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

NEW YORK, July 1  /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Software Inc. (NASDAQ:QSFT) will replace Wind River Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND) in the S&P MidCap 400 after the close of trading on a date to be announced. Wind River is being acquired by S&P 100 & 500 constituent Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) in a tender offer expected to expire soon.

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

Quest Software designs, develops, markets, distributes and supports enterprise systems management software products. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Application Software Sub-Industry index.

  Following is a summary of the change:


                        S&P  MIDCAP 400 INDEX - TBA

              COMPANY      GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR        GICS SUB-INDUSTRY

  ADDED        Quest      Information Technology      Application Software
              Software

  DELETED    Wind River   Information Technology       Systems Software
              Systems

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