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FTSE
12 June 2003



                          Sage Group (UK): Deletion from eTX 50 IndexChanges In FTSE Indices

                                                     12 June 2003

Following the promotion of Sage Group (UK 0802165) form FTSE EuroMid to FTSE Eurotop and it's subsequent deletion from
FTSE eTX Innovation Index, FTSE announces the following changes:

                  INDEX                         CHANGE                               EFFECTIVE FROMSTART OF
                                                                                          TRADING

FTSE eTX 50 Index             Sage Group (UK 0802165) will be deleted.Freenet         16 June 2003
                              (Germany 5823008) will be added to the index
                              with a shares in issue total of 17,500,000 and
                              an investibility weighting of 30%.



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