Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading Monday, April 28, 2008:
- Max Co Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6574220, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20106020) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will decrease by 4,261,000 to 50,500,626 due to the repurchase of shares.
- NGK Insulators Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6619507, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20106020) a member of the S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will decrease by 19,000,000 to 337,560,196 due to the repurchase of shares.
- Shinsei Bank Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6730936, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40101015) a member of the S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 269,128,888 to 2,060,346,891 and its IWF will be updated to 0.637 due to the conversion of preferred stock which does not involve Secondary offering.
| S&P
Japan 500, S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan SmallCap 250 – April 28, 2008 after
the market close |
| S&P Index |
Company |
New Shares |
New IWF |
| S&P Japan SmallCap 250 |
Max Co Ltd |
50,500,626 |
unchanged |
| S&P/TOPIX 150 |
NGK Insulators Ltd |
337,560,196 |
unchanged |
| S&P/TOPIX 150 |
Shinsei Bank Ltd |
2,060,346,891 |
0.637 |
