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Harry Winston debuts on the NYSE

November 19, 2007

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New York—Securities for diamond giant Harry Winston started trading today on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol HWD.

Up until Friday, the company was traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market as Aber Diamond Corp. (NASDAQ: ABER).

The company will now be known as Harry Winston Diamond Corp.

It will continue to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange with a new ticker symbol, HW.

"The exchange is privileged to welcome Harry Winston, a leading luxury brand and the world's largest publicly traded diamond company, to our family of companies listed on the NYSE," NYSE Euronext Chief Executive Officer John A. Thains said in a statement. "We look forward to providing Harry Winston with the superior services, liquidity and brand visibility associated with listing on the NYSE."

Robert Gannicott, chairman and chief executive officer of Harry Winston, said the company is "excited" to make the jump from the NASDAQ to the NYSE.

"The new listing and our new name represent the beginning of the next successful chapter for our company," he said.

Harry Winston Diamond Corp. is involved in both the mining and retail aspects of the diamond industry. The company supplies rough diamonds to the global market from its 40 percent interest in the Diavik Diamond Mine in Canada's Northwest Territories. The company's retail division, Harry Winston Inc., has stores in Beijing, London, New York, Paris, Tokyo and Beverly Hills, Calif.
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