My name is Chuck Winograd, and I am Chair of the Board and Directors of TMX Group Limited. As prescribed by our bylaws, I will preside as Chair of this annual and special meeting of TMX Group Shareholders. Joining me on the podium are John McKenzie, the CEO, David Arnold, the CFO, and Cheryl Graden, the corporation's Chief Legal and Enterprise Corporate Affairs Officer and Corporate Secretary. Also joining us are most of my fellow directors, members of senior management and our auditor, KPMG LLP. We are delighted to welcome some of you today in-person, and we also welcome some of you joining us virtually by webcast. We thank you for your interest in the affairs of the corporation. I'm also pleased to welcome many employees of the company, most of whom are also shareholders of the company.
I would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which the TMX Group operates in Toronto is the traditional territory of the many nations, including the Mississauga of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. As an organization with a natural footprint and operations across the country, we are grateful for the rich indigenous history, traditions, and contributions to Canada. I now formally call the meeting to order, and with the consent of the meeting request, Cheryl Graden to ask to act as secretary of the meeting and respond to any questions during the meeting regarding procedural matters. Our goal is to ensure that shareholders joining us virtually are able to participate fully in the meeting.
Shareholders and proxy holders who have logged in to the TSX Trust web platform with their control numbers may ask questions during the meeting by clicking on the Ask a Question button displayed on their screens and following instructions to submit them in writing. Our corporate secretary, Cheryl Graden, will receive all questions submitted. I encourage you to submit your questions as early as possible so that we may address them at the right moment during the meeting. We would ask that anyone present and person at the meeting who wishes to speak, do so through one of the microphones that are available so that those participating through the Internet can hear.
We would ask that questions or comments, whether submitted online or in person, be related to the matters currently before the meeting. We will do our best to respond to all your questions during the meeting. If there are questions pertinent to meeting matters that are unanswered this afternoon due to time constraints, management will post answers to a represented set of such questions online. Members of the media are permitted to attend this meeting. However, they may not participate in the meeting. Following the meeting, members of the media may reach out to Shane Quinn, Vice President, Corporate Communications and Brand Reputation, or Catherine Kee, Senior Manager of Corporate Communications and Media Relations, with any questions for John McKenzie or David Arnold. Pursuant to a resolution of the board, I appoint TSX Trust Company by its representative, Steven Nugent, to act as scrutineer of the meeting.
The scrutineer will report on the number of voting shares represented in person or by proxy at this meeting and will compute the votes on the ballot statement. Before proceeding further, I would like to say a few words about the shareholders who have signed and delivered proxies to the meeting. Only registered shareholders who hold the shares on March 13, 2023, and those persons appointed as proxies for those shareholders are entitled to vote and participate in the meeting. If any shareholder or proxy holder who is present in person has not yet registered his or her attendance with TSX Trust Company, please do so now. Representatives of TSX Trust Company, the company's registrar and transfer agent are outside the room and have a list of shareholders as of March 13, 2023.
Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders who have logged in to the TSX Trust web platform with their control numbers and who have not voted and wish to vote during the meeting, may vote live throughout the meeting until voting is closed. The matters to be dealt with at this meeting include the reappointment of the corporation's auditor, the election of directors for the coming year, the approval on an advisory basis of our approach to executive compensation, and the approval of our proposal for a 5-for-1 stock swap. All of these matters have been set out in the notice of annual meeting and special meeting and in the Management Information Circular made available to all shareholders in advance of the meeting.
In advance of the formal business of meeting, I would now like to take a few moments to share perspectives on the past year for TMX, and also to briefly reflect on my tenure as chair. TMX achieved positive results in 2022 and made significant progress in key enterprise initiatives despite profound and sustained challenges across our operating environment. The company's performance highlights the benefits of a diversified and stress-tested operating model, the depth of strength across business areas, and the commitment of TMX's people to serving our shareholders with excellence. I wanna thank TMX's partners across our interconnected stakeholder community for helping to ensure our markets continue to perform their important core function in generating economic growth and opportunity.
In 2022, the board and senior management focused on steps to build on TMX's track record, including advancing our long-term global growth strategy and refining the company's long-term business and transformational objectives. TMX also made important progress during the year in the pursuit of our sustainability and ESG goals. The company is committed to ongoing ED&I initiatives, placing a high priority on enhancing employee culture and building TMX's reputation as a diverse and inclusive workplace. Pending the expected outcome of today's vote, this is my final shareholders' meeting as TMX Chair and as a member of the board of directors. It has been, for me, a privilege to serve as TMX Group Chair for more than a decade, and certainly one of the highlights of my career in the financial services industry.
