Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to the S&P Global 100 Index
15 November 2005 - 10:45AM
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NEW YORK, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Nike, Inc (United States, Ticker:
NKE, Sedol = 2640147) will replace AT&T Corp (United States,
Ticker: T, Sedol = 2064888) in the S&P Global 100 after the
close of trading on Friday, November 18. AT&T Corp. and SBC
Communications Inc are merging. Based on the S&P Global 100
criteria, the surviving company is not a global company. Nike, Inc.
creates authentic athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and
accessories for sports and fitness. Nike and its subsidiaries
engage in the design, development, and marketing of footwear,
apparel, equipment, and accessory products worldwide. The group
operates 21 distribution centers in Europe, Asia, Australia, Latin
America, Africa and Canada. The shares outstanding for the company
will be 261,653,000, with an investable weight factor of 0.7300.
Following is a summary of the changes: S&P Global 100 Index -
November 18, 2005 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY
ADDED Nike, Inc Consumer Discretionary Footwear DELETED AT&T
Corp Telecommunication Services Integrated Telecommunication
Services Additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do
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