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

NEW YORK, Feb. 7  /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the following changes to the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, S&P SmallCap 600, and S&P REIT Composite indices:

  *  S&P MidCap 400 constituent Varian Medical Systems Inc. (NYSE:VAR) will
     replace Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE:EOP) in the S&P 500, S&P
     SmallCap 600 constituent Cerner Corp. (NASD: CERN) will replace Varian
     in the S&P MidCap 400, PSS World Medical Inc. (NASD: PSSI) will replace
     Cerner in the S&P SmallCap 600, and Extra Space Storage Inc.
     (NYSE:EXR) will replace Equity Office in the S&P REIT Composite after
     the close of trading on a date to be announced.  Equity Office is being
     acquired by The Blackstone Group in a deal that is still pending final
     approvals.

  *  Integrys Energy Group, Inc. will replace Peoples Energy Corp.
     (NYSE:PGL) in the S&P 500 and Netflix, Inc. (NASD: NFLX) will replace
     WPS Resources Corp. (NYSE:WPS) in the S&P MidCap 400 after the close
     of trading on a date to be announced.  Peoples Energy is being acquired
     by WPS Resources in a deal that is still pending final approvals.  Upon
     completion of the deal, WPS Resources will change its name to Integrys
     Energy Group, Inc. and will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under
     the symbol TEG.



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

Varian manufactures and sells integrated cancer therapy systems. Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, the company will be added to the S&P 500 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Health Care Equipment Sub-Industry index.

Integrys will operate in the energy and energy related businesses. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, the company will be added to the S&P 500 GICS Multi-Utilities Sub-Industry index.

Cerner supplies healthcare information technology solutions. Headquartered in North Kansas City, MO, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS Health Care Technology Sub-Industry index.

Netflix operates as an online movie rental subscription service provider. Headquartered in Los Gatos, CA, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS Internet Retail Sub-Industry index.

PSS World Medical distributes medical products, equipment, and pharmaceutical related products to alternate-site healthcare providers. Headquartered in Jacksonville, FL, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Health Care Distributors Sub-Industry index.

Extra Space Storage is a REIT that engages in the ownership, operation, acquisition, development, and redevelopment of self-storage facilities. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT, the company will be added to the S&P REIT Composite Specialized REITs sub-industry.

  Following is a summary of the changes:


                     S&P 500 INDEX - To Be Announced
              COMPANY   GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
  ADDED       Varian        Health Care        Health Care Equipment
  DELETED  Equity Office    Financials             Office REITs
            Properties


                     S&P 500 INDEX - To Be Announced
              COMPANY    GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
  ADDED   Integrys Energy     Utilities            Multi-Utilities
  DELETED  Peoples Energy     Utilities             Gas Utilities


                  S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX - To Be Announced
              COMPANY   GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
  ADDED        Cerner       Health Care        Health Care Technology
  DELETED      Varian       Health Care         Health Care Equipment


                  S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX - To Be Announced
              COMPANY   GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
  ADDED       Netflix   Consumer Discretionary   Internet Retail
  DELETED  WPS Resources    Utilities             Multi-Utilities


                 S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - To Be Announced
                 COMPANY      GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
  ADDED     PSS World Medical      Health Care      Health Care Distributors
  DELETED         Cerner           Health Care      Health Care Technology


                S&P REIT COMPOSITE INDEX - To Be Announced
                  COMPANY        GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
  ADDED     Extra Space Storage       Financials          Specialized REITs
  DELETED   Equity Office Properties  Financials            Office REITs




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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