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Quarterly Rebalancing And Annual IWF Review For S&P Global 100, S&P Europe 350, S&P Asia 50, S&P Latin America 40, And S&P/ASX 50 Indices

Date 14/09/2005

Standard & Poor's, as part of the quarterly rebalancing, will update the shares outstanding for several constituents of the S&P Global 100, S&P Europe 350, S&P Asia 50, S&P ASX/50, and the S&P Latin America 40 Indices. In addition as part of their annual review, Investible Weight Factors for S&P Global 100, S&P Europe 350, and S&P Asia 50 will become effective after the close of business Friday, September 16, 2005.

As previously announced on September 9, 2004 the U.S. companies in S&P Global 100 index are adopting the same float factors used in the official U.S. float-adjusted indices. For more information on this issue please refer to the S&P Global 100 announcement of September 9, 2004.

New shares outstanding and Investible Weight Factors can be downloaded in Excel format using the links provided below.

New Shares Outstanding

Investible Weight Factors

Company additions to, and deletions from, an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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