Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P Japan 500 And S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Indices (Amendment)

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan 500 and S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Indices effective after the close of trading Thursday, July 31st, 2008:

Deletions and additions

S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Indices – July 31st, 2008 after the market close-
		Index	COMPANY	SEDOL	GICS SECTOR	GICS SUB- INDUSTRY
Deleted	S&P Japan 500, S&P Japan SmallCap250		Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos Co Ltd	6643528	Financials	Consumer Finance
Deleted	S&P Japan 500, S&P Japan SmallCap250		SBI Securities Co Ltd	B03KLX6	Financials	Investment Banking & Brokerage
Added	S&P Japan 500, S&P Japan SmallCap250		Keihin Corp	6487328	Industrials	Auto Parts and Equipments
Added	S&P Japan 500, S&P Japan SmallCap250		Sysmex Corp	6883807	Health Care	Health Care Equipment

Reasons for deletions
Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos and SBI Securities are deleted from the S&P Japan 500 indices because they become wholly-owned subsidiaries of their respective parent companies.
Details for added companies
- Keihin Corp (Japan, SEDOL: 6487328, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 25101010) shares used for index calculation will be 73,985,000 and its IWF will be 0.54.
- Sysmex Corp (Japan, SEDOL: 6883807, GICS: Health Care, GICS Code: 35101010) shares used for index calculation will be 51,212,000 and its IWF will be 0.72.

Change in shares outstanding

SBI Holding Inc (Japan, SEDOL: 6309466, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40203010) a member of the S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 4,318,731 to 16,755,463 and its IWF will remain 0.87 due to the new share issuance.

S&P Japan 500 and S&P Japan SmallCap 250 – February 27, 2008 after the market close-
S&P Index	Company	New Shares	New IWF
S&P Japan MidCap 100	SBI Holding Inc	16,755,463	0.87

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.