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Norway’s SeaDrill Ltd. will be added to the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index, Dow Jones Indexes announced today.
The addition of SeaDrill Ltd. follows the removal of Progress Energy Inc. (United States), which is being removed due to its acquisition by Duke Energy Corp. (United States).
SeaDrill Ltd. is an offshore deepwater drilling company.
The changes in the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index will be effective before the open of trading on Monday, July 2, 2012.
The Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index measures the stock performance of 100 leading dividend-paying companies worldwide.
Company additions to, and deletions from, the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index does not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
