Market Opens

Representatives from the 2024 Venture 50™ companies joined TMX executives and other special guests to open the market and to celebrate the accomplishments of this year’s top-performing companies and the official release of the 2024 list. The 2024 Venture 50 winners were selected based on year-over-year performance across three equally-weighted criteria: growth in market capitalization, share price appreciation and value traded for the year ended December 31, 2023. To view the full list and for ranking methodology, visit: www.tsx.com/Venture50.

Duke Chang, President and Chief Executive Officer, CanadaHelps, and his team joined Richard Goodman, Managing Director, Global Capital Development & Business, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market. CanadaHelps is Canada's largest online giving and donation platform, raising more than $3 billion for Canadian charities since 2000. As a charity focused on advancing giving through technology, CanadaHelps provides a safe and trusted destination for discovering and supporting any charity in Canada. CanadaHelps also develops affordable fundraising technology used by more than 30,000 charities, and free training and education so that, regardless of size, all charities have the capacity to increase their impact and succeed in the digital age.

Dr. Michael Guerriere, President and Chief Executive Officer, Extendicare Inc. (“Extendicare” or the “Company”) (TSX: EXE), and his team joined Michael Kousaie, Vice President, Strategy and Product Innovation, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market and celebrate the Company’s 50th anniversary on TSX. Extendicare is a leading provider of care and services for seniors across Canada, operating under the Extendicare, ParaMed, Extendicare Assist, and SGP Purchasing Partner Network brands.

Representatives from the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) joined John McKenzie, Chief Executive Officer, TMX Group, to open the market and celebrate POGO’s PJ party, an annual event that raises awareness and critical funds for childhood cancer care. The Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) works to ensure that everyone affected by childhood cancer has access to the best care and support. They partner to achieve an excellent childhood cancer care system for children, youth, survivors, and their families and healthcare teams in Ontario and beyond. POGO champions childhood cancer care, and as the collective voice of this community, is the official advisor to Ontario’s Ministry of Health (the Ministry) on children’s cancer control and treatment. Forty years ago, a group of passionate and visionary pediatric oncologists founded POGO and today, their trusted programs and services have been adopted or modeled nationally and internationally.