FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Constituents Unchanged After December Semi-Annual Review

• Three new constituents to be added to FTSE Bursa Malaysia Mid 70 Index
• Three new constituents to be added to FTSE Bursa Malaysia Hijrah Shariah Index

FTSE Russell and Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) announce that there will be no changes to the constituents of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI, following the semi-annual review of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Series today.

The index series is reviewed semi-annually in accordance with the index ground rules.

Part of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Series, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI is widely used by investors as the primary benchmark for the Malaysian market, including derivatives through FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Futures (FKLI), FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Options (OKLI). The benchmarks are also tracked by a number of index-linked financial products, such as exchange traded funds.

The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI reserve list, comprising the five highest ranking non-constituents of the index by market capitalisation, will be Hap Seng Consolidated, IJM, Gamuda, YTL Power International and Hartalega Holdings. The reserve list will be used in the event that one or more constituents are deleted from the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI in accordance with the index ground rules during the period up to the next semi-annual review.

As a result of this review, changes to other indexes in the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Series include:

FTSE Bursa Malaysia Mid 70 Index Changes:

FTSE Bursa Malaysia Hijrah Shariah Index Changes:

All constituent changes take effect at the start of business on 21 December 2015 and the next review will take place on 2 June 2016.

Further information on the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Series review, including all additions and deletions as well as ground rules, is available at http://www.ftse.com/products/indices/bursa-malaysia.  Index codes and performance information is available at http://www.ftse.com/products/indices/bursa-malaysia and www.bursamalaysia.com.