NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular annual review of its Select Dividend Indexes for Asia, Asia/Pacific, Australia, Canada, EPAC (Europe, Pacific, Asia and Canada), Japan, and U.S. The changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Monday, December 18, 2006.
The following seven components will be added to the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index: BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd., Huaneng Power International Inc., Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia), Singapore Petroleum Co. Ltd., Singapore Press Holdings Ltd., SK Telecom Co. Ltd. and TPV Technology Ltd.
Companies exiting the index: CITIC International Financial Holdings Ltd., Giordano International Ltd., GS Engineering & Construction Corp., Li & Fung Ltd., LS Cable Ltd., NWS Holdings Ltd. and Poongsan Corp.
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index will increase to 4.07% from 3.78% as a result of these changes.
The following four components will be added to the Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index: Futuris Corp. Ltd., Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Suncorp-Metway Ltd. and Takefuji Corp.
Companies exiting the index: AGL Energy Ltd., Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Jubilee Mines N.L. and PaperlinX Ltd.
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index will increase to 5.40% from 5.02% as a result of these changes.
The following six components will be added to the Dow Jones Australia Select Dividend 30 Index: Australian Pipeline Trust, CSR Ltd., Futuris Corp. Ltd., Great Southern Plantations Ltd., Lion Nathan Ltd. and Ridley Corp. Ltd.
Companies exiting the index: Babcock & Brown Japan Property Trust, Centro Retail Group, John Fairfax Holdings Ltd., Minara Resources Ltd., Promina Group Ltd. and Repco Corp. Ltd.
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Dow Jones Australia Select Dividend 30 Index will increase to 5.48% from 4.91% as a result of these changes.
No component changes will be made to the Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index. There will be no deletions or additions to the index as a result of this regular annual review. The dividend yield of the Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index is 3.46%.
The following 27 components will be added to the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend 100 Index: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., Barclays PLC, Centennial Coal Co. Ltd., Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd., CITIC Pacific Ltd., Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd., Electrolux AB B, EMAP PLC, Futuris Corp. Ltd., GKN PLC, Hellenic Petroleum S.A., HMV Group PLC, HSBC Holdings PLC (UK Reg), Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia), Manitoba Telecom Services Inc., Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries S.A., Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Sims Group Ltd., Singapore Petroleum Co. Ltd., Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Takefuji Corp., Telecom Italia S.p.A., Topps Tiles PLC, TPV Technology Ltd., Trinity Mirror PLC, Unilever N.V. CVA and Vodafone Group PLC.
Companies exiting the index: AGL Energy Ltd., Alfred McAlpine PLC, Alliance Boots PLC, AMP Ltd., Bank of East Asia Ltd., Casino Guichard-Perrachon et Cie. S.A., Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., CITIC International Financial Holdings Ltd., Diageo PLC, Firstgroup PLC, Foster's Group Ltd., Giordano International Ltd., Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., Jubilee Mines N.L., Matalan PLC, Mirvac Group Ltd., National Express Group PLC, Northern Foods PLC, PaperlinX Ltd., Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd., Snam Rete Gas S.p.A., Stockland, Tate & Lyle PLC, UPM-Kymmene Oyj, Viridian Group PLC, Weir Group PLC Sub Div and Westfield Group.
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend 100 Index will increase to 4.83% from 4.39% as a result of these changes.
The following seven components will be added to the Dow Jones Japan Select Dividend 30 Index: Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Kibun Food Chemifa Co. Ltd., Lawson Inc., Nipro Corp., Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. and TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.
Companies exiting the index: Hitachi Cable Ltd., Konami Corp., Matsushita Electric Works Ltd., Sekisui House Ltd., Toppan Forms Co. Ltd., Toppan Printing Co. Ltd. and Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Dow Jones Japan Select Dividend 30 Index will increase to 2.47% from 2.04% as a result of these changes.
The following four components will be added to the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend 100 Index: Masco Corp., Mattel Inc., UnionBanCal Corp. and Valley National Bancorp.
Companies exiting the index: Equitable Resources Inc., Marathon Oil Corp., MDU Resources Group Inc. and Whirlpool Corp.
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend 100 Index will increase to 3.45% from 3.41% as a result of these changes.
The Dow Jones Select Dividend index family includes a fixed number of components, ranging from 20 to 100 depending on the size of the market and are selected to the index based on rankings by dividend yield. Index components are weighted by indicated annual dividend.
The Dow Jones Select Dividend Index family currently includes country-specific indexes for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S., as well as regional indexes for Europe, the Eurozone, Asia and the EPAC countries (major developed non-U.S. markets).
Further information, as well as the complete component list and methodology of the Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes, can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com.
Changes to the Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the companies being added or deleted.
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