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Prerna Mathews, VP, ETF Product Strategy, Mackenzie Investments, and her team joined Keith Wu, Head, Exchange Traded Products, �������� (TSX) and Sylvain Martel, Managing Director, TSXV Listings, to open the market and celebrate the Mackenzie Investments Alpha Summit in Montreal, Quebec. The Alpha Summit is Mackenzie's premier advisor conference at which experts addressed how to navigate global volatility and find long-term opportunities through resilient portfolio construction. Mackenzie Investments (“Mackenzie”) is a leading investment management firm with $202.1 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2024. Mackenzie provides investment solutions and related services to more than one million retail and institutional clients through multiple distribution channels. Founded in 1967, Mackenzie is a global asset manager with offices across Canada as well as in Boston, Dublin, London, Hong Kong and Beijing. Mackenzie is a member of IGM Financial Inc. (TSX: IGM), one of Canada's premier financial services companies with approximately $252 billion in total assets under management and advisement as of June 30, 2024.

Tim Wiggan, Group Head, Wealth Management & Insurance, TD Bank Group, Scott Ignall, Senior Vice President, TD Direct Investing & Wealth Delivery, TD Bank Group and Tim Clark, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Commercial and Corporate Platforms, TD Bank Group joined Robert Peterman, Chief Client Officer, �������� to open the market and celebrate the launch of partial share trading at TD Direct Investing. With partial shares, also known as fractional shares, investors can buy and sell a fraction of popular stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), allowing Canadians to invest in the companies they want, regardless of the share price or how much they have to invest. TD Direct Investing is Canada’s first and largest direct investing brokerage. Through exceptional client service and a variety of trading platforms, including TD Easy Trade TM, WebBroker, TD Active Trader and Advanced Dashboard, TD Direct Investing offers insights, education, and support to investors, regardless of their investing level and goals.

Members of the CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) team joined Keith Wu, Head of Exchange Traded Products, �������� (TSX), to open the market and celebrate the launch of CI U.S. Aggregate Bond Covered Call ETF (TSX:CCBD).CCBD invests in U.S. government bond and high-quality U.S. corporate bond ETFs in a mix designed to represent the aggregate U.S. bond market. CCBD will rebalance its holdings quarterly. The covered call option strategy used by CCBD seeks to earn an attractive yield from interest income, distributions, and call option premiums, to lower the overall volatility of returns associated with owning this portfolio of bonds, and to generate capital appreciation. CI GAM is Canada’s fifth-largest ETF provider with approximately $21.3 billion in assets under management in more than 80 ETFs (as at June 30, 2024). CI GAM’s ETF lineup is highly diversified and includes beta, smart beta, asset allocation, managed volatility, actively managed, liquid alternatives, digital assets, covered calls, ESG and other thematic mandates.

Maura Kolb, P. Geo., President of Dryden Gold Corp. (“Dryden Gold” or “The Company”) (TSXV:DRY) and her team joined Dean McPherson, Head, Global Mining, �������� & TSX Venture Exchange to celebrate the Company’s new listing on TSX Venture Exchange and open the market. Dryden Gold Corp. is an exploration company focused on the discovery of high-grade gold mineralization listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (“DRY”) and on the OTCQB marketplace (“DRYGF”). The Company has a strong management team and Board of Directors comprised of experienced individuals with a track record of building shareholder value through property acquisition and consolidation, exploration success, and mergers and acquisitions. Dryden Gold controls a 100% interest in a dominant strategic land position in the Dryden District of Northwestern Ontario. Dryden Gold’s property package includes historic gold mines but has seen limited modern exploration. The property hosts high-grade gold mineralization over 50km of potential strike length along the Manitou-Dinorwic deformation zone. The property has excellent infrastructure, enjoys First Nations support and proximity to an experienced mining workforce.