Dow Jones Indexes | 2007 Press Release Archive

NORTH AFRICAN AND ASIAN BLUE CHIP AND BROAD ASIA PACIFIC EX JAPAN INDEXES LICENSED TO BNP PARIBAS AM

ZURICH (July 24, 2008)—BNP Paribas Asset Management (AM), a leader in the European asset management industry, has signed a licensing agreement with Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Ltd. to issue financial products on the Dow Jones STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 ex Japan, the Dow Jones South Korea Titans 30, the Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 and the Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 Indexes. All indexes will serve as underlying for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and will start trading today at Euronext, Paris.

"The Dow Jones STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 ex Japan Index provides market participants with a broad exposure to the core developed financial markets within the Asia-Pacific region. The indexes for South Korea, Egypt and Turkey follow the methodology of the Dow Jones Titans index series. Thus, investors may tap into these dynamically evolving markets by comparable, transparent and stringent principles of a well established index series. By adding these four indexes BNP Paribas further internationalizes their ETF range based on Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Indexes," said Werner Bürki, chairman, STOXX supervisory board.

"BNP Paribas is expanding the EasyETF range in terms of thematic and geographical allocations. We chose the Dow Jones Country Titans indexes for South Korea, Turkey and Egypt as underlying as they give easy access to these thriving markets through major blue-chip stocks. In addition, the Dow Jones STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 ex Japan index covers the main developed countries of this strongly evolving region and is therefore an ideal completion to the existing EasyETF range representing Asian developed and emerging markets," says Danièle Tohme Adet , head of business development, ETF and Indexed Funds, BNP Paribas Asset Management.

The Dow Jones STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 ex Japan Index is a broad and investable index for the Asia/Pacific region currently including 213 components from Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. Back-tested estimated historical data of the Dow Jones STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 ex Japan Index is available back to December 31, 1991¹. The index is reviewed quarterly and weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization. Each component can have a maximum weight of 20% in the index.

The Dow Jones South Korea Titans 30 Index is launched today and measures the 30 largest and most liquid stocks listed on the Korean Stock Exchange. Any security that trades less than 10 days per quarter is excluded. Historical data of the Dow Jones South Korea Titans 30 Index is available back to December 31, 1991ⁱ . The index is reviewed annually in March and weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization with individual components capped at 10%.

The Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index was launched on April 12, 2006 and measures the 20 largest stocks traded at the Cairo and Alexandra Stock Exchanges (CASE). The index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization, sales/revenue and net profit with the largest component capped at 35% and all other components capped at 20%.

The Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 Index was launched on August 3, 2004 and already serves as underlying for exchange-traded funds. The index comprises the 20 largest and most liquid companies traded at the Istanbul Stock Exchange. The index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization with individual components capped at 10%.

For further information on the Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes and the Dow Jones STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 ex Japan Index please visit www.djindexes.com and www.stoxx.com.

ⁱ The Dow Jones South Korea Titans 30 Index was first published on July 24, 2008, the Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index on April 12, 2006, the Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 Index on August 3, 2004 and the Dow Jones STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 ex Japan was first published on December 10, 2003. All estimated daily historical closing prices prior to that date are based on back-testing (i.e., calculations of how the index might have performed in the past if it had existed). Back-tested performance information is purely hypothetical and is solely for informational purposes. Back-tested performance does not represent actual performance, and past performance is not indicative of future results.

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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 59 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, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, 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.

DOW JONES INDEXES AND BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LAUNCH GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE INDEXES

New indexes to serve as benchmarks for performance of infrastructure securities worldwide

NEW YORK and TORONTO, ONTARIO (July 14, 2008)—Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (NYSE: BAM, TSX: BAM.A, Euronext: BAM:A), a global asset management company focused on property, power and infrastructure assets, today announced the launch of the Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure Indexes, a global index series designed to serve as benchmarks of companies that are owners and operators of key infrastructure assets such as toll roads, pipelines and ports. The new index family includes a composite index and sub-indexes for four regions and eight sectors.

The Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure Indexes includes benchmark indexes to gauge active infrastructure portfolios as well as blue-chip indexes that can underlie financial products.

“As the global infrastructure industry—which is the backbone for the provision of essential products and services for the world economy – continues to expand in response to increasing population and demographic shifts, there is a greater demand among investment professionals for high-quality benchmarks that accurately reflect this burgeoning asset class. The Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure Indexes can be used by institutional investors as measurement tools to gauge the performance of their infrastructure portfolios. The indexes also can be customized to meet the needs of market participants who are interested in specific areas, such as electricity transmission or toll road companies,” said Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with an industry expert in Dow Jones,” said Kim G. Redding, head of Brookfield’s infrastructure securities platform.

“We believe this is an exciting time in the evolution of infrastructure as an asset class. Investor interest and investment opportunities have increased dramatically in recent years, fuelled by the enormous need for infrastructure across the globe and shrinking government budgets, the traditional source of funding for these assets. From an investment perspective, infrastructure assets offer a combination of predictable and growing cash flows, inflation-linked revenue and a low correlation to traditional asset classes.”

The new index series includes the Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Index, Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Composite Index, which includes master limited partnerships (MLPs); regional sub-indexes for the Americas, Europe, Asia/Pacific and Global ex U.S.; eight global sector sub-indexes, and the Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure MLP Index, which tracks MLPs only.

To be eligible for inclusion in the Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure Indexes, a company must have a minimum float-adjusted market capitalization of US$500 million as well as a minimum three-month average daily trading volume of US$1 million. Securities also must be domiciled in a country with a liquid market listing. More than 70% of cash flows must be derived from the development, ownership, lease, concession or management of infrastructure assets in the following sectors; airports, toll roads, ports, communications, electricity transmission and distribution, oil and gas storage/ transportation, and water. Also eligible are diversified companies that derive at least 70 percent of their cash flow from infrastructure assets as well as investment funds with a primary focus toward infrastructure investments.

