The Issuer advises that the following
announcement replaces the
REVIEW OF FTSE GLOBAL SECTORS -
Amendment announcement
released 31 December
2002 at 12:56 under RNS number 6867F.
Changes have been now included to the
FTSE Global Utilities Index.
All other details remain unchanged.
The full amended version is shown
below.
31 December 2002
REVIEW
OF THE FTSE GLOBAL SECTORS
Following the announcement of the year end classification changes, FTSE
announce
the following changes to the Global Sectors Indices effective 2 January 2003.
FTSE Global Cyclical
Additions:
|
Company name |
Sedol
|
Investibility Weight % |
Country |
|
Sony |
6821506 |
100% |
JA |
|
Bed Bath Beyond |
2085878 |
100% |
USA |
|
Staples |
2841489 |
100% |
USA |
|
Starbucks |
2842255 |
100% |
USA |
|
First Data Corp |
2344331 |
100% |
USA |
Deletions:
|
Company name |
Sedol |
Investibility Weight % |
Country |
|
AOL Time Warner |
2712165 |
100% |
USA |
|
Disney (Walt) Company |
2270726 |
100% |
USA |
|
Viacom CL B |
2930611 |
100% |
USA |
|
Autozone |
2065955 |
75% |
USA |
|
Nintendo |
6639550 |
75% |
JA |
FTSE Global Media
Additions:
|
Company name |
Sedol |
Investibility Weight % |
Country |
||||||
|
AOL Time Warner |
2712165 |
100% |
USA |
|||||
|
Viacom CL B |
2930611 |
100% |
USA |
|||||
|
Disney(Walt) Company |
2270726 |
100% |
USA |
||||||
Deletions:
|
Company name |
Sedol |
Investibility Weight % |
Country |
||||
|
Publishing and Broadcasting |
6637082 |
20% |
AUS |
|||
|
Granada |
0827566 |
100% |
UK |
|||
|
Daily Mail & General Trust |
0945736 |
75% |
UK |
||||
FTSE Global Tech
Additions:
|
Company name |
Sedol |
Investibility Weight % |
Country |
|
Electronic Arts |
2310194 |
100% |
USA |
|
Nintendo |
6639550 |
75% |
JA |
Deletions:
|
Company name |
Sedol |
Investibility Weight % |
Country |
|
Lucent Technologies |
2537573 |
100% |
USA |
|
First Data Corp |
2344331 |
100% |
USA |
FTSE Global General Industrials
Additions:
|
Company name |
Sedol |
Investibility Weight % |
Country |
|
Wesfarmers |
6948836 |
100% |
AUS |
|
TDK Corp |
6869302 |
75% |
JA |
|
Eaton Corp |
2300883 |
100% |
USA |
|
Textron |
2885937 |
100% |
USA |
Deletion:
|
Company name |
Sedol |
Investibility Weight % |
Country |
|
RWE |
4768962 |
75% |
GER |
|
E.ON |
4942904 |
100% |
GER |
|
Suez |
7118047 |
100% |
FRA |
|
Sony |
6821506 |
100% |
JA |
FTSE Global Utilities
Additions:
|
Company name |
Sedol |
Investibility Weight % |
Country |
|
RWE |
4768962 |
75% |
GER |
|
E.ON |
4942904 |
100% |
GER |
|
Suez |
7118047 |
100% |
FRA |
Deletions:
|
Company name |
Sedol |
Investibility Weight % |
Country |
|
Union Fenosa |
4913223 |
100% |
SP |
|
Shikoku Electric Power |
6804347 |
75% |
JP |
|
El Paso Corp |
2295945 |
100% |
USA |
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