DSCP Datascope (MM)

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the following changes to the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices: -- Hewitt Associates Inc. (NYSE:HEW) will replace Puget Energy Inc. (NYSE:PSD) in the S&P MidCap 400 after the close of trading on Friday, February 6, 2009. Puget Energy is being acquired by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners in a transaction expected to be completed on or about that date. -- Datascope Corp. (NASDAQ:DSCP) will be removed from the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Friday, January 30, 2009. Getinge AB is acquiring Datascope in a transaction expected to be completed on that date. -- Datascope's place in the S&P SmallCap 600 will be taken by Neogen Corp. (NASDAQ:NEOG) after the close of trading on Monday, February 2, 2009. Standard & Poor's will monitor these transactions, and post any relevant updates on its website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/. Hewitt Associates provides human resource benefits, outsourcing, and consulting services. Headquartered in Lincolnshire, IL, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Data Processing & Outsourced Services Sub-Industry index. Neogen develops and markets products dedicated to food and animal safety. Headquartered in Lansing, MI, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Health Care Supplies Sub-Industry index. Following is a summary of the changes: S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX - February 6, 2009 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Hewitt Associates Information Technology Data Processing & Outsourced Services DELETED Puget Energy Utilities Multi-Utilities S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - January 30, 2009 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY DELETED Datascope Health Care Health Care Equipment S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - February 2, 2009 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Neogen Health Care Health Care Supplies 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 $1.5 trillion invested and $4.85 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 and markets, 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/. DATASOURCE: Standard & Poor's CONTACT: David M. Blitzer, Ph.D., Managing Director & Chairman of the Index Committee, +1-212-438-3907 Web Site: http://www.standardandpoors.com/

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