Hon Hai Precision Industry Corp. , Ltd. Shares Increase In The S&P Asia 50 Index

Standard & Poor's will make the following change in the S&P Asia 50 Index effective after the close of trading on March 31, 2004:

• Hon Hai Precision Industry Corp., Ltd. (Taiwan, SEDOL 6438564, GICS: Information Technology, GICS Code: 45203010), a member of the S&P Asia 50 and S&P Global 1200 Indices, shares will increase by 238,024,500 to 2,757,198,900. The change is the result of the merger of Hon Hai Precision Industry and Ambit Microsystems Corp.

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