NEW YORK, April 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied
Optoelectronics Inc. (NASD: AAOI) will replace Adeptus Health Inc.
(NYSE: ADPT) in the S&P SmallCap 600, effective prior to the
open on Tuesday, April 25. Adeptus
Health has filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11
of the Bankruptcy Code to pursue a plan of reorganization and has
been halted by the NYSE effective before the market open today.
Applied Optoelectronics designs, manufactures, and sells
fiber-optic networking products primarily for internet data center,
cable television and fiber-to-the-home networking end markets.
Headquartered in Sugar Land, TX,
the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global
Industry Classification Standard) Communications Equipment
Sub-Industry index.
Following is a summary of the changes:
S&P SMALLCAP
600 INDEX – APRIL 25, 2017
|
|
COMPANY
|
GICS ECONOMIC
SECTOR
|
GICS
SUB-INDUSTRY
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ADDED
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Applied
Optoelectronics
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Information
Technology
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Communications
Equipment
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DELETED
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Adeptus
Health
|
Health
Care
|
Health Care
Services
|
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