OSC staff set out views regarding change of control of mutual fund manager

Posted on May 14, 2010

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today released OSC Staff Notice 81-710, setting out the views of OSC Staff regarding the circumstances in which staff may view a change of control of the manager of a mutual fund to effectively be a change in the manager requring securityholder approval. According to the OSC, this issue will generally arise if the transaction is structured in one of the following ways: (i) the manager of a mutual fund amalgamates with another investment fund manager; (ii) if, immediately following a change in control of the manager of the mutual fund, a change of manager will occur where the new manager will be the entity that acquired control of the original manager or an affiliate of such entity; or (iii) when it is contemplated that within a foreseeable period of time following a change in control of the manager of the mutual fund, a change of manager of the mutual fund will occur where the new manager will be the entity that acquired control of the original manager or an affiliate of such entity.

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