I have been fortunate to work alongside a dedicated group of directors and senior leaders, past and present, through an exciting phase in this great company's history. The capital markets landscape, like the world around us, has changed dramatically since 2012. The company has grown both organically and by acquisition over time as well, expanding the range of product offerings across our business areas, while also increasing our global presence. Along the way, some sizable geographic, geopolitical, environmental, and social challenges have arisen. We've also had a global pandemic. Like any modern company, TMX has embraced change to navigate these challenges and to keep pace. The company is constantly pursuing ways to meet the needs of our global client and stakeholder base while never losing focus on performing TMX's important role at the heart of Canadian capital markets.
In 2023, this homegrown Canadian institution with 170 years of service is also a compelling innovation story poised for continued success. I wanna recognize TMX's excellent senior management team, led by CEO John McKenzie, and thank all of our employees for their outstanding efforts over this year and past years. Moving forward, there is no doubt in my mind that TMX has the necessary talent, discipline, and commitment to build on an impressive track record of success. In closing, I wanna thank all of my fellow board members, past and present, for their important contributions to TMX's success over the years. We are pleased to nominate Ava Yaskiel. You gotta stand. You didn't have to stand. As a new director at today's meeting.
I also want to take a moment to welcome Luc Bertrand in his new role as chair. Luc's expert industry insights, outstanding business acumen, and commitment to strong governance have been tremendous assets to TMX's board of directors over the years. I am confident that under his leadership as the new chair, and with strong contributions from fellow directors, the board will continue to guide the company forward with clear vision and purpose and integrity.
Finally, I want to express my appreciation to TMX's shareholders and our vast group of stakeholders across the capital markets ecosystem for their support and partnership and progress. It is an industry I have dedicated my professional life to and one that I take immense personal pride in serving. I will be following with great interest as TMX continues to innovate and adapt, evolve and grow to serve this dynamic marketplace with excellence into the future.
Thank you very much for letting me serve this company. I will now ask John McKenzie to make some remarks.
With your leave, Mr. Chair, I'll take the podium.
Go ahead. I'm gonna have a bit of.
Well, Chuck Winograd, thank you very much, and hello and good afternoon, everyone. Joining us here today in the TMX Market Centre, first time having our AGM here, our showcase space here at Toronto headquarters, and also to all those are with us virtually via the webcast. Thank you for attending today's hybrid meeting. On behalf of all of us at TMX, I want to wish you the very best to you and your families.
Thank you for attending today's hybrid meeting.
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On behalf of all of us at TMX, I want to wish you and yours a warm welcome.
I'm already gonna go off script, and I apologize for that to the people that actually wrote it. I think it's remiss if we didn't actually take a moment to recognize all that we have been through and the fact that we are now sitting here in this site today, which was built during COVID, with always the intention of being a centerpiece for the marketplace where companies could celebrate their moments and their events and their histories, and the chance that we can use it for the first time ourselves to celebrate the retirement of our chair, I think is an extra special way for us to be here for the first time.
My comments today will focus on TMX Group's performance in 2022, a year in which we made some very important strides to enhance our ability to serve stakeholders throughout the capital markets ecosystem here in Canada and around the world, to advance the evolution of our company to compete in global marketplaces and accelerate our long-term growth strategy. Looking back on 2022, it's no surprise that this was a difficult year for a very broad spectrum of our stakeholders and clients. As Chuck said earlier, geopolitical events, macroeconomic conditions, including high interest rates, escalating inflationary pressures, have negatively impacted a wide range of industries and people across our communities. These factors have also had an adverse effect on the capital markets activity and stifled economic growth.
While some of these challenges persist into the early parts of 2023, we are certainly seeing signs of renewal in key areas. In my view, we have very good reason to be optimistic. Over time, and in every time, our ecosystem has proven resilient through turbulent markets and tumultuous world events. Our Canadian markets, quite frankly, are the best in the world. They are deep and diverse. They are fair and transparent, innovative and responsive. To our valued stakeholders and clients across the globe, thank you. Thank you for your crucial contributions to this track record of success and your ongoing partnership. Turning now to our performance. We did deliver positive results in 2022. TMX's balanced dynamic business model performed extremely well under such difficult circumstances.
Overall, TMX revenue grew 14% year-over-year, despite decreased capital markets activity when compared to a record-setting 2021. Our growth was driven by higher revenue from derivatives trading and clearing global solutions and insights, including Trayport, TMX Datalinx and capital formation. The increased revenue included CAD 118.5 million of revenue from BOX, consolidated in January of 2022, of which 52.1% relates to non-controlling interest in BOX, reflected also contributions from recent acquisitions, as Chuck mentioned, including AST Canada, Tradesignal, Wall Street Horizon. On an adjusted basis, 2022 delivered earnings per share with CAD 7.13, a slight increase from 2021. Our total operating expenses increased 21% compared to 2021, 4% when you exclude those expenses related to BOX, AST Canada, Tradesignal, and Wall Street Horizon.
