CDS IndexCo and Dow Jones Indexes Announce Portfolio Construction for the Dow Jones CDX North America High Yield Index Which is Expected to Roll on March 27, 2006.

NEW YORK -- CDS IndexCo LLC and Dow Jones Indexes, publishers of the Dow Jones CDX family of credit derivative indexes, today announced the companies which will be added to the Dow Jones CDX NA High Yield Index (DJ CDX.NA.HY). That index is expected to roll on March 27, 2006. The portfolio selection process was conducted by Markit, the index administrator, with input from the member banks of the CDS IndexCo consortium and approved by Dow Jones Indexes.

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, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Wachovia.

FINAL PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION OF THE DJ CDX.NA.HY INDEX

The following table outlines the changes to the DJ CDX.NA.HY Index. Companies that were removed from Series 6 were announced via press release on March 6 and 7, 2006. The changes to the index will be effective as of the roll date.

INDEX              ADDED(1)                    REMOVED(2)
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DJ CDX NA HY   American Axle &               Calpine Corporation(a)
 Series 6       Manufacturing, Inc.          Dana Corporation(a)
               Beazer Homes USA, Inc.        Delphi Corporation(a)
               DOMTAR INC.                   Meristar Hospitality
               Hovnanian Enterprises,         Corporation(a)
                Inc.                         Texas Genco LLC(a)
               Massey Energy Company         Vintage Petroleum,
               Mirant Corporation             Inc.(a)
               NRG Energy, Inc.              American Tower
               Quebecor World Inc.            Corporation(b)
               The Hertz Corporation         AmerisourceBergen
               The Neiman Marcus Group,       Corporation(b)
                Inc.                         D.R. Horton, Inc.(b)
                                             Crown European
                                              Holdings(b)
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(1) The underlying names which were added to DJ CDX NA HY Series 6 are
not present in DJ CDX NA HY Series 5.
(2)The underlying names which were removed from DJ CDX NA HY Series 6
remain present in DJ CDX NA HY Series 5.
(a) Removal of these companies was announced on March 6, 2006 via
press release.
(b) Removal of these companies was announced on March 7, 2006 via
press release.

In addition to the above changes, please note the subordinated reference obligation associated with Tesoro Corporation in Series 5 is to be replaced with a senior reference obligation for Series 6. The company remains in both Series 5 and Series 6.

The index is scheduled to roll every six months in order to rebalance the portfolio as necessary.

Please see the "Credit Derivative Indexes" link at www.djindexes.com to view the underlying constituents of each index. Daily prices and spreads, constituent information and documentation are also posted under "CDX Home" on www.markit.com.

Journalists may also e-mail questions regarding this press release to: [e-mail] or contact Sybille A. Reitz, Dow Jones Indexes Public Relations, [phone] or [phone].

For more information about any of the Dow Jones CDX family of indices, please contact Teresa Chick at Markit on [phone] or one of the participating dealers listed below:

ABN AMRO                   Patrick Phalon, Corporate Communications,
                           [phone]
Bank of America            Jennifer DiClerico, GCIB Communications,
                           [phone]
Barclays Capital           Karina Byrne, Corporate Communications,
                           [phone]
Bear Stearns               Russell Sherman, [phone]
BNP Paribas                Michael Johnson, [phone]
Citigroup                  Danielle Romero-Apsilos, Corporate and
                           Investment Banking Group Communications,
                           [phone]
Credit Suisse              John Gallagher, Corporate Communications,
                           [phone]
Deutsche Bank              Michele Agostinho, Press Office,
                           [phone]
Goldman Sachs              Ed Canaday, VP, Media Relations,
                           [phone]
HSBC                       Juanita Gutierrez, Media Relations,
                           [phone]
JPMorgan                   Michael Dorfsman, Corporate Communications,
                           [phone]
Lehman Brothers            Kerrie Cohen, Corporate Communications,
                           [phone]
Merrill Lynch              Michael Duvally, Media Relations,
                           [phone]
Morgan Stanley             Mark Lake, Media Relations, [phone]
UBS                        Kris Kagel, UBS Corporate Communications,
                           [phone]
Wachovia                   Jim Pierpoint, VP, Media Relations,
                           [phone]

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, 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.

About Markit Group Limited

Markit Group Limited is the benchmark industry source of independent pricing and valuations for the global financial and energy markets. Markit has data contributed by over 50 dealing firms, and its services are used by 400 institutions globally. Areas of product expertise include OTC derivatives (credit, equity, FX, rates, inflation, energy, power, metals and structured products), corporate bonds, syndicated loans, dividend forecasting, and index and ETF management.

Markit has most recently brought price transparency to the European asset-backed securities market with the launch of the first independent ABS pricing service. Its position in the derivatives markets has been acknowledged by the industry with awards from Risk Magazine for Trading Initiative of the Year 2006 (Credit Event Fixings); Structured Finance International's Editor's Award for Advancing Structured Finance 2006; International Securitisation Report's Editor's Award for Innovation 2005; International Financing Review's Innovation of the Year 2005 (Credit Event Fixings); Financial News' Best Derivatives Data Provider 2005; and Institutional Investor's Operations Management Award for Vendor of the Year 2005.

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