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TSX - Symbol Extension Decommission

Ed: Jeez - finally. What a PITA these new codings were! Will make looking up quotes on Yahoo! and Stockcharts a whole lot easier.. News itself is OLDE but the beginning of changing of codes started on May 3rd.


TSX Group Inc. has provided listed issuers with further details on the planned stock symbol extension removal -- including the anticipated date the changes will become effective for individual issues. Please find attached a complete schedule outlining the migration. These changes will be made throughout the months of May and June 2006. You may also retrieve the complete list of all securities listed on TSX and TSX Venture affected by this change which will be posted on www.tsx.com.

The “special voting” stock symbol extension program was first introduced in 2004 to indicate issues with unique voting structures. In December 2005, TSX Group decided to discontinue this program on it equity exchanges (Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange) in 2006. These changes are the result of an extensive consultation process with market participants – many of whom had been lobbying TSX Group for changes to the 2004 symbol modifications.

PLEASE NOTE: On May 8th - As per the Press Release issued by Canadian Tire Corp. Limited, they will also be changing their Root Symbol from CTR to CTC.

The LIST is here (OLD and NEW symbols):
http://www.tsx.com/en/pdf/SymbolExtensionDecomission_Feb15-2006.pdf


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