NEW YORK (Jul. 19, 2001) — Dow Jones Indexes today announced a change in a stock component of the Dow Jones Sector Titans Index.

Effective on July 23, Commonwealth Bank of Australia will replace Dresdner Bank (Germany) in the Banks sector. Dresdner Bank is being deleted because of its acquisition by Allianz AG.

The new components of the bank sector are Abbey National PLC (United Kingdom), ABN AMRO Holding N.V. (Netherlands), Banco Santander Central Hispano (Spain), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (Spain), Bank of America Corp. (U.S.), Bank of New York Co. (U.S.), Bank One Corp. (U.S.), Barclays PLC (United Kingdom), Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG (Germany), BNP Paribas S.A. (France), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Australia), Deutsche Bank (Germany), First Union Corp. (U.S.), FleetBoston Financial Corp. (U.S.), Halifax Group PLC (U.K.), HSBC Holdings (U.K.), J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (U.S.), Lloyds TSB Group PLC (U.K.), Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (Japan), Mizuho Holdings Inc. (Japan), National Australia Bank Ltd. (Australia), Royal Bank of Canada (Canada), Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (U.K.), Societe Generale de France (France), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (Japan), Toronto-Dominion Bank (Canada), U.S. Bancorp New York (U.S.), UBS AG (Switzerland), UFJ Holdings (Japan), Wells Fargo & Co. (U.S.).

Further information as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones Sector Titans can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes’ web site djindexes.com.

The Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes are a family of 18 indexes that represent the leading global companies in each of the following stock market sectors: Basic Resources, Chemicals, Automobiles, Cyclical Goods & Services, Media, Retail, Food & Beverage, Non Cyclical Goods & Services, Energy, Banks, Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Construction, Industrial Goods & Services, Technology, Telecommunications and Utilities.