NEW YORK, June 3, 2010 — Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular annual and regular quarterly review of the Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes. The changes will be effective after the close of trading on Friday, June 18, 2010.
In the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index, Daegu Bank Ltd. (South Korea, Banks, 005270.SE) will be replaced by Giga-Byte Technology Co. Ltd. (Taiwan, Technology, 2376.TW). The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index will increase to 5.69% from 5.21% to as a result of this regular annual review.
There will be no component changes to the Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30 Index as a result of this regular annual review. The dividend yield of the index has increased to 4.18% from 4.07% as a result of this regular annual reweighting.
No changes are being made to the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index, Dow Jones Australia Select Dividend 30 Index, Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index, Dow Jones Japan Select Dividend 30 Index, Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index, Dow Jones France Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones Germany Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones Italy Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 15, Dow Jones Spain Select Dividend 20 Index, Dow Jones Sweden Select Dividend 15, Dow Jones Switzerland Select Dividend 20 and the Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 indexes as a result of this regular quarterly review.
The Dow Jones Select Dividend Index family currently includes global indexes, regional indexes for Europe, the Asia-Pacific and the Americas, and country-specific indexes for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.S. and the U.K. Each index includes a fixed number of components, ranging from 15 to 100, that are selected based on rankings by dividend yield. Index components are weighted by indicated annual dividend.
Further information on the Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes can be found on http://www.djindexes.com.
Changes to the Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the companies being added or deleted.