Tokyo Stock Exchange Provisional TOPIX

As Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) announced in the press release on July 23, 2004'' Introduction of Free Float Adjusted Indices'', Free-Float Weight (FFW) will be introduced in three phases. The first and second phases will start after the close of trading one business day before the last business day of October 2005 and February 2006 respectively, and the introduction of free-float adjustment will be completed after the close of trading one business day before the last business day of June 2006.

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