S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes to the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

A Deletion from the SP/TSX Venture Composite Index

TORONTO , Aug. 14, 2013 /CNW/ – SP Dow Jones Canadian Index Services
will make the following changes in the SP/TSX Canadian Indices:

The shares of Balmoral Resources Ltd. (BAR.V) will be removed from
the SP/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on
Thursday, August 15, 2013 . The company will graduate to trade on TSX
under the same ticker symbol.

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SOURCE: Standard Poor’s Canadian Index Operations

Tony North
Director, Canadian Index Operations
SP Dow Jones Indices
[email protected]
416-507-3204

David Blitzer
Managing Director and Chairman of the Index Committee
SP Dow Jones Indices
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212-438-3907