Types
- The Bonds will be issued in three types: Variable-Rate Bonds, Step-Up Bonds, and 3-Year
Fixed-Rate Bonds, 7-Year Fixed-Rate Bonds, and 10-Year Fixed-Rate Bonds (collectively, the
"Fixed Rate Bonds") (the Variable Rate Bonds, the Step-Up Bonds and the Fixed-Rate Bonds,
collectively the "Bonds").
Form and Denomination
- The Bonds will be issued in fully registered form in denominations of $100 and integral
multiples of $100.
Status
- The Bonds will be direct obligations of the Province of Ontario (the "Province") and
the principal amount of and interest on the Bonds will be a charge on and payable out of
the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Province.
Registrar
- Computershare Trust Company of Canada in the City of Toronto (together with any
successor or replacement registrar called the "Registrar") has been appointed by the
Province as registrar for the Bonds to maintain a register (the "Register") in the
City of Toronto for the names and addresses of the registered holders of the Bonds
and particulars of the Bonds held by them respectively and in which transfers or
exchanges of Bonds may be registered.
Ownership Eligibility
- The Bonds may only be acquired for or by a beneficial owner who is at the time of acquisition:
- an individual normally residing in Ontario and
having an Ontario address;
- a corporation, society, non-profit association or
other organization having a permanent establishment in
Ontario; or
- a beneficiary of
- a Registered Retirement Savings Plan, Registered Retirement Income Fund,
Deferred Profit Sharing Plan, Employee Benefit Plan, Registered Education
Savings Plan, or Registered Pension Plan, or
- an estate or other trust
where that beneficiary meets the requirements of (a) or (b) above.
The Province shall have the right to cancel any Bonds acquired by or for a beneficial
owner who does not at the time of acquisition meet the ownership eligibility
requirements.
Maximum Ownership Limit
- The maximum principal amount of Bonds that may be purchased for or by a beneficial owner
during the Selling Period is $500,000 or such other amount established by the Province during
the Selling Period (the "Dollar Limit"). The Dollar Limit shall not apply to purchases of
Bonds in the secondary market. When Bonds are beneficially owned jointly, the maximum
permitted principal amount will be the Dollar Limit multiplied by the number of joint
beneficial owners. The Province shall have the right to require redemption of any Bonds
acquired in excess of the Dollar Limit.
Interest
Variable-Rate Bonds
- The Minister of Finance (the "Minister") or other authorized officer of the Province
will set the interest rate per annum payable on the Variable-Rate Bonds for the one-year
period commencing June 21, 2010 on or before June 1, 2010 and will reset the interest
rate for the Variable-Rate annually, by written notice to the Registrar. The Province
will set the interest rate payable on the Variable-Rate Bonds for the period beginning
on June 21 of each year prior to the commencement of the period. Interest will cease to
accrue on the Variable-Rate Bonds on June 21, 2013 (the "Maturity Date" for the
Variable-Rate Bonds).
Step-Up Bonds
- The Minister or other authorized officer of the Province will set the interest
rates (the "Set Interest Rates ") payable on the Step-Up Bonds for the term of the
Step-Up Bonds on or before June 1, 2010 and may reset the interest rates for the
Step-Up Bonds from time to time, by written notice to the Registrar. The interest
rates payable on the Step-Up Bonds shall not be less than the Set Interest Rates.
Interest will cease to accrue on the Step-Up Bonds on June 21, 2015 (the "Maturity
Date" for the Step-Up Bonds).
Fixed-Rate Bonds
- The Minister or other authorized officer of the Province will set the interest
rates payable on the Fixed-Rate Bonds for the terms of the Fixed-Rate Bonds on or
before June 1, 2010 and may reset the interest rate for the Fixed-Rate Bonds at any
time before June 21, 2010, by written notice to the Registrar. Interest will cease
to accrue on the 3-Year Fixed-Rate Bonds on June 21, 2013, on the 7-Year Fixed-Rate
Bonds on June 21, 2017, and on the 10-Year Fixed-Rate Bonds on June 21, 2020 (the
"Maturity Dates" for the Fixed-Rate Bonds).
- Unless a registered holder elects by written notice to the Registrar to have
interest paid by direct deposit to a specified account within Canada, interest will
be paid by cheque mailed to the address of the registered holder in the Register.
