TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics - December 2018

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange

TORONTO, Jan. 8, 2019 /CNW/ - TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) for December 2018.

TSX welcomed five new issuers in December 2018, compared with nine in the previous month and five in December 2017. The new listings were four exchange traded funds and one life sciences company. Total financings raised in December 2018 decreased 80% from the previous month, and were down 81% compared to December 2017. The total number of financings in December 2018 was 44, compared with 37 the previous month and 77 in December 2017.

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

TSXV welcomed 12 new issuers in December 2018, compared with 13 the previous month and six in December 2017. The new listings were nine capital pool companies, two mining companies and one technology company. Total financings raised in December 2018 decreased 27% compared to the previous month, and were down 13% compared to December 2017. There were 146 financings in December 2018, compared with 124 in the previous month and 171 in December 2017.

TMX Group consolidated trading statistics for December 2018 can be viewed at www.tmx.com.

Toronto Stock Exchange

	December 2018	November 2018	December 2017
Issuers Listed	1,526	1,533	1,501
New Issuers Listed	5	9	5
IPOs	5	6	3
Graduates from TSXV	0	2	0
Issues Listed	2,172	2,187	2,170
IPO Financings Raised	$29,900,016	$26,758,150	$206,070,000
Secondary Financings Raised	$1,115,035,717	$5,840,059,550	$4,298,283,851
Supplemental Financings Raised	$142,389,908	$616,899,050	$2,099,783,551
Total Financings Raised	$1,287,325,641	$6,483,716,750	$6,604,137,402
Total Number of Financings	44	37	77
Market Cap Listed Issues	$2,646,182,372,762	$2,793,650,780,769	$2,968,589,908,968

Year-to-date Statistics

	2018	2017	% change
New Issuers Listed	132	152	-13.2
IPOs	112	126	-11.1
Graduates from TSXV	12	16	-25.0
IPO Financings Raised	$2,738,190,345	$6,046,605,558	-54.7
Secondary Financings Raised	$22,423,753,658	$25,411,665,831	-11.8
Supplemental Financings Raised	$8,866,843,262	$16,961,408,282	-47.7
Total Financings Raised	$34,028,787,265	$48,419,679,671	-29.7
Total Number of Financings	525	658	-20.2
Market Cap Listed Issues	$2,646,182,372,762	$2,968,589,908,968	-10.9

TSX Venture Exchange**

	December 2018	November 2018	December 2017
Issuers Listed	1,974	1,979	1,980
New Issuers Listed	12	13	6
IPOs	11	12	2
Graduates to TSX	0	2	0
Issues Listed	2,064	2,072	2,052
IPO Financings Raised	$7,656,875	$4,636,300	$5,840,200
Secondary Financings Raised (1)	$77,033,388	$147,442,055	$141,191,330
Supplemental Financings Raised	$305,901,453	$384,881,101	$303,778,847
Total Financings Raised	$390,591,716	$536,959,456	$450,810,377
Total Number of Financings	146	124	171
Market Cap Listed Issues*	$45,404,018,593	$47,337,900,850	$54,462,734,517

Year-to-date Statistics

	2018	2017	% Change
New Issuers Listed	138	77	+79.2
IPOs	108	48	+125.0
Graduates to TSX	12	16	-25.0
IPO Financings Raised	$70,729,487	$96,990,965	-27.1
Secondary Financings Raised (1)	$2,063,288,520	$1,826,915,498	+12.9
Supplemental Financings Raised	$4,882,426,612	$4,453,898,868	+9.6
Total Financings Raised	$7,016,444,619	$6,377,805,331	+10.0
Total Number of Financings	1,598	1,716	-6.9
Market Cap Listed Issues*	$45,404,018,593	$54,462,734,517	-16.6

*Effective July 2018, the calculation of Market Capitalization for securities listed on TSX Venture Exchange will include escrow shares. Please note that comparative periods as displayed have also been recalculated.
**Includes NEX (not applicable to New Issuers Listed, IPOs and IPO Financings Raised)
(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 2018:

Toronto Stock Exchange

Issuer Name	Company Symbol
BMO SIA Focused North American Equity Fund ETF	ZFN
BMO SIA Focused Canadian Equity Fund ETF	ZFC
Cardiol Therapeutics Inc.	CRDL
Hamilton Capital Australian Financials Yield ETF	HFA
Manulife Multifactor Emerging Markets Index ETF	MEME.B

TSX Venture Exchange

Issuer Name	Company Symbol
Drummond Ventures Corp.	DVX.P
Efficacious Elk Capital Corp.	EECC.P
FireFox Gold Corp.	FFOX
GEGS Capital Corp.	GEGS.P
Icox Innovations Inc.	ICOX
J55 Capital Corp.	FIVE.P
Kelly Ventures Ltd.	KKL.P
NBS Capital Inc.	NBS.P
Physinorth Acquisition Corporation Inc.	PSN.P
POCML 5 Inc.	PCML.P
Urbangold Minerals Inc.	UGM
XIB I Capital Corp.	XIB.P

About TMX Group (TSX:X)

TMX Group's key subsidiaries operate cash and derivative markets and clearinghouses for multiple asset classes including equities and fixed income. Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange, The Canadian Depository for Securities, Montréal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, Trayport and other TMX Group companies provide listing markets, trading markets, clearing facilities, depository services, technology solutions, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across North America (Montréal, Calgary, Vancouver and New York), as well as in key international markets including London, Beijing and Singapore. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at www.tmx.com. Follow TMX Group on Twitter: @TMXGroup.

SOURCE TMX Group Limited

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