NEW YORK, March 1, 2006 — Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced a component change in the Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index.

Hudson’s Bay Company (TSX:HBC) will be deleted from the Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index and replaced by Reitmans (Canada) Limited CL A NV (TSX:RET). Hudson’s Bay Company is being removed due to its acquisition by Maple Leaf Heritage Investments Acquisition Corporation.

The changes in the Canada Dow Jones Select Dividend Index will be effective as of the open of trading on Thursday, March 2, 2006.

The Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index tracks the top 30 yielding stocks derived from the Dow Jones Canada Total Market Index, a broad-market benchmark index that represents approximately 95% of Canada’s float-adjusted market capitalization. The index is calculated in both Canadian and U.S. dollars.

Further information as well as the complete component list can be found on the Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend web site.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.