Principal Protected Notes

CASH+ Breakfast Notes, Series 2

Inception Date February 18, 2008
Maturity Date June 30, 2015
Offering Price $10.00
Guarantee Amount $......
Market Price Per Note $......
Total Distributions $......

ONE Financial CASH+ Breakfast Notes™, Series 2 provide participation in the soft commodity marketplace, with the added security of 100% principal protection. The Notes, Series 2 are dynamically linked to the performance of two major soft commodity indices; the S&P GSCI Agricultural Excess Return Index®, and the S&P GSCI Livestock Excess Return Index®.

  • Uncapped upside of diversified basket of soft commodities
  • Quarterly return of capital distributions linked to Canadian overnight rate (4.06% annually as at December 31, 2007)¹
  • The complete security of 100% principal protection
  • Enhanced growth and distribution potential (up to 2X exposure)
  • Diversification from traditional asset classes, with significant growth drivers

Investment Details

Style Index-Linked / Variable Income / Principal-Guaranteed
Principal Guarantee 100% of initial principal³
Underlying Investment S&P GSCI™ Commodities Indices
- Agricultural and Livestock
Guarantor BNP Paribas S.A. (Rated AA+ by S&P)
Administrator ONE Financial
Distributions Quarterly return of capital
distributions linked to
Canadian overnight rate
Leverage return potential Yes, up to 200% "performance-based" investment exposure
Liquidity Weekly³
RSP eligibility 100%

Underlying Investments

The ONE Financial CASH+ Breakfast Notes, Series 2 offer quarterly tax-advantaged distributions PLUS the unlimited upside of two soft commodity indices, with the added security of 100% principal protection. The Notes are dynamically linked to the performance of two major soft commodity indices (as of October 15, 2007):

Softs correlation to other assets classes

While the prices of hard commodities, which are used for industrial purposes, tend to move with the resource-laden Canadian equity markets, soft commodities are uncorrelated with the performance of major equity and bond markets. That means soft commodities can provide valuable diversification, smoothing out the ups and downs of your investment portfolio.

4-week Returns from Jan. 1, 1993 to Sep. 30, 2007
S&P/TSX 60 0.04
S&P 500 -0.02
Scotia Domestic Bond Universe - Overall (from Jan. 1, 1993 to Sep. 15, 2006) -0.17

Commentary

The same forces that pushed the prices of energy and hard commodities to record highs over the past few years are now making conditions right for "Soft Commodities" (Softs).

Softs are those commodities that can be grown, such as wheat, corn, coffee, sugar and cattle. And while they never go out of style, their current low prices combined with rising global demand are making a very convincing case for soft commodities.

Population growth and increasing wealth

The world's population is expected to top 8 billion people by 2025, increasing by approximately 2 billion between now and then†. In China alone, the urban population is expected to grow by 270 million people over the period†, and with urban populations benefiting most directly from increasing prosperity, the impact on dietary habits and food consumption is going to be dramatic. Further, this scenario is playing itself out in numerous developing economies.

Globally, urban sprawl is eating into traditional agricultural land. In the 1990s, China lost one million hectares of farmland each year to urbanization and industrialization†. The US loses 400,000 hectares each year†. Less arable land and growing populations translate into one thing: rising prices.

In developing regions, overgrazing, deforestation and poor management are leading to massive soil degradation and reduced agricultural productivity.

Increasing non-food use

Will you fill your gas tank with corn some day? Maybe sooner than you think. With governments under pressure to reduce greenhouse emissions and become less dependent on fossil fuels, there is rising demand for alternative energy sources. One solution is ethanol - a more environmentally friendly alternative to gas that happens to be made most commonly from ordinary corn. The US government has stated that use of ethanol as an energy source must double to 7.5 billion gallons annually by 2012.†

Purchase

This Note is available for purchase and eligible for the ONE Financial AMP Investment Loan Program.

Please contact your Financial Advisor for more information.

The Guarantor

BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas was established in 1848, and according to rankings published in July 2005 by The Bank, is the sixth largest banking group in the world and the largest in Europe based on total assets of approximately CAD $1.7 trillion (approximately the size of the Canada's five largest banks combined). As one of the world's leading diversified financial institutions BNP Paribas is present in over 85 countries, and has approximately 100,000 employees worldwide.

The BNP Paribas Group is organized around three core businesses: Retail Banking, Corporate & Investment Banking and Private Banking & Asset Management. Through its 2,200 branches across France and worldwide, BNP has more than twenty million individual and small business customers and 50,000 corporate customers.

BNP Paribas' long term debt ratings are: AA with a stable outlook from Standard & Poor's, Aa2 with a stable outlook from Moody's, and AA with a stable outlook from Fitch.

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