Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index after the close of trading on Thursday, October 20, 2011:
The shareholders of Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. (TSX:ZL) have accepted the $CDN3.98 cash per share offer from Microsemi Corporation (NASDAQ:MSCC). Zarlink will be removed from the S&P/TSX SmallCap and Equity SmallCap Indices after the close of Thursday, October 20, 2011.
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.