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Statoil ASA (ADR) IWF Increase In The S&P ADR Indices

Date 21/07/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P ADR Indices, effective at the close of trading on Thursday, July 22, 2004:

  • Statoil ASA (ADR) (Norway, NYSE: STO, CUSIP: 85771P102, Sedol: 2763129) IWF will increase to 0.24 from 0.1828. The change follows the sale of ordinary shares by the company’s major shareholder, the Norwegian state.

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