As of July 11, 2008, the 5-year performance of the Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Index is 15.05%.

The Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure Indexes are reviewed quarterly in March, June, September and December. The indexes are calculated in price and net total return, in U.S. dollars, euros, Canadian dollars and Australian dollars. The Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Index is available in real time while end-of-day data is available for the other Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure Indexes. Estimated daily back-tested history is available back to December 31, 2002.

For more information please visit http://www.djbrookfieldinfrastructure.com.

The Dow Jones Brookfield Infrastructure Indexes were first published on July 1, 2008. All estimated daily historical closing prices prior to that date are based on back-testing (i.e., calculations of how the index might have performed in the past if it had existed). Back-tested performance information is purely hypothetical and is solely for informational purposes. Backtested performance does not represent actual performance, and past performance is not indicative of future results.

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Brookfield Asset Management Inc., focused on property, power and infrastructure assets, has approximately $95 billion of assets under management and is co-listed on the New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges under the symbol BAM and on Euronext under the symbol BAMA. For more information, please visit our web site at www.brookfield.com.

NEWLY LAUNCHED DOW JONES GCC TITANS 40 INDEX TO UNDERLIE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND

NEW YORK (July 14, 2008) ― Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today launched the Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 Index, which measures the performance of 40 component stocks traded in five of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates (UAE). The five countries included in the index are accessible to foreign investors.

The index has been licensed to Van Eck Global, a provider of global investment products, to serve as the basis for an exchange-traded fund. This is the first time that a pure GCC index has been licensed to underlie an ETF.

"The Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 Index is the next step in our efforts to build a family of GCC indexes. On July 1st we launched the first indexes in this series, the Dow Jones GCC and Dow Jones Islamic Market GCC indexes," said Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes. "As part of the Titans index family, this index represents the biggest and most liquid investable blue-chip stocks for the GCC region and facilitates investor participation in an important world market."

"The Gulf region is one of the world’s fastest growing and most sought after markets. The countries are seeking to diversify away from energy and to develop their financial markets," said Jan van Eck, principal at Van Eck Global.

The Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 Index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization. Weights of individual stocks are capped at 8% in each country, with a maximum of 15 companies per country without an additional cap on country weights. Stocks must have an average daily trading volume of US$1 million to be qualified for the index. Eligible securities are ranked by float-adjusted market capitalization, with the top three companies in each of the five countries being automatically selected as index components. Additional components are selected top-down from the pool of all remaining companies until 40 components are reached. Back-tested estimated daily index history will be available back to December 31, 2003. The base value is set at 1000 as of June 30, 2008.

The index is calculated in U.S. dollars (USD), and reviewed annually in June. During quarterly reviews, float factors and shares are updated and eligible IPOs are added, replacing the smallest index components.

For more information in the Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 Index, please visit www.djindexes.com.

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The Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 Index was first published on July 14, 2008. All estimated daily historical closing prices prior to that date are based on back-testing (i.e., calculations of how the index might have performed in the past if it had existed). Backtested performance information is purely hypothetical and is solely for informational purposes. Backtested performance does not represent actual performance, and past performance is not indicative of future results.

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NEWLY LAUNCHED DOW JONES AFRICA TITANS 50 INDEX TO UNDERLIE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND

NEW YORK (July 10, 2008) – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today launched the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index, a pan-African index that measures the stock performance of 50 companies that are headquartered in or generate the majority of their revenues in Africa. Market participants have either direct or indirect exposure to the following 11 markets in Africa: Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia.

The index has been licensed to Van Eck Global, a provider of global investment products, to serve as the basis for an exchange-traded fund. This is the first time that a pan-African index will serve as underlying for an ETF. The Market Vectors Africa Index ETF (AFK) is available on Monday, July 14 at the New York Stock Exchange.

“The methodology behind the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index provides a balanced reflection of the African markets,” said Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes. “It was important for us to develop an investable index that gives true exposure to the African region and is open to all African countries that qualify for it. This is the first pure African index to be used as underlying for an ETF.”

“One of the main advantages of the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index is the fact that it also includes companies that are not headquartered or based in Africa, but generate more than 50% of their revenue there,” said Jan van Eck, principal, Van Eck Global. “The investor has the chance to invest in a pan-African portfolio while at the same time participating in the high liquidity and performance of international securities.”

The Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization. Each country’s weight is capped at 25% and weights of individual components are capped at 8% with a maximum of 15 companies per country. For inclusion in the index, companies must have a minimum market capitalization of US$200 million and a minimum three-month average daily trading volume of US$1 million.

The following five countries are included in the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index and currently represent the investable universe: South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and Morocco. Additionally, other African countries are represented in which the offshore companies generate the majority of their revenues. Among them are: Angola, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Mali and Zambia. The three biggest sectors represented in the index are Basic Resources, Banking, and Oil & Gas, according to the super sector classification breakdown.

The index is calculated in U.S. dollars (USD), and reviewed annually in June. Quarterly updates of float factors and shares are performed, in which eligible IPOs are added. These IPOs must list one month in advance of the review to be eligible for consideration at the quarterly update.

For more information on the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index, please visit www.djindexes.com.

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COUNTRY CHANGES ANNOUNCED FOR DOW JONES WILSHIRE GLOBAL INDEX^SM FAMILY

Mauritius, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates to be added on October 1, 2008

Republic of Slovenia and Republic of Malta to be reclassified to the Developed Markets subgroup from the Emerging Markets subgroup on April 1, 2009

NEW YORK (July 1, 2008) ―Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and Wilshire Associates, a global leader in investment services and consulting, today announced that Mauritius, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be added to the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Index^SM family. The additions will become effective as of the start of trading on October 1, 2008.

Additionally, the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Malta will be reclassified to the Developed Markets subgroup from the Emerging Markets subgroup in the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Index family with the change effective on April 1, 2009.

