Yell Group PLC Will Replace RMC Group In The S&P European Indices

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom Indices effective at the close of trading Monday, February 28, 2005:

Yell Group PLC (United Kingdom, SEDOL 3171806, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25401040) will replace RMC Group (United Kingdom, SEDOL 0726641) in the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom index, after the close of trading on Monday, February 28, 2005. RMC Group is being removed from the indices following its acquisition in an all-cash deal by fellow S&P Global 1200 constituent Cemex SA. The acquisition is subject to a court hearing to approve the Scheme of Arrangement, which is due to be held on 28 February 2005.

Yell Group PLC, headquartered in the United Kingdom, is a provider of classified advertising services through printed and online directories and telephone-based media. The number of shares outstanding is 703,749,110 and the Investable Weight Factor will be 1. The company will be added to the S&P Europe 350 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Publishing sub-industry.

Following is a summary of the announced changes:

S&P Europe 350, United Kingdom – close of trading Feb. 28 2005
	COMPANY	GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR	GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
ADDED	Yell Group PLC	Consumer Discretionary	Publishing
DELETED	RMC Group	Materials	Construction Materials

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