NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that Singapore Petroleum Co. Ltd. (Singapore, Oil & Gas, S99.SG) will be removed from the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 indexes.
In the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index, Singapore Petroleum Co. Ltd. (Singapore, Oil & Gas, S99.SG) will be replaced by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (United States, Industrial Goods & Services, RRD).
In the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index and Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index, Singapore Petroleum Co. Ltd. (Singapore, Oil & Gas, S99.SG) will be replaced by StarHub Ltd. (Singapore, Telecommunications, CC3.SG).
In the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index, Singapore Petroleum Co. Ltd. (Singapore, Oil & Gas, S99.SG) will be replaced by Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd. (Taiwan, Telecommunications, 3045.TW).
Singapore Petroleum Co. Ltd. is being removed due to its acquisition by Petrochina Company Ltd (China, Oil & Gas, 0857.HK). All changes in the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 indexes will be effective before the open of trading on Monday, August 24, 2009.
Further information on the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 indexes can be found on www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones Asia Select 30 Dividend indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
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