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NEW YORK, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor\'s will make the following changes to the S&P 100, S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices:

-- S&P MidCap 400 constituent Equitable Resources Inc. (NYSE: EQT) will replace Transocean Inc. (NYSE: RIG) in the S&P 500, S&P SmallCap 600 constituent Woodward Governor Co. (Nasdaq: WGOV) will replace Equitable Resources in the S&P MidCap 400, and Forrester Research Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) will replace Woodward Governor in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Thursday, December 18. Transocean is in the process of redomesticating to Switzerland, rendering it ineligible for continued inclusion in the S&P 500.

-- The following changes will be made to the S&P 100 after the close of trading on Friday, December 19: Gilead Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) will replace International Paper Co. (NYSE: IP), Lowe\'s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) will replace CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS), Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) will replace El Paso Corp. (NYSE: EP), Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) will replace The AES Corp. (NYSE: AES), Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) will replace Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: HIG), Schering-Plough Corp. (NYSE: SGP) will replace American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG), and Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) will replace CIGNA Corp. (NYSE: CI). All companies being added to the S&P 100 are currently S&P 500 constituents, and all companies being removed from the S&P 100 will remain S&P 500 constituents.

Standard & Poor\'s is making these changes to the S&P 100 in order to bolster its representativeness of the U.S. mega-cap equity space. All companies being added have market values of $23 billion or greater, while all being removed have market values below $6 billion, says Dr. David Blitzer, Chairman of the U.S. Index Committee.