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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices
NEW YORK, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the following
changes to the S&P SmallCap 600 and S&P REIT Composite indices:
* iPayment Inc. (NASD: IPMT) will replace Province Healthcare Co.
(NYSE:PRV) in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on
Friday, April 15. Province Healthcare is being acquired by S&P MidCap
400 constituent LifePoint Hospitals Inc. (NASD: LPNT) in a deal
expected to close on or about that date, subject to final approval.
* NETGEAR Inc. (NASD: NTGR) will replace Advanced Marketing Services Inc.
(NYSE:MKT) in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on
Friday, April 15. The common stock of Advanced Marketing Services is
scheduled to be suspended from trading on the New York Stock Exchange,
"in view of the overall uncertainty surrounding the completion of the
company's current financial statement filing requirements ... due to
the previously announced restatement of its results."
* Inland Real Estate Corp. (NYSE:IRC) will replace Kramont Realty Trust
(NYSE:KRT) in the S&P REIT Composite after the close of trading on
Thursday, April 14. Kramont is being acquired by S&P/ASX 200
constituent Centro Properties in a deal expected to close on or about
that date, pending shareholder approval.
Standard & Poor's will monitor these transactions, and post any relevant
updates on its website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/
iPayment provides credit and debit card-based payment processing services to
small merchants. Headquartered in Nashville, TN, the company will be added to
the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Data
Processing & Outsourced Services Sub-Industry Index.
NETGEAR is a supplier of networking gear for small businesses and home users.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap
600 GICS Communications Equipment Sub-Industry Index.
Inland Real Estate is a REIT which owns neighborhood and community retail
centers, located primarily in the Midwest. Headquartered in Oak Brook, IL, the
company will be added to the S&P REIT Composite Retail property category.
Following is a summary of the changes:
S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - April 15, 2005
COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
ADDED iPayment Information Technology Data Processing &
Outsourced Services
NETGEAR Information Technology Communications
Equipment
DELETED Province Health Care
Healthcare Health Care Facilities
Advanced
Marketing
Services Consumer Discretionary Distributors
S&P REIT COMPOSITE INDEX - April 14, 2005
COMPANY REIT TYPE PROPERTY TYPE
ADDED Inland Real Estate Equity Retail
DELETED Kramont Realty Equity 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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