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TORONTO, Nov. 8, 2011 /CNW/ -Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite and Select Indices: Shareholders of Donnybrook Energy. (TSXVN:DEI) approved on November 4, 2011, the Plan of Arrangement whereby the company will spin out certain non-core oil & gas assets to shareholders. For every share of Donnybrook Energy held, shareholders will receive 0.025 shares of a new company named Donnycreek Energy Inc. Donnycreek Energy will trade on TSX Venture for the first time (the ex-date of the spin-off) on November 9, 2011, under the ticker symbol "DCK". The spun out shares of Donnycreek Energy will be added at zero price to the S&P/TSX Venture Composite and Venture Select Indices after the close of trading on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. Effective after the close of Wednesday, November 9, 2011, the shares of Donnycreek Energy will be removed from the same two indices. 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. About S&P Indices S&P Indices, a part of McGraw-Hill Financial, is the world's leading index provider maintaining a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices. Over $1.25 trillion is directly indexed to Standard & Poor's family of indices, which includes the S&P 500, the world's most followed stock market index, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, the S&P Global BMI, an index with approximately 11,000 constituents, the S&P GSCI, the industry's most closely-watched commodities index and the S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index, the premier investable index for U.S. municipal bonds. For more information, please visit www.standardandpoors.com/indices. About McGraw-Hill Financial McGraw-Hill Financial, a part of The McGraw-Hill Companies , is a leading provider of research and analytical tools for investment advisors, wealth managers and institutional investors. It deploys the latest innovative technology strategies to deliver to customers a portfolio of cross-asset analytics, integrated desktop services, valuation and index benchmarks and investment recommendations in the rapidly growing $16 billion financial information, data and analytics market. Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations CONTACT: Tony North Dave Guarino(416) 507-3204 1 212 438 1471sp_index@standardandpoors.com Dave_guarino@standardandpoors.com

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