Mr. Scott Davidson reports

MEDIA ADVISORY: ACCESS TO QUARTERLY AND YEAR-END RESULTS INFORMATION

Canaccord Financial Inc. is scheduled to release its fourth quarter and fiscal 2013 year-end earnings and supplementary financial information on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, after Toronto Stock Exchange market close. Interested investors, the media and other stakeholders may review the earnings release and supplementary financial information at the Canaccord Financial website.

Quarterly conference call and webcast

Interested parties are invited to listen to Canaccord's fourth quarter and fiscal 2013 year-end results conference call with analysts and institutional investors via a live webcast or a toll-free number. The conference call is scheduled for Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time, 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and 10:30 p.m. United Kingdom time, and at 5:30 a.m. China Standard Time and 7:30 a.m. Australia Eastern Standard Time on May 22, 2013. During the call, senior executives will comment on the results and respond to questions from analysts and institutional investors.

The conference call may be accessed live and archived on a listen-only basis via the Canaccord Financial.

Analysts and institutional investors can call in via telephone at:

• 647-427-7450 (within Toronto);
• 1-888-231-8191 (toll-free outside Toronto);
• 0-800-051-7107 (toll-free from the United Kingdom);
• 10-800-714-1191 (toll-free from northern China);
• 10-800-140-1195 (toll-free from southern China);
• 1-800-287-011 (toll-free from Australia).

Please ask to participate in Canaccord Financial's 2013 fourth quarter earnings call. If a passcode is requested, please use 64087786.

A replay of the conference call can be accessed after 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time, 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on May 21, 2013, and after 1:30 a.m. United Kingdom time, 8:30 a.m. China Standard Time and 10:30 a.m. Australia Eastern Standard Time on May 22, 2013, until July 4, 2013, at 416-849-0833 or 1-855-859-2056 by entering passcode 64087786 followed by the pound sign.