Component Changes Made to Dow Jones STOXX Nordic Select Dividend 20 Index

STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indices, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Nordic Select Dividend 20 Index.

Volvo AB (Sweden, Industrial Goods & Services, VOLV-B.SK) will be deleted from the index due to the cancellation of its dividend payments. It will be replaced by Industrivarden AB (Sweden, Financial Services, INDU-A.SK).

The changes in theDow Jones STOXX Nordic Select Dividend 20 Indexwill be effective as of the open of trading on Wednesday, February 10, 2010.

Further information on the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend indicescan be found at http://www.stoxx.com.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones STOXX Nordic Select Dividend 20 Index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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About STOXX Limited

STOXX Ltd. is a global index provider, currently calculating a global, comprehensive index family of over 2,500 strictly rules-based and transparent indices. Best known for the leading European equity indices Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50, Dow Jones STOXX 50 and Dow Jones STOXX 600, STOXX Ltd. maintains and calculates the global Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 Index including its sub-indices for the American and Asia/Pacific regions.

The STOXX indices are licensed to over 400 companies around the world as underlyings for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Futures & Options, Structured Products and passively-managed investment funds. Three of the top Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in Europe and 30 percent of all assets under management are based on STOXX indices. STOXX Ltd. holds Europe's number one and the world's number three position in the derivatives segment.

STOXX Ltd. is owned by Deutsche Boerse Group and SIX Swiss Exchange.