Moving on to each of the business areas. Revenue from our capital formation business increased 1% from 2021, reflecting the inclusion of revenue from AST Canada and the higher revenue from sustained listing fees. The year-over-year increase was largely offset by lower revenue from additional listing fees due to the lower number of financing transactions and a decrease in the dollars of capital that were raised on TSX and TSX Venture. Despite the severe challenges posed by higher interest rates, inflationary pressure, and increased volatility on capital raising conditions, our public market ecosystem again proved very resilient.
While the number of new listings was down from near all-time highs we reached in 2021, we continued to add new companies to our market, and the overall number of listings grew for the 7th consecutive year, a feat that is unrivaled by exchanges around the world. Although IPOs often gather all the headlines, they're not the only way to join our markets. In fact, most companies choose a different vehicle to go public in Canada. In 2022, we welcomed 257 new listings to our market via other means, including 71 additions to TSX Venture Exchange's signature Capital Pool Company program. While these often constitute smaller sized entry-level transactions, small companies grow into big companies. This is what sets the Canada's markets apart from anyone else in the world. We do this better than any other country.
TSX Venture Exchange is the foundation of our powerful two-tiered marketplace and a proven growth accelerator. In fact, 22% of the S&P/TSX Composite Index components are TSX Venture graduates. In 2022, we embarked on a collaborative stakeholder-driven initiative called Venture Forward. This is a program designed to ensure that the public venture market remains a key differentiator and competitive advantage for the future. Last summer, we canvassed the venture community to identify priority near and longer-term challenges in the marketplace, and we plan to announce next steps in the coming months. In all conditions, we continue our efforts to expand our global listings franchise with business development campaigns targeting growth companies that fit the profile of our markets in regions throughout the world.
On a combined basis, TSX and TSX Venture ranked number three in listings and number three in new international listings amongst global exchanges during 2022. This is according to data from the World Federation of Exchanges. As many of you are aware, I know some of you in the room are definitely aware that we talked to this morning, we reported Q1 results last night. While revenue for capital formation decreased slightly from Q1 of last year, reflecting this lower capital raising activity, but again, our public market remained resilient. Our TSX and TSX Venture teams remain closely engaged with the deal-making community, and we have a number of go-public prospects, companies across a range of sectors in our near-term pipeline poised to join our markets when conditions normalize. Let me turn to our derivatives market.
Excluding BOX, revenue from derivatives trading and clearing in 2022 increased slightly from the previous year, driven by higher revenue from CDCC. Total volume and contracts trading on MX was slightly up compared with 2021, and overall open interest grew substantially, up 18% at December 31st compared to the end of 2021, often a leading indicator of future growth. While sustained volatility across equities and fixed income markets has a negative impact on volumes traded in some of MX's core products, including the BAX contract, investors increasingly turn to other derivative instruments to manage exposures through the turbulence of 2022, leading to strong year-over-year growth in equity futures and options. A couple of highlights. 18% growth in volumes traded in our equity options. 43% growth in volumes traded in our ETF options. 14% growth in volumes traded in our index futures.
We also saw significant growth momentum in MX's Government of Canada bond futures contracts during 2022, as they continue to gain in profile among global investors. Volumes increased 126% in the CGZ, which is the two-year contract, and another 28% in the CGF, our five-year contract, when compared with 2021. Derivatives growth continued to accelerate into the first quarter of 2023. E xcluding BOX, revenue from derivatives trading and clearing increased 14% from Q1 last year, driven by higher revenue from both MX and CDCC due to higher volumes traded and cleared. MX total volume increased 15% compared to Q1 2022, and overall open interest grew substantially year-over-year of 22% at March 31, 2023, compared to the end of the first quarter last year.
Now looking to the future, Canada's primary benchmark interest rate is about to change. By next year, most of the world's jurisdictions, including Canada, will have fully transitioned from IBOR to a new risk-free alternative benchmark. Preparing the industry for transition from CDOR to the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate, or CORA, ahead of the scheduled cessation in June 2024, is a key priority for our team. In connection, we are working to ensure a smooth transition from our signature BAX contract to the new three-month CORA futures or CRA contract. Now if you want, I'll move to global solutions, insights and analytics, which we call GSIA. Revenue in this business increased 4% from 2021, reflecting higher revenue from both Trayport and TMX Datalinx.
Trayport grew 5% or 12% in the common currency GBP when compared to 2021, driven by a 16% increase in our trader subscribers and annual price adjustments. Our continued efforts to expand the depth of trading tools, insights, and solutions across the core Joule network has enabled Trayport to provide essential support for the energy market participants navigating severe volatility over the past couple of years. Trayport's augmented this trading experience for its growing client base in 2022 with the signing of a partnership agreement and the acquisition of a minority interest in Ventriks Ltd, a cloud data technology company that offers a platform for data acquisition, integration, and business intelligence.
