FT/S&P-Actuaries World Indices Quarterly Changes.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--In the quarterly meeting held on 8 October October: see month. 1998, the World Index Policy committee (WIPC) reviewed a number of Eurobloc countries, Australia Australia (ôstrāl`yə), smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. , New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Japan, and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . These countries were reviewed in recognition of Ground Rule 2.2.3 (i) to ensure an accurate representation of these markets in the Index, particularly in consideration of the increased focus on European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. and EMU emu or emeu (both: ē`my  ), common name for a large, flightless bird of Australia, related to the cassowary and the ostrich. benchmarks. A decision regarding the treatment of NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationNTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Data (Japan) was also agreed upon Adj. 1. agreed upon - constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations" stipulatory noncontroversial, uncontroversial - not likely to arouse controversy . Following the quarterly meeting, the World Index Policy Committee announced the following changes which will become effective on Monday Monday: see week. , November November: see month. 2, 1998: -0-
Finland one (1) stock will be added to the index.
(This is an additional line of an existing constituent)
France one (1) stock will be added to the index and three (3)
deleted.
Greece one (1) stock will be deleted.
Italy one (1) stock will be added to the index and one (1)
secondary line deleted.
Norway three (3) stocks will be added to the index and two (2)
stocks deleted.
Spain one (1) stock will be deleted.
Sweden three (3) stocks will be deleted.
Switzerland two (2) stocks will be added to the index.
Japan five (5) stocks will be added to the index and
thirty-seven (37) deleted.
Australia six (6) stocks will be added to the index and three (3)
deleted.
New Zealand five (5) stocks will be added to the index and one (1)
deleted.
United States nine (9) stocks will be added to the index and four (4)
deleted.
FINLAND
Addition:
Company Investibility Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Weight %
Merita Ord. `B' - in
addition to `A' line
already in the index. 100% Commercial Banks 112
FRANCE
Addition (All shares are ordinary):
Company Investibility Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Weight %
STMicroelectronics 100% Electronics 551
Deletions:
Company Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
SILIC Real Estate 161
Vallourec Iron/Steel 633
Damart Apparel 411
GREECE
Deletion:
Company Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Papastratos Cigarettes (Ordinary) Tobacco
Manufacturers 425
ITALY
Addition:
Company Investibility Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Weight %
Alitalia (Ordinary) 26.50% Air Transport
Carrier 301
Deletion:
Company Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Montedison RNC (Saving share)
- ordinary line remains a Diversified Holdings 171
constituent of the index.
NORWAY
Additions (All shares are ordinary):
Company Investibility Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Weight %
Tomra Systems 100% Machinery
Diversified 563
Merkantildata 100% Computer Software
& Services 482
Aker Maritime 100% Energy Equipment/
Service 202
Deletions:
Company Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Awilco "A" Ord. Sea Transport 303
Awilco "B" Ord. Sea Transport 303
SPAIN
Deletion :
Company Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Koipe (Ordinary) Food Processor 451
SWEDEN
Deletions:
Company Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Industrivarden `A' Diversified Holdings 171
Industrivarden `C' Diversified Holdings 171
Hufvusdtaden `A' Real Estate 161
SWITZERLAND
Additions (All shares are ordinary):
Company Investibility Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Weight %
Clariant 100% Chemicals Diversified 622
Swisscom 30% Telephone Companies 223
JAPAN
Additions (All shares are ordinary):
Company Investibility Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Weight %
Central Japan Railway 100% Rail and Road
Transport 304
Fuji Television Network 20% Broadcasting Media 474
Softbank 100% Wholesale, Durables 511
Credit Saison 100% Financial Institutions 121
Shohkoh Fund & Co. 100% Financial Institutions 121
Deletions (All shares are ordinary):
COMPANY Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
1 AOKI Construction 613
2 ASICS Footwear 413
3 CHIYODA Heavy Engineering and
Ship-building 592
4 DAIKYO Home Building 614
5 FUDO CONSTRUCTION Construction 613
6 GAKKEN Publishing 472
7 GUN-EI CHEMICAL IND. Chemicals including fibres,
paints, Ind. Gases 621
8 HASEKO Home Building 614
9 HAZAMA Construction 613
10 ISEKI & COMPANY Machinery - Farm Equipment 565
11 IWATSU ELECTRIC Telecommunications Equipment 533
12 JAPAN METAL&CHM. Iron and Steel 633
13 KAKEN PHARMACEUTICAL Drugs 433
14 MITSUBISHI STEEL MNFG. Iron and Steel 633
15 MORI SEIKI Machine Tools 562
16 NAGASAKIYA Retail - Department Stores 491
17 NICHIRO Food Processors 451
18 NIIGATA ENGINEERING Machinery - Diversified 563
19 NIPPON ROAD Construction 613
20 NIPPON SIGNAL Machinery - Industrial/
Speciality 566
21 NIPPON YAKIN KOGYO Iron and Steel 633
22 NISSIN ELECTRIC Electrical Equipment 541
23 PRIMA MEAT PACKERS Food Processors 451
24 RENOWN Apparel 411
25 SATO KOGYO Construction 613
26 SETTSU Paper and Paper Products 652
27 TEKKEN Construction 613
28 TOBISHIMA Construction 613
29 TOKICO Auto Parts - Original
Equipment 571
30 TOKYO ROPE MNFG. Fabricated Metal Products 671
31 TOKYU CAR Fabricated Metal Products 671
32 TOKYU CONSTRUCTION Construction 613
33 TOSHIBA PLANT KENSETSU Heavy Engineering and
Ship-building 592
34 TOYO CONSTRUCTION Construction 613
35 TOYO KANETSU Energy Equipment and
Services 202
36 YAMAMURA GLASS Containers 672
37 YOMIURI LAND Entertainment/Leisure Time 461
AUSTRALIA
Additions :
Company Investibility Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Weight %
Colonial Ltd.(Common) 100% Insurance, Life 141
CSL (Common) 100% Drugs 433
Harvey Norman Holding
(Common) 100% Retail, Department
Stores 491
News Corp (Pref) - in
addition to ordinary
line already in the
index 40% Publishing 472
Qantas Airways(Common) 49% Air Transport Carriers 301
Tabcorp Holdings(Common)40% Entertainment/
Leisure Time 461
Deletions (All shares are ordinary):
Company Sub-sector
Sub-sector No.
