S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes to the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

A Deletion from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite and Venture Select Indices

TORONTO, May 2, 2014 /CNW/ - S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

The Toronto Stock Exchange announced today in the Daily Bulletin that the shares of Africa Oil Corp. (TSXVN:AOI) will graduate to trade on TSX at the open of trading on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The ticker symbol will remain "AOI" and the CUSIP number will remain 00829Q 10 1. The company will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, May 5, 2014.

Africa Oil is also a constituent of the S&P/TSX Venture Select Index. The company will be removed from this index effective after the close of Friday, May 9, 2014, at which time it will be listed on TSX.

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