INDEX ANNOUNCEMENT Sirius Resources NL to be removed from the S&P/ASX 200 Index Sydney, September 3, 2015: S&P Dow Jones Indices announced today that it will remove Sirius Resources NL (ASX: SIR) from the S&P/ASX 200 Index, subject to final court approval of the proposed scheme of arrangement under which the company will be acquired by Independence Group NL (ASX: IGO).

S&P Dow Jones Indices will remove Sirius Resources NL from the S&P/ASX 200 after the close of trading on September 10, 2015. Sirius Resources NL will be replaced by Blackmores Limited

(ASX: BKL) in the S&P/ASX 200 after the close of trading on September 10, 2015.

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