Dow Jones Indexes, an index provider, and STOXX Ltd., the provider of European equity indexes, announced changes in several Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend indexes.
In the Dow Jones EURO STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index, Allied Irish Banks PLC (Ireland, Banks, ALBK.DB) will be replaced by Banco Popular Espanol S.A. (Spain, Banks, POP.MC).
In the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 indexes, Allied Irish Banks PLC will be replaced by Intermediate Capital Group PLC (United Kingdom, Financial Services, ICP.LN).
In the Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Select Dividend 15 Index, Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (Poland, Banks, BZW.WA) will be replaced by Telekom Slovenije d.d. (Slovenia, Telecommunications, TLSG.LJ).
In the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index, International Paper (United States, Basic Resources, IP) will be replaced by Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Ltd (Hong Kong, Personal & Household Goods, 0551.HK).
In the Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index, William Hill PLC (United Kingdom, Travel & Leisure, WMH.LN) will be replaced by Premier Farnell PLC (United Kingdom, Industrial Goods & Services, PFL.LN).
In the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index, International Paper (United States, Basic Resources, IP) and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (United States, Banks, PNC) will be replaced by Emerson Electric Co. (United States, Industrial Goods & Services, EMR) and Cleco Corp (United States, Utilities, CNL), respectively.
Allied Irish Banks PLC, Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. and William Hill PLC are being removed due to the cancellation of their dividend payments. International Paper and PNC Financial Services Group Inc are being removed due to a decrease in their dividend payments. The companies’ new dividend yields do not meet the indexes’ eligibility requirements.
All changes to the Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend Indexes will be effective as of the open of trading on Thursday, March 5, 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.
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