May Department Stores Company will be deleted from the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index and replaced by AGL Resources Incorporated. May Department Stores Company is being removed due to its acquisition by Federated Department Stores Inc.
The changes in the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index will be effective at the opening of trading on Tuesday, August 30, 2005.
The Dow Jones Select Dividend Index includes 100 stocks derived from the Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index, a broad-market benchmark index that represents approximately 95% of U.S. market capitalization.
Further information as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at http://www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the to Dow Jones Select Dividend Index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
