Cohen & Steers Announces Change in Realty Majors Portfolio Index

NEW YORK, Oct. 2  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE:CNS) announced a pending change to its Realty Majors Portfolio Index (RMP) today.

The change follows the announcement that Archstone-Smith Trust, a leading developer, owner and operator of apartment communities in the United States, is expected to be acquired by an entity jointly controlled by affiliates of Tishman Speyer Real Estate Venture VII, L.P. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. on October 5, 2007. Once the acquisition is complete, Archstone-Smith will be deleted from the index. BRE Properties, Inc. (BRE), which develops, owns and operates U.S. apartment communities, will be added to the index on the same date.

  Component change:    Deletion
  Index Name:          Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Portfolio Index
  Index Symbol:        RMP
  Calculation method:  Modified Capitalization Weighted Index
  Component symbol:    ASN
  Component name:      Archstone-Smith Trust



The Realty Majors Portfolio Index is a modified capitalization-weighted total return index of selected real estate equity securities. It is quoted intraday on a real-time basis by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange under the symbol RMP. The index's modified capitalization-weighted approach and qualitative screening process emphasize companies that the Cohen & Steers Index Committee believes are leading the securitization of real estate in the United States.

RMP can be used as an indexing benchmark, stock selection universe, underlying index for derivative instruments or performance benchmark. All index weightings are independently calculated by Standard & Poor's. 

DATASOURCE: Cohen & Steers, Inc.



CONTACT:  Francis C. Poli, Executive Vice President and General Counsel,

Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., [phone]



Web site:  http://www.cohenandsteers.com/ 

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