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 Monday, March 2, 2009:
- NEC Tokin Corp (Japan, SEDOL: 6895523, GICS: Information Technology, GICS Code: 45203015) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 152,000,000 to 265,516,000 and its IWF will be updated to 0.2501 due to the private placement.
 
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       S&P Japan 500 and S&P Japan SmallCap 250 – March 2, 2009 after the market close-  | 
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       S&P Index  | 
    
       Company  | 
    
       New Shares  | 
    
       New IWF  | 
  
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       S&P Japan SmallCap 250  | 
    
       NEC Tokin Corp  | 
    
       265,516,000  | 
    
       0.2501  |