A Share Issuance in the S&P/TSX SmallCap
and Global Mining Indices
TORONTO, July 21, 2015 /CNW/ - S&P Dow Jones
Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the
S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:
Imperial Metals Corporation (TSX:III) has announced an offering
of rights to subscribe for common shares. Imperial Metals
shareholders of record on July 27,
2015, will receive one right for every share held. The
combination of 13.73 rights and $CDN8.00 is required to subscribe for one rights
share. The ex-date of the transaction is July 23, 2015. Approximately 5.5 mm shares are
expected to be issued under the transaction. Effective after the
close on Wednesday, July 22, 2015,
the relative weight of Imperial Metals will increase in the
S&P/TSX Global Mining, Global Base Metals and SmallCap Indices
to reflect the issuance of new shares as part of this rights
offering. There will be no relative weight change in the
S&P/TSX Equal Weight Global Base Metals Index from this
transaction.
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