Bougainville Non-Ferrous Metals 634
Burns Philip and Co. Diversified Consumer
Goods/Services 406
Kidston Gold Mines Precious Metals and
Minerals 641
NEW ZEALAND
Additions (All shares are ordinary):
Company Investibility Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Weight %
AIR NEW ZEALAND LTD "B" 100% Air Transport Carriers 301
SKY CITY LTD (NS) 100% Entertainment/
Leisure Time 461
SKY NETWORK TELEVISION
LTD 100% Broadcasting Media 474
TRANZ RAIL HOLDINGS LTD 100% Rail and Road Transport 304
WAREHOUSE GROUP LTD 100% General Merchandise 492
Deletion (Shares are ordinary):
Company Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Ceramco Corporation Financing, Insurance
and Real Estate 131
UNITED STATES
Additions (All shares are ordinary):
Company Investibility Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Weight %
Dollar General 100% Retail/General
Merchandise 493
Equity Office Properties
Trust 100% Real Estate 161
Level 3 Communications 100% Computer Software and
Services 482
Meyer (Fred) Inc 100% Retail General
Merchandise 93
ServiceMaster Co 100% Business Services 481
Staples Inc 100% Retail, Miscellaneous &
Specialty 495
Tele Commun-TCI Vent Gp'A' 100% Broadcasting Media 474
Union Planters 100% Commercial Banks and
Other Banks 112
Yahoo Inc 100% Computer Software and
Services 482
Deletions (All shares are ordinary):
Company Sub-sector Sub-sector No.
Ethyl Corporation Chemicals including
fibres, paints, ind.
gases 621
Advanta Corp. `A' Financial Institutions 121
Advanta Corp. `B' Financial Institutions 121
NL Industries Chemicals 621
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY LARGE COMPANY CUT-OFFS
Index Value LCC Adjusted
at 30-Sep-98 at 30-Sep-98
COUNTRY Local Currency Local Currency (m)
EUROPE/AFRICA
AUSTRIA 198.80 8,957.8
BELGIUM 294.40 112,409.2
DENMARK 383.92 5,734.3
FINLAND 437.59 8,515.0
FRANCE 238.35 29,686.8
GERMANY 216.71 8,371.0
GREECE 532.68 72,578.3
IRELAND 424.24 1,202.6
ITALY 173.40 5,353,119.6
NETHERLANDS 370.46 18,426.4
NORWAY 213.12 4,381.1
PORTUGAL 245.69 106,083.4
SOUTH AFRICA 230.41 6,928.6
SPAIN 336.48 511,220.2
SWEDEN 515.58 23,729.9
SWITZERLAND 287.97 9,367.0
UNITED KINGDOM 292.42 2,276.6
NORTH / SOUTH AMERICA
BRAZIL 294.92 1,992.6
CANADA 190.10 1,509.2
MEXICO 11499.92 7,514.7
UNITED STATES 415.82 4,994.0
PACIFIC BASIN
AUSTRALIA 151.11 1,736.2
HONG KONG 238.67 7,253.1
INDONESIA 145.39 503,904.7
JAPAN 68.15 316,575.3
NEW ZEALAND 50.98 641.3
PHILIPPINES 112.44 6,639.9
SINGAPORE 99.76 773.5
THAILAND 18.11 1,691.0
TREATMENT OF NTT DATA IN THE FT/S&P ACTUARIES JAPAN INDEX As detailed in press notice regarding the treatment of NTT DoCoMo (NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc., Japan) Founded in 1991, NTT DoCoMo is a spinoff of Japan's NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) which provides wireless services, including cellular, paging, satellite and maritime and in-flight telephone services. (released on 2 October 1998), the WIPC has reviewed the current weighting of NTT Data in the Japan index. The Committee announced that following consideration of the 20% foreign ownership restriction restriction - A bug or design error that limits a program's capabilities, and which is sufficiently egregious that nobody can quite work up enough nerve to describe it as a feature. and the 60.08% stake held by NTT, the free float Free float An exchange rate system characterized by the absence of government intervention. Also known as clean float. available in NTT Data is 51.94%. Under Rule 3.4.4 (ii) (Government holdings), a share fraction is applied only if the available float is less than 50%. The company will therefore continue to be weighted at 100% in the index. Notes for Editors: The FT/S&P Actuaries World Indices are jointly compiled by FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. International, Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. & Co and Standard & Poor's in conjunction conjunction, in astronomy conjunction, in astronomy, alignment of two celestial bodies as seen from the earth. Conjunction of the moon and the planets is often determined by reference to the sun. with the Institute of Actuaries The Institute of Actuaries is one of the two professional bodies representing actuaries in the United Kingdom. The Institute is based in England, while the other body, the Faculty of Actuaries, is based in Scotland. and the Faculty of Actuaries The Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland is the professional body representing actuaries in Scotland. The Institute of Actuaries, is a separate body in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. . All enquiries should be made to Client Services at FTSE International in London London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. on +44 (0)171 448 1810, Barbara Barbara maid exemplifying personal and domestic neatness. [Br. Lit.: Old Curiosity Shop] See : Orderliness Mueller
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