MSCI CHINA A INDEX MAY 2006 ANNUAL FULL COUNTRY INDEX REVIEW
Shanghai, May 11, 2006. MSCI Barra, a leading provider of benchmark indices and risk management
analytics products, announced today changes to the MSCI China A Index that will be effective as of the closeof May 31, 2006. These changes result from the May 2006 Annual Full Country Index Review and have beenposted on MSCI’s web site at http://www.msci.com/china.
There will be 19 additions to and seven deletions from the MSCI China A Index as a result of the May 2006
Annual Full Country Index Review. The five largest additions will be Yantai Changyu Pioneer A, Union
Holdings China A, Shanghai First Pro Sto A, Shandong Gold-Mining A, and Zhejiang Xinan Chem A. Inaddition, there will be 23 changes in Domestic Inclusion Factors (DIFs) and eight updates in number ofshares (NOS) following the May 2006 Annual Full Country Index Review.
An updated methodology book, including a revised Appendix II - Global Industry Classification Standard(GICS) has also been posted on MSCI’s web site at www.msci.com. All changes in this newly released
methodology book are effective immediately.
The results of the May 2006 Annual Full Country Index Review for the MSCI Standard Index Series, theMSCI Pan-Euro and Euro Indices and the MSCI GDP Index series, and the Semi-Annual Index Review for
the MSCI Small Cap Index Series, the MSCI Global Value and Growth Index Series, the MSCI KOKUNAIJapan Equity Indices, the MSCI US Equity Indices as well as the MSCI US REIT Index have also beenposted on MSCI’s web site at www.msci.com.
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