Standard & Poor’s Announces Index Value Changes In S&P Japan SmallCap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 08/10/2004

Standard & Poor’s made some amendments on the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Indices value from 1st Oct 2004 to 5th Oct 2004 as in the below. There is no amendment done on the other sub-indices.

Index	Date	Correct Price
S&P Japan 500	1^st Oct 2004	983.89
	4^th Oct 2004	1004.51
	5^th Oct 2004	1005.08

S&P Japan 500(Total Return)	1^st Oct 2004	1046.68
	4^th Oct 2004	1068.62
	5^th Oct 2004	1069.23

S&P Japan SmallCap 250	1^st Oct 2004	1449.08
	4^th Oct 2004	1476.56
	5^th Oct 2004	1476.57

S&P Japan SmallCap 250(Total Return)	1^st Oct 2004	1575.12
	4^th Oct 2004	1604.99
	5^th Oct 2004	1605