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

A Deletion from the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index

TORONTO, April 19, 2018 /CNW/ - S&P Dow Jones Indices Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:  

Bank of Nova Scotia has announced that it will redeem for $CDN25.00 cash (plus accrued and unpaid dividends) per share all of its outstanding Series 18 Preferred Shares (TSX:BNS.PR.P) on Thursday, April 26, 2018. The preference shares will be removed from the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index and the S&P/TSX North American Preferred Stock Index effective prior to the open of trading on Friday, April 27, 2018.

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