Quarterly Rebalancing And Annual IWF Review For S&P Asia 50 Index

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P Asia 50 Index as part of the September quarterly rebalancing and annual Investible Weight Factors review. Please refer to the table attached for adjustments, which include changes of index constituent shares and IWFs. The changes listed below will become effective after the close of trading Friday September 15, 2006.

S&P Asia 50 Index – September 15, 2006 after market close