Three stocks will be deleted from the index, to maintain the fixed number of 30 components.
New York December 10, 2008 -- The S-Network ITG Agriculture Index (www.snetagricultureindex.com) (TICKER: AGRI) will add three new components, effective 9:00 AM (EST) Monday, December 22, 2008. Three stocks will be deleted from the index, to maintain the fixed number of 30 components. The changes result from the index'ss quarterly rebalancing. Additions to the AGRI are:
Tyson Foods (TICKER: TSN)
URALKALI-SPON GDR (TICKER: URKA LI)
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA-B (ADR) (TICKER: SQM)
Deletions from the AGRI are:
Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd. (TICKER: 1332 JP)
KWS SAAT AG (TICKER: KWS GR)
Chaoda Modern Agriculture (Holdings) Ltd. (TICKER: 682 HK)
A complete list of constituents and weights will be posted on the S-Network ITG Agriculture Index web site, (http://itg.snetglobalindexes.com/about_the_indexes.php).
The S-Network ITG Agriculture Index is a capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index of the most prominent agriculture stocks in the world. To be included in the AGRI index, stocks must
pass multiple screens, including for capitalization, float, exchange listing, share price and turnover.
Detailed information, including constituent data, rules and price information, on the S-Network ITG Agriculture Index is available at www.snetagricultureindex.com. Data is also available through most vendors of financial data.
Index: S-Network ITG Agriculture Index (USD)
TICKER: AGRI
Index: S-Network ITG Agriculture Index (EUR)
TICKER: AGRIE
Joseph LaCorte
S-Network Global Indexes, LLC
646-467-7927