GEN - FTSE/JSE Africa Index Series - Proposed treatment of shares previously

GEN - FTSE/JSE Africa Index Series - Proposed treatment of shares previously    
classified as inward listings                                                   
Proposed treatment of shares previously classified as inward listings           
FTSE/JSE Africa Index Series                                                    
04 November 2011                                                                
Following the reclassification of inward-listed shares as domestic assets on 25 
October 2011, these shares are now eligible for inclusion in the FTSE/JSE Africa
Index Series as per the current Ground Rules.                                   
Furthermore, National Treasury has introduced a restriction on the free float of
these shares, and only the locally held free float will be considered for index 
purposes.                                                                       
The FTSE/JSE Index Advisory Committee (AC) has discussed this matter at length, 
and an in-principle agreement was reached at a special meeting of the AC held   
today.  The agreed treatment in the Index Series is:                            
*    All shares previously classified as inward listings will be considered for 
inclusion at the December 2011 index quarterly review.  They will be added  
    as a constituent of the Index Series if they meet all eligibility criteria  
    as defined in the Ground Rules.  The results of the December review will be 
    published after close of business on Wednesday, 7 December 2011 and made    
effective on Monday, 19 December 2011 at start of business.                 
*    In order to accommodate the condition set by National Treasury, these      
    shares will have their free float adjusted to exclude non-South African     
    shareholdings.  This adjusted free float number will be used for all index  
related purposes, including liquidity screening, minimum free float tests   
    and weighting in market capitalisation weighted indices.  This will require 
    a change to section 4.3 of the Ground Rules, with the introduction of rule  
    4.3.7:                                                                      
Any company classified as an inward-listed share by National Treasury on 24 
    October 2011 will have its free float adjusted to exclude non-South African 
    shareholdings.  Any share listed after 24 October that is classified by     
    National Treasury as foreign for index purposes will have its free float    
adjusted to exclude non-South African shareholdings.                        
*    There will be no change to the weightings applied in non-market            
    capitalisation weighted indices.  This includes equally weighted indices,   
    RAFI indices, Style indices and the Dividend Plus Index.                    
Should any market participant have serious concerns around any adverse or       
unexpected impacts of this treatment, please address them to indices@jse.co.za  
by close of business on Tuesday, 08 November 2011.  These will be considered,   
and the final decision regarding the treatment of shares previously classified  
as inward-listed will then be made.  Thereafter, an ICA will be published giving
the formal changes to the Ground Rules.                                         
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