Share Change For Acom Co Ltd In S&P/TOPIX 150 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P/TOPIX 150 and the S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Monday April 26th 2004:

Acom Co. Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6049784, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40202010) a member of the S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 14,000,000 to 159,628,280 and its IWF will be updated to 0.484 due to the private placement.

Following is a summary of the announced change:

S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan 500 Indices – April 26^th, 2004 after the market close
S&P Index	Company	New Shares	New IWF
S&P/TOPIX 150	Acom Co. Ltd	159,628,280	0.484

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