TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics - December 2015

Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange

TORONTO, Jan. 7, 2016 /CNW/ -TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for December 2015.

Toronto Stock Exchange welcomed three new issuers in December 2015, compared with one in the previous month and six in December 2014. The new listings included two exchange-traded funds and one closed-end fund. Total financings raised in December 2015 decreased 17% from the previous month, and were down 1% compared to December 2014. The total number of financings in December 2015 was 49, compared with 39 in the previous month and 64 in December 2014.

For additional data relating to the number of transactions billed for Toronto Stock Exchange, please click on the following link: http://www.tmx.com/resource/en/440

TSX Venture Exchange welcomed five issuers in December 2015, compared with six in the previous month and four in December 2014. The new listings included three mining companies, one life sciences company and one technology company. Total financings raised in December 2015 increased 41% from the previous month, and were down 54% compared to December 2014. There were 146 financings in December 2015, compared with 108 in the previous month and 145 in December 2014.

TMX Group consolidated trading statistics for December 2015 can be viewed at www.tmx.com.

Toronto Stock Exchange

	December 2015	November 2015	December 2014
Issuers Listed	1,487	1,497	1,514
New Issuers Listed	3	1	6
IPOs	3	1	2
Graduates from TSXV	0	0	2
Issues Listed	2,200	2,211	2,215
IPO Financings Raised	$23,769,180	$1,829,625,000	$115,000,000
Secondary Financings Raised	$1,325,103,588	$1,536,426,157	$1,444,361,886
Supplemental Financings Raised	$1,758,513,712	$375,000,000	$1,569,206,582
Total Financings Raised	$3,107,386,480	$3,741,051,157	$3,128,568,468
Total Number of Financings	49	39	64
Market Cap Listed Issues	$2,299,797,774,699	$2,364,548,233,692	$2,511,164,885,946

Year-to-date Statistics

	2015	2014	% change
New Issuers Listed	107	121	-11.6
IPOs	94	89	+5.6
Graduates from TSXV	9	22	-59.1
IPO Financings Raised	$6,727,514,298	$5,426,251,357	+24.0
Secondary Financings Raised	$29,590,030,388	$19,328,543,984	+53.1
Supplemental Financings Raised	$18,062,009,376	$27,792,818,831	-35.0
Total Financings Raised	$54,379,554,062	$52,547,614,172	+3.5
Total Number of Financings	577	664	-13.1
Market Cap Listed Issues	$2,299,797,774,699	$2,511,164,885,946	-8.4

TSX Venture Exchange

	December 2015	November 2015	December 2014
Issuers Listed	2,183	2,190	2,347
New Issuers Listed	5	6	4
IPOs	0	1	4
Graduates to TSX	0	0	2
Issues Listed	2,244	2,252	2,415
IPO Financings Raised	$0	$300,000	$46,204,400
Secondary Financings Raised (1)	$110,964,879	$84,612,845	$16,514,820
Supplemental Financings Raised	$157,190,524	$105,801,647	$514,536,847
Total Financings Raised	$268,155,403	$190,714,492	$577,256,067
Total Number of Financings	146	108	145
Market Cap Listed Issues	$24,380,808,949	$23,516,962,023	$26,931,449,060

Year-to-date Statistics

	2015	2014	% Change
New Issuers Listed	47	56	-16.1
IPOs	18	29	-37.9
Graduates to TSX	9	22	-59.1
IPO Financings Raised	$43,683,476	$118,997,511	-63.3
Secondary Financings Raised (1)	$744,153,264	$1,376,051,884	-45.9
Supplemental Financings Raised	$2,574,485,837	$3,765,367,243	-31.6
Total Financings Raised	$3,362,322,577	$5,260,416,638	-36.1
Total Number of Financings	1,326	1,626	-18.5
Market Cap Listed Issues	$24,380,808,949	$26,931,449,060	-9.5

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

TMX Group does not guarantee either the completeness or the accuracy of this information. The information contained in this media release is provided for informational purposes only and you agree not to rely upon the information contained in this media release for any trading, business, or financial purposes.  By using this media release, you expressly agree to the condition that TMX Group assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies in this media release.

TMX Group welcomes the following companies that listed during December 2015.

Toronto Stock Exchange

Issuer Name	Company Symbol
U.S. Banks Income & Growth Fund	PUB.UN
Vanguard FTSE Developed All Cap ex North America Index ETF	VIU
Vanguard FTSE Developed All Cap ex North America Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)	VI

TSX Venture Exchange

Issuer Name	Company Symbol
Bioneutra Global Corporation	BGA
Buffalo Coal Corp.	BUF
IDM Mining Ltd.	IDM
International Datacasting Corporation	IDC
Orezone Gold Corporation	ORE

About TMX Group (TSX: X)
TMX Group's key subsidiaries operate cash and derivative markets and clearinghouses for multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and energy. Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange, The Canadian Depository for Securities, Montréal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, NGX, BOX Options Exchange, Shorcan, Shorcan Energy Brokers, AgriClear and other TMX Group companies provide listing markets, trading markets, clearing facilities, depository services, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across Canada (Montréal, Calgary and Vancouver), in key U.S. markets (New York, Houston, Boston and Chicago) as well as in London, Beijing, Singapore and Sydney. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at http://www.tmx.com. Follow TMX Group on Twitter at @TMXGroup.

SOURCE TMX Group Limited

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