Amendment To Constituent Changes In The S&P European Indices And S&P Global 1200

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus, S&P Euro and S&P Global 1200 indices, effective after the close of trading on Friday 21 December 2007:

• SSAB-Svenskt Stal A shares (not B shares as previously announced) (Sweden, SEDOL: B17H0S8 GICS: Materials, GICS Code: 15104050) will replace MLP AG (Germany, SEDOL: 5720273, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40203010) in the S&P Europe, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Global 1200 indices. MLP AG is being deleted from the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices following a sustained drop in market capitalization.

SSAB-Svenskt Stal is a steel producer. The number of shares outstanding will be 240,766,000 and the Investable Weight Factor will be 0.8223. The company will be added to the S&P Europe 350 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Steel sub-industry.

All other changes are as announced.

Following is a summary of the announced additions and deletions:

S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus, S&P Euro and S&P Global 1200– close of trading 21 December 2007:
	COMPANY	GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR	GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
ADDED	SSAB-Svenskt Stal A	Materials	Steel
DELETED	MLP AG	Financials	Asset Management & Custody Banks