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Shandong Langchao Cheeloosoft Co. Ltd. Shares And IWF Increase In The S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Date 19/08/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading Friday, August 20, 2004:
  • Shandong Langchao Cheeloosoft Co. Ltd. (China, SEDOL: 6797481, GICS: Information Technology, GICS Code: 45102010), a member of the S&P/CITIC 300 Index, free-float A shares will increase by 20,610,720 to 89,313,120. This change is due to the successful completion of a rights issue. There will also be a change to the IWF.
Following is a summary of the announced changes:

S&P/CITIC 300 Index – August 20, 2004 after the market close
S&P Index Company Name

New Free Float Shares

New IWF
S&P/CITIC 300

Shandong Langchao Cheeloosoft Co. Ltd.

89,313,120 0.4806

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