"Including Mauritius, Qatar, Oman, and the UAE in the Dow Jones Wilshire Global index family reflects the growing importance of these emerging markets to the world's investment community and ensures the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Total Market Index provides institutional investors with the broadest coverage of international equities," said Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes. "The decision to transfer the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Malta to the Developed Markets subgroup is consistent with our goal of providing the most comprehensive measure of the equity markets for global economies from which institutional investors can make their asset allocation decisions," he added.

"Moving the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Malta to the developed market subgroup acknowledges the International Monetary Fund's findings that they have the infrastructure to deliver results in line with large, mature developed markets," noted Dennis A. Tito, chairman and chief executive officer of Wilshire Associates Incorporated and the individual credited with developing the then named Wilshire 5000 in 1974. "Adding Mauritius, Qatar, Oman and the UAE to the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Total Market index recognizes not only growing investor interest in, but also their investment in these previously sparsely covered countries."

The inclusion of the four new countries Mauritius, Qatar, Oman and UAE to the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Index family increases the total number of countries in the index from 61 to 65 on October 1, 2008. All four new countries will be added to the Dow Jones Wilshire Emerging Markets, Dow Jones Wilshire Global exUS and Dow Jones Wilshire Middle East & Africa indexes.

As of July 1, 2008, 23 companies from Mauritius, 25 companies from Qatar, 38 companies from Oman and 28 companies from the UAE would be added to the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Total Market Index and respective regional and country indexes in October 2008. The final component count will be available on October 1, 2008.

The four new countries also will be available as country indexes. The Dow Jones Wilshire Mauritius Index, Dow Jones Wilshire Qatar Index, Dow Jones Wilshire Oman Index and Dow Jones Wilshire UAE Index will have initial index values of 1,000 on September 30, 2008. The Dow Jones Wilshire Global Indexes are calculated in price and total return and weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization.

The decision to transfer Slovenian and Maltese stocks from the Emerging to the Developed Markets subgroup of the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Index family was triggered by the International Monetary Fund's reclassification of the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Malta as advanced economies.

As a result of the conversion, as it currently stands 14 Slovenian companies and 4 Maltese companies will be transferred from the Emerging to the Developed Markets subgroup in the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Total Market, Dow Jones Wilshire Europe and Dow Jones Wilshire Global exUS indexes. The Slovenian and Maltese stocks will be deleted from the Dow Jones Wilshire Emerging Markets Index and will be added to the Dow Jones Wilshire Developed Markets and the Dow Jones Wilshire Developed Markets exUS Indexes as well as the Dow Jones Wilshire Europe Developed and the Dow Jones Wilshire Europe Developed exU.K. indexes.

As of the close of trading of June 30, 2008, the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Total Market Index measures 12,782 stocks in 61 countries with a float-adjusted market capitalization of US$ 34.7 trillion. Further information can be found on www.djindexes.com.

About the Dow Jones Wilshire Index Family

Dow Jones Wilshire Indexes are global benchmarks which serve as informational tools to assist plan sponsors, asset managers and institutional investors fulfill fiduciary responsibilities.

The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000^SM is the primary domestic component of the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Total Market Index and a cornerstone of the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Index Family. The development of the global family of indexes in 2006 marked a new phase of the Dow Jones Wilshire relationship. The affiliation began in 2004 when Dow Jones Indexes and Wilshire co-branded and marketed the Dow Jones Wilshire family of indexes. By extending the Dow Jones Wilshire methodology used in the U.S. internationally, the global indexes provide unprecedented breadth, consistent global coverage, and objective and transparent rules.

Dow Jones Wilshire indexes are available on market–data vendor platforms– many in real–time format–and on the Dow Jones Indexes (www.djindexes.com) and Wilshire Associates (www.wilshire.com) Web sites. The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000^SM Composite Index, the only true broad market index, is calculated and distributed by Dow Jones Indexes pursuant to an agreement between Dow Jones & Company and Wilshire Associates Incorporated. The Dow Jones Wilshire Global Total Market Index, the broadest measure of global equities, was launched in October 2006.

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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 59 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

About Wilshire Associates

Wilshire Associates is a leading global investment technology, investment consulting and investment management firm with four business units: Wilshire Analytics, Wilshire Funds Management, Wilshire Consulting, and Wilshire Private Markets. The firm was founded in 1972, revolutionizing the industry by pioneering the application of investment analytics and research to investment management for the institutional marketplace. Wilshire also is credited with helping to develop the field of quantitative investment analysis that uses mathematical tools to analyze market risks. All other business units evolved from Wilshire's strong analytics foundation. Wilshire developed the index now known as the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite IndexSM, the first asset/liability models for pension funds, the first U.S. equity style metrics work and many other "firsts" as the firm grew to approximately 350 employees serving the investment needs of institutional and high net worth clients around the world.

Based in Santa Monica, CA, Wilshire provides services to clients in more than 20 countries representing in excess of 600 organizations with assets totaling more than $12.5 trillion. With ten offices on four continents, Wilshire Associates and its affiliates are dedicated to providing clients with the highest quality counsel, products and services. Please visit www.wilshire.com for more information.

DOW JONES INDEXES LAUNCHES NEW INDEXES FOR GCC REGION

DUBAI (July 1, 2008) ― Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today launched the Dow Jones GCC and the Dow Jones Islamic Market GCC indexes. The new indexes measure the performance of conventional and Shari'ah compliant stocks of five of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. The five countries included in the index represent the investible universe of the GCC region and will be the first in a series of conventional and Shari'ah compliant GCC indexes. The Dow Jones GCC and Dow Jones Islamic Market GCC indexes represent approximately 95% of the float-adjusted market capitalization of the five countries.

"The launch of these new indexes for the GCC region acknowledges the growing global importance of one of the world's most rapidly emerging and most sought after financial markets while further solidifying Dow Jones Indexes role as the leading index provider in the Middle East," said Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes. "The Dow Jones GCC and the Dow Jones Islamic Market GCC indexes enable an investor interested in Islamic as well as in conventional finance to participate in the performance of the region."

