New York, N.Y.-The Nasdaq Stock Market^® announced today that the trading halt status in Fantom Technologies Inc., (NASDAQ:FTMTF) was changed to "additional information requested" from the company. Trading in the company had been halted on Thursday, October 25, 2001 at 4:18 p.m. Eastern Time for News Pending at a last sale price of .10. Trading will remain halted until Fantom Technologies Inc. has fully satisfied Nasdaq's request for additional information.

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