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

Date 20/01/2006

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, Friday January 27, 2006:
  • Sanyo Electric Credit Co., Ltd. (Japan, SEDOL: 6772165, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40202010) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 5,130,000 to 39,957,101 and its IWF will be updated to 0.410 due to a private placement.
Following is a summary of the announced change:

S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Index January 27th, 2006 after the market close-

S&P Index Company New Shares IWF
S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Sanyo Electric Credit Co., Ltd. 39,957,101 0.410

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