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FAQ's

How are stock splits handled?
All per share data (earnings and price range) is adjusted for stock splits and consolidations, and a note is provided when this has been done. As a result, if a company was trading at $10 per share, and the stock subsequently split on a 2-new-for-1-old basis, that historical $10 price would be adjusted to $5, as you now have twice as many shares as you held before the split. Likewise, if the stock was consolidated on a 1-new-for-5-old basis, that historical $10 price would now be $50, as you now have only 1/5 the number of shares as you held before the consolidation. If you want to know the actual historical trading price, just do the arithmetic to un-adjust.

How many companies are covered in the Surveys?
Survey of Mines and Energy Resources = 2,088 main listings + 928 At Last Report (ALR) + 22 Receiverships Survey of Industrials = 2,155 main listings plus 866 At Last Report (ALR) + 50 Receiverships

What were the cut-off dates for information in the Surveys?
Survey of Mines and Energy – August 2, 2009 Survey of Industrials – August 2, 2009. Recent Close – Date for recent close was July 31, 2009.

What are the sources for the Survey data?
We gather our information from corporate reports (annuals and interims, prospectuses, listing and filing statements, and news releases), newswires, company websites, SEDAR, Ontario Securities Commission's filings, stock exchange bulletins, price feeds from stock exchanges, plus solicitations to the companies via data forms, telephone calls, faxes and email.

How do you ensure the data is accurate?
Our skilled staff of analysts updates the database continually from a variety of sources, checking one against the other. Our computer system highlights all changes for a quality control check by experienced staff members. Data forms showing the listing are mailed to each company annually for update. When all the data is drawn together for the Survey books, the resulting extract is proofread again.

What happens after the data is input and checked?
Corporate data is input to our databases on a daily basis throughout the entire year. The Survey extract is only one of many electronic and print extracts performed on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc basis. Our Securities database provides the CUSIP, Listing, Pricing and Dividend information. Our Corporate database is further divided into text and financial data. The Survey extract picks up selected fields, abbreviates, formats, and supplies major headings and typesetting commands, and then delivers this information to the pre-press stage which creates the actual typeset pages and the index.

What are the unique features of our database?

• Single entry of data means that each data element is entered once, checked carefully, then used in a variety of formats for a variety of extracts. Duplication of entry is removed, and accuracy is improved.
• Quality control is system-driven, with changed items highlighted for checking by experienced staff. Balance checks are provided for financials, ensuring that entries add to both sub-totals and totals, with year-to-year checks on key figures.
• Financials are coded to pre-defined categories, which ensures consistency within the database from company to company, and also permits the calculation of ratios and % changes.
• Financial tables are provided in different flavours for different industry-reporting styles; in addition to the basic style, there are special financial templates for banks, trust, real estate, insurance and management (both regular and non-time format).

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