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Diversified industries:

Exposure to a wealth of sub-sectors

The diversified industries sector includes over 635 public companies on TSX and TSXV

with a total market capitalization of more than $1.5 trillion. These companies operate

in a broad range of industries including:

Communications & Media:

Includes all companies involved in telecommunications

equipment and services, television and radio broadcasting, motion picture/video

production and publishing. They range from Canada’s major providers of cable

and internet services, such as

BCE Inc.

(TSX

: BCE )

and

Rogers Communications Inc.

(TSX

: RCI

), to smaller companies on TSXV such as

ZoomerMedia Limited

(TSXV

: ZUM )

a multimedia company that serves the 45-plus age demographic through television,

radio, magazine, internet and trade shows, and

Asian Television Network International

Ltd.

(TSXV

: SAT

), which operates 52 specialty television channels for Canada’s diverse

cultural communities.

Consumer & Industrial Products and Services:

Includes a wide array

of companies ranging from manufacturing, infrastructure, mining,

energy services, transportation and commercial services, to apparel,

restaurants, drugstores and household products. Companies in this

category include

Air Canada

(TSX

: AC

), Canada’s largest airline, and

Cordy Oilfield Services Inc.

(TSXV

: CKK

), which provides heavy

construction, pipeline & facilities, manufacturing and supply &

environmental services to the Canadian energy industry.

Financial Services:

Includes traditional banks, trading firms, investment banks, asset

managers, investment funds, insurance companies, non-bank lenders, transfer agencies

and other providers of financial services. They range from Canada’s major banks such as

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

(TSX

: CM

) to investment holding companies such

Northfield Capital Corporation

(TSXV

: NFD.A

Forest Products & Paper:

Includes companies manufacturing softwood lumber,

structural panels, newsprint, pulp and various other wood and paper products.

They range in size from

Canfor Corporation

(TSX

: CFP )

, with a market capitalization of

$4 billion, to

Jemi Fibre Corp.

(TSXV

: JFI )

, a $48-million forestry company that owns

private timberlands, harvesting operations and manufacturing specialty wood products.

SECTOR OVERVIEW

•

416 listed companies

on TSX with a total

market capitalization

of $1.7 trillion

•

222 listed companies

on TSXV with a total

market capitalization

of $7.3 billion

Real Estate:

Includes real estate investment trusts (REITs), real estate operating

companies (REOCs) and real estate development & services providers (REDs).

Brookfield Residential Properties Inc.

(TSX

: BRP

), a North American land developer and

residential home builder with a market capitalization of over $3 billion, operates in this

category; while companies like

NorthWest International Healthcare Properties REIT

(TSXV

: MOB.UN

), which invests in real estate in Germany, Brazil, Canada and Australia,

are listed on TSXV.

Utilities & Pipelines:

Includes electrical generation and service utilities, as well

as gas transportation companies. On TSXV, companies like

Macro Enterprises Inc.

(TSXV

: MCR

), based in Fort St. John, BC, provide pipeline and facilities construction

and maintenance services to major companies in the oil and gas industry, while TSX

listings include

TransAlta Corporation

(TSX

: TA )

, a $3.6-billion power generator and

electricity marketer with hydro, wind, geothermal, natural gas- and coal-fired facilities

and related mining operations in Canada, the U.S. and Australia.

DISCOVER SOME OF THE COMPANIES IN THIS SECTOR

AGT Food and Ingredients Inc.

(TSX

: AGT )

is a supplier of value-

added pulse crops, staple foods and food ingredients. A graduate

of TSXV, the company, (formerly called Alliance Grain Traders Inc.),

buys lentils, peas, beans and chickpeas from farmers around its

34 facilities located in pulse growing regions in Canada, the U.S.,

Turkey, Australia, China and South Africa and ships its products to

over 100 countries.

--> Regina, SK

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

(TSX

: ATD.B )

operates over 6,200

convenience stores throughout North America, including 4,478

stores with gas stations, and employs more than 60,000 people. In

the U.S., it is the largest independent convenience store operator in

terms of number of company-operated stores and is a significant

player in convenience store and gas stations in Scandinavia, the

Baltic countries, Poland and Russia. Couche-Tard also operates fuel

terminals and fuel depots in eight countries and about 4,600 stores

licensed under the Circle K banner in over 10 countries around

the world.

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DIVERSIFIED

INDUSTRIES

COMPANIES ARE

LISTED ON TSX

AND TSXVV

SECTOR BREAKDOWN

* AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. graduated from TSXV to TSX on 18 September 2009.