Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co., Ltd. Shares And IWF Increase In The S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading Monday, January 31, 2005:

Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co., Ltd. (China, SEDOL: 6313854, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20106010), a member of the S&P/CITIC 300 Index, free-float A shares will increase by 13,392,300 to 223,578,919. This change is due to the lifting of trading restrictions on shares that were previously deemed to be strategic holdings. There will also be a change to the IWF.

Following is a summary of the announced changes:

S&P/CITIC 300 Index – January 31, 2005 after the market close
S&P Index	Company Name	New Free Float Shares	New IWF
S&P/CITIC 300	Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co., Ltd.	223,578,919	0.2176

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