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Share Changes For Isuzu Motors, Ltd. In The S&P Japan Smallcap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 23/03/2005

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, Wednesday March 31st, 2004:
  • Isuzu Motors Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6467104, 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 48,458,445 to 801,894,536 due to the execution of exercise of convertible bonds.

This corporate event will be part of all other changes previously announced on March 18th, 2004 for the S&P Japan 500 Index.

Following is a summary of the announced changes effective after the close of trading Wednesday, March 31st, 2004:

  1. Share change.

    S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 INDEX

    After the market close of March 31st, 2004

    S&P Index Company New Shares
    S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Isuzu Motors, Ltd.

    801,894,536

  2. Deletions and additions.

    S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan 500 Indices

    After the market close of March 31st 2004

      Index COMPANY SEDOL GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
    Deleted S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Maruha Corp 6870207 Consumer Staples Packaged Foods & Meats
    Deleted S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Japan Storage Battery Co Ltd 6470726 Industrials Electrical Components & Equipment
    Deleted S&P Japan MidCap 100 Daido Life Insurance Co 6507088 Financials Life & Health Insurance
    Added S&P Japan SmallCap 25 0 Maruha Group Inc. 6744261 Consumer Staples Packaged Foods & Meats
    Added S&P Japan SmallCap 250 GS Yuasa Corp 6744250 Industrials Electrical Components & Equipment
    Added S&P Japan MidCap 100 T&D Holdings Inc. 6744294 Financials Life & Health Insurance
  3. Newly added companies’ shares and IWF.

    S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan 500 Indices

     After the market close of March 31st, 2004

    COMPANY SEDOL N EW SHARES NEW IWF
    Maruha Group Inc. 6744261 300,000,000 0.64
    GS Yuasa Corp. 6744250 178,354,986 0.67
    T&D Holdings Inc. 6744294 150,000,000 0.85
  4. Share changes on April 1st, 2004.

    S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan 500 Indices

    After the market close of April 1st, 2004

    COMPANY SEDOL NEW SHARES NEW IWF
    Maruha Group Inc. 6744261 300,000,000 (no change) 0.67
    GS Yuasa Corp. 6744250 355,539,621 0.82
    T&D Holdings Inc. 6744294 241,500,000 0.81

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