Further to rebalancing changes announced yesterday, Standard & Poor’s will make the following additional change in the S&P Europe 350 and S&P Euro Plus indices, effective after the close of trading on Friday 15 December 2006:
- Swisscom AG (Switzerland, SEDOL: 5533976, GICS: Telecommunication Services, GICS Code: 50101020), a constituent of the S&P Europe 350 and S&P Euro Plus indices, IWF will be changed to 0.4611.
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