diff --git a/ActiveSync/SOGoActiveSyncDispatcher.m b/ActiveSync/SOGoActiveSyncDispatcher.m
index 331654e8c..d8c2807c9 100644
--- a/ActiveSync/SOGoActiveSyncDispatcher.m
+++ b/ActiveSync/SOGoActiveSyncDispatcher.m
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
             name = [name substringFromIndex: 1];
           
           if ([name hasSuffix: @"/"])
-            name = [name substringToIndex: [name length]-2];
+            name = [name substringToIndex: [name length]-1];
 
           type = [[folderMetadata objectForKey: @"type"] activeSyncFolderType];
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3df8443b3..38e5ac825 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Bug fixes
  - fixed the IMAP copy/move operation between subfolders in different accounts
  - fixed synchronization of seen/unseen status of msgs in Webmail (#2715)
  - fixed focus of popup windows open through a contextual menu with Firefox on Windows 7
+ - fixed missing characters in shared folder names over ActiveSync (#2709)
 
 2.2.3 (2014-04-03)
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