Dow Jones Indexes Announces Changes In The Dow Jones Global Titans 50, Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 And Dow Jones Sector Titans 30

NEW YORK, JUNE 6 , 2002 - Dow Jones Indexes today announced the results of the regular annual review of the Dow Jones Global Titans 50, Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 and Dow Jones Asian Titans 50.

Dow Jones Indexes said that 5 component stocks are being changed in the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 index. ChevronTexaco (U.S.), Royal Bank of Scotland Group (U.K.), PepsiCo (U.S.), Barclays (U.K.), and AstraZeneca (U.K.) will be added to the index, replacing Ford Motor Co. (U.S.), Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (Japan), Deutsche Telekom (Germany), WorldCom (U.S.) and BT Group (U.K.).

Total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index increased to $5.4 trillion from $5.18 trillion as of May 31, 2002.

The following 4 stocks are being changed in the Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 index. Nissan Motor Co. (Japan), Kookmin Bank (South Korea), Hyundai Motor Co. (South Korea), and United Overseas Bank (Singapore) will be added. Denso Corp. (Japan), Swire Pacific A (Hong Kong), Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singapore) and Citic Pacific (Hong Kong) will be deleted.

Total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index increased to $1.06 trillion from $1.02 trillion as May 31, 2002.

The following stocks are being changed in the Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 indexes:

NAME COUNTRY MARKET SECTOR ACTION
Porsche Pref Germany Automobiles Add
Toyota Gosei Co. Japan Automobiles Delete
Bank of Nova Scotia Canada Banks Add
Fifth Third Bancorp United States Banks Add
UFJ Holdings Ltd. Japan Banks Delete
Bayerische Hypo & Vereinsbank Germany Banks Delete
Anglo American Platinum Corp. South Africa Basic Resources Add
Newmont Mining Corp. United States Basic Resources Add
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Japan Basic Resources Delete
Phelps Dodge Corp. United States Basic Resources Delete
PPG Industries Inc. United States Chemicals Add
Dainippon Ink & Chemicals Inc. Japan Chemicals Delete
AMEC United Kingdom Construction Add
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. United States Construction Add
Toto Ltd. Japan Construction Delete
Cimpor Cimentos de Portugal Portugal Construction Delete
LG Electronics Inc. South Korea Cyclical
Goods
Add
Mattel Inc. United States Cyclical Goods Add
Starbucks Corp. United States Cyclical Goods Add
Yum! Brands Inc. United States Cyclical Goods Add
Lufthansa B Germany Cyclical Goods Delete
Whitbread United Kingdom Cyclical Goods Delete
AMR Corp. United States Cyclical Goods Delete
Delta Air Lines Inc. United States Cyclical Goods Delete
Norsk Hydro Norway Energy Add
El Paso Corp. United States Energy Delete
Capital One Financial Corp. United States Financial Services Add
SLM Corp. United States Financial Services Add
Acom Co. Japan Financial Services Add
Grupo Financiero BBVA-Bancomer S.A. de C.V.O. Mexico Financial Services Add
Mitsui Fudosan Co. Japan Financial Services Delete
Providian Financial Corp. United States Financial Services Delete
ING Groep Netherlands Financial Services Delete
March & McLennan Cos. United States Financial Services Delete
Kraft Foods Inc. Cl A United States Food & Beverages Add
Nippon Meat Packers Inc. Japan Food & Beverages Delete
General Dynamics Corp. United States Industrial Goods Add
Solectron Corp. United States Industrial Goods Delete
Sun Life Financial Services of Canada Inc. Canada Insurance Add
Prudential Financial Inc. United States Insurance Add
ING Groep Netherlands Insurance Add
Marsh & McLennan Cos. United States Insurance Add
Skandia Forsakrings Sweden Insurance Delete
AGF France Insurance Delete
Swiss Life/Rentenanstatt Switzerland Insurance Delete
Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. Taiwan Insurance Delete
General Motors Corp. Cl H United States Media Add
Charter Communications Inc. Cl A United States Media Delete
Imperial Tobacco Group United Kingdom Non Cyclical Add
Shiseido Co. Ltd. Japan Non Cyclical Delete
Staples Inc. United States Retail Add
Softbank Corp. Japan Retail Delete
El Paso Corp. United States Utilities Add
AES Corp. United States Utilities Delete

The changes will be effective with the opening of trading on June 24, 2002.

The annual review is based on the previously announced rule adjustments for these indexes announced on April 29, 2002. The fundamental factors used to select components have been reduced to two from four. The weight of float-adjusted market capitalization in the component selection process was increased from 50% to 60% while the weight of the two fundamental factors, sales/revenue and net income, increased from 12.5 % to 20% each.

Full component lists, including market capitalization and weightings are available at www.djindexes.com.

Regional Allocation of Dow Jones Global Titans 50
(Based on Revenues)
Americas 54.00%
Europe 24.63%
Asia 10.77%
Other 10.60%
As of May 31, 2002

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