S&P/EMDB will increase the number of shares outstanding for Elite Industries – 1.00 (SPID 436300.1/SEDOL 6304115), an S&P/IFCI and S&P/IFCG constituent, by 43.2175 million shares effective May 19, 2004. The share increase is due to its acquisition of several subsidiaries of its parent company, Strauss (non-index constituent). The name will change to Strauss-Elite Ltd. The Investable Weight Factor of Elite Industries – 1.00 will simultaneously be changed to 26.40% from 73.03% to reflect the increased holdings of the parent company in the new entity. If this change had occurred on May 04, 2004, the S&P/IFCI market weight of Elite Industries – 1.00 would have changed to .54% from .84%.
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S&P Emerging Markets Database Index Announcement: South Africa- Anglogold Ashanti Ltd. Share Increase (Eff. 05/19/2004) - Israel – Elite Industries – 1.00 Share Increase And IWF Change (Eff. 05/19/2004)
Date 05/05/2004