NEW YORK, June 2, 2005 — 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 following two component stocks will be added to the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index: ConocoPhillips (United States) and Telefonica S.A. (Spain). Companies exiting the index are: Eli Lilly & Co. (United States) and DaimlerChrysler AG NA (Germany). Total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index increased to $6.119 trillion from $6.068 trillion as of May 31, 2005.

The Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index, a float-adjusted index containing 50 of the world’s largest and best-known blue-chip companies, was designed six years ago, not only with international exposure as a primary objective, but also for liquidity, low turnover, stability and lack of risk. With only 50 components, this blue-chip index represented 24.22% of the free-float market capitalization of the Dow Jones World Index as of May 31, 2005. Since its inception in 1999, the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index has proved to be very popular with the marketplace underlying approximately $7 billion in assets as of March 31, 2005.

Regional allocation of 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, 2005:

Regional allocation of Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index, based on percentage of revenue from the region (based on free-float market capitalization as of May 31, 2005:

In the Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index the following five component stocks will be added: Mitsubishi Corp. (Japan), POSCO (Korea), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Taiwan), Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (Singapore) and Westfield Group (Australia). Companies exiting the index are: Ito-Yokado Co. Ltd. (Japan), SK Telecom Co. Ltd. (Korea), CLP Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong), United Microelectronics Corp. (Taiwan) and United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Singapore).

Total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index increased to $1.281 trillion from $1.238 trillion as of May 31, 2005.

The following six stocks are being changed in the Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50 Index: Formosa Petrochemical Corp. (Taiwan), S-Oil Corp. (Korea), and Hana Bank (Korea) will be added to the index. Companies being deleted from the index are: Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. (Korea), First Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (Taiwan) and United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Singapore).

Total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50 Index increased to $633.992 billion from $624.625 billion as of May 31, 2005.

The following 34 companies will be added/deleted from the Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 Index:

Georgia-Pacific Corp. (United States) and MeadWestvaco Corp. (United States) were changed due to the companies being reclassified to a new sector. Georgia-Pacific Corp. was reclassified from Construction & Materials to Personal & Household Goods and MeadWestvaco Corp from Basic Resources to Industrial Goods and Services. MeadWestvaco Corp did not qualify to being added to the Dow Jones Industrial Goods & Services Titans.

Last year’s regular review of the Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 global sector blue-chip indexes scheduled for June 2004 was postponed to September due to the introduction of the Industry Classification Benchmark, the sector classification standard introduced by Dow Jones Indexes and FTSE group.

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 with the opening of trading on June 20, 2005. Full component lists, including market capitalization and weightings are available at http://www.djindexes.com.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Global Titans 50, Dow Jones Asian Titans 50, Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50 and Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.