MSCI US EQUITY INDICES FEBRUARY 2004 QUARTERLY INDEX REVIEW
Princeton, February 12, 2004. MSCI announced today changes to the MSCI US Equity Indices that will beeffective as of the close of February 27, 2004. These changes result from the February 2004 Quarterly Index
Review. The full list of additions to and deletions from the MSCI US Equity Indices has been posted on theMSCI’s web site at http://www.msci.com/us.
There will be no additions to or deletions from the MSCI US Large Cap 300 Index.
The additions to the MSCI US Mid Cap 450 Index are Unitedglobalcom A, NTL, Novell, Friedman Billings
Ramsey Group A, Foundry Networks, PMC-Sierra, XM Satellite Radio A and Invitrogen Corp.
Friedman Billings Ramsey Group A will be added to the MSCI US Mid Cap Value Index. Unitedglobalcom
A, Novell, Foundry Networks, PMC-Sierra, XM Satellite Radio A and Invitrogen Corp will be added to the
MSCI US Mid Cap Growth Index. NTL will be partially added to the MSCI US Mid Cap Value and GrowthIndex.
The same eight securities will be deleted from the MSCI US Small Cap 1750 Index.
In addition, there will be changes for certain constituents resulting from the quarterly review of the free float
estimates and quarterly updates in the number of shares of the MSCI US Equity Indices, which will also beeffective as of the close of February 27, 2004.
The results of the February 2004 Quarterly Index Review for the MSCI Standard Index Series, the MSCI
Small Cap Index Series, the MSCI Global Value and Growth Index Series as well as the MSCI Pan-Euro andEuro Indices have also been posted on MSCI's web site at www.msci.com.
For further information on MSCI indices or MSCI data, please visit our web site at www.msci.com orcontact:
Dorsey Horowitz, MSCI, New York
Sara Corsaro, MSCI, London
Jammy Chan, MSCI, Hong Kong
Olivia Vong, MSCI, Tokyo+ 1 212 762 5790
+ 44 20 7425 6660
+ 852 2848 6740
+ 813 5424 5470

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