S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces the Results of September 2012 Canadian Index Reviews

TORONTO, Sept. 14, 2012 /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, September 24, 2012:

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.

Crescent Point Energy Corp. will also be added to the S&P/TSX Equal Weight Oil & Gas 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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