Fer de Lance Foundation - Service of hearing notice

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Montréal - The publication of this press release constitutes the method of service authorized by the Bureau de décision et de révision (the Bureau) of a notice of hearing related to the matter of Fer de Lance Foundation in respect of Fer de Lance Foundation, Fer de Lance Foundation Turks and Caicos, Jean-Pierre Desmarais, Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon, L.L.P., Attorneys, Paul M. Gélinas, Michel Hamel and George E. Fleury.

See the notice of hearing (pdf - 851 KB)This link will open in a new windowUpdated on April 30, 2012 (in French only).

On April 30, 2012, the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") applied to the Bureau for a further 120-day extension of the freeze order initially issued on July 17, 2009 in the matter of Fer de Lance Foundation. This extension request pertains to the following firms and individuals: Fer de Lance Foundation, Fer de Lance Foundation Turks and Caicos, Jean-Pierre Desmarais, Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon, L.L.P., Attorneys, Paul M. Gélinas, Michel Hamel and George E. Fleury.

The hearing for this extension request is scheduled for Thursday, May 3, 2012 starting at 9:30 a.m., in the Paul-Fortugno room located at 500 René-Lévesque Boulevard West, No. 16.40, in Montréal, Québec.

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is the regulatory and oversight body for Québec's financial sector.

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