Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P Latin America 40 Index effective after the close of trading on Monday, September 4th, 2006.
Itaubanco – PN (Brazil, SEDOL: 2849739, GICS: Financials, Code: 40101010) ADR shares will increase by 68,518,100 to 595,496,100. The share increase is due to a merger with Bank Boston and Libero Trading.
New York Stock Exchange will be closed on Monday September 4th. For this reason, the effective date of this change will be September 5th.
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