LabOne Inc. Added to S&P SmallCap 600 Index
22 June 2004 - 8:52AM
PR Newswire (US)
LabOne Inc. Added to S&P SmallCap 600 Index NEW YORK, June 21
/PRNewswire/ -- LabOne Inc. (NASDAQ:LABS) will replace New England
Business Services (NYSE:NEB) in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the
close of trading on Thursday, June 24, 2004. New England Business
Services is being acquired by S&P 500 constituent Deluxe Corp.
(NYSE:DLX) in a tender offer anticipated to be completed on or
about that date. Standard & Poor's will monitor this
transaction, and post any relevant updates on its website:
http://www.standardandpoors.com/ . LabOne Inc. is a diagnostic
services provider that, together with its subsidiaries, provides
services and information including risk assessment information
services for the insurance industry; diagnostic healthcare testing,
and drugs of abuse testing services and related employee
qualification products. The company, headquartered in Lenexa, KS,
will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry
Classification Standard) Health Care Services Sub-Industry Index.
Following is a summary of the change: S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX -
June 24, 2004 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED
LabOne Inc. Health Care Health Care Services DELETED New England
Industrials Commercial Printing Business 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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