Component Changes Made to Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Indexes

NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global
index provider, and STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes,
today announced changes in several Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX indexes.

OCE N.V. (Netherlands, Technology, OCE.AE; OCENY) will be removed from the Dow
Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 20 and Dow Jones Global Select Dividend 100
indexes. Lloyds TSB Group PLC (U.K., Banks, LLOY.LN; LYG) will be removed from
the Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 and
Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 indexes. Both companies are being
removed due to the cancellation of their dividend payment.

In the Dow Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 20 Index, OCE will be replaced by
Smit International N.V. (Netherlands, Industrial Goods & Services, SMIT.AE).

In the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend 100 Index, OCE will be replaced by
Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Netherlands, Construction & Materials,
BOKA.AE).

In the Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20 Index, Lloyds TSB Group PLC will be
replaced by SIG PLC (U.K., Industrial Goods & Services, SHI.LN).

In the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones STOXX Global Select
Dividend 100 indexes, Lloyds TSB Group PLC will be replaced by Swedbank (Sweden,
Banks, SWED-A.SK; SWBDY).

Due to its merger with Lloyds TSB, HBOS PLC (London, Banks, HBOS.LN; HBOOY) will
be removed from the Dow Jones STOXX 600, Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 and Dow Jones
Banks Titans 30 indexes.

In the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index, HBOS PLC will be replaced by Oesterreichische
Post (Austria, Industrial Goods & Services, POST.VI).

In the Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 Index, HBOS PLC will be replaced by United
Utilities Group PLC (U.K., Utilities, UU.LN).

In the Dow Jones Banks Titans 30 Index, HBOS PLC will be replaced by Westpac
Banking Corp. (Australia, Banks, WBC.AU; WBK).

In the Dow Jones Sri Lanka Titans 20 Index, Associated Motorways PLC (Sri Lanka,
Automobiles & Parts, AMW.SL) will be replaced by Bukit Darah Company Limited
(Sri Lanka, Food & Beverage, BUKI.SL). Associated Motorways PLC is being removed
due to its acquisition by Al Futtaim Engineering LLC.

All changes in the Dow Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones Global
Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones STOXX Select
Dividend 30, Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones STOXX 600,
Dow Jones Banks Titans 30 and Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50 indexes will be effective
as of the open of trading on Monday, January 19, 2009.

The changes in the Dow Jones Sri Lanka Titans 20 Index will be effective as of
the open of trading on Thursday, January 15, 2009.

Further information, as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones
Netherlands Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones U.K. Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones
Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones U.K. Titans 50, Dow Jones Sri Lanka Titans
20, Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend
100 and Dow Jones STOXX 600 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
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 65 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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