Dow Jones & Company's board of directors will name M. Peter McPherson, 66, chairman of the board on April 18, 2007, when Dow Jones holds its 2007 shareholders meeting. McPherson has served as an
independent director of Dow Jones since 1998. Mr. McPherson is and will continue to serve as president of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. The company will
nominate John Brock, CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., and Paul Sagan, CEO of Akamai Technologies Inc., among the 16 director nominees standing for election. Peter R. Kann, the current chairman,
will retire along with two other board members: Irvine O. Hockaday Jr. and William C. Steere Jr.
