Provisional Selections For The AEX Index And The Amsterdam Midkap Index

A provisional selection of companies for inclusion in the AEX index and the Amsterdam Midkap index (AMX) has been made by Euronext Indices B.V. on the basis of their effective turnover in the period up to and including 31 October 2000. The selection also takes account of the new rules and regulations.

The effective turnover of some companies has been extrapolated. In the extrapolation, the effective turnover achieved during the first 20 days of trading were not included, thereby cancelling out the 'introduction effect.

Euronext Indices B.V. wishes to emphasise that this selection simply provides an indication of the reweighting on the first day of trading in March 2001, and may be affected by the announcement of potential corporate actions in the future. The definitive selection will be announced at the beginning of 2001.

The following selection has been made based on the current data.

AEX index

• KPNQwest, Versatel and Buhrmann will be included in the AEX index.
• Gucci and Corus will be removed from the AEX index.

Amsterdam Midkap index

• Gucci, Corus, World Online, ASM International, BE Semiconductor, PinkRoccade, De Telegraaf Holding, Exact Holding and Unit 4 will be included in the Amsterdam Midkap index.
• Versatel, Buhrmann, Randstad, Cap Gemini SA, Nedlloyd, Internatio-Müller, Volker Wessels Stevin and Stork will be removed from the Amsterdam Midkap index.