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

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


NEW YORK, Nov. 29  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Standard & Poor's hereby announces
changes to the S&P 500 and S&P SmallCap 600 Indices.  Both company additions
will be made at full market cap weight, and are as follows:

   *  Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (NYSE:FSL.B) will replace Winn-Dixie
      Stores Inc. (NYSE:WIN) in the S&P 500 after the close of trading on
      Thursday, December 2.  Freescale Semiconductor is being spun off by
      S&P 500 constituent Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT).  At the close of
      trading on Friday, November 26, Winn-Dixie had a market capitalization
      of roughly $580 million, ranking 500th in the Index.

   *  Stage Stores Inc. (NASD: STGS) will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600
      after the close of trading on Tuesday, November 30.  Stage Stores is
      taking the place of Information Holdings Inc. (NYSE:IHI), which is
      being removed from the Index after this evening's market close.
      Information Holdings is being acquired by S&P/TSX Composite Index
      constituent Thomson Corp. (NYSE:TOC) in a deal expected to close
      before tomorrow's market open.



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

Freescale is a global semiconductor company focused on providing embedded
processing and connectivity products for large, high-growth markets.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, the company will be added to the S&P 500 GICS
(Global Industry Classification Standard) Semiconductors Sub-Industry Index.

Stage Stores is a regional specialty department store retailer operating under
the Stage, Bealls, Palais Royal and Peebles trade names.  Headquartered in
Houston, TX, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Apparel
Retail Sub-Industry Index.

  Following is a summary of the changes:

                     S&P 500 INDEX - December 2, 2004
                 COMPANY      GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR      GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
                Freescale         Information
  ADDED       Semiconductor       Technology             Semiconductors

               Winn-Dixie          Consumer
  DELETED        Stores            Staples                 Food Retail


                S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - November 29, 2004
                 COMPANY      GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR      GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
               Information        Consumer
  DELETED        Holdings       Discretionary              Publishing


                S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - November 30, 2004
                 COMPANY      GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR      GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
                  Stage           Consumer
  ADDED         Stores Inc.     Discretionary            Apparel Retail



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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