Ok to share public key from code signing certificate?

I'm quite sure I know the answer to this question already, but I'd hate to be wrong. I have a Code Signing Cert from a CA and want to share the public key to make it easier for IT people to add me to Trusted Publishers for MS Office, e.g. via Group Policy.

So - paranoid that I might share the wrong thing, I ran my code on a 'clean' PC and, via macro security, added the cert to the trusted publishers. Then from Internet Explorer I 'successfully' exported the certificate as DER Encoded Binary (.CER).

I'd imagine that the resulting file is the PUBLIC part of the certificate and the Cert:

could, without additional risk, be shared on a website
is equivalent to what a anyone else would end up with if they followed the same steps
can be installed using GPO (or whatever is used)

Can someone confirm whether or not all this is ok (or am I justified in my paranoia / setting myself up for problems)?

Are there any other steps that I need to know? I want to give the Cert to a client so they can bulk install for all their users...

Many thanks,

Solution

The answer is yes - it is OK, necessary even, to share this information.