IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ACCESS

Certain important information regarding the financial products described in this website is set out below. In addition, by accessing this website, you agree to the terms and conditions set out under "Terms and Conditions of Access" below.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

IA Clarington Funds

The IA Clarington Funds and IA Clarington Target Click Funds are managed by IA Clarington Investments Inc. (IA Clarington). The IA Clarington Funds, IA Clarington Target Click Funds, IA Clarington Guaranteed Investment Funds (GIFs), closed-end funds and principal protected notes are available through registered dealers and/or insurance agents across Canada.

Redesignation of Fund Series

  1. Series A-H, A-L and F-L units of IA Clarington Canadian Income Fund II were redesignated as Series A, T, F and FT units of the Fund, respectively, on July 9, 2007.
  2. Series A and F units of IA Clarington Diversified Income Fund were redesignated as Series T and FT units of the Fund, respectively, on July 9, 2007.
  3. Series B and F units of IA Clarington Dividend Income Fund were redesignated as Series T and FT units of the Fund, respectively, on July 9, 2007.
  4. Series A and F units of IA Clarington Income Trust Fund were redesignated as Series T and FT units of the Fund, respectively, on July 9, 2007.
  5. Series A and F units of IA Clarington Global Dividend Fund were redesignated as Series T and FT units of the Fund, respectively, on July 9, 2007.
  6. Series A and F units of IA Clarington U.S. Dividend Fund were redesignated as Series T and FT units of the Fund, respectively, on July 9, 2007.
  7. Series A units of Distinction Monthly Income Portfolio were redesignated as Series T units of the Fund, effective July 9, 2007.
  8. Series T units of IA Clarington Global Dividend Fund were redesignated as Series T6 units of the Fund, effective November 15, 2007.
  9. Series FT and T units of IA Clarington Canadian Dividend Fund were redesignated as Series F6 and T6 units of the Fund, respectively, effective July 4, 2008.
  10. Series A and F units of IA Clarington Canadian Income Fund were redesignated as Series T8 and F8 units of the Fund, respectively, effective July 4, 2008.
  11. Series A, F, T and FT units of IA Clarington Canadian Income Fund II were redesignated as Series T8, F8, T6 and F6 units of the Fund, respectively, effective July 4, 2008.
  12. Series FT and T units of IA Clarington Diversified Income Fund were redesignated as Series F6 and T6 units of the Fund, respectively, effective July 4, 2008.
  13. Series A and F units of IA Clarington Dividend Growth Fund were redesignated as Series T6 and F6 units of the Fund, respectively, effective July 4, 2008.
  14. Series A, T and FT units of IA Clarington Dividend Income Fund were redesignated as Series T4, T6, F6 units of the Fund, respectively, effective July 4, 2008.
  15. Series T and FT units of IA Clarington Tactical Income Fund were redesignated as Series T8 and F8 units of the Fund, respectively, effective July 4, 2008.
  16. Series A and T units of IA Clarington Monthly Income Balanced Fund were redesignated as Series T8 and T6 units of the Fund, respectively, effective July 4, 2008.
  17. Series FT units of IA Clarington Global Dividend Fund were redesignated as Series F6 units of the Fund effective July 4, 2008.
  18. Series A, F, T and FT units of IA Clarington Global Income Fund were redesignated as Series T8, F8, T6 and F6 units of the Fund, respectively, effective July 4, 2008.
  19. Series T and FT units of IA Clarington U.S. Dividend Fund were redesignated as Series T6 and F6 units of the Fund, respectively, effective July 4, 2008.
  20. Series T units of Distinction Monthly Income Portfolio were redesignated as Series T6 units of the Fund effective July 4, 2008.

IA Clarington Funds

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. Any indicated rates of return are the historical annual compounded total returns including changes in security value and reinvestment of all distributions/dividends and do not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns. For funds that pay a fixed regular distribution, the payment of distributions and distribution breakdown is not guaranteed and may fluctuate. The payment of distributions should not be confused with a fund's performance, rate of return, or yield. If distributions paid by the fund are greater than the performance of the fund, then your original investment will shrink. Distributions paid as a result of capital gains realized by a fund and income and dividends earned by a fund are taxable in your hands in the year they are paid. Your adjusted cost base will be reduced by the amount of any returns of capital. If your adjusted cost base goes below zero, then you will have to pay capital gains tax on the amount below zero. Mutual funds are not covered by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other government deposit insurer. For the Money Market Fund, there can be no assurances that the fund will be able to maintain its net asset value per security at a constant amount or that the full amount of your investment in the fund will be returned to you. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. If you are a Canadian resident, you can obtain the applicable simplified prospectus for each mutual fund from your financial adviser or from IA Clarington Investments Inc. by calling 1-888-860-9888.

IA Clarington Target Click Funds

Each of the IA Clarington Target Click Funds (the "Funds") holds fixed income securities issued by the Canadian federal or provincial governments to support payment on the Fund's maturity date of the highest-month end net asset value per unit achieved during the life of the Fund. In normal circumstances, it is expected that this fixed-income component would generally ensure payment of the guaranteed value.

In addition to the fixed income component, Fortis Bank S.A. / N.V. ("Fortis Bank"), the ultimate parent of the portfolio advisor to the Funds, has provided a guarantee to each of the Funds that it will pay any shortfall to the Funds if the net asset value of each fund is less than the guaranteed value of that fund at its maturity. Any payment under this guarantee is subject to the creditworthiness of Fortis Bank.

