Share And IWF Changes In S&P Japan 500 And S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Indices

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan 500 and S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Indices effective after the close of trading Tuesday, February 27 2007:

• Shochiku Co Ltd(Japan, SEDOL: 6805362, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25401030) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by
• Sojitz Corp (Japan, SEDOL: 6594143, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20107010) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 146,498,680 to 943,632,911 due to the execution of convertible bonds.
• SWCC Showa Holdings Co Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6805481, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20104010) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 12,401,883 to 231,719,804 due the execution of convertible bonds.

S&P Japan 500 and S&P Japan SmallCap 250 – February 27th 2007 after the market close
S&P Index	Company	New Shares	New IWF
S&P Japan SmallCap 250	Shochiku Co Ltd	125,695,578	0.74
S&P Japan SmallCap 250	Sojitz Corp	943,632,911	unchanged
S&P Japan SmallCap 250	SWCC Showa Holdings Co Ltd	231,719,804	unchanged