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

FTSE Group (FTSE), the award-winning global index provider, and Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) announced that there are no changes to FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI following the semi-annual review of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Series.

The index series is reviewed semi-annually by the independent FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Advisory Committee. The committee is made up of leading market professionals who ensure that the index review fully complies with a set of highly transparent and publicly available index rules.

As 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, and forms the basis of a wide range of investment products, including the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI ETF, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Futures (FKLI), FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Options (OKLI) and other index-linked financial products.

The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI reserve list, comprising the five highest ranking non-constituents of the index by market capitalisation, will be YTL Power International, Bumi Armada, KLCC Prop & REITS – Stapled Securities, Gamuda and Malaysia Airports. The reserve list will be used in the event that one or more constituents are deleted from the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI during the period up to the next semi-annual review.

At this review, the Committee also approved the following changes to other indices in the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Series.

FTSE Bursa Malaysia Mid 70 Index Changes:

	Inclusions	Exclusions
1	Westports Holdings	Boustead Holdings
2	UMW Oil & Gas	Padiberas Nasional
3	Keck Seng Malaysia	JCY International
4	AirAsia X	Padini Holdings
5	Hong Leong Capital	Rimbunan Sawit
6	Cahya Mata Sarawak	Mulpha International

FTSE Bursa Malaysia Hijrah Shariah Index Changes:

	Inclusions	Exclusions
1	Westports Holdings	SapuraKencana Petroleum
2	UMW Oil & Gas	Bumi Armada
3	Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings	SP Setia

All constituent changes take effect at the start of business on 23 December 2013 and the next review will take place on 5 June 2014.

Further information on the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Series review, including all additions and deletions as well as ground rules, are available at www.ftse.com/bursamalaysia. Index codes and performance information are available at www.ftse.com/bursamalaysia and www.bursamalaysia.com.