S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - A Deletion From The S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index

S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make thefollowing changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS) has redeemed for $CDN25.00 cash per share all of the outstanding shares of its Non-cumulative Preferred Shares, Series 12 (TSX:BNS.PR.J). The shares of this issue will be removed from the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index and the S&P/TSX  North  American  Preferred  Stock  Index  after  the  close  of  trading  on  Friday,November 1, 2013 at a price of $CDN25.00.