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CIRCULAR 109-17 July 12, 2017 POSITION LIMITS STOCK AND TRUST UNIT OPTIONS EXCHANGE TRADED FUND UNIT OPTIONS SECTOR INDEX OPTIONS INDEX OPTIONS CURRENCY OPTIONS Please be advised that the position limits for all stock and trust unit options, exchange traded fund unit options, sector index options, index options and currency options listed at Bourse de Montréal Inc. (the Bourse) are outlined in the attached list. These position limits are applicable to the aggregated option positions on the same side of the market relating to the same underlying interest (whether long or short) in accordance to article 6651 of the Rules of the Bourse. These new limits are effective as of the open of the next business day. Position limits for stock and trust unit options and Exchange Traded Fund unit options are established and published on a quarterly basis by the Bourse based on the number of shares or units outstanding and the most recent six-month trading volume of the underlying security, in accordance with article 6651 of the Rules of the Bourse. It is important to note that for any account, subparagraph D) 2 of article 6651 of the Rules of the Bourse allows to hold, for each class of options, an additional quantity of contracts not exceeding the position limit established by the Bourse for this class when such account holds either one of the hedge positions defined in subparagraphs D) 1.a) to D) 1.d) of this article. This effectively means that when options contracts are used for hedging purposes, position limits are doubled. Although it is not necessary to ask for any authorization from the Bourse to take advantage of this provision, approved participants and their clients who decide to use it must be able, upon request, to demonstrate their hedge position to the Bourse. For cases where the above-mentioned increased position limit is insufficient or where the combination used for hedging purposes is different from those that are defined in the above-mentioned subparagraphs, approved participants and their clients can take advantage of the provisions of paragraph E) of article 6651 of the Rules and of Policy C-1 of the Bourse in order to ask, on behalf of a bona fide hedger, for an exemption from the position limits set by the Bourse.
Tour de la Bourse P.O. Box 61, 800 Victoria Square, Montréal, Quebec H4Z 1A9 Telephone: (514) 871-2424 Toll-free within Canada and the U.S.A.: 1 800 361-5353 Website: www.m-x.ca
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It must also be noted that article 6653 of the Rules of the Bourse provides that position limits can be adjusted following a stock split or a share consolidation of the securities underlying an option contract. In accordance with article 14102 of the Rules of the Bourse, we remind you that each approved participant must file daily with the Bourse, in the prescribed manner, no later than 9:00 a.m. (ET) on the business day following the one for which the positions must be reported, a report detailing all gross positions held for its own account or for an account or group of accounts which are all owned by the same beneficial owner in derivative instruments listed on the Bourse when these gross positions exceed the reporting thresholds prescribed by the Bourse. As per article 14102 sub-article 6) paragraph A all approved participants must report positions in excess of 250 contracts in the case of stock and trust unit options, 500 contracts in the case of Exchange Traded Fund unit options and currency options, 15,000 contracts in the case of index options and 1,000 contracts in the case of sector index options. Please note that an MS Excel version of this circular is available in the LOPR section of the Regulatory Division of the Bourse website http://reg.m-x.ca/en/lopr/. For further information, please contact the Regulatory Division, at 514 787-6530, or by email at
[email protected]
Julie Rochette Vice-President and Chief Regulatory Officer
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POSITION LIMITS - STOCK AND TRUST UNIT OPTIONS July 2017 Symbol AAR.UN AAV ABX AC ACO.X ACQ AD AEM AFN AGF.B AGI AGU AIF AIM AKG ALA AP.UN AQN AR ARE ARX ASR ATA ATD.B ATH ATP ATZ AVO AX.UN AYA BAD BAM.A BBD.B BB BCB BCE BDI BEI.UN BEP.UN BIP.UN BIR BLX
Company Name Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. Barrick Gold Corporation Air Canada ATCO Ltd. AutoCanada Inc. Alaris Royalty Corp. Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. Ag Growth International Inc. AGF Management Ltd. Alamos Gold Inc. Agrium Inc. Altus Group Limited Group Aeroplan Inc. Asanko Gold Inc, AltaGas Ltd. Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Argonaut Gold Inc. Aecon Group Inc. ARC Resouirces Ltd. Alacer Gold Corp. ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. Atlantic Power Corporation Aritzia Inc. Avigilion Corporation Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Amaya Garming Group Inc. Badger Daylighting Ltd. Brookfield Asset Management Bombardier Inc. BlackBerry Ltd. Cott Corporation BCE Inc. Black Diamond Group Limited Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. Brookfield Infrastructure Partner L.P. Birchcliff Energy Ltd. Boralex Inc. Class A Shares
