Tokyo Stock Exchange: Change Of TOPIX Methodology For Merger, Stock-Swap, And Other Revisions

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) announced today that it will change the index methodology for mergers and stock-swaps conducted among companies included in TOPIX, and that it will change dividend treatment in calculating the total return index. TSE also commented on the Free-Float Weight (FFW) calculation, second phase of which is to be introduced in February next year. The details are as attached:

Change of TOPIX Methodology for Merger, Stock-Swap, and Other Revisions