Standard & Poor's will perform the annual rebalancing of the S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index after the close of trading on Friday, December 21, 2007. The S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index is designed to measure the performance of securities that have followed a managed-dividends policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for the last 7 years. The index is weighted by indicated annual dividend yield, with constituents re-weighted every quarter. Membership is reviewed each December.
Following is a summary of the additions and deletions:
------------------------------------------------------------------------- EFFECTIVE AFTER THE CLOSE OF DECEMBER 21, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY NAME TICKER ACTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AltaGas Income Trust ALA.UN ADD ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canadian Natural Resources Limited CNQ ADD ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canadian Western Bank CWB ADD ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. SNC ADD ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonterra Energy Income Trust BNE.UN DELETE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loblaw Companies Ltd. L DELETE -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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