Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Jul. 13, 2011 (Canada NewsWire Group) --

TORONTO, July 13, 2011 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:

• On July 11, 2011, Cinch Energy Corp. (TSX:CNH) received shareholder and court approval for their Plan of Arrangement with Tourmaline Oil Corp. (TSX:TOU). Tourmaline will acquire Cinch by giving 0.06366 shares of Tourmaline for each Cinch share. Cinch will be removed from the S&P/TSX SmallCap and Equity SmallCap Indices effective after the close of Friday, July 15, 2011.

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.

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