Each Fund's maturity date will occur on June 30 of the year specified in the Fund's name. The guaranteed amount is payable to the investors who hold units of the Fund on that maturity date. In some circumstances, the maturity date for a Fund may be accelerated, in which case the Fund will pay the greater of the net asset value on that accelerated maturity date and the net present value of the guaranteed amount, less any applicable redemption charges.

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. Any indicated rates of return are the historical annual compounded total returns including changes in security value and reinvestment of all distributions/dividends and does not take into account sales, redemption, distribution or optional charges or income taxes payable by any security holder that would have reduced returns. Mutual funds are not generally guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. However, each IA Clarington Target Click Fund has the benefit of the guarantee described above. The information contained above may include estimates, projections and other "forward-looking statements." Actual events may differ substantially from those presented herein. IA Clarington Investments Inc. assumes no duty to update any such forward-looking statements or any other information or opinions in this document. IA Clarington makes no representation that future investment performance will conform to past performance and it should never be assumed that past performance foretells future performance. 

The IA Clarington Funds and IA Clarington Target Click Funds are managed by IA Clarington Investments Inc. IA Clarington is a trademark of IA Clarington Investments Inc. and the IA Clarington logo is a trademark of Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.

IA Clarington Guaranteed Investment Funds (GIFs)

Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. is the sole issuer of the individual variable annuity contract providing for investment in IA Clarington GIFs. A description of the key features of the individual variable annuity contract is contained in the IA Clarington GIFs Information Folder. Subject to any applicable death and maturity guarantee, any part of the premium or other amount that is allocated to a segregated fund is invested at the risk of the owner and may increase or decrease in value according to fluctuations in the market value of the assets of the segregated fund.

Principal Protected Notes (PPNs)

The principal-protected notes described on this website are issued and offered only by their respective issuers pursuant to an information statement or similar offering document. The information statements and other documents pertaining to principal protected notes that are contained on this website are produced by the issuer of such notes and not by IA Clarington. IA Clarington has taken no steps to independently verify, and expressly disclaims any liability for, any information contained in such information statements and other documents.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ACCESS

Use of Website

This communication is published by IA Clarington. Any commentaries and information contained in this communication are provided as a general source of information and should not be considered personal investment advice. Information on this website is not intended to provide legal, accounting, investment or tax advice, and should not be relied upon in that regard.

Non-Canadian Investors

The securities described on this website may legally be sold in Canada. None of the securities described on this website have been registered or qualified for sale under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction and in particular, such securities have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933.

This site should not be considered an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities to any United States Person (as defined for the purposes of the United States Securities Act of 1933) or in any other jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation is unlawful. Financial products described on this website will not be sold to any person residing outside Canada unless such sales are permitted under the law of their jurisdiction. Any investor or prospective investor should contact his or her legal or financial advisor for further details.

Trademarks

"IA Clarington" is a trademark of IA Clarington Investments Inc. The IA Clarington logo and "IA Clarington GIF" are each a trademark of Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. Other trademarks used in this website are the property of their respective owners.

Limited License

All materials contained on this website is protected by copyright laws in Canada and other countries. Users of this website are permitted to reproduce and those materials for their personal and non-commercial use only, and provided that it is not retransmitted to the public (whether via the internet or otherwise) or otherwise distributed in a manner prejudicial to IA Clarington. The contents of the website may not be otherwise used, copied, redistributed, reproduced, republished, stored in any medium, retransmitted, modified or broadcasted, in any form.

Nothing in this document shall be construed as conferring any right or license under any copyright of IA Clarington or any other person who owns the copyright in the content provided on this website. If you require further information on a permitted use or license to reproduce or republish any material, address your inquiry to: IA Clarington Investments Inc., 522 University Avenue, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Y7.

Any infringement of IA Clarington's rights may result in legal action. IA Clarington disclaims any and all liability for any consequences which may result from any unauthorized reproduction or use of this website, or any information contained on it.

Date of Information

Information provided in this website is not updated after the date that it was posted, and may be out-of-date. It should not be taken that the absence of a publication date indicates that information on this website is current. In addition, the information contained in this website may include estimates, projections and other "forward-looking statements", which are generally expressed in the future tense, or using words such as "expect", "anticipate", "believe" or "may", whether or not they are expressly identified as forward looking statements. Any such statements pertaining to our investment products were based on assumptions that we believed to be reasonable at the time, but which may prove to be incorrect. As a result, any forward looking statements may prove to be incorrect and actual performance may differ materially from that predicted in any forward looking statements.

IA Clarington assumes no responsibility to update any information on this website, and in particular assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements.

Limitation of Liability

The information contained on this website has not been updated since the date that it was posted, and may not remain accurate or current at the time that the information is accessed by a website user. IA Clarington does not guarantee that the information contained on this website is accurate and complete, and accepts no responsibility for any loss arising from any use of or reliance on the information contained herein. IA Clarington will not be responsible in any manner for direct, indirect, special or consequential damages, howsoever caused, arising out of the use of this website or the information contained on it.

Third Party Sites

Links to third-party websites are provided for convenience only. IA Clarington accepts no liability whatsoever for the content of those websites and does not in any way endorse the websites, the organizations that produce them or any content contained on such sites. 
Transmission of Information over the Internet

Information that is transmitted over the internet may be monitored or intercepted by third parties. Privacy of information that is transmitted over the internet therefore cannot be ensured. IA Clarington is not responsible for any damages you may suffer if you transmit confidential or sensitive information to us via the internet.