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Exclusion Of Equant NV From The S&P ADR Indices

Date 20/05/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective after the close of trading on Monday, May 23, 2005:
  • Equant NV (ADR) (Netherlands, NYSE: ENT, Sedol: 2275420, CUSIP: 294409107) will be removed from the S&P ADR Index to correspond with the completion of the company’s merger with France Telecom SA. The company will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange effective on May 24, 2005.
Following is a summary of the announced changes:

S&P ADR Index – May 24, 2005
  COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
REMOVED Equant NV (ADR) Telecommunication Services Alternative Carriers

Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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