Hudson’s Bay Company (Toronto: HBC) will be deleted from the Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index and replaced by Reitmans (Canada) Limited CL A NV (Toronto: RET.NV.A). Hudson’s Bay Company is being removed due to its acquisition by Maple Leaf Heritage Investments Acquisition Corporation.
The changes in the Canada Dow Jones Select Dividend Index will be effective as of the open of trading on Thursday, March 2, 2006.
The Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index tracks the top 30 yielding stocks derived from the Dow Jones Canada Total Market Index, a broad-market benchmark index that represents approximately 95% of Canada’s float-adjusted market capitalization. The index is calculated in both Canadian and U.S. dollars.
Further information as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at http://www.djindexes.com.
