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Following the shareholder approval on the restructure proposal that Westfield Retail Trust (Australia, REIT, Rental) will merge with Westfield Group (Australia, REIT, Rental)'s Australian and New Zealand business to form Scentre Group and the remaining international business of Westfield Group will form Westfield Corp, FTSE, EPRA and NAREIT announce the following changes:
| INDEX |
CHANGE |
EFFECTIVE FROM
START OF TRADING |
| EPRA/NAREIT GLOBAL INDEX |
Westfield Group (Australia, B01BTX7) will have a name change to Westfield Corp (Australia, BMMVVX4) and remain in the index with an unchanged shares in issue total of 2,078,089,686 and an unchanged investability weight of 93%.
Scentre Group (Australia, BLZH0Z7) will be added to the index with a shares in issue total of 5,393,024,316 and an investability weighting of 96%.
Westfield Retail Trust (Australia, B624885) will be deleted from the index.
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25 June 2014 |
| EPRA/NAREIT DEVELOPED EX EUROPE INDEX |
Westfield Group will have a name change to Westfield Corp and remain in the index as detailed above.
Scentre Group will be added to the index as detailed above.
Westfield Retail Trust will be deleted from the index. |
25 June 2014 |
| EPRA/NAREIT DEVELOPED EX NORTH AMERICA INDEX |
Westfield Group will have a name change to Westfield Corp and remain in the index as detailed above.
Scentre Group will be added to the index as detailed above.
Westfield Retail Trust will be deleted from the index. |
25 June 2014 |
| EPRA/NAREIT ASIA PACIFIC INDEX |
Westfield Group will have a name change to Westfield Corp and remain in the index as detailed above.
Scentre Group will be added to the index as detailed above.
Westfield Retail Trust will be deleted from the index. |
25 June 2014 |
| EPRA/NAREIT DEVELOPED PURE ASIA INDEX |
Scentre Group will be added to the index as detailed above.
Westfield Retail Trust will be deleted from the index. |
25 June 2014 |
| EPRA/NAREIT AUSTRALIA INDEX |
Westfield Group will have a name change to Westfield Corp and remain in the index as detailed above.
Scentre Group will be added to the index as detailed above.
Westfield Retail Trust will be deleted from the index. |
25 June 2014 |
| EPRA/NAREIT PURE AUSTRALIA INDEX |
Scentre Group will be added to the index as detailed above.
Westfield Retail Trust will be deleted from the index. |
25 June 2014 |
| EPRA/NAREIT EX UNITED STATES INDEX |
Westfield Group will have a name change to Westfield Corp and remain in the index as detailed above.
Scentre Group will be added to the index as detailed above.
Westfield Retail Trust will be deleted from the index. |
25 June 2014 |
Please note:
1. The last trading day of Westfield Group and Westfield Retail Trust is expected to be 24 June 2014. Westfield Corp and Scentre Group are expected to commence trading on 25 June 2014.
2. The number of shares in Westfield Corp is based on the term of one Westfield Corp share for every Westfield Group share held.
3. The number of shares in Scentre Group is based on the terms of 0.918 Scentre Group share and 1.246 Scentre Group share for every Westfield Retail Trust share and Westfield Group share held respectively.
4. A capital repayment will be applied to Westfield Group at the close of 24 June 2014 to reflect the entitlement value of Scentre Group.
5. All details are based on the current merger timetable.
For index related enquiries or further information about FTSE EPRA/NAREIT please contact:
| Client Services in UK: |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7866 1810 |
| Client Services in US: |
New York: (Domestic) + 1 888 747 FTSE (3873) / (International): +1 212 314 1139 |
| Client Services in Asia Pacific: |
Hong Kong: + 852 2164 3333 Australia:(Domestic Toll-Free) + 1800 653 680 / (International) + 61 (2) 9293 2864 Japan + 81 (3) 3581 2764 |
| EPRA: |
Tel: +32 2739 1010 |
| NAREIT: |
Tel: +1 202 739 9400 or +1 800 3 NAREIT |
Or, email your enquiries to info@ftse.com, info@epra.com, info@nareit.com or visit our website at www.ftse.com
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