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Are you an accredited investor?

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The Exempt Market Funds managed and/or advised by Sentry Select Investments Inc. ("Sentry Select Investments") are available to investors that can meet a certain minimum investment threshold. The minimum initial subscription amount is $150,000 in all provinces and territories, unless you meet the definition of "accredited investor" under National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus and Registration Exemptions ("NI 45-106") of the Canadian securities regulators.

If you meet the definition of “accredited investor” (based on the information below), you may invest a minimum of $2.500 in the Sentry Select Market Neutral RRSP Fund, or a minimum of $25,000 in the Sentry Select Market Neutral LP. Please consult the applicable offering memorandum to determine you eligibility for this exemption. Investors should contact their investment dealer or financial advisor for more information.

The Subscriber, or one or more beneficial purchaser for whom the subscriber is acting, is (i) a resident of, or the purchase and sale of securities to the Subscriber is otherwise subject to the securities legislation of one of the following: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the Subscriber is (and will at the time of acceptance of the Subscriber be) an accredited investor within the meaning of NI 45-106 because the subscriber is one of the following:

  1. a Canadian financial institution, or a Schedule III bank;
  2. the Business Development Bank of Canada incorporated under the Business Development Bank of Canada Act (Canada);
  3. a subsidiary of any person referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b), if the person owns all of the voting securities of the subsidiary, except the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors of that subsidiary;
  4. a person registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as an adviser or dealer, other than a person registered solely as a limited market dealer under one or both of the Securities Act (Ontario) and the Securities Act (Newfoundland and Labrador);
  5. an individual registered or formerly registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as a representative of a person referred to in paragraph (d);
  6. the Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada, or any crown corporation, agency or wholly-owned entity of the Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada;
  7. a municipality, public board or commission in Canada and a metropolitan community, school board, the Comite de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l'ile de Montreal or an intermunicipal management board in Quebec;
  8. any national, federal, state, provincial, territorial or municipal government of or in any foreign jurisdiction, or any agency of that government;
  9. a pension fund that is regulated by either the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) or a pension commission or similar regulatory authority of a jurisdiction of Canada;
  10. an individual who, either alone or with a spouse, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, financial assets having an aggregate realizable value that before taxes, but net of any related liabilities, exceeds $1,000,000;
  11. an individual whose net income before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each of the two most recent calendar years or whose net income before taxes combined with that of a spouse exceeded $300,000 in each of the 2 most recent calendar years and who, in either case, reasonably expects to exceed that net income level in the current calendar year;
  12. an individual who, either alone or with a spouse, has net assets of at least $5,000,000;
  13. a person, other than an individual or investment fund, that has net assets of at least $5,000,000 as shown on its most recently prepared financial statements;
  14. an investment fund that distributes or has distributed its securities only to:
    1. a person that is or was an accredited investor at the time of the distribution,
    2. a person that acquires or acquired securities in the circumstances referred to in section 2.10 [minimum amount investment] and 2.19 [additional investment in investment funds] of NI 45-106, or
    3. a person described in paragraph (i) or (ii) that acquires or acquired securities under section 2.18 [investment fund reinvestment] of NI 45-106;
  15. an investment fund that distributes or has distributed securities under a prospectus in a jurisdiction of Canada for which the regulator or, in Quebec, the securities regulatory authority, has issued a receipt;
  16. a trust company or trust corporation registered or authorized to carry on business under the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada) or under comparable legislation in a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by the trust company or trust corporation, as the case may be;
  17. a person acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by that person, if that person:
    1. is registered or authorized to carry on business as an adviser or the equivalent under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, and
    2. in Ontario, is purchasing a security that is not a security of an investment fund;
  18. a registered charity under the Income Tax Act (Canada) that, in regard to the trade, has obtained advice from an eligibility adviser or an adviser registered under the securities legislation of the jurisdiction of the registered charity to give advice on the securities being traded;
  19. an entity organized in a foreign jurisdiction that is analogous to any of the entities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) or paragraph (i) in form and function;
  20. a person in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct, indirect or beneficial, except the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors, are persons that are accredited investors;
  21. an investment fund that is advised by a person registered as an adviser or a person that is exempt from registration as an adviser, or;
  22. a person that is recognized or designated by the securities regulatory authority, or, except in Ontario and Quebec, the regulator as:
    1. an accredited investor; or
    2. an exempt purchaser in Alberta or British Columbia.

If you can comfortably invest the minimum $150,000 (or $25,000 if you are an "accredited investor"), please accept the disclaimer below to learn more about the Exempt Market Funds managed and/or advised by Sentry Select Investments.

Disclaimer

Information pertaining to the Exempt Market Funds managed and/or advised by Sentry Select Investments on this website is not to be construed as a public offering of securities in any jurisdiction of Canada. The offering of units in the in any Exempt Market Fund managed and/or advised by Sentry Select Investments Sentry Select Investments is made pursuant to the applicable offering memorandum only to those investors who meet certain eligibility and/or minimum purchase requirements. The Exempt Market Funds managed and/or advised by Sentry Select Investments are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. Please read the applicable fund's offering memorandum before investing. Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses may be associated with investing in the Exempt Market Funds managed and/or advised by Sentry Select Invesments.

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