Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

TORONTO, Dec. 17 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: 

• The unitholders of Enbridge Income Fund (TSX:ENF.UN) have approved the conversion of the company to a corporate structure through a Plan of Arrangement. The units will be exchanged on a 1-for-1 basis for Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. (TSX:ENF). As a result of the conversion, Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. will be added to the S&P/TSX Equity SmallCap Index. The conversion is effective after the close of Monday, December 20, 2010. The name and ticker change, with no change in capitalization, will be effective in the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index.

Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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