Swedish Match (ADR) Removed From The S&P ADR Indices

Standard & Poor’s will make changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective the close of trading on Friday, October 15, 2004:

• Swedish Match (ADR) (Sweden, NASDAQ: SWMAY, CUSIP: 870309507, Sedol: 2865434) will be removed from the S&P ADR Indices. The company has chosen to terminate its ADR program. From Monday, October 18, the ADRs will no longer trade on NASDAQ.

Following is a summary of the announced changes:

S&P ADR Index – October 18, 2004
	COMPANY	GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR	GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
REMOVED	Swedish Match (ADR)	Consumer Staples	Tobacco

 

Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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