Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange Continue 2012 Canadian Financing Series in Kitchener Waterloo

KITCHENER WATERLOO, ON, May 3, 2012 /CNW/ - Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange will continue their 2012 Canadian Financing Series, "A Growth Platform for Canadian Entrepreneurs," in Kitchener Waterloo on Tuesday, May 8, 2012.

This workshop is tailored to executives of local companies seeking growth capital. It will cover topics related to listing, such as the pros and cons of going public, how to prepare your company for listing, accessing capital and future financing options.

WHERE:	Tannery Event Centre  151 Charles Street West Suite 100  Kitchener, Ontario
WHEN:	Tuesday, May 8, 2012 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
AGENDA:	Welcome remarks/keynote Canadian and international market update Best practices for going public panel discussion Finance panel discussion with leading Canadian investment banks
WHO:	Ungad Chadda, Senior Vice President, Toronto Stock Exchange

For the Kitchener Waterloo workshop, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange have partnered with Communitech, a not-for-profit organization that supports technology companies in the Waterloo area, as well as capital market professionals at Gowlings, Miller Thomson, M Partners, RBC Capital Markets, Versant Partners Inc. and Equicom.  KPMG will also provide their perspective at one of the panels.

In 2011, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange welcomed 480 new Canadian issuers, and equity capital raised was $51.1 billion on the exchanges.  Together, the exchanges were sixth in the world for equity capital raised.

Journalists who wish to attend may contact Aimee Paget: [email protected] or [phone]/ [phone].

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, TMX Select, Montreal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, Natural Gas Exchange, Boston Options Exchange (BOX), Shorcan, Shorcan Energy Brokers, Equicom and other TMX Group companies provide listing markets, trading markets, clearing facilities, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across Canada (Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver), in key U.S. markets (New York, Houston, Boston and Chicago) as well as in London and Beijing. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at www.tmx.com. Follow TMX Group on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tmxgroup.

 

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