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Share & IWF Changes In The S&P/TOPIX 150, S&P Japan SmallCap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 16/07/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TOPIX 150, S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Friday July 23rd 2004:
  • Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (Japan, SEDOL: 6598446, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25102010) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 740,000,000 to 2,223,438,934 and its IWF will be updated to 0.24 due to its private placement.
  • Promise Co. Ltd. (Japan, SEDOL: 6703295, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40202010) a member of the S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 8,900,000 to 134,866,665 and its IWF will be updated to 0.626 due to its private placement.
Following is a summary of the announced change:

S&P/TOPIX 150, S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 INDEX – July 23rd2004 after the market close

S&P Index Company New Shares New IWF
S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Mitsubishi Motors Corp. 2,223,438,934 0.24
S&P/TOPIX 150 Promise Co. Ltd. 134,866,665 0.626

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