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Revised December Index changes For The S&P/CITIC 50 Index

Date 22/12/2008

S&P/CITIC Index Information Services Co., Ltd. advise that the removal of China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd (SEDOL: 6191340, Ticker: SZ000039) and the addition of Qinghai Salt Lake Potash Co., Ltd. (Sedol: 6110107, Ticker: SZ000792) that were changes associated with the recent December index rebalance have been revised. Effective 22nd December 2008 the actions of removing China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd and the addition of Qinghai Salt Lake Potash Co., Ltd. (Sedol: 6110107) to the S&P/CITIC 50 have been removed.

Effective 22nd December the only additions & removals to the S&P/CITIC 50 Index stocks are the following:

Additions
TBEA Co., Ltd
China Railway Construction Corporation

Removals
Beijing Gehua CATV Network Co., Ltd
China Shipping Development Co., Ltd

Index divisors and associated files for start of day 22nd December and subsequent end of day files for the 22nd December have been reposted.

Additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the companies concerned.