NEW YORK, July 21, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dow Jones Indexes today announced component changes to the Dow Jones Food & Beverage Sector Titans 30 Index and the Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 Index.
Allied Domecq PLC (Great Britain) will be deleted from the Dow Jones Food & Beverage Sector Titans 30 as well as the Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 indexes. The changes are a result of the acquisition of Allied Domecq PLC by Pernod Ricard S.A. (France).
In the Dow Jones Food & Beverage Sector Titans 30 Allied Domecq PLC will be replaced by Orkla ASA (Norway).
In the Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 Allied Domecq PLC will be replaced by SABMiller PLC (Great Britain).
The changes in the Dow Jones Food & Beverage Sector Titans 30 and Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 indexes will be effective at the start of trading Monday, July 25, 2005.
Further information on the Dow Jones Sector Titans and Dow Jones Country Titans indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes' web site http://www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Sector Titans and the Dow Jones Country Titans indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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