A Share Update in the S&P/TSX Composite
Index
TORONTO, April 27, 2015 /CNW/ - S&P Dow Jones
Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the
S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX:BAM.A) has closed a bought
deal offering and a private placement of Class A limited voting
shares. To reflect this share issuance, the relative weight of
Brookfield Asset will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and
Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX 60, 60 ESG and 60 Capped, the
S&P/TSX Composite Dividend and the S&P/TSX Capped Real
Estate Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. There will be no
relative weight change for Brookfield Asset Management 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
Composite Buyback Indices as a result of this share issuance.
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