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Shares issued:  Class A - 168,222,323    Class B - 31,510,782

 

Halifax, Nova Scotia, December 16, 2008 (TSX: HII.A & HII.B and NYSE Euronext: HII (the "Shares") - Richard Homburg, Chairman and CEO of Homburg Invest Inc. ("Homburg Invest") is pleased to announce that the shares of Homburg Invest including the Class A Subordinate Voting Shares (the "Class A") and the Class B Multiple Voting Shares (the "Class B") will begin trading today on the TSX on a post-consolidated basis.  Homburg Invest further expects that the Class A shares of Homburg Invest will begin trading on the NYSE Euronext on a post-consolidated basis by the end of this week.

 

The Class A and Class B post-consolidated shares will trade in Canada under different CUSIP/ISIN numbers than pre-consolidated Class A shares trading on the NYSE Euronext which will continue to use the old CUSIP/ISIN numbers until the NYSE Euronext completes its administrative changes to its trading platform.  Until NYSE Euronext completes its database changes, Canada will trade on a post-consolidated basis and Europe will trade on a pre-consolidated basis.

 

Homburg Invest, with its head office in Halifax, Nova Scotia, owns and develops a diversified portfolio of quality real estate including office, retail, industrial and residential apartment and townhouse properties throughout Canada, the United States and Europe.

 

 

 

Mr. Richard Homburg,

Chairman and CEO

Homburg Invest Inc.

902-468-3395

 

or

 

J. Richard Stolle

President and COO

Homburg Invest Inc.

31-20-573-3855

 

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