Standard & Poor's, will make the following change in the S&P Asia 50 Index effective after the close of trading Friday, March 19, 2004 as part of the quarterly rebalancing for the S&P Global 1200 Indices previously announced.
- Yulon Motor Co Inc. (Taiwan, SEDOL: 6988597, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25102010), a member of the S&P Asia 50 Index, shares outstanding will decrease to 1,371,216,300 following the share transfer transaction by Nissan.
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