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Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P Asia 50 Index as part of the March quarterly rebalancing. The changes consist of index stock removal & addition & index shares updates and will become effective on Monday March 24, 2008.
| S&P Asia 50 Index – Effective on March 24, 2008 | |||||
| Company Name | Country | Sedol | Index Shares | IWF | GICS |
| Company Addition | |||||
| High Tech Computer Corp | Taiwan | 6510536 | 573,134,000 | 0.8846 | 45202010 |
| Company Deletion | |||||
| CITIC Pacific Ltd. | Hong Kong | 6196152 | 2,205,253,000 | 0.479 | 20105010 |
| Company Name | Country | Sedol | Index Shares | GICS |
| AU Optronics Corp | Taiwan | 6288190 | 7,817,553,000 | 45203010 |
| Esprit Holdings Ltd. | Hong Kong | 6321642 | 1,242,675,000 | 25504010 |
| KT&G Corporation | Korea | 6175076 | 140,743,000 | 30203010 |
| SK Energy Co Ltd | Korea | B232R05 | 92,466,000 | 10102030 |
| Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. | Hong Kong | 6859927 | 2,564,333,000 | 40403010 |
Additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the companies concerned.
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