A Deletion from the S&P/TSX Composite Index
TORONTO, Sept. 22, 2014 /CNW/ - S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services
will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:
BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) has completed the acquisition of all the shares of
Bell Aliant Inc. (TSX:BA) that it didn't already own. Bell Aliant will
be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite, Capped Composite and Composite
Equal Weight, the S&P/TSX Completion and the S&P/TSX Capped
Telecommunication Services Indices after the close of trading on
Monday, September 29, 2014. At the same time, to reflect the issuance
of BCE common shares as part of the transaction, the relative weight of
BCE will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the
S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped, the S&P/TSX Capped Telecommunication
Services, the S&P/TSX 60 ESG, the S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend and
the S&P/TSX Composite Dividend Indices. There will be no relative
weight change for BCE in the S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight, the
S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight, the S&P/TSX Composite Low Volatility or the
S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Indices as a result of this share
issuance.
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David Blitzer
Managing Director and Chairman of the Index Committee
S&P Dow Jones Indices
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