The Dow Jones GCC and Dow Jones Islamic Market GCC Indexes are weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization. The weights of individual stocks are capped at 15% in each country in both indexes - and at 30% for Bahrain in the Dow Jones Islamic Market GCC Index, in order to prevent the index from being dominated by certain securities. Back-tested estimated daily index history is available for both indexes back to December 31, 2003.

As of June 15, 2008, the top ten components for the Dow Jones GCC Index by free-float market capitalization are Mobile Telecommunications Co, Kuwait; Kuwait Finance House, Kuwait; National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait; National Industries Group, Kuwait; Emaar Properties, United Arab Emirates; Dubai Financial Market, United Arab Emirates; Industries of Qatar, Qatar; Qatar National Bank, Qatar; DP World, United Arab Emirates and Public Warehousing Co, Kuwait.

The top ten components for the Dow Jones Islamic Market GCC Index by float-adjusted market capitalization are Public Warehousing, Kuwait; Mobile Telecommunications, Kuwait; Investment Dar, Kuwait; Gulf Cable & Electrical Industries, Kuwait; Boubyan Petrochemicals, Kuwait; Emaar Properties, United Arab Emirates; National Real Estate, Kuwait; Du, United Arab Emirates; Qurain Petrochemical Industries, Kuwait; Qatar Islamic Bank, Qatar and Arabtec Holding, United Arab Emirates.

As of June 15, 2008, the Dow Jones GCC Index and the Dow Jones Islamic Market GCC Index had an annualized price return of 27.55% and 26.49% respectively from its base date December 31, 2003 in a backtest.¹

The Dow Jones GCC and Dow Jones Islamic Market GCC indexes are calculated in U.S. dollar (USD) and are reviewed quarterly in March, June, September and December. For more information on the Dow Jones GCC Index and the Dow Jones Islamic Market GCC Index, please visit www.djindexes.com.

¹ The Dow Jones GCC Index and the Dow Jones Islamic Market GCC Index were first published in May 2008. All estimated daily historical closing prices prior to that date are based on back-testing, i.e. calculations of how the index might have performed in the past if it had existed. Back-tested performance information is purely hypothetical and is solely for informational purposes. It does not represent actual performance, and past performance is not indicative of future results.

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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 59 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 INDEXES WINS ITS 14th AWARD FOR ITS ISLAMIC INDEX FAMILY

NEW YORK (June 24, 2008) ― Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced it won two awards for its Dow Jones Islamic Market Index Family. Global Finance magazine named the global index provider "Best Shari'ah-Compliant Index Provider". The award will be conferred during an awards ceremony on October 13, 2008 at the National Press Center in Washington. Furthermore, Dow Jones Indexes received the "Global Recognition for a Financial Institution Award". The award was presented at the International Islamic Finance Forum in Dubai.

"The Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes are the premier benchmarks for capturing the performance of Shari'ah-compliant stocks and bonds. As Islamic finance continues to grow in importance and in assets managed, industry participants have recognized our leadership and commitment to providing objective, comprehensive measurement tools for this market segment," said Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes. "These awards bear testimony to Dow Jones Indexes' expertise and consistency in delivering leading-edge indexes for the Islamic finance industry."

Global Finance magazine awarded those financial institutions that contributed to the growth of Islamic Finance and successfully met their customers' needs for Shari'ah-compliant products, while creating the foundation for continued fast growth in the future. All selections were made by the editors of Global Finance, after extensive consultations with bankers, corporate finance executives and analysts throughout the world. Amid nominally objective criteria were growth in assets, profitability, geographic reach, strategic relationships, new business development and innovation in products. Subjective criteria included opinions of equity analysts, banking consultants and other involved in the industry.

The awards at the annual International Islamic Finance Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, were initiated and organized by IIR Middle East. The five award categories were: Lifetime And Continuing Achievements In The Development Of Islamic Finance, Continuing Contributions In Promoting Islamic Finance, Global Recognition In Islamic Finance For A Financial Institution, Global Recognition In Islamic Finance For A Law Firm and Best IT Solution Providers In The Islamic Finance Industry. The awards are designed to promote excellence in Islamic finance and recognize significant contributions and important developments in the Islamic financial sector. A jury of high level experts and scholars from the industry discuss and decide on the winning companies. This year, the judging panel was composed of Sheikh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo, Dr. Mohammed Daud Bakar, Michael Gassner, Tayeb Dejani and David Loundy who determined the winning institutions in the five different categories. The IIFF awards are presented since 2001.

Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes seek to measure the global universe of investable equities that pass screens for Shari'ah compliance. The Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes combine Islamic investment principles with Dow Jones Indexes' objective, transparent and rules-based methodology.

The index family includes more than 70 regional, country and industry indexes derived from the flagship Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index. In 2006 the index family expanded to include the Dow Jones Islamic Market Sustainability Index, which combines Islamic investing principles with sustainability criteria; Dow Jones Citigroup Sukuk Index, the first index to track Islamic bonds; and Dow Jones Islamic Market BRIC Equal Weighted Index, which tracks Shari'ah-compliant stocks in Brazil, Russia, India and China. Islamic blue-chip indexes for Sri Lanka, Dubai and China and Hong Kong were launched last year.

There are currently more than 75 licensees with more than US $7 billion in assets benchmarked to the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes.

For more information on the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes, please visit www.djindexes.com. For more information on the awards, please visit the IIR Middle East website at www.iiff.com and the Global Finance magazine website at www.gfmag.com.

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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 59 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 LUXURY AND DOW JONES STOXX 600 INDEXES TO UNDERLIE TWO EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS

ZURICH (June 23, 2008) ― Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Limited, two leading global index providers, today announced the Dow Jones Luxury Index ― which launched today, and existing Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index have been licensed to BNP Paribas to serve as the basis for two exchange-traded funds. Both the EasyETF DJ Luxury and EasyETF STOXX 600 are available today at Euronext.

