NEW YORK, July 27, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced changes in the composition of the Dow Jones Spain Select Dividend 20 Index, Dow Jones France Select Dividend 20 Index and the Dow Jones Basic Resources Titans 30 Index.
Telefonica Publicidad e Informacion S.A. (eDTPI) will be deleted from the Dow Jones Spain Select Dividend 20 Index and replaced by Antena 3 de Television S.A. (eDA3TV). Telefonica Publicidad e Informacion S.A. is being removed due to its acquisition by Yell Group PLC.
Arcelor (eQ5786) will be deleted from the Dow Jones France Select Dividend 20 Index and the Dow Jones Basic Resources Titans 30 Index and replaced by Mittal Steel New Entity. Arcelor is being deleted due to its acquisition of Mittal Steel Co. N.V. The name of the new company formed will be Mittal Steel New Entity. Following the completion of the merger, Mittal Steel New Entity will change its name to Arcelor-Mittal.
The changes in the Dow Jones Spain Select Dividend 20, the Dow Jones France Select Dividend 20 and the Dow Jones Basic Resources Titans 30 indexes will be effective before the open of trade on Tuesday, August 1, 2006.
Further information, as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones Spain Select Dividend 20, the Dow Jones France Select Dividend 20 and the Dow Jones Basic Resources Titans 30 indexes, can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at http://www.djindexes.com.
Changes to the Dow Jones Spain Select Dividend 20, the Dow Jones France Select Dividend 20 and the Dow Jones Basic Resources Titans 30 indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the companies being added or deleted.
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