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Raj Lala, President and Chief Executive Officer, Evolve ETFs (“Evolve” or the “Company”), and his team joined Keith Wu, Head, Exchange Traded Products, �������� (TSX), to open the market to celebrate the Company's new listing of Evolve Enhanced Yield Mid Term Bond Fund (TSX: MIDB, MIDB.B & MIDB.U). MIDB seeks to provide Unitholders with attractive monthly income and long-term capital appreciation by targeting a medium duration fixed income portfolio by investing primarily in fixed income ETFs or fixed income securities issued in either the United States or Canada. With over $7 billion in assets under management, Evolve specializes in bringing innovative ETFs to Canadian investors. Evolve’s suite of ETFs provide investors with access to: (i) index-based income strategies; (ii) long term investment themes; and (iii) some of the world’s leading investment managers. Established by a team of industry veterans with a demonstrated ability to succeed, Evolve creates investment products that make a difference.

Kyle Murray, Dean of the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University, current students, alumni, and professors, joined John McKenzie, Chief Executive Officer, TMX Group, to close the market to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Student Investment Fund. The Student Investment Fund is a real-money course for undergraduate students interested in the theory and practice of equity valuation. With mentorship from alumni, students engage in a week-by-week study of key aspects of the valuation of a public company. Based on research from hundreds of student analysts over the years, the fund has grown from $125,000 in 2001 to $1.82 million in March 2025. A leader in experiential learning, the Lazaridis School offers Canada’s largest business school co-op program.

Andrea Seale, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Cancer Society, and Christopher Wein, Board of Directors Chair, Canadian Cancer Society, joined Graham MacKenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, �������� (TSX), to open the market to promote the launch of Daffodil Month. With a rich legacy spanning more than 70 years, the Canadian Cancer Society’s Daffodil Month inspires people across the country every April to unite to improve the cancer experience and help people with cancer live longer, fuller lives. Donations fund world-leading cancer research, compassionate support programs and government advocacy to shape public policies for a healthier society. Together with patients, supporters, donors and volunteers, the Canadian Cancer Society works to make life better today and transform the future of cancer forever. Because to take on cancer, it takes all of us. It takes a society.

Bruce Rothney, Chief Executive Officer, Jefferies Securities, Inc. (“Jefferies” or the “Company”), joined John McKenzie, Chief Executive Officer, TMX Group, to open the market to celebrate the Company becoming a Trading Firm on TSX, TSXV, and Alpha. Jefferies opened JSINC, a Broker Dealer in Canada as part of an international expansion of its core Wall Street operations and will offer investment-banking and capital-markets services to its Canadian corporate, institutional and government clients. Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 47 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments. Founded in 1962, Jefferies started as a single office in Los Angeles focused on trading institutional equities. The company has now expanded its services to include investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset management and wealth management with presence in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.