NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index, Dow Jones Japan Select Dividend 30 Index, and Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index.
All changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Friday, October 10, 2008. All companies are being removed due to the cancellations of their dividend payments.
In the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index, CITIC Pacific Ltd. (Hong Kong, Industrial Goods & Services, 0267.HK; CTPCY), Regions Financial Corporation (United States, Banks, RF), D.R. Horton Inc. (United States, Personal & Household Goods, DHI), Societe Generale S.A. (France, Banks,13080.FR) and First Horizon National Corporation (United States, Banks, FHN) will be removed. They will be replaced by Rautaruukki Oyj K (Finland, Basic Resources, RTRKS.HE), Fletcher Building Limited (New Zealand, Construction & Materials, FBU.NZ), YIT Oyj (Finland, Construction & Materials, YTY1V.HE), TeliaSonera AB (Sweden, Telecommunications, TLSN.SK) and Voest-Alpine AG (Austria, Basic Resources, VOE.V1), respectively.
In the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index, CITIC Pacific Ltd. (Hong Kong, Industrial Goods & Services, 0267.HK; CTPCY), Kingfisher PLC (Great Britain, Retail, KGF.LN; KGFHY), Woolworths Group PLC (Great Britain, Retail, WLW.LN) and Societe Generale S.A. (France, Banks,13080.FR) will be removed and replaced by Rautaruukki Oyj K (Finland, Basic Resources, RTRKS.HE), YIT Oyj (Finland, Construction & Materials, YTY1V.HE), Voest-Alpine AG (Austria, Basic Resources, VOE.V1) and Koninklijke BAM Groep N.V. (Netherlands, Construction & Materials, 33731.AE), respectively.
In the Dow Jones Japan Select Dividend 30 Index, Ardepro Co. Ltd. (Japan, Real Estate, 8925.TO) will be removed and replaced by Hitachi Koki Co. Ltd. (Japan, Industrial Goods & Services, 6581.TO).
In the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index, Synovus Financial Corp. (United States, Banks, SNV), Frontier Financial Corp. (United States, Banks, FTBK) and First Horizon National Corp. (United States, Banks, FHN) will be removed and replaced by Hubbell Inc. Cl B (United States, Industrial Goods & Services, HUBB), Ashland Inc. (United States, Chemicals, ASH), and PPL Corp. (United States, Utilities, PPL), respectively.
Further information, as well as the complete component lists of the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend, Dow Jones Japan Select Dividend 30, and Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Indexes, can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes at http://www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Select Dividend indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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