With the next quarterly rebalancing, Standard & Poor’s will make changes to the methodology for the S&P Europe 350 Dividend Aristocrats Index, effective after the close of trading on December 19, 2008.
With this December’s rebalancing, Standard & Poor's will update the index methodology to include the following:
- Minimum float-adjusted market capitalization eligibility requirements
- Minimum liquidity eligibility requirements
- Minimum number of index constituents
- Stock diversification criteria
- Sector diversification criteria
The S&P Europe 350 Dividend Aristocrats Methodology has been updated to reflect these changes and can be found on Standard & Poor's Web site.
For more information on the changes, please contact Index Services at index_services@standardandpoors.com.
Additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the companies concerned.
