Issue Date Performance Return of June 30, 2016* SPARQS, Series 2, F-Class 05/08/2011 46.58% 27.95% 146.58 SPARQS, Series 4, F-Class 01/09/2011 30.81% 28.25% 130.81 SPARQS, Series 6, F-Class 06/10/2011 48.73% 44.23% 148.73 SPARQS, Series 8, F-Class 04/11/2011 41.03% 33.76% 141.03 SPARQS, Series 10, F-Class 06/12/2011 39.67% 33.54% 139.67 SPARQS, Series 12, F-Class 06/01/2012 38.37% 31.98% 138.37 SPARQS, Series 14, F-Class 07/02/2012 37.61% 28.51% 137.61 SPARQS, Series 16, F-Class 06/03/2012 34.79% 26.24% 134.79 SPARQS, Series 18, F-Class 05/04/2012 38.98% 27.92% 138.98 *gross of ETC RBC SPARQS SECURITY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGY The Portfolio: Review Portfolio on a monthly basis and adjust THE UNIVERSE holdings and weights. Dividend yielding large-cap Canadian equities TAX DEFERRED > Only the largest 100 qualifiers by market cap are eligible to S&P/TSX Composite Member > No taxable event until maturity or be bought, excluding income trusts and the Bank disposition. Must Pay a Dividend > The Portfolio is reviewed each month after ranks have been > No tax on portfolio trading and updated Excluding Trusts rebalancing. > Stocks are sold if they drop below the 50th position in terms Excluding RY of their rank > Stocks are sold if they are removed from the Index or suspend their dividend > Replacement buys are the best-ranked stocks not already held by the Portfolio Rank stocks based on an equally weighted combination of 8 THE MODEL > At the end of each calendar quarter the portfolio is factors that fall into 4 distinct investment themes rebalanced to equal weights ATTRACTIVE Low Price to Earnings x 1/8 VALUATIONS Low Price to Book Value x 1/8 SUSTAINABLE High Quarterly Earnings Growth x 1/8 GROWTH High Return On Equity x 1/8 POSITIVE High Earnings Surprise x 1/8 SENTIMENT High Estimate Revisions x 1/8 MARKET High 3-Month Price Change x 1/8 RECOGNITION High 6-Month Price Change x 1/8 = Total Score The S&P/TSX Composite Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates (“SPDJI”) and TSX Inc., and has been licensed for use by Royal Bank of Canada. Standard & Poor’s® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”); and these trademarks have been licensed for use by SPDJI and sublicensed for certain purposes by Royal Bank of Canada. TSX is a trademark of TSX Inc., and has been licensed for use by SPDJI and Royal Bank of Canada. The Debt Securities are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P, their respective affiliates, and none of such parties make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s) nor do they have any liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of the S&P/TSX Composite Index. 2The secondary market price of the Debt Securities at any time will generally depend on, among other things, (a) how much the prices of the underlying interests have risen or fallen since the Issue Date of such Debt Securities, (b) the principal amount of the Debt Security, if any, that is guaranteed to be payable on the Maturity Date, (c) a number of other interrelated factors, including, without limitation, volatility in the prices of the underlying interests, the level of interest rates in the applicable markets, dividend yields on any of the securities, if any, comprising the underlying interest, and the Maturity Date. The relationship among these factors is complex and may also be influenced by various applicable political, economic and other factors that can affect the price of a Debt Security.