Effective March 21, the 24 changes listed below are being made in the following eight Dow Jones Country Titans: Dow Jones Canada Titans 40, Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30, Dow Jones Italy Titans 30, Dow Jones Japan Titans 100, Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30, Dow Jones Spain Titans 30, Dow Jones Switzerland Titans 30, and Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20.
No changes are being made in the following seven Dow Jones Country Titans: Dow Jones Australia Titans 30, Dow Jones France Titans 30, Dow Jones Germany Titans 30, Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30, Dow Jones RusIndex Titans 10, Dow Jones Sweden Titans 30, and Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 indexes.
| INDEX | ADD | DELETE |
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Dow Jones Canada |
Cameco Corp. | Celestica Inc. |
| Teck Cominco Ltd. Cl B | Shaw Communications Inc. Cl B NV | |
| Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. | Biovail Corp. | |
| TELUS Corp. | Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. | |
| Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30 | Semiconductor Manufacturing International Cor | Television Broadcasts Ltd |
| TechTronic Industries Co. Ltd. | Lenovo Group Ltd. | |
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Dow Jones Italy |
TERNA S.p.A. |
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Dow Jones Japan |
Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. | Tohoku Electric Power Co. Inc. |
| Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. | Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | |
| Bank of Yokohama Ltd. | Sekisui House Ltd. | |
| Japan Tobacco Inc. | NTT Data Corp. | |
| Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd. | Marui Co. Ltd. | |
| Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. | Pioneer Corp. | |
| T&D Holdings Inc. | Shiseido Co. Ltd. | |
| Rakuten Inc. | Nippon Express Co. Ltd. | |
| Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30 | Massmart Holdings Ltd. | AVI Ltd. |
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Dow Jones Spain |
Banco de Sabadell S.A. | Zeltia S.A. |
| Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Tra | Compania Espanola de Petroleos S.A. | |
| Gestevision Telecinco S.A. | NH Hoteles | |
| Red Electrica de Espana S.A. | Terra Networks S.A. | |
| Dow Jones Switzerland Titans 30 | Actelion Ltd. | Kudelski S.A. |
| Unaxis Holding AG | BB Biotech AG | |
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Dow Jones Turkey |
Finansbank A.S. |
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| Ulker Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. | Hurriyet Gazetecilik Ve Matbaacilik |
The weighted free float market capitalization in $US of the reconstituted Dow Jones Country Titans as of February 28, 2005:
Dow Jones Canada Titans 40 increased from $515.04 billion to $533.46 billion
Dow Jones Hong Kong Titans 30 increased from $165.79 billion to $168.88 billion
Dow Jones Italy Titans 30 increased from $372.10 billion to $373.58 billion
Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 increased from $1581.16 billion to $1600.42 billion
Dow Jones South Africa Titans 30 increased from $129.82 billion to $130.52 billion
Dow Jones Spain Titans 30 increased from $380.38 billion to $388.25 billion
Dow Jones Switzerland Titans 30 increased from $638.37 billion to $639.41 billion
Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 increased from $33.07 billion to $33.40 billion
Changes in the Country Titans are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular annual component review using the free float market capitalization and trading volume for components as of February 28, 2005. The changes will be effective at the start of trading on Monday, March 21, 2005.
The review is based on a methodology that considers free-float market capitalization and liquidity. The detailed methodology for each index is published in the indexes’ rulebooks, accessible on the Dow Jones Indexes web site at http://www.djindexes.com
