As previously announced the IWFs for the US companies in the Global 100 index will next adjust their IWFs at the September rebalancing in 2005. At that time, they will adopt the same float factors used in the official U.S. float-adjusted indices. For more information on the schedule of U.S. float adjustment please visit www.standardandpoors.com.
Following is a summary of the announced changes:
S&P
Global 100 Index
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| COMPANY | SEDOL | NEW SHARES | NEW IWF |
| Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 6771720 | 147,299,000 | 1.00 |
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