TSX Datalinx Distributing CanDeal Data And Information Through Thomson Financial - Agreement Sees Information To Go On Thomson ONE Terminals Further Access And Visibility For Debt Market Transparency In Canada

TSX Datalinx has signed an agreement with Thomson Financial to distribute CanDeal's real-time market data to traders and investors across Canada and around the Globe. Under the terms of the agreement, Thomson will provide CanDeal pricing to Thomson ONE Yield users globally, and will make the data available to all retail users of Thomson ONE in Canada. Thomson Financial, a leading provider of information technology solutions to the global financial community, is an operating unit of the Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC, NYSE: TOC). Thomson ONE is a flexible, open application framework that dynamically integrates data and applications from Thomson, proprietary and third party sources to a single user interface.

The CanDeal data contains the best real-time market data taken from Canada's six major domestic investment dealers. CanDeal's real-time market data is the most timely, complete and accurate view of where these dealers are valuing all domestic Government of Canada bonds and Treasury Bills and a wide range of Provincial and Corporate issues. TSX Datalinx uses its LinxPointOne data distribution product to deliver and manage the CanDeal Market Data offering to Thomson and a number of other leading data vendors.

Jim Fiesel, executive vice president, Thomson Financial, said, "Through this arrangement and the addition of CanDeal data through TSX Datalinx, Thomson ONE Yield has further strengthened its market data, with a first-rate source of Canadian fixed income pricing. It is exciting to be in a position to truly expand our presence in Canada and the rest of the world as we continue to grow the Thomson ONE offering. This is a major step forward for our Canadian fixed-income strategy."

"We are pleased that Thomson has signed this distribution agreement. This arrangement will provide Thomson with a superior Canadian fixed income data product," said Jayson Horner, President and CEO of CanDeal. "CanDeal's prices and trading platform are utilized by institutional market professionals all across Canada and now CanDeal Market Data will broaden its reach to significantly enhance market transparency."

"This Thomson deal is very important for us," said Eric Sinclair, Senior Vice-President of TSX Datalinx. "It further expands the distribution of CanDeal data on LinxPointOne - and acknowledges that LinxPointOne provides our clients with a comprehensive distribution network to reach critical end users of market data right around the world."

To obtain information on CanDeal data access, please contact John Andrew at 416-947-4289, by e-mail john.andrew@tsxdatalinx.com or Michelle Tran at 416-947-4583, by e-mail michelle.tran@tsxdatalinx.com.