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Nanjing Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. Shares And IWF Increase In The S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Date 02/02/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading Thursday, February 3, 2005:
  • Nanjing Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (China, SEDOL: 6286934, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 15104050), a member of the S&P/CITIC 300 Index, free-float A shares will increase by 120,000,000 to 264,000,000. This change is due to the issue of new A shares. There will also be a change to the IWF.
Following is a summary of the announced changes:

S&P/CITIC 300 Index – February 3, 2005 after the market close
S&P Index Company Name

New Free Float Shares

New IWF
S&P/CITIC 300 Nanjing Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. 264,000,000 0.4231

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