NEW YORK, May 19, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced a prospective component change in the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
USF Corp. (Nasdaq:USFC), which has agreed to be acquired by Yellow Roadway Corp. (Nasdaq:YELL), will be deleted from the Dow Jones Transportation Average at the close of business Monday, May 23, 2005, provided that USF shareholders approve the merger as expected.
In that event, Landstar System, Inc. (Nasdaq:LSTR) would be added to the Dow Jones Transportation Average with the start of trading on Tuesday, May 24, 2005.
The Dow Jones Transportation Average index tracks 20 U.S. transportation stocks. Other members of the Dow Jones Averages family are the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Dow Jones Utilities Average and the Dow Jones Composite Average.
Further information as well as the component list of the Dow Jones Transportation Average can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes' web site http://www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Transportation Average do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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