JOINT MEDIA RELEASE
Launch of FTSE ST Catalist Index for Catalist Sponsored Companies
20 May 2009 – Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX)
and FTSE Group (FTSE) will launch the new FTSE ST Catalist Index on 22 June 2009.
The FTSE ST Catalist Index is part of the FTSE ST Index Series and provides investors
with a tracking tool on the performance of Catalist sponsored companies. This is an allshare
index comprising sponsored companies listed on Catalist, subject to the eligibility
criteria. Free float adjustment will be in line with the FTSE ST Index Series Ground Rules
to ensure that the new index meets investor needs.
Review of the index constituents will be conducted semi-annually in March and
September to include new listings and existing companies that have engaged a sponsor.
The FTSE ST Catalist Index values will be displayed alongside the real-time, intra-day
values of the STI and other FTSE ST indices displayed at the following websites:
FTSE will distribute the new index in real-time to distributors globally via its Global
Distribution System, and will also display the end-of-day index values on its website at
http://www.ftse.com/st
Mr Lawrence Wong, Executive Vice President and Head of Listings at SGX said, “The
new Catalist index will raise the profile of companies under the sponsor-supervised
regime. This underlines our commitment to grow and strengthen Catalist’s value
proposition to investors and companies.”
Mr Ignatius Low, Money Editor of The Straits Times, said, “The new Catalist index
reinforces the growing significance of Catalist for growth companies. Its introduction
further enhances the value of the FTSE-ST series of market indices to investors in
capturing movements and developments on the Singapore bourse.”
Mr Paul Hoff, Managing Director, Asia Pacific of FTSE Group added, “FTSE is pleased to
be working with SGX and SPH again, this time to provide an index for Singapore’s
Catalist market that also adopts a methodology which meets the needs of both domestic
and international investors.”
The eligibility criteria for the FTSE ST Catalist Index are as follows:
| Only sponsored companies listed on Catalist are eligible for inclusion in the index |
| Free float criteria is applied as per the FTSE ST Index Series Ground Rules |
| No intra-review additions will be made and all IPOs and companies transitioned to
sponsor status will be added at the next semi-annual reviews in March and
September |
| No liquidity screen will apply |
For more information about the STI and FTSE ST Index Series, and the Ground Rules,
please visit www.ftse.com/st
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Singapore Exchange Limited
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FTSE International Limited
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Media contacts:
SPH
Chin Soo Fang
Corporate Communications
DID: +65 6319 1216
Email: soofang@sph.com.sg
SGX
Magdalyn Liew
Corporate Communications
Tel: +65 6236 8157
Email: magdalynliew@sgx.com
FTSE
Meredith Blakemore / Emily Mok
Tel: +852 2230 5800
Email: media@ftse.com
About Singapore Press Holdings Ltd
Incorporated in 1984, main board-listed Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. It is the leading media company in Southeast Asia, delivering news and information through multiple media platforms.
Newspapers and Magazines
In Singapore, SPH publishes 17 newspaper titles in four languages. Every day, 2.9 million individuals or 79 per cent of people above 15 years old, read one of SPH's news publications. SPH also publishes and produces more than 100 magazine titles in Singapore and the region, covering a broad range of interests from lifestyle to information technology.
Internet and Mobile
Beyond print, the Internet editions of SPH newspapers enjoy over 150 million pageviews with 9 million unique visitors every month. Apart from SPH AsiaOne portal, SPH's online and new media initiatives include the online marketplace for products, services and employment, ST701; local search and directory engine, rednano.sg; Stomp (Straits Times Online Mobile Print), a portal that connects, engages and interacts with readers on the Web and via mobile phone messaging; omy, a bilingual news and interactive portal and The Straits Times RazorTV, a free access interactive webcast service offering live chat shows and video on demand clips.
Broadcasting
SPH has a 20 percent stake in MediaCorp TV Holdings Pte Ltd, which operates free-to-air channels 5, 8, U and TV Mobile, and a 40 percent stake in MediaCorp Press Pte Ltd, which publishes the free newspaper, Today. In the radio business, SPH has a 80 percent stake in SPH UnionWorks Pte Ltd, which operates entertainment stations Radio 100.3 FM in Mandarin and Radio 91.3 FM in English.
Outdoor Advertising
In addition, SPH has ventured into outdoor advertising through its wholly-owned subsidiary, SPH MediaBoxOffice Pte Ltd,
Singapore
's largest outdoor motion display advertising network media company, and a 35 percent stake in TOM Outdoor Media Group, a leading outdoor advertising company in
China
.
Properties
SPH owns and manages Paragon, the prime retail and office complex in the heart of Orchard Road,
Singapore
's main shopping belt. SPH's wholly-owned subsidiary, Times Development Pte Ltd, is also developing a 43-storey upmarket residential condominium, Sky@eleven, at Thomson Road.
Visit www.sph.com.sg for more information.
About Singapore Exchange Limited
Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) was inaugurated on 1 December 1999, following the merger of two established and well-respected financial institutions - the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) and the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX). SGX is Asia-Pacific's first demutualised and integrated securities and derivatives exchange and is listed on its own bourse. The exchange's stock is a component of benchmark indices such as the MSCI Singapore's Free Index and the Straits Times Index (STI).
SGX aims to offer a highly trusted, comprehensive and efficient securities and derivatives marketplace for raising capital, risk transfer, trading, clearing and settlement. SGX facilitates the trading and clearing of commodity futures such as crude palm oil and rubber and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives such as forward freight agreements and oil swaps. Through strategic alliances and partnerships with other exchanges around the world, SGX is firmly positioned as an Asian Gateway.
For more information, please visit SGX website: www.sgx.com
Catalist is a sponsored supervised market for fast growing companies.
For more information on Catalist, please visit : www.sgxcatalist.com: www.sgx.com
About FTSE Group
FTSE Group is a world-leader in the creation and management of indexes. With offices in Beijing, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Madrid, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Boston, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo, FTSE Group services clients in 77 countries worldwide. It calculates and manages the FTSE Global Equity Index Series, which includes world-recognized indexes ranging from the FTSE All-World Index, the FTSE4Good series and the FTSEurofirst Index series, as well as domestic indexes such as the prestigious FTSE 100. The company has collaborative arrangements with the Athens, AMEX,
Cyprus
, Euronext, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, NASDAQ,
Thailand
and
Taiwan
exchanges, as well as Nomura Securities and Xinhua Finance of
China
. FTSE also has a collaborative agreement with Dow Jones Indexes to develop a single sector classification system for global investors.
FTSE indexes are used extensively by investors world-wide for investment analysis, performance measurement, asset allocation, portfolio hedging and for creating a wide range of index tracking funds. Independent committees of senior fund managers, derivatives experts, actuaries and other experienced practitioners review all changes to the indexes to ensure that they are made objectively and without bias. Real-time FTSE indexes are calculated on systems managed by Reuters. Prices and FX rates used are supplied by Reuters.
