Mergent, Inc. Announces Dividend Achievers Index Family Total Returns for January, 2006
Mergent Dividend Achievers™ Index Family Total Returns
About Mergent Indexes
Broad Dividend Achievers Index
The Index is designed to track the performance of dividend paying companies that meet the "Dividend Achievers" requirements. To become eligible for inclusion in the Dividend Achievers Index, a company must be incorporated in the United States or its territories, trade on the NYSE, Nasdaq or AMEX, and have increased its regular annual dividend payments for the last 10 or more consecutive years. In addition, Mergent applies certain additional screening criteria to ensure a stock’s liquidity and investibility. The Index is calculated using a modified market capitalization weighting methodology, and is published by the AMEX under the ticker symbol "DAA".
Dividend Achievers50 Index
The Index is designed to track the performance of the 50 dividend paying companies in the Broad Dividend Achievers Index with the highest dividend yields. To become eligible for inclusion in the Dividend Achievers 50 Index, a company must be incorporated in the United States or its territories, trade on the NYSE, Nasdaq or AMEX, and have increased its regular annual dividend payments for the last 10 or more consecutive years. In addition, Mergent applies certain additional screening criteria to ensure a stock’s liquidity and investibility. The Index is calculated using a dividend yield weighting methodology, and is published by the AMEX under the ticker symbol "DAY".
High Growth Rate Dividend Achievers Index
The Index is designed to track the performance of the top 100 highest dividend paying companies by compound annual growth rate that meet the "Broad Dividend Achievers" requirements. To become eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must be incorporated in the United States or its territories, trade on the NYSE, Nasdaq or AMEX, and have increased its regular annual dividend payments for the last 10 or more consecutive years. In addition, Mergent applies certain additional screening criteria to ensure a stock’s liquidity and investibility. The Index is calculated using a modified market capitalization weighting methodology, and is published by the AMEX under the ticker symbol "DAH".
Canadian Dividend Achievers Index
The Index tracks the performance of dividend paying companies that meet the "Canadian Dividend Achievers" requirements. To become eligible for inclusion in the Canadian Dividend Achievers Index, a company must be incorporated in Canada, trade on a major Canadian exchange, and have increased its regular annual dividend payments for the last 5 or more consecutive years. The Index is calculated using a market capitalization weighting methodology.
International Dividend Achievers Index
The Index is designed to track the performance of dividend paying American Depositary Receipts, common stocks and ordinary shares of non-U.S. companies. To become eligible for inclusion in the International Dividend Achievers Index, a company must be incorporated outside the United States, trade on the NYSE, Nasdaq or AMEX, and have increased its regular annual dividend payments for the last 5 or more consecutive years. In addition, Mergent applies certain additional screening criteria to ensure a stock’s liquidity and investibility. The Index is calculated using a dividend yield weighting methodology, and is published by the AMEX under the ticker symbol "DAT".
About Mergent
Mergent, Inc., a Xinhua Finance company (TSE Mothers: 9399), is the preferred leading provider of business and financial data on global publicly listed companies. The company is headquartered in New York, NY, and Charlotte, NC, with sales offices in key North American cities as well as London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Toronto, and Sydney. Mergent’s databases include information on more than 15,000 U.S. public companies and 20,000 non-U.S. public companies in more than 100 countries. Mergent is the publisher of the Dividend Achievers™ family of indexes including Broad, International, High Growth and Canadian. Mergent products and services include Ford Equity Research, independent equity research with buy, sell and hold recommendations; Mergent Online; Mergent Manuals, Handbooks and Investment Guides; EventsData, web-based reporting of corporate actions and events; BondSource, access to municipal and corporate fixed income data and end-of-day evaluation pricing. For more information, visit our websites, www.dividendachievers.com and www.mergent.com
Contact Samantha Dumas:
Taylor Rafferty
205 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 889-4350
Mergent@taylor-rafferty.com
(212) 413-7751
Mergent Contact:
Shirley Petersen
Vice President, Index Licensing
Mergent, Inc.
60 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
About Xinhua Finance Limited
Xinhua Finance Limited is China’s unchallenged leader in financial information and media, and is listed on the Mothers board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (symbol: 9399) (OTC ADRs: XHFNY). Bridging China’s financial markets and the world, Xinhua Finance serves financial institutions, corporations and re-distributors through four focused and complementary service lines: Indices, Ratings, Financial News and Investor Relations. Founded in 1999, the Company is headquartered in Shanghai with 17 offices and 22 news bureaus across Asia, Australia, North America and Europe. For more information, please visit www.xinhuafinance.com.
