HOMEQ Corporation – s. 1(6) of the OBCA

Order

IN THE MATTER OF
THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT (ONTARIO)
R.S.O. 1990, c. B.16, AS AMENDED
(the OBCA)

AND

IN THE MATTER OF
HOMEQ CORPORATION
(the Applicant)

ORDER
(Subsection 1(6) of the OBCA)

UPON the application of the Applicant to the Ontario Securities Commission (the Commission) for an order pursuant to subsection 1(6) of the OBCA to be deemed to have ceased to be offering its securities to the public;

AND UPON the Applicant representing to the Commission that:

1. The head office of the Applicant is located at 45 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1K9.

2. On March 30, 2012, HOMEQ Corporation and Monaco Acquisition Inc. (Monaco) (a newly incorporated entity controlled by Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. (Birch Hill)) entered into an arrangement agreement pursuant to which Monaco would acquire all of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of HOMEQ Corporation (the Common Shares) for cash consideration of $9.50 per Common Share under a court-approved plan of arrangement under Section 182 of the OBCA (the Arrangement).

3. The Arrangement was approved by the shareholders of HOMEQ Corporation on May 28, 2012 and by the court on May 30, 2012 and October 5, 2012.

4. In connection with the Arrangement, certain of HOMEQ Corporation's directors and officers, namely Steven Ranson (President and Chief Executive Officer and a director), Gary Krikler (Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer), Greg Bandler (Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing), Celia Cuthbertson (Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary), Scott Cameron (Vice President, Finance), Wendy Dryden (Vice President, Mortgage Operations) and Daniel Jauernig (a director) and certain of their related parties (collectively, the Rollover Shareholders) transferred, prior to the effective time of the Arrangement, Common Shares owned or controlled directly or indirectly by them to Monaco in exchange for common shares of Monaco. On the day prior to the closing of the Arrangement, 10 Rollover Shareholders became shareholders of Monaco.

5. The Arrangement was completed on November 30, 2012 and Monaco became the sole shareholder of HOMEQ Corporation on that date. Immediately following the effective time of the Arrangement on November 30, 2012, Monaco and HOMEQ Corporation amalgamated (the Amalgamation) to form the Applicant and the shareholders of Monaco became the shareholders of the Applicant. Upon completion of the Amalgamation, the Applicant became a reporting issuer and an "offering corporation" as defined in the OBCA.

6. The Common Shares were de-listed from the Toronto Stock Exchange at the close of trading on December 4, 2012. No securities of the Applicant, including debt securities, are traded in Canada or another country on a marketplace as defined in National Instrument 21-101 -- Marketplace Operation or any other facility for bringing together buyers and sellers of securities where trading data is publically reported.

7. The Applicant has no intention of seeking public financing by way of an offering of securities in a jurisdiction of Canada by way of private placement or public offering.

8. The Applicant ceased to be a reporting issuer in the province of British Columba on December 15, 2012.

9. The Applicant is not in default of any of its obligations under securities legislation in any of the jurisdictions in Canada in which it is currently a reporting issuer. The Applicant has applied for relief to cease to be a reporting issuer in all of the jurisdictions in Canada in which it is currently a reporting issuer (the Reporting Issuer Relief).

10. Subsequent to the completion of the Amalgamation, the Applicant has no securities outstanding except common shares. The Applicant has 14 registered common shareholders all of which are resident in or organized under the laws of the province of Ontario; the 10 Rollover Shareholders and 4 funds all of which are controlled or managed by Birch Hill. One of these registered shareholders, HOMEQ Co-Invest LP, a fund managed by Birch Hill, was created solely for the purpose of holding securities of the Applicant; therefore, its two limited partners counted as holders of the Applicant's shares for purposes of CSA Staff Notice 12-307 -- Applications for a Decision that an Issuer is not a Reporting Issuer.

11. The Applicant's outstanding securities, including debt securities, are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by fewer than 15 securityholders in each jurisdiction of Canada (except Ontario, where it has 15 securityholders) and by fewer than 51 securityholders in total worldwide.

12. Upon the grant of the Reporting Issuer Relief, the Applicant will no longer be a reporting issuer or the equivalent in any jurisdiction of Canada.

AND UPON the Commission being satisfied to do so would not be prejudicial to the public interest;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED by the Commission pursuant to subsection 1(6) of the OBCA that the Applicant be deemed to have ceased to be offering its securities to the public for the purpose of the OBCA.

DATED at Toronto on this 18th day of March, 2013.

"Eward P. Kerwin"
Ontario Securities Commission
 
"Paulette L. Kennedy"
Ontario Securities Commission