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Constituent Changes to the S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index

Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 16, 2015: Stock Exchange (CSE) announces the changes in S&P Sri Lanka 20 index constituents made by S&P Dow Jones Indices at the 2015 annual index rebalance as follows.

S&P Dow Jones Indices has announced that effective from the December 21, 2015 (after the market close of December 18, 2015), Bukit Darah PLC (CSE Ticker: BUKI), Carson Cumberbatch PLC (CSE Ticker: CARS), Lion Brewery Ceylon PLC (CSE Ticker: LION), Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (CSE Ticker: SLT) will be removed from the S&P Sri Lanka 20 index as they no longer qualify for index inclusion.

Replacements will be Asiri Hospital Holdings PLC (CSE Ticker: ASIR), Ceylinco Insurance PLC (CSE Ticker: CINS), Ceylon Cold Stores PLC (CSE Ticker: CCS), PLC (CSE Ticker: HHL).

The index includes the largest 20 stocks, by total market capitalization, listed on the CSE that meet minimum size, liquidity and financial viability thresholds. The constituents are weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization, subject to a single stock cap of 15%, which is employed to reduce single stock concentration.

The S&P Sri Lanka 20 has been designed in accordance with international practices and standards. All stocks are classified according to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), which was co-developed by S&P Dow Jones Indices and MCSI and is widely used by market participants throughout the world.

To be eligible for inclusion, a stock must have a minimum float-adjusted market capitalization of 500 million Sri Lankan rupees (Rs), a six-month average daily value traded of Rs 1 million, have been traded at least 10 days of each month for the three months prior to the rebalancing reference date, and have positive net income over the 12 months prior to the rebalancing reference date.

For information, including the complete methodology, please visit: www.spindices.com

Effective from December 21, 2015 the stocks in the S&P Sri Lanka 20 in alphabetical order are as follows.

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1 Access Engineering Ltd 2 Aitken Spence PLC 3 Asiri Hospital Holdings PLC 4 Cargills (Ceylon) PLC 5 Ceylinco Insurance PLC 6 Ceylon Cold Stores PLC 7 Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC 8 PLC 9 Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC 10 DFCC Bank PLC 11 PLC 12 Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC 13 PLC 14 Hemas Holdings PLC 15 PLC 16 Lanka Orix Leasing Company PLC 17 National Development Bank PLC 18 Nestle Lanka PLC 19 People's Leasing & Finance PLC 20 PLC

For more information:

Nishantha Hewavithana Head of Research & New Products +94 112 356524 [email protected]

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