Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index

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Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index -- NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire/ --

NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Micrus Endovascular Corp. (NASD:MEND) will replace CKE Restaurants Inc. (NYSE:[ CKR ]) in the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading on Wednesday, July 7.  CKE Restaurants is being acquired by affiliates of Apollo Management in a transaction expected to be completed on or about that date.

Standard & Poor's will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its website: [ www.standardandpoors.com/ ].  

Micrus Endovascular Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets implantable and disposable medical devices. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Health Care Equipment Sub-Industry index.  

Following is a summary of the change:

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