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CIRI Welcomes Business Wire as a National Strategic Partner

"We are pleased to have Business Wire come on board as a National Strategic Partner, our highest level of sponsorship," said Tom Enright, president & ceo of CIRI. "It is because of our partners and sponsors, like Business Wire, that CIRI can continue to advance the practice of investor relations and deliver a valuable membership proposition."

"CIRI is an important voice for the investor relations community in Canada," said Darlene Webb, country manager, Canada, of Business Wire. "Partnering with CIRI dovetails with our commitment to promoting best practice investor relations around the globe," said Webb. She noted that Business Wire will be sponsoring the fourth edition of CIRI's Standards & Guidance for Disclosure later this month.

CIRI launched the National Strategic Partner program in 2004. Business Wire is CIRI's fourth National Strategic Partner joining other investor relations service providers. CIRI offers several levels of sponsorship including National Strategic Partner, Platinum, Gold and Silver.

About CIRI

CIRI is a professional, not-for-profit association of executives responsible for communication between public corporations, investors and the financial community. CIRI contributes to the transparency and integrity of the Canadian capital market by advancing the practice of investor relations, the professional competency of its members and the stature of the profession. With more than 600 members, CIRI is the world's second largest society of investor relations professionals. For further information, please visit CIRI.org.

About Business Wire

Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, celebrates its 50^th anniversary in 2011 as the global leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure. Public relations and investor relations professionals rely on Business Wire for both broad-based and targeted market reach. A recognized disclosure service in the United States, Canada and a dozen European countries, Business Wire handles XBRL tagging, document formatting and regulatory filing into EDGAR, SEDAR and other systems. Business Wire provides online newsroom hosting and integration services as well as search engine optimization, mobile distribution and detailed measurement on every press release. Its patented NX delivery platform provides simultaneous full-text posting of Business Wire content to news systems and websites in virtually any country or language. With 31 bureaus worldwide, Business Wire offers local service and global reach.

Learn more at BusinessWire.com and the BusinessWired blog; follow updates on Twitter: @businesswire or on Facebook.

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CIRI
Réjane Wilson, 416-364-8200 x 224
Senior Manager Communications & Professional Development
rwilson@ciri.org
or
Business Wire Canada
Darlene Webb, +1-416-593-0208
Country Manager, Canada
darlene.webb@businesswire.com