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Standard & Poor`s Announces Changes in S&P U.S. Indices NEW YORK, Jan 10, 2003 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Standard & Poor`s will make the following changes in the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 Indices: * S&P SmallCap 600 component Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 Index on Monday, January 13, 2003. Toll Brothers will replace American Water Works Inc. (NYSE: AWK), which was removed from the S&P MidCap 400 Index after tonight`s close of trading consequent to its acquisition by RWE AG. Coinstar Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTR) will replace Toll Brothers in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. * Cubic Corporation (Amex: CUB) will replace DIANON Systems (Nasdaq: DIAN) in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index after the close of trading on Friday, January 17, 2003. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (NYSE: LH) is acquiring DIANON Systems. Toll Brothers Inc. designs, builds, markets and arranges financing for homes in 21 states. The company, headquartered in Huntingdon Valley, PA, will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Homebuilding sub-industry. Coinstar Inc. owns and operates a network of self-service coin-counting machines in supermarkets throughout the United States and in Canada. The company, headquartered in Bellevue, WA, will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Diversified Commercial Services sub-industry. Cubic Corp. designs, develops and manufactures various electronic products, such as military range instrumentation, systems pertaining to communications, surveillance and avionics, computer simulators and automatic revenue collection equipment. The company, headquartered in San Diego, CA, will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Aerospace & Defense sub-industry. Following is a summary of the announced changes: S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX - January 13, 2003 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Toll Brothers Consumer Discretionary Homebuilding S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - January 13, 2003 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Coinstar Inc. Industrials Diversified Commercial Services DELETED Toll Brothers Consumer Discretionary Homebuilding S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - January 17, 2003 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Cubic Corp. Industrials Aerospace & Defense DELETED DIANON Systems Health Care Health Care Distributors & Services Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company. Standard & Poor`s is a leader in providing highly valued financial data, analytical research and investment and credit opinions to the global capital markets. Among the company`s many products are the S&P Global 1200, the first real-time, global equity index, the S&P 500, the premier U.S. portfolio index, and credit ratings on more than 220,000 securities and funds. With 5,000 employees located in 19 countries, Standard & Poor`s is an integral part of the world`s financial architecture. Additional information is available at http://www.standardandpoors.com Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor`s, BusinessWeek and McGraw-Hill Education. The Corporation has more than 350 offices in 33 countries. Sales in 2001 were $4.6 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com. SOURCE Standard & Poor`s |
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