Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:
The unitholders of Whiterock REIT (TSX:WRK.UN) have accepted the cash and share takeover offer from Dundee REIT (TSX:D.UN). Whiterock REIT will be removed from the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index after the close of Monday, March 5, 2012.
The shareholders of Grande Cache Coal Corporation (TSX:GCE) have accepted the $CDN10.00 cash per share offer from Winsway Coking Coal Holdings Ltd. (HKSE:1733). Grande Cache will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX Completion and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX SmallCap and Equity SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Global Mining, Global Base Metals and Equal Weight Global Base Metals, the S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight, the S&P/TSX Capped Materials and the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Indices effective after the close of Friday, March 2, 2012.
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.