The registered holder may change interest payment arrangements by written notice
delivered to the Registrar except on June 21 or December 21, each a redemption date
(“Redemption Date”), or during the immediately preceding 15 days.
- Each of the Variable-Rate Bonds, the Step-Up Bonds and the Fixed-Rate Bonds
will be issued in two forms: Annual Interest Bonds and Compound Interest Bonds.
Annual Interest Bonds
- Simple interest is payable on Annual Interest Bonds, on June 21, 2011 and every
June 21 thereafter up to and including the Maturity Date for the Bonds or such
earlier date on which the Bonds are redeemed, at the rate set for the Bonds for the
relevant period.
Compound Interest Bonds
- Interest on Compound Interest Bonds is compounded annually, on June 21, 2011 and
every June 21 thereafter up to and including the Maturity Date, at the rate set for
the Bonds for each relevant period.
Interest on Compound Interest Bonds accumulates, and is payable, on:
- the Maturity Date for the Bonds, or
- in accordance with paragraph 23, when exchanged for Annual Interest Bonds, or
- if the Bonds are redeemed on a Redemption Date.
Joint Holders
- Where a Bond is registered in more than one name, the principal of and interest
payable on the Bond shall be paid to or to the order of all joint registered holders,
failing written instructions from them to the contrary. Such payment shall constitute
a valid discharge to the Province and the Registrar. If paid by cheque, the cheque
shall be sent to the address of the joint holder whose name stands first in the
Register. In the case of the death of one or more joint registered holders, the
principal of and interest on any Bonds registered in their names may be paid to the
survivor or survivors of such holders and such payment shall constitute a valid
discharge to the Province and the Registrar.
Cancellation
- The purchaser may cancel a Purchase Application at any time prior to the close
of business on the expiry or termination of the Selling Period by providing written
notification along with a copy of the Purchase Application to the branch of the
Sales Agent where the purchaser originally submitted the application.
Redemption Prior to Maturity
- The Sales Agents are the redemption agents (the “Redemption Agent”) for the
Bonds. The Variable-Rate Bonds are redeemable annually on June 21 only and the
Step-Up Bonds are redeemable prior to maturity at the option of the registered
holder on June 21 or December 21 for their full principal amount by endorsing
the reverse side of the tear-off redemption portion of the Bonds (the "Payment
Instrument") and presenting and surrendering the Bonds to be redeemed to a
Redemption Agent on or before the fourteenth day following the Redemption Date.
The Payment Instrument must be attached to the Bonds at the time of surrender
otherwise the Bonds will be void. Redemption of book-based Bonds will be
processed according to the investment dealer’s operating procedures. Interest
will accrue on the Bonds and be paid up to and including the Redemption Date
regardless of whether the Bonds are surrendered for redemption before or after
such date. The Fixed-Rate Bonds are not redeemable prior to maturity except in
accordance with paragraph 18 of these Terms and Conditions.
- For December 21 redemptions of Annual Interest Bonds and for June 21 and
December 21 redemptions of Compound Interest Bonds, accrued interest will be
paid by the Redemption Agent. For June 21 redemptions of Annual Interest Bonds,
including at maturity, accrued interest will be paid by the Registrar in
accordance with paragraph 10 of these Terms and Conditions. December 21 redemptions
of Annual or Compound Interest Bonds will be calculated on a semi-annual basis,
regardless of the actual number of days in the period.
- Bonds can be redeemed upon death of a beneficial owner, upon presentation and
surrender of the Bonds to the Registrar with such other documentation as may be
reasonably required by the Registrar. However, any requests for redemption received
during the 15 days immediately preceding a Redemption Date may not be able to be
processed until the Redemption Date. Interest will accrue on the Bonds and be paid
up to and including the date of redemption.
- Interest computed for a period of less than one year, other than the computation
of regular half-yearly interest, shall be calculated on the basis of the actual
number of days in the period and a year of 365 days.
- In order to redeem a portion of the principal amount of a Bond, the registered
holder must first exchange the Bond for the equivalent principal amount of smaller
authorized denominations which will include the amount to be redeemed in accordance
with paragraph 22 of these Terms and Conditions.
