- Electricité de France SA (France, SEDOL: B0NJJ17, GICS: Utilities, GICS: Code 55101010) will replace O2 Plc (United Kingdom, SEDOL: B05KYV3) in the S&P Europe 350, and will be added to the S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro Indices. O2 Plc is being removed following the offer, by fellow S&P Europe 350 constituent Telefónica, being declared wholly unconditional.
Electricité de France SA is one of the world’s top electric utilities and France’s number one electricity supplier. The number of shares outstanding is 1,813,669,000 and the Investable Weight Factor will be 0.1374. The company will be added to the S&P Europe 350 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Electric Utilities sub-industry.
- Aegis Group (United Kingdom, SEDOL: 0965756, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS: Code 25401010), a member of the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom indices, Investable Weight Factor will change from 1 to 0.7453. This is following the acquisition of shares by Vincent Bollore’s Financiere Du Loch, which has increased its holding to 25.47 % of shares outstanding.
| S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus, S&P Euro, S&P United Kingdom – close of trading 25th January 2005 | |||
| COMPANY | GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR | GICS SUB-INDUSTRY | |
| ADDED | Electricité de France SA | Utilities | Electric Utilities |
| DELETED | O2 Plc | Telecommunication Services | Wireless Telecommunication Services |
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