Since the beginning of 2022, Trayport has added more than 60 new clients in core and new growth areas. Our global diversification strategy made continued progress in 2022, pursuing opportunities to move into new asset classes and geographies. Trayport's strong growth continued into the first quarter of this year, with revenue up 12% or 14% in GBP compared to Q1 of 2022, driven by a 9% increase in our trader subscribers and annual price adjustments. Staying with GSIA, revenue from TMX Datalinx increased by 4% from 2021 due to revenue from data feeds, co-location, analytics, and price adjustments. Our Datalinx revenue also included CAD 1 million in new revenue from Wall Street Horizon, which was acquired in November of 2022.
The Boston-based company is a leading provider of global corporate event datasets to traders, portfolio managers, and academics. As we continue to pursue new ways to expand our information services business and to connect to our global client base to key information that they need to gain a competitive edge. We kicked off 2023 with the acquisition of approximately 21% of the common equity of VettaFi Holdings, a global indices and ETF service provider for $175 million. This investment includes a really important commercial agreement. Our investment in and partnership with VettaFi enables us to increase the depth and the value of the data-driven insights we provide to clients, enhance our digital capabilities, and enrich our leading support for the ETF community. Our growth momentum in TMX Datalinx continued into the first quarter of this year.
TMX Datalinx revenue increased 16% compared to Q1 2022 due to higher revenue from data feeds, benchmarks and indices, colocation analytics, and price adjustments. Q1 also included $1.7 million from Wall Street Horizon, as I mentioned, acquired in the last quarter of last year. In February this year, we acquired SigmaLogic, a U.S. fintech firm providing advanced analytics and portfolio tools to the wealth management industry. While the revenue contribution of this was modest in Q1, just over ten days ago, we completed the next step in our information strategy with the sale of SigmaLogic to VettaFi. This latest deal, made in exchange for additional common equity of VettaFi, builds on our initial investment, enhances the value of our partnership as we work together to bring more client-centric index and benchmark products into Canada.
These recent investments help to build on TMX's information assets and expertise, increase our global footprint, and accelerate our long-term sustainable growth strategy. We've a proven track record and a proud 170-plus year history at the forefront of industry progress. The expansion of our information business is the next step in the evolution of TMX. In addition to that, we have a very strong balance sheet. We have smart, dedicated people working together for a united purpose, to make markets better and empower bold ideas, and we are committed to seeing it through. I'd like to take the moment right now, again, as Chuck said, many of our employees are shareholders, sincerely thank our people for bringing TMX's corporate purpose to life and the work that they do every single day.
In addition to an excellent year from a business performance perspective, in keeping with that corporate purpose, TMX made significant strides in our ongoing sustainability initiatives in 2022. Trayport launched the Voluntary Climate Marketplace in collaboration with IncubEx, a platform for companies to trade carbon credits and fulfill net zero carbon commitments. Trayport also acts as the aggregator for a growing global network of more than a dozen environmental markets, including AirCarbon, Nodal, and the EEX. TMX Datalinx introduced an ESG Data Hub designed to deliver ESG data to global clients, including investors and corporations, to support investment decisions. We expanded the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange's ESG Issuer Education Program to include comprehensive ESG one-on-one content from industry thought leaders and valuable insights from Indigenous relations experts.
I wanna update you now on our progress on a shareholder-led initiative we undertook in 2021 to improve indigenous relations and inclusion at TMX. In 2022, I'm proud to say that we completed phase one of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, or CCAB's, Progressive Aboriginal Relations Certificate program. While there is still much work to do on our reconciliation plan, TMX is committed to the journey to reconciliation and focused on what we can do uniquely to make a meaningful difference. We now include ESG goals and objectives in the performance assessments and determination of incentives for our senior executives. We are working to enable more access and better opportunities to indigenous entrepreneurs and businesses. We have structures in place to facilitate indigenous-controlled companies to access public markets, and we are actively engaged with prospects in a collaborative effort to bring them to market.
Before I close, I do want to touch on another important stakeholder partnership. In 2022, TMX Group and the ICD co-sponsored a report called Charting the Future of Canadian Governance: A Principled Approach to Navigating Rising Expectations for Boards of Directors. This is a product of more than two years of work by a committee of leading corporate directors and governance experts from across the country. The new report outlines recommendations for ensuring Canadian boards are equipped to effectively navigate the modern landscape.
