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S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces the Results of December 2012 Canadian Index Reviews

Toronto, , Friday, December 14, 2012 – Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the Quarterly S&P/TSX Composite Index Review. These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, December 24, 2012: S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX

DELETIONS Live Composite GICS Sector Issue Name Symbol 60/Completion Index Denison Mines Corp. DML Completion Lake Shore Corp. LSG Completion Materials Poseidon Concepts Corp. PSN Completion Energy

Changes to the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also affect the S&P/TSX Capped Composite and Equal Weight Composite Indices. Stocks added to or removed from the S&P/TSX Composite Index will also be added to or removed from the appropriate Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sector index.

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S&P/TSX GLOBAL GOLD INDEX – DECEMBER 2012 – QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange Belo Sun Corp. BSX TSX Primero Mining Corp. P TSX

DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange Centamin plc CEE TSX Sulliden Gold Corporation Ltd. SUE TSX

S&P/TSX GLOBAL MINING INDEX – DECEMBER 2012 – QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange Belo Sun Mining Corp. BSX TSX Primero Mining Corp. P TSX Rio Alto Mining Limited RIO TSX

DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange Alexco Resource Corp. AXR TSX Centamin plc CEE TSX Great Panther Limited GPR TSX North American Palladium Ltd. PDL TSX Sulliden Gold Corporation Ltd. SUE TSX

S&P/TSX GLOBAL BASE METALS INDEX – DECEMBER 2012 – QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Exchange Rio Alto Mining Limited RIO TSX

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S&P/TSX COMPOSITE DIVIDEND INDEX – DECEMBER 2012 – QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Cott Corporation BCB Whitecap Resources Inc. WCP

DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Niko Resources Ltd. NKO Poseidon Concepts Corp. PSN

S&P/TSX EQUITY INCOME INDEX – DECEMBER 2012 – QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Allied Properties REIT AP.UN Calfrac Well Services Ltd. CFW Corus Entertainment Inc. CJR.B Laurentian Bank of LB Mullen Group Ltd. MTL

DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Altagas Ltd. ALA Bank of Nova Scotia BNS Financial Corporation MFC Poseidon Concepts Corp. PSN RY

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S&P/TSX COMPOSITE HIGH BETA INDEX – DECEMBER 2012 – QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Alacer Gold Corp. ASR AuRico Gold Inc. AUQ Centerra Gold Inc. CG Colossus Minerals Inc. CSI Detour Gold Corporation DGC Dundee Precious Metals Inc. DPM IAMGOLD Corporation IMG Kinross Gold Corporation K NovaGold Resources Inc. NG Rubicon Minerals Corporation RMX SEMAFO Inc. SMF Torex Gold Resources Inc. TXG

DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Athabasca Oil Corporation ATH Corporation CCO Denison Mines Corp. DML HudBay Minerals Inc. HBM Lake Shore Gold Corp. LSG Manulife Financial Corporation MFC MEG Energy Corp. MEG Petrominerales Ltd. PMG Secure Energy Services Inc. SES Talisman Energy Inc. TLM Taseko Mines Limited TKO TriCan Well Service Ltd. TCW

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S&P/TSX COMPOSITE LOW VOLATILITY INDEX – DECEMBER 2012 - QUARTERLY REVIEW

ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Brookfield Asset Management Inc. BAM.A Canadian National Railway Company CNR Onex Corporation OCX Royal Bank of Canada RY Saputo Inc. SAP

DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Atco Ltd. ACO.X Atlantic Power Corporation ATP Boardwalk REIT BEI.UN North West Company Inc. NWC Westshore Terminals Investment Corporation WTE

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ANNUAL S&P/TSX CANADIAN DIVIDEND ARISTOCRATS INDEX REVIEW – DECEMBER 2012

ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol CAE Inc. CAE Evertz Technologies Ltd. ET Kinross Gold Corporation K Laurentian Bank of Canada LB Major Drilling Group International Inc. MDI Stella-Jones Inc. SJ

DELETIONS Issue Name Symbol Inc. CGO Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. FFH

QUARTERLY S&P/TSX EQUAL WEIGHT GLOBAL GOLD INDEX REVIEW – DECEMBER 2012

ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol Aurizon Mines Ltd. ARZ Endeavour Mining Corporation EDV OceanaGold Corporation OGC Perseus Mining Limited PRU Premier Gold Mines Limited PG Rainy River Resources Ltd. RR

QUARTERLY S&P/TSX EQUAL WEIGHT INDUSTRIALS INDEX REVIEW – DECEMBER 2012

ADDITIONS Issue Name Symbol GENIVAR Inc. GNV Transcontinental Inc. TCL.A

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For more information: Tony North Director, Canadian Index Operations S&P Dow Jones Indices [email protected] 416-507-3204

David Blitzer Managing Director and Chairman of the Index Committee S&P Dow Jones Indices [email protected] 212-438-3907

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