Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index
March 10 2008 - 5:57PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc.
(NASDAQ:CBST) will replace AMIS Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:AMIS) in the
S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on a date to be
announced. AMIS is being acquired by ON Semiconductor Corp. in a
deal that is still pending final approvals. Standard & Poor's
will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its
website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/. Cubist Pharmaceuticals
researches, develops and commercializes novel antimicrobial drugs
to combat serious and life-threatening bacterial and fungal
infections. Headquartered in Lexington, MA, the company will be
added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry
Classification Standard) Biotechnology Sub-Industry index.
Following is a summary of the change: S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX --
TBA COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Cubist
Pharmaceuticals Health Care Biotechnology DELETED AMIS Holdings
Information Technology Semiconductors 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
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