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Component Changes Made to Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes

NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd. (Hong Kong, Banks, 0349.HK) will be removed from the Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30indexes.
/ Source: GlobeNewswire

NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd. (Hong Kong, Banks, 0349.HK) will be removed from the Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30indexes.

In the Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30 Index, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd. (Hong Kong, Banks, 0349.HK) will be replaced by Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong, Real Estate, 2777.HK).

In the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd. (Hong Kong, Banks, 0349.HK) will be replaced by Transcend Information Inc. (Taiwan, Technology, 2451.TW).

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd. is being removed from the Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 indexes due to Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (Hong Kong, Banks, 1398.HK) acquiring the remaining shares of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd. that it does not already own. All changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Tuesday, December 14, 2010.

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Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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