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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the
following changes to the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices:

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices
    -- Metavante Technologies Inc. (NYSE: MVwi) will replace UTStarcom Inc.
       (Nasdaq: UTSI) in the S&P MidCap 400 after the close of trading on
       Thursday, November 1, 2007.  Metavante is being spun off by S&P 500
       constituent Marshall & Ilsley Corp. (NYSE: MI) in a transaction
       expected to close on or about that date.  At today's close of trading,
       UTStarcom had a market capitalization of approximately $398 million,
       ranking 400th in the index.

    -- Service Corp. International (NYSE: SCI) will replace Kyphon Inc.
       (Nasdaq: KYPH) in the S&P MidCap 400 after the close of trading on a
       date to be announced.  Kyphon is being acquired by S&P 100 & 500
       constituent Medtronic Inc. (NYSE: MDT) in a deal still pending final
       approvals.

    -- Spartan Motors Inc. (Nasdaq: SPAR) will replace Authorize.Net Holdings
       Inc. (Nasdaq: ANET) in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading
       on Thursday, November 1, 2007.  Authorize.Net is being acquired by S&P
       SmallCap 600 constituent CyberSource Corp. (Nasdaq: CYBS) in a deal
       expected to close on or about that date, pending final approvals.

Standard & Poor's will monitor these transactions, and post any relevant
updates on its website: www.standardandpoors.com.

Metavante Technologies delivers banking and payment technologies.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap
400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Data Processing &
Outsourced Services Sub-Industry index.

Service Corp. provides funeral and cemetery services. Headquartered in
Houston, TX, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS Specialized
Consumer Services Sub-Industry index.

Spartan Motors engineers and manufactures custom motor vehicle chassis and
bodies. Headquartered in Charlotte, MI, the company will be added to the S&P
SmallCap 600 GICS Auto Parts & Equipment Sub-Industry index.

    Following is a summary of the changes:

                   S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX - November 1, 2007
              COMPANY       GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
    ADDED    Metavante     Information Technology     Data Processing &
            Technologies                             Outsourced Services
    DELETED  UTStarcom     Information Technology    Communications Equipment


                    S&P MIDCAP 400 INDEX - To Be Announced
              COMPANY       GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
    ADDED    Service Corp. Consumer Discretionary   Specialized Consumer
                                                         Services
    DELETED  Kyphon             Health Care         Health Care Equipment


                  S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - November 1, 2007
              COMPANY       GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR     GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
    ADDED  Spartan Motors  Consumer Discretionary   Auto Parts & Equipment
    DELETED Authorize.Net  Information Technology     Data Processing &
                                                     Outsourced Services

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.

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