Component Changes Made to Dow Jones STOXX Balkan 50 Equal Weighted and Dow Jones...

Component Changes Made to Dow Jones STOXX Balkan 50 Equal Weighted and Dow Jones
STOXX Private Equity 20 Indexes

ZURICH, Switzerland, Sept. 5, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STOXX Ltd., the leading
provider of European equity indexes, today announced the results of the annual
review of the Dow Jones STOXX Balkan 50 Equal Weighted Index, as well as the
results of the third regular quarterly review of the Dow Jones STOXX Private
Equity 20 Index. The changes will be effective as of the open of trading on
Monday, September 22, 2008.

The following stocks will be added to the Dow Jones STOXX Balkan 50 Equal
Weighted Index: GORENJE VELENJE (Slovenia, Personal & Household Goods, GRVG.LJ),
IMPACT BUCARESTI (Romania, Construction & Materials, IMPT.BX), MONBAT (Bulgaria,
Automobiles & Parts, 5MB.BG), UNIVERZAL BANKA (Serbia, Banks, UNBN.XS) and SAVA
(Slovenia, Chemicals, SAVA.LJ).

The companies exiting the index are: LUKA KOPER (Slovenia, Industrial Goods &
Services, LKPG.LJ), METALS BANKA (Serbia, Banks, MTBN.XS), ODESSOS SHIPREPAIR
YARD (Bulgaria, Industrial Goods & Services, 5ODE.BG), SSIF BROKER (Romania,
Financial Services, BRK.RO) and ZITO PREHRAMBENA IND. (Slovenia, Food &
Beverages, ZTOG.LJ).

The composition of the Dow Jones STOXX Private Equity 20 Index will remain
unchanged.

As of September 4, the total free-float market capitalization of the Dow Jones
STOXX Balkan 50 Equal Weighted Index and Dow Jones STOXX Private Equity 20 Index
is E 88.06 billion and E 19.6 billion, respectively.

Further information, including the Dow Jones STOXX Index Guide and the complete
component list of the Dow Jones STOXX Balkan 50 Equal Weighted and Dow Jones
STOXX Private Equity 20 indexes, can be found on the STOXX Ltd. Web site at
http://www.stoxx.com.

Disclaimer: Company additions and deletions 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.

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