Share Increase For Suez SA (ADR) In The S&P ADR Indices

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective after the close of trading on Friday, December 2, 2005:

• Suez SA (ADR) (France, NYSE: SZE, CUSIP: 864686100, Sedol: 2799425) shares will increase by 100,805,267 to 1,250,164,618. The company increased its capital to finance the acquisition of Eletrabel SA.

Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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