The Dow Jones Luxury Index is a new index designed to measure the market performance of companies worldwide that derive a sizeable portion of revenues from providing "luxury" goods and services.

The Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index is an existing index designed to provide a broad yet liquid representation of large, mid and small capitalization companies in 18 European countries. The index covers Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

"The Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index provides investors with exposure to the core European markets and is a natural complement to BNP Paribas' lineup of ETFs based on the Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. The Dow Jones Luxury Index allows market participants to tap into a niche sector with tremendous growth potential," said Werner Bürki, chairman, STOXX supervisory board.

The Dow Jones Luxury Index tracks the performance of 30 companies selected by editors of The Wall Street Journal. The editors choose stocks that reflect a diversified cross-section of the luxury segment across countries, sectors and market capitalization. The index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization and component weights are capped at 10% of the index. Composition changes to the index are made on an as-needed basis. Share numbers and float-adjustment factors are updated quarterly.

As of June 20, 2008, the Dow Jones Luxury Index is up 6.71% since its inception on January 2, 2006. The top three components by float-adjusted market capitalization are Compagnie Financiere Richemont S.A., LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and Porsche Automobil Holding SE. The Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index is up 9.73% in the same time period.

For more information on the Dow Jones Luxury Index, please visit www.djindexes.com. For more information on the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index, please visit www.stoxx.com.

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DOW JONES INDEXES BLUE-CHIP INDEX REVIEW RESULTS: 2ND QUARTER 2008

NEW YORK (June 5, 2008) ― Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular annual review of the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 and Dow Jones Regional Titans Indexes.

All changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Monday, June 23, 2008.

Blue-Chip indexes
Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index
Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50 Index
Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index
Dow Jones DIFC Arabia Titans 50 Index
Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index

Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index

The following six stocks will be added: BHP Billiton Ltd. (Australia, Basic Resources, BHP.AU, BHP), Banco Santander S.A. (Spain, Banks, SAN.MC, STD), E.ON AG (Germany, Utilities, EOA.XE, EONGY), Petroleo Brasileiro S/A Pref (Brazil, Oil & Gas, PBR, PETR4.BR), Apple Inc. (United States, Technology, AAPL) and Rio Tinto PLC (Great Britain, Basic Resources RIO.LN, RTP)

Companies exiting are: Astrazeneca PLC (Great Britain, Health Care, AZN.LN, AZN), HBOS PLC (Great Britain, Banks, HBOOY, HBOS.LN), Barclays PLC (Great Britain, Banks, BARC.LN, BCS), UBS AG (Switzerland, Banks, UBS, UBSN.VX), Time Warner Inc. (United States, Media, TWX) and Morgan Stanley (United States, Financial Services, MS).

Total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index increased to US$7.739 trillion from US$7.224 trillion.¹

Regional allocation of the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index, based on country of origin of the component stock:

Region	Before Review	After Review
Americas	57%	56%
Europe	37%	37%
Asia/Pacific	6%	7%

Regional allocation of the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index, by percentage of total revenues generated from each region:

Region	Before Review	After Review
Americas	48.07%	48.49%
Europe	44.76%	43.51%
Asia/Pacific	7.17%	8.00%

The Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index is a 50-stock index that reflects the market performance of the world’s leading multinational companies.

Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index

The following three stocks will be added: Nintendo Co. Ltd. (Japan, Personal and Household Goods, 7974.OK, NTDOY), Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (Australia, Oil and Gas, WOPEY, WPL.AU) and CNOOC Ltd. (Hong Kong, Oil and Gas, 0883.HK, CEO).

Companies exiting are: Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. (Japan, Utilities, 9503.TO), Bank of China Ltd. (China, Banks, 3988.HK, 601988.SH) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (China, Oil and Gas, 600028.SH, 0386.HK, SNP)

Total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index increased to US$2.172 trillion from US$2.107 trillion.

The Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index is a 50-stock index that reflects the market performance of the leading companies in 11 countries in the Asia/Pacific region.

Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50 Index

The following four stocks will be added: Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Singapore, Industrial Goods and Services, J36.SG, JMHLY), Keppel Corp. Ltd. (Singapore, Industrial Goods and Services, BN4.SG, KPELY), Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (Hong Kong, Financial Services, 0388.HK) and Samsung C&T Corp. (South Korea, Construction and Materials, 000830.SE)

Companies exiting are: Singapore Airlines Ltd (Singapore, Travel and Leisure, C6L.SG), KT Corp. (South Korea, Telecommunications, 030200.SE, KTC), United Microelectronics Corp. (Taiwan, Technology, 2303.TW, UMC) and S-Oil Corp. (South Korea, Oil and Gas, 010950.SE).

Total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50 Index increased to US$1.124 trillion from US$1.103 trillion.

The Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50 Index represents companies whose blue-chip stocks are traded on the major exchanges of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.

Dow Jones DIFC Arabia Titans 50 Index

The following nine stocks will be added: Arab Potash Co. (Jordan, Chemicals, APOT.AJ), EFG Hermes Holding S.A. (Egypt, Financial Services HRHO.CI), Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (Egypt, Banks COMI.CI), Jordan Phosphate Mines Co. Ltd. (Jordan, Chemicals, JOPH.AJ), Elswedy Cables Holding Co. (Egypt, Industrial Goods & Services, SWDY.CI), Dubai Financial Market PJSC (United Arab Emirates, Financial Services, DFM.AI), Talat Mostafa Group Holding (Egypt, Real Estate TMGH.CI), Al Dar Properties Co. (United Arab Emirates, Real Estate, ALDAR.AD) and DP World (United Arab Emirates, Industrial Goods & Services DPW.AI).

