Quarterly Rebalancing And Annual IWF Review S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index as part of the September quarterly rebalancing and annual Investible Weight Factors review. Please refer to the table attached for adjustments, which include changes of index constituent shares and IWFs. The changes listed below will become effective after the close of trading Thursday September 28, 2006.