Component Changes Made to Dow Jones Food and Beverage Titans 30 and Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 Indexes

February 16, 2010

NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2010 — Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that Cadbury PLC (United Kingdom, Food & Beverage, CBRY.LN) will be removed from the Dow Jones Food and Beverage Titans 30 Index and the Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 Index due to its acquisition by Kraft Foods Inc. (United States, Food & Beverage, KFT).

In the Dow Jones Food and Beverage Titans 30 Index, Cadbury PLC (United Kingdom, Food & Beverage, CBRY.LN) will be replaced by BRF-Brasil Foods S/A Ord (Brazil, Food & Beverage, BRFS3.BR).

In the Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 Index, Cadbury PLC (United Kingdom, Food & Beverage, CBRY.LN) will be replaced by International Power PLC (United Kingdom, Utilities, IPR.LN).

All changes will be effective before the open of trading on Friday, February 19, 2010. Further information on the Dow Jones Food and Beverage Titans 30 Index and the Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 Index can be found on http://www.djindexes.com.

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