Component Changes Made To Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index - Changes Are Result Of Regular Annual Review

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the annual review of the Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index. Component changes will become effective as of the opening of trading on Monday, September 18, 2006.

Embraer-Empresa Brasileiras de Aeronautica S/A (Brazil) and Bank of China (China) will be added to the Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index. Companies exiting the index are Vivo Participacoes S/A Pref (Brazil) and Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (China).

The Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index is an investable, blue-chip index that measures the performance of the 50 largest and most liquid companies in Brazil, Russia, India and China. The number of components in the Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index is fixed at 15 each for Brazil, India and China and five components for Russia to reflect the size of each market in the index.

The Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index is weighted by free-float market capitalization and reviewed annually in September. Historical index values are available back to December 31, 2002. It is calculated in USD and Euro.

Further information on the Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com.