Further to the FTSE notice issued on 15 October 2004 regarding the merger of Abbey National PLC (UK) with Banco Santander Central Hispano (Spain), FTSE and Euronext announce the following changes: | INDEX | CHANGE | EFFECTIVE FROM
START OF TRADING | | FTSEurofirst 80 Index | Banco Santander Central Hispano ( Spain, 5705946) will remain in the index with an increased shares in issue total of 6,279,780,903 and an unchanged investability weighting of 100%. | 16 November 2004 | | FTSEurofirst 100 Index | Banco Santander Central Hispano will be treated as above. | 16 November 2004 | | FTSEurofirst 300 Index | Abbey National (UK, 0004455) will be deleted.
Delhaize Group (Belgium, 4262118) will be added to the index with a shares in issue total of 92,392,704 and an investability weighting of 100%.
Banco Santander Central Hispano will be treated as above. | 16 November 2004 |
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