The Dow Jones CDX Family of Indices Announces Roll Dates for its US Investment Grade, Emerging Market and US High Yield Credit Derivative Indices

NEW YORK, 6 September 2005 - CDS IndexCo LLC, the owner of the Dow Jones CDX family of credit derivative indices, today announced the roll dates for its US Investment Grade, Emerging Market and US High Yield credit derivative indices. The US Investment Grade and Emerging Market indices will roll on September 20, 2005, while the US High Yield index is expected to roll on October 6, 2005. As dictated by the rules governing the indices, a roll is scheduled approximately every six months in order to rebalance the portfolios as necessary. The roll process will be conducted with the input of member banks which are part of the CDS IndexCo consortium.

CDS IndexCo also announced today that concurrent with the roll of the investment grade and emerging market indices, it also expects to launch the Dow Jones US Crossover Index (Dow Jones CDX.NA.XO). The index will consist of 35 equally weighted US entities or a 2.857% exposure to any name. The ratings required for inclusion are either (i) a crossover (5B) rating (i.e., a rating in the BBB/Baa rating category by one of S&P and Moody's and in the BB/Ba rating category by the other), (ii) a 4B rating (i.e., a rating in the BB/Ba rating category by both S&P and Moody's) or (iii) a rating in the BB/Ba rating category by one of S&P and Moody's and no rating by the other.

The member banks that are part of the CDS IndexCo consortium include: ABN AMRO, Bank of America, Barclays Capital, Bear Stearns, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Wachovia.

Please see the "Credit Derivative Indexes" link at http://www.djindexes.com/ to view the underlying constituents of each index or for more information about any of the Dow Jones CDX family of indices, please contact one of the participating dealers listed below.

Bear Stearns
Russell Sherman, 212-272-5219

Citigroup
Danielle Romero-Apsilos, Corporate and Investment Banking Group Communications, 212-816-2264

Credit Suisse First Boston
John Gallagher, Corporate Communications, 212-325-0932

Deutsche Bank
Michele Agostinho, Press Office, 212-250-4864

Goldman Sachs
Ed Canaday, VP, Media Relations, 212-357-0005

JPMorgan
Michael Dorfsman, Corporate Communications 212-270-7317

Lehman Brothers
Kerrie Cohen, Corporate Communications 212-526-4092

Merrill Lynch
Michael Duvally, Media Relations, 212-449-3260

Morgan Stanley
Mark Lake, Media Relations 212-761-0814

UBS
Kris Kagel, UBS Corporate Communications, 212-713-8703