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

TORONTO, May 24, 2012 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

S&P Canadian Index Services announces that calculation of five equity-only indices, as listed below, will cease after the quarterly review of the S&P/TSX Composite Index in December, 2012:

• S&P/TSX Equity Index
• S&P/TSX Capped Equity Index
• S&P/TSX Equity 60 Index
• S&P/TSX Equity Completion Index
• S&P/TSX Equity SmallCap Index

The final date for calculation of these indices will be Friday, December 21, 2012. Until that date, these indices will continue to be maintained and calculated as they are currently.

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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