Broadridge is the trusted partner for security holder communications. Our integrated proxy and continuous disclosure solutions connect corporate issuers, banks and brokerages, institutional and retail investors through the timely, efficient exchange of information, setting the standard for good corporate governance and best practices in all investor communications.

Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is the global leader in multi-platform press release distribution and financial disclosure services. Thousands of organizations and communications professionals turn to Business Wire for superior optimization, presentation and distribution of their news, photos and multimedia to news media, websites, search engines and wireless services.

A recognized disclosure service in the United States, Canada and a dozen European countries, Business Wire handles XBRL tagging, document formatting and regulatory filing into EDGAR, SEDAR and other systems. With more distribution options in more countries than any other commercial newswire, Business Wire provides members with targeted reach to virtually any market or industry worldwide.  For more information, visit us online at www.BusinessWire.com

Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's business, delivers comprehensive fundamental and quantitative research and analysis solutions to more than 4,200 investment management firms, investment banks, private equity funds, advisory firms, corporations and universities worldwide. Its solutions are based on the Capital IQ Platform, Compustat, ClariFI and Alphaworks products, and offer an array of powerful applications for desktop research, screening, real-time market data, backtesting, portfolio management, financial modeling and quantitative analysis.

CCR Solutions is your source for creative event staging and state of the art audio-visual and presentation technology. We work with you to skillfully combine sound, light, images and words to achieve premier performance and lasting impact for every event.

The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (CDS), through its subsidiaries, is Canada’s national securities depository providing entitlement, clearing and settlement services to the Canadian capital markets. CDS also offers depository-related services to issuers and their agents to facilitate securities issuance and reporting, and operates SEDAR and SEDI on behalf of the Canadian Securities Administrators.

The Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI) is a professional, not-for-profit association of executives responsible for communication between public corporations, investors and the financial community. CIRI contributes to the transparency and integrity of the Canadian capital market by advancing the practice of investor relations, the professional competency of its members and the stature of the profession.
With over 600 members, CIRI is the world’s second largest society of investor relations professionals. Approximately 88% of CIRI's public company members are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, 6% on the TSX Venture Exchange, and 30% are inter-listed on a US exchange. CIRI has active chapters in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia.
Since 2001, over 90% of IR Magazine Canada Award winners have been members of CIRI. To learn about the benefits of membership and professional development opportunities, please visit www.ciri.org.
Be informed. Be connected. Be current.
Be a CIRI member.

CNW is Canada’s leading financial newswire company and offers quality disclosure solutions for public companies including webcast, regulatory filing services comprising SEDAR, EDGAR, SEDI and a XBRL-tagging solution in partnership with EDGAR Online, conference calls, transcription and translation services. Toronto Stock Exchange exclusively endorses CNW’s financial results webcasting and newswire service.

Canadian Stock Transfer Company Inc. ("CST") is part of the Link Group, an international network of providers of transfer agent and employee plan services. Headquartered in Canada, with offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Halifax and Vancouver, CST provides issuers global solutions through local access points. Formerly the Issuer Services business of CIBC Mellon, CST joins American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (“AST”) to form the North American division of the Link Group. Together this division provides service to over 8,000 issues and more than 5.5 million shareholders in over 22 foreign countries, ranging in size from initial public offerings to Fortune 100 companies.
Contacts: Canadian Stock Transfer Company Inc., www.canstockta.com, 888-402-1644.

The Globe and Mail provides Canada's leading sources of business and investor news, analysis and commentary including its award-winning business section, Report on Business, reportonbusiness.com, globeinvestor.com and Report on Business magazine.

Ipreo is a global leader in the provision of market-leading intelligence, robust technology, and superior customer service to publicly listed companies and investment banks around the world. Built on a legacy of experience and a thorough understanding of the capital markets, Ipreo provides critical insights and flexible solutions to help our clients run better investor relations programs. Ipreo’s investor relations products and services include: global market intelligence, shareholder identification and analysis, institutional investor targeting, investment community perception studies, online investor relationship management software.

The Laurel Hill Advisory Group is one of the leading providers of corporate governance advisory and proxy solicitation services.  We have offices throughout North America,  giving our clients first rate cross border capabilities that specialize in annual meeting solicitation, information agent services, Mergers and Acquisitions, special meeting solicitation and shareholder asset recovery programs.  We also provide our clients with the most knowledgeable and comprehensive corporate governance advisory service available. We believe that public issuers need to be proactive rather than reactive. If you agree, give us a call.
For more information please contact us at (917) 338-3181 or visit us on the web at www.laurelhill.com

Marketwire is the industry's most innovative leader in global news and information distribution, delivering our clients’ news to the world’s media and financial communities, as well as to social networks. A full-service partner to investor relations professionals, Marketwire’s disclosure, regulatory filing and custom news page solutions help IROs and financial communicators maximize their effectiveness while ensuring accuracy and best practices. Visit www.marketwire.com.

The NASDAQ OMX Group is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital-raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its US listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the US 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of more than 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.

NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies.  The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products.  With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets – the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Amex, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca – represent one-third of the world’s equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group.  NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world’s second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies.  NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index and Fortune 500.  For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.

OnDemandIR.com is a real-time, online, “buying and selling” environment that enables Investor Relations and Public Relations departments to directly, simultaneously and anonymously submit RFPs to service providers on a global scale. IR and PR service providers will automatically be sent the RFP request and can respond back to the public company via OnDemandIR.com’s secure and confidential RFP procurement process – saving all companies involved both time and money.

OTCQX is the premier marketplace providing international exchange listed companies an easier entry into the U.S. capital markets.  This electronic trading venue is the only quality-controlled marketplace in the U.S. that does not require SEC registration or Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. A trusted brand with high visibility, companies trading on OTCQX reach enhanced global liquidity with U.S. investors.

Phoenix Advisory Partners is a leading cross-border provider of proxy solicitation and corporate governance advisory services. The team has the most collective experience in the industry and services more than 100 corporate clients, including Fortune 100 companies.

For additional information contact:

Glenn Keeling at gkeeling@phoenixadvisorypartners.com or +1 647 351 3085, ext 227

Dexter John at djohn@phoenixadvisorypartners.com or +1 647 351 3085, ext 224

The Works Design Communications Ltd. is an award-winning integrated communications company. Providing a full range of in-house services, including strategy, writing, design, multimedia development and print production, The Works has developed annual reports and Corporate Social Responsibility reports for many of Canada’s most well-known and well-respected organizations. We help our clients define their objectives, sharpen their messages and connect with their most important audiences.

TMX Group, a cornerstone of Canada’s financial system, is at the center of Canada's capital market. TMX Group's key subsidiaries operate cash and derivative markets for multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and energy. Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montreal Exchange, Natural Gas Exchange, Boston Options Exchange (BOX), Shorcan, Equicom and other TMX Group companies provide trading markets, clearing facilities, data products and other services to the global financial community.