Following the commencement of the buy-back scheme and the receipt of updated share information from International Business Machines Corporation (USA, constituent), FTSE announces the following changes: | INDEX | CHANGE | EFFECTIVE FROM START OF TRADING | | FTSE All-World Index | International Business Machines Corporation (USA, 2005973) will remain in the index with a decreased shares in issue total of 1,664,697,252 and an unchanged investability weighting of 100%. | 5 November 2004 | | FTSE Multinationals | International Business Machines Corporation will remain in the index as above. | 5 November 2004 | | FTSE Global 100 | International Business Machines Corporation will remain in the index as above. | 5 November 2004 | | FTSE Global Sector - Tech | International Business Machines Corporation will remain in the index with a decreased shares in issue total of 1,664,697,252 and an unchanged investability weighting of 88.07%. | 5 November 2004 | | FTSE Global Style Index | International Business Machines Corporation will remain in the index with a decreased shares in issue total of 1,664,697,252 and an unchanged investability weighting of 100%. | 5 November 2004 | | FTSE Global Islamic Index | International Business Machines Corporation will remain in the index as above. | 5 November 2004 |
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