Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 151, Number 35: MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES

September 2, 2017

EQUITY FINANCIAL TRUST COMPANY

LETTERS PATENT OF CONTINUANCE

Notice is hereby given that Equity Financial Trust Company, incorporated under the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada) with its head office in Toronto, Ontario, intends to make an application pursuant to section 35 of the Bank Act (Canada) for the approval of the Minister of Finance (Canada) for letters patent continuing Equity Financial Trust Company as a Schedule I bank under the Bank Act (Canada), with the legal name “Haventree Bank” in the English form, and “Banque Haventree” in the French form. Subject to the approval of the Minister of Finance (Canada), the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada) shall cease to apply to Equity Financial Trust Company as of the date letters patent of continuance take effect.

Any person who objects to the proposed continuance may submit an objection in writing to the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, 255 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H2 on or before September 16, 2017.

Note: The publication of this notice should not be construed as evidence that letters patent will be issued to Equity Financial Trust Company to continue as a bank. The granting of letters patent will be dependent upon the application review process under the Bank Act (Canada) and the discretion of the Minister of Finance.

August 19, 2017

Equity Financial Trust Company

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