Component Change Will Be Made To Dow Jones Transportation Average, Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index And Dow Jones U.S. Growth And Value Indexes

NEW YORK, August 12, 2002 – Dow Jones Indexes today announced that Continental Airlines Inc. (Houston, Texas, U.S.) will replace U.S. Airways (Arlington, Virginia, U.S.) in the Dow Jones Transportation Average, effective with the beginning of trading on Tuesday, August 13, 2002.

U.S. Airways also will be deleted from the Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index, effective with the start of trading on Wednesday, August 14. U.S. Airways is being dropped from the Dow Jones indexes because the company filed for bankruptcy protection.

Further information as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones Transportation Average can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes’ Web site at www.djindexes.com.

The Dow Jones Transportation Average represents the leading twenty transportation companies in the U.S. It was originally introduced in 1884 and was composed of nine companies. The Dow Jones Transportation Average is part of the Dow Jones Averages family, which also includes the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Dow Jones Utility Average.

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