Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced changes in the composition of the Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10 Index, Dow Jones Australia Titans 30 Index, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index and Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index.
Demetra Investment Public Ltd. (Cyprus, Financial Services, DEM.CP) will be removed from the Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10 Index and replaced by Woolworth (Cyprus) Properties Public Ltd. (Cyprus, Retail, FWW.CP). Demetra Investment Public Ltd. is being removed because of a change in its classification from an asset manager to a closed-end investment fund. Closed-end funds are ineligible for inclusion in the index.
Zinifex Ltd. (Australia, Basic Resources, ZFX.AU) will be removed from the Dow Jones Australia Titans 30 Index, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index and Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index due to its acquisition by Oxiana Ltd. (Australia, Basic Resources, OXR.AU OXFLY).
In the Dow Jones Australia Titans 30 Index, Origin Energy Ltd. (Australia, Oil & Gas, ORG.AU) will replace Zinifex Ltd.
In the Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index and Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index, FKP Property Group (Australia, Financial Services, FKP.AU) will replace Zinifex Ltd.
The changes in the Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10 Index, Dow Jones Australia Titans 30 Index, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index and Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index will be effective as of the open of trading on Monday, June 23, 2008.
Further information, and the complete component list of the Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10, Dow Jones Australia Titans 30, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend indexes, can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Cyprus Titans 10, Dow Jones Australia Titans 30, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
