- Sampo OYJ ‘A’ Shares (Finland, SEDOL: 5226038, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40301030) will replace Fineco SpA (Italy, SEDOL: B00KJ13) in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, after the close of trading on Friday 30th December 2005. Fineco SpA is being deleted from the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices due to the merger with fellow S&P Europe 350 constituent Capitalia SpA. This remains subject to the filing of the deed of merger with the Companies Register.
Sampo OYJ is a leading financial services group in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The number of ‘A’ shares outstanding is 568,758,000 and the Investable Weight Factor will be 0.7343. The company will be added to the S&P Europe 350 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Multi-line Insurance sub-industry.
- Capitalia SpA (Italy, SEDOL: 7154609, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40101010), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, shares will increase to 2,586,176,835 and IWF will change from 0.5632 to 0.6250. This is the result of the company’s merger with Fineco SpA and other operations aimed at structural reorganization of the group.
S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro – close of trading 30 December 2005 | |||
COMPANY | GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR | GICS SUB-INDUSTRY | |
ADDED | Sampo OYJ ‘A’ Shares | Financials | Multi-line Insurance |
DELETED | Fineco SpA | Financials | Other Diversified Financial Services |
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