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HONG KONG, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

FTSE Group ("FTSE"), the global index provider, today confirms the annual
review results of its Asian benchmark, the FTSE Asia Pacific ex Japan Index.
The FTSE Asia Pacific Regional Committee, made up of independent market
practitioners, has reviewed the index series and approved the addition of 23
companies to the Large Cap index, including four IPO stocks — Nine Dragons
Paper Industries (Hong Kong), Shimao Property Holdings (Hong Kong), Tech
Mahindra Limited (India) and Inotera Memories (Taiwan).

The Committee also approved a number of deletions from the series,
including Jardine Matheson, Jardine Strategic and Swire Pacific "B" from the
FTSE Large Cap Index. These companies have been removed from the index, as
they have not met FTSE’s liquidity rule. FTSE’s liquidity rule requires that
companies must trade at least 0.04% of its free-float adjusted shares in issue
based on its median daily trade per month in 8 out of 12 months. This rule
ensures that companies must trade for more than half the trading days in a
month, and so removes stocks which are difficult to trade.

Full results of the review, which includes changes to large, mid and small
cap stocks are available at:
http://www.ftse.com/tech_notices/2007/Q1/13550_20070227_GEIS_AP_Review_2007.js
p (Due to the length of the link, please copy and paste into your browser.)

All changes will be applied at close of business on Friday, March 16,
2007.

Details of FTSE’s liquidity rule can be found at:
http://www.ftse.com/Indices/FTSE_Global_Equity_Index_Series/Downloads/FTSE_Enh
anced_Liquidity_Rule_0207.pdf (Due to the length of the link, please copy and
paste into your browser.)

About FTSE Group
FTSE Group is a world-leader in the creation and management of indexes.
With offices in Beijing, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Madrid, Paris, New
York, San Francisco, Boston, Shanghai and Tokyo, FTSE Group services clients
in 77 countries worldwide. It calculates and manages the FTSE Global Equity
Index Series, which includes world-recognized indexes ranging from the FTSE
All-World Index, the FTSE4Good series and the FTSEurofirst Index series, as
well as domestic indexes such as the prestigious FTSE 100. The company has
collaborative arrangements with the Athens, AMEX, Cyprus, Euronext,
Johannesburg London, Madrid, NASDAQ and Taiwan exchanges, as well as Nomura
Securities, Hang Seng and Xinhua Finance of China. FTSE also has a
collaborative agreement with Dow Jones Indexes to develop a single sector
classification system for global investors.

FTSE indexes are used extensively by investors world-wide for investment
analysis, performance measurement, asset allocation, portfolio hedging and for
creating a wide range of index tracking funds. Independent committees of
senior fund managers, derivatives experts, actuaries and other experienced
practitioners review all changes to the indexes to ensure that they are made
objectively and without bias. Real-time FTSE indexes are calculated on
systems managed by Reuters. Prices and FX rates used are supplied by Reuters.

Journalists requiring more information should contact:
Fiona McFadzean, +852 2230 5801 or email media@ftse.com

If you are not a member of the press, please contact your local Client
Services team at http://www.ftse.com/Contact_Us/index.jsp

SOURCE FTSE Group

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/CONTACT: Fiona McFadzean of FTSE Group, +852-2230-5801, or
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