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Share & IWF Changes For Seiyu Ltd In The S&P Japan SmallCap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 30/05/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Monday 6th June 2005:
  • Seiyu Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6793780, GICS: Consumer Staples, GICS Code: 30101040) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 58,479,000 to 715,780,897 and IWF will be changed 0.45 due to the private placement.
Following is a summary of the announced change:

S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 INDEX – June 6th 2005, after the market close
S&P Index Company New Shares New IWF
S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Seiyu Ltd 715,780,897 0.45

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