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STOXX Changes Composition Of Benchmark Indices - Results Of The Third Regular Quarterly Review To Be Effective On September 19, 2011

Date 23/08/2011

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced the new composition of the STOXX Benchmark and their sub- and sector indices, among them the STOXX Europe 600 Index, STOXX Americas 600 Index and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index, as well as that of the STOXX Europe Football Index and STOXX Europe Private Equity 20 Index.

Effective as of the open of European markets on September 19, 2011, the following stocks will be added to and deleted from the STOXX Europe 600 Index and its respective size and sector indices:

 

Additions Deletions
BANK OF IRELAND (Ireland, Banks, BKIR.I) APERAM (Luxemburg, Basic Resources, APAM.AS)
RIGHTMOVE GRP (U.K., Media, RMV.L) FOMENTO DE CONSTRUCY CONTRA (Spain, Construction & Materials, FCC.MC)
CHR HANSEN HLDG (Denmark, Food & Beverage, CHRH.CO) EDP RENOVAVEIS (Portugal, Utilities, EDPR.LS)
BARRY CALLEBAUT (Switzerland, Food & Beverage, BARN.S) TRYG (Denmark, Insurance, TRYG.CO)
AVEVA GRP (U.K., Technology, AVV.L) OUTOKUMPU (Finland, Basic Resources, OUT1V.HE)
REMY CONTREAU (France, Food & Beverage, RCOP.PA) EFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS (Greece, Banks, EFGr.AT)
AREVA (France, Utilities, AREVA.PA) HALFORDS GRP (U.K., Retail, HFD.L)
FUCHS PETROLUB PREF (Germany, Chemicals, FPEG_p.DE) PAGESJAUNES (France, Media, PAJ.PA)
AMER SPORTS (Finland, Personal & Household Goods, AMEAS.HE) REC (Norway, Oil & Gas, REC.OL)
CAPITAL & COUNTRIES PROPERTIES (U.K., Real Estate, CAPCC.L) Thomas Cook GRP (U.K., Travel & Leisure, TCG.L)
FAURECIA (France, Automobiles & Parts, EPED.PA) BCA POPOLARE DE MILANO (Italy, Banks, PMII.MI)
BANQUE CANTONALE VAUDOISE (Switzerland, Banks, BCVN.S) PARMALAT (Italy, Food & Beverage, PLT.MI)
MAUREL ET PROM (France, Oil & Gas, MAUP.PA) TOGNUM (Germany, Industrial Goods & Services, TGMG.DE)

 

The sector classification for the STOXX Europe 600 Index components CAIXABANK (Spain, Financial Services, CABK.MC) and ORKLA A (Norway, Food & Beverages, ORK.OL) will change to Banks and Industrial Goods & Services, respectively.

As of July 29, 2011, the total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted STOXX Europe 600 Index will remain unchanged at €5.30 trillion.

The sector classification for the STOXX Americas 600 Index component BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT (Canada, Real Estate, BAMa.TO) will change to Financial Services.

The composition of the STOXX Europe Football Index and the STOXX Europe Private Equity 20 Index will remain unchanged.

The STOXX Global 1800 Index, STOXX Americas 600 Index, STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index, STOXX Eastern Europe 300 Index, STOXX Global 3000 Index, STOXX Asia 1200 Index, STOXX Americas 1200 Index, STOXX BRIC 400 Index, STOXX All Europe 800 Index, ,STOXX Latin America 200 and the STOXX Pacific 100 Index are also part of this regular quarterly review. Additions to and deletions from these indices can be found at http://www.stoxx.com/download/indices/methodology/fixed_component_changes.xls.

Furthermore, the STOXX Europe Total Market, STOXX EU Enlarged Total Market and STOXX Eastern Europe Total Market indices are part of this regular quarterly review. The new composition of these indices can be found on their respective pages at www.stoxx.com on September 19, 2011.

Changes are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular quarterly component review. The adjusted component weightings, including the number of shares and free-float factors, will be announced on September 9, 2011 after the close of markets. All changes will be effective as of the open of markets on September 19, 2011.