Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Indices

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Indices:

The Toronto Stock Exchange announced today in the Daily Bulletin that the shares of Aston Hill Financial Inc. (TSXVN:AHF) will graduate to trade on TSX at the open of trading on Monday, November 7, 2011. The ticker symbol will remain "AHF" and the CUSIP number will remain 04623R 10 9. The company will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, November 4, 2011.

Aston Hill is also a constituent of the S&P/TSX Venture Select Index. The company will be removed from this index effective after the close of Thursday, November 10, 2011, at which time it will be listed on TSX.

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.