Component Changes Made to Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend Indexes

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Tue Sep 2, 2008 5:48pm EDT

NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global
index provider, and STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes,
today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Japan Select Dividend 30
Index, Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend
Index, Dow Jones Global Select Dividend 100 Index and Dow Jones STOXX Global
Select Dividend 100 Index.

All changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Friday, September 5,
2008.

In the Dow Jones Japan Select Dividend 30 Index, SBI Holdings Incorporated
(Japan, Financial Services, 8473.TO) will be deleted and replaced by Star
Micronics Co Ltd (Japan, Technology, 7718.TO).

In the Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index, Bradford & Bingley PLC (Great
Britain, Banks, BB.LN) will be deleted and replaced by Marshalls PLC (Great
Britain, Construction & Materials, MSLH.LN).

In the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index, .Bradford & Bingley PLC (Great
Britain, Banks, BB.LN) and Iluka Resources Limited (Australia, Basic Resources,
ILU.AU) will be deleted and replaced by Fletcher Building Limited (New Zealand,
Construction & Materials, FBU.NZ) and Shenzhen Investment Limited (Hong Kong,
Real Estate, 0604.HK), respectively.

In the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend 100 Index, Bradford & Bingley PLC (Great
Britain, Banks, BB.LN) will be deleted and replaced by Lee Enterprises
Incorporated (United States, Media, LEE).

In the Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 Index, SBI Holdings
Incorporated (Japan, Financial Services, 8473.TO) will be deleted and replaced
by Macquarie Airports (Australia, Industrial Goods & Services, MAP.AU).

Bradford & Bingley PLC, Iluka Resources Limited and SBI Holdings Incorporated
are being removed due to the cancellation of their dividend payments.

Further information, as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones
Japan Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones EPAC
Select Dividend, Dow Jones Global Select Dividend 100 and Dow Jones STOXX Global
Select Dividend 100 indexes, can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Web
sites at http://www.djindexes.com and http://www.stoxx.com.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select
Dividend Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits
of the company.

Journalists may e-mail questions regarding this press release to
PR-Indexes@dowjones.com.

Note to Editors:

About Dow Jones Indexes A full-service index provider, Dow Jones Indexes
develops, maintains and licenses indexes for use as benchmarks and as the basis
of investment products. Best known for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Dow
Jones Indexes also is co-owner of the Dow Jones STOXX indexes, the world's
leading pan-European indexes, and together with Wilshire Associates, provides
the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Index family, which is anchored by the Dow Jones
Wilshire 5000 and covers more than 12,000 securities in 61 markets. Beyond
equity indexes, Dow Jones Indexes maintains a number of alternative indexes,
including measures of the hedge fund and commodity markets. Dow Jones indexes
are maintained according to clear, unbiased and systematic methodologies that
are fully integrated within index families. www.djindexes.com

Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company (NYSE:NWS)
(NYSE:NWS.A) (ASX:NWS) (ASX:NWSLV) (www.newscorp.com). Dow Jones is a leading
provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media
Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far
Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones
Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and
Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates
community-based information franchises. Dow Jones owns 50% of SmartMoney and 33%
of STOXX Ltd. and provides news content to radio stations in the U.S.

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