DJ To Supplement Severance Pay To Employees

NEW YORK--Following the restructuring of the new Telerate organization, Dow Jones has agreed to provide a supplemental severance benefit to Dow Jones Markets employees based in the US who are laid off by Bridge Information Systems.

The supplemental benefit will make up the difference between the amount of severance that might be paid to an eligible employee by Bridge under its severance plan and the amount that would have been paid to that employee under the Dow Jones Severance Pay Plan.

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