Market Opens

Arvinder Aulakh, Interlink Nurse, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (“POGO”), joined John McKenzie, Chief Executive Officer, TMX Group, to open the market to highlight International Childhood Cancer Day and shine a light on the children, youth, survivors, and families across Ontario who are living with childhood cancer. POGO works to ensure that everyone affected by childhood cancer has access to the best care and support. They partner to achieve an excellent childhood cancer care system for children, youth, survivors, and their families and healthcare teams, in Ontario and beyond. POGO champions childhood cancer care, and as the collective voice of this community, is the official advisor to Ontario’s Ministry of Health on children’s cancer control and treatment. POGO is a non-profit organization with charitable status, here for kids with cancer, for now, for life.

Steve Halabura, Chief Executive Officer, Buffalo Potash Corporation (“Buffalo Potash”, “Buffalo” or the “Company”) (TSXV: BUFF) and his executive team, joined Dani Lipkin, Managing Director, Global Innovation Sector, Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), to close the market and celebrate the Company's new listing on TSX Venture Exchange. Buffalo Potash is an emerging Saskatchewan-based potash developer, led by a team with extensive potash development expertise in Saskatchewan, pursuing a modular approach to selective solution mining through its patented Horizontal Line‑Drive (“HLD”) technology. The Company is advancing its flagship project, the Disley Project, located approximately 50km northwest of Regina, which is situated immediately adjacent to the K+S Bethune solution potash mine and northeast of the Mosaic Belle Plaine solution potash mine – two of the largest producing conventional solution potash mines in the world. Buffalo’s management believes the Disley Project is situated in one of the most favorable areas of Saskatchewan for solution mining as evidenced by the success of its neighbouring projects.

Members of the CI Global Asset Management (“CI GAM”) team, joined Keith Wu, Head, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), to close the market and celebrate the launch of their two new ETFs: CI Balanced+ Asset Allocation ETF Fund (TSX: CBAP), CI Equity+ Asset Allocation ETF Fund (TSX: CEQP). The CI Asset Allocation+ ETFs provide strategic, disciplined and globally diversified portfolios designed for today’s more complex market environment. The Funds combine equity and fixed income exposure with additional diversifiers – allocations to gold and bitcoin – to give investors exposure to non-traditional asset classes. Powered by CI GAM’s in‑house expertise, the series offers institutional‑level execution with a 0% management fee until June 30, 2026. The Funds are available in both mutual fund and ETF series. CI GAM is one of Canada’s largest ETF providers, with approximately $23 billion in ETF assets under management as of December 31, 2025. The lineup includes 94 ETFs across beta, smart beta, asset allocation, managed volatility, active, liquid alternatives, digital assets, covered calls, cash management, ESG and thematic strategies. CI Global Asset Management is a registered business name of CI Investments Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CI Financial Corp.

Lisa Zarzeczny, Chief Executive Officer, Elevate, her team, along with the 2026 CIX Startup Award Recipients, joined Dani Lipkin, Managing Director, Global Innovation Sector, Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), to open the market to promote the 2026 CIX Summit and celebrate the winners of the CIX Startup Awards. CIX, powered by Elevate, stands as Canada’s premier startup awards program and investment summit, uniting Canadian tech founders, global investors, and industry advisors. The upcoming prestigious CIX Summit showcases the nation’s most promising emerging, early and growth-stage tech companies, driving new investment deals and fostering innovation. Scheduled for March 25, 2026, in Toronto, the CIX Summit offers unparalleled networking opportunities, one-on-one meetings, and expert advice, featuring the highest concentration of startup executives and capital providers in Canada.