Companies exiting are: Investcorp Bank S.A. (Bahrain, Financial Services, INVCORP.BH), Arab Banking Corp. B.S.C. (Bahrain, Banks, ABC.BH), Doha Bank (Qatar, Banks, DHBK.DO), Qatar Gas Transport Co. (Qatar Industrial Goods & Services, QGTS.DO), Sudan Telecommunications Co. (United Arab Emirates Telecommunications, (SDTL.BH), BLOM Bank S.A.L. (Lebanon, Banks, BLBD.LE), LaFarge Ciments (Morocco, Construction & Materials, LAC.CL), Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Co. (Egypt, Chemicals, SKPC.CI) and Suez Cement Co. (Egypt, Construction & Materials, SUCE.CI).

Total free-float market capitalization of the reconstituted Dow Jones DIFC Arabia Titans 50 Index increased to US$.306 trillion from US$.278 trillion.

The Dow Jones DIFC Arabia Titans 50 Index is a regional blue-chip index developed jointly by Dow Jones Indexes and the Dubai International Financial Centre, in collaboration with the Dubai-based investment bank SHUAA Capital. The index measures the performance of 50 leading companies in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Tunisia and United Arab Emirates.

Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index

No deletions or additions will be made to the Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index as a result of this regular annual review.

The total free-float market capitalization of the Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index is US$.0312 trillion.

The Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index measures the performance of 20 leading Egyptian stocks traded on the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges (CASE).

Full component lists and methodology of the Dow Jones Global and Dow Jones Regional Titans Indexes are available on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at http://www.djindexes.com

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Component changes to the Dow Jones Global Titans 50, Dow Jones Asian Titans 50, Dow Jones Tiger Titans 50, Dow Jones DIFC Arabia Titans and Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titan indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the companies being added or deleted.

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Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com) is a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, 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, 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.

The market capitalization values of all indexes cited in this report are as of May 23, 2008 and in U.S. dollar.

DOW JONES INDEXES NAMED MOST INNOVATIVE ETF INDEX PROVIDER FOR THE AMERICAS

NEW YORK (June 4, 2008)—Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced it has been named the “Most Innovative ETF Index Provider of 2007” for the Americas at the 4th annual Global ETF Awards hosted by Exchangetradedfunds.com. Award winners were based on votes cast by more than 400 firms and professionals in the global ETF industry.

Forty-eight awards in 18 categories were presented at the 2008 Global ETF Awards Dinner® dinner in New York. Dow Jones Indexes won on the basis of unique index offerings such as the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes and Dow Jones – AIG Commodity Indexes.

“Since the launch of the first ETF based on one of our indexes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, we have seen tremendous growth and innovation in the indexing field. The rise and popularity of ETFs has driven even greater demand for sophisticated index concepts. This award recognizes Dow Jones Indexes’ expertise, dedication and consistency in delivering objective, reliable and leading-edge indexes for the investment community,” said Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes.

There are currently 76 ETFs based on Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Indexes that are available in the Americas region. Globally, there are 373 ETFs based on Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Indexes that measure a diverse range of asset classes, including the Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend Indexes, Dow Jones – AIG Commodity Indexes, Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes, Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and Dow Jones Wilshire Global Real Estate Indexes.

For more information on Dow Jones Indexes, please visit www.djindexes.com.
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ROBERT PODGORNY JOINS DOW JONES INDEXES

Former President of National Conference of Public Employment Retirement Systems Brings Expertise as Trustee to Benchmarking Initiative

NEW YORK (May 29, 2008)—Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that Robert Podgorny, 59, most recently president of the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS), will join as manager, fiduciary relations on June 2, 2008.

In this newly created role, Mr. Podgorny will serve as Dow Jones Indexes’ ambassador to the pension fund community. He will educate plan sponsors on the importance of effective benchmark adoption and illustrate the advantages of and encourage use of the Dow Jones Wilshire indexes.

“Bob’s impressive background in the public sector, as well as his leadership of NCPERS, will be valuable to helping Dow Jones Indexes provide the most timely and useful information for its clients. His insight into this important market segment will help illustrate the significance of benchmark adoption for plan sponsors and trustees,” said Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes.

Mr. Podgorny has an extensive background in public service and pensions. Prior to his post at NCPERS, he was first vice president of Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 7, having served on the board for 21 years. He currently serves as a trustee and also has chaired numerous committees. Mr. Podgorny served as a Chicago police officer for more than 33 years. There he was instrumental in obtaining collective bargaining rights for the Chicago Police Department. In addition to his collective bargaining expertise, Mr. Podgorny dealt with all medical and health-related issues and disabilities of Chicago police officers.

He was a member of the NCPERS Credentials, Elections, and Program Committee as well as NCPERS Task Force on Health Care Benefits, and served as an NCPERS representative to the Public Pension Coordination Council.

Mr. Podgorny currently serves as director of the Retired Chicago Police Association (RCPA). He also is a board member of the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association (IPPFA).

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DAVID KREIN JOINS DOW JONES INDEXES AS SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL MARKETS

NEW YORK (May 28, 2008)—Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that David Krein has joined the group as senior director, institutional markets, effective immediately.

Mr. Krein will serve as a representative of Dow Jones Indexes to the institutional investment community globally. In this capacity, he will be responsible for informing and consulting institutional clients on all products and services that Dow Jones Indexes offers.

Additionally, Mr. Krein will guide research and development of new and enhanced benchmarks. In this role, he will be responsible for the integrity of these benchmarks to ensure they meet Dow Jones Indexes’ stringent standards and criteria.

“David brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in indexing and index-linked financial products,” said Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes. “He will build on his accomplishments in the index development, structured products, and derivatives marketplace to deliver innovative benchmarking tools to the investment community. We are confident that he will be a valuable addition to our team.”

Previously, Mr. Krein was president of DTB Capital, a financial services firm he founded in 2006 to develop trading and structured investment products for derivatives exchanges and the over-the-counter market.

Prior to establishing DTB Capital, he spent more than 10 years in various trading, structuring and technology positions at leading investment banks, including UBS and Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Krein received a master of business administration from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University.

