Changes Are Result of A Quarterly Review of the Indexes

NEW YORK (Mar. 19, 2003) — Dow Jones Indexes today announced changes in the stock components of the Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 Indexes as the result of reclassifying two companies.

El Paso Corp. (US) will be deleted from the Dow Jones Utilities Sector Titans index because the company has been reclassified into the Energy sector. It will be replaced by FirstEnergy Corp. (US). El Paso Corp. will not be added to the Energy Sector Titan Index at this time.

Carrefour S.A. (France) has been reclassified from the retail to Noncyclical Goods and Services sector and will be deleted from the Dow Jones Retail Sector Titans index. It will be added to the Dow Jones Noncyclical Goods and Services Sector Titans, replacing R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc. (US) which will be removed from this index. AmerisourceBergen Corp (US) will replace Carrefour S.A. in the Dow Jones Retail Sector Titans index.

The component changes will be effective at the start of trading on March 24, 2003.

The changes announced today are a result of a quarterly review of the Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 Indexes. The changes will be effective at the start of trading on Monday, March 24, 2003. Normally, changes are made to Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 Indexes annually. Among the reasons for extraordinary changes are sector reclassifications of component companies. The detailed methodology for each index is published in the indexes’ rulebooks accessible on the Dow Jones Indexes web site at http://www.djindexes.com

*Disclaimer: Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.