NEW YORK, March 10, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular annual review of the Dow Jones Country Select Dividend Indexes for France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and U.K. The changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Tuesday, March 25, 2008.
Casino Guichard-Perrachon et Cie. S.A.(France, Retail, 12558.FR), SUEZ (France, Retail, SZE.FR) and Societe Generale (France, Banks, 13080.FR; SCGLY) will be removed from the Dow Jones France Select Dividend 20 Index and replaced by Vallourec S.A. (France, Industrial Goods & Services, 12035.FR), Neopost (France, Technology, 12056.FR) and Natixis (France, Banks, 12068.FR).
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones France Select Dividend 20 Index will increase to 3.87% from 3.76% as a result of these changes.
Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany, Financial Services, DB1.XE; DBOEF) will be removed from the Dow Jones Germany Select Dividend 20 Index and replaced by Axel Springer AG (Germany, Media, SPR.XE).
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Germany Select Dividend 20 Index will increase to 4.15% from 4.11% as a result of these changes.
Societa Iniziative Autostradali e Servizi - SIAS S.p.A. (Italy, Industrial Goods & Services, SIS.MI) will be removed from the Dow Jones Italy Select Dividend 20 Index and replaced by Pirelli & C. Real Estate S.p.A. (Italy, Financial Services, PRS.MI)
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Italy Dividend 20 Index will increase to 4.96% from 4.83% as a result of these changes.
Compania Espanola de Petroleos S.A. (Spain, Oil & Gas, CEP.MC) will be removed from the Dow Jones Spain Select Dividend 20 Index and replaced by Endesa S.A. (Spain, Utilities, ELE.MC; ELEZF).
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Spain Dividend 20 Index will increase to 3.33% from 3.29% as a result of these changes.
Kaba Holding AG (Switzerland, Industrial Goods & Services KABN.EB) and Syngenta AG (Switzerland, Chemicals SENN.VX; SYT) will be removed from the Dow Jones SWX Switzerland Select Dividend 20 Index and replaced by Bellevue Group AG (Switzerland, Financial Services, BBN.EB) and Kudelski S.A. (Switzerland, Technology, KUD.VX).
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones SWX Switzerland Select Dividend 20 Index will increase to 3.07% from 2.92% as a result of these changes.
The following seven components will be removed from the Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index: HMV Group PLC (Great Britain, Retail, HMV.LN), Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group PLC (Great Britain, Insurance, JLT.LN), Amlin PLC (Great Britain, Insurance, AML.LN), Severn Trent PLC (Great Britain, Utilities, SVT.LN), Vodafone Group PLC (Great Britain, Telecommunications, VOD.LN; VOD), EMAP PLC (Great Britain, Media, EMA.LN) and F&C Asset Management PLC (Great Britain, Financial Services, FCAM.LN).
The companies joining the index are: Close Brothers Group (Great Britain, Financial Services, PLC CBG.LN), Taylor Wimpey PLC (Great Britain, Personal & Household Goods, TW.LN), Barratt Developments PLC (Great Britain, Personal & Household Goods, BDEV.LN), Morse PLC (Great Britain, Technology, MOR.LN), Topps Tiles PLC (Great Britain, Retail, TPT.LN), Cattles PLC (Great Britain, Financial Services, CTT.LN) and JJB Sports PLC (Great Britain, Retail, JJB.LN).
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index will increase to 8.80% from 7.92% as a result of these changes.
No changes are being made to the Dow Jones Sweden Select Dividend 15 Index and Dow Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 15 Index.
The Dow Jones Select Dividend Index family currently includes global indexes, regional indexes for Europe, the Asia-Pacific and the Americas, and country-specific indexes for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.S. and the U.K. Each index includes a fixed number of components, ranging from 15 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.
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 at 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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