Euronext France Expert Commission, Indices Committee

The Expert Commission, Indices Committee, meeting today, took the following decisions:

SBF 120 index:

Added: Eutelsat Communications

SBF 250 index:

Added: Eutelsat Communications
Ipsen

Removed: Buffalo Grill

CAC MID100 index:

Added: Eutelsat Communications
Ipsen

Removed: Alain Afflelou

CAC SMALL90 index:

Added: Alain Afflelou

Removed: Buffalo Grill

CAC AllShares index:

Added: Eutelsat Communications
Ipsen

Removed: AES Chemunex

CAC IT index:

Added: Eutelsat Communications

Furthermore, the Expert Commission, Indices Committee has decided, at market’s request, to reduce the delay between the announcement of its decision and the date the decisions take effect from the current 4 weeks minimum to a minimum of 2 weeks.

The decisions taken today will take effect from Monday 20 March 2006.