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

NEW YORK, March 9  /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the following changes to the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices after the close of trading on Monday, March 16, 2009:

  --  S&P SmallCap 600 constituent Owens & Minor Inc. (NYSE:OMI) will
      replace Chemtura Corp. (NYSE:CEM) in the S&P MidCap 400, and Helen of
      Troy Ltd. (NASDAQ:HELE) will replace Owens & Minor in the S&P
      SmallCap 600. As of today's close of trading, Chemtura had a market
      capitalization of $39 million, ranking it 400th in the index.

  --  AZZ Inc. (NYSE:AZZ) will replace A.H. Belo Corp. (NYSE:AHC) in the
      S&P SmallCap 600. As of today's close of trading, A.H. Belo had a
      market capitalization of $15 million, ranking it 600th in the index.



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

Owens & Minor is a distributor of medical and surgical supplies to the acute-care market and a healthcare supply-chain management company. Headquartered in Richmond, VA, the company will be added to the S&P 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Health Care Distributors Sub-Industry index.

Helen of Troy is a designer, developer, importer and distributor of consumer products. Headquartered in El Paso, TX, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Household Appliances Sub-Industry index.

AZZ is an electrical equipment and components manufacturer. Headquartered in Fort Worth, TX, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Heavy Electrical Equipment Sub-Industry index.

  Following is a summary of the changes:


                        S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX  -  March 16, 2009

              COMPANY      GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR       GICS SUB-INDUSTRY

  ADDED    Owens & Minor      Health Care        Health Care Distributors

  DELETED     Chemtura         Materials           Specialty Chemicals




                        S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX  -   March 16, 2009

              COMPANY      GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR       GICS SUB-INDUSTRY

  ADDED    Helen of Troy   Consumer Discretionary    Household Appliances

               AZZ             Industrials       Heavy Electrical Equipment

  DELETED  Owens & Minor       Health Care        Health Care Distributors

            A.H. Belo      Consumer Discretionary      Publishing



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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