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Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co., Ltd. Shares and IWF increase in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Date 29/03/2005

Standard & Poor’s and CITIC Securities will make the following changes in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading Wednesday, March 30, 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 66,701,081 to 290,280,000. This change is due to the lifting of trading restrictions on shares that were previously deemed to be strategic holdings. There will also be an increase in the IWF.
Following is a summary of the announced changes:

S&P/CITIC 300 Index – March 30, 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.

290,280,000 0.2826

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About CITIC Securities

CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of CITIC Holdings, with core businesses in securities underwriting, brokerage, asset management, trading and investment consultation. By the end of 2002, CITICS' net assets reached over 5 billion RMB with 1,200 employees and 40 branch offices located in Mainland China. In the 2003 and 2004 AsiaMoney ranking of domestic financial institutions in key Asia-Pacific markets, CITIC Securities ranked No.1 among all the Chinese securities firms. The Company undertook an initial public offering of 400 million Ashares towards the end of 2002 and was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on January 6, 2003. The CITIC indices are recognized as one of the most influential non-exchange index series in Mainland China. For more information, visit http://www.citics.com.