Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

    




 TORONTO, Oct. 17, 2011 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's will make the following  changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of  trading on Monday, October 17, 2011: 




        --  PNI Digital Media Inc. (TSXVN:PN) will be removed from the
            index. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same
            ticker symbol.




 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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