SWP Added to S&P/TSX Composite Index

TORONTO - Jun 17/05 - SNS -- The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc. has been included in the Standard & Poor's Toronto Stock Exchange (S&P/TSX) Composite Index, effective Friday, June 17, 2005, after the close of trading.

The S&P/TSX Composite Index is the most widely used measure of market performance in Canada. It represents more than 200 of the largest publicly traded companies and acts as a benchmark for measuring the performance of the broad Canadian equity market.

Mayo Schmidt, President and CEO of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc. said the company's inclusion in the S&P/TSX Composite Index is an important milestone for the company.

The S&P/TSX Composite Index is weighted according to capitalization and every quarter is updated by a committee of representatives from Standard & Poor's and the Toronto Stock Exchange. Given this, the Pool's inclusion or rank may change over time.

The Pool has a total of 81,834,137 common shares issued and outstanding and a market capitalization of approximately $550 million. The company's position in the Index is initially expected to rank at 177 out of 222 companies. These rankings can change on a daily basis due to price fluctuations in each stock. The Pool has also been included in the Consumer Staples sector of the Index.