Subject to the completion of the acquisition of Alcon Inc. (USA, Constituent) by Novartis AG (Switzerland, Constituent) and in accordance with the terms of the merger, FTSE announces the following changes: | INDEX | CHANGE | EFFECTIVE FROM
START OF TRADING | | FTSE All-World Index | Novartis AG (Switzerland, 7103065) will remain in the index with an increased shares in issue total of 2,457,742,805 and an unchanged investability weight of 100%.
Alcon Inc. (USA, 2852395) will be deleted from the index. | 11 April 2011 | | FTSE Multinationals | Novartis will remain in the index as detailed above.
Alcon will be deleted from the index. | 11 April 2011 | | FTSE Global 100 | Novartis will remain in the index as detailed above.
Alcon will be deleted from the index.
Schneider Electric (France, 4834108) will be added to the index with a shares in issue total of 270,090,217 and an investability weight of 100%. | 11 April 2011 | | FTSE Global Style Index | Novartis will remain in the index as detailed above.
Alcon will be deleted from the index. | 11 April 2011 | | FTSE Eurotop 100 | Novartis will remain in the index as detailed above. | 11 April 2011 | | FTSE4Good Global Index | Novartis will remain in the index as detailed above. | 11 April 2011 | | FTSE4Good Global 100 Index | Novartis will remain in the index as detailed above. | 11 April 2011 | | FTSE4Good Europe Index | Novartis will remain in the index as detailed above. | 11 April 2011 | | FTSE4Good Europe 50 Index | Novartis will remain in the index as detailed above. | 11 April 2011 |
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