Brompton Advantaged Tracker Fund Completes IPO

On February 15, 2006, Brompton Advantaged Tracker Fund, an investment trust, completed an initial public offering of 10,500,000 units at a price of $10 per unit for gross proceeds of $105 million. The offering was made through a syndicate of agents led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and CIBC World Markets Inc. and included Scotia Capital Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., TD Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., Canaccord Capital Corporation, Desjardins Securities Inc., Blackmont Capital Inc., Dundee Securities Corporation, Raymond James Ltd., Research Capital Corporation, IPC Securities Corporation, Wellington West Capital Inc. and Acadian Securities Inc.

Brompton Advantaged Tracker Fund was represented by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team that included Joel Binder, Kathleen Ward, Stacey Hoisak and Danielle Shields (securities/corporate), Philip Henderson and Rob Assal (structured finance), Mark McElheran (banking) and John Lorito (tax). The agents were represented by Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP with a team that included Shawn McReynolds, Darren Wasylucha and Cheryl Hsu (securities/corporate) and Ron Wilson and Raj Juneja (tax). Kathy Martin of McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP acted for Royal Bank of Canada.