NEW YORK, March 14, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones EPAC (Europe, Pacific, Asia and Canada) Select Dividend 100 Index and Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index.
EMAP PLC (Great Britain, Media, EMA.LN) will be deleted from the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend 100 Index and Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index due to its acquisition by Apax and Guardian Media Group.
APA Group (Australia, Oil & Gas, APA.AU) will replace EMAP PLC in the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend 100 Index.
HBOS PLC (Great Britain, HBOS.LN; HBOOY, Banks) will replace EMAP PLC in the Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index.
The changes in the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend 100 and the Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 indexes will be effective before the open of trading on Wednesday, March 19, 2008.
Further information, as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend 100 and Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 indexes, can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at http://www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend and the Dow Jones U.K. Dividend indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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