12 | TMX Reconciliation Action Plan Pillar 1: Capital Realignment 1. Working in partnership with other organizations, we will co-create and facilitate access to information for Indigenous entrepreneurs and investors about Canadian public markets. • We will work with Indigenous organizations to adapt materials and programs that TMX Group currently offers to make them more accessible and available to Indigenous entrepreneurs and investors. 2. We will foster more relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous entrepreneurs and investors. • We will act as a facilitator to share knowledge with investors about Indigenous businesses. • We will look to offer support for interested Indigenous companies to learn more about and access our Canadian exchanges. This will include: – Support for Indigenous companies interested in the listing process. – Profiling Indigenous companies at events, including investor days. – Profiling procurement opportunities and the services of Indigenous companies at investor days. – Supporting listing strategies that make sense for Indigenous businesses, which may include: ■ Facilitating the use of dual-class share structures that preserve Indigenous ownership and decision-making within Indigenous businesses; and ■ Exploring opportunities through our Capital Pool Company program to support Indigenous businesses listing on the TSX Venture Exchange. • We will provide resources to Indigenous investors, including community capital corporations, about investing in the public markets. 3. We will use our position at the centre of Canada’s capital markets to highlight the work of public companies and other market participants engaged in reconciliation. • We will seek opportunities to develop indices that allow for the purchase of an investment vehicle that profiles reconciliation activities, when created by an issuer. – In partnership with CCIB, we have created the VettaFi Canadian Council for Indigenous Business PAIR Index, which tracks the performance of public companies who have committed to continual improvement in Indigenous relations and to working across cultures. Companies with higher levels of PAIR certification/ commitment are given higher weight multipliers in the index. – We will explore opportunities to create indices that profile companies engaged in and excelling at Indigenous Reconciliation. • We will work with Indigenous investors and investment groups to tailor indices and solutions to their investment interests. • We will work with partners to create investor days for Indigenous investors. 4. W e will support Indigenous procurement at TMX through a procurement guideline that aims to create opportunities for Indigenous businesses. • We will engage with Indigenous companies and organizations to expand our Indigenous suppliers list. • We will follow industry best practices to ensure the suppliers we work with are authentic Indigenous businesses. • We will profile Indigenous suppliers we work with through our owned media channels. 5. Through our TSX Trust business, we will continue to pursue opportunities to support financing for Indigenous community investments and business initiatives. • We will leverage our experience and industry relationships to create and support new opportunities in project finance, including public-private partnerships.
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