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

NEW YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P will remove Zenith National Insurance Co. (NYSE: ZNT) from the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading tomorrow, Friday, May 21.  Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (not in the S&P Total Market Index) acquired Zenith National in a cash deal completed today.

DG FastChannel Inc. (NASD: DGIT) will take Zenith National's place in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Thursday, May 27. The index will trade with 599 constituents until that time.

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

DG FastChannel provides digital technology services that enable the electronic delivery of advertisements, syndicated programs, and video news releases to traditional broadcasters, online publishers, and other media outlets Headquartered in Irving, TX, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Communications Equipment Sub-Industry index.  

Following is a summary of the change:

S&P  SMALLCAP 600 INDEX – May 21, 2010
	COMPANY	GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR	GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
DELETED	Zenith National Insurance	Financials	Property & Casualty Insurance

S&P  SMALLCAP 600 INDEX – May 27, 2010
	COMPANY	GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR	GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
ADDED	DG FastChannel	Information Technology	Communications Equipment

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