Dow Jones Indexes has completed its annual and regular quarterly review of the Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes.
The changes will be effective after the close of trading on 18 June 2010.
In the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index, Daegu Bank will be replaced by Giga-Byte Technology. The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index will increase to 5.69 per cent from 5.21 per cent as a result of this regular annual review.
There will be no component changes to the Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30 Index as a result of this regular annual review. The dividend yield of the index has increased to 4.18 per cent from 4.07 per cent as a result of this regular annual re-weighting.
No changes are being made to the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 Index, Dow Jones Australia Select Dividend 30 Index, Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index, Dow Jones Japan Select Dividend 30 Index, Dow Jones US Select Dividend Index, Dow Jones France Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones Germany Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones Italy Select Dividend 20, Dow Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 15, Dow Jones Spain Select Dividend 20 Index, Dow Jones Sweden Select Dividend 15, Dow Jones Switzerland Select Dividend 20 and the Dow Jones UK Select Dividend 20 indexes.
The Dow Jones Select Dividend Index family currently includes global indexes, regional indexes for Europe, the Asia-Pacific and the Americas, and country-specific indexes for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the US and the UK.
Each index includes a fixed number of components, ranging from 15 to 100, that are selected based on rankings by dividend yield. Index components are weighted by indicated annual dividend.