Mergent Dividend Achievers™ Index Family Total Returns
About Mergent Indexes
Broad Dividend Achievers Index
The Index is designed to track the performance of dividend paying companies that meet the "Dividend Achievers" requirements. To become eligible for inclusion in the Dividend Achievers Index, a company must be incorporated in the United States or its territories, trade on the NYSE, Nasdaq or AMEX, and have increased its regular annual dividend payments for the last 10 or more consecutive years. In addition, Mergent applies certain additional screening criteria to ensure a stock’s liquidity and investibility. The Index is calculated using a modified market capitalization weighting methodology, and is published by the AMEX under the ticker symbol "DAA".
Dividend Achievers50 Index
The Index is designed to track the performance of the 50 dividend paying companies in the Broad Dividend Achievers Index with the highest dividend yields. To become eligible for inclusion in the Dividend Achievers 50 Index, a company must be incorporated in the United States or its territories, trade on the NYSE, Nasdaq or AMEX, and have increased its regular annual dividend payments for the last 10 or more consecutive years. In addition, Mergent applies certain additional screening criteria to ensure a stock’s liquidity and investibility. The Index is calculated using a dividend yield weighting methodology, and is published by the AMEX under the ticker symbol "DAY".
High Growth Rate Dividend Achievers Index
The Index is designed to track the performance of the top 100 highest dividend paying companies by compound annual growth rate that meet the "Broad Dividend Achievers" requirements. To become eligible for inclusion in the Index, a company must be incorporated in the United States or its territories, trade on the NYSE, Nasdaq or AMEX, and have increased its regular annual dividend payments for the last 10 or more consecutive years. In addition, Mergent applies certain additional screening criteria to ensure a stock’s liquidity and investibility. The Index is calculated using a modified market capitalization weighting methodology, and is published by the AMEX under the ticker symbol "DAH".
Canadian Dividend Achievers Index
The Index tracks the performance of dividend paying companies that meet the "Canadian Dividend Achievers" requirements. To become eligible for inclusion in the Canadian Dividend Achievers Index, a company must be incorporated in Canada, trade on a major Canadian exchange, and have increased its regular annual dividend payments for the last 5 or more consecutive years. The Index is calculated using a market capitalization weighting methodology.
International Dividend Achievers Index
The Index is designed to track the performance of dividend paying American Depositary Receipts, common stocks and ordinary shares of non-U.S. companies. To become eligible for inclusion in the International Dividend Achievers Index, a company must be incorporated outside the United States, trade on the NYSE, Nasdaq or AMEX, and have increased its regular annual dividend payments for the last 5 or more consecutive years. In addition, Mergent applies certain additional screening criteria to ensure a stock’s liquidity and investibility. The Index is calculated using a dividend yield weighting methodology, and is published by the AMEX under the ticker symbol "DAT".
About Mergent
Mergent, Inc., a Xinhua Finance company (TSE Mothers: 9399), is the preferred leading provider of business and financial data on global publicly listed companies. The company is headquartered in New York, NY, and Charlotte, NC, with sales offices in key North American cities as well as London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Toronto, and Sydney. Mergent’s databases include information on more than 15,000 U.S. public companies and 20,000 non-U.S. public companies in more than 100 countries. Mergent is the publisher of the Dividend Achievers™ family of indexes including Broad, International, High Growth and Canadian. Mergent products and services include Ford Equity Research, independent equity research with buy, sell and hold recommendations; Mergent Online; Mergent Manuals, Handbooks and Investment Guides; EventsData, web-based reporting of corporate actions and events; BondSource, access to municipal and corporate fixed income data and end-of-day evaluation pricing. For more information, visit our websites, www.dividendachievers.com and www.mergent.com
Contact Samantha Dumas:
Taylor Rafferty
205 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(212) 889-4350
Mergent@taylor-rafferty.com
(212) 413-7751
Mergent Contact:
Shirley Petersen
Vice President, Index Licensing
Mergent, Inc.
60 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
About Xinhua Finance Limited
Xinhua Finance Limited is China’s unchallenged leader in financial information and media, and is listed on the Mothers board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (symbol: 9399) (OTC ADRs: XHFNY). Bridging China’s financial markets and the world, Xinhua Finance serves financial institutions, corporations and re-distributors through four focused and complementary service lines: Indices, Ratings, Financial News and Investor Relations. Founded in 1999, the Company is headquartered in Shanghai with 17 offices and 22 news bureaus across Asia, Australia, North America and Europe. For more information, please visit www.xinhuafinance.com.
