NEW YORK, Oct. 29, 2007 — Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index and the Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index.
LG Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (South Korea, Chemicals, 012990.SE) will be deleted from the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index and replaced by VTECH Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong, Technology, 0303.HK; VTKHY). LG Petrochemical Co. Ltd. is being removed due to its acquisition by LG Chem Ltd. (South Korea, 051910.SE).
El-Watany Bank of Egypt (Egypt, 8355, Banks, WATA.CI) will be deleted from the Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index and replaced by Egyptian for Tourism Resorts (Egypt, Travel & Leisure, EGTS.CI). El-Watany Bank of Egypt is being removed due to its acquisition by National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K. (Kuwait, NBK.KW).
The changes in the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index and the Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index will be effective before the open of trading on Thursday, November 1, 2007.
The Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index measures the performance of the top 30 stocks by dividend yield in their respective markets. Represented countries currently include Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and China H shares are also eligible. The Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index is comprised of 20 of the leading Egyptian stocks traded on the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges (CASE). The companies are ranked by free-float market capitalization, sales/revenue and net income.
Further information on the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/?event=showCountryTitans and www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/?event=showSelectDiv.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.