ZURICH, Switzerland, July 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Select Dividend 15 indexes.
In the Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 indexes, Tomkins PLC (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, TOMK.LN) will be replaced by CRH PLC (Ireland, Construction & Materials, CRH.DB).
In the Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Select Dividend 15 Index, Aerodrom Ljubljana d.d. (Slovenia, Industrial Goods & Services, AELG.LJ) will be replaced by Mercator d.d. (Slovenia, Retail, MELR.LJ).
Tomkins and Aerodrom Ljubljana are being deleted due to a decrease in their dividend payments. The companies' new dividend yields do not meet the indexes' eligibility requirements.
The changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Select Dividend 15 indexes will be effective as of the open of trading on Friday, July 10, 2009.
Further information on the Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Select Dividend 15 indexes can be found on http://www.stoxx.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Select Dividend 15 indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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