Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index
29 7월 2005 - 8:05AM
PR Newswire (US)
Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index NEW YORK, July
28 /PRNewswire/ -- USANA Health Sciences Inc. (NASD: USNA) will
replace CUNO Inc. (NASD: CUNO) in the S&P SmallCap 600 after
the close of trading on Tuesday, August 2. CUNO is being acquired
by S&P 500 constituent 3M Co. (NYSE:MMM) in a deal still
pending final approvals. Standard & Poor's will monitor this
transaction, and post any relevant updates on its website:
http://www.standardandpoors.com/. USANA Health Sciences develops
and manufactures nutritional, personal care and weight management
products. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT, the company will be
added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry
Classification Standard) Personal Products Sub-Industry Index.
Following is a summary of the change: S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX -
August 2, 2005 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED
USANA Health Consumer Staples Personal Products Sciences DELETED
CUNO Industrials Industrial Machinery 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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