Component Changes Made to Dow Jones Global Exchanges and Dow Jones Chemicals Titans 30 Indexes

NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2007 — Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Chemicals Titans 30 Index and the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index.

Mosaic Company (United States, MOS) will replace Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (United Kingdom, ICI.LN; ICIYY) in the Dow Jones Chemicals Titans 30 Index. Imperial Chemical Industries PLC is being removed due to its acquisition by Akzo Nobel N.V. (Netherlands, 00913.AE; AKZOY). The changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Thursday, December 20, 2007.

International Securities Exchange Holdings Inc. (United Sates, ISE) will be deleted from the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index due to its acquisition by Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany, DB1.XE). This extraordinary change in the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index will decrease the number of components to 21 from 22. The changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Thursday, December 20, 2007.

As a result of the regular quarterly index review, which was announced on December 13 Bovespa Holding S/A Ord (Brazil, BOVH3.BR), Bolsa de Valores de Colombia S.A. (Colombia, BVC.BO), and Bolsa de Valores de Lima SA (Peru, BVLAC1.VL) will be added to the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index, which will bring the total number of components to 24. These results of the regular quarterly review of the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Index will be effective as of the open of trading on Monday, December 24, 2007.

Further information, as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones Chemicals Titans 30 and the Dow Jones Global Exchanges Indexes, can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/?event=showSectorTitans.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Chemicals Titans 30 and the Dow Jones Global Exchanges indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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