The following company will join the Dow Jones STOXX 50: RIO TINTO (Great Britain). The company exiting the index is: SWISS RE (Switzerland).
There are no component changes in the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 or the Dow Jones STOXX Nordic 30.
The following component will be added to the Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged 15: PKO BANK POLSKI (Poland).
The company exiting the index is: BANK ZACHODNI (Poland).
Changes are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular annual component review. The review is based on the blue-chip rules published on the STOXX Web site www.stoxx.com using the September 2005 blue-chip selection lists. The selection lists are based on the stocks in the corresponding Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index, Dow Jones EURO STOXX Index, Dow Jones STOXX Nordic 30 Index, the Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Total Market Index (TMI) and their free float market capitalization as of August 31, 2005.
The component selection lists that are used for the 2005 annual Dow Jones STOXX blue-chip index review are based on the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB).
The underlying component data – new numbers of shares and free float factors – will be announced on September 14, 2005 and reflect all corporate actions effective before the above changes are implemented on the third Friday of September (September 16). The changes will be effective on the next trading day, September 19, 2005.
