Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index

Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index 


NEW YORK, March 23  /PRNewswire/ -- Ditech Communications (NASD: DITC) will
replace DuPont Photomasks (NASD: DPMI) in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close
of trading on a date to be announced.  S&P Global 1200 constituent Toppan
Printing Co. is acquiring DuPont Photomasks in a deal that is still pending
regulatory and shareholder approvals.

Standard & Poor's will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates
on its website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/.

Ditech Communications is a global telecommunications equipment supplier for
voice networks.  Headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company will
be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard)
Communications Equipment Sub-Industry Index.

  Following is a summary of the change:

                       S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - TBA
             COMPANY             GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR    GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
  ADDED      Ditech              Information Technology  Communications
              Communications                              Equipment
  DELETED    DuPont Photomasks   Information Technology  Semiconductor
                                                          Equipment



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