MSCI STANDARD INDEX SERIES FEBRUARY 2006 QUARTERLY INDEX REVIEWGeneva, February 13, 2006. MSCI Barra, a leading provider of benchmark indices and risk management
analytics products, announced today changes to the MSCI Standard Index Series that will be effective as ofthe close of February 28, 2006. These changes result from the February 2006 Quarterly Index Review. The
full list of additions to and deletions from the MSCI Standard Index Series has been posted on MSCI’s web
site at http://www.msci.com/stdindex.
Effective as of the close of February 28, 2006, 14 securities will be added to the MSCI Standard Index Series
and 2 securities will be deleted. The additions bring the representation of their respective industry groups intheir respective countries closer to MSCI’s target of 85% of free float-adjusted market capitalization. Theadditions are Gaz de France (France), Deutsche Postbank (Germany), Raiffeisen International Bank (Austria),Sumco (Japan), Wiener Staedtische (Austria), Macquarie Office Trust (Australia), Trygvesta (Denmark), OKO
Bank A (Finland), Dongfeng Motor Group H (China), Agile Property Holdings (China), CICSA (Mexico),Banco Nossa Caixa ON (Brazil), Uralsvyazinform (Russia) and Volgatelecom Comn (Russia). The 2 deleted
securities will be Uralsvyazinform (Russia) and Volgatelecom Comn (Russia). These 2 Russian securities occur
on both the list of additions and deletions as MSCI is transferring the pricing source for them from theRussian Trading Exchange (RTS) to the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX).
MSCI’s quarterly review of free float estimates results in changes in Foreign Inclusion Factors (FIFs) for 36
securities in 20 countries. FIFs adjust the market capitalization of securities for free float available to foreign
investors. These changes reflect the evolution of shareholdings, changes in Foreign Ownership Limits(FOLs), changes in Limited Investability Factors (LIFs) or the reclassification of certain shareholders. Overall,the impact of these changes in the indices is small.
The results of the February 2006 Quarterly Index Review for the MSCI Small Cap Index Series, the MSCI
Global Value and Growth Index Series, the MSCI US Equity Indices, the MSCI US REIT Index, the MSCI
Kokunai Japan Equity Indices, the MSCI Pan-Euro and Euro Indices and the MSCI China A Index have also
been posted on MSCI’s web site at www.msci.com.

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