S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes to the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices
TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
S&P Dow Jones Indices Canadian Index Services will make the following
changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:
It is anticipated that Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (TSX:FFH) will
complete the acquisition of Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG
(NYSE:AWH). To reflect the issuance of subordinate voting shares as part
of the transaction, the relative weight of Fairfax Financial will
increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX
Completion, the S&P/TSX Composite Dividend and the S&P/TSX Capped
Financial Indices prior to the open of trading on Thursday, July 6,
2017. There will be no change to the relative weight of Fairfax
Financial in the S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight or the S&P/TSX Composite
Buyback Indices.
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