Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:
- The shareholders of Equinox Minerals Limited (TSX:EQN) have accepted the $C8.15 cash per share takeover offer from Barrick Gold Corporation (TSX:ABX). Equinox Minerals will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity, Capped Equity and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Completion, the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining, the S&P/TSX Global Mining, Global Base Metals and Equal Weight Global Base Metals and the S&P/TSX Capped Materials indices after close on Thursday, June 9, 2011.
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.
