Richardson GMP
DECEMBER 2017

Welcome to the December edition of our monthly newsletter. As you are no doubt busy preparing for the holiday season, we are busy ensuring that all of the considerations surrounding the end of another tax year are handled on your behalf. We would like to take this opportunity to point out a couple of housekeeping matters:

Holiday office hours

December 27th is the last trading day in Canada and the U.S. for equity market transactions to settle in 2017. Canadian and U.S. markets will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Canadian markets are also closed on December 26th.

The Jefferson|Steele office will be closed from 1 pm on December 22nd through January 1st, returning on January 2nd. We will have staff available for contact by phone during that week at our regular numbers, should you have an urgent matter.

We wish you the very best for the holiday season, and hope that you have the opportunity to spend some quality time with family and friends!

All the best,

Dwight, Tyler, Neil, Eddie, Wendy, Brenda, Jessica & Heather

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Dwight Jefferson, CIMA®
Senior Vice President
Portfolio Manager
Tel.: 604.640.0555 • Email

Tyler Steele, CFA
Senior Vice President
Portfolio Manager
Tel.: 604.640.0554 • Email

Neil Kumar, CIM®
Portfolio Manager
Tel.: 604.640.0406 • Email

Eddie Gudewill, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Tel.: 604.640.0562 • Email

Wendy Lloyd
Associate
Tel.: 604.640.0556 • Email

Jessica Dewey
Associate
Tel.: 604.640.0405 • Email

Brenda Geib, BA
Associate
Tel.: 604.640.0559 • Email

Richardson GMP Limited
500 – 550 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5

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