NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced changes in several Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX indexes.
OCE N.V. (Netherlands, Technology, OCE.AE; OCENY) will be removed from the Dow Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 20 and Dow Jones Global Select Dividend 100 indexes. Lloyds TSB Group PLC (U.K., Banks, LLOY.LN; LYG) will be removed from the Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 indexes. Both companies are being removed due to the cancellation of their dividend payment.
In the Dow Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 20 Index, OCE will be replaced by Smit International N.V. (Netherlands, Industrial Goods & Services, SMIT.AE).
In the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend 100 Index, OCE will be replaced by Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Netherlands, Construction & Materials, BOKA.AE).
In the Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index, Lloyds TSB Group PLC will be replaced by SIG PLC (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, SHI.LN).
In the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 indexes, Lloyds TSB Group PLC will be replaced by Swedbank (Sweden, Banks, SWED-A.SK; SWBDY).
Due to its merger with Lloyds TSB, HBOS PLC (London, Banks, HBOS.LN; HBOOY) will be removed from the Dow Jones STOXX 600, Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 and Dow Jones Banks Titans 30 indexes.
In the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index, HBOS PLC will be replaced by Oesterreichische Post (Austria, Industrial Goods & Services, POST.VI).
In the Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 Index, HBOS PLC will be replaced by United Utilities Group PLC (U.K., Utilities, UU.LN).
In the Dow Jones Banks Titans 30 Index, HBOS PLC will be replaced by Westpac Banking Corp. (Australia, Banks, WBC.AU; WBK).
In the Dow Jones Sri Lanka Titans 20 Index, Associated Motorways PLC (Sri Lanka, Automobiles & Parts, AMW.SL) will be replaced by Bukit Darah Company Limited (Sri Lanka, Food & Beverage, BUKI.SL). Associated Motorways PLC is being removed due to its acquisition by Al Futtaim Engineering LLC.
All changes in the Dow Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones STOXX 600, Dow Jones Banks Titans 30 and Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 indexes will be effective as of the open of trading on Monday, January 19, 2009.
The changes in the Dow Jones Sri Lanka Titans 20 Index will be effective as of the open of trading on Thursday, January 15, 2009.
Further information, as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50, Dow Jones Sri Lanka Titans 20, Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 and Dow Jones STOXX 600 indexes, can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Web sites at http://www.djindexes.com and http://www.stoxx.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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