The board of directors, as the ultimate governors of companies across our unique Canadian ecosystem, has much to consider, including corporate performance, their shareholders, and other stakeholders as well. While Canada has a very strong track record in corporate governance, it's always important to continue the dialogue on emerging modern challenges and to help position boards to meet the evolving expectations, both now and into the future. Rather than a new mandatory list of requirements for every board to meet, the Chart the Future report is a tool. It's a tool designed to further conversations, providing guidance for directors of Canadian companies and organizations of all sizes, including our public venture companies, reflecting the various needs and resources of different companies, and recognizing also that our largest companies do this very well already.
I believe strongly that world-leading governance will ultimately enable Canada's markets of the future to continue to reflect those crucial defining tenets I mentioned earlier, fairness, transparency, and responsiveness, as the world continues to turn and get more complicated. Finally, this afternoon's AGM marks a very important milestone for TMX. Pending the results of the shareholder vote, we expect to welcome Luc Bertrand as the new Chair of TMX Group's Board of Directors, the third in our 20-year plus history as a public company. As I mentioned earlier in the call, Luc's been a board member for more than 10 years, and personally a friend of mine for much longer, and I look forward to continuing to work with him and the entire Board as we strive to build on this institution's impressive track record and advance our long-term growth strategy.
Now, on behalf of the senior management team and all of the TMX, I'm gonna take the last time I have with the podium today to sincerely thank Chuck Winograd. Chuck, thank you so much for your exemplary service to the company as board chair over the last 11 years. S o much of the world has changed since the Maple transaction happened in 2012, and during Chuck's tenure on the board, TMX really has grown into a world leader. We've expanded our global presence, sharpened our focus on serving stakeholders and clients, and advanced our long-term growth strategy. TMX has also navigated through the complex challenges over the years, and we've taken important steps to strengthen the organization's culture while defining our new purpose.
Chuck, your expert guidance and insights have been major assets to the company all throughout this period of pronounced growth as we continue to build on TMX's success, your legacy of leadership will endure. Personally, I'd like to thank you not just for this, but for the personal mentorship for me over the last 3 years as CEO and the years prior, before I ever thought I was even potentially capable of taking this role. Your high standards for leadership are not easy to meet. They require thoughtful consideration, full conviction, and decisive action. Decision-makers must be able to stand up to close and sometimes necessary scrutiny. It's how we all get better. Chuck's always challenged me to accept only my best, and usually more. He's did that for the board, and he's done it for TMX, and candidly, we're all much better for it.
Chuck, thank you very much.
Okay. Thanks, John. We now return to the business to be conducted at this meeting. All proxies will be voted as instructed by the shareholders. Only proxy holders and registered shareholders present in person or attending this meeting virtually who have not voted or have previously returned a proxy and now wish to change their instructions and vote differently need to complete a physical online ballot as applicable. If you are attending this meeting in person, ballots for each matter were provided by the scrutineer to all registered shareholders and proxy holders when you registered. If you did not receive ballots upon registration, please raise your hand and the scrutineer will provide them to you now. To complete your ballots, if you are in favor of the motion, mark an X in the box opposite the words for.
If you're against the motion or wish to withhold your vote on a motion, mark an X in the box opposite the words against or withhold, as the case may be. Please sign your name. If you are a proxy holder, indicate the name of the shareholder for whom you are a proxy and confirm the number of voting shares you or your ballot represents. The ballots will be collected by the scrutineer following the last motion. If you are attending this meeting virtually and have logged into the TSX Trust web platform with a control number, you may vote by clicking on the applicable option. Your vote will be automatically submitted to the TSX Trust, our scrutineer, after you click on your choice. Votes may be changed after the time voting has closed.
If you do not choose for, withhold, or against, as applicable, and if you have not previously submitted a proxy vote, your vote will not be recorded, and you will be regarded as having abstained from voting. At this time, I ask that TSX Trust officially open the online polls. I guess I've done that. The results of the ballots will be tabulated by the scrutineer and announced prior to the conclusion of the meeting. Unless requested, I will not repeat these voting instructions for each motion. I don't even know if I'll do it if I am requested to. With the exception of the stock split resolution... Sorry. Scrutineer. Consider yourself directed to hand out ballots as requested. With the exception of the stock split resolutions, a simple majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy will constitute approval of all matters voted on at the meeting.
In order to be effective, the stock split resolution requires the approval of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast in person or in proxy. To make the best use of time, we've asked two employee shareholders of the corporations, James Waddell and Kathryn Brown, to move and second all motions while the scrutineer prepares a report on attendance. sorry. Calling this meeting... directors of the corporation and to the corporation's auditor. The corporate secretary has filed with me proof of service of the notice of meeting, which is available for inspection. The last annual and special meeting of shareholders of the corporation was held on May 3, 2022. The minutes of that meeting are available for review by any shareholder. I will now request a motion that these minutes be taken as read.
My name is James Waddell. I move that the minutes of the last annual and special meeting of shareholders of the corporation held on May 3 , 2022 be taken as read.