Position Limit 250 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 50 000 50 000 50 000 250 000 25 000 50 000 250 000 75 000 50 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 50 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 50 000 250 000 250 000 50 000 75 000 50 000 75 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 75 000 50 000 75 000 75 000 250 000 75 000
Circular no.: 109-17 Symbol BMO BNP BNS BPY.UN BTE BTO BXE BYD.UN CAE CAR.UN CAS CCA CCL.B CCO CEU CF CFP CFW CFX CG CGG CGX CHE.UN CHR CIGI CIX CJ CJR.B CLS CM CNL CNQ CNR CP CPG CPX CR CRR.UN CSH.UN CTC.A CU
Page 4 Company Name Bank of Montreal Bonavista Energy Corporation Bank of Nova Scotia Brookfield Property Partners L.P. Baytex Energy Corp. B2Gold Corp. Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. Boyd Group Income Fund CAE Inc. Canadian Appartment Properties Real Est Cascades Inc. Cogeco Communications Inc. CCL Industries Inc. Cameco Corporation CES Energy Solutions Corp. Canaccord Genuity Group lnc. Canfor Corporation Calfrac Well Services Ltd. Canfor Pulp Products Inc. Centerra Gold Inc. China Gold International Resources Corp. Ltd Cineplex Inc. Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund Chorus Aviation Inc. Colliers International Group Inc. Subordinate Voting CI Financial Corp. Cardinal Energy Ltd CORUS Entertainment Inc. Celestica Inc. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Continental Gold Limited Canadian Natural Resources Limited Canadian National Railway Company Canadian Pacific Railway Limited Crescent Point Energy Corp. Capital Power Corporation Crew Energy Inc. Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust Chartwell Retirement Residences Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited Canadian Utilities Limited
Position Limit 250 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 50 000 25 000 250 000 75 000 75 000 25 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 75 000 250 000 50 000 250 000 250 000 50 000 75 000 75 000 25 000 250 000 250 000 200 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 50 000 75 000 50 000 75 000
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Symbol CUF.UN CVE CWB CXR D.UN DC.A DDC DGC DH DHX.B DIR.UN DOL DOO DPM DRG.UN DRM DSG ECA ECI EDR EDV EFN EFX ELD EMA EMP.A ENB ENF ENGH ERF ESI EXE FCR FM FNV FR FRU FTS FTT FVI G GC
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Company Name Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust Cenovus Energy Inc. Canadian Western Bank Concordia International Corp. Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust Dundee Corporation Dominion Diamond Corporation Detour Gold Corp. Davis + Henderson Corporation DHX Media Ltd Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust Dollarama inc. BRP Inc. Dundee Precious Metals Inc. Dream Global Real Estate Investment DREAM Unlimited Corp. Descartes Systems Group Inc. EnCana Corporation EnerCare.Inc. Endeavour Silver Corp. Endeavour Mining Corp. Element Financial Corporation Enerflex Ltd. Eldorado Gold Corporation Emera Incorporated Empire Company Limited Enbridge Inc. Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. Enghouse Systems Limited Enerplus Resources Fund Ensign Energy Services Inc. Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust Unit First Capital Realty Inc. First Quantum Minerals Ltd. Franco Nevada Corporation First Majestic Silver Corp. Freehold Royalties Ltd. Fortis Inc Finning International Inc. Fortuna Silver Mines Goldcorp Inc. Great Canadian Gaming Corp.
Position Limit 250 000 250 000 200 000 200 000 75 000 50 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 50 000 75 000 25 000 200 000 75 000 50 000 50 000 250 000 75 000 200 000 75 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 200 000 250 000 75 000 25 000 250 000 75 000 50 000 200 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 50 000
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Symbol GEI GIB.A GIL GMP GOOS GRT.UN GS GTE GUD GUY GWO H HBC HBM HCG HNL HR.UN HSE IAG IFC IFP IGM IMG IMO INE IPL ITP IVN JE K KDX KEL KEY KL KXS L LB LIF LNR LUN MAG MDA
Company Name Gibson Energy inc. CGI Inc. (Group) Gildan Activewear Inc. GMP Capital Inc. Canada Goose Holdings Inc. Granite Real estate Inc. Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. Gran Tierra Energy Inc. Knight Therapeutics Inc. Guyana Goldfields Inc. Great-West Lifeco Inc. Hydro One limited Hudson's Bay Company Hudbay Minerals Inc. Home Capital Group Inc. Horizon North Logistics Inc. H&R Real Estate Investment Trust Husky Energy Inc. Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. Intact Financial Corporation Interfor Corporation IGM Financial Inc. IAMGold Corporation Imperial Oil Limited Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. Inter Pipeline Fund Intertape Polymer Group Inc. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. Just Energy Group Inc. Kinross Gold Corporation Klondex Mines Ltd. Kelt Exploration Ltd. Keyera Corp. Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. Kinaxis Inc. Loblaw Companies Limited Laurentian Bank of Canada Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corporation Linamar Corporation Lundin Mining Corporation MAG Silver Corp. MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