Business Day
- Payments in respect of principal of and interest on the Bonds shall only be
made on a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday in Ontario
(a "Business Day") and if any date for payment is not a Business Day, payment
shall be made on the next following Business Day and no further interest shall
be paid in respect of the delay in such payment. In the event that the fourteenth
day following a Redemption Date is not a Business Day, then for the purposes of
paragraph 16 of these Terms and Conditions, the Bond may be presented and
surrendered on the Business Day next following the fourteenth day.
Exchanges
- Bonds may be exchanged at any time for an equivalent principal amount of Bonds
of the same type and in the same form in authorized denominations by presenting
and surrendering the Bonds to be exchanged to the Registrar. For any exchange,
the Registrar shall not be required to deliver more than five certificates for
each of up to three authorized denominations of Bonds. No exchanges will be
permitted on a Redemption Date or during the immediately preceding 15 days.
- Compound Interest Bonds may be exchanged at any time prior to maturity for
an equivalent principal amount of Annual Interest Bonds of the same type by
presenting and surrendering the Compound Interest Bonds to be exchanged to the
Registrar. No exchanges of Compound Interest Bonds for Annual Interest Bonds
will be permitted on a Redemption Date or during the immediately preceding 15 days
The Registrar will pay on the exchanged Bonds:
- compound interest for the period from June 21, 2010 to the June 21 prior
to the date of the exchange, plus
- simple interest, if applicable, to the date of the exchange.
Simple Interest on the principal amount of the Annual Interest Bonds received
for exchanged Compound Interest Bonds will accrue from the June 21 prior to the
date of the exchange.
Transfers
- Subject to the requirements of paragraphs 5 and 6 of these Terms and Conditions
being satisfied by presentation of documentation satisfactory to the Registrar, a
Bond may be transferred by the registered holder by completing a transfer form and
then presenting and surrendering the Bond to the Registrar for registration in the
name of the transferee. No transfers will be permitted on a Redemption Date or
during the immediately preceding 15 days.
Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost Bonds
- If a Bond becomes mutilated, defaced, destroyed, stolen or lost, the Registrar
will, at the request of the registered holder, issue a new Bond in replacement of
the mutilated, defaced, destroyed, stolen or lost Bond upon receipt by the
Registrar of:
- in the case of a mutilated or defaced Bond, the
mutilated or defaced Bond; and
- in the case of a destroyed, stolen or lost Bond
- evidence satisfactory to the Province and Registrar that the Bond was
destroyed, stolen or lost, and
- an indemnity bond issued by a surety company satisfactory to the
Province and the Registrar, in such form as the Province may require where
the cost of the indemnity arising from the above transaction is borne by
the registered holder.
Not Bound by Trust
- Neither the Province nor the Registrar shall be bound to see to the execution of
any trust affecting the ownership of any Bond or be affected by notice of any equity
that may be subsisting in respect of a Bond. Payments to or to the order of the
registered holder of the Bonds shall discharge the liability of the Province and the
Registrar to the extent of the sum paid.
Purchases
- The Province, may at any time, purchase Bonds in the open market or by tender or
by private contract at any price.
Governing Law
- The Bonds are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
Notice
- The personal information collected by or on behalf of the Ontario Financing
Authority ("OFA") in connection with the Ontario Savings Bonds program is collected
under the authority of the Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993, S.O. 1993, c.23
[s.30(1)], and the Financial Administration Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. F.12 [ss. 20, 21].
This information will be used by the OFA and its registrar, fiscal agent, transfer
agent, paying agent and order administrator in the administration of the Ontario
Savings Bond program
- Questions about the collection of personal information in relation to Ontario
Savings Bonds may be directed to: Manager, Customer Service Centre, Ministry of
Finance, 33 King Street W., Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8H5. Telephone: 1-800-263-7965
(general enquiries), 1-800-668-5821 (service in French), 1-800-263-7776
(TTY).
Income Tax Forms
- The Registrar will deliver a T5 tax form to registered holders on or prior
to February 28 each year, for the interest attributable to the previous calendar
year.
Dealing with Registrar
- Bondholders may contact the Registrar for transfers, exchanges and other purposes at:
Computershare Trust Company of Canada
100 University Avenue,
9th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2Y1
Attention: Bondholder Services
Tel: 1-800-433-3596
Fax: 1-888-453-0330
Internet: osb@computershare.com