Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd (Japan) will be deleted from the Dow Jones Retail Titans 30 Index as well as the Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 Index. The changes are a result of the acquisition of Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd by Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd (Japan).
In the Dow Jones Retail Titans 30, Ito-Yokado Co. Ltd will be replaced by Woolworths Limited (Australia).
In the Dow Jones Japan Titans 100, Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd will be replaced by Daikin Industries, Ltd.
The changes in the Dow Jones Retail Titans 30 and the Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 indexes will be effective at the start of trading Thursday, September 1, 2005.
Further information on the Dow Jones Sector Titans and Dow Jones Country Titans indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com.
Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Sector Titans and the Dow Jones Country Titans indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
