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China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) IWF Increase In The S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index

Date 09/05/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index effective after the close of trading Wednesday, May 11, 2005:
  • China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) (Hong Kong, SEDOL: 6291819, GICS: Energy, GICS Code: 10102010), a member of the S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index, IWF will increase from 0.8112 to 1.00. There will be no change to the total shares outstanding. The increase in IWF is due to the sale by Exxon Mobile of its entire stake in Sinopec.
Following is a summary of the announced changes:

S&P/HKE x LargeCap Index – May 11, 2005 after the market close

S&P Index Company Name Current IWF New IWF
S&P/HKEx LargeCap China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) 0.8112 1.00

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