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Position Limit 75 000 250 000 250 000 50 000 50 000 50 000 50 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 75 000 75 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 50 000 250 000 50 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 200 000 250 000 25 000 250 000 50 000 75 000 50 000 250 000 75 000 75 000
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Symbol MDI MEG MFC MFI MG MIC MNW MRE MRU MTL MUX MX NA NFI NG NGD NPI NSU NVA NVU.UN NWC NWH.UN OBE OGC ONEX OR OSB OSK OTEX PAAS PBH PD PEY PG PGF PJC.A PKI PONY POT POU POW PPL
Company Name Major Drilling Group International MEG Energy Corp. Manulife Financial Corporation Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Magna International Inc. Genworth MI Canada Inc. Mitel Networks Corporation Martinrea International Inc. Metro Inc. Mullen Group Ltd. McEwen Mining Inc. Methanex Corporation National Bank of Canada New Flyer Industries Inc. NovaGold Resources Inc. New Gold Inc. Northland Power Inc. Nevsun Resouces Ltd. Nuvista Energy Ltd. Northview Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust The North West Company Inc. NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust Onbsidian Energy Ltd. OceanaGold Corporation Onex Corp. Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd Norbord Inc. Osisko Mining Inc. Open Text Corporation Pan American Silver Corp. Premium Brands Holdings Corporation Precision Drilling Trust Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. Premier Gold Mines Ltd Pengrowth Energy Trust Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. Parkland Fuel Corporation Painted Pony Energy Ltd. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. Paramount Resources Ltd. Power Corporation of Canada Pembina Pipeline Corporation
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Position Limit 50 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 75 000 75 000 75 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 50 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 50 000 50 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 50 000 250 000 50 000 250 000 200 000 75 000 50 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 50 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 250 000
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Symbol PSI PSK PVG PWF PXT QBR.B QSR QTRH RBA RCI.B REAL REF.UN REI.UN RFP RNW RRX RUS RY SAP SCL SEA SES SGY SHOP SIA SJ SJR.B SLF SMF SNC SOY SPB SPE SRU.UN SSL SSO STB STN SU SVM SW
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Company Name Pason Systems Inc. PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. Pretium Resources Inc. Power Financial Corporation Parex Resources inc. Quebecor Inc. Restaurant Brands International Quarterhill Inc. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated Rogers Communications Inc. Real Matters Inc. Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust Resolute Forest Products Inc. TransAlta Renewables Inc. Raging River Exploration Inc. Russel Metals Inc. Royal Bank of Canada Saputo Inc. ShawCor Ltd., Cl. A Seabridge Gold Inc. Secure Energy Services Inc. Surge Energy Inc. Shopify Inc Sienna Senior Living Inc. Stella-Jones Inc. Shaw Communications Inc. Sun Life Financial Inc. Semafo Inc. SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. SunOpta Inc. Superior Plus Corp. Spartan Energy Corp. Smart Real Estate Investment Trust Sandstorm Gold Ltd. Silver Standard Resources Inc. Student Transportation Inc. Stantec Inc. Suncor Energy Inc. Silvercorp Metals Inc. Sierra Wireless Inc.
Position Limit 50 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 200 000 75 000 75 000 75 000 50 000 250 000 50 000 50 000 250 000 50 000 75 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 50 000 50 000 75 000 250 000 75 000 50 000 50 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 25 000 75 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 200 000 50 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 25 000
Circular no.: 109-17 Symbol T TA TCL.A TCN TCW TECK.B TD TDG TET TFII TGL THO TIH TOG TOU TRI TRP TRQ TXG U UFS UNS VET VII VRX VSN WCN WCP WEED WFT WJA WJX WN WPK WPM WPRT WRG WSP WTE X YRI ZZZ
Page 9 Company Name TELUS Corporation TransAlta Corporation Transcontinental Inc. Tricon Capital Group Inc. Trican Well Services Ltd. Teck Resources Limited Toronto-Dominion Bank Trinidad Drilling Ltd. Trilogy Energy Corp. TransForce Inc. TransGlobe Energy Corp. Tahoe Resources Inc. Toromont Industries Ltd. TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. Tourmaline Oil Corp. Thomson Reuters Corporation TransCanada Corporation Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. Torex Gold Resources Inc. Uranium Participation Corporation Domtar Corporation Uni-Selecte Inc. Vermilion Energy Inc. Seven Generators Energy Ltd. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International inc. Veresen Inc. Waste Connections Inc. Whitecap Resources Inc. Canopy Growth Corporation West Fraser Timber Co. WestJet Airlines Ltd. Wajax Corporation George Weston Limited Winpak Ltd. Wheaton Precious Metal Corp. Westport Fuel Systems Inc. Western Energy Services Corp. WSP GlobalInc. Westshore Terminals Investments Corporation TMX Group Inc. Yamana Gold Inc. Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc.
