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

Company Release - 12/9/2011

TORONTO, Dec. 9, 2011 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the Quarterly S&P/TSX Composite Index Review.  These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, December 19, 2011:

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX
ADDITIONS
Issue NameSymbol 60/Completion Live Composite GICS 
Sector Index
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.  AQN Completion Utilities
Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. FVI Completion Materials
Parkland Fuel Corporation PKI Completion  

DELETIONS
Issue NameSymbol 60/Completion Live Composite GICS
Sector Index
Air Canada AC.B Completion Industrials
GMP Capital Inc. GMP Completion Financials
Ivanhoe Energy Inc.  IE Completion Energy
Yellow Media Inc. YLO Completion Consumer Discretionary 

Note:Provident Energy Ltd. (TSX:PVE) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index following a GICS change of the company effective December 1, 2011.

Changes to the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also affect the S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index.  Stocks added to or removed from the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also be added to or removed from the appropriate Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sector index.

S&P/TSX GLOBAL GOLD INDEX - DECEMBER 2011 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS            
Issue Name     Symbol  Exchange
Compania de Minas Buenaventura      BVN   NYSE
Teranga Gold Corporation      TGZ    TSX

S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX - DECEMBER 2011 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS          
Issue Name   Symbol  Exchange
Alexco Resource Corporation    AXU    AMEX
Coalspur Mines Limited    CPT    TSX
Nevada Copper Corp.    NCU    TSX
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp.    PZG    AMEX
Teranga Gold Corporation    TGZ    TSX
DELETIONS          
Issue Name   Symbol  Exchange
Aura Minerals Inc.    ORA    TSX
Golden Minerals Company    AUM    TSX
Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP     PVR   NYSE
USEC Inc.     USU   NYSE
Western Copper and Gold Corp.    WRN    TSX

S&P/TSX GLOBAL BASE METALS INDEX - DECEMBER 2011 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS             
Issue Name      Symbol  Exchange
Nevada Copper Corp.       NCU    TSX
DELETIONS             
Issue Name      Symbol  Exchange
Aura Minerals Inc.       ORA    TSX
Western Copper and Gold Corp.       WRN    TSX

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE DIVIDEND INDEX - DECEMBER 2011 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue NameSymbol 
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.  AQN
Parkland Fuel Corporation PKI
SEMAFO Inc. SMF
DELETIONS
Issue NameSymbol
GMP Capital Inc. GMP
Yellow Media Inc. YLO

S&P/TSX EQUITY INCOME INDEX - DECEMBER 2011 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue NameSymbol 
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.  AQN
Bank of Nova Scotia BNS
Manulife Financial Corporation MFC
National Bank of Canada NA
Parkland Fuel Corporation PKI
Transcontinental Inc. TCL.A

DELETIONS
Issue NameSymbol 
GMP Capital Inc. GMP
Canadian REIT REF.UN
Telus Corporation   T
Yellow Media Inc. YLO

S&P/TSX MEGACAP INDEX - DECEMBER 2011 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS
Issue NameSymbol 
Kinross Gold Corporation   K

DELETIONS
Issue NameSymbol 
Research in Motion Limited   RIM

S&P/TSX CANADIAN DIVIDEND ARISTOCRATS INDEX - DECEMBER 2011 - ANNUAL REVIEW

ADDITIONS       
Issue Name     Symbol
Ag Growth International Inc.       AFN
Atlantic Power Corporation       ATP
Bank of Nova Scotia       BNS
Barrick Gold Corporation       ABX
Canadian Tire Corporation Limited       CTC.A
Canadian Western Bank       CWB
Cineplex Inc.       CGX
Computer Modelling Group Ltd.       CMG
Constellation Software Inc.       CSU
Dorel Industries Inc.       DII.B
Emera Incorporated       EMA
Exchange Income Corp.       EIF
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.       FFH
IGM Financial Inc.       IGM
Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc.       PJC.A
Methanex Corporation       MX
Northern Property REIT       NPR.UN
Reitman's (Canada) Ltd.       RET.A
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated       RBA
Suncor Energy Inc.       SU
Toronto-Dominion Bank       TD
DELETIONS       
Issue Name     Symbol
North West Company Inc.       NWC
Toromont Industries Ltd.       TIH

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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