Standard & Poor’s will make the following constituent changes in the S&P Europe 350 Dividend Aristocrats Index effective after the close of trading on Friday, 19 December 2008:
The weightings of the constituents will be reset to equal weight.
Please note, due to the extreme market fluctuations during the past few months, the US$3 billion market cap requirement was not used as a screening criteria for this year’s annual rebalancing.
Following is a summary of the additions and deletions:
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S&P Europe 350 Dividend Aristocrats – close of trading 19 December 2008 |
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| COUNTRY | COMPANY | TICKER | |
|
ADDED |
United Kingdom |
British American Tobacco |
BATS LN |
|
ADDED |
United Kingdom |
British Land Company Plc |
BLND LN |
|
ADDED |
United Kingdom |
Centrica |
CNA LN |
|
ADDED |
United Kingdom |
Next Plc |
NXT LN |
|
ADDED |
United Kingdom |
Pearson |
PSON LN |
|
ADDED |
United Kingdom |
Rexam Plc |
REX LN |
|
ADDED |
United Kingdom |
Royal Dutch Shell - B shares |
RDSB LN |
|
ADDED |
United Kingdom |
Tesco |
TSCO LN |
|
ADDED |
United Kingdom |
Vodafone Group PLC |
VOD LN |
|
DELETED |
Germany |
Altana AG |
ALT GY |
|
DELETED |
Italy |
Alleanza Assicurazioni |
AL IM |
|
DELETED |
Switzerland |
Roche Holding AG - Bearer Share |
RO SE |
|
DELETED |
United Kingdom |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group |
RBS LN |
