FTSE Asia Pacific Ex-Japan Regional Index Review

Constituent changes arising from the FTSE Asia Pacific Regional Committee meeting on Tuesday, 28 February can be accessed via www.ftse.com/./tech_notices/2006/Q1/GEIS_AP_Review_2006.xls. The changes will be effective after the close of business on Friday, 17 March 2006 (i.e. on Monday, 20 March 2006).

Please note that this review has been carried out using the following liquidity rule:

3% of shares need to be traded for 10 out of the 12 months for potential new constituents and 1% of shares traded for 8 out of 12 months for existing constituents.