FTSE/JSE Africa Index Series

FTSE/JSE Africa Index Series                                                    
Argent Industrial (South Africa) : Shares in Issue Update                       
FTSE/JSE Africa Index Series                                                    
6 February 2003                                                                 
Following the acquisition of assets and further to notification from the Stock  
Exchange, FTSE and the JSE announces the following changes:                     
INDEX                       CHANGE                           EFFECTIVE FROM     
START OF TRADING   

FTSE/JSE Africa Fledgling   Argent Industrial (South Africa  11 February 2003   
                            ZAE000019188, 6169143) will                         
                            remain in the index with an                         
increased shares in issue                           

                            figure of 57,675,423 and an                         
                            unchanged investibility weight                      
                            of 75%.                                             
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Date: 06/02/2003 05:45:44 PM Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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