S&P/CITIC Index Information Services Co., Ltd. will make the following changes in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading Friday November 3, 2006.
Chengde Xinxin Vanadium & Titanium Co., Ltd. (Exchange Ticker SH600357, GICS code: 15104050), a member of S&P/CITIC 300 Index will increase its index shares from 498,200,000 to 539,551,239. This change is pursuant to a resumption of trading in 41,351,239 shares that are considered available float shares. As a result, the company’s Free Float will change from 0.5080 to 0.5502.
Zhejiang University Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. (Exchange Ticker SH600797, GICS code: 45202010), a member of S&P/CITIC 300 Index will increase its index shares from 506,206,851 to 634,204,199. This change is due to a resumption of trading in 127,997,348 shares that are considered available float shares. As a result, the company’s Free Float will change from 0.6226 to 0.7800.
About S&P/CITIC Index Information Services Co., Ltd (Beijing)
S&P/CITIC Index Information Services Co., Ltd is an independent joint venture between
Standard & Poor’s and CITIC Securities. The company is dedicated to developing and marketing
both equity and fixed income indices for China’s capital markets, as well as establishing
S&P/CITIC indices as the benchmarks of choice for foreign and domestic investors who are
active in China’s capital markets. Index products currently offered include S&P/CITIC A Shares
Composite Index and A Shares GICS sector indices, S&P/CITIC 300 A-Shares, S&P/CITIC 50
A-Shares, S&P/CITIC China 30 Index and S&P/CITIC Fixed Income Indices. S&P/CITIC is
China’s leading family of benchmarks: as of today, S&P/CITIC 300 is used as reference
benchmark by 15 asset management companies in the Chinese mainland for 22 publicly available
investment vehicles; S&P/CITIC Fixed Income Indices have been used as reference benchmarks
by 36 asset management companies for 55 funds. For more information, please visit website:
www.spciticindex.com
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About CITIC Securities
CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of CITIC Holdings, with core businesses in securities
underwriting, brokerage, asset management, trading and investment consultation. By the end of
2004, CITICS' net assets reached over 5.4 billion RMB with 1,200 employees and 40 branch
offices located in Mainland China. In the latest Asia Money ranking of domestic financial
institutions in key Asia-Pacific markets, CITIC Securities ranked No.1 among all Chinese
securities firms. The company undertook an initial public offering of 400 million A-shares
towards the end of 2002 and was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on January 6, 2003.
www.citics.com