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Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (ADR) IWF And Share Changes

Date 04/10/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective after the close of trading on Tuesday, October 4, 2005:
  • Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (ADR) (Japan, NYSE: MTU, CUSIP: 606822104, Sedol: 2747327) IWF will increase to 0.98 from 0.95. The number of ADR shares used for index calculation purposes increased by 3,217,399,000 million shares after the close of trading on September 30, 2005. The company’s name has also changed to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. All changes are a result from the recent merger between Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group and UFJ Holdings Inc.
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