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TORONTO, Jan. 13, 2012 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the quarterly S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index and S&P/TSX Venture Select Index Reviews.  These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, January 23, 2012: S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index _____________________________________________________________________ |ADDITIONS | |_____________________________________________________________________| |Symbol |Issue Name |CUSIP | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |BAM.PR.Z |BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC CL A PR SER |112585 66 6 | | |30 | | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |ENB.PR.D |ENBRIDGE INC. PR SER 'D' |29250N 88 1 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |GWO.PR.J |GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. 6.00% 1ST PR SERIES J|39138C 85 8 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |IAG.PR.C |INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE INS & FIN SERV 6.20% PR |455870 40 2 | | |C | | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |MFC.PR.G |MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP. CL 1 PR SER '5' |56501R 83 3 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |SLF.PR.I |SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC. CLASS 'A' PR SER 12R|866796 83 2 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |TA.PR.F |TRANSALTA CORPORATION 1ST PR SER 'C' |89346D 73 5 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |TCL.PR.D |TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. 1ST PR SERIES 'D' |893578 30 2 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| _____________________________________________________________________ |DELETIONS | |_____________________________________________________________________| |Symbol |Issue Name |CUSIP | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |BCE.PR.B |BCE INC. 1ST PR SERIES 'AB' |05534B 69 5 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |BCE.PR.T |BCE INC. 1ST PR SERIES 'T' |05534B 81 0 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |CM.PR.M |CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK SERIES '37' PR |136069 46 5 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |GMP.PR.B |GMP CAPITAL INC. 5-YR RST SER 'B' PR |380134 20 5 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |HSB.PR.C |HSBC BANK CANADA CL 1 NON-CUMULATIVE SER C |40427H 50 9 | | |PR | | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |HSB.PR.D |HSBC BANK CANADA CL 1 NON-CUMULATIVE SER D |40427H 70 7 | | |PR | | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |POW.PR.B |POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA 5.35% SER 'B' PR|739239 80 4 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |PWF.PR.O |POWER FINANCIAL CORP. 5.80% SERIES 'O' 1ST |73927C 78 7 | | |PR | | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |TCA.PR.X |TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 1ST PR 'U' |893526 71 5 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| |TCA.PR.Y |TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED 1ST PR 'Y' |893526 69 9 | |__________|____________________________________________|_____________| S&P/TSX Venture Select Index __________________________________________________________ |ADDITIONS | |__________________________________________________________| |Symbol |Issue Name |CUSIP | |________|_____________________________________|___________| |ISC |IROC Energy Services Corp |462727108 | |________|_____________________________________|___________| |CBJ |CB Gold Inc |12481A100 | |________|_____________________________________|___________| |XOP |Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited |13643D107 | |________|_____________________________________|___________| |CSO |Corsa Coal Corp. |22041E104 | |________|_____________________________________|___________| |RPM |Rye Patch Gold Corp |783727100 | |________|_____________________________________|___________| |CAD |Colonial Coal International Corp |195615109 | |________|_____________________________________|___________| |PYN |Poynt Corporation |73942D109 | |________|_____________________________________|___________| |CWV |Crown Point Ventures Ltd |22856P103 | |________|_____________________________________|___________| _____________________________________________________ |DELETIONS | |_____________________________________________________| |Symbol |Issue Name |CUSIP | |________|________________________________|___________| |MMT |Mart Resources Inc. |572903102 | |________|________________________________|___________| |CAA |Callinan Royalties Corporation |13124H106 | |________|________________________________|___________| |SA |Southern Arc Minerals Inc. |842200107 | |________|________________________________|___________| |GBN |Golden Band Resources Inc. |380932103 | |________|________________________________|___________| |PX |Pelangio Exploration Inc |705646107 | |________|________________________________|___________| |EXS |Explor Resources Inc. |30215D109 | |________|________________________________|___________| |PRD |PRD Energy Inc |69355W105 | |________|________________________________|___________| |DRV |Duran Ventures Inc. |26636P101 | |________|________________________________|___________| |SRN |Suroco Energy Inc. |868874108 | |________|________________________________|___________| |SDX |Sea Dragon Energy Inc |811375104 | |________|________________________________|___________| |ROI |Route1 Inc. |77929Q108 | |________|________________________________|___________| |PPI |Passport Potash Inc |70286C101 | |________|________________________________|___________| |SFF |Seafield Resources Ltd |81173R101 | |________|________________________________|___________| |AXM |AXMIN Inc. |05461V102 | |________|________________________________|___________| |AVT |Avanti Mining Inc |053504106 | |________|________________________________|___________| |REO |Reservoir Capital Corp |761125103 | |________|________________________________|___________| |PEM |Premium Exploration Inc. |74060R102 | |________|________________________________|___________| |ROZ |Rodinia Oil Corp |77487N109 | |________|________________________________|___________| CIBC has announced that it will redeem all 18,000,000 shares of its Non-Cumulative Class A Preferred Shares, Series 31 on January 31, 2012. The shares of this issue will be removed from the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index and the S&P/TSX North American Preferred Stock Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, January 31, 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. About S&P Indices S&P Indices, a leading brand of the McGraw-Hill Companies , maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array of investor needs. Over $1.45 trillion is directly indexed to our indices, which includes the S&P 500, the world's most followed stock market index, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, the S&P Global BMI, an index with approximately 11,000 constituents, the S&P GSCI, the industry's most closely watched commodities index, and the S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index, the premier investable index for U.S. municipal bonds. 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