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

NEW YORK, July 16  /PRNewswire/ -- Warnaco Group Inc. (NASDAQ:WRNC) will replace Westwood One Inc. (NYSE:WON) in the S&P MidCap 400 after the close of trading on Tuesday, July 17.  Warnaco was originally announced as a replacement for Lear Corp. (NYSE:LEA), which terminated its deal with American Real Estate Partners L.P. (NYSE:ACP) today, and will remain in the S&P MidCap 400.  At today's close of trading, Westwood One had a market capitalization of approximately $517 million, ranking 400th in the S&P MidCap 400.

Warnaco designs, manufactures, and distributes a range of intimate apparel, sportswear, and swimwear. Headquartered in New York, NY, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods Sub-Industry index.

  Following is a summary of the change:

                   S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX - July 17, 2007

             COMPANY     GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR    GICS SUB-INDUSTRY

   ADDED     Warnaco     Consumer Discretionary   Apparel, Accessories
                                                   & Luxury Goods

  DELETED  Westwood One  Consumer Discretionary   Broadcasting & Cable TV




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