COUNTERPART TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 

United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission 

and 

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Manitoba Securities Commission 

COOPERATION AND THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION 

RELATED TO THE SUPERVISION OF CROSS-BORDER COVERED ENTITIES 

October 21 , 2014 
Appendix B 

COUNTERPART 

1. The Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Cooperation and the Exchange of 

Information Related to the Supervision of Cross-Border Covered Entities ("MOU") between 

the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and the Alberta Securities 

Commission, the British Columbia Securities Commission, the Ontario Securities 

Commission, and the Quebec Autorite des marches financiers provides in A1iicle Eight, 

Paragraph 41: 

Any Canadian Authority may become a pmiy to this MOU by executing a counterprui 

hereof together with the CFTC and providing notice of such execution to the other 

Canadian Authorities that are signatories to this MOU. 

2. The CFTC and the Manitoba Securities Commission ("MSC") are executing this counterpm1 

to the MOU ("Counterpart") pursuant to Paragraph 41 of the MOU in order for the MSC to 

become a party to the MOU. 

3. The MSC hereby falls within the definition of the term "Authority" in Article One, 

Paragraph 1(b), of the MOU, and is a Canadian Authority and one of the Canadian 

Authorities within the scope of the MOU. 

4. All terms and provisions of the MOU hereby apply to the MSC as though the MSC were 

specifically referenced in the MOU, except with respect to the MSC: 

32. The Authorities recognize that, while this MOU is not intended to gather information 

for enforcement purposes, subsequently the Authorities may want to use the nonpublic information provided pursuant to this MOU for enforcement purposes. In 

cases where a Requesting Authority seeks to use non-public information obtained 

pursuant to this MOU for enforcement purposes, including in conducting 

investigations or taking enforcement action, treatment of the non-public information 

will be in accordance with the use and confidentiality provisions of the rosco 

MMOU. However, with respect to information shared between the CFTC and MSC, 

Paragraph 33 applies to such use. 

5. With respect to the MSC, where specific Canadian provinces are named in the MOU, the 

word "Manitoba" is hereby included in the MOU. 

6. With respect to the MSC, the definition of the term "Governmental Entity" means the 

Federal Ministry of Finance and the Manitoba Ministry ofFinance, ifthe Requesting 

Authority is the MSC. 

7. Cooperation in accordance with this Counterprui will become effective on the date this 

Counterpmi is signed by the CFTC and MSC. 
8. Pursuant to Paragraph 41 ofthe MOU, the MSC will provide notice ofthe execution ofthis 

Counterpart to the other Canadian Authorities that are signatories to the MOU. 

9. To facilitate cooperation under the MOU, the MSC designates the following contact person and 

will exchange confidential emergency contact telephone information with the other MOU 

signatories: 

MANITOBA SECURITIES COMMISSION 

500-400 St. Mary A venue 

Winnipeg, Manitoba 

R3C 4K5 

Canada 

Attention: 

Telephone: 

Fax: 

Email: 

General Counsel and Director 

204-945-2561 

204-945-0330 

chris. besko@gov .mb. ca 

This Counterpart is executed in duplicate, this 21 '('"day of October, 2014. 

f 4] Timo Massad Chairman 

For the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission 

Date: 1 o /zt (t 'f 

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For the Manitoba Securities Commission 

Date: October 16, 2014