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DOW JONES INDEXES LAUNCHES ISLAMIC MARKET INDEX FOR HONG KONG LISTED CHINESE STOCKS

NEW YORK (May 9, 2008) — Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today launched the Dow Jones Islamic Market (DJIM) China Offshore Hong Kong Index.

The DJIM China Offshore Hong Kong Index represents the performance of companies that have been screened for compliance with Islamic principles and whose primary operations are in mainland China but trade on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Stocks included in the index are H-Shares and Red Chips.

The DJIM China Offshore Hong Kong Index is designed to serve as underlying for investment products such as mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other investable products.

“The Dow Jones Islamic Market China Offshore Hong Kong Index is another innovative addition to the highly successful Dow Jones Islamic Market index series following a unique and superior methodology,” said John Prestbo, editor and executive director, Dow Jones Indexes. “Market participants will find in this index a way to track Shari’ah compliant mainland China stocks that are listed in the easily accessible Hong Kong market rather than in the restricted local Chinese market.”

The DJIM China Offshore Hong Kong Index is weighted by free-float market capitalization and component weights are capped at 10%. As of April 30, 2008, the index consists of 40 components of which the top five components by free float-adjusted market capitalization are China Mobile Ltd., China Unicom Ltd., CITIC Pacific Ltd., CNOOC Ltd. and PetroChina Co. Ltd.

As of April 30, 2008, the DJIM China Offshore Hong Kong Price Index (US dollar) gained 152.9% from its base date, December 31, 2005 in a backtest.¹

The DJIM China Offshore Hong Kong Index is calculated in both U.S. dollar and Hong Kong dollar versions. It is reviewed quarterly in March, June, September and December.

Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes seek to measure the global universe of investable equities that pass screens for Shari’ah compliance. The Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes combine Islamic investment principles with Dow Jones Indexes’ objective, transparent and rules-based methodology.

The index family includes more than 70 regional, country and industry indexes derived from the flagship Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index. In 2006 the index family expanded to include the Dow Jones Islamic Market Sustainability Index, which combines Islamic investing principles with sustainability criteria, the Dow Jones Citigroup Sukuk Index, the first index to track Islamic bonds and Dow Jones Islamic Market BRIC Equal Weighted Index, which tracks Shari’ah compliant stocks in Brazil, Russia, India and China. Islamic blue-chip indexes for Sri Lanka, Dubai, China/Hong Kong and India were launched last year.

There are currently more than 75 licensees with more than US$7 billion in assets benchmarked to the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes. For more information on the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes, please visit www.djindexes.com.

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1 The Dow Jones Islamic Market China Offshore Hong Kong Index was first published on May 9, 2008. All estimated daily historical closing prices prior to that date are based on back-testing, i.e. calculations of how the index might have performed in the past if it had existed. Back-tested performance information is purely hypothetical and is solely for informational purposes. It does not represent actual performance, and past performance is not indicative of future results.

VISA TO JOIN DOW JONES WILSHIRE 5000 COMPOSITE INDEX^SM

NEW YORK (April 14, 2008)—Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and Wilshire Associates, a leading global investment services and consulting firm, today confirmed that Visa (United States, Financial Services, V) will be added to the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index^SM.

Visa is being added this month in accordance with the IPO (initial public offering) inclusion rule for the Dow Jones Wilshire index family. According to the rule, any new non-component company—an IPO or new exchange listing—that meets the index inclusion standards as of the close of trading on the second Friday of the month will be added the following Friday.

Three other companies also will join the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 under this rule. Visa shares began trading on March 19, 2008, which was past the deadline for being added in March. The component changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Monday, April 21, 2008.

“The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 is the broadest measure of U.S. equities available today. The IPO inclusion rule allows the Dow Jones Wilshire index family to measure the performance of newly public companies like Visa in a timely and effective manner. The methodology of the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Indexes is designed to ensure that both the U.S. and global benchmarks provide the investment community with the most up-to-date, reflective and complete equity coverage possible,” said Michael A. Petronella, president of Dow Jones Indexes.

“Since its inception, the DJ Wilshire 5000 has added companies, including IPOs, monthly,” noted Lawrence E. Davanzo, president of Wilshire Associates Incorporated and head of its asset management business. “We never have required seasoning periods, but chose, instead, to mimic the way money managers actually invest.”

Visa also will be included in the following Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Sub-indexes: Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Financial Services IndexSM, Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Large-Cap IndexSM and Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Growth IndexSM.

As of Friday, April 11, 2008, there are 4,810 components in the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 with a float-adjusted market capitalization of $14.55 trillion. The float-adjusted market capitalization of Visa is $29.52 billion, as of Friday, April 11, 2008.
About the Dow Jones Wilshire Index Family
The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000SM is the primary domestic component of the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Total Market Index and a cornerstone of the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Index Family. The development of the global family of indexes in 2006 marked a new phase of the Dow Jones Wilshire relationship. The affiliation began in 2004 when Dow Jones Indexes and Wilshire co-branded and marketed the Dow Jones Wilshire family of indexes. By extending the Dow Jones Wilshire methodology used in the U.S. internationally, the global indexes provide unprecedented breadth, consistent global coverage, and objective and transparent rules.

Dow Jones Wilshire indexes are available on market–data vendor platforms– many in real–time format–and on the Dow Jones Indexes (www.djindexes.com) and Wilshire Associates (www.wilshire.com) Web sites. The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000SM Composite Index, the only true broad market index, is calculated and distributed by Dow Jones Indexes pursuant to an agreement between Dow Jones & Company and Wilshire Associates Incorporated. The Dow Jones Wilshire Global Total Market Index, the broadest measure of global equities, was launched in October 2006.

