TSX Group discontinuing the “special voting” stock symbol program extension.

Effective May 2006, the “special voting” stock symbol extension program introduced in 2004 to indicate unique voting structures has been discontinued by TSX Group’s equity exchanges (Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange).

Eg. The symbol for Bombardier, BBD.SV.B, will be changed to BBD.B.

The following voting structure identifiers will no longer be used:
NV – non-voting shares
MV – multiple-voting shares
SV – subordinate-voting shares
LV – limited-voting shares
RV – restricted-voting shares

Non-convertible note securities will be identified by the note identifier extension – NT.

Please find attached a complete schedule (excel format) outlining the migration. These changes will be made throughout the months of May and June 2006. You may also retrieve the complete list of all securities listed on TSX and TSX Venture affected by this change on www.tsx.com. If you have any questions about this information or the changes, please contact TSX at info@tsx.com.

Note: All Canadian open orders using these "special voting" stock symbol extensions will be cancelled by the exchanges. BMO InvestorLine will be automatically resubmitting your cancelled order with the new trading symbol for your convenience.