Canadian Depository for Securities Limited and CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. – s. 147

Headnote

Application under section 147 of the Securities Act (Ontario) exempting The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (CDS Ltd.) from complying with a fee review requirement in section 20.1 of Schedule "B" of CDS Ltd.'s recognition order on the term and condition that the fee review requirement will be met by August 1, 2016.

IN THE MATTER OF THE SECURITIES ACT, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.5, AS AMENDED (Act) AND IN THE MATTER OF THE CANADIAN DEPOSITORY FOR SECURITIES LIMITED AND CDS CLEARING AND DEPOSITORY SERVICES INC.

EXEMPTION ORDER (Section 147 of the Act)

WHEREAS the Ontario Securities Commission (Commission) issued an order dated July 4, 2012, as varied and restated on December 21, 2012 and as varied on December 7, 2012, May 1, 2013, June 25, 2013, June 24, 2014, January 27, 2015, and March 27, 2015 pursuant to section 21.2 of the Act continuing the recognition of The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (CDS Ltd.) and CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (CDS Clearing) (CDS Ltd. and CDS Clearing collectively CDS) as clearing agencies (the Clearing Agency Recognition Order);

AND WHEREAS section 20.1 of Schedule "B" of the Clearing Agency Recognition Order requires that CDS Ltd. shall within three years of the effective date of the Clearing Agency Recognition Order and every three years subsequent to that date, or at other times required by the Commission:

(a) conduct a review of its fees and fee models and the fees and fee models of its affiliated entities that are related to clearing, settlement, depository, data and other services specified by the Commission that includes, among other things, a benchmarking or other comparison of the fees and fee models against the fees and fee models of similar services in other jurisdictions; and

(b) provide a written report on the outcome of such review to its board of directors promptly after the report's completion and then to the Commission within 30 days of providing it to its board. (the Fee Review Requirement);

AND WHEREAS CDS Ltd. is required to comply with the Fee Review Requirement by August 1, 2015;

AND WHEREAS CDS has applied to the Commission for an exemption pursuant to section 147 of the Act from complying with the Fee Review Requirement (the Application) on the term and condition that the said requirement will be met by August 1, 2016;

AND WHEREAS CDS has continuous and ongoing requirements in its Clearing Agency Recognition Order which ensure that proposed amendments to CDS's Fee Schedule receive approval by the Commission prior to implementation;

AND WHEREAS based on the Application and the representations that CDS has made to the Commission, the Commission has determined that it is not prejudicial to the public interest to grant a conditional exemption to CDS Ltd. from complying with the Fee Review Requirement;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pursuant to section 147 of the Act, CDS Ltd. is exempted from the Fee Review Requirement on the term and condition that the said requirement will be met by August 1, 2016.

DATED this 29th day of July, 2015.

"Monica Kowal"

 

"Howard I. Wetston"