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The SPI Extra <SUP>TM</SUP> - SWX Launches New Benchmark For Small And Mid-Cap Segment

Date 30/04/2004

Ladies and Gentlemen As previously announced, several new indices are to be introduced this year. The first is the SPI EXTRATM which was launched yesterday, 29 April 2004.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - Nortel Networks Corporation

Date 30/04/2004

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Friday, April 30, 2004: The relative weight of Nortel Networks Corporation (TSX:NT – GICS 45201020 Communications Equipment) will increase by approximately 5.72% in the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float shares pursuant to S&P/TSX Canadian Sector Index methodology.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - Boardwalk Equities Inc

Date 30/04/2004

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Friday, April 30, 2004: The shareholders of Boardwalk Equities Inc. (TSX:BEI) have approved a plan whereby the company will be converted into an income trust, Boardwalk REIT. As a result, Boardwalk Equities Inc. will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Capped Financials and the S&P/TSX Capped Real Estate
SEC Fee Rate Advisory #1 for Fiscal Year 2005

Date 30/04/2004

The Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act requires that the Commission make annual adjustments to the rates for fees paid under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 13(e), 14(g), and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
S&P Emerging Markets Database Index Announcement

Date 30/04/2004

Ghana- Removal of Ashanti Goldfields Co. from Frontier Index Coverage

Review Of The Number Of Foreign Shares In The KAX, Sector And Industry Indices Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 30/04/2004

As of 1 May 2004, foreign companies included in the Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s all-share, sector and industry indices will receive new weighting.
Removal of Gucci Group NV (ADR) And Share Increase For WMC Resources Ltd (ADR) In The S&P ADR Indices

Date 30/04/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P ADR Indices, effective at the close of trading on Tuesday, May4, 2004: Gucci Group NV (ADR) (Netherlands, NYSE: GUC, CUSIP: 401566104, Sedol: 2385824) will be removed from the S&P ADR Index as a result of its acquisition of more than 99% of its shares by Pinault-Printemps-Redoute SA. WMC Resources Limited (ADR) (Australia, NYSE: WMC, CUSIP: 92928R106, Sedol: 2127424) shares will increase by 1,222,332 shares to 285,232
NZX Discipline Rules & Listing Rules To Become Effective From 3 May 2004

Date 30/04/2004

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) is delighted to announce that the Minister of Commerce, the Hon Margaret Wilson, has advised that the NZX Discipline Rules and the miscellaneous NZSX and NZDX Listing Rule changes have not been disallowed under the Securities Markets Act 1988. These new Rules, along with the NZX Participant Rules and the NZX Futures & Options Rules will come into force on 3 May 2004.
NZX Considering Options In Registry Business In New Zealand

Date 30/04/2004

In response to speculation in the market, New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) wishes to announce that it is assessing the feasibility of entering the commercial registry landscape in New Zealand and competing on an equal footing with other registry providers.
NZX Clarifies Position On CCH Facility And Registry Initiative

Date 30/04/2004

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) would like to confirm that its recent announcement regarding potential development of a commercial registry in New Zealand is entirely unrelated to the Central Clearing House Facility (CCH Facility) that was proposed earlier this year.