2. NATURE OF YOUR ACCOUNT WITH VPIC
We will provide portfolio management services in respect of your securities and/or cash under our management (the “Portfolio”)
on the following basis:
1. VPII is registered as a Portfolio Manager, Exempt Market Dealer, and Investment Fund Manager in various provinces of Canada
with the Manitoba Securities Commission as its principal regulator. VPIC, through its registered advising representatives,
client relationship managers and associate advising representatives, provides its services to clients resident in all provinces
of Canada (not the territories) in its capacity as a Portfolio Manager. We have an obligation at all times to assess whether a
purchase or sale of a security in your Portfolio is suitable for you, and puts your interests first, prior to executing a transaction
on your behalf. Advising representatives, client relationship managers and associate advising representatives are permitted
to carry out the following activities on behalf of us:
• Advising representatives are registered individuals who are permitted to design asset mixes best suited to you as well as
analyze and select individual securities for your Portfolio on a discretionary basis.
• Client relationship managers are registered individuals who are permitted to design asset mixes best suited to you but are
not permitted to analyze and select individual securities for your Portfolio on a discretionary basis. These individuals meet
directly with you and can create Portfolios of investment pools and model portfolios that are available to you at VPIC.
• Associate advising representatives are registered individuals who are permitted to design asset mixes best suited to
you as well as analyze and select individual securities for your Portfolio on a discretionary basis. Associate advising
representatives provide advice under the supervision of an advising representative or a client relationship manager
based on the permitted activities noted above.
2. We will review your personal and financial circumstances, your investment needs and objectives, your investment knowledge,
risk tolerance and your risk capacity, and your investment time horizon. Based upon the information provided by you (the
“Client Information”), we will gain an understanding of your investment profile and your objectives in respect of your Portfolio.
Pending our review of the Client Information, assets deposited into your Portfolio may be invested in short term investments,
provided that we may cause such assets to be invested in such other investments as we may determine to be appropriate, in
our discretion. Upon completion of our review of your Client Information, we will proceed to implement your investment plan
unless you have otherwise instructed us. The specific risks relative to you will be outlined in your Investment Policy Statement;
3. You will enter into a Portfolio Management Agreement (“PMA”) with us which will allow us to provide discretionary advice
as to the investments in your Portfolio on the basis of your individual needs, which advice shall be given at such time and with
such frequency as we may consider appropriate, is suitable for you and places your interests first;
4. We will arrange for the effecting of trades of securities for your Portfolio, on your behalf, on the basis of the advice provided by us;
5. We will exercise the care and skill expected of a prudent portfolio manager and shall exercise our powers and duties in good
faith and in accordance with our best judgment and place your interests first.
In addition, we will review your Portfolio for suitability in the following circumstances:
• when you transfer assets into your account
• when we become aware of a change in an investment in your Portfolio that could result in the investment or Portfolio not being suitable for you
• when we become aware of a material change in your personal and financial information (your Client Information)
• annually, we will review your Client Information and the investments in your Portfolio to ensure they remain suitable for you.
In order to make suitability assessments for your account, it is very important that you keep us up to date on your Client Information.
Your representative will contact you to ask you about this on a periodic basis. Your representative is ready to discuss the effect
of market fluctuations on your account at any time. However, given the long-term nature of investing for most clients, market
fluctuations will not trigger a suitability assessment. We encourage you to speak with your representative, especially if you think
you will need to convert your assets to cash in the near future (for example, for a major purchase such as a house), if you want
to change your time of retirement, or if there are other major changes to your Client Information.