New York, February 17, 2004 – STOXX, Ltd. announced changes in the composition of the Dow Jones STOXX Total Market Index, the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index and its sector indexes, and Dow Jones STOXX Football Index.

Effective with the open of European markets on March 22, 2004 the following eight stocks will be added to the Dow Jones STOXX 600 and its respective sectors: HHG (Great-Britain), Cairn Energy (Great-Britain), Getronics (Netherlands), SCOR (France), iSOFT Group (Great-Britain), Wienerberger AG (Austria), Voestalpine AG (Austria) and OM HEX AB (Sweden).

Companies exiting the index include: Billerud (Sweden), Singulus Technologies (Germany), Unipol Assicurazioni (Italy), Galeries Lafayette (France), KarstadtQuelle (Germany), Banque Nationale Belgique (Belgium), John Wood Group (Great-Britain) and Matalan (Great-Britain).

The market sectors for the following Dow Jones STOXX 600 components will change: VNU (Netherlands) from Media to Industrial Goods & Services, GKN (Great-Britain) from Industrial Goods & Services to Automobiles and Buhrmann (Netherlands) from Retail to Industrial Goods & Services.

As of January 30, 2004 the total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones STOXX 600 increased from €4585.09 billion to € 4,589.02 billion and of the reconstituted Dow Jones STOXX Total Market Index from €4,797.76 billion to €4,803.41 billion.

The composition of the Dow Jones STOXX Football Index will remain unchanged. As of January 30, 2004 the total free-float market capitalization of the Dow Jones STOXX Football index is € 1,195.95 million.

Changes are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular quarterly component review. The adjusted component weightings, including the number of shares and free-float factors, will be announced on March 17, 2004 after close of European markets. All changes will be effective on March 22, 2004.

A list with all changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Total Market Index is available on http://www.stoxx.com/info/reports/2004/reviews2004.html.

Additions		Deletions
HHG	Financial Services	Billerud	Basic Resources
Cairn Energy	Energy	Singulus Technologies	Industrial Goods & Services
Getronics	Technology	Unipol Assicurazioni	Insurance
SCOR	Insurance	Galeries Lafayette	Retail
iSOFT Group	Technology	KarstadtQuelle	Retail
Wieneberger AG	Construction	Banque Nationale Belgique	Banks
Voestalpine AG	Basic Resources	John Wood Group	Industrial Goods & Services
OM HEX AB	Financial Services	Matalan	Retail

Company additions and deletions do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.