Dow Jones makes component changes in the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index and Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index.
In the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index, Washington Federal Incorporated (United States, Banks, WFSL) and Umpqua Holdings Corporation (United States, Banks, UMPQ) will be replaced by Northeast Utilities Incorporated (United States, Utilities, NU) and FPL Group, Inc. (United States, Utilities, FPL), respectively.
In the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index, Umpqua Holdings Corporation (United States, Banks, UMPQ) will be replaced by Smit Internationale N.V. (Netherlands, Industrial Goods & Services, SMIT.AE).
Both companies are being removed due to decreases in their dividend payments. The companies’ new dividend yields do not meet the indexes’ eligibility requirements. The changes are effective as of the open of trading on 8 January 2009.
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