NEW YORK, June 6, 2006 — Dow Jones Indexes today announced the results of the regular annual review of the Dow Jones Global Titans 50, Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50, Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 and Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 indexes. The changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Monday, June 19, 2006.
The following two stocks will be added to the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index: Hewlett-Packard Co. (United States) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (Japan). Companies exiting the index are: BellSouth Corp. (United States) and Walt Disney Co. (United States). Total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index increased to $6,566.27 billion from $6,461.27 billion as of May 31, 2006.
Regional allocation of the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index, based on country of origin of the component stock (based on free-float market capitalization as of May 31, 2006):
Regional allocation of the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index, by percentage of total revenues generated by each, as of May 31, 2006:
The following seven stocks will be added to the Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index: PetroChina Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong), Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. (Korea), China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Hong Kong), Korea Electric Power Corp. (Korea), Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (Japan), Nippon Steel Corp. (Japan) and Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd. (Japan). Companies exiting the index are: DBS Group Holdings Ltd. (Singapore), Telstra Corp. Ltd. (Australia), Wesfarmers Ltd. (Australia), Hang Seng Bank Ltd. (Hong Kong), Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. (Japan), Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. (Japan) and Kyocera Corp. (Japan). Total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index increased to $1,945.89 billion from $1,891.81 billion as of May 31, 2006.
The following six stocks will be added to the Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50 Index: PetroChina Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong), China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Hong Kong), Bank of China (Hong Kong), China Construction Bank Corp. (Hong Kong), China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong) and United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Singapore). Companies exiting the index are: Chinatrust Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Taiwan), Li & Fung Ltd. (Hong Kong), Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (South Korea), China Unicom Ltd. (Hong Kong), Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) and Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. (Singapore). Total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50 Index increased to $825.01 billion from $776.87 billion as of May 31, 2006.
To better represent the Hong Kong market, H shares, which are shares of Chinese companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, will be eligible for inclusion in the Dow Jones Global Titans 50, Dow Jones Asian Titans 50, and the Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50 indexes starting at the June 2006 quarterly review.
The following 40 companies will be added/deleted from the Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 Indexes:
Changes are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular annual component review. The review is based on the blue-chip rules governing the Dow Jones blue-chip indexes published on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com, using the April 2006 monthly selection lists.
The changes in the Dow Jones Global Titans 50, Dow Jones Asian Titans 50, Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50 and Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 will be effective as of the open of trading on Monday, June 19, 2006. Full component lists, including market capitalization and weightings are available on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at http://www.djindexes.com
Component changes to the Dow Jones Global Titans 50, Dow Jones Asian Titans 50, Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50 and Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the companies being added or deleted.