UNITED STATES

OMB APPROVAL

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 144

OMB Number: 3235-0101

Expires: December 31, 2006

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES

SEC USE ONLY

 

PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.

 

 

ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale

directly with a market maker

CUSIP NUMBER

 

 

1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)

 

Fording Canadian Coal Trust

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.

 

000000000

(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.

 

001-15230

WORK LOCATION

 

 

 

1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER           STREET                                                                                    CITY                                                        STATE                      ZIP CODE

(e) TELEPHONE NO.

205 – 9th Avenue S.E., Suite 1000, Calgary, Alberta  T2G OR4

(403) 260-9878

2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES

ARE TO BE SOLD

 

Golden Apple Income Inc.

 

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.

 

(c) RELATIONSHIP TO

ISSUER

 

26.5% Stockholder

(d) ADDRESS       STREET                                             CITY                STATE            ZIP CODE



5650 Yonge St.                                                   Toronto, Ontario             M2M 4H5

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S Identification Number and the S.E.C File Number.

3 (a)

 

SEC USE ONLY

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

Title of the

Class of

Securities

To Be Sold

 

 

Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the

Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker

who is Acquiring the Securities

 

Broker-Dealer

File Number

Number of Shares

or Other Units

To Be Sold

 

(See instr. 3(c))

Aggregate

Market

Value

 

(See instr. 3(d))

Number of Shares

or Other Units

Outstanding

 

(See instr. 3(e))

Approximate

Date of Sale

 

(See instr. 3(f))

(MO. DAY YR.)

Name of Each

Securities

Exchange

 

(See instr. 3(g))

 

Trust Units

 

 

RBC Capital Markets
Royal Bank Plaza, 2nd Floor

P.O. Box 50
Toronto, ON
M5J 2W7

 

 

900,000

 

$61,227,000

based on (12/07/2004)

Closing Price of $68.03 (NYSE)

 

48,970,558

 

 

12/09/2004

 

NYSE
TSE

INSTRUCTIONS:

 



 

 

1. (a) Name of issuer

(b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number

(c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any

(d) Issuer's address, including zip code

(e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code

 

2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold

(b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity

(c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or
           member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)

(d) Such person's address, including zip code

3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold

(b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold

(c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)

(d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of

this notice

(e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof

outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer

(f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold

(g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.

 



 

TABLE I – SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold

and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

Title of

the Class

Date you

Acquired

 

Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of Person from Whom Acquired

(If gift, also give date donor acquired)

Amount of

Securities Acquired

Date of

Payment

 

Nature of Payment

 

 

 

Trust Units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3/7/2003

 

 

Private Transaction

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (“OTPP”)

OTPP acquired the securities on 10/9/02 in an open market transaction on the TSX

 

 

900,000

 

 

3/7/2003

 

 

Capital Contribution

INSTRUCTIONS:

If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

 

 

 

 

TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

 

 

Name and Address of Sellers

 

Title of Securities Sold

 

Date of Sale

Amount of

Securities Sold

 

Gross Proceeds

 

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

REMARKS:

 

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

 

ATTENTION:

See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

 

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.

 

        

           December 10, 2004

 

________________________________________________________________________________

DATE OF NOTICE

____________________________ /s/ Roger Barton____________________________

By: Roger Barton

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.

Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

 

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).