Share Changes For Isuzu Motors, Mitsubishi Motors, And Sojitz Holdings In The S&P Japan SmallCap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

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, Friday February 25th, 2005:

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 76,315,550 to 1,043,402,768 due to the exercise of convertible bonds.
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 302,346,084 to 3,048,554,356 due to the execution of exercise of preferred stock.
Sojitz Holdings Corp. (Japan, SEDOL: 6594143, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20107010) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 10,927,095 to 226,621,428 due to the exercise of convertible bonds.

Following is a summary of the announced change:

S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Index –February 25^th, 2005 after the market close
S&P Index	Company	New Shares
S&P Japan SmallCap 250	Sojitz Holdings Corp.	226,621,428
S&P Japan SmallCap 250	Isuzu Motors Ltd	1,043,402,768
S&P Japan SmallCap 250	Mitsubishi Motors Corp.	3,048,554,356

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