My name is Kathryn Brown. I second the motion.
Cheryl, are there online questions relating to the motion that the minutes of the last annual and special meeting of shareholders of the corporation be taken as read?
No, we have not received any questions for the minutes.
We will now proceed with the vote. All those in favor, please signify by raising their hands. Any contrary? Sorry, I give you a chance to raise your hands. See, part of the rules. Any contrary? Cheryl, are there any online objections to this motion?
No online objections.
I declare the motion carried. I will now call upon the Secretary to present the scrutineer's report on attendance.
The scrutineer reports that there are 662 registered shareholders or proxy holders present and holding or representing 44,835,664 shares, or 80.4% of the issued and outstanding shares on March 13, 2023, the record date for the meeting. According to the bylaws of the corporation, the quorum is present. The written report will be delivered to you at the end of the meeting.
Based on the scrutineer's report, I declare a quorum to be present. I therefore declare the meeting to be regularly constituted for the transaction of business. The next item of business is to consider the audited consolidated financial statements of the corporation for the year ended December 31st, 2022, and accompanying notes, together with the auditor's report and the management statement, all contained in the company's annual report, mailed to those shareholders who requested a copy prior to this meeting. The board of directors has approved the audited consolidated financial statements, and I now place them before the meeting for consideration. David Arnold, the corporation's Chief Financial Officer, will present the highlights of financial statements later in the meeting. Are there any questions relating to the annual financial statements?
No, we've not received any questions.
Okay. Nobody's asked David to speak, so we can proceed. The first item of business is the appointment of the auditor for the current year. I will now ask for a motion appointing KPMG LLP as the auditor of the corporation at a remuneration be fixed by the board of directors until the next annual meeting of the shareholders. I'd like a second for the motion as well.
I move to appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the corporation until the next annual meeting of shareholders and authorize the board of directors to fix the remuneration of KPMG LLP.
I second the motion.
You've heard the motion. Is there any discussion?
No, we've not received any questions.
Please mark your ballots on the motion to appoint KPMG LLP. The physical ballot on the appointment of KPMG LLP is the purple ballot. I'm pausing to permit time for completion of the ballots. Have I paused long enough?
Yes.
Okay. Is there any shareholder who requires more time to complete his or her ballot? We will now proceed with the election of directors. The board of directors to be elected has been set at 12 by the board. All 12 of the recommended nominees have been approved by the board of directors that have consented to stand for the election to the board. Additional information about the recommended nominees is contained in the Management Information Circular. That an uncontested election of the directors. In an uncontested election of directors, any nominees who received a great number of votes withheld than votes for will tender his or her resignation to the board promptly following our annual meeting. I would ask that each of the nominees who is present to stand when his or her nomination is announced. I now declare the meeting open for nominations.
I have the pleasure of nominating the following 12 individuals as directors of the corporation to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected or appointed. The individuals are Luc Bertrand, Nicolas Darveau-Garneau, Martine Irman, Moe Kermani, William Linton, Audrey Mascarenhas, John McKenzie, Monique Mercier, Kevin Sullivan, Claude Tessier, Eric Wetlaufer, and Ava Yaskiel.
I second the motion. Does any shareholder or proxy holder wish to make a further nomination? Cheryl, are there any further nominations or any questions from the online participants on the nominations?
No, we've not received any further nominations or questions on the nominations.
Since there are no further nominations, I declare the nominations closed. 12 persons have been nominated as directors, and there are 12 directors to be elected. Please mark your ballots on the election of the directors in the manner indicated at the beginning of the meeting. Physical ballot on the election of the directors is the white ballot. Is there any shareholder who requires more time to complete his or her ballot? The next item of business is the approval on an advisory basis of our approach to executive compensation. I will now ask for a motion approving on an advisory basis our approach to executive communication, compensation rather, as discussed and disclosed in the Management Information Circular.
I move to approve on an advisory basis and not to diminish the role and responsibilities of the directors that the shareholders accept the approach to executive compensation disclosed in the Management Information Circular.
I second the motion. You've heard the motion. Is there any discussion? Cheryl, are there any online questions relating to the approval on an advisory basis of our approach to executive compensation as disclosed in the Management Information Circular?
No, we've not received any questions on the approval on an advisory basis of our approach to executive compensation as disclosed in the circular.
Hearing that, please mark your ballots on the motion to accept the director's approach to executive compensation. Physical ballot on the motion to accept the director's approach to executive compensation is the blue ballot. Is there anyone that requires more time to complete the ballot? Okay. The next item of business is the approval of a special resolution to effect a 5-for-1 split of our common shares as disclosed in Management Information Circular. I will now ask for a motion approving the stock split resolution as disclosed in the Management Information Circular.
I move to approve the stock split resolution as disclosed in the Management Information Circular.
