October 12, 2000
BY FAX
Activity No.: 1259017
File No.: B/22473
Macleod Dixon
3700 Canterra Tower
400 – 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 4H2
Attention: Marlene Stewart
Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
Re: Aqua-Pure Ventures Inc. (the "Applicant")
MRRS Decision Document
Application for Waiver dated August 11,2000 (the "Application")
The Applicant has applied to the local securities regulatory authority or regulator (the "Decision Maker") in each of Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario (collectively the "Jurisdictions") to allow the Applicant to have a 16 month transition year in excess of the 15 month maximum transition year permitted in National Policy Statement 51 in connection with a change in the Applicant’s fiscal year end from August 31 to December 31. The Alberta Securities Commission has been selected as the principal regulator for this application.
Based on the representations in the Application, the decision of the Decision Makers is to accept the Applicant’s proposal outlined in the Application regarding the change in year end and 16 month transition year to December 31, 2000 on the condition that the audited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2000 arc filed with each of the 3urisdictions no later than February 28, 2001. This MRRS Decision Document evidences the decisions of each of the Decision Makers in each of the Jurisdictions.
Please contact us should you have any questions.
Yours truly,
"Kenneth Parker"
Kenneth Parker, CA
Director, Capital Markets