REIT INDEXPLUS Income Fund

Headnote

Multilateral Instrument 11-102 Passport System and National Policy 11-203 Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions -- Closed-end investment fund exempt from prospectus requirements in connection with the sale of units repurchased from existing security holders pursuant to market purchase programs and by way of redemption of units by security holders subject to conditions.

Applicable Legislative Provisions

Securities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, ss. 53(1), 74.

September 19, 2012

IN THE MATTER OF

THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF

ALBERTA AND ONTARIO

(the Jurisdictions)

AND

IN THE MATTER OF

THE PROCESS FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF

APPLICATIONS IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS

AND

IN THE MATTER OF

REIT INDEXPLUS INCOME FUND

(the Filer)

DECISION

Background

The securities regulatory authority or regulator in each of the Jurisdictions (the Decision Maker) has received an application from the Filer for a decision under the securities legislation of the Jurisdictions (the Legislation) exempting the Filer from the requirement to file a prospectus (the Prospectus Requirement) in connection with the distribution of units of the Filer (the Units) that have been repurchased by the Filer pursuant to the Purchase Programs (as that term is defined below) or redeemed by the Filer pursuant to the Redemption Programs (as that term is defined below) (the Exemption Sought).

Under the Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions (for a dual application):

(a) the Alberta Securities Commission is the principal regulator for this application;

(b) the Filer has provided notice that section 4.7(1) of Multilateral Instrument 11-102 Passport System (MI 11-102) is intended to be relied upon in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon; and

(c) this decision is the decision of the principal regulator and evidences the decision of the securities regulatory authority or regulator in Ontario.

Interpretation

Terms defined in National Instrument 14-101 Definitions or MI 11-102 have the same meaning if used in this decision, unless otherwise defined herein.

Representations

This decision is based on the following facts represented by the Filer:

1. The Filer is an unincorporated closed-end investment trust established under the laws of Alberta.

2. The holders of Units (the Unitholders) are not entitled to receive on demand an amount computed by reference to the value of a proportionate interest in the whole or in part of the net assets of the Filer.

3. The Filer is a reporting issuer or equivalent in each of the provinces and territories of Canada and is not in default of any of the requirements of securities legislation applicable to it.

4. The Units are listed and posted for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the TSX). As of 23 August 2012, the Filer had 14,128,660 Units issued and outstanding.

5. Middlefield Limited, which was incorporated pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (Alberta), is the manager and the trustee of the Filer.

Mandatory Purchase Program

6. The constating document of the Filer provides that the Filer, subject to certain exceptions and compliance with any applicable regulatory requirements, is obligated to purchase (the Mandatory Purchase Program) any Units offered on the TSX (or any successor thereto) if, at any time after the closing of the Filer's initial public offering, the price at which Units are then offered for sale on the TSX (or any successor thereto) is less than 95% of the net asset value of the Filer (Net Asset Value) per Unit, provided that the maximum number of Units that the Filer is required to purchase pursuant to the Mandatory Purchase Program in any calendar quarter is 1.25% of the number of Units outstanding at the beginning of each such period.

Discretionary Purchase Program

7. The constating document of the Filer provides that the Filer, subject to applicable regulatory requirements and limitations, shall have the right, but not the obligation, exercisable in its sole discretion, at any time, to purchase outstanding Units in the market at prevailing market prices (the Discretionary Purchase Program and, together with the Mandatory Purchase Program, the Purchase Programs).

Monthly Redemptions

8. Subject to the Filer's right to suspend redemptions, Units may be surrendered for redemption (the Monthly Redemption Program) on the last business day of each month (a Monthly Redemption Date) in order to be redeemed at a redemption price per Unit equal to the lesser of: (a) 94% of the weighted average trading price of the Units on the TSX during the 15 trading days preceding the Monthly Redemption Date; and (b) the "closing market price" of the Units (generally determined as the closing market price of the Units on the principal market on which the Units are quoted for trading on the Monthly Redemption Date).

Annual Redemptions

9. Subject to the Filer's right to suspend redemptions, Units may be surrendered for redemption (the Annual Redemption Program) on October 31 of each year at a redemption price per Unit equal to the Redemption Price per Unit (as defined in the Filer's long form (final) prospectus dated 25 March 2011).

Additional Redemptions

10. At the sole discretion of the Manager and subject to the receipt of any necessary regulatory approvals, the Manager may allow additional redemptions from time to time of Units (Additional Redemptions and, together with the Monthly Redemption Program and the Annual Redemption Program, the Redemption Programs), provided that the holder thereof shall be required to use the full amount received on such redemption to purchase treasury securities of a new or existing fund promoted by Middlefield Limited or an affiliate thereof then being offered to the public by prospectus.

Resale of Repurchased Units or Redeemed Units

11. Purchases of Units made by the Filer under the Purchase Programs or Redemption Programs are exempt from the issuer bid requirements of the Legislation pursuant to exemptions contained therein.

12. The Filer wishes to resell, in its sole discretion and at its option, through one or more securities dealers and through the facilities of the TSX (or another exchange on which the Units are then listed), the Units repurchased by the Filer pursuant to the Purchase Programs (Repurchased Units), or redeemed pursuant to the Redemption Programs (Redeemed Units).

13. All Repurchased Units or Redeemed Units will be held by the Filer for a period of four months after the repurchase or redemption thereof by the Filer (the Holding Period), prior to any resale.

14. The resale of Repurchased Units or Redeemed Units will not have a significant impact on the market price of the Units.

15. Repurchased Units or Redeemed Units that the Filer does not resell within 12 months after the Holding Period (that is, within 16 months after the date of repurchase or redemption, as applicable) will be cancelled by the Filer.

16. During any calendar year, the Filer will not resell an aggregate number of Repurchased Units and Redeemed Units that is greater than 5% of the number of Units outstanding at the beginning of such calendar year.

17. Prospective purchasers of Repurchased Units or Redeemed Units will have access to the Filer's continuous disclosure, which will be filed on SEDAR.

18. The Legislation provides that a trade by or on behalf of an issuer in previously issued securities of that issuer that have been purchased by that issuer is a distribution and, as such, is subject to the Prospectus Requirement. In the absence of the Exemption Sought, any sale by the Filer of Repurchased Units or Redeemed Units would be a distribution that is subject to the Prospectus Requirement.

Decision

Each of the Decision Makers is satisfied that the decision meets the test set out in the Legislation for the Decision Maker to make the decision.

The decision of the Decision Makers under the Legislation is that the Exemption Sought is granted provided that:

(a) the Repurchased Units and Redeemed Units are otherwise sold by the Filer in compliance with the Legislation through the facilities of and in accordance with the regulations and policies of the TSX or of any other exchange on which the Units are then listed; and

(b) the Filer complies with the conditions of paragraphs 1 through 5 of subsection 2.8(2) of National Instrument 45-102 Resale of Securities with respect to the sale of the Repurchased Units and Redeemed Units.

For the Commission: