Element Financial added to TSX Composite Index

TORONTO, March 8, 2013 /CNW/ - Element Financial Corporation (TSX:EFN) ("Element" or "the Company"), one of North America's leading independent equipment finance companies, today confirmed that the Company's common shares will be added to the S&P/TSX Composite Index  effective at the open on Monday, March 18, 2013. Details of the announcement by S&P Dow Jones Indices can be found at http://ca.spindices.com.

About Element Financial Corporation

With total assets of approximately $1.5 billion, Element Financial Corporation is one of North America's leading independent equipment finance companies.  Element operates across North America in three verticals of the equipment finance market - Element Capital provides large ticket equipment leasing, Element Finance serves the mid-ticket equipment finance market and Element Fleet provides vehicle fleet leasing and management solutions through the Company's TLS Fleet Management division.

SOURCE: Element Financial Corporation

Contact:

John Sadler
Senior Vice President
Corporate Affairs & Investor Relations
[phone] ext. 313
[email protected]

Michel Béland
Chief Financial Officer
[phone] ext. 225
[email protected]