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, March 31, 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 Mart Resources, Inc. (TSXVN:MMT) will graduate to trade on TSX at the open of trading on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The ticker symbol will remain "MMT" and the CUSIP number will remain 572903 10 2. The company will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, April 1, 2014.

Mart Resources 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 Monday, April 7, 2014, at which time it will be listed on TSX.

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