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KT&G Corporation Shares Decrease In The S&P Asia 50 Index

Date 03/01/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P Asia 50 Index effective after the close of trading Wednesday, January 5, 2005:
  • KT&G Corporation (Korea, SEDOL: 6175076, GICS: Consumer Staples, GICS Code: 30203010), a member of the S&P Asia 50 Index, shares will decrease by 10,000,503 to 165,442,497. This change is due to the cancellation of shares bought back from Industrial Bank of Korea. There will be no change to the IWF.
Following is a summary of the announced changes:

S&P Asia 50 Index – January 5, 2005 after the market close
S&P Index Company Name Company Name IWF
S&P Asia 50 KT&G Corporation 165,442,497 1.0 (No change)

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