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| EX-8.1 - EXHIBIT 8.1 - Vaulted Gold Bullion Trust | ex8_1.htm |
| EX-5.1 - EXHIBIT 5.1 - Vaulted Gold Bullion Trust | ex5_1.htm |
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2016
Registration No. 333-211858SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 3
to
Form S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Bank of Montreal
Initial Depositor
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Vaulted Gold Bullion Trust
Issuer with respect to the Gold Deposit Receipts
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Delaware
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1040
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46-7176227
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
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100 King Street
First Canadian Place
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5X 1A1
(416) 867-6785
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, or registrant’s principal executive offices)
Colleen Hennessy
Bank of Montreal
111 West Monroe Street
P. O. Box 755
Chicago, Illinois 60690
(312) 461-7745
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Copies to:
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Anna T. Pinedo, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
250 West 55th Street
New York, New York 10019
(212) 468-8179
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ý
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If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to such Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 3 (“Amendment No. 3”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) of Vaulted Gold Bullion Trust is being filed solely for the purpose of filing exhibits 5.1 and 8.1 as indicated in Part II of this Amendment No. 3. This Amendment No. 3 does not modify any provision of the prospectus that forms part of the Registration Statement. Accordingly, a preliminary prospectus has been omitted.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The expenses expected to be incurred in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered, other than underwriting compensation, are as set forth below. Except for the registration fee payable to the Commission, all such expenses are estimated:
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Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee
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$ | 50,350 | ||
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State filing fees
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$ | 85,000 | ||
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FINRA filing fee
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$ | 75,500 | ||
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Printing and engraving expenses
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$ | 10,000 | ||
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Legal fees and expenses
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$ | 250,000 | ||
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Depositary fees
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$ | 75,000 | ||
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Miscellaneous expenses
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$ | 1,000,000 | ||
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Total
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$ | 1,545,850 |
Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under the Bank Act, a bank may not, by contract, resolution or by-law, limit the liability of its directors for breaches of the Act, including their fiduciary duties imposed under the Act. However, a bank may indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer or a person who acts or acted, at the bank’s request, as a director or officer of or in a similar capacity for another entity, and his or her heirs and personal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him or her because of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which he or she is involved because of that association and may advance funds to him or her for the costs, charges or expenses of such a proceeding, provided however, that a bank may not indemnify such a person unless:
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that person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of, as the case may be, the bank or the other entity for which he or she acted at the bank’s request as a director or officer or in a similar capacity; and
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(2)
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in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, that person had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful.
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Under the Bank Act, these individuals are entitled to be indemnified by the bank in respect of all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with the defense of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which he or she is involved because of an association referred to above with the bank or other entity if the person was not judged by the courts or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that they ought to have done and fulfilled the conditions set out in (1) and (2) above. A bank may, with the approval of a court, also indemnify these individuals in respect of, or advance amounts to him or her for the costs, charges and expenses of, a proceeding referred to above, in respect of an action by or on behalf of the bank or other entity to procure a judgment in its favor, to which the person is made a party because of an association referred to above with the bank or other entity, if he or she fulfills the conditions set out in (1) and (2) above.
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The Bank’s by-laws provide that the Bank shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer, or a person who acts or acted at the Bank’s request as a director or officer of or in a similar capacity for another entity, and such person’s heirs and personal representatives, to the maximum extent permitted by the Bank Act.
The Bank has purchased, at its expense, a Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance Policy that provides protection for individual directors and officers of Bank of Montreal and its subsidiaries in circumstances where Bank of Montreal cannot or will not indemnify its directors or officers for acts and omissions. The Insurance Policy provides for a limit of CAD$300 million per policy year with no deductible. The policy is in effect until September 30, 2016.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising from the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Bank pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Bank has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
None.
Item 16. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
Item 17. Undertakings.
The registrant hereby undertakes:
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement;
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(i)
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To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 per cent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
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(iii)
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To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
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(A)
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Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by each of the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement; and
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Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by each of the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)9 that is part of the registration statement.
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the bona fide offering thereof.
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To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities to any purchaser:
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If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:
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Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) (§230.424(b)(3) of this chapter) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
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(B)
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Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) (§230.424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) of this chapter) as part of a registration statement in reliance or Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) (§230.415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) of this chapter) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of an included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability proposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchase with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or
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If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C (§230.430C of this chapter), each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A (§230.430A of this chapter), shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale to such first use, superseded or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
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That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the distribution of the securities:
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The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
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Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
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(ii)
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Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
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(iii)
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The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
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Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant hereby certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-1 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, on June 29, 2016.
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By:
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/s/ Cathryn E. Cranston
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Cathryn E. Cranston
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Senior Vice President
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and Treasurer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following person in the capacity indicated on June 29, 2016.
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Signature Name
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Title
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Date
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June 29, 2016
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William A. Downe
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Chief Executive Officer, Director
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Thomas E. Flynn
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Chief Financial Officer†
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June 29, 2016
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J. Robert S. Prichard
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Chairman of the Board, Director
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June 29, 2016
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Jan Babiak
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Director
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June 29, 2016
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Sophie Brochu
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Director
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June 29, 2016
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George A. Cope
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Director
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June 29, 2016
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Christine A. Edwards
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Director
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June 29, 2016
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Dr. Martin S. Eichenbaum
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Director
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Ronald H. Farmer
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Director
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June 29, 2016
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Eric R. LaFlèche
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Director
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June 29, 2016
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Lorraine Mitchelmore
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Director
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June 29, 2016
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Philip S. Orsino
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Director
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Don M. Wilson, III
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Director
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June 29, 2016
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† Principal accounting officer.
* Attorney-in-fact
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibits
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1.1*
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Form of Distribution Agreement by and among Bank of Montreal, the Trust and BMO Capital Markets Corp.
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4.1*
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Form of Amended and Restated Depositary Trust Agreement by and among Bank of Montreal, BMO Capital Markets Corp., The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee and BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware, as Delaware Trustee, and included as an exhibit thereto, form of Gold Deposit Receipt.
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5.1
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Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP regarding the validity of the Gold Deposit Receipts.
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8.1
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Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP, as special U.S. tax counsel regarding the material federal income tax consequences.
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10.1*
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Form of Gold Carrier Agreement by and among Bank of Montreal and [ ].
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10.2*
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Gold Storage Agreement between Royal Canadian Mint and Bank of Montreal dated October 9, 2015.
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24.1*
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Power of Attorney (included in Part II of Registration Statement).
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* Previously filed
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