Esprit Holdings Limited IWF Increase In The S&P Asia 50 And S&P/Hkex Largecap Indices

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P Asia 50 and S&P/HKEx LargeCap Indices effective after the close of trading Thursday, November 18, 2004:

• Esprit Holdings Limited (Hong Kong, SEDOL: 6321642, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25504010), a member of the S&P Asia 50 and S&P/HKEx LargeCap Indices, Investible Weight Factor (IWF) will increase from 0.6235 to 0.7051. This change is due to the placement of 7.8% of existing shares by the company’s chairman. There is no change to the total shares outstanding.

Following is a summary of the announced changes:

S&P Asia 50 and S&P/HKEx LargeCap – November 18, 2004 after the market close
S&P Index	Company Name	Current IWF	New IWF
S&P Asia 50 S&P/HKEx LargeCap	Esprit Holdings Limited	0.6235	0.7051

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