CDS IndexCo and Dow Jones Indexes Announce the Final Composition of its New US Crossover Index

NEW YORK, 14 September 2005 - CDS IndexCo LLC and Dow Jones Indexes, publishers of the Dow Jones CDX family of credit derivative indexes, today announced the final composition for its newest index, the Dow Jones CDX US Crossover Index (Dow Jones CDX.NA.XO), which is scheduled to launch on September 20, 2005, concurrent with the roll of the Dow Jones CDX US Investment Grade and Dow Jones CDX Emerging Market indexes.

The Dow Jones CDX US Crossover Index will consist of 35 equally weighted US entities (listed below) 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.

Sixteen firms have agreed to act as market makers for the new Dow Jones CDX.NA.XO Index and 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.

Journalists may also e-mail questions regarding this press release to:
PR-Indexes@dowjones.com or contact Sybille A. Reitz, Dow Jones Indexes Public
Relations, (212) 597-5735 or (917) 603-6987

For more information about any of the Dow Jones CDX family of indexes, please contact one of the participating dealers listed below:

ABN AMRO
Patrick Phalon, Corporate Communications, (212) 251-3524

Bank of America
Jennifer DiClerico, GCIB Communications, (212) 933-2396

Barclays Capital
Karina Byrne, Corporate Communications, (212) 412-7561

Bear Stearns
Russell Sherman, (212) 272-5219

BNP Paribas
Michael Johnson, (212) 841-2546

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

HSBC
Juanita Gutierrez, Media Relations, (212) 525-6282

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

Wachovia
Jim Pierpoint, VP, Media Relations, (704) 374-6512

Note to Editors:

About CDS IndexCo
CDS IndexCo is a consortium of 16 investment banks which are licensed to be market
makers in the Dow Jones CDX indexes. The market makers 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.

About Dow Jones Indexes
Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most
vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier
global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow
Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-
European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones
Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the
Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also
offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit
derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com)
publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and
the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the
Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group
of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television
operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and
radio stations in the U.S.

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