The iBOXX.CDX Consortium is Pleased to Announce the Names Comprising iBOXX.CDX.NA.IG.2 NEW YORK, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The iBOXX.CDX consortium today announced the composition of the new 125-name portfolio known as iBOXX.CDX.NA.IG.2. The index begins trading on March 22, 2004, and matures on September 20, 2009. Coupon setting, which was completed at 12:00 Noon on Thursday, March 18, 2004, will be officially announced to the broad market today, Friday, March 19 at 5:00pm. The complete 125-name portfolio is listed below. The amendments consist of the removal of six companies which are replaced by six that had not previously been included. They are: Removals Additions AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Alltell Corporation Amerada Hess Corporation CenturyTel Incorporated Computer Associates Intl., Inc. CVS Corporation Sun Microsystems, Inc. Intelsat Toys'R'Us Inc. Kerr McGee Corp. Visteon Corporation Supervalu Inc. Issuer Ticker Sub-Index High Vol ALCAN INC. AL Industrial ALCOA INC. AA Industrial BOEING CAPITAL CORPORATION BA Industrial BOMBARDIER CAPITAL INC BOMB Industrial Y BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORPORATION BNI Industrial CATERPILLAR INC CAT Industrial CENTEX CORPORATION CTX Industrial CSX CORPORATION CSX Industrial DEERE & COMPANY DE Industrial DELPHI CORPORATION DPH Industrial Y DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THE DOW Industrial DUPONT, E.I. DE NEMOURS & CO. DD Industrial EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY EMN Industrial FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY F Industrial Y GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP GM Industrial Y GOODRICH CORPORATION GR Industrial Y HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. HON Industrial INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY IR Industrial INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY IP Industrial LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION LMT Industrial MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION MWV Industrial NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION NSC Industrial NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION NOC Industrial PULTE HOMES, INC. PHM Industrial Y RAYTHEON COMPANY RTN Industrial ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY ROH Industrial TEXTRON FINANCIAL CORPORATIONTXT Industrial UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION UNP Industrial WEYERHAEUSER CO. WY Industrial ALBERTSON'S, INC ABS Consumer Y ALTRIA GROUP, INC. MO Consumer Y AMGEN INC. AMGN Consumer BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, INC. BAX Consumer BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO BMY Consumer CAMPBELL SOUP CO. CPB Consumer CARNIVAL CORPORATION CCL Consumer CENDANT CORPORATION CD Consumer CONAGRA FOODS, INC. CAG Consumer CVS Corp. CVS Consumer FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. FD Consumer GENERAL MILLS, INC. GIS Consumer HARRAH'S OPERATING COMPANY, INC. HET Consumer Y JONES APPAREL GROUP INC. JNY Consumer KRAFT FOODS INC KFT Consumer KROGER CO., THE KR Consumer MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL INC. MAR Consumer MAY DEPARTMENT STORES CO. MAY Consumer MAYTAG CORPORATION MYG Consumer MCDONALD'S CORP. MCD Consumer NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC NWL Consumer NORDSTROM INC JWN Consumer SAFEWAY INC. SWY Consumer Y SEARS ROEBUCK ACCEPTANCE CORP S Consumer SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. LUV Consumer Y SUPERVALU INC. SVU Consumer TARGET CORP TGT Consumer TYSON FOODS INC. TSN Consumer Y WAL-MART STORES INC WMT Consumer WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION WHR Consumer WYETH WYE Consumer AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO.INC. AEP Energy ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION APC Energy CONOCOPHILLIPS COP Energy CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC. CEG Energy DEVON ENERGY CORP DVN Energy DOMINION RESOURCES, INC. D Energy DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION DUK Energy FIRSTENERGY CORP FE Energy Y HALLIBURTON COMPANY HAL Energy Y KERR McGEE Corp. KMG Energy Y NATIONAL RURAL UTILITIES COOPERATIVE FINANCE CORPORATION NRUC Energy PROGRESS ENERGY, INC. PGN Energy SEMPRA ENERGY SRE Energy TRANSOCEAN INC. RIG Energy VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION VLO Energy ACE LIMITED ACE Financials AETNA INC. AET Financials ALLSTATE CORP. (THE) ALL Financials AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY AXP Financials AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP AIG Financials CAPITAL ONE BANK COF Financials CHUBB CORPORATION CB Financials CIGNA CORP. CI Financials Y CIT GROUP INC CIT Financials COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. CFC Financials EOP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP EOP Financials FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION FHLMC Financials FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION FNMA Financials GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION GE Financials HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP HIG Financials INTERNATIONAL LEASE FINANCE CORP. AIG Financials LOEWS CORP. LTR Financials Y MBIA INSURANCE CORPORATION MBI Financials MBNA CORP. KRB Financials METLIFE INC MET Financials SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P. SPG Financials WASHINGTON MUTUAL INC WM Financials WELLS FARGO & COMPANY WFC Financials XL CAPITAL LTD XL Financials ALLTEL Corp. AT TMT ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC. ARW TMT Y AT&T CORP T TMT Y BELLSOUTH CORPORATION BLS TMT CenturyTel Inc. CTL TMT Y CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC CNG TMT CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY CZN TMT Y CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC. CCU TMT COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. CMCSA TMT Y COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION CSC TMT COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. COX TMT EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY EK TMT Y ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION EDS TMT Y HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HPQ TMT INTELSAT INTEL TMT Y INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION IBM TMT LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION L TMT Y MOTOROLA INC. MOT TMT Y NEWS AMERICA INC NCP TMT Y OMNICOM GROUP INC. OMC TMT SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC SBC TMT SPRINT CORPORATION FON TMT Y TIME WARNER INC TWX TMT Y VERIZON GLOBAL FUNDING CORP. VZ TMT VIACOM INC VIA TMT WALT DISNEY COMPANY, THE DIS TMT About iBOXX.CDX A 125-name tradable index of credit default swaps ("CDS") onU.S. companies organized by a consortium of leading CDS market makers. The consortium is currently comprised of 12 members: ABN AMRO, Barclays Capital, Bear Stearns, Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Bank USA, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, UBS and Wachovia. The index is administered by iBOXX, an independent credit index provider with multiple contributor pricing. The iBOXX CDX index is listed on Bloomberg under the symbol "CDX CDS ". (iBOXX.CDX) DATASOURCE: Barclays Capital CONTACT: Kimberly Williams, Corporate Communications of ABN AMRO, +1-212-409-7569, or Karina Byrne, Corporate Communications of Barclays Capital, +1-212-412-7561, or Karen Besa, Corporate Communications of Bear Stearns,+1-212-272-2097, or Danielle Romero-Apsilos, Corporate and Investment Banking Group Communications of Citigroup, +1-212-816-2264, or John Gallagher, Corporate Communications of Credit Suisse First Boston, +1-212-325-0932, or Harriet Benson, Press Office of Deutsche Bank, +1-212-250-4864, Ed Canaday, VP, Media Relations of Goldman Sachs, +1-212-357-0005, Pamela Plehn, Group Public Affairs of HSBC Bank USA, +1-212-525-6282, or Kerrie Cohen, Corporate Communications of Lehman Brothers, +1-212-526-4092, or Michael Duvally, Media Relations of Merrill Lynch, +1-212-449-3260, or Kris Kagel, Corporate Communications of UBS, +1-212-713-8703, or Jim Pierpoint, Corporate Communications of Wachovia, +1-704-374-6512 Web site: http://www.barcap.com/

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