TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics - August 2012

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Sep 07, 2012, 13:44 ET

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange

TORONTO, Sept. 7, 2012 /CNW/ - TMX Group Limited today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for August 2012.

Toronto Stock Exchange welcomed 5 new issuers in August 2012, which was down from the previous month when there were 10, and also down from the same month a year earlier when there were 9. Of the new listings, two were exchange traded funds. Total financings raised was up 38% from August 2011 and down 3% from July 2012. The total number of financings was 41, up from August 2011 when there were 31 and down from July 2012 when there were 49.

TSX Venture Exchange welcomed 12 new issuers in August 2012, up from July 2012 when there were 8, but down from the same month a year earlier when there were 25. Six of the new listings were from the mining sector. There were two graduates to Toronto Stock Exchange in August 2012, which was on pace with both July 2012 and August 2011. Total financings raised was down 29% compared to July 2012 and down 36% from August 2011. The total number of financings was 132, up from July 2012 when there were 128 but down from August 2011 when there were 146.

TMX Group consolidated trading statistics for August 2012 can be viewed at www.tmx.com.

Toronto Stock Exchange

	August 2012	July 2012	August 2011
Issuers Listed	1,573	1,577	1,561
New Issuers Listed	5	10	9
IPOs	3	8	4
Graduates from TSXV	2	2	2
Issues Listed	2,208	2,217	2,144
IPO Financings Raised	$256,145,000	$21,500,000	$581,950,000
Secondary Financings Raised	$2,856,726,551	$387,251,235	$1,282,552,095
Supplemental Financings Raised	$478,885,010	$3,276,030,019	$743,630,000
Total Financings Raised	$3,591,756,561	$3,684,781,254	$2,608,132,095
Total Number of Financings	41	49	31
Market Cap Listed Issues	$2,043,019,544,548	$1,989,562,971,807	$2,115,509,787,372

Year-to-date Statistics

	2012	2011	% change
New Issuers Listed	82	138	-40.6
IPOs	57	92	-38.0
Graduates from TSXV	22	27	-18.5
IPO Financings Raised	$1,776,354,205	$5,508,617,318	-67.8
Secondary Financings Raised	$18,015,237,469	$12,389,146,051	+45.4
Supplemental Financings Raised	$12,402,341,680	$9,361,217,648	+32.5
Total Financings Raised	$32,193,933,354	$27,258,981,017	+18.1
Total Number of Financings	451	479	-5.8
Market Cap Listed Issues	$2,043,019,544,548	$2,115,509,787,372	-3.4

TSX Venture Exchange

	August 2012	July 2012	August 2011
Issuers Listed	2,489	2,480	2,424
New Issuers Listed	12	8	25
IPOs	6	7	18
Graduates to TSX	2	2	2
Issues Listed	2,566	2,557	2,514
IPO Financings Raised	$4,425,706	$59,676,375	$59,998,105
Secondary Financings Raised (1)	$51,598,802	$65,458,769	$170,376,875
Supplemental Financings Raised	$294,962,472	$366,219,223	$315,240,535
Total Financings Raised	$350,986,980	$491,354,367	$545,615,515
Total Number of Financings	132	128	146
Market Cap Listed Issues	$42,807,433,124	$40,624,375,596	$62,292,754,550

Year-to-date Statistics

	2012	2011	% Change
New Issuers Listed	119	145	-17.9
IPOs	89	102	-12.7
Graduates to TSX	22	27	-18.5
IPO Financings Raised	$121,109,418	$234,516,540	-48.4
Secondary Financings Raised (1)	$932,494,092	$2,461,203,345	-62.1
Supplemental Financings Raised	$2,793,532,321	$5,562,535,931	-49.8
Total Financings Raised	$3,847,135,831	$8,258,225,816	-53.4
Total Number of Financings	1,219	1,667	-26.9
Market Cap Listed Issues	$42,807,433,124	$62,292,754,550	-31.3

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

Neither Toronto Stock Exchange nor TSX Venture Exchange guarantees 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 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange assume no liability or responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies in this media release.

TMX Group welcomes the following companies that listed during August 2012.

Toronto Stock Exchange

Issuer Name	Company Symbol
Argent Energy Trust	AET
CounterPath Corporation	CCV
iShares U.S. High Dividend Equity Index Fund (CAD-Hedged) ETF	XHD
PowerShares Tactical Bond ETF	PTB
U308 Corp.	UWE

TSX Venture Exchange

Issuer Name	Company Symbol
Benton Resources Inc.	BEX
BPO Properties Ltd.	BPP
Clermont Capital Inc.	XYZ.P
Khayyam Minerals Ltd.	KYY.P
Nanton Nickel Corp.	NAC
Niagara Ventures Corporation	NIA.P
Parkside Resources Corporation	PKS
Red Moon Potash Inc.	RMK
Respect Your Universe Inc.	RYU
Rouge Resources Ltd.	ROU
Tanq Capital Corporation	TQ.P
Universal Ventures Inc.	UN

About TMX Group

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, Alpha Exchange, The Canadian Depository for Securities, Montreal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, Natural Gas Exchange, Boston Options Exchange, 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, Beijing and Sydney. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at www.tmx.com. Follow TMX Group on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tmxgroup.