Share Change In S&P Japan SmallCap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Thursday July 13, 2006:

• Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6555708, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20106020) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 10,000,000 to 119,944,543 due to the public offering.

Following is a summary of the announced change:

S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 INDEX July 13th, 2006 after the market close
S&P Index	Company	New Shares
S&P Japan SmallCap 250	Makino Milling Machine Co Ltd	119,944,543