I second the motion. You have heard the motion. Is there any discussion? Cheryl, are there any online questions relating to approval of the stock split resolution as disclosed in the Management Information Circular?
No, there aren't.
Thank you. Please mark your ballots on the motion to approve the stock split resolution. The physical resolution on the motion to accept the stock split resolution is the yellow ballot. We will now proceed with the vote. If you are attending the meeting online and have not yet voted on any of the other items in the business agenda, please do so now. The online polls are now closed. The scrutineer will now collect all of the ballots. The results of these ballots will be provided later in the meeting once the scrutineer has tabulated the results. I will now ask David Arnold, the corporation's Chief Financial Officer, to present the highlights of the financial statements.
Thank you, Chuck. Good afternoon, everyone. We'll begin with an overview of our 2022 financial results. As John mentioned in his remarks, our diversified business model proved resilient through challenging geopolitical and macroeconomic conditions. Diluted earnings per share for 2022 were $9.69, a growth of 62% compared to $5.99 in 2021. Mainly driven by a gain on the revaluation of our interest in BOX upon acquisition of voting control in 2022. While adjusted diluted earnings per share for 2022 were $7.13, up $0.03, representing a slight increase when compared with $7.10 in 2021. I've got a slide that's moved here. Give me a second. Okay, I seem to have lost the slide.
Let's just see John. Pause for a second. Note to self, make sure your page is always numbered. Pardon that interruption. Moving right along. In 2022, income from operations was CAD 524.5 million, up 7% from CAD 491 million in 2021. Driven by a 14% increase in our revenue to a record CAD 1.1 billion, reflecting increases in derivatives, trading and clearing, global solutions, insights and analytics, as well as capital formation, partially offset by a decrease in equities and fixed income trading and clearing revenue.
The increase in revenue from 2021 to 2022 also included CAD 118.5 million of BOX revenue as a result of the accounting consolidation of BOX, as John mentioned earlier, as well as the revenue from our three acquisitions, namely CAD 33.6 million for AST Canada, CAD 3.4 million for Tradesignal, and CAD 1 million for Wall Street Horizon. Turning to MX's operating expenses or TMX's operating expenses. There was a 21% increase, which included just over CAD 84 million in increased costs from 2021 to 2022, related to the accounting consolidation for the expenses of BOX and acquisitions of AST Canada, Tradesignal, and Wall Street Horizon. Expenses excluding these items increased 4% in 2022 compared with 2021.
There were also higher headcount and payroll costs, increased costs relating to our long-term employee performance incentive plan, as well as higher information technology spend, and higher travel and entertainment costs as we exited the pandemic corridor. Turning to our capital allocation priorities. Our first and foremost objective is to maintain sufficient capital for operations and to meet regulatory requirements. At year-end 2022, we held approximately CAD 493 million in cash and cash equivalents, as well as marketable securities, which was CAD 318 million in excess of the CAD 175 million we target to retain for regulatory and credit requirements. Our second key priority is to invest in the business to ensure effective operations and growth based on our long-term global growth strategy, evidenced by the approximate CAD 52 million spent in 2022.
Third is creating value for our shareholders through dividends. Last night, our board approved a quarterly dividend of CAD 0.87 per common share, payable on June 2nd to shareholders of record as of May 19th. In 2022, we paid out over CAD 185 million to shareholders, which translates to CAD 3.32 per share. Our next priority is to manage the dilution impact of stock options being exercised and at the same time, return additional capital to shareholders by purchasing shares for cancellation under a normal course issuer bid program. Over CAD 75 million was spent in 2022 to repurchase 560,000 shares.
We once again renewed our normal course issuer bid program for 2023, allowing us to purchase up to 560,000 shares or approximately 1% of the common shares outstanding between March 6, 2023 and March 5, 2024. Our fifth priority is a balancing act, It's to balance off investing in acquisitions and debt repayment in order to manage our total leverage ratio. During 2022, we invested over CAD 29 million in acquiring a combination of both majority and minority stakes in businesses that will help accelerate our growth and our growth strategy. On the leverage side, as of December 31, our debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio was 1.6 times, in line with our target leverage ratio of 1.5x- 2.5x .
Last but not least is related to our credit rating, which is driven in part by the successful execution of our priorities listed above. Of note, in 2022, we were upgraded by DBRS Morningstar from a single A high to a double A low rating in recognition of these efforts. Moving on to our long-term financial and transformational objectives, which were updated in 2022, which reflect our updated business strategy and recent acquisitions. We measure growth in terms of compound annual growth rate or CAGR for short. We continue to target double-digit growth in our earnings per share over the long term, which will be driven by strong growth, which we have defined as 5+% for total revenue, driven by our diversified business lines.
