Avista, Cinemark Holdings Added to Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings to Join Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 Index
Changes Follow Regular Periodic Reviews,
Become Effective After Close of Trading on December 16, 2011
Please note the following correction to a press release issued on Thursday, December 1, 2011: The name of the Index is the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index not Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend 100 Index as previously stated. The updated release follows:
NEW YORK , Dec. 2, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG of Germany, Shimao Property Holdings Ltd. of Hong Kong and France's Lagardère S.C.A. will be added to the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index, following a regular annual review, Dow Jones Indexes announced today.
These changes, plus the Dow Jones Dividend Indexes' changes below, were made following regular annual index reviews.
All changes announced today will be effective after the close of trading on Friday, December 16, 2011.
Dow Jones Dividend Indexes
Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index: ProSiebenSat.1 Media, Shimao Property Holdings and Lagardèrewill replace Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC (UK), WorleyParsons Ltd. (Australia) and Etablissementen Franz Colruyt N.V. (Belgium) in the index. The dividend yield of the reconstituted index will increase to 5.84% from 5.40%.
Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index: Avista Corp. and Cinemark Holdings, Inc. will replace VF Corp. and Caterpillar Inc. in the index. The dividend yield of the reconstituted index will increase to 4.18% from 4.05%.
Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index: Enbridge Inc. and Canadian Utilities Ltd. (Class A shares) will be replaced by Pengrowth Energy Corp. and Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. The dividend yield of the reconstituted index will increase to 5.00% from 4.66%.
Dow Jones Canada High Dividend 50 Index: Companies to be added are Magna International Inc., Intact Financial Corp., Bombardier Inc. (Class B shares), Corus Entertainment Inc. (Class B shares), Shoppers Drug Mart Corp., Methanex Corp. and National Bank of Canada. Companies exiting are CML Healthcare Inc., Manitoba Telecom Services Inc., Arc Resources Ltd., Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust, Parkland Fuel Corp., Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. and Major Drilling Group International Inc. The dividend yield of the reconstituted index will increase to 7.41% from 6.36%.
Dow Jones Japan Select Dividend 30 Index: Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Mitsui & Co. Ltd. and Marubeni Corp. will be added to the index. Companies exiting are: Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co. Ltd., Nippon Paper Group Inc. and Nintendo Co. Ltd. The dividend yield of the reconstituted index will increase to 4.21% from 3.82%.
Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index:Shimao Property Holdings, Anta Sports Products Ltd. (Hong Kong) and BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd. (China) will replace Brambles Ltd. (Australia), CLP Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong) and Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong). The dividend yield of the reconstituted index will increase to 6.83% from 6.32%.
Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index: NCC AB (Series B shares) (Sweden), CSM N.V. (The Netherlands), EMS-Chemie Holding AG (Switzerland), ProSiebenSat.1 Media, Shimao Property Holdings and Television Francaise 1 S.A. (France) will replace Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (Greece), Power Assets Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong), SembCorp Industries Ltd. (Singapore), WorleyParsons, Etablissementen Franz Colruyt and Parmalat S.p.A. (Italy). The dividend yield of the reconstituted index will increase to 5.88% from 5.32%.
Dow Jones Switzerland Select Dividend 15 Index: EMS-Chemie Holding AG, Forbo Holding AG and SGS S.A. will replace Schindler Holding AG (Participation Certificate), Sika AG and Kaba Holding AG. The dividend yield of the reconstituted index will increase to 5.57% from 4.87%.
The Dow Jones Dividend Indexes family measures the stock performance of the world's top dividend-paying companies in a suite of global, regional, country and thematic indexes. Each index contains between 15 and 100 stocks that have been selected for fundamental strength relative to their peers, subject to various screens such as dividend quality and liquidity. The indexes are weighted by dividend yield or a modified market capitalization approach.
Dow Jones Country Titans
The changes listed below were made following regular quarterly reviews of the Dow Jones Titans Indexes and the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Sector Titans Indexes.
Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 Index: Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. will replace Olympus Corp. The total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted index increased to US$1.548 trillion from US$1.541 trillion.
Dow Jones South Korea Titans 30 Index: OCI Co. Ltd. will replace Shinsegae Co. Ltd. The total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted index increased to US$344.46 billion from US$342.43 billion.
Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10 Index: A&P (Andreou & Paraskevaides) Enterprises PCL will replace SFS Group PCL. The total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted index increased to US$1.17 billion from US$1.16 billion.
The Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes represent major markets from Europe, Asia and the Americas. Stocks for each index are selected based on float-adjusted market capitalization and trading volume. Component numbers vary from index to index, based on the size of the underlying market.
Dow Jones Emerging Markets Sector Titans Indexes
Dow Jones Emerging Markets Industrials Titans 30 Index: China Resources Enterprises Ltd. (China) is being removed due to a change in its industry classification (from industrials to consumer services), according to the proprietary classification system used by Dow Jones Indexes. Semen Gresik (Persero) (Indonesia) will replace China Resources Enterprises. The total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted index decreased to US$101.53 billion from US$102.48 billion.
Dow Jones Emerging Markets Consumer Services Titans 30 Index: China Resources Enterprises will replace Turk Hava Yollari A.O. (Turkey), which is being removed because it no longer meets index-eligibility requirements for inclusion in the index. The total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted index increased to US$146.65 billion from US$137.32 billion.
The Dow Jones Emerging Markets Sector Titans Indexes measure the stock performance of leading emerging-market companies in each of the 10 industries and two sectors defined by the proprietary classification system used by Dow Jones Indexes.
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