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About Wilshire Associates

Wilshire Associates is a leading global investment technology, investment consulting and investment management firm with four business units: Wilshire Analytics, Wilshire Funds Management, Wilshire Consulting, and Wilshire Private Markets. The firm was founded in 1972, revolutionizing the industry by pioneering the application of investment analytics and research to investment management for the institutional marketplace. Wilshire also is credited with helping to develop the field of quantitative investment analysis that uses mathematical tools to analyze market risks. All other business units evolved from Wilshire's strong analytics foundation.
Wilshire developed the index now known as the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite IndexSM, the first asset/liability models for pension funds, the first U.S. equity style metrics work and many other "firsts" as the firm grew to approximately 350 employees serving the investment needs of institutional and high net worth clients around the world.
Based in Santa Monica, CA, Wilshire provides services to clients in more than 20 countries representing in excess of 600 organizations with assets totaling more than $12.5 trillion. With nine offices on four continents, Wilshire Associates and its affiliates are dedicated to providing clients with the highest quality counsel, products and services. Please visit www.wilshire.com for more information.

DOW JONES INDEXES TO STRENGTHEN PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

New York, (April 14, 2008)—Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, increases its presence in the United Arab Emirates by opening an office in Dubai, its first in the Middle East. The office begins operations immediately and will handle business activities in the Middle East region.

The Dubai office will provide client support, manage client relations, promote and support Dow Jones Indexes’ conventional as well as Shari’ah compliant products, and develop new licensing opportunities in the Middle-East and North Africa region.

Dow Jones Indexes’ expansion reflects the increasing interest in Middle East financial markets in recent years. As one of the most important financial hubs in the Middle East, Dubai presents a strategic location to support Dow Jones Indexes’ clients in the region.

“Dubai is the premier gateway to the Middle East and is well recognized for its role in Islamic Finance. Dow Jones Indexes pioneered the Islamic index space by launching the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes in 1999,” said Michael A. Petronella, president of Dow Jones Indexes. “Our new office in Dubai confirms the commitment to our clients in the region and marks another major step in our objective to broaden our activities and services,” he added.

The Dubai office will offer integrated index solutions based on the entire Dow Jones Indexes family, including the Dow Jones Islamic Market and the European Dow Jones STOXX index families.

Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Ltd. now have 18 offices worldwide: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Princeton, Mexico City, Santiago, Sao Paolo, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Paris, Stockholm, Zurich, Dubai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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	January, 2008
	DOW JONES INDEXES LAUNCHES DOW JONES ISLAMIC MARKET MALAYSIA INDEX
	DOW JONES INDEXES WINS BEST ISLAMIC INDEX PROVIDER AWARD
	DOW JONES WILSHIRE GLOBAL INDEX FAMILY EXPANDS TO INCLUDE THREE NEW COUNTRIES
	DOW JONES INDEXES AND DHARMA INVESTMENTS TO LAUNCH NEW FAITH-BASED INDEXES
	DOW JONES INDEXES AND MUSCAT SECURITIES MARKET TO LAUNCH NEW INDEX FOR OMAN
	DOW JONES INDEXES ADDS OLD NEWS PRINT #8 TO ITS EXPANDING RECOVERED PAPERS INDEX SERIES
	2008 WEIGHTS OF DOW JONES-AIG COMMODITY INDEX
	February, 2008
	DOW JONES INDEXES AND AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE TO LAUNCH NEW INDEX
	DOW JONES TO CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
	DOW JONES INDEXES NAMED BEST ISLAMIC INDEX PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
	March, 2008
	CHICAGO CLIMATE EXCHANGE BECOMES FIRST EXCHANGE IN THE WORLD TO LICENSE DOW JONES SUSTAINABILITY INDEXES
	DOW JONES INDEXES AND TRANSPARENT VALUE LLC LAUNCH THE DOW JONES RBP LARGE–CAP 130⁄30 INDEXES
	DOW JONES – AIG GRAINS SUB–INDEX LICENSED BY DOW JONES TO UNDERLIE NEW LEVERAGED BULL AND BEAR COMMODITY EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
	April, 2008
	VISA TO JOIN DOW JONES WILSHIRE 5000 COMPOSITE INDEX^SM
	DOW JONES INDEXES TO STRENGTHEN PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
	PIMCO SELECTS DOW JONES REAL RETURN TARGET DATE INDEXES TO BENCHMARK NEW FUND
	May, 2008
	ROBERT PODGORNY JOINS DOW JONES INDEXES
	DAVID KREIN JOINS DOW JONES INDEXES AS SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL MARKETS
	DOW JONES INDEXES LAUNCHES ISLAMIC MARKET INDEX FOR HONG KONG LISTED CHINESE STOCKS
	June, 2008
	DOW JONES INDEXES WINS ITS 14^th AWARD FOR ITS ISLAMIC INDEX FAMILY
	DOW JONES LUXURY AND DOW JONES STOXX 600 INDEXES TO UNDERLIE TWO EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
	DOW JONES INDEXES BLUE-CHIP INDEX REVIEW RESULTS: 2^ND QUARTER 2008
	DOW JONES INDEXES NAMED MOST INNOVATIVE ETF INDEX PROVIDER FOR THE AMERICAS
	July, 2008
	NORTH AFRICAN AND ASIAN BLUE CHIP AND BROAD ASIA PACIFIC EX JAPAN INDEXES LICENSED TO BNP PARIBAS AM
	DOW JONES INDEXES AND BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LAUNCH GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE INDEXES
	NEWLY LAUNCHED DOW JONES GCC TITANS 40 INDEX TO UNDERLIE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND
	NEWLY LAUNCHED DOW JONES AFRICA TITANS 50 INDEX TO UNDERLIE EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND
	COUNTRY CHANGES ANNOUNCED FOR DOW JONES WILSHIRE GLOBAL INDEX^SM FAMILY
	DOW JONES INDEXES LAUNCHES NEW INDEXES FOR GCC REGION
	August, 2008
	September, 2008
	October, 2008
	November, 2008
	December, 2008