FirstService

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FirstService Corporation

Type of Company	Public NASDAQ: FSRV TSX: FSV.sv
Founded	Toronto, Canada (1988)
Headquarters	Toronto, Canada
Key people	Jay S. Hennick, Founder D. Scott Patterson, President and Chief Operating Officer John B. Friedrichsen, Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
Industry	Residential Property Management Commercial Real Estate Integrated Security Services Property Improvement Services Business Services
Revenue	$1.068 billion USD (Year Ended March 2006)
Employees	12,000 (2006)
Website	www.FirstService.com

FirstService Corporation is a leader in the rapidly growing service sector, serving customers in the following areas: Residential Property Management; Commercial Real Estate; Integrated Security Services; Property Improvement Services; and Business Services. With a business model based on decentralized operations and management ownership, FirstService drives growth through internal initiatives and selective acquisitions.

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Brands include Continental, Wentworth and Prime Management in residential property management; Colliers International in commercial real estate; Intercon Security and Security Services and Technologies ("SST") in integrated security services; California Closets, Paul Davis Restoration, Pillar to Post Home Inspection, CertaPro and College Pro Painters in property improvement. Resolve Business Outsourcing Trust has been spun off as its own public company and is no longer part of FirstService.

It was announced in the Globe and Mail on June 27th, 2005 that former Ontario Premier Mike Harris will be appointed to the Board of Directors of FirstService Corporation.

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Current members of the board of directors of FirstService Corporation are: David R. Beatty, Brendan Calder, Peter F. Cohen, Bernard I. Ghert, Michael D. Harris, Jay S. Hennick, and Steven S. Rogers.