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CIRCULAR 064-16 May 19, 2016

Weekly Options Expansion of Number of Weekly Options Classes And Classes that Will Graduate to Multiple Weekly Options On November 10, 2015 Bourse de Montréal Inc. (the Bourse) announced, in circular 133-15, the launch of Multiple weekly options as part of the weekly project. This project began on December 4, 2014 (circular 137-14) with the launch of weekly options on ten (10) classes of equity and exchange-traded fund (ETF) options. (For complete list before the changes please refer to: http://www.mx.ca/f_circulaires_en/133-15_en.pdf) The Bourse would like to inform its participants that as of June 1, 2016, the number of weekly option classes will increase from 25 to 30. The number of multiple weekly option classes will increase from 10 to 17. The new weekly options will be listed on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 after the close of markets and will be available for trading as of Thursday, June 2, 2016. The seven option classes that will graduate to multiple weekly options which will be listed on June 2, 2016, in addition to the existing classes, are as follows: BCE Inc. – BCE Canadian Natural Resources Limited – CNQ Encana Corporation – ECA National Bank of Canada - NA Suncor Energy Inc. – SU Teck Resources Limited Cl. B – TCK.B iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index Fund – XIU The five new option classes for which weekly options will be listed on June 2, 2016, in addition to the existing classes, are as follows: Fortis Inc. – FTS Tahoe Resources Inc. – THO Veresen Inc. – VSN iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index – XEG BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Banks Index – ZEB For further information, please contact Gladys Karam, Director, Equity Derivatives, at 514 871-7880 or at [email protected].

Jean-François Bertrand Vice-President, Market Operations, Services and Connectivity, Financial Markets Tour de la Bourse P.O. Box 61, 800 Victoria Square, Montréal, Quebec H4Z 1A9 Telephone: (514) 871-2424 Toll-free within Canada and the U.S.A.: 1 800 361-5353 Website: www.m-x.ca