Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes for S&P Japan Emerging Stock 100 Index effective after the close of trading Friday, July 25th , 2008.
1. Deletion
| S&P Japan Emerging Stock 100 Index - after market close of July 25th , 2008 | ||||
| Action | COMPANY | SEDOL | GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR | GICS SUB-INDUSTRY |
| Deleted | SBI Securities Co Ltd | B03KLX6 | Financials | Investment Banking & Brokerage |
2. Reasons for deletions
SBI Securities is deleted from the S&P Japan Emerging Stock 100 Index because it becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of its parent company.
Company additions to, and deletions from, an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
