Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:
- The shareholders of Fronteer Gold Inc. (TSX:FRG) have accepted the $C14.00 cash per share takeover offer from Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE:NEM). Fronteer Gold will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity, Capped Equity, Equity Completion and Equity SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Completion, the S&P/TSX SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Global Mining, the S&P/TSX Global Gold and the S&P/TSX Capped Materials indices after close on Friday, April 8, 2011.
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