Notice of Ministerial Approval - Ontario Amendment Instrument: NI - 44-101 - Short Form Prospectus Distributions

Notice of Ministerial Approval - Ontario Amendment Instrument: NI - 44-101 - Short Form Prospectus Distributions

Notice of Ministerial Approval National Instrument

NOTICE OF MINISTERIAL APPROVAL

OF

ONTARIO AMENDMENT INSTRUMENT

AMENDING NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 44-101

SHORT FORM PROSPECTUS DISTRIBUTIONS

The document listed below is being published in today's Bulletin.

On August 22, 2006, the Minister of Government Services approved, pursuant to section 143.3 of the Securities Act (Ontario), the Ontario Amendment Instrument Amending National Instrument 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions (the Amendment Instrument).

The Amendment Instrument was previously approved by the Commission on June 29, 2006.

The Amendment Instrument was previously published in the Bulletin on July 14, 2006. The Amendment Instrument will come into force in Ontario on September 6, 2006.

The text of the Amendment Instrument can be found in Chapter 5 of today's Bulletin.

September 1, 2006