NEW YORK, July 25, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ) announced that a charitable trust established by the late Jane Bancroft Cook, a former Dow Jones director and major stockholder, has amended its prearranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
Under the plan, the Trust sells 6,500 shares of the company's Common Stock per trading day until January 31, 2007. Sales under the plan are only effected if the market price on the trading day is, under the original terms of the plan, greater than or equal to $35.00 and will cease earlier if an aggregate of $30 million in proceeds are generated. The plan has now been amended to provide that the sales will only be effected if the market price on the trading day is greater than or equal to $32.00.
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