Market Opens

Prashant Matta, General Partners, Panache Ventures (Company), along with other general partners and the CEOs of their portfolio companies, joined Dani Lipkin, Managing Director, Global Innovation Sector, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market to celebrate the Company’s continued success in seeding Canada's most innovative technology startups. Panache Ventures is a leading early-stage venture capital fund, uniquely positioned with a coast-to-coast presence and extensive networks across Canada and the US. Led by a team of experienced operators and fund managers, Panache Ventures invests in visionary entrepreneurs and helps them transform their ideas into successful high-growth companies. With a founders-first philosophy, the fund co-invests alongside top global venture firms and draws on a wide network of operational expertise. The fund also provides a unique platform where experienced investors and successful founders come together to share insights and methodologies about building and scaling technology startups.

Angela Sahi, President and Chief Operating Officer, Morguard Corporation (“Morguard” or the “Company”) (TSX: MRC), and her team, joined Dani Lipkin, Managing Director, Global Innovation Sector, Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), to close the market and celebrate the Company’s 60+ years listing anniversary on TSX – originally as Acklands Limited, renamed Morguard Corporation in 2002 – and 50-year anniversary of Morguard Investments Limited. Morguard, a fully integrated real estate company with $18.7 billion in assets under management and 1,100 professionals, owns, manages, develops, and provides advisory services to high-quality, well-located assets across North America. Morguard also currently owns a 67.0% interest in Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust and a 47.9% effective interest in Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust. For half a century, Morguard has dedicated themselves to creating value, fostering partnerships, and delivering excellence across North America.

Vlad Tasevski, Chief Innovation Officer, Purpose Investments (“Purpose” or the “Company”) and his team, joined Keith Wu, Head, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market to celebrate the Company's new listing of the Purpose XRP ETF (TSX: XRPP). The Purpose XRP ETF offers Canadian investors direct spot exposure to XRP, the digital asset powering fast, low-cost cross-border payments via the XRP Ledger. XRPP joins Purpose’s comprehensive digital asset suite, which includes the world’s first spot Bitcoin ETF and a range of other innovative crypto strategies. With institutional-grade dual custody, XRPP is designed for real-world portfolios seeking regulated access to one of the most-requested digital assets. Purpose Investments is an asset management company with over $24 billion in assets under management, focused on client-centric innovation across ETFs and investment funds. Purpose is a division of Purpose Unlimited, an independent financial technology company led by entrepreneur Som Seif.

Nathalie Megann, CPIR, President & Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Investor Relations Institute (“CIRI”) along with members of the capital market community, joined Berk Sumen, CPIR, Managing Director, TSX and TSX Venture Exchange Company Services, to close the market to celebrate the start of CIRI’s 38th Annual Investor Relations Conference. CIRI's Annual Conference is the second-largest gathering of IR practitioners in the world. Over two days of programming, the conference will bring together industry leaders and IR experts that offer their views and advice during numerous breakout sessions, panel discussions and presentations. CIRI is a professional, not-for-profit association of executives responsible for communication between public corporations, investors and the financial community. With four Chapters and close to 400 members across Canada, CIRI is the world’s third-largest society of investor relations professionals.