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

TORONTO, June 15 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following correction to the press release issued Friday, June 12, 2009, concerning the special review of the S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index. Melcor Developments Ltd. (TSX: MRD.TO) will be deleted from the index and Calloway REIT (TSX: CWT-UN.TO) will be added. The full list of additions and deletion appears below. These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, June 22, 2009:

    
                 S&P/TSX CANADIAN DIVIDEND ARISTOCRATS INDEX
                         JUNE 2009 - SPECIAL REVIEW
    DELETIONS
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    Issue Name                                             Symbol
    Brookfield Properties Corp.                               BPO
    Guardian Capital Group Limited                          GCG.A
    H&R REIT                                                HR.UN
    Melcor Developments Ltd.                                  MRD

    ADDITIONS
    ---------
    Issue Name                                             Symbol
    Allied Properties REIT                                  AP.UN
    Astral Media Inc.                                       ACM.A
    Boardwalk REIT                                         BEI.UN
    Calloway REIT                                          CWT.UN
    Cameco Corporation                                        CCO
    Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.                              CP
    Canadian REIT (CREIT)                                  REF.UN
    Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd.                          CTC.A
    CML Healthcare Income Fund                             CLC.UN
    Cogeco Cable Inc.                                         CCA
    Corus Entertainment Inc.                                CJR.B
    Davis & Henderson Income Fund                          DHF.UN
    EnCana Corporation                                        ECA
    Intact Financial Corporation                              IFC
    Keyera Facilities Income Fund                          KEY.UN
    Methanex Corporation                                       MX
    Northern Property REIT                                 NPR.UN
    Parkland Income Fund                                   PKI.UN
    Pason Systems Inc.                                        PSI
    Primaris Retail REIT                                   PMZ.UN
    Reitman's (Canada) Ltd.                                 RET.A
    Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated                    RBA
    Shaw Communications Inc.                                SJR.B
    ShawCor Ltd.                                            SCL.A
    Sherritt International Corporation                          S
    Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation                             SC
    Talisman Energy Inc.                                      TLM
    Telus Corporation                                           T
    Uni-Select Inc.                                           UNS
    Yellow Pages Income Fund                               YLO.UN
    

Company additions to and deletions from an S&P index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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