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- VA Voest-Alpine Stahl AG (Austria, SEDOL: 4943402, GICS: Materials, GICS Code: 15104050) will replace ABN Amro Holding NV (Netherlands, SEDOL: 5250769 GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40101010) in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices. ABN Amro Holding NV will be deleted from the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, following the offer from the Fortis NV, Royal Bank of Scotland PLC and Banco Santander consortium, which has now been declared wholly unconditional. The consortium currently holds 86% of ABN Amro Holding NV’s share capital.
VA Voest-Alpine Stahl AG is a processing group with its own steelmaking facilities. Its major activities are Steel, Special Steel, Railway Systems and Profilform. The number of shares outstanding will be 164,439,000 and the Investable Weight Factor will be 0.693. The company will be added to the S&P Europe 350 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Metals & Mining sub industry.
Following is a summary of the announced addition and deletion:
| S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus, S&P Euro and S&P United Kingdom – close of trading 12 October 2007: | |||
| COMPANY | GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR | GICS SUB-INDUSTRY | |
| ADDED | VA Voest-Alpine Stahl AG | Materials | Metals & Mining |
| DELETED | ABN Amro Holding NV | Financials | Commercial Banks |
