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d) An individual whose net income before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each of the 2 most recent calendar years and who reasonably expects to exceed that net income level in the current calendar year.
e) An individual whose net income before taxes combined with that of a spouse exceeded $300,000 in each of the 2 most recent calendar years and who reasonably expects to exceed that net income level in the current calendar year.
f) A person acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by that person, if that person is registered or authorized to carry on business as an adviser or the equivalent under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction.
g) A trust established by an accredited investor for the benefit of the accredited investor’s family members of which a majority of the trustees are accredited investors and all of the beneficiaries are the accredited investor’s spouse, a former spouse of the accredited investor or a parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child or grandchild of that accredited investor, of that accredited investor’s spouse or of that accredited investor’s former spouse.
h) A person in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct, indirect or beneficial (except the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors) are persons that are accredited investors.
i) An individual registered or formerly registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as a representative of a registered adviser or dealer (other than an individual formerly registered solely as a representative of a limited market dealer under the Securities Act (Ontario) or the Securities Act (Newfoundland and Labrador)).
j) A person that is recognized or designated by the applicable securities regulatory authority in the relevant jurisdiction as an accredited investor.
k) Certain types of entities that meet the applicable requirements in the legislation, including (but not limited to) financial institutions and their subsidiaries, firms registered under Canadian securities legislation, governments and their agencies, regulated pension funds, investment funds, trust companies and registered charities.
Please note that if you are a resident of Canada, in a province other than Ontario, British Columbia or Quebec, and if you decide to invest in a fund managed by Forum Asset Management Inc., you will need to do so through a registered dealer in your province of residence.
The Forum Make Space Storage Fund (MSSF) is a leading self-storage partnership that combines Forum's asset management and investment experience with Make Space's full service self-storage operating platform.
MSSF owns, operates and will continue to build a portfolio of high-quality assets in undersupplied markets nationally. Pursuing a value-add strategy, the Fund focuses on
1) Driving operational improvements via in-house property management.
2) Enhancing revenue potential of underutilized facilities through the addition of ancillary storage solutions.
Demand for self-storage is largely uncorrelated with short term economic activity and will benefit from long term secular trends such as the declining size of new housing.
Geographically diverse and curated best-in-class assets that represent MSSF's investment themes and focus on impact across Canada.
