Quarterly Rebalancing For S&P Global 1200, S&P Global 100, S&P Europe 350, S&P Latin America 40, And S&P/ASX 50 Indices

Standard & Poor's, as part of the quarterly rebalancing, will change the shares outstanding for the S&P Global 100, S&P Europe 350, S&P Asia 50, S&P ASX 50, and the S&P Latin America 40 Indices. In addition, Investible Weight Factors for some constituents in the S&P Europe 350, S&P/ASX 50 and S&P Global 100 will also be updated effective after the close of business Friday, December 17, 2004.

New shares outstanding and Investible Weight Factors can be downloaded in Excel format using the links provided below.

New Shares Outstanding

Investible Weight Factors

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.

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