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

NEW YORK, Oct. 11  /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the following changes to the S&P SmallCap 600:

  * Hub Group Inc. (NASD: HUBG) will replace Priority Healthcare Corp.
    (NASD: PHCC) after the close of trading on Friday, October 14.  Priority
    Healthcare is being acquired by S&P 500 constituent Express Scripts Inc.
    (NASD: ESRX) in a transaction expected to close on or about that date.

  * JoS. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. (NASD: JOSB) will replace Imagistics
    International Inc. (NYSE:IGI) after the close of trading on Monday,
    October 17.  Imagistics is being acquired by Oce N.V. in a deal expected
    to close on or about that date.



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

Hub Group arranges for the movement of freight in containers and trailers over long distances throughout the US, Canada and Mexico.  Headquartered in Downers Grove, IL, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Air Freight & Logistics Sub-Industry Index.

JoS. A. Bank sells men's tailored and casual clothing and accessories through its retail stores, catalogue and website. Headquartered in Hampstead, MD, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Apparel Retail Sub- Industry Index.

  Following is a summary of the changes:

                S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - October 14, 2005
              COMPANY        GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR  GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
   ADDED      Hub Group      Industrials           Air Freight & Logistics
   DELETED    Priority       Health Care           Health Care Distributors
               Healthcare


                S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - October 17, 2005
           COMPANY           GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
   ADDED   JoS. A. Bank      Consumer Discretionary   Apparel Retail
   DELETED Imagistics Int'l  Industrials              Office Services &
                                                       Supplies



Additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the companies concerned.

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