NEW YORK, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- NutriSystem Inc. (NASDAQ:NTRI) will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. NTRI will take the place of Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: FRNT), which was removed from the S&P SmallCap 600 after today's close of trading due to its bankruptcy filing. Standard & Poor's will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/. NutriSystem is a marketer and provider of a weight management system based on a portion-controlled, prepared meal program. Headquartered in Horsham, PA, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Internet Retail Sub-Industry index. Following is a summary of the change: S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - April 15, 2008 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED NutriSystem Consumer Discretionary Internet 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. About Standard & Poor's Index Services Standard & Poor's Index Services, the world's leading index provider, maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array of investor needs. Its family of indices includes the S&P 500, an index with $1.32 trillion invested and $4.91 trillion benchmarked, and the S&P Global 1200, a composite index comprised of seven regional and country headline indices. For more information, please visit http://www.standardandpoors.com/indices. About Standard & Poor's Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), is the world's foremost provider of financial market intelligence, including independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. With approximately 8,500 employees, including wholly owned affiliates, located in 23 countries, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for more than 140 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions. For more information, visit: http://www.standardandpoors.com/. About The McGraw-Hill Companies: Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP) is a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2007 were $6.8 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/. DATASOURCE: Standard & Poor's CONTACT: David M. Blitzer, Ph.D. Managing Director & Chairman of the Index Committee (212) 438-3907 Web site: http://www.standardandpoors.com/ http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/

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