Lanxess (Germany): Shares in Issue Update

Lanxess (Germany): Shares in Issue UpdateChanges in FTSE indices

28 July 2005

Following a shares in issue update for Lanxess (Germany), FTSE announces the following changes:

INDEX CHANGE EFFECTIVE FROM
START OF TRADING
FTSE All-World Index Lanxess (Germany, B05M8B7) will remain in the index with an increased shares in issue total of 84,620,670 and an unchaged investability weighting of 100%. 5 August 2005
FTSE Multinationals Lanxess will be treated as detailed above. 5 August 2005
FTSE Global Style Index Lanxess will be treated as detailed above. 5 August 2005
FTSE Global Islamic Index Lanxess will be treated as detailed above. 5 August 2005
FTSE Euromid Lanxess will be treated as detailed above. 5 August 2005
FTSE4Good Global Index Lanxess will be treated as detailed above. 5 August 2005
FTSE4Good Europe Index Lanxess will be treated as detailed above. 5 August 2005

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