The issuer advises that the announcement for Sandvik (Sweden) : Acquisition of Seco Tools (Sweden), released on 09 February 2012 has been withdrawn.

No action will be applied to the number of shares.

Sandvik (Sweden) : Acquisition of Seco Tools (Sweden)
FTSEurofirst Index Series

9 February 2012

Following the completion of the stock acquisition of Seco Tools (Sweden, non Constituent) by Sandvik (Sweden, Constituent) and in accordance with the terms of the merger, FTSE and Euronext announce the following changes:

INDEX	CHANGE	EFFECTIVE FROM START OF TRADING
FTSEurofirst 300 Index	Sandvik (Sweden, B1VQ252) will remain in the index with an increased shares in issue total of 1,254,385,748 and an unchanged investability weighting of 100%.	14 February 2012

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