/C O R R E C T I O N -- Standard & Poor's/
November 05 2004 - 11:35AM
PR Newswire (US)
/C O R R E C T I O N -- Standard & Poor's/ In the news release,
"Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to S&P Indices,"
issued yesterday by Standard and Poor's over PR Newswire, the
ticker symbol for GameStop Corp. should read "(NYSE: GME.Bwi)"
rather than "(NYSE: GME)" as incorrectly transmitted by PR
Newswire. Complete, corrected release follows: NEW YORK, Nov. 4
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the
following changes to the S&P SmallCap 600 and S&P REIT
Composite Indices: * S&P REIT Composite Index constituent CRT
Properties Inc. (NYSE:CRO) will replace QRS Corp. (NASDAQ:QRSI) in
the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Friday,
November 12. QRS is being acquired by privately-held Inovis
International in a deal still subject to shareholder approval. CRT
had originally been announced as a replacement for InVision
Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:INVN), which is scheduled to be acquired
by S&P 500 constituent General Electric (NYSE:GE). A new
replacement for InVision will be announced at a later date. *
GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME.Bwi) will replace Three-Five Systems Inc.
(NYSE:TFS) in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading
on Friday, November 12. GameStop is being spun off by S&P
MidCap 400 constituent Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS). At close of
trading on Wednesday, November 3, Three-Five had a market
capitalization of roughly $43 million, ranking 600th in the Index.
* Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) will replace
Rouse Co. (NYSE:RSE) in the S&P REIT Composite on a date to be
announced. Rouse is being acquired by fellow S&P REIT Composite
constituent General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE:GGP) in a deal
that is still pending final approval. Standard & Poor's will
monitor these transactions, and post any relevant updates on its
website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/. CRT Properties is a real
estate investment trust that develops, owns, operates and manages
suburban office buildings in the southeastern and southwestern U.S.
Headquartered in Boca Raton, FL, the company will be added to the
S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard)
Real Estate Investment Trusts Sub-Industry Index. GameStop is a
U.S. video game and PC entertainment software specialty retailer.
Headquartered in Grapevine, TX, the company will be added to the
S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Computer & Electronics Retail
Sub-Industry Index. Universal Health Realty Income Trust is a real
estate investment trust that invests in healthcare and human
service-related facilities. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA,
the company will be added to the S&P REIT Composite Health Care
property category. Following is a summary of the changes: S&P
SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - November 12, 2004 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR
GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED CRT Properties Financials Real Estate
Investment Trusts GameStop Corp. Consumer Discretionary Computer
& Electronics Retail DELETED QRS Corp. Information Technology
Systems Software Three-Five Information Technology Semiconductors
Systems S&P REIT COMPOSITE INDEX - TBA COMPANY REIT TYPE
PROPERTY CATEGORY ADDED Universal Health Realty Equity Health Care
Income Trust DELETED Rouse Co. Equity Industrial/Office 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
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