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STOXX Changes Composition Of Benchmark Indices

Date 26/05/2015

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced the new composition of STOXX Benchmarks and their sub and sector indices, among them the STOXX Europe 600 IndexSTOXX North America 600 Index and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index.

Effective as of the open of European markets on Jun. 22, 2015, the following stocks will be added to and deleted from the STOXX Europe 600 Index and its respective size and sector indices:

Additions

Deletions

AENA (Spain, Industrial Goods & Services, AENA.MC)

AVEVA GRP(U.K., Technology, AVV.L)

SUNRISE (Switzerland, Telecommunications, SRCG.S)

MITIE GRP (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, MTO.L)

KION GROUP (Germany, Industrial Goods & Services, KGX.DE)

ELECTROCOMPONENTS (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, ECM.L)

JUST EAT (U.K., Retail, JE.L)

GENEL ENERGY (U.K., Oil & Gas, GENL.L)

MERLIN PROPERTIES SOCIMI (Spain, Real Estate, MRL.MC)

STOREBRAND (Norway, Insurance, STB.OL)

 

SWEDISH ORPHAN BIOVITRUM (Sweden, Health Care, SOBIV.ST)

VIENNA INSURANCE (Austria, Insurance, VIGR.VI)

 

STRAUMANN (Switzerland, Health Care, STMN.S)

LADBROKES (U.K., Travel & Leisure, LAD.L)

B&M EUROPEAN VALUE RETAIL (U.K., Retail, BMEB.L)

ALPHA BANK (Greece, Banks, ACBr.AT)

PLAYTECH (U.K., Travel & Leisure, PTEC.L)

C&C GRP (Ireland, Food & Beverage, GCC.I)

REGUS (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, RGU.L)

HAVAS (France, Media, HAVA.PA)

 

The sector classification for the STOXX Europe 600 Index component HENKEL PREF (Germany, Personal & Household Goods, HNKG_p.DE) will change to Chemicals, as of Jun. 22, 2015.

As of Apr. 30, 2015, the total free-float market cap of the reconstituted STOXX Europe 600 Index will increase to 8.328 trillion euros from 8.3152 trillion euros.

The STOXX Global 1800 IndexSTOXX North America 600 Index and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index are also part of this regular quarterly review. Additions to and deletions from these indices can be found at:

http://www.stoxx.com/download/indices/methodology/fixed_component_changes.xls.

Furthermore, the STOXX Europe Total Market IndexSTOXX EU Enlarged Total Market, STOXX Eastern Europe Total Marketand STOXX Eastern Europe 300 indices are also part of this regular quarterly review. Their new composition can be found on the respective page at www.stoxx.com on Jun. 22, 2015.

Changes are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular quarterly component review. The adjusted component weightings, including the number of shares and free-float factors, will be announced on Jun. 12, 2015 after the close of markets. All changes will be effective as of the open of markets on Jun. 22, 2015. In the case of upcoming mergers and acquisitions occurring until the final implementation date, the composition of the indices may change.