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Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TOPIX 150 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 20/06/2008

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading Friday, June 27, 2008:

  • Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Japan, SEDOL: 6870445, GICS: Health Care, GICS Code: 35202010) a member of the S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will decrease by 57,130,000 to 832,142,395 due to the repurchase of shares.

S&P Japan 500 and S&P/TOPIX 150

– June 27, 2008 after the market close-

S&P Index

Company

New Shares

S&P/TOPIX 150

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

832,142,395

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