Component Changes Made to Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend Indexes

• Press Release
• Source: Dow Jones Indexes
• On Thursday November 27, 2008, 4:00 pm EST

ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 27, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, and Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that DSG International PLC (U.K., Retail, DSITY; DSGI.LN) will be removed from the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend and Dow Jones UK Select Dividend 20 indexes.

DSG International PLC is being removed due to the cancellation of its dividend payment.

In the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 indexes, DSG International PLC will be replaced by Old Mutual PLC (U.K., Insurance, ODMTY; OML.LN).

In the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index, DSG International PLC will be replaced by UOL Group Ltd. (Singapore, Real Estate, U14.SG).

In the Dow Jones UK Select Dividend 20 Index, DSG International PLC will be replaced by Davis Service Group (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, DVSG.LN).

All changes will be effective as of the opening of trading on Tuesday, December 2, 2008.

Further information, as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend indexes, can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Web sites at http://www.djindexes.com and http://www.stoxx.com.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend and Dow Jones UK Select Dividend 20 indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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