Position Limit 250 000 250 000 50 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 75 000 50 000 250 000 50 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 50 000 50 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 250 000 250 000 75 000 75 000 25 000 50 000 50 000 250 000 50 000 50 000 50 000 50 000 50 000 250 000 25 000
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POSITION LIMITS - EXCHANGE TRADED FUND OPTIONS July 2017 Symbol
Index Participation Units
CGL HED HEU HFD HFU HGD HGU HIX HND HNU HOD HOU HPR HVU HXD HXT HXU VAB VFV VSB VSC VUN XCB XDV XEG XFN XGD XIC XIN XIT XIU XMA XRE XSB XSP XSU ZCN ZDM ZDV
iShared Gold Bullion ETF Options on BetaPro S&P/TSX Capped Energy™ -2x Daily Bear ETF Options on BetaPro S&P/TSX Capped Energy™ 2x Daily Bull ETF Options on BetaPro S&P/TSX Capped Financials™ -2x Daily Bear ETF Options on BetaPro S&P/TSX Capped Financials™ 2x Daily Bull ETF Options on BetaPro Canadian Gold Miners -2x Daily Bear ETF Options on BetaPro Canadian Gold Miners 2x Daily Bull ETF Options on BetaPro S&P/TSX 60™ Daily Inverse ETF Options on BetaPro Natural Gas -2x Daily Bear ETF Options on BetaPro Natural Gas 2x Daily Bull ETF Options on BetaPro Crude Oil -2x Daily Bear ETF Options on BetaPro Crude Oil 2x Daily Bull ETF Horizons Active Preferred Share ETF BetaPro S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures 2x Daily Bull ETF Options on BetaPro S&P/TSX 60™ -2x Daily Bear ETF Options on Horizons BetaPro S&P/TSX 60 ETF Options on BetaPro S&P/TSX 60™ 2x Daily Bull ETF
ZEB
Vanguard Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETF Vanguard S&P 500 Index ETF Vanguard Canadian Short-Term Bond Index ETF Vanguard Canadian Short-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF Vanguard U.S. Total Market Index ETF
Options on iShares Canadian Corporate Bond Index ETF Options on iShares Canadian Select Dividend Index ETF Options on iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index ETF Options on iShares S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index ETF Options on iShares S&P/TSX Global Gold Index ETF Options on iShares CDN S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF Options on iShares MSCI EAFE Index ETF (CAD Hedged) Options on iShares S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index ETF Options on iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF Options on iShares Index S&P/TSX Capped Materials ETF iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index Fund Options on iShares Core Canadian Short Term Bond Index ETF Options on iShares S&P 500 Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) iShare U.S. Small Cap Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) BMO S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF BMO MSCI EAFE Hedged to CAD Index ETF BMO Canadian Dividend ETF BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Banks Index
Position Limit 50 000 25 000 25 000 25 000 25 000 250 000 250 000 25 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 200 000 250 000 200 000 250 000 75 000 50 000 50 000 50 000 50 000 25 000 50 000 50 000 250 000 250 000 250 000 200 000 50 000 25 000 300 000 25 000 200 000 75 000 250 000 75 000 75 000 75 000 50 000 250 000
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Symbol
Index Participation Units
ZEO ZEQ ZFL ZHY ZLB ZLU ZPR ZQQ ZRE ZSP ZUB ZUE ZUH ZUT
BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Oil & Gas Index ETF BMO MSCI Europe High Quality Hedged to CAD Index ETF BMO Long Federal Bond Index ETF BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF BMO Low Volatility US Equity ETF BMO S&P/TSX Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF BMO Equal Weight REITs Index ETF BMP S&P 500Index ETF BMO Equal Weight US Banks Hedged to CAD Index ETF BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF BMO Equal Weight US Health Care Hedged to CAD Index BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF
Position Limit 50 000 25 000 50 000 200 000 50 000 50 000 250 000 25 000 25 000 200 000 50 000 25 000 25 000 25 000
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POSITION LIMITS – SECTOR INDEX OPTIONS July 2017 Symbol SXJ SXV
Company Name S&P/TSX Composite Index Banks (Industry Group) Options S&P/TSX Capped Utilities Index Options
Position Limit 40,000 40,000
POSITION LIMIT - INDEX OPTIONS July 2017 Symbol
Index
Position Limit
SXO
Options on S&P/TSX 60 Index
500,000
POSITION LIMIT - CURRENCY OPTIONS July 2017 Symbol
Currency
Position Limit
USX
Options on the US dollar
40,000