ZURICH, Switzerland, April 29, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- STOXX Ltd., the leading European index provider, today announced changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index.
Royal Bank of Scotland Group (U.K., Banks, RBS.L) and HBOS (U.K., Banks, HBOS.L) will be deleted from the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index and replaced by British Insurance Holding (U.K., Insurance, BRE.L) and Cattle's (U.K., Financial Services, CTT.L), respectively. Royal Bank of Scotland Group and HBOS are being removed due to the cancellation of their dividend payments.
The changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index will be effective as of the open of trading on Friday, May 2, 2008.
Further information, as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend Indexes, can be found on the STOXX Limited Web site at http://www.stoxx.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones STOXX indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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