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Share Increase & IWF Change For Lenovo Group Ltd. In The S&P/CITIC China 30 Index

Date 11/07/2005

Standard & Poor’s and CITIC Securities will make the following change in the S&P/CITIC China 30 Index effective after the close of trading Wednesday, July 13, 2005.
  • Lenovo Group Ltd. (Hong Kong, SEDOL: 6218089, GICS: Information Technology, GICS Code: 45202010), a member of the S&P/CITIC China 30 Index, will increase its shares from 7,474,796,000 to 8,411,455,000, following the company’s purchase of the PC business of IBM. The Investable Weight Factor (IWF) will be revised to 0.4045 from 0.4270 to reflect the most recent share holding structure.
Following is a summary of the announced changes.

S&P/CITIC China 30 – July 13, 2005 after market close
Index Company Name New Total Shares New IWF
S&P/CITIC China 30 Lenovo Group Ltd. 8,411,455,000 0.4045

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About CITIC Securities

CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of CITIC Holdings, with core businesses in securities underwriting, brokerage, asset management, trading and investment consultation. By the end of 2004, CITICS' net assets reached over 5.4 billion RMB with 1,200 employees and 40 branch offices located in Mainland China. In the latest Asia Money ranking of domestic financial institutions in key Asia-Pacific markets, CITIC Securities ranked No.1 among all Chinese securities firms. The company undertook an initial public offering of 400 million A-shares towards the end of 2002 and was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on January 6, 2003. www.citics.com