Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index
October 06 2008 - 6:26PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Calgon Carbon Corp.
(NYSE:CCC) will replace Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASD:
MDRX) in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on
Friday, October 10. Allscripts is undergoing a corporate
restructuring that will leave it majority-controlled by S&P
Global 1200 constituent Misys Plc in a deal expected to close on or
about that date, pending final approvals. Standard & Poor's
will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its
website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/. Calgon Carbon is a
provider of products and solutions for purifying water and air.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, the company will be added to the
S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard)
Commodity Chemicals Sub-Industry index. Following is a summary of
the change: S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - October 10, 2008 COMPANY
GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Calgon Carbon
Materials Commodity Chemicals DELETED Allscripts Health Care Health
Care Technology Healthcare Solutions 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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