TMX Group - Equity Financing Statistics October 2010

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange

TORONTO, Nov. 3 /CNW/ - TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for October 2010.

Listing and financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange saw increases in October 2010 compared to the previous month. During the month, the exchange welcomed 12 new listings compared to 10 in September 2010. On a year-to-date basis, new listings continue to greatly exceed 2009 levels. There were 6 IPOs on Toronto Stock Exchange in October 2010 compared to 2 the month before. Total financings in October 2010 of $3.9 billion were more than double the $1.7 billion of financings in September 2010.

IPO financing activity on TSX Venture Exchange was up 13% percent in October 2010 compared to September 2010. During the month, TSX Venture Exchange listed 14 new issuers and had 10 IPOs, slight decreases from the previous month. To-date in 2010, TSX Venture Exchange continues to outperform 2009 levels in all measures.

TMX Group consolidated trading statistics for October 2010 can be viewed at www.tmx.com.

Toronto Stock Exchange

	October 2010	September 2010	October 2009
Issuers Listed	1,491	1,485	1,475
New Issuers Listed	12	10	17
IPOs	6	2	15
Graduates from TSXV/NEX	4	5	1
Issues Listed	2,040	2,030	1,999
IPO Financings Raised	$616,954,825	$56,150,000	$1,125,149,998
Secondary Financings Raised	$1,999,182,097	$1,000,199,394	$2,451,619,735
Supplemental Financings Raised	$1,290,897,308	$666,595,207	$1,604,094,836
Total Financings Raised	$3,907,034,230	$1,722,944,601	$5,180,864,569
Market Cap Listed Issues	$1,995,087,628,015	$1,932,327,353,914(2)	$1,630,982,048,726

Year-to-date Statistics

	2010	2009	% change
New Issuers Listed	137	70	+95.7
IPOs	86	51	+68.6
Graduates from TSXV/NEX	31	11	+181.8
IPO Financings Raised	$6,888,176,512	$4,101,872,399	+67.9
Secondary Financings Raised	$15,259,222,165	$32,928,875,254	-53.7
Supplemental Financings Raised	$9,588,203,155	$12,656,450,505	-24.2
Total Financings Raised	$31,735,601,832	$49,687,198,158	-36.1
Market Cap Listed Issues	$1,995,087,628,015	$1,630,982,048,726	+22.3

TSX Venture Exchange

	October 2010	September 2010	October 2009
Issuers Listed	2,356	2,364	2,378
New Issuers Listed	14	19	14
IPOs	10	13	10
Graduates to TSX	4	5	1
Issues Listed	2,410	2,423	2,432
IPO Financings Raised	$7,909,674	$7,023,050	$7,790,800
Secondary Financings Raised (1)	$267,312,288	$174,762,010	$113,003,863
Supplemental Financings Raised	$491,536,537	$374,782,426	$744,147,561
Total Financings Raised	$766,758,499	$556,567,486	$864,942,224
Market Cap Listed Issues	$54,983,169,547	$48,947,726,847	$32,350,368,077

Year-to-date Statistics

	2010	2009	% Change
New Issuers Listed	141	80	+76.3
IPOs	109	57	+91.2
Graduates to TSX	31	11	+181.8
IPO Financings Raised	$154,380,419	$39,247,857	+293.3
Secondary Financings Raised (1)	$1,979,252,466	$649,450,775	+204.8
Supplemental Financings Raised	$4,518,914,870	$2,517,952,286	+79.5
Total Financings Raised	$6,652,547,755	$3,206,650,918	+107.5
Market Cap Listed Issues	$54,983,169,547	$32,350,368,077	+70.0

(1)     Secondary financings include prospectus offerings on both a  treasury and secondary basis

(2)     September, 2010 market capitlization was adjusted for a missing issuer the change was $2,032,028,850

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About TMX Group (TSX-X)

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. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver.  For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at www.tmx.com.

For further information:

Aimee Paget
Communications Coordinator
TMX Group
(416) 947- 4685
[email protected]