S&P Emerging Markets Database Index Announcements - South Africa- African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. Share Increase

African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. (EMDB Code 696180.1/Sedol 6041122) will increase its shares outstanding by 89.7504 million shares effective May 28, 2004. The share increase reflects the recent acquisition of an unlisted company in South Africa. If the above share increase had occurred on May 13, 2004, the S&P/IFCI market weight would have increased to 0.58% from 0.33%.