Yamana Gold Inc. – Secondary Offering of Brio
Gold Inc.
TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2016 /CNW/ - S&P Dow Jones Canadian
Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX
Canadian Indices:
Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI) has announced the details of a
secondary offering of shares of Brio Gold Inc. to Yamana
shareholders via purchase rights. One purchase right will be
received for every 16 shares of Yamana held. Each right enables the
holder to acquire 1 share of Brio Gold Inc.
The ex-date for the distribution of the purchase rights is
November 23, 2016. The rights will be
listed for trading on TSX under the ticker symbol YRI.RT at the
open on that date.
Distributed rights will be added to all S&P/TSX indices
where Yamana Gold is a constituent at zero price at the open on
Wednesday, November 23, 2016. The
rights will be removed from all those same indices at the close on
the same day at the close price on TSX. Note that the rights will
not be part of the TSX's MOC facility.
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