ZURICH, Switzerland and NEW YORK, March 25, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced changes in several Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend indexes.
Citic Pacific Ltd. (Hong Kong, Industrial Goods & Services, 0267.HK) will be removed from the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 indexes.
In the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index, Citic Pacific Ltd. will be replaced by Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Ltd. (Hong Kong, Personal & Household Goods, 0551.HK).
In the Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index, Citic Pacific Ltd. will be replaced by Incitec Pivot Ltd. (Australia, Chemicals, IPL.AU).
In the Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30 Index, Citic Pacific Ltd. will be replaced by Global Bio-Chem Technology Group Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong, Food & Beverage, 0809.HK).
In the Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 Index, Citic Pacific Ltd. will be replaced by CNOOC Ltd. (Hong Kong, Oil & Gas, 0883.HK).
In the Dow Jones Italy Select Dividend 20 Index, Banco Popolare S.C. (Italy, Banks, BP.MI) and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario S.p.A. Pfd. (Italy, Insurance, UNI.MI) will be replaced by Recordati S.p.A. (Italy, Health Care, REC.MI) and Tenaris S.A. (Italy, Basic Resources, TEN.MI), respectively.
Citic Pacific Ltd., Banco Popolare S.C. and Unipol Gruppo Finanziario S.p.A. are being removed due the cancellation of their dividend payments. All changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Wednesday, April 1, 2009.
Further information on the Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Web sites at http://www.djindexes.com and http://www.stoxx.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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