Absolute Software went public on the TSX Venture Exchange on March 28, 2000. On December 2, 2005, Absolute graduated to the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol ABT.



Stolen Laptop Given Honorable Discharge
In October 2005, a laptop reported stolen from a college in Illinois began calling in to the Absolute Monitoring Center from an Army barracks stateside. Before a recovery could be attempted, the laptop began calling in from Iraq. The user of the laptop had joined the National Guard and, once contacted in Iraq, indicated he had bought the laptop from someone at the college. The soldier promptly shipped the laptop back to the States where it was returned to its rightful owner. As a token of support to the troops, Absolute provided the serviceman with a new replacement computer.