Our high growth, defined as high single to double-digit businesses, consists of Trayport, derivatives trading and clearing, and TSX Trust, followed by Capital Formation and TMX Datalinx businesses with strong growth. And our equity and fixed income trading and clearing business, which should grow in line with the overall market. We maintain our target dividend payout ratio of 40%-50% and our adjusted debt to EBITDA ratio in the range of 1.5x-2.5x. Our strategy and long-term financial objectives support our continued desire to increase our global footprint and recurring revenue as we become even more of an information business than we are today.
We refer to these as our transformational objectives. As depicted on this slide, we aim to grow TMX's revenue such that greater than 2/3 is recurring revenue and greater than 1/2 is from outside of Canada, as well as more than 1/2 of our global solutions, insights and analytics, or more than 1/2 of the revenue of TMX comes from our global solutions, insights and analytics segment. While I've only had the opportunity to work with Chuck for two years, I wanna echo John's comments. Chuck, you've left an indelible mark on my career in this very, very short time. The approach you've led me to believe into handling M&A, value creation, and what we refer to as the art of the deal will stick with me forever. Your guidance will be sorely missed. Thank you. I'll now turn it back to Chuck.
Okay. Thank you, David. I have received the report on the balance from the scrutineer and will ask that Cheryl Graden read the report.
The scrutineer reports that the shareholders present in person, virtually, or represented by proxy, have voted as follows. On the appointment of KPMG LLP as auditor at a remuneration to be fixed by the board. For 99.22%. Withheld 0.78%. On the election of directors, the average vote total for the 12 nominees set out in the circular. For 98.71%. Withheld 1.29%. In the interest of time, I will not read out the results for each of the directors. I do, however, confirm that no director received a greater number of withheld votes than votes in favor of that director. On the acceptance of the approach to executive compensation as set out in the circular. For 93.07%. Against 6.93%.
On the approval of the stock split resolution as set out in the circular. For 96.20%. Against 3.80%.
Thank you, Cheryl. As chair, I adopt the report of the scrutineer, and based on these results, I declare that KPMG LLP has been appointed as auditor of the corporation at a remuneration to be fixed by the board of directors. I also declare that Messrs. Bertrand, Darveau-Garneau, Kermani, Linton, McKenzie, Sullivan, Tessier and Wetlaufer, and Ms. Irman, Mascarenhas, Mercier, Yaskiel have been duly elected as directors at the compensation to hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders or until the director resigns, becomes ineligible or unable to serve, or until his or her successor is elected or appointed. I also declare that, on an advisory basis, the shareholders have accepted our approach to executive compensation. I also declare that shareholders have approved the stock split resolution. This concludes the business of the meeting. I would like to call for an motion terminating the meeting.
I move to terminate the meeting.
I second the motion.
I declare that the formal part of the meeting is now terminated. Mr. Chair?
With the formal part of the meeting now complete, before we turn to the Q&A portion, I'd like to interject to invite Bill Linton to say a few words on behalf of the board to recognize Chuck's leadership as board chair for over a decade.
They've heard enough, Bill.
As one of the longest serving board members, I'd like it to be noted that this is the longest annual general meeting we've ever had. Anyway, on behalf of my fellow directors, both present and past, I'd like to thank you, Chuck, for your leadership in serving as the TMX Chair for the past 10 years. Over that time, the company, we believe, has fulfilled its commitment, and that's to serve its shareholders and its stakeholders across the capital markets with excellence. We have grown into a world leader in the exchange industry through a lot of adversity, and we continue to adapt to meet the needs of the market. As we know, as directors, boards are not here to manage the company, but they play an important role as governors. Good corporate governance plays a role in strong corporate performance.
I don't think anybody understands that better than Chuck. His intelligence, his sharp business instincts and diligence, we all know about that, around corporate performance have been key elements in leading the TMX Group board through an important period in the company's history, from the time of the Maple transaction, through many acquisitions, including Trayport. The company, like our whole industry, we've navigated some very difficult macroeconomic conditions, not to mention the global pandemic. Chuck's steady hand and wise guidance and use of the mute button has helped the board rise to these challenges and to be our best. Again, on behalf of the board, I congratulate Chuck on a stellar career in Canada's capital markets, and I thank him for all his important contributions over the years, which will have a lasting and positive impact on TMX. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. If there are any questions from shareholders or proxy holders who are present in the meeting, please approach one of the microphones set out in the aisle, wait for the microphone to be turned on. I never could. Then start by identifying yourself. To ensure that all shareholders or proxy holders have an opportunity to participate, please limit your questions or comments to approximately three minutes. Are there any questions from shareholders or proxy holders who are attending the meeting virtually?
No.
Anybody here wanna say anything or ask anything? There are no further questions, I will now conclude the formal portion of today's meeting. Thank you all for coming.